Oh, the Telegraph. Some of our UnAmericans can tell you about the Telegraph.
Well, Cândido Godói is a real town with a whole bunch of twins. I don't think they created the story from whole cloth.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Trudy Booth - Jan 28, 2009 6:51:23 pm PST #4051 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
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2009 6:54:24 pm PST #4052 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But does anyone else lend credence to the book?
Trudy Booth - Jan 28, 2009 6:55:53 pm PST #4053 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
Ah, here is an article disputing the theory [link]
Now I want to know about the "twin towns all over the place" phenomenon. I have never heard of this before. It certainly DOES make sense that he'd gravitate towards one.
And really? Not-dead-Nazis this close to midnight? My insomnia is pretty under control these days, but this is no help.
Burrell - Jan 28, 2009 7:00:32 pm PST #4054 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
He's gotta be dead by now.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2009 7:01:02 pm PST #4055 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or he's under your bed.
Or both.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2009 7:02:48 pm PST #4056 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Now I want to know about the "twin towns all over the place" phenomenon. I have never heard of this before. It certainly DOES make sense that he'd gravitate towards one.
I've heard of a few other twin towns before. I've heard Jumeauville in France referred to as one (which makes sense, since the name means Twin Town), but the internet doesn't seem to back that up.
Trudy Booth - Jan 28, 2009 7:07:57 pm PST #4057 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
OK, Mengele is dead. I KNOW that.
And if there were any elderly Nazis under my bed a) Dallas would bark; b) they'd have to be gay elderly Nazis or the forcefield that blocks any heterosexual men from entering my bedroom would have been activate.
Alibelle - Jan 28, 2009 8:07:30 pm PST #4058 of 30000
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Why is the phrase "elderly Nazis" giving me a serious case of the giggles?
I can't figure it out. Or stop giggling.
ETA: I think it's because I am picturing them as, like, ponies with eye patches, which I understand makes no sense whatsoever, and no, I am not even currently on any cold medication.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2009 8:26:00 pm PST #4059 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I swear today is the first time I've heard the word "yips" and now I've heard it in two contexts.
It's a golfing term, but I think any athletic act that involves a timeout and thinking then acting is prone to it: penalty kick, free throw, place kick. Hitting in baseball too is prone to the yips.
Which is really just being self-conscious and not getting your mind out of the way of what you've trained your body to do.
billytea - Jan 28, 2009 8:29:22 pm PST #4060 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.
Oh for goodness' sake. Some people have way too much time on their hands. [link]