Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?

'The Girl in Question'


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.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 11, 2005 4:54:57 am PDT #8563 of 10001
What is even happening?

See, I just can't put potato in a sandwich. I think I have very firm ideas about where potatos should go. They should not appear suddenly in spaghetti sauce, macaroni and cheese, on pizzas or stirfry (all of which manifested in the form of french fries. The czechs apparently like using it as filler.)
Yeah, potatoes are so starchy, there's really no mixing them with other starches. It puts a whole new spin on redundancy.

I remember a girl in high school who used to dip her fries in mayo. That still perplexes me. Does anyone here do that?


-t - Jul 11, 2005 4:56:53 am PDT #8564 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

DH likes mayo with his fries. In fact, when we had our cheeseburgers on Friday we both had a ketchup-mayo mixture for our fries. Yummy and decadent.

Someone told me in high school that that was a Belgian thing.


Jessica - Jul 11, 2005 4:58:05 am PDT #8565 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I remember a girl in high school who used to dip her fries in mayo. That still perplexes me. Does anyone here do that?

raises hand

It's the norm in Europe (or at least in France and Belguim), and I still don't understand why it's never caught on here, given the extreme nastiness of ketchup and the utter perfection of the fry/mayo combination.


sarameg - Jul 11, 2005 4:58:42 am PDT #8566 of 10001

Does anyone here do that?

My roomate in Prague introduced me to the concept of mixing ketchup and mayo for fries. So if it is available, that's what I do.


Volans - Jul 11, 2005 5:00:54 am PDT #8567 of 10001
move out and draw fire

I do, occasionally. More often mustard. I picked up the mayo habit from my DH, who picked in up from when he lived in Europe as a kid.

I could also rave all day about treats (soft drinks, candies, cookies, desserts)

Yes to this. My word.

See, that stuff about making GTA:San Andreas an adults-only game is just weird to me. Why is showing sex so much worse than showing murder? The M rating was just fine for GTA:Vice City, where as Jars mentioned you can hire, use, and then kill prostitutes...but since they only show the car rocking, it's okay.

I mean, I'm not planning on letting Mal play games like that until he's about 17, but that's their current rating, so I'm cool with it.


Jessica - Jul 11, 2005 5:01:16 am PDT #8568 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Thanks to this conversation, I think I'm now going to have to have F&B for lunch (even if they have changed their once-exciting hot dog menu into a far more mundane one, they're still the only place in walking distance where I can get frites with garlic aioli).


Anne W. - Jul 11, 2005 5:03:26 am PDT #8569 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Now I want a Lilt. Them's good.


Volans - Jul 11, 2005 5:06:05 am PDT #8570 of 10001
move out and draw fire

More on mayo, and my mother's cooking - she always served Jell-O with mayo. Is that an Iowa thing or a Depression-era thing, or what?

Also, Cindy (or anyone) - do you have a recipe for making your own rice cereal for babies? Sugar is the second ingredient in all the store-bought ones here.


tommyrot - Jul 11, 2005 5:07:40 am PDT #8571 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.

she always served Jell-O with mayo. Is that an Iowa thing or a Depression-era thing, or what?

I think it's a no-taste-buds thing.


Trudy Booth - Jul 11, 2005 5:09:18 am PDT #8572 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

She loves to tell how she had no idea about cooking anything when she got married and how it means that everybody has a chance. She is also, I should note, the picture that can appear in the dictionary next to the definition of "optimist".

Nilly's Mother being delightful, this shocks me. Not.