No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Aug 05, 2012 9:58:33 am PDT #16962 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, watching this women's water polo game reminds me how much bullshit the BMI is. Those women are FIT. And I bet most of them are "overweight."


Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2012 9:58:46 am PDT #16963 of 30001
brillig

I wish my local paper had headlines like this:

Abstinence? You must be completely mad! Meet the amorous Italian swimming couple reveling in the Summer of Love Olympic village

Read more: [link]


Amy - Aug 05, 2012 9:59:32 am PDT #16964 of 30001
Because books.

The shady part is that the zero-tolerance policy had apparently been put into place to get rid of a specific creepy guy no one liked, and this most recent harasser is some con bigshot. So.

Ugh.


Jesse - Aug 05, 2012 10:00:18 am PDT #16965 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Not that the specific creepy guy wasn't also a harasser, just to be clear.


Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2012 10:00:58 am PDT #16966 of 30001
hwæt

I can't stop laughing at this GIF: [link]


Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2012 10:02:25 am PDT #16967 of 30001
brillig

That's wonderful, Tom.


Polter-Cow - Aug 05, 2012 10:07:37 am PDT #16968 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yeah, I love that one a lot. I think it came from Conan or Jimmy Kimmel or somesuch.


hippocampus - Aug 05, 2012 10:24:20 am PDT #16969 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

I've been following it, Jesse. The woman involved is an author, and the way she handled the whole situation was amazing. The committee's post this morning was a relief to see.

If I wasn't phone typing, I'd link to some posts. Instead, I know Scalzi put up a link list last week on Whatever.


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2012 10:43:54 am PDT #16970 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Conan and the bees.

I can't believe I went down to tell my apartment manager about a blocked drain without the August rent cheque. Hello, Megan!


Typo Boy - Aug 05, 2012 11:27:54 am PDT #16971 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.

Filling out my ballot. The judicial races confirm my long held belief that there are two types of position in makes a great deal of sense to fill democratically: judge and brain surgeon.