The smirky kid issued a statement (which was clearly edited by one of his parents and/or a lawyer). He says that, when the HoI guys started talking shit at them, he and his friends asked their chaperone for permission to start doing some of their school chants to drown them out, and the chaperone said it was OK. The HoI guys were specifically shouting at the one black kid in the school crowd, and the chaperones' first responsibility should have been to get that kid out of the way of their abuse, not to let the rest of the students escalate the confrontation, which is what the chanting would clearly do.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2019 2:28:20 pm PST #4123 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Laura - Jan 20, 2019 2:40:46 pm PST #4124 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Someone on my FB page is literally praying to St. Joan of Arc for the Saints to win this game.
Should have tried St. Sebastian. Just sayin'.
msbelle - Jan 20, 2019 2:56:50 pm PST #4125 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
backroom got vacuumed and most of the dishes got washed, but moping and moving things to garage did not. halfassed cleaning out of the fridge did though.
and most of the laundry from yesterday and today has been put away.
a banner weekend for cleaning for me and I did not over do it, so I shouldn't be wiped out come the morning.
Laura - Jan 20, 2019 3:02:26 pm PST #4126 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
The past 3 days I have done a shit load of organizing work in the house. 8 loads of laundry, one still in the dryer where it will stay until morning. Tomorrow is a work day but I hope to finish one more part of the project. DH's closet. He has like 3 closets worth of stuff crammed into one space. I took all his suits out first and put them in an unused closet. Next is taking all the shirts and shorts that can be folded and putting them in a spare bedroom empty chest of drawers. Hoping to get it thinned out enough that things can move a bit. Also, his clothes are absurdly big.
Sue - Jan 20, 2019 3:45:26 pm PST #4127 of 30019
hip deep in pie
Tonight I had a dinner with my nephew and SiL, which means I've had dinner with my entire family this week. My SiL is in town for work, but my nephew does have a Dr's appt. to keep that chain going. (It's because he's part of a long-term drug trial so no sudden emergencies there.)
Laura - Jan 20, 2019 4:09:32 pm PST #4128 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Ha, good to see family, particularly without emergencies!
My SIL arrived from NY so we had a get together at other SIL's house. Much joy and laughter. Rhonda was exhausted from all the hours on the phone arranging flight changes for the storm that never actually happened at her airport.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2019 4:18:44 pm PST #4129 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I had Maria here this weekend! We just went out to eat and hid from the weather. Good times.
Now tomorrow I'm REALLY going to hide from the weather -- the forecast is high of 10.
sj - Jan 20, 2019 4:29:32 pm PST #4130 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was planning on getting a lot done over the long weekend, but instead I'm sick and am spending all of my energy on coughing fits.
aurelia - Jan 20, 2019 5:16:22 pm PST #4131 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The HoI guys were specifically shouting at the one black kid in the school crowd
The kids were the ones to point out that they had a black kid with them. They even shared that they have another black classmate who couldn't make the trip.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2019 5:18:23 pm PST #4132 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ugh. A friend of a friend is commenting on every post about this with, "Why isn't anyone talking about how horrible those other guys are?" So I posted a bunch of articles about how they're a hate group. Apparently that's not what she wanted -- she wants everyone to talk about how horrible those other guys are instead of talking about the kids, not in addition to.