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

Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


le nubian - Nov 07, 2011 9:27:10 am PST #5199 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I watched "Lars and the Real Girl" this summer.

I could not finish that movie. I felt so badly for Ryan Gosling's character - he was so down in the dumps and perhaps delusional, that I didn't think it was at all funny or entertaining.

20 minutes and I was out.


le nubian - Nov 07, 2011 9:27:45 am PST #5200 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Matt,

best wishes. I have been missing you on the boards. I'm glad you checked in.


Steph L. - Nov 07, 2011 9:28:22 am PST #5201 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Can someone explain to me the origin of this whole "two thumbs" thing? I feel like I missed a meme.

Me, too. My reaction is always to look at my hands and then think, "Is having thumbs noteworthy?"


hippocampus - Nov 07, 2011 9:30:40 am PST #5202 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

"Is having thumbs noteworthy?"

Some days, yes.


DavidS - Nov 07, 2011 9:31:08 am PST #5203 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Awwww, Matt, I'm sorry you're going through such a rough stretch. Wishing you a calm, good, healing space and some useful perspective. Be well.


DavidS - Nov 07, 2011 9:31:39 am PST #5204 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Me, too. My reaction is always to look at my hands and then think, "Is having thumbs noteworthy?"

I think you need the visual where the person is waggling their two thumbs at themself.


brenda m - Nov 07, 2011 9:32:52 am PST #5205 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Me, too. My reaction is always to look at my hands and then think, "Is having thumbs noteworthy?"

I don't know the origins, but online you lose the gesture component to it so I'm sure it's even more opaque.


brenda m - Nov 07, 2011 9:33:11 am PST #5206 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Or what David said.


flea - Nov 07, 2011 9:33:19 am PST #5207 of 30001
information libertarian

Matt, you are much loved and supported here.

I somehow thought the two thumbs thing had to do with texting, or something. Don't you do that with your thumbs?


Amy - Nov 07, 2011 9:36:50 am PST #5208 of 30001
Because books.

I've never understood the two thumbs thing, either, which makes me slightly irritated by it in a I-know-it's-not-logical way.