I thought it was explicitly a climbing term. Suela?
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Sep 30, 2005 6:16:40 am PDT #4474 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Nutty - Sep 30, 2005 6:17:31 am PDT #4475 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
How you arrived at the dirt matters not. A dirt nap is a dirt nap, whether it was via failed-parachute or hot lead in the belly or arsenic.
Chandler would have it that a dirt nap is a little more dignified than being rolled into the sea with a cinder block tied to your ankle, but only just.
shrift - Sep 30, 2005 6:25:32 am PDT #4476 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Completely wholesome.
I resent the implication that I'm wholesome!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2005 6:29:51 am PDT #4477 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought it was explicitly a climbing term.
I've always heard it in the context of hard-boiled, Chandler-esque use, a la The Big Sleep.
Betsy HP - Sep 30, 2005 6:36:55 am PDT #4478 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Huh. Learn something new every day.
"Luca Brazzi sleeps with the ponies."
Nicklas - Sep 30, 2005 6:40:13 am PDT #4479 of 10001
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Why can't Luca Brazzi sleep in his own room like the rest of us?
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2005 6:49:11 am PDT #4480 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why can't Luca Brazzi sleep in his own room like the rest of us?
Because given the condition of his hand, he'd bleed all over the place.
Nicklas - Sep 30, 2005 7:55:34 am PDT #4481 of 10001
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Because given the condition of his hand, he'd bleed all over the place.
That's no excuse to throw him out! He can pay for the dry-cleaning bill like the rest of us.
Consuela - Sep 30, 2005 4:58:35 pm PDT #4482 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Sorry, I'm not here much. Not a climbing term I'm familiar with.
Betsy HP - Sep 30, 2005 5:09:14 pm PDT #4483 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
That's okay; I was just being wrong.