Substitute upstairs storage closet for my bedroom or the guest bedroom, and Jilli is me.

Wally Report! Question: What happens when two, possibly doomed, actuarially inclined individuals see The Island together?

a. They smirk out loud every time Ewan McGregor calls himself an 'insurance policy', and start discussing appropriate discount rates to calculate his present value.
b. They compare retirement plans.
c. There was a movie? Was that what the noise up the front of the room was?
d. All of the above.

Substitute 'flat' for upstairs storage closet, and Jilli is me. Only with better hats and more corsets. And more Pete. And greater proximity to Ticky Box. And probably more bat-related possessions. But possibly fewer hedgehogs.

Beverly (and Fay), he, she, or (in my intended translation) it ought to be.

Combination of taking Latin and being in my Man of La Mancha phase (Big! Giant! Geek!) at the time I was first venturing onto the Interbunny. However, no one else seems to use the sceen name, so I can get it pretty much anywhere I go.

it's more a liking thing than a fancying thing, I thnk.

So, what's the diff, here? Is it that "liking" = "you are a pleasant human being and I do not consider you a blight on the planet" and "fancying" = "please remove your clothing NOW"?

I'm guessing "Friend, not fucktoy" being as how it's my permanent default.

So, what's the diff, here? Is it that "liking" = "you are a pleasant human being and I do not consider you a blight on the planet" and "fancying" = "please remove your clothing NOW"?

I follow the Stewie Griffin school of liking people, which is "When I conquer the world, your death will be swift and painless".

Note that by this standard, Jasmine had tremendous difficulty distinguishing between liking and fancying.

Ooh, slumbernut!

...Sevens. I like... sevens.

Oh! And four sevens add up to 28, which is a perfect number. Gotta like that.

Is it that "liking" = "you are a pleasant human being and I do not consider you a blight on the planet" and "fancying" = "please remove your clothing NOW"?

Well, pretty much, yeah. Fancying = experiencing physical desire for object of fancyage. One can like someone without fancying them (as, for example, I like my sister), and, I guess, fancy them without liking them - eg I fancy the pants off the guy who plays Ronon Dex on SGA, but can't claim to like him because I don't know him, or know the first thing about him. He may be a charmless twat. But boy howdy, he is distractingly attractive. (I realise that my point didn't actually need illustration, but the opportunity to mention SGA's big strapping hunk of Tall, Dark and Shaggable arose, and I took it.)

I like the boy in Cairo, but I don't feel at all passionately about him, or that whole flush of excitement at seeing him - you know, the whole deal where you DIG someone, rather than just liking them and maybe being persuadable to more because there isn't anyone else around whom you really do dig.

reflects.

Wow. What a coldblooded thing to say about someone. I suck.

Wow. What a coldblooded thing to say about someone. I suck.

Pfft. Of course it's not, it's realistic. It does no one any favours to be dishonest about something like this, especially to yourself.