Did you know one of Prince William's titles is:
(wait for it)
Baron Carrickfergus
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2013 9:41:02 am PDT #105 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sophia Brooks - Jul 23, 2013 9:45:38 am PDT #106 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Why do I read that as "Carfuckus?"
msbelle - Jul 23, 2013 9:47:25 am PDT #107 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh Fergus would be an AWESOME name for the new Prince.
Dana - Jul 23, 2013 10:15:58 am PDT #108 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2013 10:23:48 am PDT #109 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A couple years ago I saw a fanart of the first cow he was given that I love: [link]
It's marginally more practical than the lump (large) of Berlin wall Usain Bolt was given.
Amy - Jul 23, 2013 10:35:33 am PDT #110 of 30000
Because books.
That poor cow does not look happy about its headgear.
Ginger - Jul 23, 2013 10:36:19 am PDT #111 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
She's a good-looking Brown Swiss, though.
JZ - Jul 23, 2013 10:59:57 am PDT #112 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My dearest wish for The Little Prince, namewise, is that somewhere in the laundry list of names he'll no doubt be stuck with, some family member outs themselves as a geek and a reader by slipping in a Longbottom or a Weasley, or maybe a Prefect or Dent, somewhere in the middle.
Tom Scola - Jul 23, 2013 11:00:46 am PDT #113 of 30000
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
I think they should simplify things and name him Rex.
Amy - Jul 23, 2013 11:01:57 am PDT #114 of 30000
Because books.
Or Prince.