Damn it. EXACTLY what DX said. I can hear it and see it in my mind's eye, but I've never CALLED it anything.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 16, 2005 4:14:04 pm PST #8347 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
juliana - Feb 16, 2005 4:18:34 pm PST #8348 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Those spinners are sold in at least one of the funky toy stores here. JZ, do you want me to call them tomorrow and find out the name/cost/etc.?
Jessica - Feb 16, 2005 4:20:38 pm PST #8349 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Also, I'm prolly wrong but if you are using usted, you should say usted since the verb endings are the same for 3rd person singular.
That sounds vaguely familiar, but it's been forever since I've had to know.
The last time knowing Spanish came in handy was on my honeymoon, and most of that was spent in the hospital in such a bad state that I was barely speaking functional English, so the nurses were very forgiving of my atrocious grammar.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2005 4:21:17 pm PST #8350 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
On eBay, it looks like most all sparking toys are either guns or robots. With the occasional Godzilla. But no spinners.
JZ - Feb 16, 2005 4:21:18 pm PST #8351 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And I gotta say, they're freaking MAGIC. There was a toddler out in the hall yesterday, frustrated and miserable after being cooped up all morning long in the waiting room outside the ICU where his sibling was, weeping and doing that "uh-uh-uh melting down any second now" howling, mere inches from hysterics in the hallway, and I grabbed a spinner and started spinning it in his face. He snapped his mouth shut in mid-howl, stared, and then broke out into a huge tear-stained smile.
Anyplace that has to deal with toddlers should have boxes of these things. And now we're actually down one, since I let him keep that one (it was hugely obvious that any attempt to get it back would just lead to an even bigger meltdown and it was worth the loss of a spinner to not have him exploding outside our offices, but still, down one).
And they're unfindable. Did someone manage to lose a finger or put out an eye with one of the sparks and get them banned or something?
JZ - Feb 16, 2005 4:22:13 pm PST #8352 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
OMTG, juliana, YES. Totally. Please! Boss and I will buy twenty.
Strix - Feb 16, 2005 4:24:15 pm PST #8353 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Gee, you think that's a "yes"?!
;)
DXMachina - Feb 16, 2005 4:27:41 pm PST #8354 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
And they're unfindable. Did someone manage to lose a finger or put out an eye with one of the sparks and get them banned or something?
Well, I doubt any chi-chi child development hardware center (or whatever upscale toy stores are calling themselves these days) would carry something so prosaic, but maybe a novelty shop. Archie McPhee maybe?
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2005 4:28:51 pm PST #8355 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I couldn't find any at Oriental Trading, my first guess.
I did find this, though: Shoot. Me. Now. [link]
JenP - Feb 16, 2005 4:30:22 pm PST #8356 of 10002
Alias: Weiss squeeing to Vaughn about Nadia is adorable and hilarious .