They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Cashmere - Dec 07, 2005 6:46:34 am PST #9891 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.

My nominee for the jackhole celebrity of the month, Chris Klein.

Was this when they started interviewing him after his ex-Katie started dating Tom? I'd say he's definitely a good candidate.


Dana - Dec 07, 2005 6:47:26 am PST #9892 of 10006
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

My suggestion is not helpful, and you still have the problem, but you might feel better :)

You know me so well. I will do my version of telling him to kiss my ass, which is to ignore his e-mail and badmouth him on the internet.


Gudanov - Dec 07, 2005 6:51:01 am PST #9893 of 10006
Coding and Sleeping

or you could tell him to kiss your ass.

That's a valid solution too.


Trudy Booth - Dec 07, 2005 6:53:20 am PST #9894 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 think Chris Klein is making the most of his fifteen TomKat minutes.

Still a dick.


§ ita § - Dec 07, 2005 6:56:13 am PST #9895 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This is cool, but doesn't do the hard part -- complementary.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 07, 2005 6:56:41 am PST #9896 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

But then again, I suspect that the nation would be a whole lot better off if GWB had her as one of the two or three people he talks to.

Considering people get cut out of the loop the instant they tell him any unpleasant truths that don't fit his Big Rock Candy Mountain view of reality, I suspect Cordelia would have preceded Colin Powel's ouster by about 4 years.


sarameg - Dec 07, 2005 7:04:27 am PST #9897 of 10006

I'm a big fan of Dana's version. Or, a line about how you'd be happy to bill him for the cost.

So I finally get around to ordering my brother a birthday present (um, it is tomorrow) and I realize...I don't know his new address. Oops. Oh well. I guess he won't get the exciting radiator cap on time!


Jesse - Dec 07, 2005 7:11:18 am PST #9898 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I will do my version of telling him to kiss my ass, which is to ignore his e-mail and badmouth him on the internet.

This is always a good option, and one which I heartily recommend.

I just had two people calling at the same time for help with the Econ homework, which I couldn't possibly care less about, mostly due to the fact that I did way better on the midterm than either of them, so I don't really care about the stupid one point I might lose by getting the problems wrong. @@


Kathy A - Dec 07, 2005 7:16:27 am PST #9899 of 10006
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

It's so cool to see Erin in the news (or cited on Language Log), and go, "I know her!" Of course, then I have to go, "in the sense of 'hanging out at the same internet message board as her,' which isn't actually knowing knowing..."

I had that moment on the drive home last night, when the radio news started talking about the Word of the Year. As soon as they mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary, I started bouncing in my seat, and then when Erin started talking, I said, "Hi, Erinaceous!" Then, of course, I remembered that she couldn't hear me due to (a) the interview being recorded, and (b) it being radio and not in person, so I felt like a dork.


§ ita § - Dec 07, 2005 7:19:25 am PST #9900 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This project is going to cause me to kill people. I swear. I have to remind them of stuff every single time, and they act surprised. We've had the same approach for six months. Please stop acting like it's news.