What'd you all order a dead guy for?

Jayne ,'The Message'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


amych - Apr 08, 2008 7:44:57 am PDT #258 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

... and who doesn't?


Sean K - Apr 08, 2008 7:45:08 am PDT #259 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

megan has nasty heartbun, pass it on.


Tom Scola - Apr 08, 2008 7:45:23 am PDT #260 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

megan has a thing for Holly Golightly, pass it on.

Crap. Sean wins!!


Sue - Apr 08, 2008 7:47:26 am PDT #261 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Okay, I'm looking through an internal staff directory for one of our gov't depts. There's an Opus Penguin listed as an employee. That can't be real!


Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2008 7:50:59 am PDT #262 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

megan has a nasty rugburn, pass it on.


bon bon - Apr 08, 2008 8:06:05 am PDT #263 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Okay, I'm looking through an internal staff directory for one of our gov't depts. There's an Opus Penguin listed as an employee. That can't be real!

Maybe it's their fake entry to prevent copyright infringement.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 08, 2008 8:08:05 am PDT #264 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

There's an Opus Penguin listed as an employee.

I have a test identity for our student learning system called Hello Kitty. Other test identities include Lara Croft and Arthur Dent. I hope they doesn't make it onto any directories.


Sue - Apr 08, 2008 8:10:04 am PDT #265 of 10001
hip deep in pie

One of my coworker's called the number and some guy named Adrian answered.


Tom Scola - Apr 08, 2008 8:11:23 am PDT #266 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

At Bell Labs, there was one G. R. Emlin who had an office (actually a common area), a mail drop, and who did made it into the company directory. I'm not sure if he had any papers published, though.


Susan W. - Apr 08, 2008 8:13:53 am PDT #267 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I think that there is no way to make Edward more attractive than Col. Brandon. The Col. Brandon character is just more attractive.

I really don't like either of the matrimonial choices from S&S. Edward is so passive, and Col. Brandon apparently falls in love with Marianne, who's almost young enough to be his daughter, because she's so much like his childhood sweetheart. Ick. If I were to marry an Austen man, Capt. Wentworth would be my first choice, then Henry Tilney, then Mr. Darcy. The S&S men would be just behind Mr. Knightley, but preferable to Edmund Bertram.

And I always loathed the sensibility side of Sense and Sensibility, because it seemed like the whole mess could have been avoided if only Young Miss Dashwood had read any other Jane Austen novel evar.

Well, S&S was the first one Austen wrote....