It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.

Xander ,'Get It Done'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

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.


Cashmere - Aug 17, 2006 1:07:47 pm PDT #3297 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

My dad worships fervently at the Church of the Immaculate Vehicle. It's pretty impressive how high he's risen in its ranks--I think it was his Hajj of the Perfectly Aligned Headlights that put him above and beyond your average neat freak.

Remind me to never give your dad a ride.

Once, my sister had my dog, Mac in her car for some reason and then had to drive her old boss (a very well dressed lawyer) to a lunch meeting. When they got out of the car, she went over to brush the white dog hair off his very expensive suit. She said, "Just a second, I want to get all the Mac hair off your clothes." He kept trying to get a look over his shoulder at all the dog hair on his back and yells, "What the hell is a mac????"


Laura - Aug 17, 2006 1:10:33 pm PDT #3298 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

We just finished driving NY to FL. 27 hours straight through. We alternated driving every 3 hours. 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 rabbit. One adult in back of the van resting. One kid in the middle playing x-box or reading or playing with the animals or whatever. One adult with one kid navigator up front. We did the straight thing on the way up too. We've done it in 2 or sometimes 3 days, but really you end up just as tired as when you stop.

We junk food up the place on road trips. That is what the car wash vacuum is for. This trip featured peanut butter cookies, Ritz bits: cheese and peanut butter, xtra crunchy brown potato chips, bananas, grapes, fast food happened too.

The boys usually have a very healthy diet at home so we have the road trip tradition of junk food. Same thing on camping trips. It's a thing.

Clean cars don't happen in my family.


§ ita § - Aug 17, 2006 1:10:36 pm PDT #3299 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Remind me to never give your dad a ride.

I'm a pale shadow of his obsession. My car's merely "normal"--I can't be quantified as a neat freak in any world, especially not one that contains my parents. I will spend a lot of time aligning my wing mirrors, but aside from that and the not eating while moving, perfectly normal.


Dana - Aug 17, 2006 1:11:49 pm PDT #3300 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Watching the rerun of Project Runway from last night. Haven't read any of the whitefont yet, but there is nothing more awesome than the sight of Tim Gunn in a hardhat, safety glass, and fluorescent vest.


amych - Aug 17, 2006 1:15:53 pm PDT #3301 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

We just finished driving NY to FL. 27 hours straight through. We alternated driving every 3 hours. 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 rabbit. One adult in back of the van resting. One kid in the middle playing x-box or reading or playing with the animals or whatever. One adult with one kid navigator up front. We did the straight thing on the way up too. We've done it in 2 or sometimes 3 days, but really you end up just as tired as when you stop.

Different strokes and all that, but this more or less describes why my idea of the perfect road trip is "no longer than it takes to get to the airport".


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2006 1:26:35 pm PDT #3302 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

If I'm ever in a car crash, onlookers will think someone dropped one of those Korean War-era propoganda bombs from all the loose paper that will be floating everywhere in the vicinity.


Laura - Aug 17, 2006 1:29:28 pm PDT #3303 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

We wanted to have the kids fly up to make the trip less crowded, but they shocked me and said they would rather road trip with us. Must be the junk food thing.

Flying with 4 people and 2 pets is tough. We did leave the cat home. 3 pets were just too many for the van.


Sheryl - Aug 17, 2006 1:38:21 pm PDT #3304 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Urgh. I just paid over $1200 to get my car tuned up and fixed.(The tune-up revealed carbon in the manifold, a leaking timing chain tensioner and flat spots on the tires) The next credit card bill's gonna hurt like hell.


Lee - Aug 17, 2006 2:02:03 pm PDT #3305 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

a turducken but with issues instead of meat.

I kind of want to tag this, even though it wasn't about me.


Sue - Aug 17, 2006 2:20:13 pm PDT #3306 of 10001
hip deep in pie

The turducken analogy is killing me.

Snack food for cars:

Homemade chocolate chip cookies
Tim Horton's Donuts or Timbits (that is about the only time I actually buy Donut's)
Coffee (Not nec. Tim's)
Diet Pepsi
Fries

I hope you didn't want healthy foods.