Like Trollope, Only Wordier
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
DXMachina - Apr 08, 2004 5:24:26 am PDT #9548 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Laura - Apr 08, 2004 5:27:36 am PDT #9549 of 10005
Our wings are not tired.
Bureaucracy 3: Like Faulkner, but with more punctuation.
The traditionalist in me prefers the Like,Only varieties best.
(and may it take a long long time to use the remaining 450 posts)
Jessica - Apr 08, 2004 5:28:31 am PDT #9550 of 10005
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Like Trollope, Only Wordier
Hee. I like.
msbelle - Apr 08, 2004 5:34:11 am PDT #9551 of 10005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Laura, I edited to make it only, but I agree it doesn't fit the original structure.
Bureaucracy 3: Like Tolkien, Only Ringless.
Laura - Apr 08, 2004 5:43:37 am PDT #9552 of 10005
Our wings are not tired.
See, I liked it even though it didn't use Only, because true. Also, snerked at the Job. Damn, I like too many of these choices.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2004 6:07:03 am PDT #9553 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bureaucracy 3: Like FINNEGAN'S WAKE, but Less Coherent
Bureaucracy 3: Like Pynchon, but More Paranoid
I'm just grasping, at this point. Got no prefrence, really.
billytea - Apr 08, 2004 6:15:09 am PDT #9554 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I propose "Bureaucracy 3: Like X, Only Y".
brenda m - Apr 08, 2004 6:28:20 am PDT #9555 of 10005
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm not a big fan of the Like..onlys, but Job or "like fun, only not" appeal. As do the lurkers.
(Totally off topic, was I the only one laughing my ass off when John Kerry got in such trouble for his "foreign leaders support me in email" espisode?)
amych - Apr 08, 2004 6:30:34 am PDT #9556 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"Bureaucracy 3: Like X, Only Y".
Changing my vote.
juliana - Apr 08, 2004 6:31:59 am PDT #9557 of 10005
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Bureaucracy 3: Don't Worry, Nobody Can Spell It.
This had me laughing like a loon. I like this one.