Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.

'War Stories'


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.


Kristen - Jul 12, 2005 1:32:12 pm PDT #9272 of 10001

Yes on hybrid convertibles.

A hybrid convertible would, sadly, be an absolute waste of money for me. It'd end up getting exactly the same gas mileage I get now.


Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2005 1:35:16 pm PDT #9273 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

What's something that's made you smile in the last few days?

Oz pretty consistantly makes me smile. Last night, he was burrowing under the covers to clean our feet, coming out of the covers to clean Max's ears and then going back for more feet. He had a little trouble getting back under them and was standing on my back using his ginormous paws to try to haul the blankets off. Puppies are always good for a smile.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2005 1:36:28 pm PDT #9274 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oz pretty consistantly makes me smile.

I seriously thought at first you meant the tv show. I was like, "mmm... shanking and fucking..."

ION, No, Jude, NOOOO!


Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 2:00:01 pm PDT #9275 of 10001
brillig

OMG! This is a dedicated guy. He stabbed a fellow prisoner in a holding cell at the Utah federal courthouse with a 3-inch shank (I'm so amused with the website's "look, we know the slang!" continual use of shank in the story).

Thompson said Vanderstappen smuggled the shank out of the state prison in Draper and into the federal courthouse inside a body cavity.

You'd think they'd have noticed the very careful posture, but the guy is a white supremicist--being sentenced for stabbing a prisoner a few months earlier, by the way--so he probably always stands very stiffly.


bon bon - Jul 12, 2005 2:01:13 pm PDT #9276 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I was like, "mmm... shanking and fucking..."

I should COMM this, but that would be mean.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2005 2:07:56 pm PDT #9277 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Note: I don't actually approve of shanking.


ChiKat - Jul 12, 2005 2:09:18 pm PDT #9278 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

There are times I really love my office. A coworker came by to bring me a cupcake and then a group of us ended up talking about cock cozies/cock socks/weiner warmers (whatever you want to call them). I work with a strange bunch of people; no wonder I fit in here.


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 2:12:57 pm PDT #9279 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Note: I don't actually approve of shanking.

Implied approval by omission. Deft.

I left my desk to go lie in my dark car, because pre-migraine and piercing phone conversation from the next cube weren't working well. Of course while I was in the structure I noticed a parking spot much closer to the exit, so I moved the car ... right next to a co-worker's car who was leaving. He's just far away enough from me network wise that explaining to him what I was doing in my car would sound like excuse-making. I hate the frailty of the human body, and my compulsion to make excuses for it.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2005 2:14:20 pm PDT #9280 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I confess that I do indeed approve of fucking.

I hate the frailty of the human body, and my compulsion to make excuses for it.

Bah. Maybe you go into space, turn into a superhero?


Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 2:15:05 pm PDT #9281 of 10001
brillig

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MIAMI (Reuters) - Mother Nature tidied up a man-made mess off the coast of the Florida Keys when the force of Hurricane Dennis flipped a sunken U.S. Navy ship into the perfect position to help form an artificial reef.