Since y'all enjoyed my Sister Patricia story so much, here's another (she was my first grade teacher). One day she told us to line up for the restroom. I stood up and promptly fell down. She came over and yelled at me to get up. I couldn't and I was scared. She continued to yell and tell me I just wanted attention. I started crying. My mom was called as I couldn't ("wouldn't") get up. Well, I ended up in the hospital for several days, got a spinal tap, couldn't walk. Turned out to be a mysterious ailment that went away on its own ("Must have been a virus settled in the child's spine"). Did the nun apologize? Hell no.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
Glamcookie - Apr 18, 2005 6:39:02 pm PDT #6755 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 6:43:56 pm PDT #6756 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
::actually signs "Full House Fan" at Emily::
Oh, you're going down, man. You'd better watch the annuli and nuclei of your vertebral disks.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2005 6:54:54 pm PDT #6757 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You'd better watch the annuli and nuclei of your vertebral disks.
::drops guard as he tries to look at own back, which entails a fair amount of fruitless torque and spinning::
DCJensen - Apr 18, 2005 6:56:37 pm PDT #6758 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Eddie - Apr 18, 2005 7:27:22 pm PDT #6759 of 10001
Your tag here.
Whew! Caught up. Now I shall say goodnight Buffistas! I'll catch up to you tomorrow.
Ok, I'll add my $0.02 to the numbers thing. I had a basic electronics class in college. I never could understand how they relied on an imaginary number i (square root of -1) to describe real world processes like electricity.
Silly math. I think the matrix has me.
beth b - Apr 18, 2005 7:48:54 pm PDT #6760 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
thanks for the birthday wishes.
my best to Ouise and family
beekaytee - Apr 18, 2005 8:04:55 pm PDT #6761 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Seconding the appreciation for all the lovely birthday wishes. Thanks muchly.
All in all, a great day. Capped with mounds and mounds of my favorite sushi, a nice white chocolate cake and "Our Mrs. Reynolds" and "Trash". (I've got converts ready to line up for the bdm right now!)
It was a day when it felt good to be me. I hope the same was true for each of you. Not the being me, of course...
G'night and good wishes to all.
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2005 8:35:45 pm PDT #6762 of 10001
brillig
But Lizzie Borden being acquitted is the bestest part.
Actually, at the time the Bordens were killed, several eyewitnesses saw a man running around their house, apparently looking for a way in. He seemed to be very upset about something, and he was later identified as a former patient/associate (my memory is a little fuzzy) of Mr. Borden who was known to be violent. So there's a good chance Lizzie got off because, despite what everyone "knew" happened, there wasn't a case.
tavella - Apr 18, 2005 8:42:23 pm PDT #6763 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
Poking around the net, Little People of America defines dwarfism as anyone 4'10" or under. Which I could see for men, but I wouldn't consider a 4'10" woman a dwarf, I've had several women friends who were less than 5 feet tall.
aurelia - Apr 18, 2005 8:44:47 pm PDT #6764 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Anyone want to recap 24 for me?