I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.

Xander ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


sarameg - Jun 11, 2007 4:20:12 pm PDT #2573 of 10001

I've heard the term round-up or running out of town, but (duh) usually in a perjorative sense. Um...


megan walker - Jun 11, 2007 4:26:10 pm PDT #2574 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It's okay if it's perjorative, it's in a literary text about a government official whose job is to clear the streets. No, not Giuliani.


Jesse - Jun 11, 2007 4:27:51 pm PDT #2575 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was actually thinking you might look for articles about Giuliani and see how they put it. Round-up of the homeless? Edit: Der, no wonder that sounded familiar! It's from sarameg's post!


Jesse - Jun 11, 2007 4:29:38 pm PDT #2576 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

These activists use "street sweeps."


megan walker - Jun 11, 2007 4:30:16 pm PDT #2577 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The only problem is that round-up is used a few lines down for another word. And I'm looking for something that would convey the clearing of the streets, rather than what is happening to the people. If that makes sense.


brenda m - Jun 11, 2007 4:30:52 pm PDT #2578 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Here's a recent article on displacement: [link]

That seems to be the term most used, though I think that's conflating people displaced by construction, etc., and the systematic jailing and/or relocation of the homeless during an event.


Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2007 4:35:19 pm PDT #2579 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Dinner tonight: savory, hearty beef stew.

I stand with the supertasters in the "you really think that tastes good?" corner. I'm put off by almost all the foods mentioned. I can eat grapefruit if I smother it in sugar and ignore the burning pain in my jaws until they finally lock up and refuse to swallow anymore. Green olives give me the locked-jaw reaction if I eat too many, but perversely I like them. Coffee and green tea, I can drink if I cover the taste with another flavor. Beer, a bad idea for many reasons. Vegetables, nearly all too bitter without butter or cheese or a flavorful sauce to drown them in. Mouthfeel issues kick in with things that are squirty/juicy and also have a crumbly or crunchy texture - like the insides of those little tomatoes, eeeyugh

That test was odd. Eating in restaurants isn't the best way to test my relationship with food. Papillae test - mine are totally visible without the blue food dye.

I'd really like to be food-adventurous and enjoy lots of exotic new foods, but it rarely turns out well. I end up either sick or hungry.

Those who think every dish needs "a little heat" and dump peppers in everything! Damn it

Oh yeah. That, and people who think that everything needs "a little crunch!" Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.

Allyson, don't worry about "expectations"! Nobody has any goals you're expected to meet - everyone's just pushing options, excited to see how far you and your bouncing baby book can go. No matter what happens from here, it'll still be awesome. Because you're published!

Jilli, tell eBay to search for your lipstick every day for you! I've found so many things I thought I'd never find that way. They just show up in your inbox; "here, here are the boots you wanted six months ago and couldn't find!"


tommyrot - Jun 11, 2007 4:42:59 pm PDT #2580 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.

Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.

ITA. Celery isn't even food - just roughage and water.


beekaytee - Jun 11, 2007 4:44:19 pm PDT #2581 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

How odd the displacement issue should come up just now.

3 minutes ago, I finished watching a documentary about Father Damien, the Catholic priest who worked in the leprosy settlement on Molokai. Moving stuff.

Robin Williams narrated...in very grave tones...and used words such as banishment, displacement, abandonment, segregation and ejection to describe the rounding up and dumping of afflicted Hawaiians.


DavidS - Jun 11, 2007 4:46:59 pm PDT #2582 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I like apple in tuna salad. It gives a little crunch.