Well, you know, if I'm going to eat plain oatmeal, I won't go the instant route.
Still, weird.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Consuela - Apr 09, 2006 9:48:23 am PDT #9695 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Fay - Apr 09, 2006 9:52:29 am PDT #9696 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Okay, anyone got any theories about why my very nice but completely unintelligible Chinese next-door neighbor just tried to give me a box of instant oatmeal?
I'm vastly amused by the way she speaks to me so earnestly, and yet clearly has to know that I don't get a word she's saying. This must be what it is like to have American tourists in a non-English-speaking nation.
considers
I am your Chinese next-door neighour. Only less generous with my foodstuffs. And more given to profanity.
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 9:57:46 am PDT #9697 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Now I am picturing Fay as the Chinese guy from Deadwood because the only colloquial English phrase he knows is "cocksucker" Well, at least, I can entertain myself after all.
Fay - Apr 09, 2006 10:03:51 am PDT #9698 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Ibna Kelba.
(Arabic for son of a bitch. Which is very, very, VERY offensive indeed. Slightly less offensive is Ibna Kelb, which means son of a dog.)
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 10:17:27 am PDT #9699 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
Fay Jay! A cab driver said insh'allah (sp) to me yesterday and I knew what the hell he meant!
(I'd said 'have a good day' or 'hope the weather breaks' or somesuch)
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 10:29:29 am PDT #9700 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Ojala in Spanish means about the same thing...one of the lasting leftovers of the Moorish influence in Spain.
Fay - Apr 09, 2006 10:30:44 am PDT #9701 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Cool!
Salaam alecum (Peace be upon you) is a most excellent multipurpose Hello/Goodbye phrase to employ in such circumstances. And the Arabic word (well, at least in Egyptian Arabic) for yes is "Iowa".
Topic!Cindy - Apr 09, 2006 10:41:45 am PDT #9702 of 10001
What is even happening?
I get a kick out of seeing young Muslims online, discussing the Prophet and putting "PBUH" in parentheses, after. It took me a while to realize that was essentially religious l33t for "peace be upon him."
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 10:44:50 am PDT #9703 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
I learned 'sweetheart' in arabic a while ago. Now I'm up to, like, four words.
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 10:47:18 am PDT #9704 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
And because of all the fiction set in the 'hoods of the world I read, I know that the thing to say back is "Aliechem salaam"