Because it's funny?
The implication being that God thinks its funny to watch you suffer, tommy.
[insert apt King Lear quote here]
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave 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.
DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:00:09 am PST #4095 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 11:00:21 am PST #4096 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Machines should suffer because I do.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 11:01:57 am PST #4097 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The implication being that God thinks its funny to watch you suffer, tommy.
You mean He doesn't? Aww... and to think of all those nights alone in my apartment when I intentionally slipped on a banana peel to increase my chances of getting into heaven....
DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:02:46 am PST #4098 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Machines should suffer because I do.
I wouldn't treat a coffee machine the way your body treats you, ita.
You remember that scene where Homer was trying to stab his brain with a cue-tip? "Stupid brain!"
Lee - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:19 am PST #4099 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
My phone just half died-- it will ring, but I can't hear anyone who calls.
Annoying, and yet, not.
juliana - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:24 am PST #4100 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I don't want start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God has a sick sense of humour
DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:03:36 am PST #4101 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aww... and to think of all those nights alone in my apartment when I intentionally slipped on a banana peel to increase my chances of getting into heaven....
If this is the standard then Ginger and Hil and Erin are saintly.
DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 11:04:37 am PST #4102 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I think that God has a sick sense of humour
Also the key line in Mailer's The Naked and the Dead: "If there is a God, he's a sonofabitch."
Also, one of the premises of the Gnostic Heresy.
Ginger - Jan 18, 2007 11:06:00 am PST #4103 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've been keeping God happy all by myself so that y'all can go safely about your lives.
Jessica - Jan 18, 2007 11:06:28 am PST #4104 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A cheery "Here's your coffee!" or imperative "Enjoy your cup!" - sure. But thanking me just cuts it loose completely free from its meaning. There's that underlying "Customer's Always Right" marketing culture, but really it should say "You're welcome for the free coffee!"
Share and Enjoy!
(...I don't care that the joke's already been made, I was in a meeting, damnit!)