You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Jesse - Apr 01, 2010 1:08:12 pm PDT #20341 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You should be fine, Jesse. A splash of soy probably wouldn't hurt.

Oh, good one -- salt was definitely what was missing.


Tom Scola - Apr 01, 2010 1:14:14 pm PDT #20342 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS

New punctuation marks.


Jesse - Apr 01, 2010 1:19:44 pm PDT #20343 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hearts.


tommyrot - Apr 01, 2010 1:24:12 pm PDT #20344 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.

Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future

A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world.

The LHC successfully collided particles at record force earlier this week, a milestone Mr Cole was attempting to disrupt by stopping supplies of Mountain Dew to the experiment's vending machines. He also claimed responsibility for the infamous baguette sabotage in November last year.

Mr Cole was seized by Swiss police after CERN security guards spotted him rooting around in bins. He explained that he was looking for fuel for his 'time machine power unit', a device that resembled a kitchen blender.

Police said Mr Cole, who was wearing a bow tie and rather too much tweed for his age, would not reveal his country of origin. "Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I'm here to stop it ever happening."

eta: It's obvious this is fake, right?

Mr Cole was taken to a secure mental health facility in Geneva but later disappeared from his cell. Police are baffled, but not that bothered.


bon bon - Apr 01, 2010 1:24:32 pm PDT #20345 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

New punctuation marks.

Speaking of which -- why in 2010 can't all browsers render all punctuation marks at all times? Why is this still an issue? A dash should not break things!


Barb - Apr 01, 2010 1:26:12 pm PDT #20346 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Oh good heavens. Puberty hit my daughter today.

On April Fool's.

How utterly appropriate.


§ ita § - Apr 01, 2010 1:27:54 pm PDT #20347 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What browser and what mark, bon? That sounds like an app weakness.


sarameg - Apr 01, 2010 1:30:34 pm PDT #20348 of 30001

ita, hope this recovery isn't as grueling.

So, got word on some significant reordering at work. New boss is going to be the person I replaced, plus they're moving back into the group someone I work with closely as my contractor boss. All in all, probably the least disruptive for us change, though I think there might be some ruffled feathers from the groups getting left. (Both women are great to work with/for.)

What's funny is that I went to lunch with the lot of them just before the message was sent out and was lamenting to them about my boss retiring and not knowing who would replace him. I had no idea the new boss would be interested in being that!


Toddson - Apr 01, 2010 1:31:24 pm PDT #20349 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Barb, if it's any consolation, in the future when a doctor asks when she started, it'll be a memorable date.


Barb - Apr 01, 2010 1:52:40 pm PDT #20350 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Barb, if it's any consolation, in the future when a doctor asks when she started, it'll be a memorable date.

Provided they believe me!