Nuh uh. You're the prettiest.
It's true.
And by the way I look nothing like her, except, you know, we both have brown hair.
Your smile is way better.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2005 2:26:31 pm PST #9796 of 10006
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
shrift - Dec 06, 2005 2:28:04 pm PST #9797 of 10006
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh -- as usual -- dear.
I've just been informed that someone "borrowed" a paragraph of my (original) writing for a short story, and subsequently has won a large cash prize and trip to a writing workshop.
I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that, or how the hell I'm supposed to react.
DXMachina - Dec 06, 2005 2:29:47 pm PST #9798 of 10006
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that, or how the hell I'm supposed to react.
shrift smash?
Imagine how satisfying it will be to turn them in.
Rio - Dec 06, 2005 2:29:53 pm PST #9799 of 10006
Are you ready to be strong?
Shrift, I think you should let the prize committee know.
David, you are a charming liar. I mean that in the best way.
Laura - Dec 06, 2005 2:31:58 pm PST #9800 of 10006
Our wings are not tired.
I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that, or how the hell I'm supposed to react.
Pissed off. Bust them.
shrift - Dec 06, 2005 2:32:53 pm PST #9801 of 10006
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Imagine how satisfying it will be to turn them in.
No, the person who borrowed it is telling me, and asking me what I would like to do. High school student.
Which, well.
This is a very odd way to achieve validation.
Rio - Dec 06, 2005 2:35:06 pm PST #9802 of 10006
Are you ready to be strong?
the person who borrowed it is telling me
Huh? Did they have a flash of conscience or what?
Cashmere - Dec 06, 2005 2:35:23 pm PST #9803 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.
No, the person who borrowed it is telling me, and asking me what I would like to do. High school student.
It's time to learn the hard lessons about plagerism.
Nicole - Dec 06, 2005 2:36:37 pm PST #9804 of 10006
I'm getting the pig!
Um... shouldn't the telling/asking happen *before* submitting the story? I'd want a cut of the prize money. A substantial cut.
Sparky1 - Dec 06, 2005 2:45:22 pm PST #9805 of 10006
Librarian Warlord
As an academic who teaches, and who has never had a semester without a student "borrowing", I think that the student needs to come clean to the prize committee.
My Dean of Students has tried to convince me that students of today don't know they aren't supposed to cut and paste from the Internet, I should feel sorry for the poor ignorant students, and they should be forgiven. I am not a believer.