They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 12:19:12 pm PST #6262 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

No, but did you see the link that explains how polygamy benefits women?

Yes. It reads like a passage from Time Enough For Love. (Disclaimer: Which was my favorite book as a teenager. Granted, there were multiple husbands in that one as well as wives.)

[eta: Even better is the "Polygamy 101" page where they explain that those pesky little dictionary definitions for words like "polygamy" aren't going to apply, because here's what they really mean. ]


brenda m - Dec 30, 2005 12:34:40 pm PST #6263 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think around point #18 he slipped from telling other people not to be assholes into revealing himself as one. Last time I checked, the top priority of dining out with friends and family wasn't tailoring every word and deed to make sure your waiter is enjoying his evening.

I thought it was around point two or three myself.


Sheryl - Dec 30, 2005 12:53:54 pm PST #6264 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

They sent around an e-mail at work saying folks could leave two hours early today. I got the e-mail at 3:30.(I usually leave work between 4:15 and 4:30)Oops.


Fay - Dec 30, 2005 12:59:24 pm PST #6265 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Go ahead! Be a bizarre conservative-Christian polyamorist (if you can)! Just learn how to use an effing spellchecker!!

Yes. This.

In fact, I might even have to tag it.


flea - Dec 30, 2005 2:04:53 pm PST #6266 of 10002
information libertarian

My daughter is excitedly watching the Koozbanian Gallio-Hoop-Hoop. I am so happy.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 2:06:04 pm PST #6267 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This is odd and sad.


brenda m - Dec 30, 2005 2:08:04 pm PST #6268 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, that's kind of fucked up.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2005 2:42:57 pm PST #6269 of 10002
"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

I went back to the main page hoping there'd be a parallel "Families looking for husbands" listing, but no dice.

I think it's kind of like all those swingers ads that say "NO SINGLE MALES!!!!1!" Too much fear of competition among the guys, maybe?


Almare - Dec 30, 2005 3:09:21 pm PST #6270 of 10002
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "

I had a moment of amusing timing. Friend (M.R.) said that American straight men had nothing on the men of British. I asked her if she had ever seen James Marsters without a shirt on, and she said something along the line of, well, that's one man amonst a sea of frightning prime time television. SHe then tried to make the claim that British soap Operas contained nothing but the butchest, straightest men she'd ever seen in her life. Whic h I tried to retaliate with Monty Python, but she said they didn't count. So of course, to prove the theory right, she demanded we turn on the telly. We turn it on, and we see a camara shot of someone with a pretty girly hat and a plaid shirt. She told me to wait a minute until the girl's boyfriend/husband/torrid lover came out. Then the camara panned and the person we thought was a pretty school girl, turned into a short ugly Scotsman in a v. Scottish kilt. We are still currently fighting because we can't figure out who won.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 3:13:38 pm PST #6271 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister maintains that British guys get over because of the accent, and that if Colin Firth or Christopher Eccleston were Yanks they'd never have become names, much less looked on with such lust.

I remind her that it doesn't count for all of them, but she still holds dearly to her point.