Aimee, insent. If need be, I can meet you guys half way and deliver Joe to Syndey for training. Email me and we can work out logistics, etc.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cashmere - Oct 01, 2007 10:50:21 am PDT #7949 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
omnis_audis - Oct 01, 2007 10:52:20 am PDT #7950 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I just found out that they named him Attila.
Poor child. A lifetime as "the Hun."
If he lives in Baltimore, he won't know that it's a bad thing until he takes history class.
"You want fries with that hon?" "Welcome to Bal'mere, hon"
Nora, I second the carbon idea, and also look into charging interest for carrying their debt. Or at least a "late fee" or some such. Interest charges in undergrad on my 1st visa is what got me in the habit of paying bills off every month... but then again, I'm a frugal mo-fo.
Cass - Oct 01, 2007 10:54:38 am PDT #7951 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
There is a "beating your swords into plowshares" joke here and I just can't find it.Have you looked under the couch? It's not like us to not find the joke, you know.
omnis_audis - Oct 01, 2007 11:19:53 am PDT #7952 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Help!
Bad friend here. Late research for a wedding gift. I was thinking a savings bond in both their names. But upon reading, a paper version of it, it hits its full price after TWENTY YEARS! That seems a bit excessive.
They haven't registered (2nd marriage for both). O ya, did I mention the wedding is tonight???
ACK!
Is bond a cool idea? Or is 20 years way too much? What else? ACK! MIND BLANKING! (bad friend! no cookie)
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 11:22:56 am PDT #7953 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Bonds drive me crazy because they earn so little vis-à-vis other investments. I tend to cash them in right away.
A special bottle of wine/champagne perhaps?
meara - Oct 01, 2007 11:23:06 am PDT #7954 of 10001
Well, it WOULD be sort of a "I have faith you'll be together in 20 years" kinda way, but...I think there's a reason it's more traditional to give to a child!!
Perhaps a gift certficate instead? Technically you do have until a year after the wedding to give the present...though I certainly wouldn't wait that long.
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 11:24:40 am PDT #7955 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, don't feel you need to come up with something today.
Cashmere - Oct 01, 2007 11:25:03 am PDT #7956 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
A bond seems a bit optimistic. Nearly half of all marriages ends in divorce.
Gift cards are nice for second marriages. You also have a while to send a gift. Not all gifts have to be there by the wedding day.
Breathe. You can attend the wedding without an immediate gift.
amych - Oct 01, 2007 11:25:09 am PDT #7957 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think bond is an awesome idea -- dead safe investment, and I'd have been rather touched by the implication that you're assuming they'll be together to enjoy in 20 years.
(But note that we were way on the "no, really, we don't need anything! really! reallyreally!" extreme of the wedding gift scale, not the "pay for my honeymoon next week" end. Your giftees may vary.)
eta: amused at the massive x-post of wildly different takes on the same thing. Also, agreeing with "send something later".
meara - Oct 01, 2007 11:26:02 am PDT #7958 of 10001