None of it means a damn thing.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Oct 01, 2007 4:50:34 pm PDT #4335 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Culture-clash question: how big is your Foreman grill? Because my grandmother has what seemed to me the normal size -- like single serving. My Arkansas cousins had never seen one so small!

Also, do you think most people get the Δ part of the "change is Delta" airline ads?


Cass - Oct 01, 2007 4:52:36 pm PDT #4336 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.

how big is your Foreman grill? Because my grandmother has what seemed to me the normal size -- like single serving. My Arkansas cousins had never seen one so small!
Mine is normal sized. Because I am normal.

Now I feel the need to Google and see if that is actually accurate.

Also, do you think most people get the Δ part of the "change is Delta" airline ads?
No. Most people are stupid.


Jesse - Oct 01, 2007 4:53:25 pm PDT #4337 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

No. Most people are stupid.

Heh. I think it's so interesting that this mass-market ad campaign has this secret mathematical heart.


Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2007 4:55:28 pm PDT #4338 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I hate all Iranians, US aide tells MPs - from the Daily Mail, so not exactly a reliable source, but there seems to be confirmation.

The photo attached to the article is pretty unbelievable too. It is from a few years ago when she was being given a medal at the Hungarian embassy, and is probably the worst photo the Telegraph could dig up. Yeah, a hit piece - but if the quote is accurate to hell with being fair. If you are deciding whether to click the link, when you scroll down the photo makes her look (as Gavin at "Sadly No" put it) like Rommel's bath toy.


sarameg - Oct 01, 2007 4:57:34 pm PDT #4339 of 10001

My foreman grill (which I use rarely) can basically handle one of the steriod sized chicken breasts or a couple of hamburger patties smooshed close. It's only a little bigger than a generous slice of bread.


msbelle - Oct 01, 2007 4:59:18 pm PDT #4340 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I use the triangle for "change" in my notes and people were confused - it is a total misues, but good shorthand. ? Monkey to Ape in line 3. see. easy.

Related (only in that this is b.org and I am talking about my office) - I was eating cheetos today with chopsticks and EVERYONE was all WHA?!?!


Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2007 5:00:00 pm PDT #4341 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

George Foreman grills: I think mine is that size or a little (not a lot) bigger. I think it could handle 3 normal or 1.5 steroid chicken breasts, three burgers smooshed close together (never four though) - two good sized pork chops - the kind where each chop serves two.


brenda m - Oct 01, 2007 5:05:39 pm PDT #4342 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I use [the symbol I don't know how to make on the board] all the time but not many people would get it, I don't think.

That cheetos and chopsticks thing is the best idea. Except I think I'm eating more cheetos now.


§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 5:15:34 pm PDT #4343 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I could handle two or three pork chops on my Foreman grill, and should handle at least one soon.

I used to yse a lot of mathematical shortcuts in my note taking--"for all," "therefore," "there is/exists," etc.

Now I try and avoid writing.

Alright. Stressy meeting to attend...


Steph L. - Oct 01, 2007 5:18:57 pm PDT #4344 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

That's hysterical, Steph. I wish the pigeons could be trained to poop on command.

I'm starting to suspect that they are.

My Foreman Grill is the size that would handle 2 small/medium hamburger patties smooshed close.