Oooh, very nice word.
I just learned it from Patrick McGrath's novel Asylum where a character suffers that fate.
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
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.
DavidS - Apr 02, 2009 10:44:08 am PDT #13542 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2009 10:45:57 am PDT #13543 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.
I wonder if one could call in enuculated to work....
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2009 10:47:55 am PDT #13544 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.
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2009 10:50:32 am PDT #13545 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.
Today's special at Kingston Grill is cow foot soup. Damn. Shoulda' gone for the cow foot soup / fish head combo....
Tom Scola - Apr 02, 2009 10:53:36 am PDT #13546 of 30000
hwæt
cow foot soup
Isn't that better known as "glue"?
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2009 10:55:55 am PDT #13547 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cow foot is another exercise in too little flesh.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 02, 2009 10:55:58 am PDT #13548 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
cow foot soup
Isn't that better known as "glue"?
I thought that was "horse soup".
Trudy Booth - Apr 02, 2009 11:00:35 am PDT #13549 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
I wonder if one could call in enuculated to work....
Only once or twice.
Kathy A - Apr 02, 2009 11:12:40 am PDT #13550 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2009 11:13:31 am PDT #13551 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.
My favorite idea for calling in sick: "Sorry, I can't come to work today; I have a bad death rattle."