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Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2013 11:38:10 am PST #7125 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Burrell - Jan 09, 2013 11:45:23 am PST #7126 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh, in other vermin news, DH destroyed a rat's nest in the backyard yesterday. Rat skedaddled, but today he's back and refusing to cede his territory. I can hear him testing out various walls and such outside, looking for an entrance. I am completely creeped out by it and hope that DH is braver than I because it looks like one of us is going to have to kill it.
tommyrot - Jan 09, 2013 11:54:01 am PST #7127 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I once found a rat's nest in the bottom of a corn crib. There was a momma rat and her babies.
I grabbed my favorite barn cat and showed the nest to him. He ate the babies.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2013 11:56:40 am PST #7128 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can kill rats! I learned it from my Mum! Want me to come over?
DavidS - Jan 09, 2013 11:58:48 am PST #7129 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I grabbed my favorite barn cat and showed the nest to him. He ate the babies.
This reminds me of the latest episode of Adventure Time and "The Baby Eating Fox and The Babies."
Burrell - Jan 09, 2013 12:05:58 pm PST #7130 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You can kill my rat anytime, ita! I'm not looking forward to doing it.
Scrappy - Jan 09, 2013 12:13:05 pm PST #7131 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Work crisis. My boss is leaving for six months (to walk the Appalachian Trail!) and we have someone to replace him in the interim. The COO snet an answer to the private email I wrote him about the replacement, where I discussed his character, etc. AND CCed THE REPLACEMENT. So my new boss knows exactly what I think his weaknesses are. Luckily, I was mostly complimentary, but jeez, way to start me off on the right foot, dude.
tommyrot - Jan 09, 2013 12:15:06 pm PST #7132 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From Rats and Rat Riddance, a book published in 1914:
At the Farm and Trade School on Thompson's Island, where the boy pupils are taught to kill rats, as all boys should be....
I was never taught to kill rats. Maybe my dad figured we had enough barn cats. (We always had between five and 13 barn cats at any one time.)
brenda m - Jan 09, 2013 12:17:45 pm PST #7133 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So there's your answer, Burrell. Acquire 5 - 13 cats and problem solved.
Burrell - Jan 09, 2013 12:21:41 pm PST #7134 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
One problem solved, brenda, but perhaps another one in offing. Although I do like cats!