Jayne, you'll scare the women.

Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


billytea - Aug 15, 2007 4:34:46 am PDT #4752 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I read that NYT article and thought, "I'd bet money that was billytea's therapist." And I was right! I win at, um, something!

That's really quite impressive. What gave it away?


tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 4:40:36 am PDT #4753 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.

Random, trivial question that probably nobody knows the answer to:

If you drop a bottle of soda, how long should you wait before opening it (so it won't foam all over the place)?

Maybe we could guess, and then see who's right....


§ ita § - Aug 15, 2007 4:49:56 am PDT #4754 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I saw this linked to with disdain on LJ. well, liked to a page that reproduced it, but everyone on that page seemed suitably horrified. The originating site, however, has a great deal of commentary (3000+ comments).

It's weird, because I don't think of blogs as communities, since they're so driven by the entries, but it's clear that at least for this one entry there is one--not sure (and don't have enough time to find out) if it's the same community that spans more entries of the same blog.

All that having been said, I have a hard time believing the blog entry is serious.


Cashmere - Aug 15, 2007 4:52:09 am PDT #4755 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Tommy, give it at least three minutes. When you open it, do it very slowly--just break the seal first to see if it's going to fizz all over.


tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 4:55:11 am PDT #4756 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.

Woodwinds are the Instruments of Satan


Ailleann - Aug 15, 2007 5:00:03 am PDT #4757 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

"Obviously, God does not want us listening to flute music."

This is *clearly* why I never made it as a professional musician.


sarameg - Aug 15, 2007 5:05:42 am PDT #4758 of 10001

When you open it, do it very slowly--just break the seal first to see if it's going to fizz all over.

Also? Open over a sink.

"Obviously, God does not want us listening to flute music."

My dad picked up the flute a few years after I gave it up. He was,um, enthusiastic. No pianissimo for him. I'm pretty sure any and all dieties were cringing. Goodness knows the cats were.


tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 5:05:58 am PDT #4759 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.

Well, if you're gonna argue about the phallic nature of the flute, you also have to look at the trombone. And also the harmonica, which was named after a non-procreative sexual practice....


Ailleann - Aug 15, 2007 5:08:10 am PDT #4760 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

the phallic nature of the flute

You don't even put the end in your mouth! Clarinets and oboes are way more phallic.

... It's possible I've had this knee-jerk reaction before.


Cashmere - Aug 15, 2007 5:08:17 am PDT #4761 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I played the clarinet. I think that's WAY more phallic in nature than the flute.

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