I was a narc buddy for a friend who was moving to a higher level in the Fish & Wildlife Service. The interviewer asked me if she would ever have any reason to commit a treasonous act or if she could ever be compelled to turn against the US (I forget the exact wording of the question), and I said no, and then laughed and said "unless someone threatened her cats!" The interviewer put on a sort of funny smile and said, um, another friend said the exact same thing. So then I had to reassure him that I was joking and no, she wouldn't become a traitor to the US even if someone threatened her cats. I wasn't entirely sure he believed me, but she got the job, so I guess it worked out OK.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Kate P. - Oct 03, 2011 5:55:59 pm PDT #29868 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Cashmere - Oct 03, 2011 5:56:42 pm PDT #29869 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
There's going to be a new iPhone this month, right?
Amy - Oct 03, 2011 5:57:15 pm PDT #29870 of 30001
Because books.
But ... I want to read about Crowley.
I mentioned Crowley to my editor. She didn't know who he was. I wept briefly. (Wow, nice Freudian slip there. Jesus.)
Also, authoritarian guy's explanation sounds like a massive rationalization to me.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 6:00:40 pm PDT #29871 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
We here at the Narc Program do not have any sense of humor that we are aware of.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 6:01:47 pm PDT #29872 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 mentioned Crowley to my editor. She didn't know who he was.
I mentioned Sally Ride to my psychiatrist. She didn't know who she was. I told her that was unacceptable and didn't see her again.
Amy - Oct 03, 2011 6:02:24 pm PDT #29873 of 30001
Because books.
I told her that was unacceptable and didn't see her again.
Good girl.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 6:03:55 pm PDT #29874 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
Maybe it was pretentious?
Amy - Oct 03, 2011 6:05:28 pm PDT #29875 of 30001
Because books.
It's Sally Ride, dude.
Expecting my baby editor to know who Crowley is was probably pretentious. Not that I care. Especially in the context of the occult.
I need chocolate.
Cashmere - Oct 03, 2011 6:06:07 pm PDT #29876 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Maybe it was pretentious?
I don't think pretentiousness against stupid people is pretentious at all.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 6:13:06 pm PDT #29877 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 almost cried when looking at Gawker today and a bunch of people didn't get a Black Panther reference and blamed it on not being alive in the 60s and 70s.
And I thought about that time that Paul Begala was on Bill Maher and made an historical reference that Megan McCain was unaware of, and she giggled and said she "wasn't even boooorn when that happened."
Begala shot back, "I wasn't even born in the 1800s but I know the French Revolution happened." Something like that. It was an awesome response to that, weakest of excuses.