They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.

River ,'Ariel'


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.


lisah - Jan 27, 2011 6:24:02 am PST #19340 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Huh! maybe the young people have been lying to me!


Liese S. - Jan 27, 2011 6:26:25 am PST #19341 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hee. Controversy!

Anyway, I get the point. My student and my cousin are apparently both unhappy with their current plight. They wish ill toward a) her babydaddy and his mom and b) her El Salvadorian neighbor's friend who whistled at her.


Amy - Jan 27, 2011 6:31:45 am PST #19342 of 30001
Because books.

I've only ever heard the "fuck my life" version!

Aw. Ben went out front to start tackling the walk with the shovel, and some old guy -- literally, he looks 80 -- with a snowblower just did it for him. Neighbors! Nice.


§ ita § - Jan 27, 2011 6:32:27 am PST #19343 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've never heard "for my lose". Of course, I had to check, and there's a web site. Which also has an illustrated section.


tommyrot - Jan 27, 2011 6:39:26 am PST #19344 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.

Galleries / Far Out: The Most Psychedelic Images in Science

Pretty! The sunspot simulation is my fave.


tommyrot - Jan 27, 2011 6:41:58 am PST #19345 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.

Calling all Men… STRIP-TEASE NECKTIE That Glows in the Dark (Oct, 1947)

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Where would one wear this... in 1947?


hippocampus - Jan 27, 2011 6:47:04 am PST #19346 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

[link] finally finished the shoveling. Amy, we have the very same shovel issue. And the car has a snow-mowhawk because I couldn't get all the way across without a broom.

Brenda, that's ... wow, I hope they get the opportunity to make a public on-air apology followed by a presentation on the history and impact of sexist behavior in the media. Clad in only boxer shorts and ski hats, outdoors.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2011 6:49:02 am PST #19347 of 30001

Shoveled out. Including the kitchen and porch roof. Of course, the tree is dumping crap all over my cleared walk. But 'tis done. Not doing the street, it's drivable.


DavidS - Jan 27, 2011 6:51:33 am PST #19348 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

FML means fuck my life, right? Or something like that? It's negative slang, right?

Indeed, and Emmett loves that website and snickers over it for hours. Though, he will also moan in sympathy over some of the travails.


Jesse - Jan 27, 2011 6:54:58 am PST #19349 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My mother told me about that website, and FML in general. Something is wrong here.