The man's incessant tinkering is like picking a scab.
Except that it doesn't feel good when it comes off.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Betsy HP - Apr 19, 2005 1:26:29 pm PDT #7184 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 1:29:03 pm PDT #7185 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Except that it doesn't feel good when it comes off.
I'm guessing I'm not designed to be a scab picker. I hate the feeling when they come off. It's the fidget I enjoy -- the actual pick I regret.
Neither here nor there, and I've grossed myself out.
I have cousins who'd pick scabs on their shins until they got close to bone.
ICK. No picky, no picky, no picky.
Karl - Apr 19, 2005 1:30:03 pm PDT #7186 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
(Modern) French imperative for "Get out of here": «Va t'en !»
Usually accompanied by an epithet of some sort -- I don't have a 19th-century French equivalent for "varlet" handy, however.
«Aller» (to go) is not only irregular, as ita states, but its imperative formation is even more irregular: Its singular imperative is «va», not «vas».
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2005 1:31:23 pm PDT #7187 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
Something I just don't get is that he had to spend hundreds of hours watching the last two movies in the editing bays, right? How could you be exposed to that much Jar-Jar and not want to kill him in the most grisly fashion conceivable?
amych - Apr 19, 2005 1:32:33 pm PDT #7188 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
its imperative formatiion is even more irregular: Its singular imperative is «t;va»t;, not «vas».
Actually, it's normal/regular for informal imperatives (of verbs ending in -er, at least) to drop the final S.
Why yes, I really am this boring and pedantic, why do you ask?
Karl - Apr 19, 2005 1:39:03 pm PDT #7189 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Ha! Score one for amych -- -er verbs do indeed drop the -s in the singular imperative, except when followed by en or y, as in «vas-y !» or «Manges-en»
Reference: [link]
(search on the phrase "go away" in that page to get to an answer to Susan's original question)
amych - Apr 19, 2005 1:40:56 pm PDT #7190 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude, I have to deal with French teachers every day. It's about time there was some benefit in it.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 1:41:26 pm PDT #7191 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So one might shoo with "Va!" or "Vas-y!"
Sheryl - Apr 19, 2005 1:43:56 pm PDT #7192 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We're playing hooky from dance group tonight so we can finish cleaning the condo before my folks arrive. Whee...
sarameg - Apr 19, 2005 1:44:39 pm PDT #7193 of 10001
I recall allez-y! from french classes oh,um..15 years ago?