On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Tom Scola - Jun 03, 2007 2:48:43 pm PDT #705 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Uhm, Kristin, I graduated (a year late) in 1990. Family Ties ended in 1989. Thanks for making me feel old.


Laga - Jun 03, 2007 2:58:05 pm PDT #706 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

story about the guy who asked for his money back during...

Well there's two stories. The one with Hannibal he simply said he wanted his money back because couldn't enjoy the movie because of the small child (guest estimated that she was six yeard old) seated in front of him.

The other one I'm pretty sure was The Hills Have Eyes and that guest wanted us to call 911 on a family with small children. When we refused he did it himself only to have the 911 operator tell him it wasn't an emergency. He asked to be connected to DCFS but ended up getting a refund *and* a free pass and leaving. I felt so sorry for that guy even though he was kind of a dick about it. Because he's RIGHT it IS child abuse!


Pix - Jun 03, 2007 2:58:16 pm PDT #707 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Hee. Sorry, Tom. I forget that we have a slight age difference.

Easily fixed, though: "Throughout high school and college, I watched Family Ties and idolized Alex Keaton. I knew someday I would find a company that would surpass even his high standard for uptightedness."


Steph L. - Jun 03, 2007 3:46:05 pm PDT #708 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I threatened to use the breastmilk to make ice cream.

You scare me.

Try making cheese.

"Tell me, Tom, why do you want to work for us?"

"Well, Dick, I lost a bet."

"Guy's gotta eat."

"You have beautiful eyes."


Kalshane - Jun 03, 2007 3:53:57 pm PDT #709 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

So I have returned from the hospital with the GF. She's tired but happy to be home. Just very disappointed we had to leave Mattias behind. Tomorrow she'll be going down to the hospital during the day with her mother and grandmother while I'm at work to visit. Then the rest of the week I'll be picking her up after work and we'll drive down to visit with him for awhile, hopefully bringing him back home with us on Friday.

We called the hospital when we got home and he seems to have kept his 6pm feeding down, which is good. Hopefully that will continue.

Glad to hear Noah and Grace are doing well.

While I'm sure I'll make plenty of mistakes as a parent, I'm pretty sure I can avoid most of the boneheaded ones. Allyson and Laga's stories are just infuriating. Of course, I've seen plenty of way too young kids in movie theatres. I recall seeing Blade 2 in the theatre and a man was there with his 6 year-old daughter telling to close her eyes for all the gorey parts.


sumi - Jun 03, 2007 4:06:44 pm PDT #710 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

FNL: Tyra has such good chemistry with Riggins and with Street. . .


Jesse - Jun 03, 2007 4:07:55 pm PDT #711 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Kalshane, I hope you can bring Mattias home ASAP.

OH! Speaking of babies: My mother just told me that a childhood friend just had one, and it was OVER TWELVE POUNDS. Holy crap.


Cashmere - Jun 03, 2007 4:12:05 pm PDT #712 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Friends of our family once bought an entire steer. The weird thing is: they had their pictures taken with it before it was slaughtered. They were kinda weird. Yeah.

My cousin once got so attached to the steer she raised that she wouldn't let my uncle slaughter it. It ended up as a pet and they had to go purchase another steer for their usual supply.

My folks would usually split a steer with my aunt & uncle when they had all five kids at home. It was cheaper than buying meat at the grocery store. Better quality meat, too.

We've toyed with the idea of a deep freeze for awhile. Can't seem to pull the trigger on the purchase. Although it would make sense with buying ice cream and frozen waffles at Costco, though.

I will flat out tell someone that I see at a violent or scary film that they need to hire a fucking babysitter.

The adult-party people piss me off, too. WTF? As a parent, I know what it's like to miss cool parties. But it's a sacrifice you make. Or you hire a fucking sitter.


Lee - Jun 03, 2007 4:19:34 pm PDT #713 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

FNL: Tyra has such good chemistry with Riggins and with Street. . .

I'm going to start watching FNL from the beginning this week-- I missed so much of it during the year and now I can't wait to see the full run.


msbelle - Jun 03, 2007 4:25:22 pm PDT #714 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

mac plane was delayed out of texas. they won't get to the airport until after 11. someone is going to be a tired boy in school tomorrow.

Good thing I slept until 11 this morning.