Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 11:08:45 am PST #12329 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I really need to start working "immunocompetent" into my everyday conversation.

Boss: You are absolutely incompetent in every way!
Me: Pfft! I'm completely immunocompetent.


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 11:11:50 am PST #12330 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Should be there this afternoon.

My neighborhood will shun me if I have a goat instead of chickens. It will be very sad.


DavidS - Jan 24, 2022 11:19:54 am PST #12331 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My neighborhood will shun me if I have a goat instead of chickens. It will be very sad.

Your yard will be filled with rusted out abandoned lathes overrun with baby goats. The neighbors will call you two "That smelly goat couple."


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 11:21:17 am PST #12332 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

That's better than "those freaky lathe people."


-t - Jan 24, 2022 11:46:44 am PST #12333 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well fork, Tep. I hope all y'all's super powers keep it mild for him (and you and his dad negative)

Your neighbors would love for you to have a goat, Tep, don't even try to pretend otherwise. There would be cute goat pictures with your stately manor in the background all over NextDoor with captions like "I wish this was my goat"


Toddson - Jan 24, 2022 12:18:33 pm PST #12334 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Not only cute, but if your neighbors should just, somehow, have a nasty obstinate patch of poison ivy you could turn the goat loose on it. Or not, depending on how the neighbors treat you. (How does poison ivy spread? is there a way to encourage it? just asking out of, um, scientific curiosity)


meara - Jan 24, 2022 12:35:50 pm PST #12335 of 30000

I like the “immunocompetent” idea! But dislike Tim getting covid again, yikes!!


-t - Jan 24, 2022 1:15:12 pm PST #12336 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Immunocompetent is a good word.


Steph L. - Jan 24, 2022 1:15:43 pm PST #12337 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I like the “immunocompetent” idea!

That's a real medical word! It just means having a normal immune system. #TheMoreYouKnow


JenP - Jan 24, 2022 1:18:00 pm PST #12338 of 30000

Well, that is not cool, Steph. Not at all. I wish Tim a quick and uneventful time of it. And I wish for your immunocompetence to excel.

That's as far as it went. But my brain now has the image of me kissing Sigourney Weaver and I don't regret that a bit.

That definitely is in the excellent dream category. (I once dreamed Anthony Edwards asked me to marry him. Not the same, but it was strangely comforting!)