Happy Birthday, Sumi!
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 4:52:24 am PST #2371 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 15, 2007 4:54:09 am PST #2372 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Happy sumi day!
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 4:56:37 am PST #2373 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.
So a couple days ago I was trying to remember if Thanksgiving was the fourth Thursday or the last Thursday. I had to google to be sure. I was talking about this to the woman who runs the coffee shop - she told me about a customer who was convinced that Thanksgiving was the last Thursday of the month - when he was told it was the fourth Thursday, he was convinced that "they" must have changed it recently, as (apparently) part of some capitalist conspiracy to add an extra week of Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving.
Ok....
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 4:59:03 am PST #2374 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
when he was told it was the fourth Thursday, he was convinced that "they" must have changed it recently, as (apparently) part of some capitalist conspiracy to add an extra week of Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving.
Except for the "recently" part, that's more or less true.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 5:00:25 am PST #2375 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.
Huh. When did that happen?
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 5:09:04 am PST #2376 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Before 1941, the date of Thanksgiving wasn't proscribed by law, it was set by the President. During the depression, Roosevelt changed the date from the last Thursday of the month to the second-to-last Thursday, so that there would be an extra week of Xmas shopping. Except that opponents of Roosevelt refused to support him, and celebrated it on the last Thursday anyway.
Finally, he compromised with Congress, and they passed a law setting it on the 4th Thursday of November.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 5:13:12 am PST #2377 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.
Huh. In'eresting.
Maybe the guy who told that to the coffee lady was a time traveler. Or had just gotten back from some long journey traveling close to the speed of light.
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 5:20:05 am PST #2378 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Nov 15, 2007 5:23:09 am PST #2379 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Alf Landon, Roosevelt's Republican challenger in the 1936 election, called the declaration "another illustration of the confusion which [Roosevelt's] impulsiveness has caused so frequently during his administration. If the change has any merit at all, more time should have been taken working it out... instead of springing it upon an unprepared country with the omnipotence of a Hitler."
Wow. He actually Godwin'd FDR.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 15, 2007 5:30:30 am PST #2380 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Franksgiving
Does double take.