Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

'Serenity'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[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.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:01:09 am PST #201 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

In a related note, anyone got a good term for "wifebeater" that isn't "ribbed tank top?"

I believe the proper name is "A shirt", at least that is what we call them in the costume shop. Of course, I grew up calling them "guinea t's", so what do I know!


Steph L. - Nov 12, 2009 7:01:09 am PST #202 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I am not removing "gypped" from my vocabulary anytime soon, either, despite its cultural baggage.

Well now, "niggardly" doesn't come from any racially charged word or concept. "Gypped," however, does. "Gypped" is no better than "Jew him down." I mean, god DAMN.

t edit Okay, we had a fire alarm scare here, so I paused before finishing my post, and everyone else got there before I did. Well done.

In a related note, anyone got a good term for "wifebeater" that isn't "ribbed tank top?"

I believe the proper name is "A shirt", at least that is what we call them in the costume shop. Of course, I grew up calling them "guinea t's", so what do I know!

I just call them "tank tops."

Why "A shirt"?


Glamcookie - Nov 12, 2009 7:02:52 am PST #203 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Happy birthday, Jessica!


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2009 7:05:14 am PST #204 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why "A shirt"?

I think it's the basic shape of them, to distinguish from a "T shirt."


Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:05:38 am PST #205 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Why "A shirt"?

I think either short of "Athletic Shirt" or because it is shaped sort of like an "A". I actually used to call them singlets, which I think might also be right, but no one knew what I was talking about and thought I meant wrestling garb.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:08:40 am PST #206 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Also, I never really understood wearing an A-shirt as underwear. It seems to me that the undershirt's job is to protect your outer shirt from your armpits, and the A-shirt does not do that!


ChiKat - Nov 12, 2009 7:10:53 am PST #207 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Fuck the persimmons!

Did anyone else go to an American Pie place? Just me?


Steph L. - Nov 12, 2009 7:12:36 am PST #208 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Fuck the persimmons!

Did anyone else go to an American Pie place? Just me?

I *did* say "not literally" to forestall you pervy people! I see it cannot be forestalled. It is a force unto itself, like El Nino.


ChiKat - Nov 12, 2009 7:21:48 am PST #209 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I *did* say "not literally" to forestall you pervy people!

You said it in the next line, though. By the time my eye moved to the next line, it was way too late.


DavidS - Nov 12, 2009 7:24:33 am PST #210 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Do you jew people down in negotiation too?

No, but I never used the word "jew" in that way.