For plastic ribbed caps, you use your shirt. t /ghetto Heloise
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
Jesse - May 04, 2005 9:03:42 am PDT #1256 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift - May 04, 2005 9:08:21 am PDT #1257 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
lori - May 04, 2005 9:09:15 am PDT #1258 of 10001
For jars, I'm telling ya, tip that jar upside-down and whack it three times on the floor (a wooden threshhold is great).
Even easier - just whap it on the counter top or counter edge. Or, use the back of a knife to rap at the corner of the lid in a few places. Breaks up the hardened whatever stuck in the threads.
sarameg - May 04, 2005 9:09:45 am PDT #1259 of 10001
My aunt uses these textured pieces of rubber she refers to as 'rubber husbands' for jars or anything like that. I had never heard the term (and had no knowlege of the product) at 16, so boy did my head snap around in confusion and a fair bit of horror when she asks me one day "Sara, can you get me a rubber husband?"
Connie Neil - May 04, 2005 9:10:07 am PDT #1260 of 10001
brillig
And shrift corrects my half-assed memory.
It's the instructions for using the Holy Hand Grenade in "Monty Python's Holy Grail."
"Right! One! Two! Four!"
"Three, sir!"
juliana - May 04, 2005 9:10:13 am PDT #1261 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Five is right out.
who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
And it's Palin's delivery that really sells it.
lori - May 04, 2005 9:10:31 am PDT #1262 of 10001
Also, I'm amused to learn of ita's achilles tendon. I just need to poke her in the soft fleshy palms.
Jessica - May 04, 2005 9:11:03 am PDT #1263 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Unfortunately, most paperbacks are stripped instead of being sent back to the publisher.
What's the argument behind this? It seems like such a huge waste. Is it just a matter of nobody being willing to store them?
shrift - May 04, 2005 9:12:08 am PDT #1264 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And shrift corrects my half-assed memory.
A mighty fortress is our Google.
amych - May 04, 2005 9:12:13 am PDT #1265 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Is it just a matter of nobody being willing to store them?
Yep. Shipping and storage cost way more than reprints (bonus: you can inflate the hell out of your "over 20 million copies sold!!one!" claims).