And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?

Xander ,'End of Days'


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.


DavidS - Jul 20, 2007 7:00:42 am PDT #9079 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My first earthquake! I feel all Californian (well, except for the part where I woke up all, "Holy Sh*t, what the hell am I supposed to do again?!).

Welcome to Cali!

Matilda was fussy all night so there wasn't a lot of sleep to begin with.

Then at 4am there was a very loud car crash outside our window. We checked. No bodies in the street so we went back to bad.

Then at 4:45 (or so) the earthquake.

I was waiting for my pillow to turn into a plague of locust at that point.


Jesse - Jul 20, 2007 7:01:58 am PDT #9080 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What a bunch of commies. Or terrorist-enablers.

Seriously. Who would want more than one person in power? Too confusing.


tommyrot - Jul 20, 2007 7:06:01 am PDT #9081 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.

Made me think of tommyrot.

Heh. Cool.

I've heard some similar urban legends. A common one is the woman who is pissed at her husband who is divorcing her, he's out of town and asks her to sell his classic Porsche (or whatever) so she sells it for $20. No one answers her ad, figuring it's a typo. Finally someone does, and is shocked to find that's the actual price.


§ ita § - Jul 20, 2007 7:07:34 am PDT #9082 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What gets rid of cellulite? I remember seeing pictures of Britney after she got cleaned up (I lose track of which time) showing she'd gotten rid of hers. But then you look at someone like Posh Beckham (you think her friends call her Posh?) who must be hugely motivated and has nigh every resource at hand. I mean, I thought the picture was doctored at first.

Homer gets around.


Jesse - Jul 20, 2007 7:13:42 am PDT #9083 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think basically nothing gets rid of cellulite -- it's just about how your fat sits (no matter how little), but maybe lipo can mitigate it temporarily?


Sparky1 - Jul 20, 2007 7:13:47 am PDT #9084 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

What gets rid of cellulite?

Airbrushing photos. There's no evidence that anything gets rid of it.


Hil R. - Jul 20, 2007 7:15:19 am PDT #9085 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I've heard that certain types of deep-tissue massage and laser treatments will get rid of it temporarily, by loosening the fibers holding it into that puckered shape, but nothing gets rid of it permanently.


§ ita § - Jul 20, 2007 7:15:29 am PDT #9086 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There's no evidence that anything gets rid of it.

Huh. Interesting.


tommyrot - Jul 20, 2007 7:15:53 am PDT #9087 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.

Homer gets around.

At a blog I read, someone wondered what Homer was planning on doing with that donut. Perhaps some sort of ring-toss?


Frankenbuddha - Jul 20, 2007 7:20:07 am PDT #9088 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I've heard some similar urban legends.

There's a similar variation on that legend in HIGH FIDELITY (the book, though they did film it for the movies and it's a deleted scene) where a PO'd wife is trying to sell her husbands record collection at a ridiculously low price (including a copy of the Beatles "Butcher Cover" LP). If I remember correctly, the main character turns her down (out of record-collector empathy), but assures her she won't have a problem finding someone who will buy it.