I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Giles ,'Beneath You'


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.


Steph L. - Nov 17, 2011 10:20:30 am PST #7295 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Connie, it's from the Simpsons: [link] (that's not a video link).


Jesse - Nov 17, 2011 10:20:57 am PST #7296 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hock is a perfectly cromulent verb; it just doesn't mean what they think it means. He was hawking, not pawning something. It is eye-bleed worthy.

What does one do to a loogie?


Toddson - Nov 17, 2011 10:21:09 am PST #7297 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I write - it's part of my job - factual, articles for our magazine, etc., and I copyedit a lot of stuff. Sometimes it's really hard; sometimes I just can't write the stuff. I have all kinds of respect for the people who can write entire books. Except for those who write badly or, like *that* guy. For the reasons everyone else has gone through.


Ginger - Nov 17, 2011 10:28:36 am PST #7298 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

What does one do to a loogie?

Hocks.

I can tell he's not an artist. Real artists know how to spell the name of their publishers. What he is, almost certainly, is bipolar. The "I am the Messiah and you're all morons" is characteristic. This is pretty much how my dad lost his job. Lithium, baby.


Hil R. - Nov 17, 2011 10:28:54 am PST #7299 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, the first charges in the riots at Penn State, against the guy who tried to set a garbage can on fire -- he's not a student. He's 41. [link]


Allyson - Nov 17, 2011 10:29:49 am PST #7300 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Usually the best stuff I write comes out of my hands at a frantic pace for no apparent reason and then when i reach the end I have to go back and read to figure out what the hell I was talking about. And I'm amazed that it seemed that important.


sarameg - Nov 17, 2011 10:32:33 am PST #7301 of 30001

Cromulent always reminds me of crullers. No idea why.


Jessica - Nov 17, 2011 10:33:36 am PST #7302 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

There's apparently going to be an "occupy Ditmas" gathering in front of my neighborhood library today in solidarity with the OWS protesters. I have no idea what this is supposed to accomplish - we're not protesting libraries.


Allyson - Nov 17, 2011 10:35:48 am PST #7303 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I come here because no one here will try to gaslight me into believing that the patriarchy doesn't exist and that women actually have all the power in the world.


Steph L. - Nov 17, 2011 10:38:55 am PST #7304 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

women actually have all the power in the world.

Right, because of our magical ladybits!