Darn.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Tom Scola - Apr 19, 2005 7:43:44 am PDT #6902 of 10001
hwæt
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:28 am PDT #6903 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh well.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:31 am PDT #6904 of 10001
What is even happening?
Ratzinger = Benedict XVI
Betsy HP - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:34 am PDT #6905 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Benedict the 16th.
Cashmere - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:35 am PDT #6906 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Dana - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:41 am PDT #6907 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
FDR also survived an assassination attempt. According to Sondheim and Wiedman.
Hayden - Apr 19, 2005 7:44:44 am PDT #6908 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, Ratzinger was great on Cheers. It's a shame that he's trying to lead the world back into the Dark Ages, though.
amych - Apr 19, 2005 7:45:34 am PDT #6909 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
All those cardinals, and they couldn't find one who wasn't a Nazi?
shrift - Apr 19, 2005 7:45:44 am PDT #6910 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Can we kick some heads, too?
Bloom, close, kick 'em in the head!
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 7:46:09 am PDT #6911 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do they pick the fancy name? Does he get to choose?