What'd you all order a dead guy for?

Jayne ,'The Message'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Jan 14, 2006 7:46:57 pm PST #50 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ex-Gays Now Number In The Millions According To Falwell

In 2003 Exodus said exgays numbered in the "thousands..."
In 2004 Exodus said exgays numbered in the "tens of thousands..."
In 2005 Exodus said exgays numbered in the "hundreds of thousands..."

But now it's 2006 so the order of magnitude is due for an increase. According to Jerry Falwell's recent column in WorldNutDaily exgays now number in the millions!

If the shoe were on the other foot and he was a recovering homosexual (as millions of Americans are), Mr. Kenny wouldn't be given the time of day by the networks.

[link]

Run for your lives! before the geometric progression of ex-gays blots out the sun and crushes us all!

eta: Exodus is an ex-gay group funded by the anti-gay group Focus on the Family


brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 7:48:56 pm PST #51 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

Weird timing, Allyson. But I don't think anything you'd have said about her was out of line.

Would you take it?

Not a chance. But I'm guessing for people for whom traumatic events are consuming their whole lives, the potential-cost-benefit analysis is different.


Allyson - Jan 14, 2006 7:53:56 pm PST #52 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

But I don't think anything you'd have said about her was out of line.

Have you met me?


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 7:54:46 pm PST #53 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If the stuff was true and earned, Allyson, she doesn't get a pass because she died. A footnote, perhaps, but not a pass.

Well, I do have the MiracleFoam spray (can? I was looking for a trigger pump or aerosol, not a can--maybe that's why I missed it--I've only used the trigger pump Scrubbing Bubbles before), so I will be testing that on its own.


brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 7:55:54 pm PST #54 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

Have you met me?

With what she did? Bring it on.


Allyson - Jan 14, 2006 7:59:35 pm PST #55 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think I'm just wondering that if my book gets published, the dozens of readers who buy it will read this story and...the way she will be remembered is a crazyass nutjob lying sack of shit.

It makes me sad.


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 8:00:56 pm PST #56 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the way she will be remembered is a crazyass nutjob lying sack of shit.

Was she a crazyass nutjob lying sack of shit? If not, you should edit without regard to her death.


Lee - Jan 14, 2006 8:02:24 pm PST #57 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Well, I do have the MiracleFoam spray (can? I was looking for a trigger pump or aerosol, not a can--maybe that's why I missed it--I've only used the trigger pump Scrubbing Bubbles before), so I will be testing that on its own.

Aerosole can.


Cass - Jan 14, 2006 8:03:58 pm PST #58 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

(can? I was looking for a trigger pump or aerosol, not a can--maybe that's why I missed it--I've only used the trigger pump Scrubbing Bubbles before)
Can. Trust me on this.


Spidra Webster - Jan 14, 2006 8:04:13 pm PST #59 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

ita beat me to it.

Allyson, I don't know you and I'm unfamiliar with your writing. But if the stuff is true and if you would have written while she was alive, why should the fact that she's now dead matter? It's not like you're writing a eulogy for that person.