In the Firefly thread:

Kate P.: Re: languages in the Firefly 'verse, IIRC Joss or someone says in one of the commentaries that even the poorest/least-educated/lowest-class folks of all races can speak fluent Chinese (are we assuming Mandarin? I don't remember if it's ever mentioned). Am I overstating the case?

MechaKrelboyne: Nope. It was a very clear statement of 'everyone speaks chinese'. I think I recall hearing trailer trash referred to (which takes my mind to very cool COPS of the future place where the Feds are yelling "YOU ARE BOUND BY LAW!" While some scrawny guy tries to pull his gun while trying to get his stolen car out of the ditch, all the while yelling "Gao yang jong duh goo yang".)

In Movies:

Fred Pete -- I'm not sure From Justin to Kelly deserves as bad as the Razzies gave it.

Megan E. -- I kept hoping for a sequel, From Ruben to Clay but alas, it wasn't to be.

billytea in Natter:

This is my fourth winter in Philly, and I haven't fallen on the ice once. Naturally, now I will slip and fall as I go home tonight, for I have tempted the gods, who after all have a pretty basic sense of humour.

ita, in Natter:

Why does Petcare send me e-mails with the subject of "Just in time for Valentines"?

That's not going to turn out well.

Or legally.

vw bug in Natter:

I see a discussion on "hair," and I immediately think, "You can't love a vagina if you don't love hair."

Daniel C. Jensen, in Bitches:

You can tell it's Monday because the ball gags come out.

Beloved Hecubus in Firefly:

I assumed the Alliance was in place for a long time in the core planets, and that all those wild and wooly outlier planets were independent and wanted to stay that way, since they were probably trying to get away from civilization in the first place. So they were like the West at the time of the civil war. And, to carry that analogy, the Union said "Okay, you're part of our country now and these are the new rules and pay your taxes." Which didn't go over well with the Space Mormons in New Utah Prime.

Natter:

Beverly: I used to pluck the occasional grey hair. The first time I plucked a dozen, I went into the room where my sons were watching tv, and gave each of them six grey hairs.

"Here. These belong to you."

(gasp)

Would you believe? My first COMM that wasn't a straight line setup for someone else's joke?

Raquel on The Butterfly Effect starring Ashton Kutcher:

My only knowledge of the movie is that the first time I saw the preview, a guy sitting next to me in the theater yelled "Dan Savage wants your phone number, Ashton!" and someone who may have been my husband yelled back, "Dan's too good for Ashton!" and the rest of the preview was lost in Dan/Ashton/Demi snarking.