I only said "Mr. President," and nodded to him as I passed him on the way out, and he gave a little snicker.
That's awesome!
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
'Help'
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.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2006 9:37:09 am PST #9881 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 27, 2006 9:50:05 am PST #9882 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I recommend most always pretending you're not a panda.
Given what Homer Simpson found out when he was pretending to be a panda, this is sound advice.
Theodosia - Feb 27, 2006 10:27:42 am PST #9883 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
All Your Bamboos Are Belong To Us
Kalshane - Feb 27, 2006 10:59:21 am PST #9884 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Weekend was good, but tiring.
The "prize play" for the swordsmanship group was a lot of fun. The rapier fighting was kind of boring. Lots of the opponents circling each other and changing the position of their weapons, then someone would make an attack and either land their blow, get countered or end up in a grapple. Thankfully there were only a couple of people in the rapier group.
The long sword (which are actually what gamer geeks think of as bastard or hand-and-a-half swords) group was huge, and lots of cool fighting, complete with some grappling, pommel blows and some unarmed strikes in addition to the actual swordplay. There were 3 female prizers. Two of them were rather tentative in their fighting, but the third was a woman who seemed to be in her 40's who looked like she was loving every minute of it and wasn't afraid to give as good as she got or throw down and grapple with men half her age.
There was also a couple of dagger matches, which were lightning quick and hard to follow at times.
The big thing though was everyone seemed to truly love what they were doing and I didn't see any cases of arrogance of poor sportsmanship. I've taken classes offered by the group at the local community college a few times, but after Saturday I'm seriously considering joining the group in earnest, even though it means getting up early on a Saturday to drive an hour into the city for classes.
ION, they're selling "Employee Appreciation Mardi Gras beads" here at work for people to give their co-workers. Does this seem wrong to anyone else?
brenda m - Feb 27, 2006 11:00:04 am PST #9885 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
On so freaking many levels I can't even say.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2006 11:01:54 am PST #9886 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they're selling "Employee Appreciation Mardi Gras beads" here at work for people to give their co-workers.
Perhaps:
a) You work with Gus
b) They have taken tommyrot's work perspective advice
Sean K - Feb 27, 2006 11:02:35 am PST #9887 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
ION, they're selling "Employee Appreciation Mardi Gras beads" here at work for people to give their co-workers. Does this seem wrong to anyone else?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I hate everybody.
Present company excluded, of course.
Tom Scola - Feb 27, 2006 11:06:06 am PST #9888 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Are the bosses riding around the hallways on colorful floats, throwing the beads to the employees?
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 11:08:11 am PST #9889 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.
ION, they're selling "Employee Appreciation Mardi Gras beads" here at work for people to give their co-workers.
So you just need to decide if you want to send the message that you don't appreciate your co-workers, or that you want to see their boobs.
Yep. Good plan there.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2006 11:10:18 am PST #9890 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To be fair, I scored a huge amount of beads (and a Zulu coconut and a very pretty porcelain mask) at my only Mardi Gras without showing the remotest amount of mammary.
Didn't see many boobs either, or at least, not during parades.