Toddson in Natter:

Really - when you put on a pair of pants and the first thought when you see yourself is "it's Hammer time!" it's time to retire them.

Polter-Cow in Boxed Set

Yes, Promo Guy, let us watch the show and stop making shit up.

Erikaj, in Bitches:

They've been killing off the sitcom and feminism about once a year. Then they made Ally Mc Beal and did both at once.

Cashmere, in Bitches

Mom hit the deer. Mom always hits the deer. Sister called because Mom was going to the ER with the friend who was riding home from Bingo with her.

No deer is safe from my mother.

...

Deer are a particular problem in the rural area I grew up in--LOTS of corn fields, LOTS of deer.

No predators.

Unless you count my mother and her Chrysler.

In Boxed Set

tommyrot: "SCI FI Channel has given a green light to Tin Man, a wild SF reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, as its next six-hour original miniseries." [...] "The miniseries is a sometimes psychedelic, often twisted and always bizarre take on The Wizard of Oz. It centers on DG, a young woman plucked from her humdrum life and thrust into The Outer Zone (the O.Z.), a fantastical realm filled with wonder, but oppressed by dark magic." [link]

Jessica: People, did we learn nothing from the movie version of The Wiz? This is a BAD IDEA!

tommyrot: Maybe they could do a scifi reimagining of "Annie." It turns out that Daddy Warbucks is developing A.I. weapons technology. They all live in a fantastic alternate reality, where no one has eyes....

DXMachina: The gun will come out tomorrow...

In Natter

msbelle:

good thing I checked the bags, I had not packed my underthings.

Allyson:

Yeah, you really can't go commando to the embassy.

ita: Finished watching Angel S2 today. Friend I was watching it with just fell for Fred, and hard. I have no idea why I didn't see it coming--he's besotted with Willow and adores Kaylee. Some people.

Cass: We call these people ... Joss.

Cass: The snow is your fault, isn't it?

Jilli VoiceOfReason: I did NOT summon the snow demons this time. Not that anyone believes me, but I really didn't.

Cass: No, I believe you...I'll just have to go find someone new to blame now...

ita: Seems like the perfect opportunity to blame Canada.

Cass: Good point. It's them or Alaska, and I am not motivated to write a new song when a perfectly good one already exists.

Jessica: McDonald's has filed a patent application for sandwich-making:

Patent application WO2006068865 relates to the "pre-assembly of sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich". It covers the "simultaneous toasting of a bread component" and heating a "meat and/or cheese filling". And it says the company has invented a way to add garnishes and condiments using a "sandwich assembly tool".

The patent says McDonald's wants to cut down on the time and labour required to put its sandwiches together. The company also wants them to look and taste the same and has come up with what it describes as "novel methods" to put them together.

The assembly tool contains a "cavity" into which the sandwich-maker places the garnish ("including, but not limited to, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, pickles, chilli, coleslaw, giardinera, peppers, spinach, radishes, olives, egg, cooked bacon and cheese") and the condiments ("ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, sauces, relish, oils, salt, pepper, barbecue sauce, steak sauce, hot sauce, dressings including salad dressings, yogurt, butter, margarine and liquid or semi-liquid cheese").

A "bread component" is then placed over the cavity and the assembly tool "inverted" to tip out the contents. "Typically, a sandwich filling will thereafter be placed in the bread component," the 55-page patent explains. "Often the sandwich filling is the source of the name of the sandwich, for example - ham sandwich."

Theodosia: Mmmmmm, sounds delicious.

Pete, in Bitches

Ricockulous!