OK, THAT one I'm stealing.

thessaly, in Literary (context? Who... oh, okay then. We were doing this whole Disc/LotR x-over thing. The 'pretty contest' is vs. Cheery):

The Elves in Discworld have the whole pretty-but-evil reputation so Legolas, transported through the Trousers of Time with Extra Quantum, wins the pretty contest and attempts to take over the Dancing Men...but Sam Vimes'll kill him if he tries anything.

billytea, in Bitches:

Conversation from my NYD party:

"I tried helium for the first time the other day."
"Well, that should be enough to get you kicked out of the army."
"I don't know about that, helium is after all an inert gas."
"A noble gas, even."
"Yeah, not like hydrogen, the skank hos of the periodic
table. One electron and they're anybody's."

victor infante in Beaurocracy

I think we should have a "Powederkeg" thread, lined with explosives, computer virus broadcasters and bitter, drunk mimes. I think it would add some spice.

(It was the bitter, drunk mimes that sold it to me)

Perkins and billytea in Natter, re. the "Joe Millonaire" reality show:

What I keep wondering is if Joe Millionaire is a hit, what is the followup/female equivalent going to be? Let's put 25 men in a house and have them compete for a woman they think is a centerfold, but actually stuffs her bra?

Maybe they could have the guys thinking she's Pamela Anderson, but at the end they will be horrified to learn that she is in fact Pamela Anderson.

PaulJ:

I'm a bit worried, though, about Joss having Joseph Campbell in mind for Buffy's story (and I didn't know that he had made that comparison, at least not until now). I mean, George Lucas started wanting to make a Campbell-like saga for the modern times and look where it got him...

victor infante:

Well, I think there's a difference. Joss's film professor (whose name is escaping now) has written extensively on the heroes journey in contemporary film. It's a subject Joss has some obvious familiarity with, and knows when to put it aside and just tell the damn story.

Lucas, on the other hand, heard about it once from a guy at a party.

Firefly

Consuela: Television news is pointing people to us? Oy.

Mike P: Oh my... This might not be a good thing. ~shudder~

Allyson: Not believing it. Not believing it. Quick, everyone, start talking about cardboard making techniques, and don't stop.

PMM: Start with a character. We'll call him "Riley..."

Aimee: First are making plain cardboard or corrugated. And if corrugated, how do we make the little bumply wavy bits?

Heather Alayne: Crimping iron.

Aimee: Since we are going to make cardboard, can I have a box and make it into a transmogrifier?

Narrator: To make the bumply wavy bits, take the wet cardboard to Chicago in January. It will cause the bumply wavy bits -- it's the cardboard version of goose pimples.

Sophia Brooks: First you have to make the cardboard, then the box and THEN the transmogrifier.

Allyson: I think we'll need to take a vote, after we select spokespeople for the plain, and the corrugated parties. Then we'll need some philabustering.

Narrator: Can't the transmogrifier make its own box? I mean, if it can do all the other transmogrifier-y things, can't it do that?

Aimee: New question for the ages: Which came first, the transmogrifier or the box?

Laura: Can I have a hole cut in my cardboard to watch tv?

Katie: People, talking about cardboard in an endearing and entertaining manner won't help.

Narrator: Yes, do not look directly into the TVGuide Channel or you will burn your retina.

Allyson: Okay then, we need to be boring. Perhaps billytea and I can talk about various bird calls.

billytea: Maybe we could talk in birdcalls. Would that work?

Allyson: We could rename the Firefly thread something else. Plain Toast: Lively Discussion on the Latest C-Span Coverage of the Kleenex Budget in the Senate.

Allyson: killdeer!!!! chickadee! chickadee dee dee!!!!

thessally: I think you'd need to make up some new ascii characters unless you want to lose all the nuance, bopping around yelling, "TWEE!!!TWEE!!!" Or that's what Victor's bopping around yelling. I think he thinks it's a bird thing. I'm not sure. Send medication now.

Narrator: Plain Toast: Lively Discussion on the Latest C-Span Coverage of the Kleenex Budget in the Senate. That's some code for porn, right?

Mana: But sorry guys, they actually showed the address on the screen for the last 15 seconds while she made her closing comments. And she said it out loud and correctly.

Allyson: Can we make it point to a site about corrugated cardboard?

Still Firefly

Justkim: I have started watching my second hour of the TV Guide Channel. What? It's not like there's anything else on! The second hour is so far different from the first hour. And I just heard the 90-second life story of SMG. Synopsis: She plays Buffy.

Allyson: Maybe we should send you a stipend of some sort.

Aimee: I think we'll need to take a vote, after we select spokespeople for the plain, and the corrugated parties. Then we'll need some philabustering.

Aimee: Okay then, we need to be boring. Perhaps billytea and I can talk about various bird calls.

Aimee: We could rename the Firefly thread something else. Plain Toast: Lively Discussion on the Latest C-Span Coverage of the Kleenex Budget in the Senate.

As much as I'd love the credit, Allyson said these-I'm not nearly as funny. But thanks for thinking I am!!!

Ooops! Fixed. Thanks.