Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


Steph L. - Jun 14, 2005 9:12:13 am PDT #1816 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Sodom's sin was actually inhospitality, not buttsex. For real.

Dana, have you ever clapped when a waitress drops a tray of glasses?

Don't you feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain?

Being on an elevator when somebody shouts, "Hold the door!"


Emily - Jun 14, 2005 9:14:39 am PDT #1817 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Sodom's sin was actually inhospitality, not buttsex. For real.

I think it's a little late to change the usage, though.

"Can you believe they asked me to find a hotel room instead of staying with them? How sodomous!" "I know. My in-laws are sodomites too."


Sue - Jun 14, 2005 9:14:50 am PDT #1818 of 10001
hip deep in pie

it only leads to Crocodile Rock.

But that song makes me happy!

You're name isn't Sue and you weren't violently shy as a child who had conniptions whenever someone teased you with a song with your name in it.

Also on that list:

Runaround Sue
Wake up Little Susie
Boy named Sue
Susie-Q by CCR


tommyrot - Jun 14, 2005 9:19:09 am PDT #1819 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.

psst. Sue is a dinosaur at the Chicago Field Museum....


Emily - Jun 14, 2005 9:26:29 am PDT #1820 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Oh yeah? Well, “EMILY is every woman who has ever sat at a business meeting while someone else took credit for her good work."

Hey, I contain multitudes.


shrift - Jun 14, 2005 9:29:46 am PDT #1821 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I think I just pimped The Decemberists to a coworker without even trying. But then again, it's hard to resist The Mariner's Revenge Song.


sarameg - Jun 14, 2005 9:30:17 am PDT #1822 of 10001

My parents are off.

My bathroom sink will not drain.

These are not related.

The latter is fucking annoying since I reported it yesterday. I broke and poured drain opener down it. Not helping. Maintenance will yell, but it is their own fucking fault. If they came yesterday....

Also? Looks like a watermain burst in the lot. Still have water, though. So I'm doing laundry.

I kinda already miss my parents. Even as I wanted to strangle dad for appearing in the kitchen as I was feeding the cats and he was getting in the way every which way. He's kinda like a cat that way. ALWAYS underfoot. He's got a sixth sense.

Also? Him in a giant pajama tshirt with leaping cats dressed in pj pants and tops on it is HILARIOUS. Cracked up over it every night.


Emily - Jun 14, 2005 9:31:09 am PDT #1823 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Jewish Hivemind question: Rosh Hashanah seems to be Oct. 4 -- is it just the one day? Is that sundown Oct 3 to sundown Oct 4, or 4 to 5, or what?


Kat - Jun 14, 2005 9:32:44 am PDT #1824 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

When will you get to see your parents again, sarameg?


Hil R. - Jun 14, 2005 9:34:47 am PDT #1825 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Jewish Hivemind question: Rosh Hashanah seems to be Oct. 4 -- is it just the one day? Is that sundown Oct 3 to sundown Oct 4, or 4 to 5, or what?

Rosh Hashanah is two days for Orthodox and Conservative Jews in the US, and one day for Reform Jews. It starts sundown October 3, and goes to sundown either October 4 or 5.