I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


DavidS - Dec 01, 2012 6:26:48 pm PST #2862 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Words can't express how great my love for this film is. LOVE!

I've got the grey market soundtrack! Because I needed that hymn Lillian Gish sings, and even more importantly the "Pretty Fly" song when they're on the raft on the river. (Also have a cover of that done in close harmony.)


beth b - Dec 01, 2012 6:29:41 pm PST #2863 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I put up a tree - tie it in place and put only the soft ornaments on it. yes I spend 4 weeks picking stuff off the floor


Lee - Dec 01, 2012 6:36:04 pm PST #2864 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I put up a tree - tie it in place and put only the soft ornaments on it. yes I spend 4 weeks picking stuff off the floor

I shall have to see about tying it to something. The ornament Bubba destroyed was a Styrofoam snowman, which now has a hole in its forehead where the hanging thread part used to be.


DavidS - Dec 01, 2012 6:40:08 pm PST #2865 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

How about sprinkling catnip toys around the bottom of the tree to distract the cats from the shiny objects?

Simon's Cat - Santa Claws.


Glamcookie - Dec 01, 2012 6:43:36 pm PST #2866 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

We put our tree up undecorated for a few days and that seems to help. The cats get their yayas out without breaking anything, and then they are uninterested. With a toddler in the house, we also do not hang breakable ornaments. Fortunately we have a friggin' TON of Christmas ornaments, so it's very easy to have a fully decorated tree of unbreakables. We put plush ornaments near the bottom so he can play with them, re-decorate the tree, etc. It will be nice to see all of the ornaments on the tree again...someday.


dcp - Dec 01, 2012 6:49:56 pm PST #2867 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

A Portal Christmas Tree would really keep him entertained.


Cashmere - Dec 01, 2012 6:50:09 pm PST #2868 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I gave the Etsy buyer a choice of another fabric and I'll send it to her on Monday. Problem solved and I'm $30 richer!


§ ita § - Dec 01, 2012 6:51:11 pm PST #2869 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think it was a suicide by cop thing at all.

His article didn't give me any idea how he intended to die, but it's pretty firm about the dead part.

If you watch Graham Norton, you know how he invites audience members to try and tell a story, and if they bore or irritate him, he flips the chair over. Most often they get flipped, or even get through to the end, but Graham expresses some dissatisfaction.

In the episode I just saw, a guy told a story of spotting Bono at a restaurant during his (guest) anniversary dinner. Bono left his table, and since they were big fans, they crept over to his friend and asked if he thought it would be okay for them to get a pic...big fans, special night...anyway--the friend says Bono's private, so they should go back to their table, and if he waves them over after Bono returns, it's all good.

Bono comes back, they get beckoned, and they run over and squee and get their photo taken and an autograph, all very perfect. They go back to their meal, and at the end when it's time to pay, the waiter says "No need--it's been taken care of."

"What?? Did Bono pay for our dinner?"

"No. Mr. Springsteen did."

And that's how you tell Graham Norton a story he totally likes.


Lee - Dec 01, 2012 7:03:34 pm PST #2870 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

We put our tree up undecorated for a few days and that seems to help. The cats get their yayas out without breaking anything, and then they are uninterested

This is pretty much what I decided to do. I put the snowman under the tree, so they have something to attack if they feel the need, and I will decorate next weekend.


Cass - Dec 01, 2012 7:40:20 pm PST #2871 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

And that's how you tell Graham Norton a story he totally likes.

That's also how you get me to maybe stick around for the audience participation parts. Usually I delete before the end. I get the Motts pretty bad sometimes so I usually skip. That story sounds awesome though.