The Blue Mosque in Istanbul has a basket of scarves for covering one's head, but I don't recall extra skirts.
Love the tattoo, Allyson.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
smonster - Apr 26, 2010 1:45:02 pm PDT #25278 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Vortex - Apr 26, 2010 1:52:09 pm PDT #25279 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
When I was backpacking around europe, we all kept long sleeved button ups, bandannas, and a broomstick skirt in our daypacks. I remember being in one church in eastern europe where the woman at the front was reluctant to let us in, but didn't speak english. When we saw the other people, we realized what was wrong and we just pulled on our skirts and button ups right there on the steps. She was so excited when we covered our heads, she kissed us on the cheeks. it was really cute.
Connie Neil - Apr 26, 2010 1:54:42 pm PDT #25280 of 30001
brillig
My co-workers are talking guns again. Once just said, "Another piece of Communist trash, and I say that with the greatest respect." And then, "The thing with pieces of Communist trash, is that they just don't break." And the conversation continued on to pieces of Communist trash they've known and loved. Guns, not women. These are Mormon young men after all.
Trudy Booth - Apr 26, 2010 1:59:14 pm PDT #25281 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When I was in Israel, when we went to historic synagogues, we were told ahead of time that we needed to have at least everything from shoulders to knees covered, but some people wore tank tops or shorts. At most of the synagogues, there was a woman sitting near the entrance with a basket of scarves, and she'd run up and tie scarves around anybody who was showing too much skin. For some reason, at just about every synagogue, this woman was about 100 years old and just a bit over 4 feet tall.
So in another seventy five years if you haven't found a damn job yet you're all set?
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2010 2:13:13 pm PDT #25282 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Today at work...sheesh. And I'm not sure when it's going to ease up.
On the up side, I did get to come clean about my erstwhile Smurf obsession. That felt kinda good. Wouldn't have done it without a French guy in the room, though, I don't think.
SuziQ - Apr 26, 2010 2:18:32 pm PDT #25283 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
After a "fun" day at work (MS Project is a BLAST), I came home and deep cleaned the kitchen. My manicure is ruined and I don't have time before karate to redo. Hopefully before bedtime.
Now if only rest of the apartment would magically clean itself to match the kitchen, I'd be a happy camper.
DavidS - Apr 26, 2010 2:32:28 pm PDT #25284 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sweet! Emmett just called me because he got his grade for his iSearch project. (Remember this is the 67 page thing on the U.S. Presidency I was up typing until 2:30 in the morning.)
He got an A+.
Which comprises a big chunk of his English grade for this term as well.
Polter-Cow - Apr 26, 2010 2:35:55 pm PDT #25285 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nice!
Ginger - Apr 26, 2010 2:38:22 pm PDT #25286 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And then, "The thing with pieces of Communist trash, is that they just don't break."
There's a lot of Communist trash that not only breaks, but also blows up the people shooting it. The great Communist trash achievement is the AK-47, which has surely killed more people than any other hand-held weapon ever made. They are ludicrously inaccurate, appallingly machined and have a kick like the proverbial mule. However, soldiers are being killed today in Afghanistan by 30-year-old AKs that have had essentially no maintenance.
tommyrot - Apr 26, 2010 2:49:16 pm PDT #25287 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.
AK-47s are easy to recognize, with their curved ammo clips: [link]