You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.

Giles ,'Selfless'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


DebetEsse - Nov 22, 2008 12:03:22 pm PST #2908 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

The turkey is out of the smoker. The pie is out of the oven. The dressing is in the oven. The potatoes are on the stove, with water working toward boiling. Today is the nearest day to Thanksgiving that Todd and I are both in town and not at rehearsal, so it'll do.


brenda m - Nov 22, 2008 12:18:32 pm PST #2909 of 10002
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

From the annals of stupid: Yang Yang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him. I didn’t expect he would attack,


DavidS - Nov 22, 2008 12:25:01 pm PST #2910 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yang Yang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him. I didn’t expect he would attack,

My favorite part is there were two other panda biting incidents in the last year involving people that wanted to cuddle with them.

It's rare that stupidity is so perfectly rewarded.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 22, 2008 12:48:31 pm PST #2911 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

In the further adventures of unfortunate newspaper phraseology, click, enlarge the image of the front page of the Boston Globe, and check out the sub-headline under "Clinton is choice for State Dept.": [link]

Since that page will not be there tomorrow, I'll preserve it in white font for posterity: Obama plans to tap rival

I SO want Stewart or Colbert to get their hands on this one.


beekaytee - Nov 22, 2008 1:15:33 pm PST #2912 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

Years ago, I saw a documentary about the first pandas in America. The image is seared onto my brain of their first American keeper sitting at a picnic table in a short sleeve shirt that did not cover his metal arm and hook. A replacement for the arm one of the pandas had ripped off and eaten. He sighed heavily and said in a world weary voice, "Yeah, they're cute."

Dude. Bummer.


DebetEsse - Nov 22, 2008 1:18:58 pm PST #2913 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Dayum. I mean, they're herbivores. You (or, at least I) don't think of them being quite that vicious.


beekaytee - Nov 22, 2008 1:22:28 pm PST #2914 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

I know! It was shocking, but only because we are so attracted to cute. A bear is a bear is a bear. Lot's of teeth and claws and not much smart, ya know?


sarameg - Nov 22, 2008 1:26:03 pm PST #2915 of 10002

Even wee little Devi looks all cute and cuddly, yet woe if you ignore her teeth and claws.

I've cleaned and run a million errands. Printed out cat care sheets, found spare key set and washed out all the cats' dishes.


§ ita § - Nov 22, 2008 1:48:28 pm PST #2916 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

they're herbivores.

Not exactly. They primarily chow down on bamboo but they have been known to eat small animals in the wild.


CaBil - Nov 22, 2008 1:53:56 pm PST #2917 of 10002
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

Well, they are so cute because they are so roly-poly. They seem they can barely sit down on their butt without rolling over. Do you know what happens to cute things in the wild? They get eaten. So the pandas have to be vicious herbivores otherwise everyone else will put them on the dinner menu.