Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.

Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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.


sumi - Jun 12, 2011 9:19:29 am PDT #12486 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Shire Horse foaling cam.


Cass - Jun 12, 2011 9:21:21 am PDT #12487 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

For the fizzy water people, are you using bottled water or tap water?

I use tap water that goes through my Brita.

What is in tonic that makes a diet version necessary?

Sugar. Soda levels of sugar.


meara - Jun 12, 2011 9:22:53 am PDT #12488 of 30001

I use tap water that goes through my Brita

Me too. That way it's also cold enough to drink right away. Though I'll toss in some straight tap water if the Brita doesn't have enough in it.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 12, 2011 9:25:43 am PDT #12489 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

How is there sugar in tonic water? It is literally the bitterest thing I have ever tasted!


aurelia - Jun 12, 2011 9:39:53 am PDT #12490 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

What kind of car? What show?

Cruze. Only Kidding!

(Not kidding about the car, that's the name of the show)


Lee - Jun 12, 2011 10:13:50 am PDT #12491 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Cruze. Only Kidding!

Very cool, on both accounts!

Driving home from TJs just now, there was a full sized hook and ladder truck stopped at a stop sign at one of the cross streets. The nearest car behind me was at least half a block away, and seemed to be keeping to the 25 MPH speed limit, so there was no danger he would hit me, so I stopped and waved the fire truck on, even though I clearly had the right of way.

I think the guy behind me was having a bad day, because he started honking at me.

To be fair, I think he didn't realize why I was stopped at first, because the honk was pretty short, and he kind of waved at me when he stopped behind me, but still, seriously dude--how do you not notice the full size hook and ladder that was in the intersection before you honked?


Liese S. - Jun 12, 2011 10:56:54 am PDT #12492 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ha. I have to tell this jackass story on myself. I drive a lot of country roads late at night. It's common courtesy to dim your brights, and almost everybody does it. But one night I was coming home from rehearsal, tired and cranky and headachey. And I almost never do this, but the oncoming car had its high lights on and I flashed my lights at it to make it dim them. It did, right away. And then got close enough for me to realize it was an ambulance. With a patient in the back being worked on. Gee, Liese, you think maybe they might be better off SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE than worrying about just how close they are to you before they dim their brights? Hee. Oops.


§ ita § - Jun 12, 2011 11:09:16 am PDT #12493 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hipster Spidey.


Connie Neil - Jun 12, 2011 11:10:24 am PDT #12494 of 30001
brillig

Liese, as someone who deals with assholes who won't dim their lights and who understands your pain, think of it as the driver going "Oh, good, a reasonable driver, I'm glad I won't blind him and possibly have to pick him up later."

I think some of the people around here don't even know they have a non-bright setting on their lights. And don't get me started on those damned halogen lights. I just love staring into twin oncoming dwarf stars on busy streets.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 12, 2011 11:22:34 am PDT #12495 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I have my fingers and toes grossed for Cricket at the Tony's, Pix. I checked, but the costume designer I know who did Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson was not nominated-- just the set designer.

Relatedly, since I do not have ateevee-- does anyone know how/where I can possbly stream the Tonys?