Vortex, possibly the answer is the one I use so often - "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
eta: maybe THEY thought they could fly?
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Toddson - Jan 10, 2007 8:21:47 am PST #176 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sean K - Jan 10, 2007 8:26:39 am PST #177 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
God, ducks falling are the funniest thing ever.
Okay, the funniest was the last one, who bounced once and landed on his feet.
Pix - Jan 10, 2007 8:32:15 am PST #178 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Hello procrastination, my old friend...
Daisy Jane - Jan 10, 2007 8:37:16 am PST #179 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just now realized it's cute overload and not cute overlord.
I liked it better when I thought the adorable fuzziness was taking over the planet.
Cashmere - Jan 10, 2007 8:38:44 am PST #180 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I just now realized it's cute overload and not cute overlord.
To-MAY-to, To-MAH-to.
-t - Jan 10, 2007 8:54:49 am PST #181 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Baby ducks are brave.
When you build duck boxes, you make them kind of tall above the water so that passing alligators and so forth can't get into them and eat the eggs or hatchlings. Similar principal for nesting in the tree, I guess. There's a short film (Flight of the Mergansers? Something like that) that documents one nests journey from egg to first flight, and ends with all the ducklings plummeting to the strains of Die Valkyrie. They landed in water, though.
Zenkitty - Jan 10, 2007 9:00:59 am PST #182 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I remember seeing that duck film. It was awesome.
Hil R. - Jan 10, 2007 9:03:59 am PST #183 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I fixed the TV! I am genius!
(We were getting sound, but no picture. After a bunch of tinkering around, I figured out that the problem was that there was something wrong with the coaxial input on the TV. Switched the cable box - TV connection to S-video, and problem solved.) (The component input on the TV stopped working last year. It's my parents' setup. They're getting a new TV soon, but for now, just want to get this one working well enough to last them until then.) (Also, I was able to pull out about 10 superfluous cables, including three that were part of the wire tangle but weren't connected to anything on either end. No clue how those got there, but I plan to mock my dad about them.)
-t - Jan 10, 2007 9:06:45 am PST #184 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well done, Hil! Getting rid of superfluous cables deserves some sort of medal.
I didn't actually see the duck film, just was told how awesome it was with very vivid descriptions.
SailAweigh - Jan 10, 2007 9:10:12 am PST #185 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
oh dear ... I saw this and all I could think was "I thought they could fly!"
Perhaps this is the genesis of the turducken?