Okay, now Fay has me laughing, too.
I think this is one of those "two countries separated by the same language" moments. Pasties (different pronounciation) are also the little sparkly tassles that strippers wear to such advantage on their nipples.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Burrell - Jul 29, 2003 11:57:42 am PDT #5976 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Betsy HP - Jul 29, 2003 11:57:45 am PDT #5977 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
No, no, those are pasties made from testicles. Have a little priest.
"Pasties" in American are the things strippers paste over the nipples so as not to offend local decency codes. Leather. Tassels.. Diva Dots.
Fay - Jul 29, 2003 11:59:19 am PDT #5978 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
And if they do, I fervently hope I never hear them communicate their wishes.
Really, oscilating bollocks would be off-putting enough; chatty oscilating bollocks would have me dashing for the Tabloids. And of all the conversational gambits they could come up with - one's meat and two veg craving a pastry-based snackfood...it's just not right. No.
Hil R. - Jul 29, 2003 11:59:46 am PDT #5979 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Pasties in US usage are sticky (usually round) pieces of fabric that are stuck over the nipples. (See (pretty-much work friendly) picture here.) (That was the first work-friendlyish picture I could think of, and I wasn't sure I was describing them well at all.)
Betsy HP - Jul 29, 2003 12:00:05 pm PDT #5980 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
"Meat and two veg"? Now *there's* a euphemism I'd never heard before. Goodness.
Trudy Booth - Jul 29, 2003 12:04:25 pm PDT #5981 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
Hey, why don't they make pasties for testacles?
Because men are too intelligent so put adhesive on the oh so fragile skin covering erectile tissue?
Daisy Jane - Jul 29, 2003 12:10:01 pm PDT #5982 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Most of the strippers I know (or knew) are going for the liquid latex nowadays (or the low-rent version, that brown masking tape stuff).
Betsy HP - Jul 29, 2003 12:17:04 pm PDT #5983 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Can you make a living just stripping nowadays, or do you have to lap-dance?
Daisy Jane - Jul 29, 2003 12:28:46 pm PDT #5984 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It depends on where you are. Some cities don't allow lap-dances, so yeah. Some do shows and they don't do lap dances at all.
erinaceous - Jul 29, 2003 12:29:26 pm PDT #5985 of 9843
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
And weaning is like sprinkling Instant Mummy on them.
This made me laugh so hard in COMM I had to come to UnAm to pay tribute. Hee!
Downside to weaning: lost two cup sizes (one from pregnancy and one that I had started with), no more instant cure-all for baby ills.
Upside: all new bras bought from the "pretty bras" rack, instead of ones from the "made by a thwarted and bitter structural engineer" section of the lingerie department, no more long surreal conversations with toddlers about the subtle taste differences between "mama milk" and "refrigerator milk."