I didn't realize when I read this thread that erikaj's

It's crap, but it lasts forever. It's the American way.

was in reference to Twinkies until I ran across it in Natter. Then there was this from billytea:

I do so love that the only consumer products not designed these days to need replacing just after the warranty expires are the foodstuffs.

Jen in Buffy 2 (spoilery):

I'm having the same problem that Vezzini thought Westley would have during the iocane powder goblet incident. I want to believe that suggesting Giles is dead/FE-controlled is obvious enough to be a mislead, but then I think ME knows that I would think that it's a mislead and make it not a mislead... Lather, rinse, repeat.

Madrigal on sentimental holiday beliefs:

Finding out that Santa definitely wasn't real was a relief to me. It was disconcerting to think about that much power being in the hands of the guys who spent afternoons at the mall holding kids on their laps, passing out pamphlets and smelling like sour whiskey. As for the Easter Bunny, I thought that he was actually Jesus, but because Jesus is supposed to stay in Heaven unless the world is ending, we had to pretend that it was this giant bunny so that God wouldn't get pissed off.

Burrell, someone posted the same kind of "Princess Bride"ness after "Sleeper," and its tangential is-he/isn't-he speculation. The quote was, "So I clearly cannot choose the Giles in front of you!" (flea "Buffy 1: No, You're Not the Only Watcher" Nov 21, 2002 10:23:08 am EST)

Why is this important? I don't know...

Madrigal Costello

I think my belief in Santa was largely chipped away by all the religious neighbors who had their "Jesus is the reason for the season" signs and cards, and some would set up nativity scenes in their yards that featured Santa kneeling at the manger. It was a very disconcerting interaction of mindsets, like watching two people try to duel when one has a Magic:the Gathering ccg deck and the other has a Yu-Gi-Oh.

In Buffistechnology:

Rob: Well, I've heard that PHP is lower fat then Perl, but that Perl is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

Also, it's widely agreed that Perl is 17% more effulgent then PHP.

I hope these facts settles this issue once and for all.

John H: Rob, you can prove anything with statistics. 14% of people know that.

Cindy in "Dude, Where's my Precious?" :

Tricksey Buffista-es - seeing my precious before me. It's mine - it was filmed for me. It came to me.

John H & David S in Natter:

"I had a dream about the Board while I was away, I dreamed that I reprogrammed it so that everyone's name had "-Sue" after it. Hec was DavidS-Sue, ita was ita-Sue and so on. I have no idea what it means."

David Sue flipped his flowing auburn hair over his shoulder, his green eyes flashing merrily. With a flick of his tapered finger he broke the encryption on the evil mcguffinator, then whirling threw a Bic with unerring accuracy through the eye of the Cexexof demon which shattered into a thousand scintillant shards. David Sue exited, stage left, humming the Pollanaise with perfect pitch.

And the hyena sex train leaves the station in TTT: (COMMED because I only supplied the setup.)

Me, channeling Éowyn: "Damn it, why can't I have wild hyena sex with a Númenorian?"

Amyparker: MOM!!!!! Betsy broke me!

billytea: Pretty much part of the definition of wild hyena sex. "If it ain't broke, you're doing it wrong."

amyparker: You said "wild hyena sex" and now I can't stop laughing. I am going to be weeping with joy at the sight of the sets for Rohan, and the words "wild hyena sex" are going to gaily jaunt through my forebrain, and the ushers are going to throw me out due to uncontrollable hysteria.

If I need bail money tonight, lady, I'm calling your house.

Pmoon:

I was just trying to figure out why a virgin would be angry.

And you pretty much summed it up perfectly.

Sumiko: Think so.

Plus - - imagine her ire when she finds out about Arwen.

Ms. Havisham: It'll be a bad day for Arwen, methinks.

billytea: Hey, do me a favour. When Eowyn meets Aragorn and gets all piny an' stuff, could you shout out, just the once, "You're doing it wrong!"?

amyparker: Billytea, I hate you. That is all.

Pmoon: Well, I don't think Arwen and Aragorn were having the wild hyena sex yet either, not with Elrond breathing down both their necks their entire courtship. That and "wild hyena sex" kind of goes against the whole ethereal "Evenstar of her People" persona.

billytea : Heh. If we needed any proof that the title was overrated...

Katie M.: Besides, Eowyn gets to have wild hyena sex with Faramir, who isn't all about pining for unavailable elven princesses with prissy fathers.

Sumi: Because he's pining for Aragorn too.

It's something they have in common.

candyb:

Well, I don't think Arwen and Aragorn were having the wild hyena sex yet either, not with Elrond breathing down both their necks their entire courtship. That and "wild hyena sex" kind of goes against the whole ethereal "Evenstar of her People" persona.

I think Galadriel let them have The Wild Hyena Sex.

Pmoon:

he's pining for Aragorn too.

Oh, pining, shmining -- they're practically living together by the end!

Katie M: So *that's* why Eowyn was all for the move to Ithilien...

Madrigal: There's vegan jerky in the US. I don't think it's meant for eating so much as using an excuse to practice expressions of disbelief.