I don't think that anyone who wins that auction couldn't have bought that stuff themselves. Except for the coolness factor, which is above rubies.
For those as likes that stuff.
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2006 1:23:13 pm PST #4715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 1:23:14 pm PST #4716 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
they were saying that even if George Clooney's mother called with George's gift certificate, they would not honour it.
The people who put certificates in gift bags that they will only honor if you're famous really kind of suck. It serves them right that few people use them.
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2006 1:24:36 pm PST #4717 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It serves them right that few people use them.
Except for the part where they get free eye space and don't have to provide much for it.
Big Star got a coupon for XYZ? It must be hella cool!
Emily - Mar 17, 2006 1:25:04 pm PST #4718 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It serves them right that few people use them.
Dude, right?
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2006 1:27:09 pm PST #4719 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Alright, now I'm hungry and can't decide what to eat.
Colds are stoopid.
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 1:27:42 pm PST #4720 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Except for the part where they get free eye space and don't have to provide much for it.
Yep, that's what it boils down to, free advertizing with little overhead to people who already mostly know about their place anyway.
My bitterness affects them not at all, but it gives me a small happy.
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 1:28:36 pm PST #4721 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Alright, now I'm hungry and can't decide what to eat.
Have a shamrock shake. If you can't taste anything because of the cold, this is the perfect time to have one.
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2006 1:31:14 pm PST #4722 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
people who already mostly know about their place anyway.
I think it trickles down to people who didn't get the gift bags, and are awaiting instructions on what the next new thing is...and people who read Defamer and Gawker and whatever blog it was that I just linked to.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 1:34:14 pm PST #4723 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Um, it would serve them right more if everyone used the certificates, because that would actually cost the company money. And the free advertising is totally to us -- the people who read articles about what's in the Oscar gift bag.
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 1:36:04 pm PST #4724 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Um, it would serve them right more if everyone used the certificates, because that would actually cost the company money. And the free advertising is totally to us -- the people who read articles about what's in the Oscar gift bag.
t clutches bitterness tightly, ignores freely flowing logic