Doesn't it mainly just imply that there isn't an afterlife?
That's what I always think of, but I don't think most people who use the phrase mean that.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
tommyrot - Sep 28, 2010 12:00:21 pm PDT #26574 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.
Theodosia - Sep 28, 2010 12:14:28 pm PDT #26575 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I got a quote on the asbestos removal (which has to be done separately from the furnace replacement) that's about 1/3 of what I expected it to be. Downside is this particular company can't do it until the end of October, which is farther out than I want.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 28, 2010 12:15:01 pm PDT #26576 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Bourbon and Branch Fall Menu
WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT
Though, having discovered Cure here has been fun. When we went for my birthday I had:
"Cease & Desist" (Maksym Pazuniak)
Carpano Punt e Mes, Rittenhouse Bonded Rye, Fernet Branca, Orange Peel
"William Wisecracker" (Danny Valdez)
Evan Williams Single Barrel, Cynar, Demerara Sugar, Lemon, Maraschino Liqueur, Mint
And Tom had:
"Trouble & Desire" (Mike Yusko)
El Dorado 5YR Rum, Smith & Cross Navy Strength Rum, Licor 43, Carpano Antica Vermouth, Orange Peel
Trudy Booth - Sep 28, 2010 12:26:26 pm PDT #26577 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
Yeah, but the dress rehearsal is precisely the one where you're doing your damnedest to rock it like there's a paying audience.
Yeah. It's later in the run where people start to coast. "Life isn't a show late in the run where closing has been announced and half these ass-holes are too busy worrying about their next gig and are phoning this shit in" just doesn't roll off the tongue though.
JZ - Sep 28, 2010 12:33:12 pm PDT #26578 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
"Life isn't a show late in the run where closing has been announced and half these ass-holes are too busy worrying about their next gig and are phoning this shit in" just doesn't roll off the tongue though.
There's also "Life isn't that rehearsal a few days before you have to be off book but the blocking is just about done and the costume designer was supposed to be by to measure everyone but couldn't make it so you're all just drinking coffee and faffing around seeing who can turn their half-remembered lines into the most gleefully moronic single entendre theatre," but that's even windier.
erikaj - Sep 28, 2010 12:34:35 pm PDT #26579 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Does kind of sound like my life, though.
billytea - Sep 28, 2010 12:35:09 pm PDT #26580 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Is that an American thing, or do I speak funny inside my head?
It's an Australian thing too. Beyond that, I feel unqualified to comment on the quality of your cranial acoustics.
javachik - Sep 28, 2010 12:37:04 pm PDT #26581 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Doesn't it mainly just imply that there isn't an afterlife? It's not that the dress rehearsal isn't important, it's that there isn't one. There's only the (metaphorical) performance. (Which is presumably one-night-only, though I suppose if you believe in infinite reincarnation it could be read differently.)
Yeah, I've only ever taken it as "you don't get a second chance to do things, so do them now!"
Zenkitty - Sep 28, 2010 1:07:12 pm PDT #26582 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So, does anyone else have some random platitude that totally rubs them the wrong way because the more you think about it the more totally wrong it seems?
"Everything happens for a reason."
tommyrot - Sep 28, 2010 1:08:58 pm PDT #26583 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.
"Everything happens for a reason."
Ooh, I hate that one.