Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Toddson - May 30, 2008 6:50:44 am PDT #9759 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Coming in late ... but cougar always struck me as moderately favorable - kind of, she's going after younger men and she gets them.

Silver fox is pretty much gender-neutral, but strikes me as mostly favorable - i.e., the hair's white, but they're attractive.

And years ago, chickenhawk was used of men who preyed on underage boys. Usage may have changed.


Sophia Brooks - May 30, 2008 6:52:14 am PDT #9760 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I always thought MILF was just something teenage boys came up with when faced with a friend's mom who was hot. Sort of a "Stacy's Mom" thing.

Me, too!

Me three. In fact, i feel like I started hearing it around the Stacy's mom/American Pie time.


Vortex - May 30, 2008 6:54:13 am PDT #9761 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

See, I always thought MILF was just something teenage boys came up with when faced with a friend's mom who was hot. Sort of a "Stacy's Mom" thing.

I think it started out that way, but I have heard younger men (the rugby boys, not sure if that's a representative sample), notice an attractive older woman across the bar and say "whoa, check out the MILF."


§ ita § - May 30, 2008 6:55:04 am PDT #9762 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the Stacy's mom/American Pie time.

ISn't there a big gap between those two? I thought Stacy's Mom was relatively recent.


Steph L. - May 30, 2008 6:56:04 am PDT #9763 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

the Stacy's mom/American Pie time.

ISn't there a big gap between those two

American Pie the movie (I'm assuming), not the song.


Hil R. - May 30, 2008 7:00:16 am PDT #9764 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

American Pie came out around 1999, Stacy's Mom around 2003 or 2004.


Amy - May 30, 2008 7:01:54 am PDT #9765 of 10001
Because books.

"Stacy's Mom" always made me double-take, too, because I had a friend named Stacy in PA who was definitely a MILF herself, or would be as soon as her kids' friends were old enough to realize it.


Steph L. - May 30, 2008 7:04:20 am PDT #9766 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

American Pie came out around 1999, Stacy's Mom around 2003 or 2004.

I wouldn't call that a big gap in terms of cultural trends.


sarameg - May 30, 2008 7:14:57 am PDT #9767 of 10001

I don't want to go to a 4 hour meeting.

But I really should.


Tom Scola - May 30, 2008 7:23:45 am PDT #9768 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I had a serious meltdown this morning in therapy, and I still feel like crap. I feel like I'm so fucked up right now.

Tonight there's a party I'm supposed to go to, and even though things have been cooling down with the girl I've been seeing, I still ought to arrange a date for this weekend. But now I don't know if I wanna even try.