I just read that on DMN's blog!
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Daisy Jane - May 31, 2007 10:27:29 am PDT #213 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Toddson - May 31, 2007 10:30:24 am PDT #214 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, he's never taken well to being thwarted, and he's getting a lot of that these days. And while listening to him get petulant is annoying, I much prefer it to the smugness.
Jesse - May 31, 2007 10:31:01 am PDT #215 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just remembered that in grammar school, I got eliminated from a spelling bee for spelling "all right" wrong, because I didn't say to include the space. I knew it was two words!
I am laughing out loud here at work because of the "fake sign language hands" Jesse gave her boss! Did you talk really slowly, too?
Yeah, kinda. Oops.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 10:34:19 am PDT #216 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I only came in 9th in my 3-5th grade spelling bee because I spelled "straight" as "strait," even though I had asked for a definition and knew that the word I wanted was "straight"--I just completely forgot about the damn "gh"! I went to the back of the stage with the rest of the losers and cried my eyes out, but my dad pointed out I was the last of the 3rd graders left at that point, which made me feel a bit better (but still stupid).
I've never had a problem spelling that word since.
DavidS - May 31, 2007 10:36:29 am PDT #217 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never had a problem spelling that word since.
Charlie Brown lost the spelling bee on "beagle."
Megan E. - May 31, 2007 10:41:21 am PDT #218 of 10001
Charlie Brown lost the spelling bee on "beagle."
Did he spell it S-N-O-O-P-Y?
Hil R. - May 31, 2007 10:49:05 am PDT #219 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I lost the spelling bee in fourth grade on "kindergarten." (Well, got second place.) In seventh grade, I got to the regional round and then lost on "pigeon."
Huh. The dictionary gives "alright" as "non-standard usage." I've seen it used that way plenty of times.
Fred Pete - May 31, 2007 10:51:33 am PDT #220 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
In sixth grade, I lost on "granary." Seventh grade was really weird -- I originally finished third on "hundredths" because the word was spelled wrong on the answer key. After a big fuss (led by one of the English teachers), the top 3 got a do-over. That time I won.
aurelia - May 31, 2007 10:53:16 am PDT #221 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Now I want "phonetic" to be one of the spelling words.
On the lj thing, was there ever a post announcing the mass suspensions?
DavidS - May 31, 2007 10:53:33 am PDT #222 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did he spell it S-N-O-O-P-Y?
I think it was B-e-a-g-e-l.
Lucy called him a blockhead.