Jesse hates Bob!
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
msbelle - Jun 24, 2007 1:05:48 pm PDT #4576 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cass - Jun 24, 2007 1:06:29 pm PDT #4577 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Wasn't there just a ruling that the networks don't get fined for stuff like that?I don't know. I'll know Tuesday because Tuesday is traditionally the day punishment is doled out in Nascar. Now I am curious and might even pay attention to this whole thing.
I pretty much just had it on as background noise up until I heard the Big Bad Word.
askye - Jun 24, 2007 1:09:12 pm PDT #4578 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
There was a ruling that networks can't get fined by the FCC for spontaneous utterances like that. I'm not sure about cable channels, but I assume that it would be the same.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 24, 2007 1:11:51 pm PDT #4579 of 10001
What is even happening?
Aw, that is a sad day for you. But not for us!
What about the 'shippers, Jesse? We're thinking of taking up a petition and taking out an ad.
Cass - Jun 24, 2007 1:17:46 pm PDT #4580 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
There was a ruling that networks can't get fined by the FCC for spontaneous utterances like that. I'm not sure about cable channels, but I assume that it would be the same.Makes sense. Less funny now though.
eta: Okay, a naughty word on tv made me giggle. I am twelve. In the fifties.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2007 1:21:07 pm PDT #4581 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.
Makes sense. Less funny now though.
Does it make it more funny that part of the reason for the ruling was that "Bush and Cheney did it"? (i.e. swore on TV)
JZ - Jun 24, 2007 1:21:30 pm PDT #4582 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm with Jesse--not hating Bob, just noting that more bon is a good thing.
The pop culture blind spot article was fun, except for the guy who's never seen Citizen Kane. Not that there's anything wrong with not having seen it, but if you haven't seen it you don't get to run around calling it the most overrated movie of all time. His entire little essay is so smug and snide and self-congratulatory that it makes me want to sit down right now and watch CK twice just to spite him.
Theodosia - Jun 24, 2007 1:21:33 pm PDT #4583 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
So far my rule of 8-mph-above-the-speed-limit has let me avoid any speeding tickets. IIRC, it's just at the edge of the margin of error on the radar detectors, so if the cop records you at 69 in a 65 zone, it's legally arguable that the detector was off.
Also, if you calmly tootle along at speed-limit-plus-8 mph, shoals of faster drivers will pass you leaving you with nice stretches of open road.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 24, 2007 1:25:52 pm PDT #4584 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm tired and hungry. Please to be making me a yummy dinner, then, while I'm resting in a comfy chair, please get my children to bed, and then please be preparing an oh-so-warm chocolate-y dessert. For me. Please. Thanks.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2007 1:26:32 pm PDT #4585 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.
So far my rule of 8-mph-above-the-speed-limit has let me avoid any speeding tickets.
For years, I've used the 10-mph-above-the-limit rule. But when driving a car without cruise control, sometimes I go down to 8 to allow for fluctuations in speed.
I have gotten a ticket once for going 8 mph over the limit. It was at night, and there were no other cars in the area. I was violating my "don't cruise in the left lane" rule because the pavement on the right lane was all rough (the top layer had been stripped off).