I don't wear my shiny red shoes to work because I know just about every person would have to comment on them and it would get so tiresome. Yes, they are red. Yes, bright red. Yes, they are kinda funky. However, out and about, I don't mind a random stranger complimenting me on them, or asking where I got them.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
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.
sarameg - May 10, 2005 10:23:19 am PDT #2829 of 10001
beekaytee - May 10, 2005 10:24:24 am PDT #2830 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I have had more comments about unshaven legs from women than I have from men.
This is me. I'm currently shaving but during my fuzzy years I had an angry old lady accost me in the street and, I kid you not, point at my legs and squeak, "Thats. Thats just not. Natural!"
It seemed that most women who gave me a hard time were vexed by the "if I have to suffer, you should too" phenom. It was pretty sad.
tommyrot - May 10, 2005 10:25:15 am PDT #2831 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.
Glitter fans beware: Deputy sues Florida hospital after receiving injection of glitter in the ass.
OK, that is just so weird. How could you accidentally fill a syringe with glitter instead of Demerol?
§ ita § - May 10, 2005 10:25:17 am PDT #2832 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
a generality can be so general as to be meaningless
And some aren't -- are you saying this one is meaningless? That's a completely different point from it not being universally applicable.
Daisy Jane - May 10, 2005 10:26:04 am PDT #2833 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have red shiny patent leather wedges. I know they are Shoes with a capital S.
beth b - May 10, 2005 10:26:46 am PDT #2834 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
my Dh is sitting in the corner with Betsy's and Jessica's husbands. Which is good, because I really don't spend a lot of time worrying about getting dressed. Usually if I plan on being anywhere other than the neighborhood I look pulled together. or at least co-ordinate.
speaking of which I need to shower and get dressed for work. bah
Betsy HP - May 10, 2005 10:26:53 am PDT #2835 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I'm saying there is no sentence that starts "Guys like" that I'm going to find plausible.
It's just.... too big a sample set. You can't draw a smooth curve.
bon bon - May 10, 2005 10:27:37 am PDT #2836 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
If the world generalized to my boyfriend, there would be guys whose preferences seem completely unimpinged [that isn't even a word, is it] by social expectations. An example:
"your eyeliner looks nice!"
"I'm not wearing eyeliner. Do you mean eye shadow?"
"Maybe?"
"Are you just saying that because you can tell I'm wearing eye shadow?"
"Well, I see sparkles."
Trudy Booth - May 10, 2005 10:27:55 am PDT #2837 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The only person who's ever told me I should wear makeup is my grandmother.
Nora Deirdre - May 10, 2005 10:28:09 am PDT #2838 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
"Well, I see sparkles."
OMG SO CUTE.