You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


askye - Aug 17, 2017 2:15:43 am PDT #15485 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

I got to hold a bunny at 5:30 this morning.

Mom's room has sliding doors out to the deck. Mom's cat is indoor/outdoor. Lovey the cat has brings mice in. This morning it was a young rabbit. Maybe teenage bunny

I'm the official Deal-with-the-creatures-brought-in person so I wrangled the bunny outside as gently as I could. It didn't look injured it went outside in a sheltered area. Lovey the cat was kept inside.

I told mom she needs to keep a flashlight by the door and check him before she lets him in. Also if he ever brings in a snake I'm not dealing with it.


Dana - Aug 17, 2017 2:55:39 am PDT #15486 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

So, what is the socially appropriate response when a second cousin calls you "sexy" on your FB wall?

Cringe and ignore it?


Dana - Aug 17, 2017 3:46:49 am PDT #15487 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Jesus Christ, team member, this is not the time to raise questions about this thing we've been working on for months and months.


Dana - Aug 17, 2017 6:50:51 am PDT #15488 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

And for the three-fer:

Diamond shoes problem. I'm waiting on my car that's being serviced. The waiting room has water, but it's full of cucumbers. Ugh.


Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2017 7:31:49 am PDT #15489 of 30002
brillig

It's good working with adults.

Manager: Can you come back to my office?
Co-worker: Do you have candy?
Manager: I *do* have candy!
Co-worker: Oh, boy!


meara - Aug 17, 2017 7:32:17 am PDT #15490 of 30002

I'm with Dana, that's weird. Pretend it didn't happen? I mean, maybe it's just supposed to be complimentary, like I would say a friend looks sexy even though I have no interest in sexing them?


Jesse - Aug 17, 2017 7:51:59 am PDT #15491 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

A fancy colleague said I looked "sophisticated" today, and yet somehow it felt like an insult? Or at least like he was laughing at me. Damn preppies and their invisible rules about when you dress up and when you don't!


-t - Aug 17, 2017 7:59:19 am PDT #15492 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Invisible rules are the worst.

I am appalled at the thought of schoolkids being kept inside during an eclipse. Argh. My hairstylist said her MiL is getting a halfday for the eclipse because "people go crazy". What kind of bizarro regression is going on with our so-called civilization?


Dana - Aug 17, 2017 8:02:29 am PDT #15493 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I just bonded with a guy who's also waiting on his car because his text alert sound is from The Legend of Zelda, which I haven't played in 25 years but is still lodged in my brain. From there, we moved on to NES emulators and how my brother has built not only a game emulator system but the cabinet to keep it in.


DebetEsse - Aug 17, 2017 8:06:50 am PDT #15494 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Yeah, ignoring it is what I went with. I found myself unable to "like" the comment, though. And, no, meera, it was used as a term of address, not an adjective. It's not inconceivable that he forgot that we were related (?!) His flist is mostly full of attractive young women, and if he weren't family (and therefore, it might make drama), I'd have nothing to do with him. I think I already unfollowed him. There are, of course, also disability issues in the mix, all of which combine to make it harder to navigate.

Sounds like we need to keep an eye out for witch trials re-emerging.