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.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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 10:15:09 am PDT #27346 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Sean K - Aug 03, 2010 10:40:45 am PDT #27352 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So that editors have something to point to and wail.
I was going to say, so that editors have something to hit writers in the head with.
Atropa - Aug 03, 2010 10:42:12 am PDT #27353 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I was going to say, so that editors have something to hit writers in the head with.
Sean wins!
sj - Aug 03, 2010 11:19:17 am PDT #27354 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Someone is practicing drums a couple of doors down in a garage with the door wide open. I may need an alibi.
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2010 11:20:15 am PDT #27355 of 30000
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 may need an alibi.
Also, make sure your flamethrower is fully-fueled before heading over....