Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


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.


tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:12:01 am PDT #8103 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.

I'm still stuck on #5. I thought real men still used film.

It's a little sad when a skill becomes obsolete, and a person who's mastered said skill switches from "manly-man" to "hobbyist" or "geek."


tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:13:29 am PDT #8104 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.

Have people heard this quote?

...Glenn Beck, who told his listeners, "I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."

[link]


lisah - Oct 23, 2007 5:13:55 am PDT #8105 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

What if you don't have any?

Everybody has commitments and responsibilities.


Amy - Oct 23, 2007 5:14:49 am PDT #8106 of 10001
Because books.

The manliness quiz is things everyone should know how to do, really.


Dana - Oct 23, 2007 5:16:23 am PDT #8107 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Change a flat, yes. Clean a bolt-action rifle? I don't think I need to know how to do that.


brenda m - Oct 23, 2007 5:16:51 am PDT #8108 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

Beck is such a sleaze.

A follow-up to yesterday's monkey story: [link]


Gudanov - Oct 23, 2007 5:17:48 am PDT #8109 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Er, or a good person regardless of gender.

I was speaking in the context of the quiz. It's not gender specific.


Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2007 5:18:14 am PDT #8110 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Huh. I'm 1/5 of a man.


tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:18:26 am PDT #8111 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.

The manliness quiz is things everyone should know how to do, really.

Yeah. Manliness is more like, "Killing a bear with your bare hands."


lisah - Oct 23, 2007 5:19:09 am PDT #8112 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

The manliness quiz is things everyone should know how to do, really.

Or be able to easily find someone who knows how to do it, right? Because I'm kind of fucked otherwise.