I have at least 3 more hours of work to try to get done tonight (I was really hoping to put in 2 good hours), but mac will not go to bed or leave the room. He is at least letting me work and only occasionally interrupting. grrrrrr.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
msbelle - May 27, 2010 4:21:21 pm PDT #2101 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
megan walker - May 27, 2010 4:55:53 pm PDT #2102 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I would assume pigtails are braided, based on kids books like Pippi Longstocking. But I would use the term for more modern, unbraided hair also.
ETA: Wikipedia agrees. Apparently the twist of the braid is where the term comes from.
The term pigtail appears in English in the American colonies in the 1600s to describe a twist of chewing tobacco. One of the steps in processing the tobacco was to twist a handful of leaves together to form a compact bunch that would then be cured (dried, either with or without smoking). The term "pigtail" was applied to the bunch based on its resemblance to a twisted pig's tail.
From the later 1600s through the 1800s, the term came to be applied to any braided (plaited, in British parlance) hairstyle. The British army also adopted a single pigtail or "queue" as its standard dress for long hair.
Most dictionaries still define "pigtail" as a single tight braid. However, many American English speakers use the term to describe two symmetrical bunches of hair on either side of the head, braided or not.
Lee - May 27, 2010 5:28:48 pm PDT #2103 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Way to go, House [link]
Amy - May 27, 2010 5:30:48 pm PDT #2104 of 30001
Because books.
I'm so tired, I automatically assumed you meant Hugh Laurie.
msbelle - May 27, 2010 5:31:29 pm PDT #2105 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
our post here and it gets resolved streak continues. mac is now asleep. sadly, I still have work, but 5 invoices are down and 2 emails replied to.
Kat - May 27, 2010 6:13:05 pm PDT #2106 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm so tired, I automatically assumed you meant Hugh Laurie.
HA! Me too!
Connie Neil - May 27, 2010 7:00:34 pm PDT #2107 of 30001
brillig
I was wondering why I couldn't find any relevant TV stories.
sarameg - May 27, 2010 7:02:35 pm PDT #2108 of 30001
NOW I get proper thunderstorms, 7 hours after I wanted to swim.
Kat - May 27, 2010 7:03:17 pm PDT #2109 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, sara, good thing you weren't still in the pool?
(just kidding)
sarameg - May 27, 2010 7:09:36 pm PDT #2110 of 30001
Feh. My neck hurts (stress.) You are evilevilevil.