ION, Apparently, you can't even smoke in your own apartment anymore. [link]
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
DXMachina - Jun 22, 2005 2:21:26 pm PDT #3891 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jessica - Jun 22, 2005 2:23:39 pm PDT #3892 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Prohibitions against flag burning always make me think of the RSC rant in History of America (Abridged). (One of them goes off on a rant about how free speech is actually curtailed in all sorts of obscure ways, like how you can't yell "fire!" in a crowded theatre, and eventually gets around to flag burning, and why can't I light this flag on fire anyway? And of course the answer is, "because that would be fire in a crowded theatre.")
The side bar listed all of the things that shouldn't be done to the flag -- print it on paper, wear it as clothes, etc.
I thought that what we currently had was a list of Ways It Is Appropriate To Treat The Flag, rather than an explicit list of don'ts. (I remember after 9/11 reading an article that detailed exactly how one is supposed to display the flag on one's vehicle, if one chooses, and pointing out that most of the available flag bumper stickers are Right Out.)
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 2:24:57 pm PDT #3893 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, at least I knew who Buddy Bell was.
An excellent fielder too, as I recall from some old Bill James abstract. Probably one of his curious surveys noting the upsurge in third base talent that happened in the immediate historical vicinity of Mike Schmidt's and George Brett's emergence.
Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2005 2:28:51 pm PDT #3894 of 10001
brillig
pointing out that most of the available flag bumper stickers are Right Out
How so? (she asks, considering that unaugmented flag sticker on the bumper that she got in the wave of "dammit, not my country" feeling after 9/11)
bon bon - Jun 22, 2005 2:30:40 pm PDT #3895 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My poor BF was just unceremoniously dumped back into Detroit's airport after flying all the way here on a plane delayed because of thunderstorms...the plane had to turn around when all the other planes delayed by the storms were attempting to land at the same time. So they flew back and told him that all the other flights out tonight were booked. Lovely.
Jessica - Jun 22, 2005 2:33:54 pm PDT #3896 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was wrong -- the Flag Code contains Dos and Don'ts in about equal measure. The ones pertaining to bumper stickers seem to be:
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 2:34:53 pm PDT #3897 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there a distinction between a flag and a picture of a flag?
Jessica - Jun 22, 2005 2:36:00 pm PDT #3898 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
See my edit -- you're not really supposed to print it on anything impermanent, so a picture of a flag is problematic on its own.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 2:36:28 pm PDT #3899 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, that's too funny.
msbelle - Jun 22, 2005 2:39:30 pm PDT #3900 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Poor carrot top Bob.
I KNOW WHO BUDDY BELL IS!!!
I skipped 200 messages, so everyone who said nice stuff about me in the previous 200 messages, please to repeat it. KTHNX
I need to eat some food soon, but preparing it seems like such a big task. I think food will be shrimp and feta cheese with lemon juice and dill.