Mighty fine shindig.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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.


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.

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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.


DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 9:50:28 am PDT #3394 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oooh, thanks for the Flight of the Conchords link, bon. I was just showing Emmett some clips including "Albi the Racist Dragon" and "Too Many Motherfuckers, Fucking Up My Shit" the other day.

OOH! Season 2 of the Muppet Show came out on DVD yesterday!

Also Rome S2 and Slings and Arrows S3 (a little while back) and something else I wanted to report but can't recall. Something we'd like!

Also also, there was some Canadian show with Callum Keith Rennie and the guy who played Darrin Nichols on Slings and Arrows that seemd to be worth mentioning. But I can't mention it because I can't recall the title.


Laura - Aug 08, 2007 9:53:16 am PDT #3395 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I got caught in a gaggle of Spanish-speaking tourists wearing bejeweled cowboy hats.

excúseme, por favor


Sue - Aug 08, 2007 9:53:28 am PDT #3396 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Do you mean Twitch City?

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Don McKellar is made of awesome.


Tom Scola - Aug 08, 2007 9:54:31 am PDT #3397 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

something else I wanted to report but can't recall. Something we'd like!

The Tick Season Two!


DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 9:54:34 am PDT #3398 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Do you mean Twitch City?

That's it!

Thank god for Canadians.

Don McKellar is made of awesome.

He truly is.


DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 9:54:52 am PDT #3399 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The Tick Season Two!

Yes! That was it.

Thank god for Scolanadians.