I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!

Willow ,'Showtime'


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.


bon bon - Mar 14, 2014 6:16:20 am PDT #22290 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm having rhubarb pie right now! Baby's been getting lots of pie for breakfast, which happens when you're pg and live next to Marie Callender's.


tommyrot - Mar 14, 2014 6:24:56 am PDT #22291 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Random question:

When I was in kindergarten-2nd grade-ish I remember teachers and my parents telling us that you only use the word "done" when referring to food that's baking (or cooking?). Otherwise you were supposed to use the word "finished". So I dutifully followed this rule until I finished high school, at which point I stopped giving a fuck.

Is this rule still a thing? Do they teach it to kids now?


Hil R. - Mar 14, 2014 6:30:28 am PDT #22292 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I've never heard that rule, tommyrot.


-t - Mar 14, 2014 6:35:57 am PDT #22293 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I never heard that.

I think we are having cake for our meeting today and not pie. Hm.


Theodosia - Mar 14, 2014 6:36:43 am PDT #22294 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I never heard of that rule, but maybe it's a Midwestern thing?

Randomly, I'm wondering if the transitory pain I've had right in the gallbladder region might actually be a mild gallbladder stone. It's been happening on and off after meals for a week now. OTOH, it's not like it's agonizing or anything, just a cramp I can power through. (This compared to my Actual Kidney Stone or Actual Broken Toe.)


Jesse - Mar 14, 2014 6:39:46 am PDT #22295 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That seems like the kind of wackado "rule" some teacher comes up with and insists is real.

Oh, thank goodness -- there will be pie here this afternoon!


tommyrot - Mar 14, 2014 6:39:57 am PDT #22296 of 30000
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 never heard of that rule, but maybe it's a Midwestern thing?

Huh. I dunno. But I don't think I've heard any references to that rule since I was in 2nd grade.


meara - Mar 14, 2014 6:45:02 am PDT #22297 of 30000

Bon Bon now I want rhubarb pie! Yum. When are you due??


brenda m - Mar 14, 2014 6:46:10 am PDT #22298 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've never heard of that.

The done/finished thing, I mean. I have heard of rhubarb pie. And now I want some.


Steph L. - Mar 14, 2014 6:48:31 am PDT #22299 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

When I was in kindergarten-2nd grade-ish I remember teachers and my parents telling us that you only use the word "done" when referring to food that's baking (or cooking?). Otherwise you were supposed to use the word "finished".

I've been told that, possibly up through high school. And it still sticks in my mind occasionally when I'm about to reply "I'm done!" and I wonder if I'll be shamed for saying that and I should say "I'm finished." And then I don't give a shit, because people misuse "literally" and think that "aw" is spelled "awe" (which mean 2 TOTALLY different things).

t /bitter and tetchy