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.
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
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.
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
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.
Amy - Oct 21, 2011 9:23:36 am PDT #2638 of 30001
Because books.
I'd really have to see that one to believe it, Burrell.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 9:27:24 am PDT #2639 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of course, had I been, I'd probably be mildly envious of the women who actually manage to acheive orgasm during childbirth.
SERIOUSLY.
I just hope the people considering water births are reading the comments that mention The Pooping and will put two and two together before they actually subject their newborn child to taking their first breath underwater in a tub swimming with fecal matter. Sorry, should I have whitefonted that?
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2011 9:32:45 am PDT #2640 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the women who actually manage to acheive orgasm during childbirth
That could make for one hell of a kink.