are you sure either party is to blame and not another relative or someone else in attendance at your birth?
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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 - Jul 19, 2012 8:38:37 am PDT #14638 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - Jul 19, 2012 8:39:02 am PDT #14639 of 30001
Because books.
Where did suzanne come from?
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2012 8:46:20 am PDT #14640 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The current explanation is that one of them, a few days after the birth, made a handwaving transition from "it" to "ita" with a sense of satisfaction and a conviction that there were little girls called that in Mexico where they had met and done the horizontal (perhaps) mambo and made my fetus. And gotten married. They totes did that too. When they had time. Neither that nor figuring out what to call the baby seemed to be priority for them.
And Amy, I have absolutely no idea why they chose that middle name. My sister got a Yoruba (mostly Nigerian tribe) (well, half a name, but at least they picked that half before she was born) first name and a Twi (Ghanaian tribe) middle name. Suzanne is pretty random, but they were clearly startled by the whole thing.
Amy - Jul 19, 2012 8:55:30 am PDT #14641 of 30001
Because books.
I really don't see you as a suzanne. Middle names are funny.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2012 8:58:56 am PDT #14642 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tried using it solo a couple times, but oddly it seemed to really bother my father, so it never lasted long. I will cheerfully go as "ita suzanne" though, much more comfortably than using my last name, but papers, etc, etc.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2012 8:59:44 am PDT #14643 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(And I guess I have no really reason not to capitalise suzanne. I capitalise my last name. Still. Looks nice, all low.)
And did anyone help me with my punctuation question and I missed it?
Amy - Jul 19, 2012 9:03:40 am PDT #14644 of 30001
Because books.
And did anyone help me with my punctuation question and I missed it?
I looked at it, and mostly thought I would discourage using that many parenthetical asides (and I think dashes look cleaner).
But above is an example of how to punctuate. Punctuate the primary sentence, not what's inside the parentheses. If you're writing a complete sentence/thought in parentheses, I prefer it to stand alone.
javachik - Jul 19, 2012 9:04:19 am PDT #14645 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Are they Leonard Cohen fans, maybe?
SuziQ - Jul 19, 2012 9:06:03 am PDT #14646 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Your parenthetical question? I haven't seen an answer (and I use them way too much also).
I just found out that KCD, actually his wife, has a car for CJ. Somehow she has a spare that CJ can use to learn to drive and have once he has his license. Guess that means I can't fuss about insuring it since it costs me nothing. But still. No one TOLD me. CJ mentioned it off hand and I had to call KCD and ask.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2012 9:06:43 am PDT #14647 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And going for the triple, hoping someone comes in and x-posts...
Shouldn't this article at least gloss over things like the 1978 Superman movie? Never mind the serials, or Green Hornet or the Batman TV show or earlier movie? Tarzan, et al? There was an internet in 1992, because I wasn't the only one on it in 1987. And there were comic fans with me too.
His thesis just seems fundamentally flawed if he doesn't explain why those things don't count. Because it feels like he's saying they don't exist, which is different.
Note, I haven't read the comments, because cracked is not one of those places.