Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.

Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Jan 13, 2010 6:57:19 am PST #1202 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Bwah!

When you have finished, you take your plate, cup, knife, fork, and spoon and drop them down the waste disposer. They are ground up and washed away into the sewers.

Even better:

You never need to go shopping for the weekly groceries. You just dial the supermarket on their vision phone....You give your order over the phone and it is recorded at the supermarket by a tape recorder. Later the same day the electric delivery truck arrives with your order.


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 7:03:00 am PST #1203 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Man, why does the Coffee Bean chai latte have to be so sweet? It's almost perfectly tasty.


Strega - Jan 13, 2010 7:03:02 am PST #1204 of 30001

Heh. I enjoyed

The toast starts life as ordinary sliced bread.


tommyrot - Jan 13, 2010 7:03:30 am PST #1205 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Even better:

Heh. I was just about to post that.

Someone should alert Peapod and tell them they need tape recorders and vision phones....


Lee - Jan 13, 2010 7:04:04 am PST #1206 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

If you want to get back into comedy, I HIGHLY recommend Better Off Ted.

Seconded. (even if the uncensored promo for last night's first ep did ruin the real show for me)


smonster - Jan 13, 2010 7:04:33 am PST #1207 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I am loving Parks and Rec this season. Community irritates me more than it amuses me, so I stopped watching,

-t is the anti-me in this, apparently. I never laugh at Parks and Rec. But it is true that I watch Community for everyone except Chevy Chase and Joel McHale.


Lee - Jan 13, 2010 7:05:49 am PST #1208 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Chevy Chase

I knew there was a reason I wasn't watching Community.


Jessica - Jan 13, 2010 7:06:38 am PST #1209 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Other than the tape recorder and the fact that my vision phone is a MacBook, that IS basically how I order my groceries.


Jessica - Jan 13, 2010 7:09:19 am PST #1210 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

AWESOMECAKES:

At the town depot there are also other pipes—giant pipes that run the length and breadth of the country. This is a clean, efficient way to ship anything from a box of nails to a crane.

If someone buys a new electric car, this is the way it is delivered. The car is wrapped at the factory and dropped into the pipe full of liquid. Large pumps along the pipe keep the liquid flowing. Detectors at the pumping stations make sure there are no blockages and that the goods arrive at the right place.

When the car reaches the town’s main depot, it is lifted from the pipe, unwrapped, and delivered.


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 7:09:36 am PST #1211 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

that IS basically how I order my groceries

Why can't I enter the future this way? I swear my attempts to enter the world of on-line groceries have been more trouble than they're worth.