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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.
I got asked about "my son" by a grocery clerk when I was 21 out with a clear 11 year old I nannied (and a 8 and 7 year old.) I started laughing so hard, the kids had to pick me up off the floor.
I've been carded as recently as this year.
What I take from it? People have a helluva time judging ages. Hell, I can't. Some new employees look like babies to me, so I assume mid-20s and don't say a damned thing. Right now, I don't know what a 33 year old is supposed to look like. And I am one.
And that's one of her more pleasant expressions!
sneaking into Natter to see if anyone else went WTF with the US announcer's comment "it's like finding a tear in your wedding dress just before you get married" about Samantha Peszek's sprained ankle just before the competition.
oooo. Swimming.
eta:
emu sucking on a lemon.
that really is a most amazing image. way out of the park, Billytea
sneaking into Natter to see if anyone else went WTF with the US announcer's comment "it's like finding a tear in your wedding dress just before you get married" about Samantha Peszek's sprained ankle just before the competition.
Yes. Very much yes.
My favorite Olympic announcer WTF was this about what I think was a Chinese night market -- I had surgery last week and am still on meds, so I wasn't sure if I heard this right but the husband said he heard the same thing:
"So if you're in the mood for shellfish, this is the place to go and order Schezuan Beef."
saw the post in COMM and had to come commiserate about how very awful the US girls gymnastics were. when Nastia can't stick her freaking landing off the bars, you are in trouble.
as for Svetlana, i loved her. i'm sad that we won't be seeing her compete this year. in fact, i was just talking about her elsewhere and was linked to this. ha! love that expression. so Svetlana.
That entire article about Khorkina is hysterical. Gotta love how she was trying to talk her way into being called champion.
This Olympics is just boggling my mind. First, a 41-year-old swimmer and now, a 33-year-old gymnast.
I heard it as "Szechuan heat", especially with "if you're in the mood for spicy shellfish".
