Huh. I've never laughed when someone told me they had a wasting disease before.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jun 09, 2011 11:31:51 am PDT #12091 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.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2011 11:48:54 am PDT #12092 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I dunno. Some people just aren't technically savvy at all, so I can see people falling for this.
They don't have a tea kettle?? I can't imagine the wack-a-doo-ness of people whose first thought when they think "steam" is to get in the shower with their computer!
-t - Jun 09, 2011 11:53:12 am PDT #12093 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"If God didn't want them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep"
Theodosia - Jun 09, 2011 12:04:45 pm PDT #12094 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I love you people. Can't really say that too often.
Vortex - Jun 09, 2011 12:11:15 pm PDT #12095 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
When I was on the plane, I got sucked into a Law & Order SVU marathon. One of the episodes was about a guy who got off on making people do things (excellently played by Robin Williams). At the time, I thought "who would be stupid enough to strip search an employee on the orders of someone who claimed to be a police officer on the phone?". But, now I wonder . . .
Toddson - Jun 09, 2011 12:11:58 pm PDT #12096 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Based on a true story.
Hil R. - Jun 09, 2011 12:12:34 pm PDT #12097 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
When I was on the plane, I got sucked into a Law & Order SVU marathon. One of the episodes was about a guy who got off on making people do things (excellently played by Robin Williams). At the time, I thought "who would be stupid enough to strip search an employee on the orders of someone who claimed to be a police officer on the phone?". But, now I wonder . . .
Didn't that actually happen a few years ago? Not exactly that, but something similar, a little while before that episode aired.
Toddson - Jun 09, 2011 12:14:29 pm PDT #12098 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yup - fast food place, manager got a call and was told to have a girl strip and search her, hold her until the police came. And, of course, they never did.
Atropa - Jun 09, 2011 12:16:55 pm PDT #12099 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Which is why it would be better for everyone to just send donations to mine & Clovis' cult. Worried about the Forces of Darkness? Join us! We have a non-compete with most of them! (Plus we like cupcakes and shiny things, and need more money to spend on them.) Your donation guarantees protected status in the upcoming zombie wars, why wait?
§ ita § - Jun 09, 2011 12:22:13 pm PDT #12100 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Phone conference end. I have a phone call I actually want to make...