I was wondering if it was a tour bus or a city bus.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
sarameg - Sep 23, 2005 9:04:56 am PDT #351 of 10002
Topic!Cindy - Sep 23, 2005 9:05:05 am PDT #352 of 10002
What is even happening?
As was I.And I was thinking--well, you know, having what looks way too much like a roid rage attack ain't helping your case, Raphael.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 9:05:50 am PDT #353 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"We're exceptionally proud. This just enhances our city," Kent said. "By being dog-friendly, we're also being people-friendly. People want to travel with animals. They want to bring their animals to a lot of locations, to go to dog parks and beaches."
Except they don't let dogs into bars.
There's this really cool bar in Wicker Park that used to allow dogs in (Lemmings, IIRC) - they even had a little yard for the dogs to go weewee in. I went with a friend and her dog many times. But then the city forced them to stop allowing dogs in.
Yeah, I'm sure there's health reasons to not allow dogs into bars. But it was fun! The dogs loved it! So did the patrons!
NoiseDesign - Sep 23, 2005 9:07:02 am PDT #354 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
My apologies -- Boss Lady said that the quake happened at 3 a.m.-ish. Other than ND, I assume you were all sleeping.
If the State's a rockin' don't come knockin'
Nutty - Sep 23, 2005 9:07:11 am PDT #355 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, is "throw Person X under the bus" totally unknown outside of sports journalism? (I presume the bus in question is the team bus, since it's "the bus" not "a bus". Worse to be run over the conveyance of your own teammates than to be flattened by a convoy of gambling-bound grandmas.)
If I'd said, "attempted to throw Tejada to the wolves," would you all have thought there was really a pack of hungry wolves standing around in suburban Baltimore?
Wow, what a great Homicide episode that would have made.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 9:09:06 am PDT #356 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But Chicago is also dog-friendly in the littlest details. Outside the Engine 55 firehouse in Lincoln Park, firefighters keep a hydrant trickling into a bucket for thirsty hounds passing by and hand out dog biscuits as though the pups were costumed kids at Halloween.
Ooh, the firehouse two blocks from my apt. does this. And a lot of restaurants have water bowls and doggie treats set out on the sidewalk.
sarameg - Sep 23, 2005 9:09:09 am PDT #357 of 10002
If I'd said, "attempted to throw Tejada to the wolves," would you all have thought there was really a pack of hungry wolves standing around in suburban Baltimore?
Nope. That one is way more common. Plus, everyone knows Baltimore suburbs have deer, bears and buffalo, but no wolves.
Calli - Sep 23, 2005 9:09:19 am PDT #358 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The town I grew up in had about a 50% Polish immigrant decendent population. I grew up thinking that names ending in -ski were the norm.
ETA:
Okay, is "throw Person X under the bus" totally unknown outside of sports journalism?
It was to me. But I'm clueless about a surprising range of things sometimes.
Steph L. - Sep 23, 2005 9:10:05 am PDT #359 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
If I'd said, "attempted to throw Tejada to the wolves," would you all have thought there was really a pack of hungry wolves standing around in suburban Baltimore?
I've heard "throw [person] to the wolves," but never "throw [person] under the bus."
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2005 9:10:49 am PDT #360 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
is "throw Person X under the bus" totally unknown outside of sports journalism?
Hell, I didn't even know it was common in sports journalism. Are we talking offering someone up to be "killed" as a distraction from your own sins? Or just abandoning someone?