We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.

Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'


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.


shrift - Aug 28, 2007 7:08:54 am PDT #7198 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I try to limit my exposure to Fergie to her appearances on Go Fug Yourself.


DavidS - Aug 28, 2007 7:10:04 am PDT #7199 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I try to limit my exposure to Fergie to her appearances on Go Fug Yourself.

I keep waiting for Depends to snap her up as a spokesperson.


Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2007 7:14:50 am PDT #7200 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Asking someone if they want to screw shouldn't be an indictable offense, whether it happens in a bathroom or a singles bar. If the cop had caught Craig in a state of undress or actually performing a sexual act with someone in a public place, I'd have no problem with him being arrested.

So if he asks the cop to have sex with him in the bathroom the cop should just say "no" and there is no crime. I'm torn. He WAS attempting to screw in the bathroom which is decidedly lewd -- do the police commonly save people from committing their particular crimes?

He wasn't arrested for trying to have homosexual sex, he was arrested for trying to have sex in public.


tiggy - Aug 28, 2007 7:23:53 am PDT #7201 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

He wasn't arrested for trying to have homosexual sex, he was arrested for trying to have sex in public.

but was he definitively asking to have sex at right that moment? or was it possible he was propositioning the guy to take him back to his place? (note: i haven't heard this particular story. the guy may have expressly stated "do you want to have sex with me in this bathroom right now?")


Jessica - Aug 28, 2007 7:27:57 am PDT #7202 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Just listened to the SJR interview, and yeah -- would it have killed her to read even just the title chapter?


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 28, 2007 7:28:14 am PDT #7203 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

In other sorts of stings, don't people have to actually possess drugs or accept money or do something tangible that's illegal rather than voice an intent?

Sadly, escaping Fregie seems to be impossible if you listen to the radio in this part of the country. I mean, I liked that "Big Girls Don't Cry" song the first 50 times I heard it, but then on the second day it got old.


Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2007 7:28:45 am PDT #7204 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

but was he definitively asking to have sex at right that moment? or was it possible he was propositioning the guy to take him back to his place? (note: i haven't heard this particular story. the guy may have expressly stated "do you want to have sex with me in this bathroom right now?")

It WAS an airport bathroom... but I suppose an argument could be made for either.

The argument he's going with, humorously, is "I was reaching for toilet paper I had dropped".


tiggy - Aug 28, 2007 7:32:22 am PDT #7205 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

The argument he's going with, humorously, is "I was reaching for toilet paper I had dropped".

ha! umm...okay.


§ ita § - Aug 28, 2007 7:32:42 am PDT #7206 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

From reading the officer's statement (PDF) it seems like Craig was using the "let's go right now" code.

At 1215 hours the male in the stall to the left of me flushed the toilet and exited the stall. Craig entered ths tall and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door. My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall. From my seated position I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me. He was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes. At 1215 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to enegage in lewd conduct.

I am having a monster stupid morning so far. I managed to faint while getting ready for work so I'm now sporting a bandaged knee and a bandaged ankle and my back feels funny.

This is, of course, on top of a continued headache.


Jesse - Aug 28, 2007 7:33:26 am PDT #7207 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, I liked that "Big Girls Don't Cry" song the first 50 times I heard it, but then on the second day it got old.

And it doesn't even have any spelling in it! I rely on Fergie's songs to provide a spelling lesson.