None of it means a damn thing.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 11:32:07 am PDT #832 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I now have this image of Steph's dinner companions handing over actual shit (probably dog). Possibly in a quiltbag.

Ewwww.

...Vera Bradley?


Vortex - Oct 20, 2010 11:32:20 am PDT #833 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I am wearing purple sweater, with navy blue slacks and a purple jacket with muted blue and red stripes.


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2010 11:32:30 am PDT #834 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Not mocking shit, real shit.

I now have this image of Steph's dinner companions handing over actual shit (probably dog). Possibly in a quiltbag.

Man, that's definitely going to put me off my dinner.


Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2010 11:33:00 am PDT #835 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's important to remember that before Electric Boogaloo the go-to sequel for all joke making was "The Bride of..."

But then came "The Quickening."


Zenkitty - Oct 20, 2010 11:33:39 am PDT #836 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

The Quickening goes rather well with Electric Boogaloo, though.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 11:35:28 am PDT #837 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But then came "The Quickening."

We must never even acknowledge its existence.

Chick in the washroom was wearing a purple top. I was tempted to walk up behind her and mutter "QUILTBAG" and see if her eyes flashed black.


brenda m - Oct 20, 2010 11:47:09 am PDT #838 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hah!

I'm wearing a purple dress. It's kind of interesting to see where to purple is popping up in the office today.


brenda m - Oct 20, 2010 11:48:49 am PDT #839 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

There was a thing on the Times website (not sure if it was in the actual paper) recently about STEM, for science-technology-engineering-math, as used in education, and how it's stupid. But honestly, it's so much better than SMET, which is what they started with....

For serious.

Then you've now got the BRIC countries. Is there a word for this kind of acronym that makes things easier (or quicker) for people in the know but are probably totally opaque to anyone who doesn't already know what you're talking about?


Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 11:51:56 am PDT #840 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's jargon, but I don't know if there's anything more specific. I love jargon! Although in my first job in NYC, all I could for in meetings for months was write down all of the initials that people were spewing -- it was my first job in New York, in health care, in government funding. Many, many acronyms and initialisms...


Ginger - Oct 20, 2010 12:13:25 pm PDT #841 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I used to have a purple suit, but purple seems to have fallen out of my wardrobe without my noticing it. Perhaps I need purple.