oo! I know the answer to this one! Because that would require READING, and writers don't do that. Proof READERS do that! Am I right? Do I win anything??
Yes! You win a smack to the back of the head with a croquet mallet! Well done, you!
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Cheese Man ,'Chosen'
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.
Atropa - Aug 03, 2010 9:53:00 am PDT #27342 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Typo Boy - Aug 03, 2010 9:58:01 am PDT #27343 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So when my editor at the college textbook I'm writing a chapter for thanked me for being the only one of his sixty authors who always met deadlines and always followed formatting instructions he wasn't kidding?
Zenkitty - Aug 03, 2010 10:08:03 am PDT #27344 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm willing to bet large sums of money that he wasn't kidding.
ChiKat - Aug 03, 2010 10:10:36 am PDT #27345 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?
Happy birthday, Deena!!!
For those who have seatbelt discomfort, my sister got me something that, as a non-parent, I had never even thought of: car seat strap covers. They make these ingenious little covers for car seat straps to make it cushy for the baby. Also works for delicate neck skin that gets rubbed by seatbelts. And, some designs have fun things on them. Mine has a big ladybug. Still not the most comfy thing in the world, but works pretty well and helps with rubbing my neck.
Atropa - Aug 03, 2010 10:15:09 am PDT #27346 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No, Typo Boy. He wasn't kidding. I have writers who must be told what our guidelines are and where the style guide is EVERY TIME they hand off a project.
Ginger - Aug 03, 2010 10:19:45 am PDT #27347 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Not only was he not kidding, he was also setting up an altar to worship you.
brenda m - Aug 03, 2010 10:22:49 am PDT #27348 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Not even a little bit.
amych - Aug 03, 2010 10:25:51 am PDT #27349 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"I don't know anyone over there".
So, you're working with my faculty now? I can't tell you how many times I've had variations on that conversation -- "Can I check out a forblegezwatchit?" "We don't have a forblegezwatchit - but they have hundreds of 'em at that big help desk right down the hall." "But I'd rather check out a forblegezwatchit from you!" "Thanks. But our forblegezwatchits have the small inconvenience of NOT ACTUALLY EXISTING IN THIS OR ANY OTHER PHYSICAL PLANE."
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2010 10:35:40 am PDT #27350 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So when my editor at the college textbook I'm writing a chapter for thanked me for being the only one of his sixty authors who always met deadlines and always followed formatting instructions he wasn't kidding?
I'm willing to bet large sums of money that he wasn't kidding.
I'll see those large sums of money and raise a sparklepony that he wasn't kidding.
I don't even know why we HAVE author guidelines.
Dana - Aug 03, 2010 10:38:24 am PDT #27351 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't even know why we HAVE author guidelines.
So that editors have something to point to and wail.