Some play on characters or situations in the film Heathers, perhaps?
If Heather went by Veronica I'd giggle every time I saw it.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Trudy Booth - Oct 10, 2005 5:14:53 am PDT #4840 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 5:17:01 am PDT #4841 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.
The cover of one of the NY papers (Post or Daily News) had "Osama's cave believed to have survived" as a sidebar on the front page.
Um... how do they know?
Pro'lly they noticed that the Osama streaming video feed is still up....
Jesse - Oct 10, 2005 5:17:24 am PDT #4842 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes to both of these. I know we're dealing with our own natural disaster right now, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world just disappeared.
Especially considering how they were so ready to go wall-to-wall with the London subway bomb stuff. I mean, this is tens of thousands of people dead, and by 20 past the hour, the news is already on jackass other stuff.
Volans - Oct 10, 2005 5:20:43 am PDT #4843 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Especially considering how they were so ready to go wall-to-wall with the London subway bomb stuff.
Yes, well, see, most Londeners are white.
Actually, it's the terrorism aspect. Playing up terror attacks sells copy, and can have a political spin (either "must continue War on Terra" or "terrorism increased since Iraq War"). I know that "Thousands die in Bangladesh flooding" is the old joke, but seriously, tremendous natural disasters going on here, folks.
Trudy Booth - Oct 10, 2005 5:25:56 am PDT #4844 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yes, well, see, most Londeners are white.
Actually, it's the terrorism aspect.
I wonder if the white thing comes into play too... I don't think the bali coverage was as exhaustive.
Jessica - Oct 10, 2005 5:26:37 am PDT #4845 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Um... how do they know?
Lucky guess?
I have no idea -- it was a very strange headline. (I couldn't read the article because the person whose shoulder I was reading over didn't turn to that page.)
Daisy Jane - Oct 10, 2005 5:27:22 am PDT #4846 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Heather, since Phoebe is my actual name, I beg you not to use it.
Done. I don't think I'd like anyone using my name either, even if I'm not going to. I'm getting attatched to Daisy Jane and Belle Reave though I don't know what the latter is, I just think it sounds pretty.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2005 5:29:21 am PDT #4847 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Belle Reve means beautiful dream, is a prison in the Batworld, and a plantation house in Streetcar named desire.
I'd totally gank that.
Daisy Jane - Oct 10, 2005 5:30:33 am PDT #4848 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I need a Mr. Poll. Veronica, Daisy Jane, stroppet (I think I'm not going to use the Belle one, because I wouldn't want it to get confused in the short hand with msbelle). Or y'all could name me by bullshit consensus.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 10, 2005 5:31:44 am PDT #4849 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Katie Holmes has been in the business for nine years?
Dawson's Creek debuted during the second season of Buffy. So she's been famous for slightly over 8.