So...it's not so brilliant 'cause I haven't taken over the world.
You have to start small, maybe take over a small town in Wyoming, then work your way up.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Gudanov - Aug 20, 2009 5:17:15 am PDT #20132 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Miracleman - Aug 20, 2009 5:18:08 am PDT #20133 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I vote b, c and d.
I personally think that it would be fantastic if all the Conservatives would grab up their huntin' rifles and shotguns and, hell, let them even bring their elk-blasting fully automatic machine guns. I would love to see Rush Limbaugh and his legions versus...
...the mightiest military force in the history of the world.
It'd be a great half hour bloodfest they could show on CNN and again at Liberal Christmas.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2009 5:18:14 am PDT #20134 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Miracleman's description of the games that America and Europe are playing just made me spill tea all down my shirt. And it was worth it.
And honestly, that man from the video - 21 years in America and still with an Israeli accent?
My future father-in-law (currently the person I am the most nervous of in all the world): 30 years in Europe and still an Israeli accent that I have trouble following. (And they all speak Hebrew over dinner even when I'm sitting there like a lemon. I know, I should learn - but I find it impossible. They could have been polite and been a French-speaking family, surely. I can speak French.)
javachik - Aug 20, 2009 5:19:11 am PDT #20135 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Accents after a zillion years in a "new" country don't bother me in the least.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2009 5:26:53 am PDT #20136 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
b.) Conservatives are better armed
This is a biggie.
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2009 5:28:26 am PDT #20137 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hmm. My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
beth b - Aug 20, 2009 5:29:54 am PDT #20138 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Some people's accents soften, some don't. Scince I know mine won't -- I can't pick up an accent, or imitate one- I am pretty forgiving.
I am not forgiving of speaking a language a guest doesn't speak, unless you don't know any other.
Shir - Aug 20, 2009 5:32:46 am PDT #20139 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And they all speak Hebrew over dinner even when I'm sitting there like a lemon. I know, I should learn - but I find it impossible
I find talking in a language one cannot understand in front of him/her quite rude, Seska.
However, if you'd like to practice Hebrew, just say so. I'd love to help. Ask omnis.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2009 5:34:32 am PDT #20140 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I am pretty forgiving.
Oh sure, me too. I just find some accents really tricky to follow.
My grandfather died at 75, 55 years after leaving County Cork. He sounded exactly like a Cork resident after all that time. And I, who have spent much time in the south-west of Ireland, only ever understood about 25% of what he was saying. Still, at least he wasn't an overly chatty bloke...!
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2009 5:34:43 am PDT #20141 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hmm. My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
The Boy owns a gun, which I don't think I knew until after I had moved in. It's locked up in the safe.
He bought it because he figured that at least it would get one gun off the streets. Trufax.
He's the most idealistic, honest, genuinely good human being I know.
(I REALLY dislike having a gun in the house in which I live, but it's not a deal-breaker. And, hell, growing up, my parents had guns. I think my mom still has 2 or 3. Not my stepdad; my mom.)