Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Atropa - Jun 06, 2005 10:29:32 am PDT #9681 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I've been waiting on the apocalypse I ordered from my Levenger's Evil Overlord Accessories for World Domination catalogue since half nine

Didn't you get the email? They're back-ordered. Clovis has been sulking about it for days.


§ ita § - Jun 06, 2005 10:30:16 am PDT #9682 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dude, that's totally sketchy. Can you go for only partial payment?

Gud should build this next.


Jesse - Jun 06, 2005 10:31:57 am PDT #9683 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Your board is sketchy, msbelle. You should quit that job.

This day could not possibly go any slower. Also, my boss is a jackass.


shrift - Jun 06, 2005 10:32:22 am PDT #9684 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

You shouldn't have settled for Super Saver shipping.

Things never end well when I pay for shipping. My DVDs get lost in a warehouse in Kentucky, there are apologetic e-mails, and it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time.


shrift - Jun 06, 2005 10:35:08 am PDT #9685 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

They're back-ordered. Clovis has been sulking about it for days.

Bastards! They SWORE they had some in stock.

They're lucky I had bacon at lunch.


Vortex - Jun 06, 2005 10:35:48 am PDT #9686 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Does this sound right?: a Board member arranges for music & photographer for an event for us (we ask him to make the calls to them, but arranges all details without including us in $$ discussion), bills get sent to us (as is right as it is our event), but additional services were requested by Bd. member (again, we are not involved in the discussion), again vendors are told just to bill us (a little sketchy since we never were a part of this), AND, the real kicker, product from the vendors is given to the Bd. member, NOT us.

no, this is not right. Call the vendor back and say that there was a misunderstanding, you only wanted A & B, not the kitchen sink. Also, please deliver the product directly to us, as to to inconvenince the board member. Thankssomuch'kaybye!!

and, for the Pink Gingham Junta -- [link]


tommyrot - Jun 06, 2005 10:35:56 am PDT #9687 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.

What is the worst ad song ever? [link]

The big winner, submitted by dozens and dozens of you, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, which used Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" in a series of spots. As my reader Andrei put it, "Nothing says maritime comfort like a song about shooting up junk."

...

Third place, with yet another slew of responses, goes to Mercedes-Benz's use of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz":

"I've always wondered about Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz,' which I always interpreted as a song critical of capitalism and materialism through the tragedy of poor people asking God in despair for the ultimate upper class status symbol which somehow will erase the pain of poverty. When Daimler started using it to sell Benzes, I felt awful. I still do. Joplin did drive a Porsche (which makes the next lyric—'My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends'—a possible self-criticism). Then again, she probably vomited in it."


msbelle - Jun 06, 2005 10:41:44 am PDT #9688 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

If I had any say in how we do stuff here, I would do exactly as Vortex suggest, but as I don;t and I only have 3 weeks left here, I will pass the buck and the information on to someone else. jackholes, all of them.


Vortex - Jun 06, 2005 10:46:21 am PDT #9689 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I only have 3 weeks left here

oh, fuck 'em then. did you like the pillow?


sarameg - Jun 06, 2005 10:46:50 am PDT #9690 of 10001

Uhg. Well, they certainly are making it a lot easier to be happy about leaving, aren't they?