Neither New Orleans nor Mobile started Mardi Gras, of course.
Las Vegas didn't invent tackiness either. But there's something to be said for being the city that refines a concept to perfection.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 20, 2007 8:06:52 am PST #2159 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
juliana - Feb 20, 2007 8:07:51 am PST #2160 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I think that the big three of animal protein -- chicken, beef and pork -- got all the names because they were eaten all the time in the history of the English language.
Beef=boeuf. The English usage came in thanks to the Normans, 'round the time of Ethelred the Unready.
Wikipedia backs me up! Awesome. [link]
When the Normans conquered England in 1066 (see Norman Conquest) they brought their Norman language with them. During the Anglo-Norman period which united insular and continental territories, the ruling class spoke Anglo-Norman, while the peasants spoke the English of the time. Anglo-Norman was the conduit for the introduction of French into England, aided by the circulation of Langue d'oïl literature from France. This led to many paired words of French and English origin. For example, beef is cognate with the modern French bœuf, meaning cow; veal with veau, meaning calf; pork with porc, meaning pig; and poultry with poulet, meaning chicken. In this situation, the foodstuff has the Norman name, and the animal the Anglo-Saxon name, since it was the Norman rulers who ate meat (meat was an expensive commodity and could rarely be afforded by the Anglo-Saxons), and the Anglo-Saxons who farmed the animals.
No reason to share it other than pure geekiness.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 20, 2007 8:08:50 am PST #2161 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ita, I wouldn't count on it taking what with her appearence in Peter's dream. Unless EVERYONE who turns up in his dream is going to buy it. Which would be seriously depressing, if ballsy. I'm not saying she's NOT dead, just that I wouldn't bet any kittens on it until we get clarification next week. And even then...
shrift - Feb 20, 2007 8:09:27 am PST #2162 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I wonder if I should go home early. Because I am actually looking at the space underneath my desk and wondering if my cell phone has an alarm, because surely no one would miss me for an hour.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2007 8:13:32 am PST #2163 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frank! Why you gotta harsh my buzz so fast? Let a girl dream, willya?
Shrift, I bet your phone does. Get on down there.
Aims - Feb 20, 2007 8:13:57 am PST #2164 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Into the corner with Frank!
Laura - Feb 20, 2007 8:16:14 am PST #2165 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Haven't watched yet. Happy I read the whitefont. The first white font.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2007 8:16:22 am PST #2166 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
No reason to share it other than pure geekiness.
It's the kind of geekiness I can support.
(am having difficulty coming up with kinds of geekiness I can't support)
Tom Scola - Feb 20, 2007 8:17:43 am PST #2167 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is it possible to be a creationist, or a fixed-earth geek?
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2007 8:19:22 am PST #2168 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is it possible to be a creationist, or a fixed-earth geek?
I would say not.
(Dunno why. I just do.)
eta: Maybe it's because geekiness typically involve those things known as "facts."