That's like putting masturbation on your to-do list. "Oh fuck, gotta go fuck myself. Bother."
Masturbation is perfectly valid on a to-do list, if you're donating sperm. Because sometimes it involved driving to Wisconsin or Rockford, IL.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2011 12:13:18 pm PST #25036 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.
Amy - Feb 25, 2011 12:14:34 pm PST #25037 of 30001
Because books.
I'm pretty sure everyone's entitled to their own definition of onerous.
lisah - Feb 25, 2011 12:15:25 pm PST #25038 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
What airport, Jesse?
Scrappy - Feb 25, 2011 12:16:04 pm PST #25039 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think donating sperm is considered onanous, rather than onerous.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2011 12:16:38 pm PST #25040 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My onerous task for today was finding a workaround for a bunch of damaged archival image files that were needed for books we're having reprinted more than 5 years after the fact. I managed to do this successfully in a day's time against all odds, so if you know any lepers in need of curing now would be a good time to send them my way.
Sparky1 - Feb 25, 2011 12:18:18 pm PST #25041 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Jesse, let us know if you'll be stuck, if you need a place to crash, etc. My DH is going up to NYC tomorrow on the train.
Ginger - Feb 25, 2011 12:19:28 pm PST #25042 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think donating sperm is considered onanous, rather than onerous.
It could be onanously onerous or onerously onanous.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2011 12:20:35 pm PST #25043 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.
I think donating sperm is considered onanous, rather than onerous.
Heh. Good point.
Whenever I hear about Onan, I think about his spilling semen on the ground and God smiting him. Also, emergency power generators.
Huh. Apparently Onan got bought out by Cummins. So now they're Cummins Onan
Jesse - Feb 25, 2011 12:24:12 pm PST #25044 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DCA, Lisa. Thanks, Sparky! I am hoping for the best. And trying to look at Amtrak, although the wifi in here sucks, and I hope we're about to get on the plane.... Wish me luck!
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2011 12:25:01 pm PST #25045 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, I don't see how cookie making counts as onerous.
That's like when people put "Clean off Tivo by watching lots of shows" on their to-do list. Cheating. That's what that is.
Nah, man, it was HARROWING. There was stirring! And turning on the stove! And licking my fingers!
...well, I *did* have to fend off the dog, who loves peanut butter as much as I do, and refused to vacate the kitchen as soon as he realized I was making something with His Yummy Treat.
Eh, if it wasn't obvious that I was being facetious about baking peanut-butter cookies as onerous, too bad.