Date planned for this Saturday. Weather forecast says it'll be a sunny day, so I'm taking my date to Zoo Twilights. The Melbourne Zoo has a live band on from 6:30, and stays open till 9:30. I figure we get there about 5:00, and I'll bring a picnic-friendly dinner.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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billytea - Feb 14, 2006 1:16:22 pm PST #9270 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
-t - Feb 14, 2006 1:17:52 pm PST #9271 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Um, wasn't swallowing gold lumps an accepted form of suicide for Chinese aristocrats?
That doesn't seem like it would work. Gold's all non-reactive.
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and google says no, it's just an expression:
To be allowed to commit suicide, and not to suffer the indignity of a public execution, is a privilege sometimes extended to a high official whose life has become forfeit under circumstances which do not call for special degradation. A silken cord is forwarded from the Emperor to the official in question, who at once puts an end to his life, though not necessarily by strangulation. He may take poison, as is usually the case, and this is called "swallowing gold." For a long time it was believed that Chinese high officials really did swallow gold, which in view of its non-poisonous character gave rise to an idea that gold-leaf was employed, the leaf being inhaled and so causing suffocation.
juliana - Feb 14, 2006 1:23:57 pm PST #9272 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
and google says no, it's just an expression:
Ah. S'what I get for working from memory. Still, evocative, and it's kept me from drinking GoldSchlager.
Sparky1 - Feb 14, 2006 1:27:30 pm PST #9273 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Aimée, 3 bd/2bath at a reasonable price apartment with a view ~ma to you.
That sounds like a good plan for a date, bt. Maybe I'll suggest to my hubby that we go to the zoo, soon. (although this weekend looks like rain)
Sail, a whole lot of ~ma to your friend, her brother and her family. ALS is an evil diagnosis. I hope they have a lot of support around them.
-t - Feb 14, 2006 1:28:44 pm PST #9274 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had a friend in college who loved that gold flecked liqueur stuff. Ick.
It's a really good expression. If I need to say someone poisoned himself, I'm gonna use it.
vw bug - Feb 14, 2006 1:33:22 pm PST #9275 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oh, Sail, how tragic. Much ~ma and many prayers headed that way.
-t - Feb 14, 2006 1:35:31 pm PST #9276 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Strength and peace to your friends, Sail.
billytea - Feb 14, 2006 1:36:42 pm PST #9277 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That sounds like a good plan for a date, bt. Maybe I'll suggest to my hubby that we go to the zoo, soon. (although this weekend looks like rain)
Yeah, I like it. The key point is that it gives us plenty of time to talk (I think there are a few things we need to talk about), but music to listen to and animals to admire means silences won't feel so awkward.
Laura - Feb 14, 2006 1:45:14 pm PST #9278 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry Sail. May he have a peaceful passing.
Laura - Feb 14, 2006 1:45:56 pm PST #9279 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Zoo concerts are a very nice date bt. Have fun.