But John, how do you know it wasn't her saying "My favorite food is fish and chips wrapped in a newspaper, and damn them for not making it anymore!"?
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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meara - Sep 24, 2002 3:24:01 pm PDT #150 of 9843
John H - Sep 24, 2002 3:33:18 pm PDT #151 of 9843
Oh, I don't think so, it was just one of those things which was meant for us to think "oh, she's just a girl-next-door really, god bless her, she even eats fish and chips just the way we eat it" which fell horribly flat.
Rio - Sep 24, 2002 3:38:35 pm PDT #152 of 9843
Are you ready to be strong?
We had one of those when George W. Bush went to a grocery store and then freaked out over the scanner machine thing. He acted like it was a space ship or something.
sumi - Sep 24, 2002 3:41:41 pm PDT #153 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
You mean George H.W. Bush, right, Rio?
Typo Boy - Sep 24, 2002 3:48:54 pm PDT #154 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, that was the father - not the son-of-a-Bush.
Rio - Sep 24, 2002 3:53:41 pm PDT #155 of 9843
Are you ready to be strong?
Oh, whoops. Yes. I just accidentally typed that W. in there. Maybe he put a spell on my typing fingers.
Typo Boy - Sep 24, 2002 3:57:55 pm PDT #156 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Don't worry Rio. You gave me an excuse for saying Son-of-a-Bush which always gives me an unreasonable degree of satisfaction.
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2002 5:49:56 pm PDT #157 of 9843
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Whiting is a fish? I always thought it was just whitefish.
Trudy Booth - Sep 24, 2002 5:55:04 pm PDT #158 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Elena's husband and I have been tackling this.
Whiting is probably a regional name for a particular fish as yet determined. I practically lived on it when I was a kid in Florida.
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2002 7:25:32 pm PDT #159 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
`"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my
tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the
dance?
`I can tell you more than that, if you like,' said the Gryphon. `Do you know why it's called a whiting?'
`I never thought about it,' said Alice. `Why?'
`It does the boots and shoes.' the Gryphon replied very solemnly.
Alice was thoroughly puzzled. `Does the boots and shoes!' she repeated in a wondering tone.
`Why, what are your shoes done with?' said the Gryphon. `I mean, what makes them so shiny?'
Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she gave her answer. `They're done with blacking, I believe.'
`Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon went on in a deep voice, `are done with a whiting. Now you know.'