I'm getting real sick of "It sounds like they're talking about sex, but actually they're talking about something else." gag
Yes, quite.
In fact, "yes, quite" to your whole post.
It's funny the things that work and the things that don't work.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
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DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2006 7:47:31 am PDT #338 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 7:53:57 am PDT #339 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have to wonder: what are you doing during sex that you get broken ribs from it??
I keep trying to answer this and getting distracted by laughter.
It's not that hard to break ribs. A bit of unregulated pressure/compression and you can definitely do it.
I hate that "Aha! Not talking about sex!" gag so much it's not even a gag anymore, but instead a prompt to work out what in hell they're actually talking about before they pan out and reveal it.
bon bon - Aug 16, 2006 8:03:40 am PDT #340 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I thought for sure that "10% of our brains" fallacy was completely played out.
Vortex - Aug 16, 2006 8:04:16 am PDT #341 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I have to wonder: what are you doing during sex that you get broken ribs from it
falling out of bed?
Jessica - Aug 16, 2006 8:04:18 am PDT #342 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I thought for sure that "10% of our brains" fallacy was completely played out.
Me too, but he qualified it with "at one time" so I let it slide.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 8:05:46 am PDT #343 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
he qualified it with "at one time" so I let it slide.
Yeah, that's the biggie for me. With "at one time" I'm just fine, even if the %age is a bit off.
Ailleann - Aug 16, 2006 8:07:16 am PDT #344 of 10001
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I am ita on the not!sex gag, and I had thought the insurance thing was wrapped up, so I didn't consider it. I'm kind of a sucker for that gag, though, I think.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2006 8:08:05 am PDT #345 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
(Even if I'm still not sure I buy how using more of my brain at once would give rise to, say, telekenesis, but I chalk that up to never having been exposed to a glowy alien artifact. That I know of.)
WindSparrow - Aug 16, 2006 8:11:38 am PDT #346 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I enjoyed the episode, but I'm getting real sick of "It sounds like they're talking about sex, but actually they're talking about something else." gag. It just feels done to death for me.
So true, because I sat there waiting for them to reveal what they were really talking about. Having missed the first 15 minutes of the show, I'm inclined to wonder if the whatever signing was referred to in the teaser. If so, then I wouldn't be out of my mind to think I would have known what they were talking about.
I just woke up from a dream in which Jack Carter was renting an apartment in the upstairs of some middle aged, balding man's home. Instead of Zoe living with him, there was a 10 year old boy. The house burned down. Everyone got out safely, mostly due to the boy's alertness. The fire seemed to Jack to have been set deliberately by the owner of the house, but everyone in town believed that any evidence that pointed to a need for further investigation was due to benign wackiness in general rather than being suspicious. Stupid dream wasn't much more than a teaser, so now I will never find out what was going on.
DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2006 8:12:44 am PDT #347 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I hate that "Aha! Not talking about sex!" gag so much it's not even a gag anymore, but instead a prompt to work out what in hell they're actually talking about before they pan out and reveal it.
This
I thought for sure that "10% of our brains" fallacy was completely played out.
And this