Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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.


Jesse - Jun 27, 2005 9:36:15 am PDT #4804 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ita, you're a little less frat-boy-ish than the coworker. And less of a graduate student as well.

Is he from Long Island or New Jersey? Would he hear "Livin' on a Prayer" and sing along?

I think no, not that kind of cheese. I don't know where he's from, actually.


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2005 9:36:26 am PDT #4805 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Back when Shaq was just joining the NBA, I heard him use the term, and it just stuck with me. Of course, my entire rack of colloquialisms sound freakish and out of character, so really, what's that got going against it that "What up dog?" or "Inshallah" doesn't?


amych - Jun 27, 2005 9:47:19 am PDT #4806 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Did I forget this?

Happy birthday, JZ!


Jesse - Jun 27, 2005 9:48:27 am PDT #4807 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Of course, my entire rack of colloquialisms sound freakish and out of character, so really, what's that got going against it that "What up dog?" or "Inshallah" doesn't?

"What up, dog?" can only be used ironically now, I'm afraid. Sorry if you didn't get that memo.

Edit: Oh, and for poor Cheesy Coworker, it's not the using it ever working against him so much as the using it every day.


msbelle - Jun 27, 2005 9:50:54 am PDT #4808 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Would he hear "Livin' on a Prayer" and sing along?

who DOESN'T do this. seriously.


flea - Jun 27, 2005 9:52:59 am PDT #4809 of 10001
information libertarian

Could someone explain the meaning and/or context of calling someone "brah"? I'm afraid I'm just thinking of feminine undergarments. Is it meant to be like "bro"?

Completely unrelatedly, happy birthday to JZ!


sarameg - Jun 27, 2005 9:53:37 am PDT #4810 of 10001

I never burst into song.


Connie Neil - Jun 27, 2005 9:55:18 am PDT #4811 of 10001
brillig

who DOESN'T do this. seriously.

I prefer to sing along to "Blaze of Glory."


flea - Jun 27, 2005 9:55:42 am PDT #4812 of 10001
information libertarian

I am now earwormed with Living on a Prayer, god damn you, whoever brought it up.


Topic!Cindy - Jun 27, 2005 9:55:59 am PDT #4813 of 10001
What is even happening?

Edit: Oh, and for poor Cheesy Coworker, it's not the using it ever working against him so much as the using it every day.
I don't suppose he's using it with intentional irony?
Could someone explain the meaning and/or context of calling someone "brah"? I'm afraid I'm just thinking of feminine undergarments. Is it meant to be like "bro"?
Yes.

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra. La la how the life goes on