Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Jessica - Jun 11, 2010 7:05:28 am PDT #5945 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

What's a good way to initiate a conversation with my boss wherein I say "Two people who have worked here less time than me and have fewer responsibilities are both Managers, where I am not. FIX THIS NAO PLS."

Granted, I'm pretty sure nobody in the entire company is getting a raise this year so now might not be the best time to initiate this conversation, but at some point it really does need to happen.


tommyrot - Jun 11, 2010 7:08:44 am PDT #5946 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.

Today I have broken out the steel toed mary janes for the first time.

Whenever I hear about steel-toed boots, I think of cows. Having had my toes stepped on by cows when wearing steel-toed boots and also when not, I can confirm the efficacy of steel-toed boots in the "cow stepping on toes" scenario.


Toddson - Jun 11, 2010 7:10:51 am PDT #5947 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Jessica, it's not uncommon to give a promotion on paper in place of a raise.


Jessica - Jun 11, 2010 7:13:23 am PDT #5948 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jessica, it's not uncommon to give a promotion on paper in place of a raise.

It would be impossible here - there are very strict payscale tiers based on titles.


§ ita § - Jun 11, 2010 7:13:40 am PDT #5949 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. Where do I find a cow in LA?


Amy - Jun 11, 2010 7:15:25 am PDT #5950 of 30001
Because books.

Where do I find a cow in LA?

That seems wide open for nasty jokes.

Steel-toed Mary Janes make me think of the little girl in The Bad Seed. Who probably would have appreciated them.


tommyrot - Jun 11, 2010 7:16:51 am PDT #5951 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.

Hmm. Where do I find a cow in LA?

Now I'm wondering what it'd be like if the various LA gangs raised cows. There's be gang cattle rustling and drive-by shootings of cows and kids selling milk and cheese on street corners....


§ ita § - Jun 11, 2010 7:18:23 am PDT #5952 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Like the Delirium plushie, I have an alert on eBay for steel toed mary janes, and it really doesn't come up often. I'm surprised. Disappointed too.

Sushi poppers. I'm quite startled by Kathy Lee Gifford's reticence. It's just sushi that's probably not great.

I tried black cod sushi for the first time last week, and I need to make a note--that was damned tasty. I don't remember having seen it on menus before, but I'll definitely pick it out again. It was one of the tastiest ones in our spread. Which was pretty good. Indiana Jones has good taste.


Vortex - Jun 11, 2010 7:18:28 am PDT #5953 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

You neglect to mention you had a pregnant sister in law from North Dakota also attending. She was all for it! :) I think you were all afraid it was made with *canned* green beans. Which would be gross.

har! we had no idea. We'd heard of this mythic "green bean casserole" from the midwest, but had no frame of reference. It was like we were anthropologists going where no black person had gone before!


Sue - Jun 11, 2010 7:21:09 am PDT #5954 of 30001
hip deep in pie

What's the ecologically nice way to speed up slow drains?

I am about to buy a snake for my bathtub...plunging only gets me a few good days of drainage. When the plumber changed my taps in the bathroom sink, he said he took out a big clump of hair, and it now drains better than it ever has in the three years I've been in my place.