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.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
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.
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?
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2005 8:51:12 pm PDT #6765 of 10001
brillig
4'10"? That's quite surprising. I'm only 5'2", and I tower over some of the immigrant ladies I see at the grocery store. Honestly, it's gotten so that if I see a particuarly wispy creature of any ilk who's at all taller than me, I check her shoes. More often than not, she's wearing some very chunky soles.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 11:29:00 pm PDT #6766 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Do nuns ever face reprisal from former Catholic school students? It seems like some of them traumatize so many people in childhood, there would have to be some risk of payback.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 1:52:40 am PDT #6767 of 10001
What is even happening?
Cindy, it's also associated with vampirism because some conditions of porphyria can include blistering and burning of the skin when exposed to sunlight.Ah. That's what I was missing. Thanks, Cashmere. I hope you got some sleep and that Owen's stuffies let him sleep.
Do nuns ever face reprisal from former Catholic school students? It seems like some of them traumatize so many people in childhood, there would have to be some risk of payback.You'd think, huh?
Poor GC. How scary it must have been to be unable to move, in the first place, and then to have the sister-teacher mad at you? Ooof.
My cousin had a horrible time in Parochial school. When she was really little--kindergarten or first grade--her teacher made her wear a sign with something along the lines of, "I am a big mouth and a dummy" written on it, and go around to all the other classes, telling why she had to wear the sign (she'd spoken out in class or something similarly mild). She finally reached a classroom with a nun who was an actual human, who told her to take the sign off, go back to her class, and tell her teacher that nun said she was done.
DXMachina - Apr 19, 2005 2:51:44 am PDT #6768 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
the only exception was the Attorney General (who's name escapes me at the moment).
I shot a man in Janet Reno just to watch him die?
Sue - Apr 19, 2005 3:12:09 am PDT #6769 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Timelies!
A former denizen of another former TT thread I hang out on, recently published his first novel. One of the characters is named "Mickey the Gerund" which made me totally think of the Buffistas. [link]
Lee - Apr 19, 2005 3:19:30 am PDT #6770 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Meep. I'm leaving soon for my first day of work.
I was beginning to like this hiatus stuff too.
Theodosia - Apr 19, 2005 3:21:50 am PDT #6771 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Interesting news about recovered Classical texts:
I had a fine weekend, alas, the weather is supposed to be just as nice today as it was yesterday and the day before, and I have to Be Indoors....
Laura - Apr 19, 2005 3:22:33 am PDT #6772 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Have a wonderful first day! They are damn lucky to have you.