thread wonders what a "Midwestern gesture" could possibly be
It must have something to do with potatoes or white bread.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'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.
Jessica - Jun 28, 2005 5:40:44 pm PDT #5308 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
msbelle - Jun 28, 2005 5:40:44 pm PDT #5309 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so are we all gonna wait til someone registers as "thread" to respond to Steph attack? is that the next step.
I have lost my ability to truly raise a fuss, it is so sad. I remember back in the day when I could get in a fight without even trying. Man, that was when this internet community stuff was the bomb.
sarameg - Jun 28, 2005 5:40:55 pm PDT #5310 of 10001
A midwestern gesture would be an entirely g-rated version of an obscene gesture. An index finger instead of middle. A wave instead of fist. Smile, not snarl.
Signed,
daughter of midwestern farmgirl who falls down in shock when said farmgirl says SHIT
Steph L. - Jun 28, 2005 5:42:16 pm PDT #5311 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A midwestern gesture would be an entirely g-rated version of an obscene gesture. An index finger instead of middle.
Heh. I would do this out of sheer dorky ineptitude.
beth b - Jun 28, 2005 5:42:28 pm PDT #5312 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
now I want dinner. It is the talk of chowder.
but i do want to know what a midwestern gesture is -- the start of a hardy handshake?
sarameg - Jun 28, 2005 5:42:44 pm PDT #5313 of 10001
Oh man, you people tempt the hell out of me! But Catalina != cruces food, damnit.
(my cousin sailed to the catalina islands with my dad's grad students when he lived with us and I've been jealous ever since. 15+ years.)
Jessica - Jun 28, 2005 5:43:57 pm PDT #5314 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I remember back in the day when I could get in a fight without even trying.
Them's fightin' words...
Nah, I got nothing. I should go to bed so I can wake up and go to work AN HOUR EARLY. AGAIN. Summer hours are a frickin' JOKE.
(The kicker is that I don't even get a half-day on Friday. My department does alternate Fridays off instead, only because my supervisor and I are both taking summer vacations, and we can't both be gone at the same time, we're basically getting vacation days back for the Fridays we're going to be gone anyway instead of extra days off, which leaves me working three long weeks with no Friday off in a row. It. sucks.)
Kat - Jun 28, 2005 5:44:52 pm PDT #5315 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
so are we all gonna wait til someone registers as "thread" to respond to Steph attack? is that the next step.
Sure. Cause sockpuppets are comedy gold.
sarameg - Jun 28, 2005 5:45:03 pm PDT #5316 of 10001
the start of a hardy handshake?
They do not do hardy handshakes. That's TOUCHING.
(ok, I'm talking of my Minnesota farming relatives. I've hugged Uncle Charlie and Aunt Red maybe thrice and it is weird. The Mnnpls aunt & uncle? Countless.)
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2005 5:45:13 pm PDT #5317 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.
Is there a ferry to Catalina, or do you gotta fly / take your own boat?
Natalie Wood drowned near there, right?