Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


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.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 22, 2012 10:42:50 am PDT #19070 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Is it weird to tweet at a restaurant on my block to see if they have running water?

It would be weird if you had water this morning, but since you didn't, no.

I JUST got mansplained! I was talking to BFF's brother (who works with me). He is kind of a bloviator to begin with in that he tends to have conversations at you rather than with you, but I kinda do that too. We were talking about board games and he brought up Clue. He started to tell me all this stuff about Clue (that it is called Clue-do in England, and that Mr. Green is sometimes called Reverend Green, etc). So, since I know him and I don't need to be super polite, I said "I literally read the wiki artcle on Clue LAST NIGHT.", so I just learned all this. AND HE KEPT TALKING, and explaining more "Clue" factiods from the wiki article. And so I tried to change to another board game, but he just kept going.

No big deal, though, and he really does do it to everyone

It is no big


§ ita § - Aug 22, 2012 11:11:00 am PDT #19071 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It sort of works for what her job is, but it still made me laugh.

She's either a comic book letterer (of not much innovation), or a kindergarten teacher (and expectedly exhausted).

Right?

There is a guy here whose surname is Love and I CAN'T WORK WITH HIM. I'm going to say the wrong thing sooner or later.

And the siblings named Chris are also making me wacky. One's over the cube wall from me, and the his sister was at my desk while I needed to find an email from a third Chris. The brother takes the snarking a little less well than his sister. I just can't believe they have another one at home!

And, shit, I don't have garlic fries yet.


Jesse - Aug 22, 2012 11:14:39 am PDT #19072 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The actual project we're talking about involves both comics AND kindergarten students, so.


Calli - Aug 22, 2012 11:15:01 am PDT #19073 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

And the siblings named Chris are also making me wacky. One's over the cube wall from me, and the his sister was at my desk while I needed to find an email from a third Chris. The brother takes the snarking a little less well than his sister. I just can't believe they have another one at home!

I must have skimmed. Someone had multiple children named "Chris" and you work with two of them?


SuziQ - Aug 22, 2012 11:18:34 am PDT #19074 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Arrrggg. Just got off a call with a newish project manager (new to me, not project management). And all of a sudden I realized that someone could play corporate buzzword bingo just off of my side of the conversation. When did I start talking like that?


meara - Aug 22, 2012 11:22:58 am PDT #19075 of 30001

I think I would still eschew Comic Sans, though it is possibly justifiable in that instance, Jesse. Also, tweet the restaurant. Though if they don't have water, I imagine they're closed--usually restaurants aren't allowed to serve without running water (because then people can't wash their hands)

I am annoyed because the girl I've been seeing was all "I never see you!" and I was like "Well, wanna do lunch tomorrow? Noon?" yesterday. And today she apparently decided to go to IKEA at 11:30. And texted me, and I was like "So, more like 12:30 then?" and then she said sure, and then kept texting me from IKEA and i was like '...12:45?" and then I was walking there and she texted "Maybe a little after 1" and I gave up and was like "No, I'll have to see you some other time". Grrr. WTF, people. If you have plans at noon, backtrack! "It'll take me 20 minutes to get there from IKEA, and I need at least an hour there, and it takes me 20 minutes to get there, so I need to leave for IKEA by 10:15!"


Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2012 11:23:34 am PDT #19076 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.

Related to mansplaining, though this is one of the few things of this kind that both men and women do in around equal amounts

[link] McSweeny's and funny.

Any parent I suspect can relate to the experience of total stranger coming up and giving them unsolicited parenting advice.


le nubian - Aug 22, 2012 11:23:48 am PDT #19077 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

mind blown.

this was drawn with bic BALLPOINT PENS

Fo' real.


Jesse - Aug 22, 2012 11:25:26 am PDT #19078 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Though if they don't have water, I imagine they're closed--usually restaurants aren't allowed to serve without running water (because then people can't wash their hands)

Good one, good one.

Grrr. WTF, people. If you have plans at noon, backtrack!

Yeah, that's super annoying.


§ ita § - Aug 22, 2012 11:32:23 am PDT #19079 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Someone had multiple children named "Chris" and you work with two of them?

I work with Christopher and Christine. I think there's a Kristen. Definitely one more Chris among them.

The actual project we're talking about involves both comics AND kindergarten students, so.

I don't think there's ever a good reason for fonts in email, be it Comic Sans or the most elegant of Bleeding Cowboys. I concede the usefulness of bold, italic, and underline, and Outlook automatically colouring replies is a lifesaver in long business chains, but I don't do that at home. On purpose, at least.