Oh, my. Apparently Notre Dame's star football player either invented a girlfriend and her tragic death out of whole cloth, or was the victim of a pretty elaborate stunt.
Munchausen by Internet hits the big time!
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Consuela - Jan 16, 2013 12:58:39 pm PST #7970 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
brenda m - Jan 16, 2013 12:59:42 pm PST #7971 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
how many people think if you ask a question over and over at some point the answer will be the one you want.
I'm betting the data back them up on this a fair bit of the time.
Sheryl - Jan 16, 2013 1:00:31 pm PST #7972 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Rainy and cold here. Bleah.
JZ - Jan 16, 2013 1:01:05 pm PST #7973 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also, he didn't ask. He just told me his son was 15 and would be donating, and then when I said no he wasn't and no he wouldn't, he called the blood bank and told them the exact same thing. Not a speck of asking.
Also, does he think every department here is hermetically sealed away from every other department and none of us compare notes (or, apparently, know how to read a calendar)?
Our chief surgeon pointed out that I could always call him back and offer to postpone his son's surgery 3 months so he'd be old enough to donate; God knows there are other kids who'd be happy to have his earlier surgical date.
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2013 1:01:19 pm PST #7974 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
WTF!
Connie Neil - Jan 16, 2013 1:01:25 pm PST #7975 of 30001
brillig
Or saying "That is unacceptable" in a no-nonsense voice will magically change the immutable procedures that are in place. Because people panic when they have to say No to other people.
(I love when customers give me the silent treatment when I tell them something they don't like. I don't mind sitting and not saying anything for several minutes.)
flea - Jan 16, 2013 1:01:32 pm PST #7976 of 30001
information libertarian
Anyone who tells you their toddler is a "huge Niners fan," you know who's really the huge Niners fan in that household.
tommyrot - Jan 16, 2013 1:34:00 pm PST #7977 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.
So apparently having a small lunch and then working out four hours later isn't the best idea.
SuziQ - Jan 16, 2013 2:00:42 pm PST #7978 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I love the idea of rescheduling the surgery so he can donate. Choice 1 - surgery now with blood bank blood or Choice 2 - surgery later with autologous blood. Pick one and then SHUT UP.
Calli - Jan 16, 2013 2:43:54 pm PST #7979 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I sent "your learnings" up to another editor who told me it hurt her soul, but there was so much else wrong with the material that that probably wouldn't even make the top 10. Which is sadly true.
Who postpones their toddler's open heart surgery for some sporting event? I don't care how cool a temporary tattoo he's getting the kid. Priorities, for god's sake!