Interjection, I think.
Yeah. Or "Stuff Robin would say."
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'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.
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2011 10:54:07 am PDT #24865 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 - Sep 08, 2011 10:55:44 am PDT #24866 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle made me snort.
(But because so many of my coworkers are in their 50s or 60s, I'm still seen as young. Sigh)
Yeah, that's a problem in my field, too. The g.d. baby boomers refuse to retire.
Fred Pete - Sep 08, 2011 10:56:23 am PDT #24867 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
In South Central Wisconsin in the '60s and '70s, "pop" was the usual word. I remember hearing "soda" sometimes, but it was definitely the minority word.
I tend to say "Coke," which I picked up during my time in North Carolina.
JenP - Sep 08, 2011 10:56:28 am PDT #24868 of 30001
Ha! I like msbelle's answer. Took me a second... why is sending stuff to the moon blasphemous?
Also, question, why is it taking 3 1/2 months to get there? What's the advantage? I assume there is one. I am so lazy, I just skimmed and came back here with my questions rather than trying to figure it out. Pathetic.
zuisa - Sep 08, 2011 10:56:44 am PDT #24869 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Also, my hair dye is setting at the moment. I think... it may be scarily and ridiculously red. Oh well! I'll just have to fix it to something normal before I join the ship, if it turns out that outrageous. Although, really, as long as it is somewhere within the realm of natural hair color, I don't think they'd have a problem with it. I just think they don't want me to turn up with my hair dyed bright green or something.
-t - Sep 08, 2011 10:57:20 am PDT #24870 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"...or by a comma when the feelings not as strong..."
Allyson - Sep 08, 2011 10:57:32 am PDT #24871 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The g.d. baby boomers refuse to retire.
It's an issue, I think, because of the stock market crash. A lot of my olds can't afford to retire, and some really would like to. They're trying to get back what they lost. And it's unsettling in science/tech, because we do need young post-docs to come in. We sort of depend on the passing on of knowledge to new generations of scientists. It's worrisome.
Consuela - Sep 08, 2011 10:57:38 am PDT #24872 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The g.d. baby boomers refuse to retire.
Tell me about it. I'm the youngest professional woman in the office, if you don't count the contractors. And I so want My Nemesis to retire, but she won't until her daughter's out of college (and probably not then).
meara - Sep 08, 2011 11:01:25 am PDT #24873 of 30001
I am singing Schoolhouse Rock in my head as we speak. "Interjection! Excitement! And Emotion!"
Hah! Me too! "Interjections! Show excitement, or emotion! And are generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong..."
Allyson - Sep 08, 2011 11:07:10 am PDT #24874 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I hope I'm not slinging paperwork when I'm 65. I wish I could work in education or public affairs. I'm just not the right type or am missing some integral skillset I can't put my finger on.