Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.

'War Stories'


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.


Shir - Apr 22, 2008 3:33:22 am PDT #2937 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I made a little boy cry today.

I live in an apartment building. I came back with some groceries, and there were two adorable little children, and I smiled at them, they smiled back, I said "hello", and went to elevator.

At this point, the little boy, about 3 or 4 years old, points at me and the elevator and says firmly "No! It's Sabbath!" (actually, what he said literally was "It's wrong! Sabbath!", but I understood). To which I replied with a smile, "No, it's Chol HaMoed". As I entered the elevator I could hear him starting to cry.

I should not interact with people before having at least 2 mugs of coffee.

Good morning, Americans.


Ginger - Apr 22, 2008 3:36:49 am PDT #2938 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Small children are all about the rules. An exception put his life all askew.


Jars - Apr 22, 2008 3:40:23 am PDT #2939 of 10001

I once accidentally walked into a cousin's house in Malaysia wearing shoes and her four-year old tried emphatically to push me out, screaming all the time.


Jessica - Apr 22, 2008 3:48:02 am PDT #2940 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

mac wants to see Speed Racer

Vrrrrooooooooooom!

I still follow Betsy on LJ, but she hasn't posted here in ages. She should come back!


hippocampus - Apr 22, 2008 4:07:39 am PDT #2941 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

They lock up razor blades and baby formula.

ok, now my brain is doing all sorts of things with that involving mirrors. I need more coffee.


Toddson - Apr 22, 2008 4:15:59 am PDT #2942 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

meara:

yes, they lock up razor blades and baby formula. And the last time I bought Mucinex D they wanted my birthdate because it's a controlled substance. WTF? (it was out on the shelf!)

msbelle, from the picture, mac wants to BE Speed Racer (adorable!)

On the radio this morning they said that there's a matzo shortage.


CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 4:20:35 am PDT #2943 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

A lot of those things are locked up because they are precursor compounds for various illegal chemicals...

Buy Mucinex, spend a couple days in a kitchen lab and then you get DEA interested in what you are doing...


Toddson - Apr 22, 2008 4:22:42 am PDT #2944 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Yes, but it was out on the shelf - I could scoop up as many packets as I wanted (you could probably fit a bunch into assorted pockets). But since I was honest and paying for it, they wanted my birthdate ... which, huh? asking for ID I could understand, limiting the number of packages I bought I could understand, but leaving it out on the shelf and then declaring it a controlled substance?


Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2008 4:23:21 am PDT #2945 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Happy Day, Earth!


Emily - Apr 22, 2008 4:26:52 am PDT #2946 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

So my question is this. WTF???

No kidding! Especially I appreciate the ones where you actually can get the razor blades, but the alarm still goes off. You push the button, retrieve the box (I assume this is meant to keep you from getting more than one, oh the horror), and are on your way to buy Mucinex or whatever, when you hear "Assistance needed in the men's shaving aisle." Which is particularly irritating as you're buying women's razors. But what's the point of that? Just to come see that you retrieved your razors okay, or that you're not stuffing your pockets with them?