Oh, those poor people must have no idea where their towels are. At this point I wouldn't even know where to start with introducing someone to it - the Martin Freeman movie, maybe?
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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."
-t - Jan 06, 2021 2:13:22 pm PST #26374 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sophia Brooks - Jan 06, 2021 2:22:50 pm PST #26375 of 28175
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
One of my colleague has Arthur Dent as his fake student account in classes so he can check things out. He is constantly getting emails about why there is a new student that they have never seen before. I went with Hello Kitty.
Fred Pete - Jan 06, 2021 3:08:34 pm PST #26376 of 28175
Ann, that's a ferret.
I tell people that it’s a series of books that combine SF and humor. I’m not sure how to say anything more without going on for 20 minutes of quotes, allusions, and an explanation of Vogon poetry.
Volans - Jan 06, 2021 4:11:56 pm PST #26377 of 28175
move out and draw fire
It's kind of a foundational text of pop culture.
dcp - Jan 06, 2021 4:34:09 pm PST #26378 of 28175
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I tell people that it’s a series of books that combine SF and humor.
That works.
It's kind of a foundational text of pop culture.
But not theirs.
EpicTangent - Jan 07, 2021 8:11:10 am PST #26379 of 28175
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I tell people that it’s a series of books that combine SF and humor.
This should be sufficient, I would think. If they haven't already discovered it by now (whenever "now" is in their presumably adult lives), it's probably just not their beautiful cake*.
*Which is another example of the point. I don't remember what that reference is from, but I still get the reference.
chrismg - Jan 07, 2021 9:47:48 am PST #26380 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm not sure I ever knew where "my beautiful cake" came from, (A song, I think?) I just absorbed it from the Internet.
-t - Jan 07, 2021 10:31:36 am PST #26381 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it's actually from shrift. Re: fanfic
Jessica - Jan 07, 2021 10:36:39 am PST #26382 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think it's actually from shrift. Re: fanfic
That sounds right. I *think* it may have been a riff/mashup of Once In A Lifetime (this is not my beautiful house/wife/etc) + Portal (the cake is a lie)?
Amy - Jan 07, 2021 11:34:01 am PST #26383 of 28175
Because books.
My kid had to explain "the cake is a lie" to me.
Between Christmas and work and attempted coups, my reading has been nonexistent for weeks, but I'm still living The Monsters of Templeton. Undecided on my next read, although maybe the Immortalists? I'm like 76th in line at the library for The Once and Future Witches.