I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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.


Daisy Jane - Sep 17, 2009 8:34:35 am PDT #9423 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

And heavens forfend you point it out, because that makes YOU the real racist/sexist/sizist or what have you.


shrift - Sep 17, 2009 8:35:18 am PDT #9424 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them

No Chicago? I think I think only place I've been to on that list is the Antiga Confeitaria de Belém. That was some good custard goddamn.


Barb - Sep 17, 2009 8:37:08 am PDT #9425 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

The one that got me about that list was the best steak. I mean, it was a cut that came off a specific cow at a specific time. Who's to say it can ever be recreated exactly the same way again? Does that render the selection invalid? I mean, consistency has to count for something here.

With respect to beef/steak, I'm shocked it wasn't somewhere in Argentina or Brazil or the U.S. midwest. Somewhere known for its beef production. Come to think of it, there wasn't a single Caribbean or South American restaurant mentioned was there? I mean seriously-- nothing from that entire chunk of the globe is worth mentioning?


Daisy Jane - Sep 17, 2009 8:37:26 am PDT #9426 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Anti-southern prejudices often grate on me because they're not a terribly powerful group. On the other hand, we don't help it out much when we have huge swaths of our population unwilling to admit that we have ever done anything wrong.


Daisy Jane - Sep 17, 2009 8:39:38 am PDT #9427 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

From that list you'd think the only good eats in the US were on the coasts-oh and Texas BBQ, which is fine, but where they really excel is chili.


Polter-Cow - Sep 17, 2009 8:40:28 am PDT #9428 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Come to think of it, there wasn't a single Caribbean or South American restaurant mentioned was there?

The best ceviche is in Lima.


Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2009 8:42:03 am PDT #9429 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

my brother says prejudice against rednecks is still okay :)

Ah, yes. Rednecks and hillbillies.


Trudy Booth - Sep 17, 2009 8:46:38 am PDT #9430 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

misogynist can direct his hate towards women who are fat, and disguise it as "disgust at fatness" when it's really hatred of women

Silly girl. It's not "disgust" they're just so terribly concerned for our health. You know, since they're perfect strangers. You should see them flag the personal ads of smokers and people who don't wear seatbelts!


Jesse - Sep 17, 2009 8:46:54 am PDT #9431 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Which may be why the definition of "fat" has expanded to smaller and smaller sizes as the other prejudices get driven out of acceptable common conversation. If every woman over a size 6 is "fat", then they get to hate almost all of us!

I was thinking about personal ads recently, and how you describe yourself, and was thinking how I have an almost precisely Rubensesque body, but I bet if I said that in writing, most people would not picture me.


msbelle - Sep 17, 2009 8:48:07 am PDT #9432 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Zen - It's Coach Yourself to Success: [link]

ION, Pet Peeve 8367:

People telling me "not to worry" about mac. really new afterschool lady? He DID run out of the last afterschool on three different occassions each time an escalation of the last. You have seen him what, all of one day. I will believe that he will try his best to stay in control, and I will believe that you will do your best to keep him safe and not running away, But DO NOT tell me not to worry, you jacktard.