Modern pirates are fairly common....
I know that. My exclamation point was to say not "Who'd 'a thunk it" but "SCARY!" I think of modern day pirates as scary, without the romantic veneer.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Burrell - Sep 19, 2007 12:15:01 pm PDT #1709 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Trudy Booth - Sep 19, 2007 12:17:45 pm PDT #1710 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
I think of modern day pirates as scary, without the romantic veneer.
The "pirate thing" is fun and all... as long as you never actually think about who they actually were and what they actually did.
Theodosia - Sep 19, 2007 12:20:27 pm PDT #1711 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Modern-day piracy is definitely very scary -- they regularly drown their victims so there's no one to complain to the authorities.
I've spent the afternoon hanging out in coffee houses waiting for my car work to get done, and then sitting through 40 minutes worth of ten miles of driving, despite the fact that it wasn't even 5 yet. People, it's supposed to be rush hour after 5!
tommyrot - Sep 19, 2007 12:23:17 pm PDT #1712 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.
World's smallest toilet (scroll down): [link]
At least I think it's the world's smallest. It's size is (I think) measured in nanometers. In the photo it's blown up ~15,000X for you to be able to see it.
Pix - Sep 19, 2007 12:26:27 pm PDT #1713 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Slowest day ever. Y/N?
YES. and dear god, why?
Please put me also in the yes category. Today has been evil and exhausting.
Jesse - Sep 19, 2007 12:26:50 pm PDT #1714 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Honestly, the Emmys this year was like "Rescue Dawn." -- Mindy Kaling.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2007 12:46:11 pm PDT #1715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jamaica used to house the pirate capital of the world. Then there was an earthquake and half of it fell into the ocean. The pirate Henry Morgan ended up our Lieutenant General. We have a weird-not-romantic relationship with the whole piracy thing.
I have no Halloween costume ideas! (anyone who suggests anything lapine will be walking the plank toot sweet, mate) I need help.
Bumped (though not literally, for his sake) into a krav associate near work today--he has a ruptured disc in his neck and has been floating in a sea of Percocet for two weeks now. I hurt for this man. We're pain buddies--he gets severe migraines--worse than mine, but less frequent. He just recovered from shoulder surgery--my first reaction to the news of his neck was "But he didn't get enough surfing in!" That was one of his first reactions too, apparently. I feel so awful for him. And he's getting married in a couple months. Life is not fair. Why can't it be fair?
Burrell - Sep 19, 2007 12:54:50 pm PDT #1716 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Seriously ita, way to go hampering our fun and all. FINE. Don't be a bunny. You could cover yourself in syrup and glue and go as a sticky situation.
Atropa - Sep 19, 2007 12:56:16 pm PDT #1717 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have no Halloween costume ideas! (anyone who suggests anything lapine will be walking the plank toot sweet, mate)
Oh sure, break Clovis' fuzzy heart.
beekaytee - Sep 19, 2007 12:58:17 pm PDT #1718 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
You could cover yourself in syrup and glue and go as a sticky situation.
Or cover a black shirt with photos from any one of your many eye-candy sites and go as a babe magnet.