billytea:

True story: one time while still in freak-ass church we're in Tasmania and driving to services, while listening to Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell. So they have a parking attendant to tell us where to go (so to speak), so I wind down the window, and while doing so I figure this probably isn't the most appropriate music to be playing and go for the radio to turn it down. My aim's off, and instead I turn it up to full volume. As it happens, Mr Loaf isn't singing at the moment, and instead we get him saying "Goddamn it Daddy! You know I love you. But you've got a HELLUVA LOT TO LEARN ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL!!"

Nothing like a good entrance.

In reaction to an article about a new Sci-Fi show, Battlestar Galactica which will be like no other space show *eye roll* {see thread for details on how derivative it is, not only of Firefly (no sound in space, no superheros)}

From a character summary:

Adama bitterly drinks from the cup of surrender

Dana:

The fuck? Who writes this crap?

I'm going to start phrasing everything like this. "Dana bitterly drinks from the cup of reality when she is forced to actually work for a living instead of sitting around and being snarky." "Dana bitterly drinks from the cup of sleep when her eyelids get droopy." "Dana bitterly drinks from the cup of hatred when her new coworker remains unfired."

billytea:

Dana's bitterly drinking from the cup of reality right now!

Holli:

...and it's not so fucking great. Hence the bitterness.

Dana:

The cup of reality sucks. IJS. Tastes kinda like rancid cough syrup.

MechaKrelboyne:

Hmmm. I always found the reality more bitter than the actual cup.

tralfamadore2001:

<dances>

Ignore me, I'm just celebrating my finally getting the right now! deal. I am understanding the joke RIGHT NOW!

<dances some more>

</dancing>

Jon B.

So you read the FAQ, then?

Noumenon

Hmmm. I always found the reality more bitter than the actual cup. [quoting Mecha]

Maybe you are thinking that reality comes in a cup like coffee. On the contrary, the bitter cup of reality is something reality began to wear to protect itself from the bitter groin injuries of reality. Noumenon bitterly drinks from the cup of reality only because the alternative cup of reality TV is even worse.

Exclamation points can be funny:

Nou in "Dude":

He has a lot of exclamation points in the books

And in nice coincidence, Tim, in "Firefly":

!!!!!!!!!!! oh, and !

ita, in Natter 7, re: Cate Blanchett's eye makeup:

Burrell, Queen of the Setup Line: What was Cate Blanchett thinking?

ita: All shall love her and despair.

Nilly in Bureaucracy:

After a (relatively) long time of posting, I still wouldn't use a lot of stuff I may say to somebody whom I've actually met IRL or who is able to see my face and expressions while I speak the words (well, they won't, because I move my hands so much when I speak that mostly they'll just try to dodge a straying limb, but they'll hear my tone of voice while taking cover).

scrappy

I mentioned to BF that Colin Farrell was my secret boyfriend, and he pointed out acidly that it wasn't a secret to him, since I mentioned it every five minutes.

I responded with dignity that it was a secret from COLIN.

BHP in Firefly: (Neilsen Diary as filled out by an Amish family)

Tuesday: Set cup of coffee on box.

Wednesday: Made six doilies, set on box.

Thursday: Kneaded bread, left to rise on box.

Friday: Got tired of dusting box, carried out to barn.

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... Chickens nesting in box.

connie neil:

I hate looking all noble and tolerant, it makes people I don't like think they can talk to me.

Other Natterer: What was Cate Blanchett thinking?

That other Natterer is me. I am the Queen of the Set Up Line.

Fixed!