Overheard in New Yorkers on restaurants
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2005 9:51:41 am PDT #1147 of 10002
brillig
Lyra Jane - Jul 19, 2005 9:51:42 am PDT #1148 of 10002
Up with the sun
I am in receipt of a $50 certificate for TGI Friday's ... I'm still not sure what to do with it.
Booze, in the form of froofy drinks, is the only answer, I think.
bon bon - Jul 19, 2005 9:53:20 am PDT #1149 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
"I love continuous functions and proving if functions are continuous or not," she said.
I don't remember math very well, but it feels like I learned this.
ETA: this is a snippet of a longer post where I complained about overblown claims for famous people's intelligence, so I meant to say, is that really that hard?
Jesse - Jul 19, 2005 9:54:06 am PDT #1150 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Friday's isn't so cheap that $50 would last long. Unless that's just the Special Manhattan Pricing. I went in one a couple of years ago, and was SHOCKED. We left and went to a pub.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2005 9:54:30 am PDT #1151 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
OW.
I just lifted a box and caught the edge on my big toenail. There's a big chunk missing now, and I have no nail file.
Nutty - Jul 19, 2005 9:54:58 am PDT #1152 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Hedy Lamarr sketched out the concept behind cellular channels, during WWII. The Dept. of War politely declined her contribution, but yeah.
JohnSweden - Jul 19, 2005 9:58:31 am PDT #1153 of 10002
I can't even.
Didn't Heddey Lamarr (no, not Hedley!) help to invent sonar or some such WWII submarine thingy?
Frequency hopping guidance system for torpedoes, according to this site:
Jesse - Jul 19, 2005 9:59:40 am PDT #1154 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, people, it's time to start complaining.
Few Protests Over Theater Ads, Say Movie Chains
Despite numerous published commentaries of late about how movie theater ads are driving away patrons, exhibitors maintain that they have received few complaints from the public about them and that many moviegoers actually like them. Pam Blase, a spokeswoman for AMC Entertainment, which operates the country's second-largest movie chain, told the Houston Chronicle that the chain receives one complaint for every 600,000 guests. Terrell Falk of Cinemark USA, the nation's third-largest chain, added that recent research concluded that filmgoers regard ads as "just part of the experience." His remarks were echoed by Jim Kozak, editor-in-chief of In Focus, the magazine of the National Association of Theater Owners. "When [patrons] get there early to get a really good seat, they like to have something to keep them busy, something to do besides talk to the person they came with."
Nora Deirdre - Jul 19, 2005 10:01:50 am PDT #1155 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
something to do besides talk to the person they came with.
Yeah. Anything but that.
-t - Jul 19, 2005 10:05:03 am PDT #1156 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Proving fuinctions are continuous isn't a terribly advanced concept, but it can be difficult depending on the function. And it's kind of neat that she likes doing it.
What's impressive is the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem. At least to me. I find proving previously unproven things daunting.