You understand it's just a box, and that there aren't any slings or prosthetics involved, right?
Just a box? It sounds like a very fancy box to me.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
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.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 11:55:21 am PST #7071 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Jan 03, 2006 11:56:22 am PST #7072 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
A traditional tuck box is a box one stores food in at boarding school.
Don't they feed you at boarding school? Or must you bring along decade-old cake to re-ice?
DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 11:57:36 am PST #7073 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Or must you bring along decade-old cake to re-ice?
They soak it in alcohol so it won't go bad.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 11:59:34 am PST #7074 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't they feed you at boarding school?
You ever been on a meal plan? And you honestly never wanted any treats?
msbelle - Jan 03, 2006 12:06:55 pm PST #7075 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
am very busy. I need things from people in order to stay on a schedule. People are not getting back to me. The holidays have kinda screwed us on this and I didn;t catch it beforehand. bad project manager.
sumi - Jan 03, 2006 12:08:53 pm PST #7076 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I was flipping through channels Sunday night and came upon that new show with Kyle Maclachlan -- there was a female character played by somebody who looked so familiar --- turns out it was Constance Zimmer who play Sister Lilly Watters in Joan of Arcadia.
Fay - Jan 03, 2006 12:09:51 pm PST #7077 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
The stumbling block is Christianity and the individualism that naturally occurs from belief in God as Sovereign of the universe.
Jesus Brian: You are all individuals!
Worshippers: YES, WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS!!!
Atheist/Infidel: Er...I'm not.
Don't they feed you at boarding school? Or must you bring along decade-old cake to re-ice?
I pretty much assumed that they didn't feed the kids lashings of chocolate cake and candy. And the wee'uns presumably wouldn't have been allowed to go gallivanting off to the shops to buy sweets (and, anyway, there wouldn't be much in the way of mass-produced sweets anywhere), they'd be stuck on the school grounds (wherever the hell the school was), so if they wanted sweets, it would involve planning, and care packages.
Hell, come to that people sometimes got care packages when I was at University! Fisher and Donaldson had several different hampers of OBSCENELY delicious cream cakes & chocolates that you could have delivered to your darling son or daughter during exam week/birthday/whatever.
God, they did the most fantastic coffee-flavoured fresh cream pastry things. To. Die. For. Mmmmm...
This is my assumption.
flea - Jan 03, 2006 12:11:38 pm PST #7078 of 10002
information libertarian
If romance novels are to be believed, they don't feed you in boarding school. Just gruel and stuff. Your parents have to send food for you to survive and also stuff like coal to heat your room. If you are the hero, your neglectful guardian doesn't do this, so you forge close friendships with similarly abandoned heirs to Dukedoms, and grow up to have adventures, often including spying on Napoleon. If Enid Blyton is to be believed, they feed you fine, and tuck boxes are for cakes. There is a suspiciously large amount of anchovy paste. Both pictures of boarding school food could be accurate, as the stories are set in different centuries.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 12:12:03 pm PST #7079 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
people sometimes got care packages when I was at University!
Oh yes! Mine were Christmas cake, milo and overproof rum. Mmm.
Trudy, just think Harry Potter. It's not complicated, really. You'll get the hang of Other Countries any time now.
Sue - Jan 03, 2006 12:17:32 pm PST #7080 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I stayed home from work today after a rough night with the stomach bug. The good news that I am actually hungry today, even though I am not 100%. Somehow the bean burritos I am craving probably aren't a wise choice.
Happy Birthday Shrift!