Depends. Jade or emerald?
Maybe there are aliens in the lab helping to preserve your secret until the right moment.
kryptonite?
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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.
Vortex - Nov 22, 2005 7:47:28 am PST #6332 of 10006
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
tommyrot - Nov 22, 2005 7:47:31 am PST #6333 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.
Tommyrot is me, except for the deciding it's probably not true part.
Yeah, I've heard it's a common fantasy/delusion/whatever-you'd-call-it.
Amy - Nov 22, 2005 7:47:33 am PST #6334 of 10006
Because books.
I was convinced that my mother was a telepath. I asked her one day if she was, and she denied it with derision. "Of course that's what you'd say," I thought back at her.
Heh.
amych - Nov 22, 2005 7:47:37 am PST #6335 of 10006
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The Whole Foods vs. blue laws story makes me sad, because for many years it was one of the hallmarks of the local whole-foods-y chain that got swallowed by Whole Foods that they would always close on holidays in order to give their workers the day off, last-minute-shopper profits be damned.
tommyrot - Nov 22, 2005 7:48:31 am PST #6336 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 was convinced that my mother was a telepath. I asked her one day if she was, and she denied it with derision. "Of course that's what you'd say," I thought back at her.
That's pretty funny.
Trudy Booth - Nov 22, 2005 7:48:52 am PST #6337 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
Me, too, Trudy! I, and 3 of my siblings, look so much alike our baby pictures get mixed up, but I was POSITIVE I was adopted.
YES! And I wasn't even pissed about it or "I'm not your REAL child wah wah wah, you HATE me". I just wanted them to 'fess up and get it over with.
Jessica - Nov 22, 2005 7:49:00 am PST #6338 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, I've heard it's a common fantasy/delusion/whatever-you'd-call-it.
Or maybe it means we're all onto something...
Tom Scola - Nov 22, 2005 7:51:14 am PST #6339 of 10006
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
When I was a kid, I wondered if my whole reality (parents, siblings, fellow students) was all part of some elaborate scientific experiment on me.
I used to think that my reality was some sort of elaborate movie set. The places I was at every day were real (home, school, etc.), but the stuff further away was fake. I thought that if the car would stop on some random road and I got out, I could see how everything was made up just for me.
Trudy Booth - Nov 22, 2005 7:55:03 am PST #6340 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 always wanted to know about the car on the road that was first in line. And where was that?
Allyson - Nov 22, 2005 7:55:07 am PST #6341 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Blockbuster was open on Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. And on Christmas. I worked the entire day on xmas, as the lone Jew. And I felt AWFUL for the kids who got roped into working it as well.
Retail doesn't pay enough, especially on days like christmas, because most of the people shopping at the Blockbuster on xmas day? Complete asswipes.