Oh, I know lots of Episcopalians are lefty liberals, but there's also the God's Frozen People stereotype. (I mean, I think 41 and Bar are Episcopalians. Not the hip-hop kind.)
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
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.
flea - May 01, 2006 7:48:03 am PDT #4720 of 10002
information libertarian
Jessica - May 01, 2006 7:50:33 am PDT #4721 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vendor guy: Hey baby, do you want the Post delivered every morning?
Hot girl: No, I don't know how to read.
Vendor guy: That's all right, I'll read it to you. I'll come to your crib and read it to you every morning.
Strega - May 01, 2006 7:55:27 am PDT #4722 of 10002
The company picnic has a pirate theme this year.
The newsletter about the picnic opens with "Aarghh." I assume they meant, "Yaaar," or possibly, "Arrrr." Tsk.
My company worries me sometimes.
tommyrot - May 01, 2006 7:56:31 am PDT #4723 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.
The newsletter about the picnic opens with "Aarghh."
Maybe the newsletter writer had just been stabbed?
Scrappy - May 01, 2006 8:00:32 am PDT #4724 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hey, Tommyrot--we went to see Terry Jones speak on Satirday night and the BF met him. He was in Python geek heaven. Jones was smart and charming and self-effacing, BTW.
tommyrot - May 01, 2006 8:03:18 am PDT #4725 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.
Cool!
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2006 8:11:05 am PDT #4726 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, Tommyrot--we went to see Terry Jones speak on Satirday night and the BF met him. He was in Python geek heaven. Jones was smart and charming and self-effacing, BTW.
That's awsome. What was the subject?
tommyrot - May 01, 2006 8:12:10 am PDT #4727 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.
IOPythonN (OK, in non-dead-parrot-related news):
The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short.
The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.
He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope - just as a human child would do.
N'kisi's remarkable abilities, which are said to include telepathy, feature in the latest BBC Wildlife Magazine.
N'kisi is believed to be one of the most advanced users of human language in the animal world.
About 100 words are needed for half of all reading in English, so if N'kisi could read he would be able to cope witha wide range of material.
Polished wordsmith
He uses words in context, with past, present and future tenses, and is ofteninventive.
One N'kisi-ism was "flied" for "flew", and another "pretty smell medicine" to describe the aromatherapy oils used by his owner, an artist based in New York.
The thing's telepathic? Sounds like BS to me....
eta: This is supposedly from BBC news, but I can't find anything there... Still, I thought I should warn people to be on the lookout for talking telepathic parrots....
Strega - May 01, 2006 8:12:57 am PDT #4728 of 10002
Maybe the newsletter writer had just been stabbed?I would respect that kind of commitment.
I swear, I think the people who make this stuff must have never gotten over doing cheesy themes for high school yearbooks. Lots of pretty graphics, but they forgot to include directions to the place, which is hilarious, especially since they could have mocked up a treasure map. Basically they used a lot of pictures of parrots and boats, and then one page heading says "Walk The Plank Amusement!" Which... if that meant anything, it wouldn't mean anything good.
bon bon - May 01, 2006 8:14:41 am PDT #4729 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
About 100 words are needed for half of all reading in English, so if N'kisi could read he would be able to cope witha wide range of material.
Um, what?!