Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.

'Serenity'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

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 29, 2005 9:34:14 pm PDT #13 of 10006
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

I am unduely happy that I got 10,000 and 10

and that I can't spell 'unduely'


P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2005 9:34:15 pm PDT #14 of 10006
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Just be glad my headache finally eased up, or it would have been Natter 40: Pass the Spork and Kill Me Now.


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2005 9:35:47 pm PDT #15 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have a headache now. But hopefully it's just garden variety, and I'm going to gift it with Aleve and then go abed.


beth b - Oct 29, 2005 9:36:05 pm PDT #16 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

If this thread is the Nice One do we have to mind our P's & Q's , plus stay away from topics that make msbelle blush?


beth b - Oct 29, 2005 9:36:41 pm PDT #17 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I know that this thread should banish all headaches


tommyrot - Oct 29, 2005 9:36:41 pm PDT #18 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Joe did well at first. But just as the cat had predicted, Joe's flaw was her undoing - after an hour of play, Joe started believing that the pawns were in fact prawns (a peculiar side-effect of Joe's grasp of English leaking into her visual cortex) and began to eat them. Joe was disqualified, and came home in shame.


beth b - Oct 29, 2005 9:37:34 pm PDT #19 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

poor Joe. I bet he got indigestion.

maybe the kitty can give him Tuna


Trudy Booth - Oct 29, 2005 9:38:07 pm PDT #20 of 10006
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

if you DO name the kitty don't name him 'pawn'


beth b - Oct 29, 2005 9:43:36 pm PDT #21 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I think the robot cheated. and the kitty bribed him. Kitty's are cute and wonderful, but most of them are evil.

Ido not know if penguins are evil or if ,like humans, there are just some that are evil masterminds


tommyrot - Oct 29, 2005 9:44:31 pm PDT #22 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Jimmy lost interest in playing chess with Joe, and insted took up building model airplanes. Joe grew despondant, and looked to the cat for support. "I love you, Kitty," Joe said in all humility.

"No, you do not love me," said the cat, "you only love my tuna smell. A tuna is something I can never be."

"'Tis true," admitted Joe. "I am sorry for trying to eat you."

"That's OK," replied the cat. "But now you understand why you must leave this place."

"Yes," replied Joe, who packed up her chessboard and chess pieces and left.

Reading comprehension questions:
Why did Joe have to leave?
Why did Joe confuse the smell of tuna for a cat?
Why was the cat's course of action the smartest one?

(note - there are no right or wrong answers.)