Oooh! COMM me, baby! mwah! (in a surprised-but-flattered fashion)

Madrigal Costello in Firefly

Whenever I get a call for "Mr. Costello" I get to honestly answer that he died in 1928, so while I could put him on the phone, he'd be very, very quiet.

(Trimmed, regretfully, because I decided that I couldn't really bring the whole damned thread.)

Comparative Theology, Buffista-style (in Firefly)

Betsy Hanes Perry Hey, there's a question: Can you only commit heresy if you're a member of the group in question? I mean, for instance, if I believe that Muhammad was God rather than a prophet, I'm a Christian heretic, but I'm not a Moslem heretic, right?

billytea : You're a Muslim heretic with bells on and all the trimmings. Islam believes very firmly that Muhammad was nothing but a man. (The greatest of the prophets, but still a man.)

Betsy Hanes Perry No. I'm absolutely WRONG by Muslim standards, I don't doubt that. The question is, can they consider me a heretic if I was never a Muslim in the first place?

Nutty : I think you can only be a heretic in the religion in which you claim membership. Cause, I mean, if I got excommunicated by the United Church of Twinkie Worshippers, I wouldn't give a shit, right? But if I were a member of the Church, and then got excommunicated, I would be devastated.

And also hungry.

Then again, if the United Church of Twinkie Worshippers decided to burn me at the stake, it wouldn't matter whether I was a believer or not. I would still be crispy and dead.

sarameg - in Angel (but come on, it's hardly spoilery)...

Don't like seventies hair. Demonic. Must be vanquished. Need a seventies hair slayer. Armed with clippers and scissors.

Rio in Natter:

I like my doughnuts like I like my men.

HOT and NOW.

Jacqueline Zahas on No. Cal. "culture":

It actually just occurred to me a couple of nights ago what a weird place the Bay Area is, where you can go into any ratty-ass little crack-mart corner market in any grubby neighborhood, looking for booze, and come out with a bottle of very nice wine.

victor:

I've always thought we should refer to the govenor as the "Guber."

billytea:

You just want to be able to say things like "Like any of that's enough to fight the Dark Guber-- nator."

Betsy, in Literary:

I used to read Sheri Tepper, but I had to give it up when the dents in my skull from her sledgehammer interfered with the fit of my hat.

Nutty, following up the donut talk:

Um, so I like my men dense, cakey and with coffee?

I like my men like I like my coffee: hot, sweet, and making me all awake inside. Also it's nice if their ingredients come from the grocery store.

Nutty: "Heaven knows, when I lived in Virginia, I got tracts in the mail about how Bill Clinton was murdering people and worshipping Satan."

Ted R: In NYC that's just called going to church. Though finding a virgin to sacrifice is problematic, and many of us cheat and settle for someone who is simply bad in bed.

[edited for attribution]

The first line was Nutty's.