Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


billytea - Mar 26, 2017 1:07:22 pm PDT #9026 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

What if Bannon opens his head to reveal he's actually a lizardman from late-60s Doctor Who?

There's a surprising dearth of lizardmen in late 60s Doctor Who. Indeed, I think the only contender would be the Ice Warriors from Mars. But in January 1970, just one month out, we get the Silurians. These were prehistoric lizardmen who woke from a long sleep to find their homeland overrun by creatures of a different race (humans), and set about trying to destroy them. There's a workable analogy in there somewhere. The main sticking point is that the Silurians were intended to be sympathetic - they could be reasoned with, and some of them were willing to pursue peace.

Ultimately for the embodiment of a hate-filled obsession with racial purity in Doctor Who, you really can't go past the Daleks. The original and best.


Jessica - Mar 26, 2017 2:30:39 pm PDT #9027 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ultimately for the embodiment of a hate-filled obsession with racial purity in Doctor Who, you really can't go past the Daleks. The original and best.

And if the logical end to this reasoning is stuffing Steve Bannon into a trashcan and hot-glueing a toilet plunger to his face, who could object?


billytea - Mar 26, 2017 2:52:50 pm PDT #9028 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

And if the logical end to this reasoning is stuffing Steve Bannon into a trashcan and hot-glueing a toilet plunger to his face, who could object?

My only objection would be that I'd really want to hot-glue the business end of the toilet plunger to his face, and speaking as a purist that's not quite an accurate representation.


aurelia - Mar 26, 2017 5:44:36 pm PDT #9029 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Ha!

So for the first time ever, I filled out a NCAA bracket for an office pool this year. After the 2nd round I was in 4th place. I just got a text message saying I've clinched 2nd place. I picked North Carolina to win. The jock types are going to be so pissed if I win this.


Gudanov - Mar 26, 2017 5:49:56 pm PDT #9030 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

I have achieved a new power steering pump and a new accessory belt. I figured I might as well replace the belt while I was at it, but it needed to be replaced from my examination after getting the old one off. Unfortunately, while I was working on the car, I saw my brake pads are looking pretty thin so I've got some more work ahead in a bit.


-t - Mar 26, 2017 6:36:15 pm PDT #9031 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Orange vanilla seltzer sounds like a good idea to me! I used to drink something called Cactus Cooler that I both liked and described as tasting like baby aspirin, so.

Yay ski boots and wine and being offline! If you miss Bannon ripping his face off you can catch it on YouTube later.

Good luck aurelia! I follow college basketball even less than professional basketball but I'm rooting for you to take it all.


-t - Mar 26, 2017 6:38:05 pm PDT #9032 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now that I think about it, I wouldn't know what baby aspirin tastes like, someone else must have used that description, but that faintly medicinal taste of Cactus Cooler was both familiar and pleasant for me.


meara - Mar 26, 2017 9:02:46 pm PDT #9033 of 30002

I mean, I don't think people give their children baby aspirin anymore? But maybe it's also baby Tylenol?!?


-t - Mar 27, 2017 5:07:16 am PDT #9034 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Maybe? That's the description in my head, though, baby aspirin.


Amy - Mar 27, 2017 5:18:51 am PDT #9035 of 30002
Because books.

You can't give kids baby aspirin anymore, because of the risk of Reye's syndrome. I used to eat those things like candy as a kid.