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Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!

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.

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TomW - Dec 15, 2005 8:54:50 am PST #2316 of 10002

"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."

So, do you think that the typical British smile vs. the American one is because they're not forced to smile ALL the time?

Nope, it's because we're a bunch of bleedin' miserable gits.

Actually, it's due to the beer. If you're drinking warmer beer from a large pint glass, you can't be smiling like a craxy, or you'll spill the precious elixir. A colder beer, possibly from a bottle, gives you a lot more leeway.

It's all explained in my unpublished monograph "Smiles of the drinking classes".

Lee - Dec 15, 2005 8:57:38 am PST #2317 of 10002

The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Perkins, I totally would, except I'm just sitting here watching the clock.

Hey, me too! What time does yours say?

Sue - Dec 15, 2005 8:58:44 am PST #2318 of 10002

hip deep in pie

Zip it Canadian!

If the Bossypants fit...

Jesse - Dec 15, 2005 8:59:02 am PST #2319 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

1:58! Edit: 1:59!!!!

Actually, I think my boss went out to a meeting, so it's Filing Time!!!

§ ita § - Dec 15, 2005 9:01:52 am PST #2320 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why are you hiding your filing from your boss, ~~Cowgirl~~ Jesse?

amych - Dec 15, 2005 9:04:55 am PST #2321 of 10002

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I love how all of TomW's cultural explanations come down to beer. It's like the Grand Unified Theory for lushes.

I picked up "cowboy up" from a Texan roomie years ago, and have always loved it. On the other hand, she had awful taste in beer.

Trudy Booth - Dec 15, 2005 9:17:51 am PST #2322 of 10002

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

Geeks beware: Man Dates Mom

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Jessica - Dec 15, 2005 9:21:16 am PST #2323 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Guinea pig in a Santa hat. SO. CUTE.

Jesse - Dec 15, 2005 9:25:27 am PST #2324 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The files live in his office, so it's awkward to file when he's in there.

Spidra Webster - Dec 15, 2005 9:30:37 am PST #2325 of 10002

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I want to know why it is that my co-workers walk by and look at what's on my monitor when I'm posting on webboards but they conveniently DON'T walk by and spy on me when I'm working my ass off on work-related things. It's uncanny.

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