Marketplace did a series from Dubai. It was fascinating.
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
sarameg - May 28, 2008 9:29:48 am PDT #9394 of 10001
Matt the Bruins fan - May 28, 2008 9:31:06 am PDT #9395 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If it makes you feel any better, I don't sleep well in total darkness either. Though a TV or moonlight/streetlight through a window is enough to serve, I just need to be able to make out the confines of the room well enough to tell where I am.
Burrell - May 28, 2008 9:33:21 am PDT #9396 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Every so often I smell cigarette smoke around the house. My first thought is always that it's my father's ghost and I'm good with it. My second is always it's some creepy stranger lurking in backyard and I FREAK OUT until I can convince myself of some other scenario. So I guess I still do believe in ghosts. Then again, I might well be considered primitive, superstitious, and bat shit crazy.
Allyson - May 28, 2008 9:44:18 am PDT #9397 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My friend Jennifer says that if you see a ghost you should probably move the toaster or microwave. Sometimes your eyeballs resonate at the same frequency as other objects, and you have a visual hallucination. Since your brain is all about seeing patterns, it fills in blanks and you get an image you understand.
Nutty - May 28, 2008 9:45:26 am PDT #9398 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
In my world, the things that go rustle in the night are always imaginary (but perfectly plausible) mice or rats or cockroaches, never ghosts.
Even when I was little, I have a distinct memory of thinking, "But what if there's a tiger [in that darkened room]!" It was never a thing that wasn't real, even if it was a thing that was incredibly unlikely.
Steph L. - May 28, 2008 9:48:13 am PDT #9399 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Even when I was little, I have a distinct memory of thinking, "But what if there's a tiger [in that darkened room]!"
You realize you just left yourself wide open for cheetah/squash court jokes....
msbelle - May 28, 2008 9:49:17 am PDT #9400 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
again.
Nutty - May 28, 2008 9:49:54 am PDT #9401 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Tigers are much bigger! And I think I had been reading The Jungle Book at the time, so it's not like I pulled a tiger out of a hat. Shere Khan is scary!!
Theodosia - May 28, 2008 9:50:05 am PDT #9402 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Having cats means never having to worry that ghosts are getting in and making odd noises.
Of course, if somebody asked me if I believed in UFOs, I'd say yes... but that's because I believe there are flying objects/phenomena that remain unidentified.
tommyrot - May 28, 2008 9:57:49 am PDT #9403 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.
That building looks like a drill bit to me. I doubt that is what the architect wants to hear.
Yeah, that's the most popular nickname for it here.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't sleep well in total darkness either.
At night, I need complete darkness to sleep. And if I get up in the middle of the night to pee, I'd rather feel my way through complete darkness than turn a light on. (I step carefully, in case the cat is about.)
Ok, my apartment doesn't get completely dark, as light from the city makes it past the blinds. But I wish I could block out that last bit of light. And I'll even cover up my LED clock radio, as it makes too much light.