Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.

Zoe ,'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.


§ ita § - Jul 11, 2005 5:24:31 am PDT #8593 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The only current use I have for mayo is fries, although I never bother in the US. Montreal is a different story.


Jesse - Jul 11, 2005 5:24:42 am PDT #8594 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The Fat Duck?

That's it. Best restaurant in the world, apparently.

Karl Rove should go to prison for treason, no?


JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 5:25:06 am PDT #8595 of 10001
I can't even.

Yeah, potatoes are so starchy, there's really no mixing them with other starches. It puts a whole new spin on redundancy.

Redundancy, heh. A chip butty is awesome comfort food. Of course, the rolls are so much better over there. It is worth getting up early and getting to the baker's first thing, then hurrying home to have a bacon sandwich (with ayrshire bacon) while the rolls are still warm.


Connie Neil - Jul 11, 2005 5:25:45 am PDT #8596 of 10001
brillig

In Utah you can get fry sauce, which is essentially ketchup and mayo already mixed. Sometimes it's barbecue sauce and mayo. Well, actually, the various fry sauce recipes are closely held secrets of various restaurants and manufacturers, but it's very much of the yum.


Jessica - Jul 11, 2005 5:27:12 am PDT #8597 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It is worth getting up early and getting to the baker's first thing, then hurrying home to have a bacon sandwich (with ayrshire bacon) while the rolls are still warm.

OMGYUM.


Tom Scola - Jul 11, 2005 5:27:59 am PDT #8598 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Karl Rove should go to prison for treason, no?

He should, but he will probably weasel out of it.


-t - Jul 11, 2005 5:29:33 am PDT #8599 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mmm, ranch dressing.

I like Jello with whipped cream, but I'd never make it at home. It's cafeteria food.


Nilly - Jul 11, 2005 5:31:32 am PDT #8600 of 10001
Swouncing

In Israel, it seemed like most places put french fries into falafel.

It's absolutely yummy this way! But not just the fries and the pita - there should be fresh vegetables choped to a salad in there to, as well as humus and tehina (I have no idea what is its English name).

Another different-foods-related question, regarding the packaging: in Israel, we have little baggies (made of plastic) that contain cold chocolate milk. It's a little less than a cup/mug in content, so it's easy to carry around, even for kids. The baggie is closed, so there's no messing with a cap that can fall of a bottle or something. When the kid wants to drink, they can just bite the corner of the baggie off, and squeeze the chocolate milk through the hole, straight to their mouths. Most kids in Israel get their chocolate milk (and in many cases, therefore, milk) this way.

A friend just told me that a guest from the USA was horrified when my friend offered that sort of chocolate milk baggie to the guest's kid, and that was the first time I ever thought that this form of drinking may not be completely international. So I came here to ask. I couldn't google a picture of that sort of baggie (no Hebrew on this computer...), so I'm afraid I can't explain myself any better that this.


Gudanov - Jul 11, 2005 5:32:34 am PDT #8601 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Karl Rove should go to prison for treason, no?

It would have to be proven that he knew he was outting a covert operative. If he didn't know she was covert, then he wouldn't be guilty. I doubt that he could be found guilty.


Nutty - Jul 11, 2005 5:34:35 am PDT #8602 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

The real question is, what was Karl thinking?! The whole point of being an oily right-hand man is that you make other people do the Evil Operative stuff. If the general public already knows your name, don't be the guy who commits the big felony crime. You know?

In a political world other than this one, such a revelation would be grounds for immediate falling-upon-sword. But, these days anyone Republican can do no wrong, so he'll probably be promoted.

I guess he doesn't particularly care how he'll be savaged in future analyses of history and politics, or else he wouldn't have gone into the weasel business in the first place.