Can you ask a neighbor to come sniff?
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 02, 2013 5:06:07 pm PDT #1212 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
NoiseDesign - Aug 02, 2013 5:08:56 pm PDT #1213 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Can you ask a neighbor to come sniff?
Out of context this could be a rather disturbing sentence.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2013 5:16:30 pm PDT #1214 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They are doing renovations on a couple of units downstairs, but now? That seems weird. I think it's dissipating, at any rate.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 5:17:54 pm PDT #1215 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe you should light a candle to get a better look?
-t - Aug 02, 2013 5:24:43 pm PDT #1216 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maybe someone spilled something.
I know they add garlic odorant to propane (that was sort of part of my dad's job for a while, he has a big old story about the time some not-yet-odorated propane got out into the pipeline and he was getting flown around in helicopters to literally sniff out how far the problem had gotten) but I don't know about natural gas, except that something is added because otherwise no smell and that would be very dangerous. I don't think I even know what kerosene smells like, which is hamstringing me in brainstorming what else could cause that smell.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2013 5:26:37 pm PDT #1217 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It definitely smells like paint thinner out in the hall, so maybe they left supplies outside the unit or something. It's a mystery! But one I am not going to worry about.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 6:07:25 pm PDT #1218 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Every time I try to explain to someone (in person) that one of my cousins was used as a "hook" in a Nigerian-style scam, they interrupt me and say "Yeah! They hack your address book and..." NO. "She got hacked, that's awful!" NO. I mean she's the Nigerian.
My Dear Friend,
My name is Mr. Diane Abbott I am a member of parliament...
And it even uses the Houses of Parliament logo. That's her.
But no one lets me finish explaining.
Except you!
-t - Aug 02, 2013 6:11:32 pm PDT #1219 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In person people are missing out, that's fascinating. What a peculiar type of fame to have thrust upon you - not you, her, but more broadly all the hooks out there.
Burrell - Aug 02, 2013 6:26:36 pm PDT #1220 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Egad, ita, does she have any kind of recourse over that?
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 6:40:51 pm PDT #1221 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
does she have any kind of recourse over that?
They're pretty untouchable, so unfortunately not. I did once google the name in one of the ones sent to me, and it was a guy from...Southern Africa, I think? But however I thought I'd grasped that, it wasn't a fraction of "Hey, isn't this your cousin in England? Why is she giving me money?" I mean, when did they switch to Western names? She is pretty dark-skinned, though. Maybe that was it. Har.
(She has been in the press for insulting Nigeria, but that was after the email)