Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.

Snyder ,'Chosen'


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.


Sue - Sep 20, 2010 8:52:48 am PDT #24853 of 30001
hip deep in pie

We've been here over 2 months and have not yet done a full house cleaning. Now I've grossed myself out.

I don't when the last time I did a full house cleaning. And I don't have a kid. It gets done in bits when I have time, or when things get desperate.

Edit: Or when the cats start protest pooping in front of the dryer, because their box really needs cleaning out.


tommyrot - Sep 20, 2010 8:59:44 am PDT #24854 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.

Now i'm wondering if a 'protest poop' would work for humans as well....


msbelle - Sep 20, 2010 9:01:02 am PDT #24855 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I whip my hair back and forth

you're welcome.


§ ita § - Sep 20, 2010 9:02:46 am PDT #24856 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

you're welcome.

Is that the song my sister tried to convince me was good just because it was by a nine year old? Where have our standards gone?


ChiKat - Sep 20, 2010 9:03:00 am PDT #24857 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Happy birthday, Sue!!!

~ma for Perkins. Go, superpowers!! (I was horribly dismayed when I didn't get any superpowers, so I hope you get them!)

Is anyone else familiar with hamburger fold as opposed to hot dog fold?

That's totally how we teach kids to fold the paper. They get it. It's an easy shorthand. It's not folding a hamburger or hot dog. It's the end result looking like a hamburger or hot dog.


Jessica - Sep 20, 2010 9:03:32 am PDT #24858 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Man, I got a gluten-free attitude all up in my face of "What, is it going to KILL you? Just eat a little! Why do you have to be so different all the time?"

This kind of baffles me, because I've never heard of anyone foregoing gluten for non-medical reasons*. And in some cases, the answer to "Is it going to kill you?" would be "YES THAT IS WHY IT'S CALLED AN ALLERGY YOU JACKASS."

*Well, I do know of parents taking their kids off gluten for completely pseudoscientific medical reasons, but it's still not a moral decision, you know?


§ ita § - Sep 20, 2010 9:04:34 am PDT #24859 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Although I judge everyone, I judge you harder if you use Random Capitalisation or "quotes" for emphasis.

It's rich text. You have bold and italics at your disposal. You could even underline. Go nuts. But stop with the other stuff.


Steph L. - Sep 20, 2010 9:06:51 am PDT #24860 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Man, I got a gluten-free attitude all up in my face of "What, is it going to KILL you? Just eat a little! Why do you have to be so different all the time?"

This kind of baffles me, because I've never heard of anyone foregoing gluten for non-medical reasons*.

Some people try it, because they think it will make them lose weight. Well, if you substitute other starchy carbs for wheat, that ain't happening. (GF bread has more carbs than bread with wheat. It's crazy.)

And in some cases, the answer to "Is it going to kill you?" would be "YES THAT IS WHY IT'S CALLED AN ALLERGY YOU JACKASS."

Right? What if it were peanuts, or fish, or...anything? I mean, DAMN. If you're not a doctor...scratch that -- if you're not MY doctor, you don't get to tell me what I should and shouldn't eat, and if I say a little gluten is going to make me sick, then STFU and stop badgering me to eat your fucking corn bread.

t edit And, not that I need to justify the GF, some days I can eat a little gluten -- say, the amount of pasta in a really vegetable-laden lasagna. Or a biscuit. Or a piece of pizza. But I can't eat all that in one day. So if I had gluten earlier in the day, I'm going to generally forgo it later that same day. And it ain't anyone's business why. If they pester me, I'm going to start describing in detail what happens in the bathroom after I eat too much gluten.


sumi - Sep 20, 2010 9:06:58 am PDT #24861 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Hey, is what seems like random capitalization to us in writing from, say, the 17th-18th centuries actually some sort of thing passed down from English's Germanic roots?


Connie Neil - Sep 20, 2010 9:07:01 am PDT #24862 of 30001
brillig

That's totally how we teach kids to fold the paper. They get it. It's an easy shorthand. It's not folding a hamburger or hot dog. It's the end result looking like a hamburger or hot dog.

Huh, I wonder when that started. I told the trainer, when he said he learned it in elementary school, "Well, I'm old. We had black and white TV and three channels and were happy about it." No one said "Uphill both ways?" But I did get a laugh.