Ladies and gentlemen, the Handbook That Ate Tokyo is now out of my hands.
Yay! I know what that feels like. Go forth and drink adult beverages.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 33 1/3
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.
Ginger - Mar 15, 2005 12:19:02 pm PST #7679 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
brenda m - Mar 15, 2005 12:26:23 pm PST #7680 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
ION, Bernie Ebbers convicted on all counts. Up to 85 years possibly. They'll appeal, of course, but I'll still count this one as a win.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 12:26:26 pm PST #7681 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What nationality (if any) does the phrase "We be jammin(g)" evoke for people?
brenda m - Mar 15, 2005 12:28:36 pm PST #7682 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Um, Club Nouveaunian?
DavidS - Mar 15, 2005 12:29:18 pm PST #7683 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"We be jammin(g)" evoke for people?
Will I be in trouble if I say Jamaican?
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2005 12:30:03 pm PST #7684 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm with David. Please don't kill me.
Although if you could gently extract the earworm, I'd be happy.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2005 12:31:07 pm PST #7685 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not to get all pedantic (ha ha), but to me the "jammin" says Jamaican, the "be" says African American.
msbelle - Mar 15, 2005 12:31:35 pm PST #7686 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm with brenda, but my second choice is cheesy early 90'sian.
Aims - Mar 15, 2005 12:32:47 pm PST #7687 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
What nationality (if any) does the phrase "We be jammin(g)" evoke for people?
Jamaican because I always thought the song was considered reggae.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 12:37:39 pm PST #7688 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not to get all pedantic (ha ha), but to me the "jammin" says Jamaican, the "be" says African American.
But you're ignoring the common linguistic roots. Patois, especially when spoken by Rastas does use that same construction of the verb to be.
To me it's a Jamaican thing, driven in no small part by the repetition of "Jammin" by Bob Marley. It's even more Jamaican when it's on a mug beneath a picture of dancing dreadlocked men wearing red green and gold, and I wonder why the US Virgin Islands can't get their own freaking identity.