Xander ,'Lessons'
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brenda m: Someone in my meeting just used the term "downgrowth".
le nubian: take care to put a pillow on the table first BEFORE you bang your head against it.
sue: It would be a much better use of that pillow to smother the person who just used downgrowth.
In Natter --
Sophia: I just read a job description at work at it requires a "two year degree in word-processing studies". Is that even a thing?
msbelle: If it is a thing, it is the worst thing ever.
In Natter--
Matt the Bruins fan: We should have known that a tropical storm/hurricane sharing a name with Karen from Will & Grace would head for the largest concentration of booze available but stumble and fall before it got there.
Ginger:
There's a place in the special hell for people who tell you after you've spent a lot on something that you could have done it cheaper.
Cass
They might have their own circle. But it's marked down.
Tom Scola, in Boxed Set:
I wanted a Danger Mouse reboot, but then I realized we already have Sherlock.
Ginger: I'm beginning to think I should start a blog called "Fukushima Won't Kill You (But I'm Thinking About It)."
Cass: I'd subscribe.
Also it sounds like it should be a Fall Out Boy song title. Which is not a bad thing to me.
I'm catching up in Boxed Set and there were some gems:
Teppy and DH on Reign:
When I saw the commercial, I asked Tim, "Wait, THE Nostradamus?"
Tim: "Is there another? Joe Nostradamus?"
And bonny on the new Dracula:
In the ballroom scene, I thought, "Wow. Vera Wang has been in business for a looooong time."
ita in Natter:
Verizon called to offer me an international calling deal. I wasn't even going to listen, because most of my international calls are Google Talk, and 12¢ a minute to JA is pretty damned good.
However, last week Google was not letting me get through, so I called on the land line--which they have now told me cost $4.35/minute.
Seriously? How can you charge that much per minute for something with no orgasms?
Me in bitches (only the setup)
So, I have no idea what her real skills are as an audiologist, but she definitely has what it takes to sell used cars.
Billytea knocks it out of the park
And shove 'em in your ear, apparently. I'M SORRY, DID YOU HEAR THAT? SHOULD I SPEAK UP?
In a discussion about putting two spaces after the period, here's Le N with the straight line:
It is a hard habit to break.
BT with the earworm:
As recorded in the Chicago Manual of Style. "Being without two / Takes a lot of getting used to..."