It is freakier than a thing that is freaky.
But is it freakier than THE thing.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
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.
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"
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.
lunda - Jul 30, 2008 11:53:55 am PDT #515 of 10003
Sometimes evil drives a minivan.
Is Yahoo!Mail making anyone else login every five seconds, or am I just special?
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.
tommyrot - Jul 30, 2008 11:58:27 am PDT #516 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, LexisNexis people, is this funny? Slashdot has it under Comedy:
"The politicization of Bush's Justice Department, which this week was officially determined to be illegal, has a funny side too. Sometime in 2005-2006, White House Liaison Jan Williams attended a seminar on LexisNexis searches, and wrote one herself. When she left, she passed it on to her successor Monica Goodling in an email. Justin Mason, author of SpamAssassin, is skeptical about its accuracy:
[First name of a candidate]! and pre/2 [last name of a candidate] w/7 bush or gore or republican! or democrat! or charg! or accus! or criticiz! or blam! or defend! or iran contra or clinton or spotted owl or florida recount or sex! or controvers! or racis! or fraud! or investigat! or bankrupt! or layoff! or downsiz! or PNTR or NAFTA or outsourc! or indict! or enron or kerry or iraq or wmd! or arrest! or intox! or fired or sex! or racis! or intox! or slur! or arrest! or fired or controvers! or abortion! or gay! or homosexual! or gun! or firearm!
Needless to say, when asked about it, Williams first said she didn't remember ever seeing it, then said she'd used an edited version just once. LexisNexis records show she used it, as shown, 25 times."
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