Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Ginger - Jan 15, 2010 8:45:37 am PST #1780 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Speaking of phrasing, Hec, thought you might enjoy another colloquialism I heard recently: The rain was "coming down like piss out of a boot." Speaker is Georgia native (not sure what part) in his 50s.

I suspect this is conflating "couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel" and "raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock."


erikaj - Jan 15, 2010 8:52:57 am PST #1781 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

My grandpa(an Okie, also Muscogee) used to call anything worthless "like tits on bacon,"


Gudanov - Jan 15, 2010 8:53:57 am PST #1782 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

"like tits on bacon,"

Two great things that don't necessarily go great together.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 8:56:03 am PST #1783 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That phrase just makes me think of pigs breastfeeding. Which? Quite reasonable.

Oh, god. Visio, take me away.


Jessica - Jan 15, 2010 9:00:50 am PST #1784 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Reverse it and you wind up with this.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 9:04:27 am PST #1785 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Which is not safe for my work.


megan walker - Jan 15, 2010 9:08:26 am PST #1786 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Happy Birthday to msbelle!!!!


Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 9:17:58 am PST #1787 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

First person tetris [link] Try not to make yourself sick.


Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2010 9:20:17 am PST #1788 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That's nutty. But kind of fun.


Connie Neil - Jan 15, 2010 9:20:59 am PST #1789 of 30001
brillig

Hubby will love that! In first person flying games, he'll spend half the game upside down.