Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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.


Maria - Jan 04, 2007 8:47:49 pm PST #194 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

edit: Nevermind, Liese and ita are better with the clues than I.

What's the origin of "with flying colours," I wonder...

The Oxford English Dictionary says "[i]t is a military metaphor for leaving the battlefield still in possession of one's flag." It apparently was an army thing from the 17th century.


Burrell - Jan 04, 2007 8:51:13 pm PST #195 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oo, Robin, I am jealous! What a lovely evening.

ita, I'm glad there was cake, and that the migraines were on their best behavior.


Liese S. - Jan 04, 2007 8:59:34 pm PST #196 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

So lucky! What fun!


Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 2:55:22 am PST #197 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It'd be okay. The problem would come when you had to keep changing the kid's name every other month when a new version of the product came out.

Or the company gets bought -- isn't that what happened to the new Boston Garden? It was the Fleet Center? But then there was no more Fleet Bank? Edit: Oh yeah, that's tragic: now it's the "TD BankNorth Garden." [link]

Sounds fun, Robin! You found just the right lure for her!


Theodosia - Jan 05, 2007 3:23:53 am PST #198 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I see that people both came up with my naming solution for the twins and my guess as to who Robin's skating partner did. Still, even though I was beat to it, I have the satisfaction of knowing I came up with the "right" answers.

Hell, I'll take my satisfaction whereever I can possibly shoehorn in the slightest amount of satis.

Today will be enlivened with a visit to an orthopedist to try to figure out what is wrong with my shoulder, which is still hurty if I try to stretch my arm too high overhead or touch my opposite shoulder blade. If it was just that it hurt when I threw a javelin, I'd give up javelin-tossing, but I'm too young to have to give up reaching for stuff on the top shelf, you know? I suppose there's going to be x-rays and or MRIs and fun stuff like that there. I suppose a small amount of shoulder-ma would be in order....


Ailleann - Jan 05, 2007 3:45:24 am PST #199 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

My coworker just uttered the phrase "There's nothing wrong with sweatshops, those people need to support themselves too."

Quick! Remind me that murder will land me in jail. (I don't know that it would be "wrong" in this case.)


Theodosia - Jan 05, 2007 3:48:30 am PST #200 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

To slightly misquote Doonesbury: "Murder may or may not be right or wrong, but it sure is illegal!"


Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 3:52:23 am PST #201 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Don't do it, Ailleann!


Ailleann - Jan 05, 2007 3:54:27 am PST #202 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

She just.... it just baffles me how she can hold some of the views she does. I would never deny her the right to her opinion. I just can't believe it.


Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 3:54:30 am PST #203 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In other news, people should really watch Beauty and the Geek. The premiere of the current season was this week, and they're so cute.