When my mom and I took the Metro in DC last month, I had to constantly tell her to stand on the right of the escalator to let everyone walk past on the left. She kept on shifting to the left so she could look back at me (standing on the right), and I kept pushing her back to the right.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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.
Kathy A - May 14, 2008 7:32:34 am PDT #6754 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
meara - May 14, 2008 7:32:56 am PDT #6755 of 10001
If you're trying to do a left-turn onto the middle of a busy sidewalk, I'd say tourists are not your biggest problem...
Oh come on. When the tourists are in season, that means it's OK to run them down, right? Just like deer season?
Jesse - May 14, 2008 7:33:19 am PDT #6756 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I kept pushing her back to the right.
And hundreds of people were grateful for that!
§ ita § - May 14, 2008 7:36:40 am PDT #6757 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have no idea what language any of you people are speaking.
shrift - May 14, 2008 7:42:52 am PDT #6758 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
ita is a tourist. Pass it on.
§ ita § - May 14, 2008 7:44:31 am PDT #6759 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita will get into that altercation in NYC--pass it on.
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2008 7:48:37 am PDT #6760 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ita will use alliteration in poetry - pass it on.
shrift - May 14, 2008 7:49:12 am PDT #6761 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
shrift will totally pay money to see ita beat up tourists in NYC -- pass the hat!
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2008 7:50:42 am PDT #6762 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Throws in 5 sawbucks. Passes hat.
Strega - May 14, 2008 7:55:50 am PDT #6763 of 10001
I can overlook sneering at DC and bad tiping advice. But bad writing bugs the hell out of me.
The penultimate New Yorker activity? Buy the Sunday NY Times late Saturday night; skim it, then lounge around early Sunday morning, with the paper -- and a pot of strong coffee -- in bed Sunday morning. Heavenly!
1. "Penultimate" does not mean "quintessential."
2. "...lounge around early Sunday morning [...] in bed Sunday morning."
3. I don't think it's a good idea to lounge around with a pot of coffee in your bed. Seems likely to result in burns in sensitive areas.