Betsy, in Ides:

After spending two hours on my knees with a toothbrush, my peeve was mighty.

BHP, in Natter:

"That dress looks really comfortable" pretty much sucks as a compliment.

Because I like the dress, and it is comfortable, but I hear that as "Wow, good flour sack there."

Ellen S. wrote about Philly in Natter: We'll go to that freaky museum with all the abnormal skeletons and things in jars.

The Mutter Museum of Medical Anomalies! I loved that place. I first heard of it from a woman sitting next to me on a flight back from Rome, who was a Free-Lance Contortionist. (Really! She gave me her card.) I asked her what a Free-Lance contortionist did and she said 'mainly bar mitzvas'.

Angus Gordon, on The End of Buffy As We Know It:

I had thought of two directions that could have been possible fitting endings to the series. A third one hadn't occurred to me. It occurred to Joss. That's pretty much my definition of good storytelling.

Little Bird: Goodbye. I want to read my comic book now.

David S.: Miracleman still uses this sentence almost daily.

billytea: And so far it's proved surprisingly effective on telemarketers.

COMM from dinner tonight, and I mean it, Epic actually hit me from across the table with her Diet Coke.

Cass: (After eating a large mouthful of food) It felt like it was growing in my mouth.

ND: Gee, that sounds porny.

Epic: Hey, I'm chewing.

ND: Ouch!

And then I ended up wearing Diet Coke.

In Unamerican:

evil jimi Chicken Fried Steak - is that what you get when a chicken fry's your steak?

Betsy HP Southern specialty. Buy a cube steak. Bread as for fried chicken. Fry as for fried chicken. Cover with gravy as for fried chicken. Feed to dog and go out for some fried chicken.

In Bitches 8 Big Gay Pirates

Toddson:

After seeing the tiara gallery, I've decided I need a tiara ... my soul cries out for a tiara. But how to choose? Aimee, Empress, could you advise me?

Aimée:

SURE! Now, there are several types of tiaras. You have your rhinestone tiaras, your pearl tiaras and your flower tiaras. Personally, I prefer the rhinestone ones, but I do have a pearl one that I wore at my wedding. There are headbands, bunwraps or the typical tiara that looks like a mini crown. There ARE full-out crown tiaras as well.

Now, a headbad style is more appropriate for casual outings such as bowling, fishing, shopping. A crown type is more formal, although there are semi formal and formal styles. These can be worn to any number of social outings. Drinks, dancing, a nice dinner. Family reunions.

There are silver tone and gold tone. Some have colored rhinestones. It all depends on the style you want or the statement you are going for.

What suits your fancy?

[editorial comment: Aimée suits my fancy]

Hil: I think that my problem with this outfit is that I haven't worn this much pink since I was about five years old. Once I get used to the pinkness of it, I think I'll like it.

Kat Perez: Somewhere in NYC, msbelle is getting her wings.

*****

Holli: For the first time, my sister and I are fighting over a fictional boyfriend. She's all "I watched the show first! Seth's mine!" And I'm very proud of her excellent taste, but clearly he belongs to me.

Astarte in bureacracy and without context:

I think tongues need context.

In this case, though not ALWAYS... sometimes a non-contextual tongue is a sweet slippery surprise.