Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'


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.


Burrell - Sep 11, 2013 1:18:10 pm PDT #4940 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

My husband is so FB averse that I just assumed he didn't have an account. Then I found out he uses a pseud on FB so he can follow it a bit but he doesn't post anything.


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2013 1:22:11 pm PDT #4941 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I don't think Tim wants a FB account, because half my posts are either pictures of him doing some jackassery or descriptions of his jackassery. With one bonus video of him using a furnace blower as a leaf blower. Which also falls under the category of "jackassery."


brenda m - Sep 11, 2013 1:31:15 pm PDT #4942 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

Don't think we don't appreciate it, Steph.


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2013 1:38:15 pm PDT #4943 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Comedy GOLD, I tell you what.


brenda m - Sep 11, 2013 2:09:28 pm PDT #4944 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

Also comedy gold - we've got a reply all debacle going on, where someone wanting access to a system used an "all system users" email list. Man oh man. Followed the usual progression:

1. This was not meant for me! 2. Why am I on this list? 3. Please take me off this list

but now has devolved (hello, after 6) to

4. How 'bout them Badgers? 5. Did anyone see Breaking Bad this weekend? 6. A "hang in there" kitten poster 7. A review of Harry and the Hendersons 8. "Replying all is so 2012!"

(Amid the still constant flow of "take me off htis list" "don't reply all", people calling don't-reply-allers hypocrites for replying all, and finally a threat to forever deny the original emailer access just because.)


Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2013 2:11:37 pm PDT #4945 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

BRB, gotta make sure I'm following Steph on FB.


brenda m - Sep 11, 2013 2:15:57 pm PDT #4946 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

Man, this hi-larious. Now people are reply alling "has anyone seen my keys?", and Roger Staubach's son is arguing college football with a half a dozen people.


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2013 2:44:09 pm PDT #4947 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

6. A "hang in there" kitten poster

AWESOME.


Sue - Sep 11, 2013 2:50:35 pm PDT #4948 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I love your sassy colleagues Brenda.

Happy Birthday Trudy!


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2013 3:00:07 pm PDT #4949 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The ENORMOUS box from Amazon was a wedding present from one of Tim's brothers and his wife -- 2 very swanky folding camping chairs! (This is the brother who loves to camp and always camps for his birthday.) At the recent camping trip, we pulled out our fairly old camping chairs, which don't even have armrests (they're that old), which we are perfectly happy with, because we don't use them all that much. I don't remember getting any teasing about our chairs, but there may have been some. And I think *I* lamented the lack of armrests that have beverage holders.

These have armrests (I think pretty much all camping chairs have arms now), with a beverage holder hole in each arm, and the chairs recline. SWEET.