We always called those gumballs.
Sorry about your BiL's diagnosis, Bev.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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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.
-t - Jan 15, 2018 5:36:17 pm PST #21069 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
amych - Jan 15, 2018 5:38:30 pm PST #21070 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Gumballs here too. Or alternately, "ouch wtf did I just step on".
dcp - Jan 15, 2018 5:45:41 pm PST #21071 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
We called them stickerballs.. Osage oranges were sometimes called horse apples.
-t - Jan 15, 2018 6:14:56 pm PST #21072 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had to google Osage oranges. I don't think I've ever seen one.
msbelle - Jan 15, 2018 6:30:19 pm PST #21073 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
huh, we called Osage oranges crabapples.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2018 7:41:17 pm PST #21074 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ditto here.
I just watched Gus Kenworthy win the men's slopestyle US Grand Prix—crossing my fingers he qualifies for the US skiing team in Pyeongchang.
WindSparrow - Jan 15, 2018 7:59:04 pm PST #21075 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
JZ, Bev, what a difficult thing. I'm so sorry.
Fuck cancer.
Zenkitty - Jan 15, 2018 9:43:52 pm PST #21076 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
JZ, Bev, much love to you and your families. Best outcome ~ma for all of you. It's so damn hard.
Calli - Jan 16, 2018 1:36:55 am PST #21077 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry about your BiL's diagnosis, Beverly.
Fred Pete - Jan 16, 2018 4:15:16 am PST #21078 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hairpats to all who need them. Holiday weekends should be better, even in January.