Why would they do that to the poor pooch?
Them's the rules! Which is why poor Ellen was so upset.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
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 16, 2007 2:36:39 pm PDT #7051 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cashmere - Oct 16, 2007 2:36:59 pm PDT #7052 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yesterday I made a GIANT food faux pas and ate half a pineapple. My mouth regrets it still.
Ow. My mouth stings in sympathy.
Daisy Jane - Oct 16, 2007 2:44:51 pm PDT #7053 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I understand rescue places are trying to make sure the animals are well cared for and all that, but geez! How bout going to visit the other home and making sure all's well there?
This is what makes people think it's just easier to buy from *other* places! This is what leads ND and Kristin to be rejected as kitty parents! (Still bitter about that) It must stop!
Glamcookie - Oct 16, 2007 2:53:58 pm PDT #7054 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Steph L. - Oct 16, 2007 3:02:25 pm PDT #7055 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Why would they do that to the poor pooch?
Them's the rules! Which is why poor Ellen was so upset.
Yeah, but....you gotta know that if you're enforcing a rule like that on someone who can go TALK ABOUT IT ON HER OWN TV SHOW, that you're going to get bad PR. (Even though, yes, that was the rule and Ellen should have known it was the rule since she signed a damn paper, etc. -- she still HAS HER OWN TV SHOW. And can therefore turn her breakage of the rules into a Thing. You know?)
billytea - Oct 16, 2007 3:14:18 pm PDT #7056 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That happens here in Austin, too. Drivers also believe that turn signals are a sign of weakness, the speed limit for minivans is 15 mph under the speed limit for the rest of us, merging is a game not unlike Russian Roulette, and it is perfectly acceptable to drive about a foot back from my bumper at 75 mph.
Hee. I was a tad worried about the prospect of driving in Philly, as all the wacky was happening on the wrong side of the road, but I figured if our real estate agent could reach the age he did driving like that, I'd be a shoe-in.
OK, I'm researching how one goes about emigrating to New Zealand.
For some of us, surprisingly easily. Of course, given the number of Kiwis who've come to Australia, I'm not sure if there's any need.
My brother appears to operate on the premise that the most promiscuous women in the world are the ones in his immediate vicinity.
Are women that far outnumbered by men? Or, who are they sleeping with?
Australians. By which, of course, I mean my brother.
At first, sex with robots might be considered geeky, "but once you have a story like 'I had sex with a robot, and it was great!' appear someplace like Cosmo magazine, I'd expect many people to jump on the bandwagon," Levy said.
I think he means to say 'the Bandwagon 3000'.
Jesse - Oct 16, 2007 3:24:01 pm PDT #7057 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Monkey!!!
Yeah, but....you gotta know that if you're enforcing a rule like that on someone who can go TALK ABOUT IT ON HER OWN TV SHOW, that you're going to get bad PR.
Well, yeah. I'm pretty sure she didn't name the actual rescue organization, but still.
Sheryl - Oct 16, 2007 3:36:08 pm PDT #7058 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
That is so cute, gc! A friend of mine is dressing her 18-month old son as a monkey for Halloween, although she's thinking of adding a set of fairy wings to make him a flying monkey.
bon bon - Oct 16, 2007 3:37:12 pm PDT #7059 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, but....you gotta know that if you're enforcing a rule like that on someone who can go TALK ABOUT IT ON HER OWN TV SHOW, that you're going to get bad PR. (Even though, yes, that was the rule and Ellen should have known it was the rule since she signed a damn paper, etc. -- she still HAS HER OWN TV SHOW. And can therefore turn her breakage of the rules into a Thing. You know?)
But it cuts both ways. She could just as well publicize (even inadvertently) their breakage of their own rules, either in the normal course of business of for celebrities. Then they look bad. Viewed from that perspective, I"m not very sympathetic with Ellen.
sarameg - Oct 16, 2007 4:02:32 pm PDT #7060 of 10001
Rescue orgs do a lot of good work, but there are some out there that've gotten a little, um, overzealous, perhaps? Um, there's working to find a good permanent home and then there is functionally leasing a pet. A friend opted not to adopt one dog she loved because the org wanted the right to drop by unannounced at any point, with no end date. Oh & they were pissy she wouldn't cook the dog's food herself. It was crazy. She ended up getting a shelter dog, who required only that she had a vet who'd talk to them.
Instead of immediately snatching the pooch in Ellen's case, it would've saved them time and money to just check out the new home. As they should in any case where that happens. Instead, they look like crazy dog people who took away the little kids' pet.