Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


sarameg - Nov 28, 2007 5:10:25 am PST #4184 of 10001

In my high school chemistry class, the teacher went to throw a small chunk of sodium into a large glass tank of water. Except that he didn't completely cut the small sample and managed to throw the golfball sized chunk of sodium into the tank.

Blew the front off right off the tank, it did. Had to evacuate the wing.

I wonder if he's ever lived that down. He was really fucking lucky nothing worse happened.


Vortex - Nov 28, 2007 5:16:52 am PST #4185 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

yeah, but it must have been AWESOME


amych - Nov 28, 2007 5:19:51 am PST #4186 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I wonder if he's ever lived that down.

Lived it down? Hell, it's a one-way ticket to living legend status!


sarameg - Nov 28, 2007 5:19:53 am PST #4187 of 10001

Of course!


Gudanov - Nov 28, 2007 5:26:13 am PST #4188 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

My physics teacher in HS once was demonstrating the different colored flames one gets by burning different materials. Instead of a little burner though, he cranked the gas jet and lit it directly for a nice large jet of flame. He was a little nuts.


tommyrot - Nov 28, 2007 5:30:37 am PST #4189 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 wonder if people with repressed pyromaniacal tendencies tend to end up as physics or chemistry teachers.


sarameg - Nov 28, 2007 5:42:47 am PST #4190 of 10001

I dunno, but Mr. Shock was rather...intense. I actually walked out of his class once because he was pissing me off, for which he later apologized. His head would turn bright red when he got mad. Like a little red fire hydrant. Great teacher, but...intense.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 5:43:50 am PST #4191 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Mr. Shock

This? Perfect.


shrift - Nov 28, 2007 5:55:49 am PST #4192 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I kind of want to punch today in the face. Repeatedly.


Dana - Nov 28, 2007 6:32:05 am PST #4193 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Natter is sad today.

I have been planning my lunch since 9:30. It is a baked potato with lots of things on it day.