Oh no! Poor Matilda and family, and yay for EM! Good luck to your mom, too, JZ.
That is awesome, sara.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2018 3:38:13 am PDT #27512 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Jul 18, 2018 4:23:50 am PDT #27513 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, man, JZ that's a lot of not what anyone wants.
I'm sorry that happened to you, Karl.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2018 4:28:10 am PDT #27514 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Ugh, sorry JZ. I hope Matilda recovers quickly.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2018 4:39:50 am PDT #27515 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Everyone is a poor noodle and I hurt for all of them!
Poor everyone but especially Matilda!
My parents walk their dog off leash in Rock Creek Park (which is against the posted rules), but they didn't start doing it until she was well-trained enough to come and sit by her human whenever they pass another person on the trail. Unless you're a deer or a squirrel she won't chase or jump on you.
(She only jumps up on people who are trying to give my Mom a hug, because she has a Thing about that. We're not sure if she sees it as "This is a fun game let me play too!" or "My human is being attacked, I will defend her by putting my paws on the intruder's shoulders!")
Dana - Jul 18, 2018 4:49:03 am PDT #27516 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Poor Matilda.
Boo crappy dog owners.
Guess who woke up with either food poisoning or a stomach bug? So that was a fun couple of minutes of wondering if I needed to pass out. Fortunately I didn't, and I feel mostly okay now.
Steph L. - Jul 18, 2018 4:59:51 am PDT #27517 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Poor Matilda!
Vacation is good, but I haven't been on vacation with SiL #1 in 10 years, and I forgot that she never, EVER shuts the fuck up. She will not stop talking. Ever. Like, if someone is clearly reading a book, she sits down and launches into a monologue anyway. About NOTHING. I wanted to stab her by halfway through Day 2. So I keep hiding out in our bedroom just to get some peace and quiet, which makes me feel antisocial, but I really don't want to stab her when it's only Wednesday.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2018 5:03:15 am PDT #27518 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Very wise, it's always best to stab people on a Friday.
meara - Jul 18, 2018 5:07:28 am PDT #27519 of 30002
I mean, stabbing Friday is good, but on the other hand if you stab her now, more vacation without talking!
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2018 5:12:25 am PDT #27520 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
No, no, no. If people stop observing the stabbing on Fridays norm, I'll have to start wearing chainmail under my shirt every day and it chafes.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 18, 2018 5:28:37 am PDT #27521 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
My mom's best friend is an incessant chatterbox like that. Actually Mom recently went shopping with her and they ran into my Aunt Barbara, who could also talk the hind legs off a donkey. We laughed because before he died Dad had recently pondered what would happen if they met and started talking at one another.
It's perhaps good it occurred in a wide open department store where the oxygen supply couldn't be used up quickly.