huh.
...
wow.
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
DebetEsse - Oct 21, 2011 8:25:49 am PDT #2628 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
JenP - Oct 21, 2011 8:33:53 am PDT #2629 of 30001
Oh, wow.
A person posted on my FB feed something snarky about Obama. One of the responders commented, "One more year, that's all I'm sayin,".
Fine, whatever. The next comment:
"I can't believe he's lasted this long."
Um, what? It's a four year term. Are you saying you're surprised he's not been assassinated, impeached, or resigned himself? Really? You can't believe that? I hate people.
Also, as for the OP, "can't shut up" is your takeaway from today? Wow.
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I seem to be cranky and dumbfounded by the world today.
Ginger - Oct 21, 2011 8:38:54 am PDT #2630 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
US troops will be out of Iraq Dec 31
It sounds like he's using the Vietnam strategy: declare victory and leave. I've been yelling that suggestion at the news for several years. We can't unbreak Iraq.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 8:43:10 am PDT #2631 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It sounds like he's using the Vietnam strategy: declare victory and leave.
It sounds to me like we're getting kicked out. Which amounts to the same thing.
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2011 8:49:44 am PDT #2632 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
How to Deliver a Baby Without Pain Meds If You're Not a Spiritual Person But Are Really Geeky
5. Pretend you are Muad'Dib, and if you take your hand out of the pain box, the Reverend Mother will stick a poisoned dagger in your neck.
21. Grab husband's arm, whisper dramatically "Death is my gift."
22. Midwives look alarmed, have not watched a lot of Buffy.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 8:53:22 am PDT #2633 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
8. Give up, ask for drugs.
Heh.
Or there's my shorter version, which is delay going to the hospital until this ep of Party Down you've been watching on Netflix is over and then by the time you get there and have filled out all the paperwork for an epidural it will be too late to actually get one.
[eta: Oh god don't read the comments x100000. The amount of bullshit pseudoscientific CRAP that women are told about childbirth is just unbelievable.]
Kathy A - Oct 21, 2011 9:06:38 am PDT #2634 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It sounds to me like we're getting kicked out. Which amounts to the same thing.
Yeah, when the Iraqis refused to extend the legal coverage the troops have for anything they do, I figured we'd be outta there soon.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2011 9:13:26 am PDT #2635 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Your link is broken, Tom. You're missing the httpery.
Man, I hate talking to people that don't understand me. What's up with them? Why can't they read my mind? Why did I type "minds" initially?
Typo Boy - Oct 21, 2011 9:17:02 am PDT #2636 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.
We will have a huge staff for embassy in Iraq, far larger than a traditional diplomatic staff, many of whom will carry guns. Still means most of the troops will be out.
Burrell - Oct 21, 2011 9:20:46 am PDT #2637 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh god don't read the comments x100000. The amount of bullshit pseudoscientific CRAP that women are told about childbirth is just unbelievable.
So true. Although maybe I'm just saying that because I didn't have that magical experience of falling asleep to the gentle rhythmic ache of labor, and waking up an hour later to the sounds of my newborn baby, who popped out on her own (oh, the little overachiever!), cooing gently at my side. Of course, had I been, I'd probably be mildly envious of the women who actually manage to acheive orgasm during childbirth.