Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Vortex - Jan 14, 2008 12:06:40 pm PST #3096 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

We always talk about lunch -- what's everyone having for dinner?

I'm going to marinade some cod in lime juice, garlic, olive oil and fresh cilantro, then put it on the grill pan. I will make a relish/sauce with black beans, tomato, cilantro, red onion, garlic, cumin, olive oil. I will probably also make some rice with chicken broth on the side.


beth b - Jan 14, 2008 12:11:36 pm PST #3097 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I watched Wolfgang Puck this weekend - so we are having a version of his chicken bolognese. It looked yummy.

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Daisy Jane - Jan 14, 2008 12:12:15 pm PST #3098 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

We always talk about lunch -- what's everyone having for dinner?

It's looking like nothing since my tummy does not seem to be happy.


sarameg - Jan 14, 2008 12:16:23 pm PST #3099 of 10001

Not just boot, shafts. I hate cv joints. Every.single.car I've had, they've had to be replaced. But, then, given that track record, I guess they are just something that goes.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 14, 2008 12:22:16 pm PST #3100 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm finishing off housewarming party leftovers, so the last of the spinach dip bread bowl and some leftover spinach with celery and dressing. And a carambola.


tommyrot - Jan 14, 2008 12:42:14 pm PST #3101 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.

Oh gawd - this made me laugh:

OMG! Stupid Creationist Argument of the Day!

This takes the cake. There is a war between believers and unbelievers because well, read:

I believe that there is another way to approach this fight. Assuming that the ID hypothesis is correct, one can argue that, since humans are the dominant species on earth, the designers must have had a special interest in us when they began their project. My hypothesis is that they are conducting an experiment, the purpose of which is to distinguish between believers and deniers. Given their vast intellect, it is certain that they anticipated the current conflict. If so, it is highly likely that they would have left us a secret message, a message so powerful that its mere publication would cause the collapse of the materialist fortress.

Where, oh where, is this message from the designer(s)? Read on:

Consider that there are lots of mysterious symbolic passages in the Bible that Christians have a hard time interpreting. But what if those passages are actual coded messages for our age, the age of enlightenment? This has been my thesis and the subject of my research for the last eight years or so. I have identified a few passages in the books of Revelation and Zechariah as having to do with intelligence and the human brain. I believe that the Bible contains the secret of intelligence among other things. It is still work in progress but already I have made a few breakthroughs. I recently posted a couple of falsifiable predictions about the human cerebellum. My goal is to use my understanding of the metaphorical texts to design and build a true artificial intelligence. The Christian AI! It is only a matter of time. When that happens, the Darwinian walls will come crumbling down like the old walls of Jericho.


Allyson - Jan 14, 2008 12:55:25 pm PST #3102 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I don't understand what that dude is saying. Is there a Cliff's Notes for the Craxy?


Laga - Jan 14, 2008 1:08:05 pm PST #3103 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

German non-smoker firings story a hoax


tommyrot - Jan 14, 2008 1:10:18 pm PST #3104 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.

German non-smoker firings story a hoax

It was a hoax by a smoker. Who is pro-smoking. How does the hoax help his cause?


Typo Boy - Jan 14, 2008 1:20:58 pm PST #3105 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

It was a hoax by a smoker. Who is pro-smoking. How does the hoax help his cause?

I don't want to think too hard about what it says that I can make a good guess at what the hoaxer had in mind.

Part of it was a misguided attempt at getting empathy so that non-smokers would feel a little bit what smokers go through. Part of it was mental masturbation: the hoaxer would really like to see this happen, and when he wrote it almost believed it. (I'm assuming the hoaxer is a man.)