Well if you make the ballot before any discussion at all occurs it basically says that the discussion is not useful to the shaping of the ballot. Now that might be true to an individual proposer, but it seems sort of spit-in-the-eye-of-the-process.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Kat - Jul 24, 2007 2:18:37 pm PDT #166 of 6786
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Lee - Jul 24, 2007 2:23:30 pm PDT #167 of 6786
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sorry to interrupt, but we are going to need a new Natter pretty soon.
What goes with 53?
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 2:26:32 pm PDT #168 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
53 Miles West of Venus
Kat - Jul 24, 2007 2:26:45 pm PDT #169 of 6786
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wikipedia tells me that it's the atomic number for iodine and it's the international calling code for Cuba.
Which is my way of saying I've got nothing.
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 2:27:57 pm PDT #170 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
the atomic number for iodine
Salty goodness?
Nutty - Jul 24, 2007 2:29:03 pm PDT #171 of 6786
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Since I can't count, but can google, I would like to reserve 56 and 57 in advance for, respectively, Joe DiMaggio and Heinz ketchup.
Ummmm, Natter 53: all that and a joker too? Natter 53: we love our prime numbers? Natter 53: middle-aged?
Lee - Jul 24, 2007 2:37:24 pm PDT #172 of 6786
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
We could go with 53rd and 3rd (from the Ramones).
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2007 2:43:38 pm PDT #173 of 6786
brillig
Shouldn't we open Lightbulbs and get out of the way of the Natterers? Or do we need a Formal formal proposal?
bon bon - Jul 24, 2007 2:47:26 pm PDT #174 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
We could just avoid making tortured puns on 53 altogether.
Jesse - Jul 24, 2007 2:48:15 pm PDT #175 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
bon bon is crazy.