dcp, I don't know much French at all (except random exclamations and cuss words - don't know how I was exposed to that), I would have had to google it.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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.
le nubian - Sep 29, 2011 3:08:32 am PDT #29122 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - Sep 29, 2011 3:36:22 am PDT #29123 of 30001
Because books.
dcp, I can only translate very basic, literal French, and I'm getting ... "[something], that's the others"? megan will come and shake her head, I'm sure.
I haven't watched baseball in weeks. Stupid Mets. They make me weary.
Stephen is at his first day of work! Whoot.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2011 3:41:00 am PDT #29124 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hell is other people, come on you guys!
(Which is to say, dcp, I feel your pain.)
Amy - Sep 29, 2011 3:42:56 am PDT #29125 of 30001
Because books.
I just looked up "l'enfer" and still only got to "to hell with other people."
It's early!
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2011 3:43:00 am PDT #29126 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.
Mickey Mouse milk ad is a relic of olde worlde naiveté (or it's just rude)
This undated old Grad Rapids Milk ad features a bit of dialogue from Minnie and Mickey Mouse that either contains a rude double-entendre or is a relic of an era of unbelievable naiveté. Either way: snigger snigger snigger.
They must have known it was a double-entendre, right?
Sophia Brooks - Sep 29, 2011 3:45:59 am PDT #29127 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I get it, but I was a theatre major, and took 7 years of French.
Toddson - Sep 29, 2011 4:05:23 am PDT #29128 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I got it, but I'm familiar with the source.
And, the comment about The Road reminded me of a P.G. Wodehouse line, "she looked like something dreamed up by Mr. Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments".
Jesse - Sep 29, 2011 4:19:36 am PDT #29129 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Speaking of dirty olde-tymey food products: [link]
Jesse - Sep 29, 2011 5:08:56 am PDT #29130 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Man, I am a hot mess. I just sent an email to several people that made basically no sense. Hate that.
Amy - Sep 29, 2011 5:10:26 am PDT #29131 of 30001
Because books.
I am marveling at how much you can get done when you get up, you know, before nowish.
I still predict nap-wanting around three, though.