If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.

Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Dana - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:51 am PDT #3312 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Even better, it was his theme for the day! My two other coworkers got some variation on it.

He's just a fucking weirdo. But it was a hell of a thing for me to try to process at 8AM. What do you say to that? Other than "Uh, no."


brenda m - Apr 24, 2008 6:03:20 am PDT #3313 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Tell him that just happened to someone you know and now you have to leave the office because you're traumatized. Dick.


tommyrot - Apr 24, 2008 7:18:49 am PDT #3314 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.

Two-thirds of our internets were down four hours. They just came back, and now I can see b.org again. Anyone else having problems?


Toddson - Apr 24, 2008 7:33:10 am PDT #3315 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

In re the boobie-groping thing ... maybe we could take up a collection and send some selected Buffistas (ita or Vortex, for example) to selected cons to lay down the law to these guys. Someone who could let them know, in a truly, um, memorable way that it's a Really Bad Idea.

And I'd probably qualify as a cougar ... sigh ... according to that formula, I shouldn't date anyone under 33.


Aims - Apr 24, 2008 7:34:33 am PDT #3316 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Oooh! Oooh! I'm 33! You can date me still!!


Pix - Apr 24, 2008 7:36:35 am PDT #3317 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.

ETA:

Oooh! Oooh! I'm 33! You can date me still!!
Me too!


Glamcookie - Apr 24, 2008 7:38:38 am PDT #3318 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I have a friend who just turned 50 and his wife just turned 28. Sounds creepy, but they are actually a really good couple. M is a very very young 50...


Toddson - Apr 24, 2008 7:41:23 am PDT #3319 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Aims, can I grope you (in a purely theraputic way)?


beekaytee - Apr 24, 2008 7:43:34 am PDT #3320 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.

This is a tough one. Now that I'm sliding up on 50, I know what people thought when they saw 19 year old me moving in with my 34 year old (father of 3) soon-to-be husband. I really didn't get it then in the ways that I do now.

We were perfect for each other and our union was exactly what we both needed at that time in our lives.

So, I can see the allure, but when you see May-Decembers where the May isn't so together, or the December never will be, it's easy to judge it as a mistake.


Vortex - Apr 24, 2008 7:46:26 am PDT #3321 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.

oh, yeah. my brother's 39 year old friend lives with his 22 year old girlfriend. They call her The Child Bride.