tommyrot turns the discussion, in Natter , after a discussion of the relative risk and value of credit and saving:

I wonder what the rate of return would be on investing in workers seizing the means of production and smashing the state....

I suppose the risk involved would be pretty high....

Tommyrot and ita in natter:

Tommyrot - Geeze, it's one mini-crisis after another here....

ita - Tommy, I'd be on the alert for actual ducks.

In Bitches, no context needed:

connie neil: Dedicated to my Hubby and anyone else building a trebuchet at home.

Emily: He also tried to explain to me the Hilary-hate. He seems to think she's an extremist, and this country needs someone more in the center than out on the fringes.

Fringes? Clinton? I swear, nobody knows why they hate her!

Cashmere in F2F:

No nudies near my foodies, please.

lisah in natter:

People. They mess stuff up for the rest of us.

Javachick in Bitches:

A good friend had a kitten thought to be a he and was named "Mr. Deeds."

Upon pregnancy, she was renamed to "Miss Deeds."

Hec, trying to be encouraging:

(I almost said "Good Enough Buggery" - but really that's not a place where you want to lower your standards)

Ginger in Bitches: Valentine's Day. Bah, humbug. I hope it's a happy day for everyone, despite the ads that imply that our lives would be perfect if only we had a man buy us jewelry. I don't even want a man who buys me jewelry. I want a man who buys me power tools

In F2F (keeping in mind that this year's Prom falls on the summer solstice):

Erin:

F2F should have a Midsummer's Night's Dream theme.

Trudy made me come and say it. So, here!

Matt the Bruins fan:

Wow, it's like official permission to make a jackass out of myself at the f2f...