Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Burrell - Feb 03, 2009 11:33:51 am PST #4886 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

WRT roshambo: When I was younger I always heard it used to describe the kicking game, but some time after I graduated college things changed and I mostly heard it used to describe rock-paper-scissors.

One of my friends has a brother who plays competitive roshambo (the hand game, not the kicking game). Went to a roshambo convention in Las Vegas one year, and won or something.

Also? Loving Liese's boast.


Typo Boy - Feb 03, 2009 11:45:03 am PST #4887 of 30000
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.

You know this is making me wonder whether there is any chance that "Irish Stand-down" in Zelazny's "Lord of Light" was real. (In the book the game was one where characters took turns punching each other. No defense. You take a punch. If you don't fall or if you can get up, the other waits and does not defend themselves, and you punch.) I always assumed it was invented for the book, and was called that as a snarky comment on the way truces tended to work in Northern Ireland at the time. But now I wonder if there was a real turn-taking punching contest that worked that way.


Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:46:09 am PST #4888 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Also? Loving Liese's boast.

Hee. I can take you all. Bring it.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2009 11:49:54 am PST #4889 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.

Hee. I can take you all. Bring it.

OK, but how are you at Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard?

  • Rock crushes lizard.
  • Scissors decapitate lizard.
  • Lizard eats paper.
  • Paper disproves Spock.
  • Spock vaporizes rock.
  • Spock bends scissors.


Barb - Feb 03, 2009 11:55:15 am PST #4890 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

My condolences, Calli-- here's hoping you have some peace in the coming days.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2009 12:14:20 pm PST #4891 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 dunno - I have a hard time believing this Cake Wreck story: [link]


Alibelle - Feb 03, 2009 1:06:25 pm PST #4892 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

I am so sorry, Calli.

Speaking of JT, my friend M is in town from NYC and we went to a Greek restaurant in the Valley tonight. We were the only people in the restaurant except for one group. M. and I think we saw Jessica Biel join that group, and now Bob thinks another one in the group was JT. That's a good sighting for an out-of-towner, right? Especially in the Valley! I never see anyone in the Valley!

Well, clearly, what do I know, since I do think JT is cool. And he does seem to enjoy the Valley, from other sightings I've heard about. So I'd say awesome sighting!

Alibelle, if there's still time and you still want those sentences translated into real German, let me know.

Thank you, Fiona! It's okay. The problem was that they were adding these sentences into the finished file, and were streaming to Germany within the hour. Which begs the question, wouldn't someone on the receiving end be able to translate the sentences? But it has apparently all worked out. I totally appreciate the offer, though!

(What Babelfish will have given you won't be German.)

Yeah, totally. I tried explaining that it's not magic, and is not actually all that accurate, but I was outvoted.


Sheryl - Feb 03, 2009 1:17:40 pm PST #4893 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

My deepest sympathies, Calli.


Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2009 1:42:43 pm PST #4894 of 30000
brillig

A spelling question. When I was young, the word judgement was spelled with the e in the middle. Still does, in my writing, so there. But apparently the "preferred" spelling is judgment. I've been paying attention, and apparently there are lots of people on the net who learned to spell the word the way I did. It could be "people on the net have horrible spelling" syndrome, but if it is it's just on that one word.

So, did some of us have British-based school systems? Who decided to excise the e? Can I claim my friend the e-in-judgement as a valid alternative?


Hil R. - Feb 03, 2009 2:10:20 pm PST #4895 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Who decided to excise the e?

Noah Webster.