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You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Angus G - Aug 07, 2004 6:19:33 am PDT #7084 of 9843
Roguish Laird
CaBil - Aug 07, 2004 6:27:46 pm PDT #7085 of 9843
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Anyone know Arabic? Need the word for marketplace.
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2004 6:28:02 pm PDT #7086 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Souk.
Fay - Aug 07, 2004 6:32:18 pm PDT #7087 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Damn you, wee ita!
CaBil - Aug 07, 2004 6:32:58 pm PDT #7088 of 9843
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Thanks!
Gus - Aug 25, 2004 6:05:44 pm PDT #7089 of 9843
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
meara lives above a 7-11 convenience store. The mind?
It boggles. A 7-11, for all the un-Americans, is the least romantic franchise-chain establishment on the planet. They specialize in selling chili-dogs (a concoction that makes English and German cooking look Good) and cigarettes.
Emphasis? On the cigarettes.
Meara does not have a life that is prosaic in the way that a 7-11 is prosaic.
I think they call this sensation "cognitive dissonance."
Angus G - Aug 26, 2004 3:16:55 am PDT #7090 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Actually, we have 7-11's in Australia too Gus!
As franchises go, I like 7-11's actually, it's comforting to know there's somewhere you can go to buy milk at 3 in the morning.
meara - Aug 26, 2004 6:02:57 pm PDT #7091 of 9843
it's comforting to know there's somewhere you can go to buy milk at 3 in the morning.
You see, Gus? When I get home from my crazy cavorting at 1:30AM (like last night), or 5:30AM (like last Saturday), there's always a store open if I need a slurpee or some caffeine or a doughnut...it's most convenient.
Gus - Aug 27, 2004 2:20:02 am PDT #7092 of 9843
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Just went through an intensive immersion-style course in conversational German.
My internal syntax is at war with itself. Internal syntax is with itself warring.
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I am working a sad vibe behind the fact that 7-11 is everywhere. 7-Eleven for me is the primary token of dehumanised, franchised human interaction. The clerks are terrified of the customers (in the States), so they put on a "You best not be thinking of fucking with me!" attitude.
The food? Wonderbread and Rice-A-Roni. Coffee in a styro-foam cup, boiled down to its most bitter essence.
Microwave burritos.
Gah.
Angus G - Aug 27, 2004 4:51:30 am PDT #7093 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I don't think people in Australia really think of 7-11 as a dining solution per se! I imagine here the big sellers would be milk, cigarettes, phone cards, public transport tickets and chocolate bars, none of which really suffer through being sold in a franchised environment...although yes you can get the hot dogs and various microwaved delights too. I haven't noticed any fear in the eyes of the staff, although 7-11's obviously do get robbed sometimes here too.
I dunno, you occasionally read an elegiac article about how 7-11's are replacing the traditional family-owned corner milk bar, but to be honest traditional family-owned corner milk bars weren't that great, and anyway I imagine most 7-11's are family-owned too. Of the franchise plagues that the US has unleashed upon the world, I find Starbucks far more noxious.