Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.

Xander ,'Touched'


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.


Shir - Dec 07, 2009 12:51:31 pm PST #2570 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I know no such word. There is such word in German, but not in English.


Polter-Cow - Dec 07, 2009 12:56:07 pm PST #2571 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Damn you, Brian K. Vaughan!


Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 12:56:43 pm PST #2572 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

"Alter" is Yiddish.


Shir - Dec 07, 2009 12:58:05 pm PST #2573 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

And since Yiddish is part Hebrew, part English and mostly German, that makes perfect sense.

Anyhow, sorry, but no one uses "alter" in Hebrew to say "old man".


Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 1:01:33 pm PST #2574 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oh! I looked at wikipedia, and now I get it -- there's an old superstition that, if you're naming a baby after someone who died young, like say you're naming a son after your uncle Isaac who died when he was a young man, you name the baby Alter Isaac, meaning "the old Isaac," because maybe if he's always called "the old Isaac," the Angel of Death will think this means he's supposed to live until he's old and not take him until then. Wikipedia says it was something similar for that character -- two older siblings who died as small children. But the female version would be Alte.


erin_obscure - Dec 07, 2009 1:03:56 pm PST #2575 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

culinaryistas: can i substitite a humbolt squash in place of butternut in a reciple?


Polter-Cow - Dec 07, 2009 1:06:17 pm PST #2576 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I will ask an easier question: can I use a cake pan to cook fish? I don't know what sort of pans to buy.


Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 1:07:26 pm PST #2577 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I don't know what humbolt squash is, and google isn't giving me anything, but generally, you can substitute one winter squash for another without too much trouble as long as they're about the same size, but the cooking times might be different.


Burrell - Dec 07, 2009 1:14:33 pm PST #2578 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

She's the prettier sister.

I would not say that. If memory serves, you are just as lovely as she is.


omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2009 1:23:53 pm PST #2579 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

She's the prettier sister
I dunno about that. I think the "pretty" gene got evenly distributed in your family.

Shir, this might sound like a silly question. Do women and men serve in the same units in the Israeli services? I ask since all the pics had your sister with various other women, but nary a male to be seen.

ION- I'm at work. Last day until we move into new building. Weee. Alas, I have not much to do, until we get information from others, that they aren't providing, because they are still packing for the move. Mmm fun! I think I will leave early. Plus, it's cold here, and I wanna sit in my warm apartment and veg out.