I think it'll be here in two weeks. That'll give me a bit of time to do a bit more redecorating. And then I'll have to have people over for snacks and sitting.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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.
Allyson - May 01, 2005 8:35:46 pm PDT #487 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Lee - May 01, 2005 9:00:16 pm PDT #488 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay for snacks and sitting.
Pout that I will miss it.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2005 10:50:08 pm PDT #489 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
Shouldn't he wait a little longer so it doesn't seem so non-coincidental?
So I'm not the only one struck by the image of an impromptu duet of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better," eh?
Topic!Cindy - May 02, 2005 3:00:23 am PDT #490 of 10001
What is even happening?
It means holy blue,Okay, good, because that's what I told the kids. They heard it on a cartoon, and I was fairly certain that was the literal translation.
[...]but I think it's because it rhymes with sacre dieu, holy god. It's like the french equivalent of jeepers. I think.Ah. For a brief, shining moment, my world makes sense. Thanks, Jesse.
Is it wrong that I am now trying to think of six unique messages that I would want on a Scrolling Belt Buckle?Yes, Partyman. Yes.
We went to Children's Fairyland today (in Oakland, near Lake Merritt. Purportedly Walt's inspiration for Disneyland) because my co-editor begged me to drag Emmett along since adults can't go unattended by a child.I was wondering what JZ was referring to, when she mentioned it, in Bitches. I didn't know if it was a place, or if she was just being poet about Emmett's imagination.
Theodosia - May 02, 2005 3:36:28 am PDT #491 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The bleu in sacre bleu! might also refer to the so-called Marian Blue color that is associated with The Virgin You-Know-Who. FWIW, I've been told that merde is a relatively minor curse in French, they reserve the really strong ones for religious terms.
Timelies!
brenda m - May 02, 2005 3:37:27 am PDT #492 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Certainly in Quebec that's the case.
DXMachina - May 02, 2005 4:00:14 am PDT #493 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The bleu in sacre bleu! might also refer to the so-called Marian Blue color that is associated with The Virgin You-Know-Who.
So it's sort of the equivalent of HMOG.
JohnSweden - May 02, 2005 4:26:12 am PDT #494 of 10001
I can't even.
stereotypical Fr. oath, 1869, from Fr. sacré bleu, lit. "holy blue," a euphemism for sacré Dieu (1768), "holy God."
This happens alot in colloquial French (Canada). The swearing centres around the religious, but then gets euphemised so that the actual words are used for serious swearing (or to avoid blaspheming?).
See: tabernouche for tabernaque, sans creme for sacrement, collin for calisse, etc.
tommyrot - May 02, 2005 4:28:13 am PDT #495 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.
he swearing centres around the religious, but then gets euphemised so that the actual words are used for serious swearing (or to avoid blaspheming?).
Gosh darn it.
tommyrot - May 02, 2005 4:33:03 am PDT #496 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.
Sony’s Qrio robot attending nursery school in California
Sony’s Qrio, a humanoid robot, has been attending a Californian nursery school for the past three months where it plays with young children in a test designed to see if robots can “live in harmony with humans in the future.” The robot is accompanied to its classes by a researcher.
Qrio spends time each day with more than 10 toddlers at the nursery school located in San Diego. Qrio is always accompanied by a researcher, who is in charge of making sure everything goes smoothly. While the children were at first apprehensive about Qrio, they now dance with it and help it get up when it falls. “The children think of Qrio as a feeble younger brother,” researcher Fumihide Tanaka said. ‘