Am I supposed to now wonder what parrot meat tastes like? Because I do.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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 § - Mar 31, 2009 4:00:22 pm PDT #13277 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2009 4:04:19 pm PDT #13278 of 30000
My dad knows what guinea pig tastes like. (Mom demured, she thinks.) And those worms in Botswana that I don't recall.
I haven't had much if any exotic (to USers) meats. But then, most untuna fish was "exotic" to me. Have had crawdads. Have had snake. But other than that- chicken, duck, goose, beef, pork. There may be a cornish game hen in there.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 4:10:51 pm PDT #13279 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mom demured, she thinks
She thinks? Would your father have tricked her?
Are there any makeover shows that make (much of) a point of keeping individual style for the makeoveree? While I think that most of the changes on WNTW are upgrades, they're all mini-Stacys wearing the same pointy heels, etc. They say they pay attention to suiting the bodies, but what about the people?
sarameg - Mar 31, 2009 4:25:56 pm PDT #13280 of 30000
More of a translation issue. And stews where ingredient lists weren't provided. This was in Peru, on the trail.
Though I think either he or one of her previous boyfriends told her pimentos were lizard tongues, which she believed unquestioningly. My mom, she can be gullible.
Scrappy - Mar 31, 2009 4:31:10 pm PDT #13281 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have been sending out rejections today at work to the 200+ folks who applied to the latest opening. They are form rejections, but are polite and thank them, etc. I have heard from a couple of folks who were offended that I sent the rejection letter. One said "I know I didn't get the job, thanks for mentioning it." WTF, people?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2009 4:56:35 pm PDT #13282 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's a good thing that one was among the rejections. Why in the world would you want to be left hanging rather than get a polite professional confirmation that you weren't hired?
I've been tricked into eating raccoon meat before. My hosts seemed very disappointed that I didn't freak out about it, but as long as they weren't feeding me one of the cute little rabbits from the hutch I had no objection to lean muscle meat.It was like slightly stringy roast beef.
beth b - Mar 31, 2009 5:01:01 pm PDT #13283 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Offended? Rejection letters are so rare that I might send a thank you for recognizing the right thing to do.
Trudy Booth - Mar 31, 2009 5:42:03 pm PDT #13284 of 30000
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
Rejection letters are so rare that I might send a thank you for recognizing the right thing to do.
I have.
tommyrot - Mar 31, 2009 5:51:35 pm PDT #13285 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Offended?
He was oppressed!
billytea - Mar 31, 2009 6:10:06 pm PDT #13286 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
He was oppressed!
In writing, no less. There's no getting over that.