Well, pinch means steal. So I'd understand that to be 'steal a loaf of bread', which was the kind of thing that people used to get transported to Australia for.
Yes! Or for being rebellious and Irish. Or buggering sheep.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
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All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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billytea - May 19, 2009 8:30:33 pm PDT #8844 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 8:34:42 pm PDT #8845 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the "off" makes a huge difference.
Sue - May 20, 2009 5:56:57 am PDT #8846 of 9843
hip deep in pie
Where does it have something to do with pooping?
evil jimi - May 23, 2009 3:54:51 am PDT #8847 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Or buggering sheep.
No, those people got sent to New Zealand.
Laga - May 24, 2009 1:51:11 pm PDT #8848 of 9843
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Where does it have something to do with pooping?
in the US, pinch off a loaf means: make a poo.
Fay - May 24, 2009 6:06:03 pm PDT #8849 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
You know, I really find all the euphemisms for taking a shit infinitely more unpleasant and distasteful than actually just saying 'take a shit'.
I also find "potty mouth" a truly revolting phrase, which gives me visuals of coprophagy.
Frankenbuddha - May 24, 2009 8:12:41 pm PDT #8850 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I also find "potty mouth" a truly revolting phrase, which gives me visuals of coprophagy.
Well, I do think that's the rationale behind saying that to kids (or anyone). Equating profanity with something seriously, revoltingly nasty, I mean. Along the lines of "Do you kiss your mother/father with that mouth?"
Sidenote: with "No, but I kiss yours with it." being the obvious blowback comment.
Laga - May 25, 2009 12:22:16 am PDT #8851 of 9843
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I am truly sorry I brought it up. Initially my curiosity outweighed my disgust but that is no longer the case.
evil jimi - May 26, 2009 4:07:56 am PDT #8852 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
*snerk*
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 09, 2009 8:56:30 am PDT #8853 of 9843
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Someone tell me they've seen the Ashes to Ashes season two finale and is up for discussing it, before I lose my mind entirely...
Spoiler for such: Genius, or just random, slightly desperate way of extending the story? Does this mean something new for our understanding of the universe that Sam, and then later Alex, created? Or is better not to think about it too much? Infinite regress makes me head-spinny.