Calico vs tortie: I've always used the terms the way Susan does. The mostly-dark with veiny color, I always heard called brindle.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
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.
Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2007 11:55:28 am PDT #8555 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
shrift - Sep 05, 2007 11:56:00 am PDT #8556 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
What's the difference between a calico and a tortoiseshell cat?
Generally, I think of a calico as white with patches of color, and tortoiseshell as darker with the colors all smushed together.
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2007 11:56:16 am PDT #8557 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When the guy the cube over asks me Microsoft Project questions, I'm only surprised for a little. It's odd for me to realise he's coming to me with "Do you know this guy here? What does he do?" questions and I can answer them. I'm totally like an oldtimer.
Except around here? NSM. More that I'm just chatty.
Right. Resume work. Getting right on that.
DJ, you talk about your husband so sweetly. I just wanted to say that.
Jesse - Sep 05, 2007 11:58:25 am PDT #8558 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You're never too old for a pillow fort.
Susan W. - Sep 05, 2007 12:00:12 pm PDT #8559 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
And wikipedia agrees with us all. Tortoiseshell is a brindle pattern, calico is splotchy with white, and there's a third pattern, tortoiseshell-and-white, for mostly tortie with white belly and paws, etc.
Daisy Jane - Sep 05, 2007 12:00:15 pm PDT #8560 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Jesse - Sep 05, 2007 12:00:30 pm PDT #8561 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ita, I thought for a minute you meant résumé work, but you didn't, right?
Lee - Sep 05, 2007 12:03:06 pm PDT #8562 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If all of us do it, maybe we can make it grown-up behavior.
Good plan!
You're never too old for a pillow fort.
YAY
Sorry, Sparky-- your way seems like too much work.
Lee - Sep 05, 2007 12:03:08 pm PDT #8563 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If all of us do it, maybe we can make it grown-up behavior.
Good plan!
You're never too old for a pillow fort.
YAY
Sorry, Sparky-- your way seems like too much work.
Lee - Sep 05, 2007 12:03:10 pm PDT #8564 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If all of us do it, maybe we can make it grown-up behavior.
Good plan!
You're never too old for a pillow fort.
YAY
Sorry, Sparky-- your way seems like too much work.