Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


sarameg - Dec 15, 2006 6:39:51 pm PST #6575 of 10007

Seriously, the ability to clearly explain that people are being childish is a valuable skill. I was thinking I should pay you to come down and have an intervention where you could tell my friends to stop being thoughtless, and me to stop being bratty and passive-aggressive.

I work a helpdesk frequented by prima donnas. While in that capacity, I am so much more diplomatic, I suspect it saps my ability to deal with juvenile behavior. No tolerance for it. Plus, I really hate getting embroiled in conflict. I'm really really averse to it. What got me coherent was not wanting a 67 year old woman, with a history of heart attacks, spending the night on the freaking stairwell. WTF was her sister thinking!?


Miracleman - Dec 15, 2006 6:52:02 pm PST #6576 of 10007
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

WTF was her sister thinking!?

"If I outlive her, I get Grandma's silver!"


Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2006 7:04:00 pm PST #6577 of 10007
brillig

"If I outlive her, I get Grandma's silver!"

Snerk.

I was thinking, "I may never have to share the bathroom again!'


bon bon - Dec 15, 2006 7:07:53 pm PST #6578 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Oh, you guys, I went to the worst party tonight...


Miracleman - Dec 15, 2006 7:10:41 pm PST #6579 of 10007
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Oh, you guys, I went to the worst party tonight...

Did they kill a caterer just to watch him die?

Wait, that wouldn't make it the worst party, that would be hi-larious.

Did they kill good conversation just to watch it die?


Lee - Dec 15, 2006 7:12:01 pm PST #6580 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

How so, bon bon?

(or, what MM said)


DavidS - Dec 15, 2006 7:27:09 pm PST #6581 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Trying to figure out how to worstify a party.

If horrible things happened and they didn't involve people you knew, that would probably be entertaining.

So I'm guessing it was boring andd the food was bad.


aurelia - Dec 15, 2006 7:33:27 pm PST #6582 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Was Carrot Top there?


Jesse - Dec 15, 2006 7:35:06 pm PST #6583 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, you guys, I went to the worst party tonight...

Full of nerds and book people?

I know I'm really getting into character when I pronounce "Jake" as "Ha-keh." Dude. She meant Gyllenhaal.

Dude. At lunch today, I introduced myself as "yay-see." En Spanglish. I wasn't even speaking Spanish! And yet? Der.


Kathy A - Dec 15, 2006 10:17:27 pm PST #6584 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I hate my computer. It's old, it's cranky, and it takes me two hours to put together a Christmas mix CD (when the CD Creator asked for the next disc, it would reject said disc at least five times before recognizing that, yes, there was the proper disc in the player and it could proceed to read the damn thing). I'm tired, but have to go downstairs and start my laundry (if I wait until the morning, I'll never get it done before I have to start my morning Christmas shopping. Blah.

At least I get to listen to the CD to make sure it works before I give it away tomorrow. I like the blend of music on this disc--Bette Midler singing White Christmas, The Weavers singing a Shalom/Peace on Earth medley followed by a spiritual, then everything from Simon & Garfunkel to the Brian Setzer Orchestra and Mediaeval Baebes to John Denver and the Muppets.