There's a poltergoost in the toaster!
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Natter 61*
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.
Barb - Oct 20, 2008 11:04:18 am PDT #5544 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Dana - Oct 20, 2008 11:05:01 am PDT #5545 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I didn't hear it say "ptui" or anything.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2008 11:05:08 am PDT #5546 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wow, I can understand not being aware that what used to be Bohemia is now part of the Czech Republic. But did she think that the adjective Bohemian originated with Doyle too?
Maybe she thinks he invented cocaine too.
Steph L. - Oct 20, 2008 11:14:23 am PDT #5547 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
This is the same Ohio Republican Party that used every effort--legal and illegal--to purge Democrats from voter rolls in 2004. This is the same Ohio Republican Party that cheered when Kenneth Blackwell said he was going to "deliver" Ohio's electoral votes for Bush in 2004. This is the same Ohio Republican Party that is seeking to prevent newly registered voters from voting in this landmark election.
The county prosecutor in my (Ohio) county is trying to quarantine (and therefore not count) ~600 ballots cast by people who registered and voted the same day, due to claims of voter fraud.
Interestingly, that county prosecutor? Also happens to be the southwest Ohio regional chairman of the McCain campaign.
How on EARTH they get away with this bullshit is beyond me.
To be fair, apparently some time today the prosecutor did -- allegedly -- choose to "take his office out of the investigation." He's all pissy that anyone would DARE to suggest he's trying to stop people from voting. He said -- and this is a real quote -- “I’m not trying to stop anybody from voting. The people we’ve looked at have already voted.”
Right, you aren't trying to *stop* anyone from voting; you just want to make sure their vote doesn't count, you reprehensible assclown.
Trudy Booth - Oct 20, 2008 11:19:59 am PDT #5548 of 10001
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
We were talking about names and origins in a graduate class, and I said my great-grandparents were from the kingdom of Bohemia. A woman gave a little gasp and said, "That's a real place? I thought Arthur Conan Doyle made it up."
I thought Moldova was made up until I met a person from Moldova about three years ago.
Jesse - Oct 20, 2008 11:21:38 am PDT #5549 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I had barely heard of Moldova before I met the Moldovans in grad school. It sounds fake. Moldova!!
Barb - Oct 20, 2008 11:21:42 am PDT #5550 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I thought Moldova was made up until I met a person from Moldova about three years ago.
This is why I love watching the opening ceremonies for the Olympics.
Fred Pete - Oct 20, 2008 11:22:42 am PDT #5551 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
But did she think that the adjective Bohemian originated with Doyle too?
Shakespeare set part of Winter's Tale on the seacoast of Bohemia. Which is a lovely area, right next to the Florida desert....
Gudanov - Oct 20, 2008 11:26:56 am PDT #5552 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
The county prosecutor in my (Ohio) county is trying to quarantine (and therefore not count) ~600 ballots cast by people who registered and voted the same day, due to claims of voter fraud.
Interestingly, that county prosecutor? Also happens to be the southwest Ohio regional chairman of the McCain campaign.
I think purges of voter rolls will be a key factor in this election, there are so many close swing states.
flea - Oct 20, 2008 11:28:27 am PDT #5553 of 10001
information libertarian
Actual quote from one high school classmate to another, "You live in a Turkey?"