Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?

Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'


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.


shrift - Jun 16, 2014 8:18:23 am PDT #29981 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I just had to duck out of a meeting because my mom was calling me. In the middle of the day. When I'd just talked to her last night. So I was all "WHAT'S WRONG?" when I took the call, and it turns out that I got baby-dialed by my one-year-old niece.


brenda m - Jun 16, 2014 8:46:49 am PDT #29982 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

Hey shrift I just realized that Ecuador will be playing France while we're in Quito.


erikaj - Jun 16, 2014 8:48:56 am PDT #29983 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

I hate passive aggression so much that doing that to me would guarantee a constant stalemate.


§ ita § - Jun 16, 2014 8:59:51 am PDT #29984 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus? Blithe and Clueless Ankylosaurus?


Beverly - Jun 16, 2014 9:02:40 am PDT #29985 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Ginger, if you have an ear syringe, you can gently flush the ear with a solution of peroxide in warm water, or dilute warm salt water. The warmth will feel good, the flush will rinse out any solid particles that might further irritate or itch, and the salt or peroxide will help disinfect. Follow with a dab of cortisone or bacitracin, or neosporin if you tolerate neosporin.

And I've done similar, embarrassingly frequently, but with no puncture. I do have a disposition to ear infections, though, and I gently pack an injured ear canal with cotton, in case of swelling. Had one swell shut once--never again. Packing was my doc-at-the-time's advice, and it's always helped. Funny hearing for the day or two it takes for the infection to clear, but worth it.


-t - Jun 16, 2014 9:08:10 am PDT #29986 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus?

Dinosaur Comics must hold the answer to that somewhere.


Zenkitty - Jun 16, 2014 9:12:33 am PDT #29987 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Maddeningly Indifferent Apatasaurus.


juliana - Jun 16, 2014 9:37:35 am PDT #29988 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus? Blithe and Clueless Ankylosaurus?

I've been KB'd, and it makes me want to punch the offender in the face. Instead, I make eye contact back, smile, and walk away.


brenda m - Jun 16, 2014 9:42:29 am PDT #29989 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

Oooh! Punch to the face was what I was going to say. IRL probably eyerolling and spiteful out-passive-aggressing.


shrift - Jun 16, 2014 9:42:54 am PDT #29990 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Hey shrift I just realized that Ecuador will be playing France while we're in Quito.

Uh oh. That's going to be an interesting time.