'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'

Jayne ,'Safe'


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.


Connie Neil - May 20, 2011 6:49:24 pm PDT #9059 of 30001
brillig

What is branch water? I've always assumed it was something like creek water, because I've heard of small streams being called branches. But if it is, euw. I know what happens in streams.


Connie Neil - May 20, 2011 6:49:47 pm PDT #9060 of 30001
brillig

Well, that was an interesting cross post.


-t - May 20, 2011 6:53:05 pm PDT #9061 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That was what complainy guy said people who ordered branch water should get - a glass of muddy creek water with leaves in it. Also, actual rocks. That sort of thing.

So it actually means still water rather than soda? Or more specifically something like Evian?


DavidS - May 20, 2011 7:14:26 pm PDT #9062 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yes, branch water is water from a stream or a branch. Back when that was the clearest, cleanest water you could get.


Connie Neil - May 20, 2011 7:46:38 pm PDT #9063 of 30001
brillig

Yeah, they didn't live in sheep or cow country. But I'd put the taste of the spring I grew up on against just about anything. (damned mining company that destroyed the spring system)


-t - May 20, 2011 7:50:02 pm PDT #9064 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

This game does not look like it will end in ten minutes.


msbelle - May 20, 2011 7:57:37 pm PDT #9065 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Omg y'all, I'm reading withering heights for the first time. Spoiler alert!!!!

Heathcliff is a neglected orphan with attachment disorder and abandonment issues AND I'm only up to chapter 5!!!! He's thus far like a textbook casestudy from my adoption books.


Trudy Booth - May 20, 2011 8:01:05 pm PDT #9066 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

For a mere $45 there is a company that will patch me up and ship my ass home if I end up in the middle of a war or somesuch.

So that's nice.


Cashmere - May 20, 2011 8:03:08 pm PDT #9067 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Trudy, I met someone who got stuck in a war zone in Africa when she went to visit her brother in the Peace Corps. That might be a $45 well spent depending on where you're headed!


Trudy Booth - May 20, 2011 8:54:30 pm PDT #9068 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Morocco. It's deffinately the safest place in North Africa, but, you know, some of the neighbors get rowdy.

It also works if I just plain ol' get hit by a bus or something.