Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


§ ita § - Nov 04, 2013 4:31:00 am PST #11018 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have a vague memory of a similar instance in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and a much surer recollection of one from "Due South".

The exact same line in a rescue scenario in a response to the rescued person's compliment? I know there is a larger trope, but these four shows have identical scenes.


aurelia - Nov 04, 2013 4:40:58 am PST #11019 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

There was live music in my supermarket yesterday. What??

There is a Whole Foods here that has a stage... next to the bar. And there is a separate wine bar on the other side of the store.


Jesse - Nov 04, 2013 4:41:06 am PST #11020 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Like, what, a band in the deli? What kind of music?

A keyboard and sax playing like smooth jazz by the checkout. I seriously thought it was new muzak until I got to that part of the store.


Jesse - Nov 04, 2013 4:42:02 am PST #11021 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There is a Whole Foods here that has a stage... next to the bar. And there is a separate wine bar on the other side of the store.

That sounds like they are set up to be all fancy, though.

Actually, there was a burrito place by my old house (and also multiple music schools) that had a regular open mike shoved between the tables and the door.


-t - Nov 04, 2013 4:44:41 am PST #11022 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

A keyboard and sax playing like smooth jazz by the checkout. I seriously thought it was new muzak until I got to that part of the store.

I think I kind of love it.


aurelia - Nov 04, 2013 4:48:40 am PST #11023 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Speaking of supermarkets, has Safeway decided that other cities are not profitable enough or is Chicago just that special? Note I didn't say not profitable; just not profitable enough.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2013 4:54:49 am PST #11024 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I would KILL for a Safeway here. Their gluten-free mac and cheese is THE BOMB. I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

I am not ashamed.


DavidS - Nov 04, 2013 5:18:17 am PST #11025 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

Ping me when you're out and I'll hook you up with more.


Tom Scola - Nov 04, 2013 5:22:01 am PST #11026 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of gluten-free pasta. Gluten is pasta's raison d'être!


brenda m - Nov 04, 2013 5:23:38 am PST #11027 of 30000
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

I would KILL for a Safeway here. Their gluten-free mac and cheese is THE BOMB. I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

They're closing all their stores in the Chicago area at end of December.