Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


DavidS - Aug 05, 2005 12:18:20 pm PDT #6146 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

which is then followed by huh ?

C'mon, Perkins! Lime?! Right? And then with the cocoanut. And that thing they do together?!


Aims - Aug 05, 2005 12:19:40 pm PDT #6147 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

No, no, no.

You put the lime in the Coke, you nut!


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 12:19:54 pm PDT #6148 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Who is Harry Nilsson, and why did he write such a dumb song?


Jessica - Aug 05, 2005 12:20:35 pm PDT #6149 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Demystifying Diet Cokes

For anyone who's ever wondered why there needed to be so many different kinds. (And I know we've had that conversation here.)


bon bon - Aug 05, 2005 12:27:20 pm PDT #6150 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Thank you for that.

Coke with lime: easy to understand soda concept that has omnipresent explanatory advertising. You put lime in it? FUCKING WAY!
C2, Coke zero, diet coke, dc with splenda: confusing coke technology! No cutesy Nilsson covers!


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 12:29:11 pm PDT #6151 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wait -- Coke Zero has calories?


Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2005 12:31:23 pm PDT #6152 of 10002
What is even happening?

Wait -- Coke Zero has calories?
Do they round down?


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 12:31:52 pm PDT #6153 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do they round down?

Maybe it's that craxxy banker rounding.


Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2005 12:32:56 pm PDT #6154 of 10002
What is even happening?

craxxy banker rounding
Oddly enough, we've had this conversation before.


Scrappy - Aug 05, 2005 12:36:40 pm PDT #6155 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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