She just... she just did the math.

Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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 - May 08, 2007 7:56:24 am PDT #6037 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Would you want me to run it by my bookstore owner friends who will be, most likely, carrying it? (They have the whole 33 1/3 series.)

Please! The more feedback the better. I think I'll run it by a Tom Waits fan forum.


lisah - May 08, 2007 7:56:26 am PDT #6038 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I like that the fonts are all the same for the series! Even though it causes a design challenge in this instance. They look great on display together.


Daisy Jane - May 08, 2007 7:57:21 am PDT #6039 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

deciphers a sign or billboard phonetically (and usually incorrectly) because of unusual font or spacing.

There's a billboard that is on the highway on the way back to my hometown advertising "THE LOOSEST SLOTS IN TOWN!" I know what it says, and I still read it wrong and do a double take every damn time.


Jesse - May 08, 2007 7:58:04 am PDT #6040 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I was going to say -- I don't think they're wrong to not change the font. It's a huge series with a uniform look.


§ ita § - May 08, 2007 8:00:03 am PDT #6041 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There's a Fiji billboard I've seen that says, and I swear this although google gives me no love, "Taste the cumulus."

That's not a deciphering issue so much as a "I'm not the only one reading this this way! Stop it!"


beekaytee - May 08, 2007 8:00:46 am PDT #6042 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

There's a billboard that is on the highway on the way back to my hometown advertising "THE LOOSEST SLOTS IN TOWN!" I know what it says, and I still read it wrong and do a double take every damn time.

This is my life!. As a dyslexic person, one of my greatest joys in life is that my form of the disorder seems to have a sense of humor.

Whenever I read signs like that wrongly, the outcome is really funny.

Dog help me with all the sweatshirts around here that say Virginia. When I'm tired, I see before me a sea of vaginas. It's hilarious.


Lee - May 08, 2007 8:01:19 am PDT #6043 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

This morning, I spent a couple of miles stuck behind a minivan with the license plate "URSLEPY" (the plate holder said Hypnosis for change).

I hadn't had coffee yet, so I may have been biased, but ireally, isn't that not such a good idea for a car? Plus kind of mean.


Daisy Jane - May 08, 2007 8:02:47 am PDT #6044 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Especially with billboards. Because you're driving, and so not really taking time to actually read the thing, so your brain is filling in whatever would fit.

(For all values of you, feel free to substitute I)


tommyrot - May 08, 2007 8:03:03 am PDT #6045 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.

I hadn't had coffee yet, so I may have been biased, but ireally, isn't that not such a good idea for a car? Plus not kind of mean.

My theory is the person isn't making much money at hypnosis, and is hoping to be rear-ended to collect the insurance money.


Kathy A - May 08, 2007 8:04:58 am PDT #6046 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

"URSLEPY" makes me think of the Bill Cosby bit about how he hypnotized his brother Russell once when they were kids.

"You are sleepy."
"Yes, I am."
"You will go into the bedroom and smack Dad in the face."
He did it, too! I heard, ::WHACK!:: "What the hell's wrong with you?!?"
And then he came in to get me...