You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

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.


Kat - Aug 12, 2008 10:57:11 am PDT #2858 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ohmygod. That cake!

Thing that made me smile most recently? yoga!

And watching a guy from Togo kick ass on the kayaking course. Very cool.


brenda m - Aug 12, 2008 10:59:43 am PDT #2859 of 10003
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

Singing in a grocery store or anywhere else that people are moving around freely is different than something like a gym or airport or waiting room (or, for the love of god, in the office) where you're more or less stuck in one spot.


Kathy A - Aug 12, 2008 10:59:54 am PDT #2860 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Oooh, I dvr'd today's Olympics just so I could watch the whitewater kayaking. I'm so looking forward to seeing it!


Ginger - Aug 12, 2008 11:01:43 am PDT #2861 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It's not as annoying as singing, but several people at the Y have the volume so loud on their iPods that the music leaks around their ears.

Help! My brain is failing. Doesn't @ have a more formal name than "at sign?"


brenda m - Aug 12, 2008 11:02:53 am PDT #2862 of 10003
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

The quiet car on Amtrak specifies "working" headphones for any electronics. It's an important distinction.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2008 11:04:48 am PDT #2863 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Ginger, I've been meaning to ask when I saw you on the board the same time as I was - is there news about Bicyclops? If you posted something after the beep me item, I missed it.


amych - Aug 12, 2008 11:06:48 am PDT #2864 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Doesn't @ have a more formal name than "at sign?"

"eyeroll sign"? (But seriously: not really. At sign, or At symbol, or the never-heard-it-before Commercial At but nothing fancy and latinate: [link] . Also, some of the non-English names for it at the bottom are awesome.)


Sophia Brooks - Aug 12, 2008 11:07:22 am PDT #2865 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

[link]

re: at sign


amych - Aug 12, 2008 11:08:44 am PDT #2866 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I seriously think that the @@ emoticon may be our greatest linguistic legacy.


Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 11:09:22 am PDT #2867 of 10003
Swouncing

From amych's link:

In Hebrew it is colloquially known as shtrudel

I had no idea it was a Hebrew thing! I just thought it was named after the cake, because of its shape [Edit: and, yeah, that's why at first the "@@" emoticon was quite confusing for my poor little brain.].