Around here, I've heard "jacked up" so I thought y'all must be Over It already. We're not cool, you know. It's why I think it's a compliment to be thought from Baltimore...of course that way I get to be "off the hook" instead.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
erikaj - Oct 18, 2005 12:04:34 pm PDT #7127 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
bon bon - Oct 18, 2005 12:05:38 pm PDT #7128 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
There really needs to be an entire movie based upon this flag lowering ceremony. Or a Monty Python sketch.
Admittedly I saw it on a Michael Palin show, and it very closely resembles the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Can find pictures online (it's at the Wagah border) but not of the thumb thing. That may be new.
Cashmere - Oct 18, 2005 12:06:17 pm PDT #7129 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Allyson, if the rest of the book is half as good as this sample, you're going to take the publishing world by the throat and throttle it silly.
So. Damn. Good.
brenda m - Oct 18, 2005 12:11:56 pm PDT #7130 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
dw - Oct 18, 2005 12:16:36 pm PDT #7131 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Language note: Emmett has taken to saying "jacked up" as euphemism for "Fucked up." This was not current during my youth, and I thought "effed up" had taken a commanding lead.
Please verify with anecdotes your observation of this trend, or deny it utterly, or display indifference.
It was "F'd up" in my day (the gay-but-not-that-sort-of-gay 90s). "Jacked up" meant, well, "hyped" or "amped."
sumi - Oct 18, 2005 12:17:53 pm PDT #7132 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Rats leaving the sinking ship?
msbelle - Oct 18, 2005 12:18:17 pm PDT #7133 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
things that are awkward - having a coworker tell you that they think you should date another coworker.
uhhhhhhhhh.
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
DXMachina - Oct 18, 2005 12:19:10 pm PDT #7134 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
"Jacked up" meant, well, "hyped" or "amped."
In my day, "jacked up" meant the rear end of your car was way higher than the front end.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2005 12:19:16 pm PDT #7135 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
Come over here and sit next to me, dear.
msbelle - Oct 18, 2005 12:20:10 pm PDT #7136 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh sure, now be nice. you won't even take my calls.