What a pain, Zen.
Do I have the first spotting of pumpkin spice bagels?
I wish Publix would send its baggers to TJ's to learn how to use reusable bags. It is not a contest to see how many things can be stuffed into one bag.
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Sep 22, 2015 10:31:48 am PDT #5751 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
amych - Sep 22, 2015 10:35:14 am PDT #5752 of 30003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Do I have the first spotting of pumpkin spice bagels?
Yes, given that SUCH A THING DOES NOT EXIST
Ginger - Sep 22, 2015 10:48:20 am PDT #5753 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
-t - Sep 22, 2015 11:04:22 am PDT #5754 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Excellent use of scare quotes. Ginger.
So, I'm having a pomegranate as part of my lunch - of all the many Right Ways to Eat a Pomegranate that are floating around the internet I think I have found the one that works best for me, finally. It made me think, as it often does, that six pomegranate seeds is not much sustenance. And then, as I had more peel to wrangle, I got to wondering how the laws of hospitality that Paris violated by running off with Helen while he was Agamemnon's guest were related to Persephone eating Hades' food meaning she had to stay. Does anyone know?
(Hahahaha autocorrect, however I misspelled 'hospitality" I did not mean "hostility")
-t - Sep 22, 2015 11:08:18 am PDT #5755 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think I've actually tried Thomas' bagels, in my head they are English muffins with holes in them.
Kat - Sep 22, 2015 11:37:15 am PDT #5756 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wait. They aren't?!
And let's be clear , the only time English bagels are acceptable is when you are living in Belgium and visiting London.
-t - Sep 22, 2015 11:37:47 am PDT #5757 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They might be, I haven't tested the hypothesis.
Zenkitty - Sep 22, 2015 11:42:11 am PDT #5758 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I got to wondering how the laws of hospitality that Paris violated by running off with Helen while he was Agamemnon's guest were related to Persephone eating Hades' food meaning she had to stay. Does anyone know?
I think Persephone had to stay, not because she violated hospitality rules, but because she ate food that was offered to her in the Otherworld. This is a common theme in mythology/folktales. If you ever go to Fairyland, don't eat or drink anything, or accept any gift offered to you, or you'll have to stay. FYI.
-t - Sep 22, 2015 11:52:13 am PDT #5759 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I know, it just struck me that part of claiming hospitality is eating food that has been offered you (hence rituals where guests are offered, say, bread and salt) and it seems like those two, uh, I don't know what noun to use but I'm sure you know what I mean, might be related in some way.
Steph L. - Sep 22, 2015 11:56:33 am PDT #5760 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I wish Publix would send its baggers to TJ's to learn how to use reusable bags.
TJs baggers are excellent at bagging in general. Unlike the Kroger method of put-one-item-in-a-plastic-bag-and-hurl-bag-in-cart.