Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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.


Strix - Sep 26, 2013 2:13:39 pm PDT #6771 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

meara watched me steal a salt shaker at the Chicago F2F. But I did it to be a good hostess -- it was to abet tequila shots! And I returned it on Sunday.

Handwritten thank yous make me raise my eyebrows a little bit.

I always sent handwritten TY notes after each professional interview, on simple yer elegant TY cards I bought for the purpose. But I am a ridiculously overprepared Virgo interviewer.


Amy - Sep 26, 2013 2:17:19 pm PDT #6772 of 30000
Because books.

I need to remember not to look at work email after hours. BECAUSE OF THE RAGE.

I'm pretty sure I once walked out of a restaurant with a glass in my hand. It might have had something alcoholic in it.


flea - Sep 26, 2013 2:25:35 pm PDT #6773 of 30000
information libertarian

A kid who did that won $100,000 on AFV this year. (In our family, we sometimes say, "But Mom, I'm your son.") [link]


Atropa - Sep 26, 2013 2:36:53 pm PDT #6774 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

My phone screen for the new job went well - I'm talking to the hiring manager next week about a possible interview.


le nubian - Sep 26, 2013 2:37:20 pm PDT #6775 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jilli,

good luck!


Zenkitty - Sep 26, 2013 2:43:52 pm PDT #6776 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

That poor kid! PLEEEAZZZE I'm glad he got money in compensation for being mocked for his guilt meltdown. He will never steal anything ever.

Once, on the way back to my place from the college cafeteria with my then-boyfriend, he pulled two full sets of flatware from his jacket and presented them to me. I was flustered, but, you know, I did need flatware. I rationalized it as a small rebate on my tuition.


billytea - Sep 26, 2013 2:44:47 pm PDT #6777 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I recall a dinner at a barbecue joint with a number of NY Buffistas, at which one or more of their sauce bottles departed the restaurant in the possession of a Buffista. (This is not the only time that an evening with Buffistas introduced me to exciting new crime.)


Theodosia - Sep 26, 2013 2:48:45 pm PDT #6778 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"

billytea, remember that we need the definition of 'over-servicing', preferentially one that's SFW.

I can't remember stealing anything deliberately from a restaurant. However, if you hand me a pen to sign something, I'll automatically try to put it in my purse because apparently my lizard brain is convinced ALL YOUR PENS BELONG TO US.


Tom Scola - Sep 26, 2013 2:58:14 pm PDT #6779 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Hostages, the new Alexis Bledel show, and SVU are all shooting within a five block radius of my home tonight.


Connie Neil - Sep 26, 2013 3:03:23 pm PDT #6780 of 30000
brillig

Hostages, the new Alexis Bledel show, and SVU are all shooting within a five block radius of my home tonight.

What a perfect cover for a crime.

"Officer! I just saw someone acting suspicious!"

"It was probably an actor practicing."