The large group of Newfoundlanders behind me are going to U2.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Sue - Sep 24, 2009 5:00:21 am PDT #10538 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Jessica - Sep 24, 2009 5:01:17 am PDT #10539 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's supposed to hit 80 today so I wore short sleeves. Unfortunately, my office is FREEZING. Maybe time to break out the emergency sweater.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 24, 2009 5:01:38 am PDT #10540 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's because you live in socialist canadia with the freaky metric system!
I have been seriously thinking of converting to the metric system for pattern making, because it is so much easier to divide things using centimeters and millimeters rather than fractions of inches. The trouble is I have such an innate sense of how big and inch is that it might drive me nuts.
msbelle - Sep 24, 2009 5:10:58 am PDT #10541 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue - I forgot to tell you, I am kinda unreachable 11:40 - like 1:30. oops.
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2009 5:30:22 am PDT #10542 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Leif make the big choice. Stay overnight with grandparents and miss his soccer game, or skip staying overnight and go to his soccer game. It was tough, but he went with grandparents.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 5:49:34 am PDT #10543 of 30001
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'm planning on steeping my brain in a pot of coffee, but I think I'll need help putting my brain back in my head. Any volunteers?
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 5:52:31 am PDT #10544 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. BBC says gypsy is a racist word, says comic
Comedian Ben Miller said the BBC tried to stop him using the word "gypsy" in his new sketch series with Alexander Armstrong because it could be seen as racist.
The pair wanted to use the term in their BBC1 show to ridicule attitudes held in the 1970s.
Speaking to November's issue of FHM magazine, Miller said: "We're having a debate at the moment with the BBC over whether we can say gypsies, because they say gypsies is a racist term, and you think 'Yes it is, but that's the point that we're making, that we were more racist in the 70s than we are now'."
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A BBC spokeswoman said concerns were raised about the use of the word because it might cause offence in the context in which it was being used.
She said: "There are no banned words on the BBC; 'gypsy' isn't a banned word.
"This wasn't about the word itself, but about the sketch as a whole and the potential to cause offence.
"As with all comedy, it's about context, and in this particular case we felt there were less offensive ways of making the same joke."
megan walker - Sep 24, 2009 5:58:43 am PDT #10545 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's been un-PC in academia for awhile now.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 6:00:49 am PDT #10546 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What's the PC term?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 6:00:51 am PDT #10547 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I hear Traveller, Roma etc used more than gypsy, but I didn't realise it was considered offensive.