Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 11:44:15 am PST #4951 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I just chalk that up to one more thing people outside of our department-our team really-don't understand. Much like deadlines.

This graphic we got a powerpoint for today? Has to be created by Monday so it can go to development Tuesday so it will have been in QA to go live the next Tuesday.

I think they really think that those HP commercials are real.


tommyrot - Jan 29, 2010 11:45:18 am PST #4952 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.

Another random trivia question involving a submarine:

Once upon a time, a submarine did something no other submarine had done. After which, it radioed back to headquarters, giving its location in latitude but not longitude.

What did the submarine accomplish? Bonus question: What was the message?

eta: to fix question.


Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 11:47:12 am PST #4953 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I liked the I HAVE A SIGN! It's subtly mocking much like Steve Carrell in Anchorman.


Gudanov - Jan 29, 2010 11:49:31 am PST #4954 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

"Nautilus 90 North."

USS Nautilus, first submarine to reach the North Pole.


tommyrot - Jan 29, 2010 11:50:48 am PST #4955 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.

Gud gets it.

Actually, I was hoping that someone didn't know that, but could figure it out by the latitude-only thing....


§ ita § - Jan 29, 2010 11:52:34 am PST #4956 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I guessed it. Not the submarine name, just the location.

Ugh. Didn't break the headache. Am online with work anyway. Maybe I'll try another rest period.


Steph L. - Jan 29, 2010 11:52:36 am PST #4957 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

WTF ad for buses in Cardiff.

That's what happens when you live on a rift.


Kathy A - Jan 29, 2010 11:54:15 am PST #4958 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

That's what happens when you live on a rift.

Hee!


Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 11:55:18 am PST #4959 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I love that that ad seems to boil down to "Busses are neat because you meet people, like my wife, who is dead..."

It shouldn't be funny, and yet here I am, making embarrassing noises at work.


tommyrot - Jan 29, 2010 11:55:49 am PST #4960 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.

From The Onion:

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.