The term sounded vaguely familiar to me, but I was seeing it more in terms of "a libel so heinous it can only be paid for in blood," rather than to a specific usage of blood, like swearing blood vengeance. I have heard of the accusation of the use of the blood in passover, though, through studies of history.
You turned evil a lot faster than I thought you would.
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2011 8:36:53 am PST #16463 of 30001
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Trudy Booth - Jan 12, 2011 8:38:13 am PST #16464 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
For the people saying that she didn't know what the term actually meant, I'm not really certain how someone could have heard the term and known its usage well enough to know that it sort-of meant "unfounded accusation," but not know where it came from.
You assume that she's actually listening to the conversations in which she heard the phrase.
She hears the word "blood" she hears the word "libel"... she runs with it. She was mostly there to look sassy.
Zenkitty - Jan 12, 2011 8:41:19 am PST #16465 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
A party you have to pay to go to? Seriously? Is this a networking party where you're paying for the quality of the people you'll be introduced to? If it doesn't include free alcohol and a Legend of Rock, forget it. How good can it be?
Damn, Palin continues to astonish me. Her ignorance, her racism, her apparent inability to comprehend either one, and the depths to which she'll sink to explore them. Just astonishing.
Trudy Booth - Jan 12, 2011 8:42:04 am PST #16466 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
But she's sassy!
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2011 8:43:13 am PST #16467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A party you have to pay to go to?
These are not common? Maybe it's a regional/black/age thing, but I've been aware of them for a while. Never cared to go to one, though. And certainly not this one.
Last night's Southland--anyone watched?
Jesse - Jan 12, 2011 8:44:22 am PST #16468 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A party at a place? That doesn't sound crazy to me. It's just a cover charge.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2011 8:45:28 am PST #16469 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.
At college we'd have (and go to) parties where people were charged for the beer cup. (Maybe $2?) The goal was to make just enough to pay for the half-barrels.
javachik - Jan 12, 2011 8:45:43 am PST #16470 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I assumed she coined the term herself. It sounded made-up. It's libel! But with blood!
I had never heard the term, and I can totally see the ignorant bitch using it thinking it was a "more worser xeleventy!!!!!!" version of "libel".
Hil R. - Jan 12, 2011 8:47:10 am PST #16471 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, if the party is at a club or a bar or something, I can see paying a cover charge. It would be weird (to me) for a party at a house, though.
Zenkitty - Jan 12, 2011 8:47:42 am PST #16472 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
A party at a place? That doesn't sound crazy to me. It's just a cover charge.
A cover charge at a venue is understandable. I was thinking of a party as held at someone's home or clubhouse or someplace private. I've never heard the term "pay party" before.