Oh! I learned "poftim" from BBC's Top Gear! It means, like, "here, have a thing," right?
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2011 4:03:25 pm PDT #1672 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
DavidS - Apr 04, 2011 4:10:54 pm PDT #1673 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right after Prague, I remember fleeing a Smith's grocery store in Flagstaff, simply getting totally overwhelmed by the bread selection and Bright!Lights! and manic energy.
My friend, Sue, had this problem when she came back from two years in the Peace Corps in Senegal. The superabundance seemed grotesque after living through a few famines over there.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 4:18:24 pm PDT #1674 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Welcome to never feeling like an American, no matter what the paperwork says.
brenda m - Apr 04, 2011 4:20:15 pm PDT #1675 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
She's asking $13 per visit. I'm only needing her to come by once a day, for three days. I feel like that's too low - only $39? I was expecting to pay her $150! I'm happy not to pay that much, but what do I do? Just say okay to what she asked for?
If she was staying there, sure. But for a once a day visit I think that's fine. Throw her $50 if it makes you feel better.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 4:21:19 pm PDT #1676 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just dressed down a Time Warner webchat guy. Never say "with all due respect" to a customer. Just, don't.
flea - Apr 04, 2011 4:21:33 pm PDT #1677 of 30001
information libertarian
It's not the same degree of culture shock, but I always used to thrill at the moment when I knew I was back in the US (from Europe) - when I was confronted with the incredibly NYC-style laydeez who bossed everyone around at the airport shuttle area at JFK. There is nobody like that anywhere in the world but America, and honestly, it's pure New York. (And amusingly, I'd bet that at least half were 1st-generation Americans.)
sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 4:25:22 pm PDT #1678 of 30001
Zen, now I (ab)use my neighbors' goodwill (and buy them wine or leave cookies and return favors,) but when I had a couple staying at the house when I was in Nepal/Bhutan, I think it was $30/day, and that was you know, staying here and 2 shots a day. I used to pay the kids at my old place $10/day to come over and feed and water and scoop.
I think my vet charged $17/day plus a medication fee for boarding per cat, but that was a couple years ago.
Lee - Apr 04, 2011 4:33:53 pm PDT #1679 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I suspect two monitors would just increase my goofing off by 66%.
Most of the time, one has work stuff and the stupid ancient IE that is still the firm default, and the other has Firefox with gmail, here, and any other personal stuff I am looking at.
I do sometimes have work on both monitors, but not all that often.
Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2011 4:34:52 pm PDT #1680 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, brenda.
And thanks, smonster, too! $13/day it is.
I suspect two monitors would just increase my goofing off by 66%.
I read this as two *minions* and thought, I'd goof off a lot more than that...
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 04, 2011 4:37:27 pm PDT #1681 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
WTF Backyard Burger? The restaurant was locked up tight (but still lit) at a quarter to eight on a Monday night?