So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.

Angel ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


tommyrot - Nov 12, 2008 12:18:52 pm PST #882 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This new Fox reality show is kinda' fucked....

New reality show "Smile, You're Under Arrest"

Fox's new reality show pilot called Smile, You're Under Arrest features people with outstanding warrants getting tricked for the audience's amusement before being arrested.

Fox President of Alternative Entertainment Mike Darnell calls it "a reverse Punk’d. Instead of the worst day of your life and then a joke at the end, this is the reverse. This is the best day of your life, and then we arrest you.”

One of three set-ups just shot in Arizona features the cops luring a criminal to a movie set with the promise of making him an extra and paying him a couple hundred dollars. An elaborate film set is staged and filming begins on a faux movie. The set-up continues as the director then gets mad at the lead actor, fires him and replaces him with the law-breaking extra.

The scene escalates with the fake director introducing the mark to a supposed studio mogul and continuing to create this dream-comes-true sequence. Finally, all the participants are revealed as officers of the law, and the criminal is apprehended (before signing waivers to let the footage be used in the show).

I can kinda' see this working if the person is a complete asshole (or they decide to portray the person as such), but what if they're not?


Ginger - Nov 12, 2008 12:20:14 pm PST #883 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I can kinda' see this working if the person is a complete asshole (or they decide to portray the person as such), but what if they're not?

Or what if they're armed?


tommyrot - Nov 12, 2008 12:21:08 pm PST #884 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Or what if they're armed?

Now that would be funny... in a sick, fucked up way....


Typo Boy - Nov 12, 2008 12:22:45 pm PST #885 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Keeping my current coverage next year as a self-employed person: $700

If that is per year, that is an amazingly good rate. If that is per month -- eep!


Ginger - Nov 12, 2008 12:25:25 pm PST #886 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Per month.


Barb - Nov 12, 2008 12:33:12 pm PST #887 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

In the unrepentant suck-up of the day,

Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration, even if he did hang around with an "unrepentant domestic terrorist."

The Alaska governor said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that she would be willing to help if Obama asked her for assistance on some of the issues she highlighted during this year's campaign, such as energy or services for special-needs children.

[link]


Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2008 12:35:00 pm PST #888 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

They found another foot in British Columbia, which appears to match one that was previously found: [link]


tommyrot - Nov 12, 2008 12:39:34 pm PST #889 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Huh. British Columbia. Not too far from Alaska....


Ginger - Nov 12, 2008 12:39:41 pm PST #890 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Yes, Obama, the socialist terrorist pal, definitely needs advice from someone's whose oil company experience consists of getting a large check from them and who, when asked about her concerns about running for vice president, did not mention her family, including her special needs child.


Toddson - Nov 12, 2008 12:39:47 pm PST #891 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

From the site that tommyrot linked to, I like this.

Reminds me a little of the time I was on the bus and it couldn't make a turn because some moron had parked illegally ('cause they were just running into the store for one thing). We had a football team or something on board the bus - a number of large, strong, young men. They piled out, picked up the illegally parked car, moved it so it wasn't blocking the bus's turn. Then calmly got back on the bus, were applauded, and we went on our way. It was a small car, but still - impressive.