Ah. I see where that would be annoying. But OTT pronouncements like that are part of Carolla's schtick.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
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.
bon bon - Oct 14, 2005 8:51:18 am PDT #6212 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2005 8:52:41 am PDT #6213 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But OTT pronouncements like that are part of Carolla's schtick.
Suffice it to say, I'm not down with the OTT especially in schtick that doesn't get turned off in social scenarios.
quester - Oct 14, 2005 8:55:18 am PDT #6214 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
gronk!
Having a richly deserved day off, courtesy of a sinus infection, so I can't really enjoy it. And of course, the weather is perfect right now! Mild 70's.
dw - Oct 14, 2005 9:08:35 am PDT #6215 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Pfft. During the El Nino winter ('99?) it rained 57 days out of 60. And they weren't light showers either.
Lightweight. '99 was the 91 consecutive days of rain in Seattle. That year, pharmacies in Seattle ran short of Prozac (really! It was in the paper!).
Fred Pete - Oct 14, 2005 9:09:18 am PDT #6216 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Bits of sun in DC right now.
Only bits, but they'll do for now.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2005 9:11:48 am PDT #6217 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lightweight. '99 was the 91 consecutive days of rain in Seattle. That year, pharmacies in Seattle ran short of Prozac (really! It was in the paper!).
Yeah, but it always rains in Seattle. You don't have an expectation of sunshine.
I moved to San Francisco at the beginning of the 5 year drought. That was fucking great! I love droughts. It's a desert climate, people!
dw - Oct 14, 2005 9:13:39 am PDT #6218 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
New word of the day that I swear never existed before the DOCUMENT FROM HELL was written (still not finished, BTW):
Operationalize.
"The list below reflects the current values of the School, as determined by faculty and students. The bullet points document ways in which each value is operationalized."
Nutty - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:27 am PDT #6219 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I am pretty sure "operationalize" was a word coined by the US military. It smacks of that pedigree.
They're curiously inventive with words. They coined "exfiltrate" off of "infiltrate," and a ton of other fun words. Including snafu!
I will forgive a bit of jargon suffixizing for the same of "exfiltrate."
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:29 am PDT #6220 of 10002
brillig
"The list below reflects the current values of the School, as determined by faculty and students. The bullet points document ways in which each value is operationalized."
When you have nothing to say, invent new words to say it with.
le nubian - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:31 am PDT #6221 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
dw, I use operationalize on a weekly basis. No shit. It is a specific term in statistics & research.