I'm mildly concerned with Matilda's ultra-tininess.
I know a couple of little boys who are pretty short, and the selling point for them was that their dads could carry them longer than their friends' dads could carrry them.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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.
Jesse - Dec 19, 2007 2:53:08 am PST #8082 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sue - Dec 19, 2007 3:16:12 am PST #8083 of 10001
hip deep in pie
So, I accidentally knocked a small cake of soap into my toilet this morning. It did not float. It sank to the bottom of the bowl, and was out of sight and out of reach. (The toilet brush was just pushing it further back and I was not sticking my hand down in there.) So, being half asleep still, I thought, "I'll flush the toilet and that will force it to float up." Um, no. I could hear it clanking against the pipes as it went down the drain. So Buffistas, will this soap clog my drains? How long until it melts? What should I do?
ETA: Would you believe google has an answer for this? [link]
Sue - Dec 19, 2007 3:28:36 am PST #8084 of 10001
hip deep in pie
In part two of Ask the Buffistas:
Do you think I can get through airport security with four strings of twinkle lights in my carryon? Or should I pack them in a checked bag?
Sue - Dec 19, 2007 3:51:11 am PST #8085 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Is this thing on??
Lee - Dec 19, 2007 4:00:00 am PST #8086 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I would go for the checked bag, Sue.
Kat - Dec 19, 2007 4:02:08 am PST #8087 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sue, I would check them if you have checked luggage. I think of security as overly officious and yet still incompetent. That means they seem to pick things to pick at and lights might be it.
Noah is no longer amused by sleeping under the tree. It's 7:00 AM, K is helping her mom move out of her house today so I am home alone, not in my home fwiw, with caterwauling baby. I've already worn a whole in the carpet walking him and now I'm letting him just cry in the hopes that he'll cry himself to sleep.
Sigh.
Allyson is the itouch a gift to self or just a gift from someone else.
Sue - Dec 19, 2007 4:03:56 am PST #8088 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I was thinking of checked bags too. But then I thought, what if they Xray the bag and see a tangle of wires and freak? But I hope they'll figure out that they're Xmas lights.
Sue - Dec 19, 2007 4:08:03 am PST #8089 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Noah, give your mom a break. Relax. Have a nap! The day will come when you'll want to nap and you can't. Trust me. I'd give an arm for a nap right now.
§ ita § - Dec 19, 2007 4:25:18 am PST #8090 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A nap right now would be great. Can we all take one?
msbelle - Dec 19, 2007 4:28:09 am PST #8091 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh please. I am beyond pleased that I have tomorrow off and my flight is not until 8pm. ok, I am not pleased that the flight is that late, but that I have most of a full day to myself is awesome.
ION, am wearing santa hat today. makes me happy.