Who died and made you Elvis?

Cordelia ,'Storyteller'


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 - May 04, 2021 8:27:38 am PDT #6088 of 29424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Thanks for checking in, Tommyrot. That sounds like a brutal stretch.

The good news is that your free time aligns pretty well with things opening up.


DavidS - May 04, 2021 8:28:49 am PDT #6089 of 29424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I was terrified of general anesthesia until I had it and now I LOVE it.

That is definitely Emmett's take. He will rhapsodize about all three times he's been put under (broken nose fixed, wisdom teeth, having his tongue-tie cut).


dcp - May 04, 2021 9:41:36 am PDT #6090 of 29424
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

Just came across a variation on the "May the Fourth be with you" humor. New to me, anyway.

"Tomorrow will be the Revenge of the Fifth."

Maybe it should be, "Soon will come the Revenge of the Sixth!"

I dunno.


shrift - May 04, 2021 10:05:47 am PDT #6091 of 29424
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Woo, we got tommyrot AND Gudanov posting today! Hi!

ION, I have discovered a word for what I am: agender. I'm trying to figure out if I'm aromantic.

As Captain Raymond Holt said, "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place." I'm aroace, which is not new, but I forget who knows or has been around if I get grumpy when sweeping truths about what makes us human don't include people like me. Or perhaps people like us! I hope you find the words that best describe you.


tommyrot - May 04, 2021 10:35:56 am PDT #6092 of 29424
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

shrift, I totally agree. Thanks. I was surprised at how empowering it was to find that term that describes me.

I just talked to my old boss in Highland Park, IL. He says I can have one of his clients. It would only be about $1000 per month, but if I remain otherwise unemployed I can at least cover the gap in my work history.


Dana - May 04, 2021 11:00:58 am PDT #6093 of 29424
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I was surprised at how empowering it was to find that term that describes me.

It's so great how people have more opportunity to identify themselves in ways meaningful to them.


meara - May 04, 2021 11:18:17 am PDT #6094 of 29424

Tommyrot that sucks but yay government paying cobra and new AD!

Shrift I don’t think I knew that! Go you.

I just got off the phone with someone who needs to deal with a huge spreadsheet of issues. Which comes out quarterly and she ought to be familiar with. Turns out not only is she not familiar with it, she is the WORST in excel. Like, couldn’t even figure out how to scroll, half the time. Or filter. Or sort. I was trying to walk her through it and it was just awful. Yikes.


Trudy Booth - May 04, 2021 11:38:54 am PDT #6095 of 29424
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I had a friend in college who was Cape Coloured (presumably still is, of course) and enjoyed making Americans stammer by saying it.

When a dude who grew up under Apartheid tells you he finds American racism more intrusive on his life that stings. "They follow me in stores because they think I'm Latino, then when I speak they think I'm English and suddenly they want to be my best friend..."

Gary was fun.


Jesse - May 04, 2021 12:42:20 pm PDT #6096 of 29424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

As Captain Raymond Holt said, "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place."

Aw, I love that.


-t - May 04, 2021 12:44:11 pm PDT #6097 of 29424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's so great how people have more opportunity to identify themselves in ways meaningful to them.

Right? It makes me so happy to see it happening. Pink sparkly hearts to alla y'all figuring this stuff out