From Angel (non-spoilery), Hayden speaks for the y-chromosomed portion of the board membership:

lyra Jane - I mean, you can't die instantly from a punctured testicle, can you?

Hayden - A guy would never ask this question.

Trudy - Did you know a penis can get broken?

Hayden - I'm sorry. I can't read the screen with my hands over my eyes like this.

(Ed. note: I know there was more, but I'd rather not think about it)

Hil R.:

OK, somewhat amused, but not really surprised, at the map leaving off Australia. I'll probably be ranty about it later, but I've ranted a lot to people today and I'm kind of off the rantyness for now.

Madrigal's suggested ending for Buffy:

Really, instead of staking, I'd like it if the ending mirrored "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" by having Spike track down everyone who's posted online and either slapping them around or shagging them or both.

Nutty, in Natter, trying to elucidate a series of puns about Poles:

For the record, "a ten-foot pole" is punny because "Pole" is an old-fashioned way of saying person-from-Poland. And there's this whole part where "pole" or "tent-pole" is a euphemism for penis, so a ten foot pole can be construed as a gigantically priapic Polish guy. And then there's this other part where "I wouldn't touch him with a 10-foot pole" is replied to with "How about a 6-foot Swiss?" and then it gets very silly and/or into cheese jokes, and then the conversation devolves into giggling.

And you know what? Jokes are less funny when you are explaining them.

Gus in Natter - read previous COMM for context.

Getting through the workday today was an act of Will. Around noon, the hangover became such a real, physical presence in my life that I named it George.

And more Gus--

Apparently, 'COFF' is the proper spelling of 'COMM', if you are transcribing the language 'Drunk.'

Aimee in Beep Me - on her job search...

Just heard from my rep from the first interview. They loved me, they want me back tomorrow and when James (my rep) told them about the offer, they said "Oh. We can MUCH better than that."

So, I'm conflicted. But happy. More than one person hasn't been this interested in me since my boobs grew big in 10th grade!

Cindy in the "Angel" thread, after a few people discussed their videotape management techniques:

None of you are true believers. Buffy and Angel tapes get used for nothing else. Do you write your grocery lists in your Bible? Do you write your to do list in Romeo and Juliet?

My B/A tapes are on my bookcase, (upper shelves) so my children can't breathe on them and pass them the latest cold going through their schools.

They NEVER get taped over.

My darling husband knows that to touch one to tape anything is to forfeit his life. They are in chronological order, and labelled with tape number, 2 episode numbers (e.g. S5, ep22, series ep. 100), title, and air date - before the episode starts. I do not re-use them when a season's DVDs become available. Clearly, they have been pre-ordained as back up, and besides, they're where the previouslies and previews live.

The only way I'd use a B or A tape for something else is if one of my children (or Jesus) was going to be on TV, and then? I'd use one that had some blank space on it. THERE IS NO TAPING OVER.

Santa puts blank tapes in my stockings. I get blank tapes for Valentine's Day, my birthday and in my Easter basket. I buy them when I go grocery shopping. The only more urgent non-food item I buy is toilet paper.

You call yourselves Buffistas?

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?

I don't even know you anymore.

And I don't think I want to.

In Natter:

Shawn (describing her evening): ...getting a little sugar...

Jesse: Wait a second, Shawn, when you say "getting a little sugar," what EXACTLY do you mean?

Shawn: What? I mean, "I got a little sugar." So, how do Buffistas know this guy is a keeper? Last night, while going through tapes for Adult Swim cartoons, I came across the Firefly ep from December that was the quasi-pilot (I don't remember the name). He hadn't seen anything Joss, and he agreed to watch, even if it would make him sad it was off the air. First, he laughed his ass off. Second, he says, "I love how this guy subverts all the conventions." Third, he says, "This guy has a fantastic sensibility! I have to start watching Buffy!"

erinaceous: Suh-weet. Shawn's getting sugar AND a toaster.

Dana: Now all she needs is bread, cinnamon, and butter, and she can make really yummy toast.

Connie: One doesn't unlive for 120+ years by being so stupid as to store the eggs of dangerous creatures in your bedroom. That's what the minions' bedrooms are for, so the eggs can hatch and you laugh riotously watching the fun.