The Defenestration of Prague.
I was thinking it was Poland.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Sue - Sep 28, 2007 9:33:39 am PDT #3710 of 10001
hip deep in pie
tommyrot - Sep 28, 2007 9:34:06 am PDT #3711 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.
Relatedly, does anyone really use defenestration without being conscious of what a silly word it is? It always reads so unnaturally. It's like antidisestablishmentarianism.
It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Bart calls the police, and ends up having to navigate through some phone menu system to report a crime. Rather than take the time to do this, Bart enters some numbers at random. The phone system voice responds, "You have selected... regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being killed, press one...."
Although 'defenestration' is much sillier than 'regicide.'
DavidS - Sep 28, 2007 9:34:10 am PDT #3712 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was thinking it was Poland.
Much less dignity there.
bon bon - Sep 28, 2007 9:34:33 am PDT #3713 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
No, it still sounds silly, especially when it's only used to describe events taking place in a single country. Also, since no one outside the country cares about those events EXCEPT BECAUSE OF THE WORD. It's all so silly. If Masaryk had been shot you wouldn't have mentioned it. IJS.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2007 9:35:47 am PDT #3714 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, because I can't do anything without consulting you people: I just found out my friend is registered at Williams-Sonoma, and only there. Not knowing she was registered, I was thinking about getting them some nice bath towels. That's still OK, right? (Possibly I should just get myself some expensive towels, since I seem to be obsessed with them.)
DavidS - Sep 28, 2007 9:36:03 am PDT #3715 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If Masaryk had been shot you wouldn't have mentioned it.
That's why it's so great!
Also, there's a famous art project in San Francisco called "Defenestration."
Polish Sausage vs. The Sausage of Prague.
I know which lunch sounds more dignified to me.
DavidS - Sep 28, 2007 9:36:58 am PDT #3716 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's still OK, right?
Maybe she already has towels and hence bypassed any registries with towel vendors.
Why don't you just get her the damned hand blender?
lisah - Sep 28, 2007 9:37:33 am PDT #3717 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Not knowing she was registered, I was thinking about getting them some nice bath towels. That's still OK, right?
I think it's okay. I mean, who doesn't love nice bath towels?! And it's not like they last forever so even if they have ones now they'll eventually need new ones.
But, I've never been married.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2007 9:38:32 am PDT #3718 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I believe she was resistant to registering in general, and finally gave in, so only went to the one place. It's not a long list.
Scrappy - Sep 28, 2007 9:41:15 am PDT #3719 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Go towels, choose towels. People always need them and they are soft and yummy.
I am a fan of getting gorgeous picture frames as wedding gifts. You KNOW they'll have pictures from the Event or the Honeymoon they'll want to put around, and having a frame that's too pricey to buy for one's self is a lovely thing.