Sigh.
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
P.M. Marc - Mar 07, 2007 12:50:50 pm PST #2024 of 28478
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Strega - Mar 07, 2007 12:52:29 pm PST #2025 of 28478
She had eyes harder than last year's fruitcake.
Connie Neil - Mar 07, 2007 12:52:39 pm PST #2026 of 28478
brillig
Nice one, Plei.
P.M. Marc - Mar 07, 2007 12:56:32 pm PST #2027 of 28478
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Thanks, Connie!
Sometimes, it's painfully obvious that I have a real addiction to mid-century pulp.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 07, 2007 12:56:36 pm PST #2028 of 28478
What is even happening?
She had eyes harder than cheeks, softer than bone. What?
DavidS - Mar 07, 2007 1:10:29 pm PST #2029 of 28478
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
Nice construction. Reminds me of the line in Ball of Fire describing a sore throat: "Red as the Daily Worker and twice as sore."
Polter-Cow - Mar 07, 2007 1:23:41 pm PST #2030 of 28478
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Plei wins.
She had eyes harder than the granite I was taking her for.
DavidS - Mar 07, 2007 1:34:39 pm PST #2031 of 28478
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She had eyes harder than the granite I was taking her for.
Ouch. That's practically Xanthian.
Okay, leave off the "harder than" construction, and describe a crazy person in fandom using a Chandlerian simile.
Dana - Mar 07, 2007 1:35:53 pm PST #2032 of 28478
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
She was nuttier than a pecan pie at Thanksgiving.
(No offense to Nutty.)
DavidS - Mar 07, 2007 1:37:39 pm PST #2033 of 28478
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(No offense to Nutty.)
That gal makes about as much sense as a cheetah in a squash court.