Run!!!
Well, I'm indoors, so I think I'm safe for the moment. Hopefully it'll stop so I won't be trapped here.
My theory is that it's crystalized dihydrogen oxide.
eta: aka dihydrogen monoxide: [link]
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2005 7:32:34 am PST #4623 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.
Aims - Nov 16, 2005 7:33:41 am PST #4624 of 10006
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh good christ.
Just heard a shitload of machine gun fire just outside my building.
Turns out, they are shooting "24" over there and there are going to be lots and lots and lots of grenades, automatic gun fire, flame throwers, etc.
sarameg - Nov 16, 2005 7:36:05 am PST #4625 of 10006
OK, they need to tell you about that beforehand....
The army reserves do training skulks in the ravine behind my building. We get periodic notices not to worry about the people in camo and black with m-16s and whatnot running around. I think the front desk (911 calls get routed through there) got sick of calming people down.
Nutty - Nov 16, 2005 7:36:59 am PST #4626 of 10006
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Turns out, they are shooting "24" over there and there are going to be lots and lots and lots of grenades, automatic gun fire, flame throwers, etc.
In the annals of Things that Only Happen in Los Angeles.
Are they gonna, like, repave neighborhood roads, or something, to pay the poor neighbors for enduring warfare on the sidewalk? Because, if not, I'd be standing out in my front yard with a shit-eating grin, a bullhorn, and something visually garish (maybe a Green Party protest?), to make them sorry they ever thought my block would be a good idea.
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2005 7:37:59 am PST #4627 of 10006
brillig
Turns out, they are shooting "24" over there and there are going to be lots and lots and lots of grenades, automatic gun fire, flame throwers, etc.
Yeah, that's something people should be warned about. Good thing they don't do that sort of stuff around here, there'd be citizens breaking out their own armories and shooting back.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2005 7:42:24 am PST #4628 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aimée, can you throw pee at them?
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2005 7:44:55 am PST #4629 of 10006
"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
C'mon, it's 24. Crack out a projection screen and high volume stereo system with Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich playing during their shooting hours.
Aims - Nov 16, 2005 7:48:38 am PST #4630 of 10006
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimée, can you throw pee at them?
I probably could have if I had known about it beforehand. Now, I'll have to throw my whole chair.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2005 7:50:20 am PST #4631 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.
I probably could have if I had known about it beforehand. Now, I'll have to throw my whole chair.
Heh.
Wolfram - Nov 16, 2005 7:53:48 am PST #4632 of 10006
Visilurking
There are polls on impeachment.
Why do they bother taking these polls if they're going to taint the results by asking the question in such a ridiculous way. From the link above:
"The poll found that 50% agreed with the statement:
"If President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should consider holding him accountable by impeaching him."
44% disagreed, and 6% said they didn't know or declined to answer. The poll has a +/- 3.1% margin of error.