I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?

Angel ,'Sleeper'


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.


Allyson - Aug 12, 2008 7:52:01 pm PDT #2991 of 10003
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

So, if I was going to write a bat pirate filk (Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest), would this sound ridic?

Fifteen bats on a driftwood boat,
Yo ho ho and a tasty green frog!
We can't sing but we surely can float,
Yo ho ho and a tasty green frog!


Shir - Aug 12, 2008 7:55:35 pm PDT #2992 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Allyson, this made me smile.

What a great way to start my day.


aurelia - Aug 12, 2008 8:03:51 pm PDT #2993 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

That's some quality slounging.


Susan W. - Aug 12, 2008 8:08:04 pm PDT #2994 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

French translation request!

"Are you awake?"

"The queen is asleep, I think."

"We cannot go on like this. Surely even you must admit this is madness."


Allyson - Aug 12, 2008 8:21:50 pm PDT #2995 of 10003
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

Tomorrow we are performing an experiment to see what is funnier when it hits the sidewalk from the patio: A coconut, a papaya, a kiwi, a mango, or a plantain.

We need Sam to sink the pirate ship with an aerial assault.

I say A) he can't lift a coconut (even though he has a friend helping) and B) coconuts don't grow on the Canary Islands.

I also say that papayas are inherently more funny and less cliche than coconuts.

So a couple of the engineers have agreed to help with my experiment and judge which fruit is funnier when it hits the ground.

Problem: I cannot find a coconut ANYWHERE. Everyone has the meat, but no whole coconuts.

I have everything else. I think this is an anti-coconut sign.


Allyson - Aug 12, 2008 8:25:52 pm PDT #2996 of 10003
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

Did you know that bats pollinate the agave plant and eat the pests that would wipe them out?

Without bats, there'd be no tequilla.


amych - Aug 12, 2008 8:26:16 pm PDT #2997 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

WTF, Elfie?


Lee - Aug 12, 2008 8:27:28 pm PDT #2998 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

YAY Bats!


Cass - Aug 12, 2008 8:29:15 pm PDT #2999 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I think only a papaya, mango or kiwi has a chance of inflicting collateral damage when used as a weapon. Coconuts need to be opened with chisels and hammers, that's not going to work unless you need to hit just one specific place. And a plantain will just bounce off unless it's so ripe it softly splats. Actually the kiwi is kinda weak too unless there's a kiwi shotgun. I'm going to guess papaya or mango. Really the mango should win. It's got the honking pit in the middle.

I swear I just overthought fruit weaponry.

And am suddenly craving a smoothie.


aurelia - Aug 12, 2008 8:29:16 pm PDT #3000 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Without bats, there'd be no tequilla.

Three cheers for the bats!

Kiwi has comic potential just for the name.