Question: Do we actually have an elevenses-based thread title yet?
[edit: Thread title suggestion, I mean. Because I'm fully pro-elevenses, but I think our campaign would be stronger with an actual title to suggest.]
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Jessica - Mar 30, 2003 9:04:20 am PST #8970 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anne W. - Mar 30, 2003 9:10:28 am PST #8971 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
So the anti-Hobbit faction could just imagine that "It's time for elevenses" really means "It's time to get ripped and eat sweets." and that's just fun for everyone.
I think that even the pro-Hobbit faction could get behind this idea. Champagne truffle, anyone?
Wolfram - Mar 30, 2003 9:11:39 am PST #8972 of 10001
Visilurking
Elevenses.
Is there an absentee ballot option for Lyra Jane?
kat perez - Mar 30, 2003 9:30:56 am PST #8973 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Jess, I think the suggestion was:
Natter -- It's time for elevenses.
Or something like that.
Nilly - Mar 30, 2003 9:33:57 am PST #8974 of 10001
Swouncing
Or something like that.
This was exactly the suggestion in scrappy "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Mar 29, 2003 3:58:42 pm EST:
Natter--it's time for elevenses
And (surprise) I'm all for it.
Sue - Mar 30, 2003 10:37:23 am PST #8975 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I am pro monkey!
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2003 10:49:52 am PST #8976 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Problem with absentee ballots is that the final wording won't be decided upon until just before the vote starts.
Lyra Jane - Mar 30, 2003 12:41:01 pm PST #8977 of 10001
Up with the sun
Absentee ballots aren't a big issue for me -- I'll be checking my email, so I may be able to log in long enough to vote anyhow. I just wanted to state my viewpoint because this is something I feel fairly strongly about, more strongly the more I consider it. I'm speaking a tad prematurely in that I haven't seen Anne's list yet, of course.
Noumenon - Mar 30, 2003 4:16:18 pm PST #8978 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
And for the record, in Chile we still have "onces" which is actually like afternoon tea, but it is called "elevenses".
"Once" (ohn-seh) is Spanish for eleven. Onces are not followed by a second snacktime called twices.
kat perez - Mar 30, 2003 4:46:12 pm PST #8979 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I know once means eleven, but I didn't get the point. My point was that the afternoon tea is called "onces" even though it's not taken at eleven in the morning. It's called "onces" because of the aguardiente connection (eleven letters in the word aguardiente, thus secret code for "Let's drink").