Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 57 Varieties  

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.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 27, 2008 7:15:55 am PDT #7584 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

"Sometimes you shut up even when you are right. This is a heavy burden for me, because of course I am right all the time."

Sounds like ita.

eta Guess not.


Steph L. - Mar 27, 2008 7:16:29 am PDT #7585 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Well, yes, Tep, but my point was, did anyone ever seriously make that comparison? "Wow, you look like this other guy who used to stand at a podium and have nice hair...what was that dude's name again?"

I wasn't dissing you, erika; I didn't mean to come off that way.

Throughout the campaign, Quayle had been publicly comparing himself to Kennedy because of his age, etc. And Bentsen's staff decided to jump on it, so that when Quayle was dumb enough to actually say it during the debate, Bentsen could knock it out of the park.

It's a great line, but people tend to think it was spontaneous and shit, but it wasn't. Totally rehearsed. (Also totally deserved, but it's not the paradigm of extemporaneous speaking that people like to claim that it is.)


msbelle - Mar 27, 2008 7:20:03 am PDT #7586 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

was the RuPaul quote Aimee?


Aims - Mar 27, 2008 7:21:12 am PDT #7587 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Hollywood might come to the newly closed Jackson, Michigan prison: [link]

This part cracks me up though:

But he said he worries about the long-term impact and stigma the movie would create about Jackson and a community that many already identify as a prison town.

Fleming said he was working in Detroit in the late 1980s when the film "RoboCop" was made, and he doesn't want that to be Jackson's fate.

"That had a negative impact," he said.

Right. RoboCop gave Detroit a bad image. Not the actual, real life corrupt cops and murders. The fake Robot Guy and Kurtwood Smith did it.

Dumbass.


erikaj - Mar 27, 2008 7:21:25 am PDT #7588 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

And it was the one good line he ever got anyway. That's probably why it stuck.ETA: The Detroit comments reminded me of Baltimore getting a new slogan cause "The Wire" is shot there.


tommyrot - Mar 27, 2008 7:23:11 am PDT #7589 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.

And it was the one good line he ever got anyway. That's probably why it stuck.

Well, it perfectly epitomized all that was wrong with Quayle as a vice-president. That and potatoe.


erikaj - Mar 27, 2008 7:26:13 am PDT #7590 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

And there was one about a mind, too. But, unfortunately, all that kind of crap is all too in a day's work if the president says "nucular".


lisah - Mar 27, 2008 7:29:39 am PDT #7591 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

The Detroit comments reminded me of Baltimore getting a new slogan cause "The Wire" is shot there.

We did?

ETA

Speaking of cursing, I suggested "Baltimore: It's Fucking Awesome" to then Mayor O'Malley (on whom Carcetti was based despite David Simon's repeated denials) and he agreed that it would be a great slogan.


erikaj - Mar 27, 2008 7:35:08 am PDT #7592 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

Well, maybe y'all decided not to go ahead with it. But some PR firm did some study, and said David Simon harmed the city's image, with an eye toward some sort of "rebranding". It was like something Lindsay Nagel from the Simpsons would think. ETA: Cool, Lisah. Around here, our politicians are already parody enough that nobody needs to write about them and wonder who they are.


Allyson - Mar 27, 2008 7:35:08 am PDT #7593 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 went and had a burger at Mel's with Kristen and Polgara last night and it was awesome.

Came home to a birthday cake in my fridge, a balloon tied to my door, a Home Depot gift certificate and some nice cards, and a package of flower-shaped fairy lights.

So that was nice. And then I took a bath with a Lush bath bomb and went to bed. Birthday turned out okay.

But you know, Noah and Grace are the BEST PRESENTS EVAR!