You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


§ ita § - Jul 30, 2007 9:14:37 am PDT #1019 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it might be amusing to watch being made at the Hump

The Hump does know how to liven up any dish.

Earlier this morning the woman in the cube over was reproaching someone for being the cause of lobster death. She must have then been asked (phone convo, remarkably not on speaker) if she was vegetarian, because her next statement was "No. I only eat beef, pork, and chicken."

I wish I trusted there'd been irony in her dismay at the dead crustaceans.


Megan E. - Jul 30, 2007 9:14:47 am PDT #1020 of 10001

List of acquired tastes

To that list I'd add cod tongues and schrunchions (basically fried fat from the back of a pig.)

No one's ever going to get me to put something that had tentacles into my mouth.

Word.

On that vein, scientists found a Dumbo octopus (and other crazy sea creatures) off the coast of Sable Island.


shrift - Jul 30, 2007 9:15:10 am PDT #1021 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

i came here to see what everyone was having for lunch so i could get some ideas.

I had Pad See Eiw chicken. Nom nom nom.


Consuela - Jul 30, 2007 9:16:07 am PDT #1022 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Mmmm, calamari. I find squid or octopus can be wonderful, if properly prepared. But yeah, can also be really rubbery. Despite my many other food squicks, I have no problems eating tentacles. Yum!

Sadly, I'm in the Seattle airport, where my lunch options are "Udon Deli" and BK. ::sigh::


msbelle - Jul 30, 2007 9:16:52 am PDT #1023 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I had McDs which is not helping with the antibiotic-caused stomach woes.


tommyrot - Jul 30, 2007 9:18:11 am PDT #1024 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.

Earlier this morning the woman in the cube over was reproaching someone for being the cause of lobster death.

My first thought was the person prepared the lobster wrong and someone died of lobster poisoning.

ION, 20 Most Amazing Coincidences

In Detroit sometime in the 1930s, a young (if incredibly careless) mother must have been eternally grateful to a man named Joseph Figlock. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother's baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby's fall was broken and both man and baby were unharmed. A stroke of luck on its own, but a year later, the very same baby fell from the very same window onto poor, unsuspecting Joseph Figlock as he was again passing beneath. And again, they both survived the event.


Lee - Jul 30, 2007 9:18:50 am PDT #1025 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I'm going to have

Chicken parmigiana
bow tie pasta w/ artichoke hearts
Mixed green salad
Focaccia bread

(It's free lunch day)


§ ita § - Jul 30, 2007 9:19:06 am PDT #1026 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

a type of xenophyophore, a single-cell animal the size of a grapefruit that had previously been found only in the deepest part of mid-Atlantic.

Uh, hello? Sloths should not be as big as elephants (still freaking out over here), and single cell should not be bigger than a ping pong ball.


Dana - Jul 30, 2007 9:19:12 am PDT #1027 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Rubbery is not generally a texture issue for me. Mushy is much worse.


Lee - Jul 30, 2007 9:20:17 am PDT #1028 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I missed the elephant sized sloth. Will someone link me?