EW had an article recently on sidekicks who were cooler than their heroes. They noted Willow, R2D2, Hobbes and Gromit.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
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.
DavidS - Mar 14, 2007 8:15:40 am PDT #7013 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Daisy Jane - Mar 14, 2007 8:19:57 am PDT #7014 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Have we heard of this? [link] I'm listening to a local radio show on it now.
Also, to add to Hec's list JEEVES!
Cashmere - Mar 14, 2007 8:26:27 am PDT #7015 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Dana, my sistah in itch! I've taken the hairdryer to spots, too. But benedryl helps me, so I'm lucky there. I have, in severe cases of mosquito bites, taken oral benedryl along with applying the benedryl cream. I've heard you aren't supposed to do that, but I'd scratch myself raw if I didn't.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2007 8:26:58 am PDT #7016 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hobbes was not cooler than Calvin. Weirdo.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2007 8:40:23 am PDT #7017 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hobbes was not cooler than Calvin. Weirdo.
True dat.
Dana - Mar 14, 2007 8:42:03 am PDT #7018 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana, my sistah in itch! I've taken the hairdryer to spots, too. But benedryl helps me, so I'm lucky there.
I honestly feel a little guilty complaining when I know you have it worse. I raise my hair dryer in itchy solidarity with you.
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2007 8:42:05 am PDT #7019 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.
Funny air traffic control quotes: [link]
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadalupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."
Allegedly, a Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war."
Nutty - Mar 14, 2007 8:44:55 am PDT #7020 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I know why he has to speak in English! Because screaming AIEEEE may be the only universal part of a given language, and we prefer to avoid that part.
(Yes, hello, watched a docu on the Tenerife air disaster a couple weeks ago, and hello to the phenomenally stupid.)
Cashmere - Mar 14, 2007 8:46:26 am PDT #7021 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I honestly feel a little guilty complaining when I know you have it worse. I raise my hair dryer in itchy solidarity with you.
Don't feel guilty. I have a prescription for narcotic painkillers! I'm not hurting.
Jetblue sent me an email. Bad news: the jet I'm scheduled to fly out in on Friday is going in for maintenance. Good news: Flight not cancelled, I'm booked on another airline. And I get a $25 voucher for future flights.
Buffistas, get thee to Target. Bunny ears are on sale for $1.
Atropa - Mar 14, 2007 8:49:09 am PDT #7022 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This is a fairly dark Calvin and Hobbs comic: [link]
That sent me immediately to a "That is WRONG and NOT TRUE AT ALL" sort of headspace. Not so much with the sad, and more with the horrified anger.