Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.

'Out Of Gas'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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.


sarameg - Jul 11, 2010 4:32:47 pm PDT #11773 of 30001

I like peeling stuff too, but this makes SUCH a mess. That metal trashcan in the pictures? 2/3 full of paint. If I tried to lift the bag out, it might break.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 4:33:25 pm PDT #11774 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think I missed a lot of birthdays- so Happy Birthday to sarameg, Dillo, Abby, and everyone else I forgot.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 4:36:28 pm PDT #11775 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

And a hivemind question-- the song Jackson (Johnny and June)-- she says 'I'm going to snowball Jackson...". The only meaning of snowball that I know is the Urban Dictionary type meaning. What the heck does she mean?


meara - Jul 11, 2010 4:44:01 pm PDT #11776 of 30001

Snowball Jackson? I'm not sure where that is in the song, Sophia? She says "throw the top back/and roll down to Jackson-town/wanna be there on the stage with you..." etc? Is that where you mean?


Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 4:45:22 pm PDT #11777 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

It is right before "see if I care?" I think I am probably mishearing lyrics!!

ETA:

Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
You're goin' to Jackson; go comb your hair!
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.

From: [link]


Hil R. - Jul 11, 2010 4:48:14 pm PDT #11778 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

All the lyrics sites have some variation of "Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair! Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson. See if I care." I have no idea what it means. The only verb definitions I can find in a regular dictionary are to throw a snowball at someone, which makes no sense there, or to make something bigger, which doesn't make too much sense, either.


meara - Jul 11, 2010 4:49:09 pm PDT #11779 of 30001

OH, I was looking at a WHOLE OTHER "Johnny and June" song! Hah. (ETA: I thought you were saying the SONG was "Johnny and June", not the song was BY Johnny and June)


Hil R. - Jul 11, 2010 4:53:00 pm PDT #11780 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yahoo answers seems to have a decent answer to this one: [link] They say it means he's going to roll through Jackson like a snowball gathering speed rolling down a hill. Also found one site that says it's not a drug reference, but doesn't clarify what it is.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 5:03:02 pm PDT #11781 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

That makes sense. I am pretty sure he did not mean [link]


Zenkitty - Jul 11, 2010 5:03:40 pm PDT #11782 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

AFAIK, to snowball someone is to bamboozle them, fool them into doing something for you. Though now that I think about it, I can't recall where I heard it used that way.