Yeah, it's wierd. My mother sort of pouts and says "why doesn't she say please" I respond because Dora says por favor. And our culture gets more bilingual every day, so it can only help her to know some spanish.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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.
Vortex - Aug 08, 2007 9:19:32 am PDT #3384 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ailleann - Aug 08, 2007 9:20:36 am PDT #3385 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Picking up languages is easiest when you're young!
bon bon - Aug 08, 2007 9:27:33 am PDT #3386 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This would be a good time to post this song from this week's Flight of the Conchords-- for all former French students, megan, and bossa nova fans (Hec): [link]
I don't get youtube but I think that is the Foux Da Fa Fa song clip from this week's ep. Otherwise it's also here: [link]
Tom Scola - Aug 08, 2007 9:30:30 am PDT #3387 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I don't get youtube but I think that is the Foux Da Fa Fa song clip from this week's ep.
Oui.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 08, 2007 9:31:47 am PDT #3388 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What my neighborhood looks like now.
Holy crap! I'm glad you're all OK.
All the NYistas have checked in, right?
Laura - Aug 08, 2007 9:37:16 am PDT #3389 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Foux Da Fa Fa
Fun. Thank you for helping me avoid working for another couple minutes.
lisah - Aug 08, 2007 9:42:13 am PDT #3390 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Okay it is currently 12 degrees COOLER in Las Vegas, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, than it is here.
brenda m - Aug 08, 2007 9:45:00 am PDT #3391 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Acutal comment received by my boss from a big wig this morning.
"Brenda was excellent to work with on BS."
Now, in this case that happens to be just the initials of the client in question. Which is not to say he didn't stumble on a bit of deeper truth there.
tommyrot - Aug 08, 2007 9:47:22 am PDT #3392 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.
GEOFFREY MILLER is a man with a theory that, if true, will change the way people think about themselves. His idea is that the human brain is the anthropoid equivalent of the peacock's tail. In other words, it is an organ designed to attract the opposite sex. Of course, brains have many other functions, and the human brain shares those with the brains of other animals. But Dr Miller, who works at the University of New Mexico, thinks that mental processes which are uniquely human, such as language and the ability to make complicated artefacts, evolved originally for sexual display.
The study on altruism mentioned in the article was fascinating.
shrift - Aug 08, 2007 9:49:14 am PDT #3393 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
On my way to get some delicious beautiful food, I got caught in a gaggle of Spanish-speaking tourists wearing bejeweled cowboy hats.