The theatre equivalent of that call is when someone on stage, usually an actor, asks at some point in tech, when something is clearly wrong, like the stage being dark in the middle of a scene, or a sound cue playing way too loud, or a train playing in the middle of the ocean, "Is that's the way this is going to be?" It's very often a passive aggressive way of saying this is a mistake. About 99.99% of the time we know it's a mistake. I pretty much have one answer to this question now. I state it very loudly and clearly from the house and don't hesitate. My answer is, "Yes."
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
NoiseDesign - May 05, 2008 11:29:28 am PDT #7769 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Vortex - May 05, 2008 11:30:22 am PDT #7770 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What do you say to someone who is quitting and you haven't enjoyed working with them, you're not going to miss them and you're not sorry to see them go?
"Good Riddance"? Oh, wait, that's inside voice.
"Your leaving is really going to change things around here!"
NoiseDesign - May 05, 2008 11:31:23 am PDT #7771 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
"Things just won't be the same without you."
Miracleman - May 05, 2008 11:32:27 am PDT #7772 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
What do you say to someone who is quitting and you haven't enjoyed working with them, you're not going to miss them and you're not sorry to see them go?
"You still here? I thought you were dead."
tommyrot - May 05, 2008 11:33:40 am PDT #7773 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.
"You still here? I thought you were dead."
::sniff sniff::
"You're not a zombie, are you?"
::reach for shotgun::
Laga - May 05, 2008 11:34:29 am PDT #7774 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
"Your leaving is really going to change things around here!"
yes!
"Things just won't be the same without you."
perfect. I've been kind of ignoring the fact that he put his notice in because I couldn't think of anything nice to say.
Scrappy - May 05, 2008 11:35:39 am PDT #7775 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Best of luck. Take care of yourself.
juliana - May 05, 2008 11:41:06 am PDT #7776 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
someone on stage, usually an actor, asks at some point in tech, when something is clearly wrong, like the stage being dark in the middle of a scene, or a sound cue playing way too loud, or a train playing in the middle of the ocean, "Is that's the way this is going to be?"
Especially during a cue-to-cue or something, when you're already in the middle of fixing it.
Sean K - May 05, 2008 11:41:27 am PDT #7777 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The theatre equivalent of that call is when someone on stage, usually an actor, asks at some point in tech, when something is clearly wrong, like the stage being dark in the middle of a scene, or a sound cue playing way too loud, or a train playing in the middle of the ocean, "Is that's the way this is going to be?" It's very often a passive aggressive way of saying this is a mistake. About 99.99% of the time we know it's a mistake. I pretty much have one answer to this question now. I state it very loudly and clearly from the house and don't hesitate. My answer is, "Yes."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
NoiseDesign - May 05, 2008 11:42:51 am PDT #7778 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I love the confused look on their little faces when I just state "Yes."
They really have no idea how to process that, especially when it is a glaringly obvious mistake.