"Chinese [English vegetable]" is a weird naming convention. I've never quite understood it myself.
There's certainly no good explanation for "Japanese fruitcake," which doesn't remotely resemble anything from Japan.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Apr 21, 2005 11:56:56 am PDT #5013 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 11:57:53 am PDT #5014 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or "Jerusalem artichoke," which is neither an artichoke nor from Jerusalem.
Discuss. t /coffee talk
beekaytee - Apr 21, 2005 11:58:35 am PDT #5015 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
::waving hand excitedly from the NGA corner::
If anybody can transplant Jilli's description to the east coast, I'll volunteer to make him happy, all the rest of his days.
Atropa - Apr 21, 2005 12:00:11 pm PDT #5016 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
If anybody can transplant Jilli's description to the east coast, I'll volunteer to make him happy, all the rest of his days.
Somehow, I doubt I can convince him to move.
Emily - Apr 21, 2005 12:04:27 pm PDT #5017 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Weren't kiwis originally called Chinese gooseberries?
Ginger - Apr 21, 2005 12:09:53 pm PDT #5018 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kiwis were called Chinese gooseberries. The change to kiwi was part of a marketing effort.
beekaytee - Apr 21, 2005 12:13:06 pm PDT #5019 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Somehow, I doubt I can convince him to move.
Curses. Does he like dogs? I might be persuaded...
P.M. Marc - Apr 21, 2005 12:13:33 pm PDT #5020 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Steph, I make geeky jokes *all* the time, and I still, in theory, get laid.
(Y'know, when it's actually physically possible and medically allowed.)
(Which means I think I've forgotten what goes where and why, at this point.)
I think that in the proper setting, those sort of jokes actually increase your chances of Extreme Nooky.
Aims - Apr 21, 2005 12:14:45 pm PDT #5021 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
(Which means I think I've forgotten what goes where and why, at this point.)
t send Plei the chart I got from my OB/GYN.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 12:16:35 pm PDT #5022 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm pretty sure geeky jokes are the only reason I've ever gotten laid.