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'Objects In Space'


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.


Lee - Nov 22, 2005 8:17:14 am PST #6358 of 10006
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Urgh. I thought they were going to let us out of here no later than 3:00 tomorrow, but now it looks like it will be 4:00. It is going to take me even more FOREVER to drive to Long Beach now.

I suspect a fair amount of it is going to be done at ass o'clock thursday morning.


§ ita § - Nov 22, 2005 8:21:01 am PST #6359 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanksgiving is for everybody.

Well, except for the Native Americans.

why it is important? It's not.

Well, I'm counting important as "most travelled holiday" and "punters in strip clubs are biggest losers."


Emily - Nov 22, 2005 8:22:39 am PST #6360 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Okay, I take it back, it can be that busy (though I bet there are busier days). Still, double pay.

Also, what bon and Robin said. Less obligation, less religion, and tends to be less pressure (though maybe not if you're cooking) and what the fuck is wrong with my keyboard?

Sorry. Anyway, Thanksgiving is sort of like a low holiday. Not a big deal, you get the day off, watch sports if you like.


tommyrot - Nov 22, 2005 8:23:26 am PST #6361 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.

Don't forget the ritual sacrifice, with pie.


Emily - Nov 22, 2005 8:24:54 am PST #6362 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I give up. Every time I type an apostrophe, Netscape opens up the search function. Screw it. I am off to take my test.

Oh, and I found out about the Whole Foods ruling because my local co-op sent an email. So the local stores do not want to get smacked either.


Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2005 8:28:10 am PST #6363 of 10006
brillig

I've always wanted to go to a strip club, just for the sociological experiment element of it all.


Gudanov - Nov 22, 2005 8:28:12 am PST #6364 of 10006
Coding and Sleeping

One of the thanksgiving rituals my Dad never liked was going around and having everyone tell one thing they were thankful for. I remember him one thanksgiving hoping that we wouldn't do it that year and that was the year where it was to say five things we were thankful for. That was tough too because if you are at the end of the line you really had to strech to come up with something nobody else had already mentions. The first people would take the easy ones, for family, for having everyone together, etc. By the end it was like "I'm thankful for indoor plumbing, duct tape, um.. liquid soap, and um...."


Jesse - Nov 22, 2005 8:28:25 am PST #6365 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's totally for Native Americans, too! The First Thanksgiving was when the whiteys and the red man sat down together!!

Why does thanksgiving rule? It's a day you get off simply to eat a big meal. You don't have to buy gifts and you get Friday off, too! That's why it rules, although why it is important? It's not.

Really mostly this, though. No obligation except eating. Possibly cooking.


beth b - Nov 22, 2005 8:29:13 am PST #6366 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Thanksgiving is the holiday that has always been best for me. I hesitate to say meaning - because doesn't really work. I think I like it because it is a day in the middle of nowhere and what it is all about is stopping,and really enjoying a slow pace for a day. The only expections for things happening is the big meal. and oddly, it is just as much fun if there are 2 people or 20 people. When I was a kid and football was on tv I sat in the family room and read a book. as I got older - more talking and hanging and then cooking. I love thanksgiving now. My sister and I cook all the stuff that can be cooked before Thanksgiving. My DH and BIL cook the turkey, stuffing and gravy on tday. We go for walks, watch movies, and talk. But we have other fun ones where we head to VT and make pies after dinner and try to do the dishes before my SIL knows we have done them.

I like a slow leisurely day. it is hard to do on my own - and haveing everyone else move at that pace is good. I'm working on getting christmas more like that.


§ ita § - Nov 22, 2005 8:29:42 am PST #6367 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The First Thanksgiving was when the whiteys and the red man sat down together!!

Isn't Thanksgiving, then, a big yell of "No takebacks!!!!"?