I would have been using it for "Look, it's obvious we're going around in circles, and I'm tired, so I've laid it out for you and what are you going to do now?"
Just in two words.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
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.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2008 10:54:39 am PDT #505 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Burrell - Jul 30, 2008 10:58:17 am PDT #506 of 10003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So I'm guessing I'm the only one here who came across Tot-Tanic years ago? It's fairly widely available from the bouncy house sites.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 30, 2008 11:14:27 am PDT #507 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It is freakier than a thing that is freaky.
But is it freakier than THE thing.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2008 11:19:48 am PDT #508 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I tend to use "please advise" as shorthand for "you're the boss, and I know you'd throw a fit if I made this decision on my own, so tell me what to do, please."
Me, too.
SuziQ - Jul 30, 2008 11:24:49 am PDT #509 of 10003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I never realized those two words were so loaded. I tend to use them a bunch, meaning - here is the info I have and the options as I see them, the benefit of your advice would be appreciated.
Now I'm going to be worried that others think I was being all passive aggressive. Gah. More worries.
sumi - Jul 30, 2008 11:32:03 am PDT #510 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I don't understand why that phrase is bad? I mean, sometimes you are not the person who can make that decision so it makes sense to ask the person who is.
brenda m - Jul 30, 2008 11:37:49 am PDT #511 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
I'm with Fred and ita - I see it as more of a "ball's in your court" thing. So, there is an element of washing-my-hands-of-the-decision-making, but not really P-A as such.
Toddson - Jul 30, 2008 11:41:36 am PDT #512 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I use it as a "ball's in your court" thing as well - kind of a, well I've done MY part indication.
amych - Jul 30, 2008 11:50:47 am PDT #513 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Another vote for ball/court. It's sort of "here's my bit, now it's your call" rather than anything necessarily passive/aggressive.
Trudy Booth - Jul 30, 2008 11:53:08 am PDT #514 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm a ball/court gal myself.
And we'd better keep Cass away from that car.