5 reasons rats are way scarier than you think.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Jul 31, 2012 4:48:54 pm PDT #18165 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Dana - Jul 31, 2012 4:59:55 pm PDT #18166 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Go by my mama's is certainly a local dialect thing. I haven't heard the others.
beekaytee - Jul 31, 2012 5:30:25 pm PDT #18167 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
A NOLA, born and bred, friend uses 'go by' all the time. I find it charming.
bonny, FFS, you waited a day to pry it loose?! Girl, I would have been in the ER at light speed. Yes, arriving before the injury even happened.
Zen, you have no idea the metric tonne of crap I got for that decision. I just did not want the ring to be cut off . You know? I contend that shock was a contributing factor. Still, no stress, no strain. All limbs intact.
Zenkitty - Jul 31, 2012 6:40:57 pm PDT #18168 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, shock, I believe! I've made some, um, interesting decisions under the effects of shock, myself. Also get the desire not to ruin an antique! It's not the decision so much as the time-frame that frightens me -- I would have sat down with a long-handled spoon within 15 minutes. I'm just glad you didn't get, like, gangrene .
(I have an antique silver teaspoon with a long slender blunt handle that I use as a prybar in many situations. It's quite handy.)
Atropa - Jul 31, 2012 7:06:19 pm PDT #18169 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I read the [jillifont], but there is NO FUCKING WAY I am image-searching that. No.
Ditto. I'd take most Australian Jillifonts over rats.
I think Pete agrees. (We had a rat problem. We found a fantastic local pest removal company that dealt with it, but Pete is still easily rattled about it.) *I*, on the other hand, do not want any Australian Jillifonts anywhere near me, thanks.
(I recently went to a butterfly exhibit with some friends, and there was a side room of arthropods and arachnids. I walked to the doorway, looked in and saw the terrarium with the tarantula (a good 15 feet away from me), and said "Yep, still phobic. Gonna go back to the butterflies now, thanks!")
Liese S. - Jul 31, 2012 7:11:14 pm PDT #18170 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Jilli cannot read the jillifont! It is the whole point of Jillifont!
I had a surprising jillifont swing from the ceiling above my bathroom counter the other day. It had apparently made itself comfortable when I was gone for the summer and was irritated to find me in its spot, brushing my teeth.
beekaytee - Jul 31, 2012 7:15:25 pm PDT #18171 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I was told that lemon essential oil would ward off the critters that leave webs at the bottom of my stairs. Turns out, not so. Sigh.
DavidS - Jul 31, 2012 7:18:03 pm PDT #18172 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was told that lemon essential oil would ward off the critters that leave webs at the bottom of my stairs. Turns out, not so. Sigh.
I'm minded of the old Tick cartoon, where the Sewer Urchin went into battle against Sewer Lobsters with bandoliers of lemons.
What? That's my geek reference point, dammit.
beekaytee - Jul 31, 2012 7:21:23 pm PDT #18173 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Love it.
Shir - Jul 31, 2012 7:57:05 pm PDT #18174 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, Calli. Hope you're get some very deserved sleep right now.
I'll ignore the blood talk for now. Just... all keep yourselves in one piece, OK?