Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Aims - Apr 10, 2009 10:59:22 am PDT #6367 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Speaking of health, Joe and I are on the countdown to quitting. 2.5 more days. Monday morning we will wake up and not be smokers!!


Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2009 10:59:36 am PDT #6368 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ok, P-C, that's bizarre and intrusive on her part. I shall now roll my eyes in her general direction, in much the same fashion that I roll my eyes at my skinny coworker who complains to me about how fat she is.

Oh, it's just how she is. She was only being half-serious. Now she wants me to diagnose her. Her gay BFF says she's a narcissist.

You were responding directly to a question about seatbelt laws. Not seatbelt etiquette. I understood your response to be related to legislation.

That's where I got confused as well.


Laura - Apr 10, 2009 11:19:29 am PDT #6369 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

That's wonderful, Aims. My brother quit about a month ago. He is using some kind of lozengers this time. I know it's tough. Just picture me down here waving sparkly pom poms in the air cheering you both on in the effort.

I have tried to not get all preachy with people ever since, although I have horrible, mortifying, bossy tendendcies in that direction. For the same reason I try to avoid correcting people's grammar (unless asked).

While I am in mommy!bossy mode: Keep away from toxic relationships and soul sucking jobs. Also, books are better than WoW. If in doubt about your self-destructive behavior just ask and tell you to mend your ways. I'd check with someone else on the grammar stuff though.


Steph L. - Apr 10, 2009 11:31:41 am PDT #6370 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

You were responding directly to a question about seatbelt laws. Not seatbelt etiquette. I understood your response to be related to legislation.

That's where I got confused as well.

Okay, but here's the entirety of what I said in response to that question:

"If someone chooses not to do something that I, personally, do, it's really not my place to get in their face about it."

I assumed that referring to "my place" made it clear that I was speaking about my own behavior regarding the people who don't wear seatbelts/play 18 hours of WoW/eat Twinkies. The only way "my place" could refer to laws is if I were a governmental body. Which I am not.

I thought I was being clear, but obviously I wasn't.

t edit I don't even know what "seatbelt etiquette" is.


Scrappy - Apr 10, 2009 11:35:06 am PDT #6371 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I would guess seatbelt etiquette is whether you ask passengers in your car to put on their belts or something like that.

Which I do.


Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2009 11:37:10 am PDT #6372 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You know, always pass your seatbelt to the left, your seatbelt should be at a 43° angle, that sort of thing.


Toddson - Apr 10, 2009 11:39:23 am PDT #6373 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

tommyrot - Apr 10, 2009 11:43:57 am PDT #6374 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.

For me while growing up, seatbelt ettiquette meant that if you don't wear your seatbelt (my siblings), don't make the person who wears a seatbelt (me) have to sit on the seat where he has to dig into the seat cushion to retrieve the vomit-encrusted seatbelt.


Scrappy - Apr 10, 2009 12:27:51 pm PDT #6375 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

ION, I ordered a set of summer PJs. Please to check out their awesomeness [link]


Laga - Apr 10, 2009 12:30:20 pm PDT #6376 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

yep. Those PJ's are off the awesome scale.