And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.

Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Strix - May 21, 2011 1:19:46 pm PDT #9153 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Of course, quester!

Truds, I'm a little more profane: "Eh, WTFF? Ooh, look, John Barrowman's naked!"


Dana - May 21, 2011 1:20:19 pm PDT #9154 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Wow, that's an unhappy horse in the starting gate.


Kat - May 21, 2011 1:20:39 pm PDT #9155 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I usually dodge around this by just talking right to the baby: "Aren't you cute! You are such a little muffin! What a smiley-puss!" and any other non-gender-dependent endearment that comes to mind.

This reminds me of what the NICU nurses would say (not gender-related) when they had to deal with an ugly baby. They'd always say, "What a sweet baby!"

We had the NICU reunion today, which is fun but super draining. One of the families that had been there with us was there. And all I could say when I saw the daughter is, "Oh my! She's so big! How wonderful!" She was a very unfortunate looking child.


sumi - May 21, 2011 1:21:06 pm PDT #9156 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Dana - that really was a high note. Difficult to listen to - too.


Strix - May 21, 2011 1:21:56 pm PDT #9157 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

There's always the Southern route to that: "Look at that child! Bless her heart!"


sumi - May 21, 2011 1:24:04 pm PDT #9158 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Aaaaaah.


Trudy Booth - May 21, 2011 1:24:23 pm PDT #9159 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

But I think there is legitimate non hate-filled argument to be made that in the current century religion is a net evil.

Sure, but only because the commies and fascists are seriously slacking. Personally I think the problem is the blind obedience to any ideologue -- regardless of the idea. As soon as people think a notion is worth killing other people for, and someone figures out a way to make money off of that, it all goes to shit.


Dana - May 21, 2011 1:25:01 pm PDT #9160 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Wow, that was something.


Zenkitty - May 21, 2011 1:25:58 pm PDT #9161 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Sure, but only because the commies and fascists are seriously slacking.

I probably shouldn't have laughed at that. No wonder I wasn't Raptured.

Personally I think the problem is the blind obedience to any ideologue -- regardless of the idea. As soon as people think a notion is worth killing other people for, and someone figures out a way to make money off of that, it all goes to shit.

In total agreement with Trudy here.


Amy - May 21, 2011 1:26:05 pm PDT #9162 of 30001
Because books.

Dana, which one was the horse they had to wrestle into the gate?