I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


The Crying of Natter 49  

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.


Ailleann - Jan 10, 2007 2:42:48 am PST #1622 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Lee, it's probably not as good as from a British grocery, but Celestial Seasonings makes two flavors of rooibos. I found them at Wild Oats, but not at my local (boring) grocery.

I don't think my TJs carries rooibos.


flea - Jan 10, 2007 3:32:43 am PST #1623 of 10001
information libertarian

Reference question left on voice mail overnight: "I want some information about John F. Kennedy. He was from England, right? Like, London? Also, did he have any military experience?"

Dear Patron, Just because JFK had a funny accent doesn't mean he was from England. There's this place in the north called Boston where they talk like that. (Also, foreign-born people can't be President. And yes, he was in World War 2, like most men of his age. He was kind of a hero, in fact; see the PT-109 incident.)


Kat - Jan 10, 2007 3:38:41 am PST #1624 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I want to go with Lee to Seattle and Portland. but it has to be in the next month or so. So I guess I don't go. Sad now.


Cashmere - Jan 10, 2007 3:43:18 am PST #1625 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

flea, please tell me that caller was from Mars or something.


Kat - Jan 10, 2007 3:46:05 am PST #1626 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

vest

tommyrot, the dogs in training who will be companion dogs of some kind often wear a vest, but I like to think of it as a cape. Then they are more super dogs then dogs-in-training.

flea, couldn't a foreign-born person of two US citizens still be president? Which is not to say that the caller isn't stupid, but just curious.


Fred Pete - Jan 10, 2007 3:51:54 am PST #1627 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Not flea, but

U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Seems to say that you just have to be born a citizen. Location of birth not an issue.


Tom Scola - Jan 10, 2007 3:54:54 am PST #1628 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Robopanda!


flea - Jan 10, 2007 4:04:19 am PST #1629 of 10001
information libertarian

Yes, you're all right about the citizenship. I meant being born a foreign citizen, not simply being born overseas. (Which rules out Schwarzenegger, yay!)


Topic!Cindy - Jan 10, 2007 4:05:27 am PST #1630 of 10001
What is even happening?

Yeah, but did he have any military experience @@...@@...@@...


flea - Jan 10, 2007 4:12:15 am PST #1631 of 10001
information libertarian

Mallory, however: can be president. Just not for a couple of years.