Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good  

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


victor infante - Jan 05, 2005 5:26:18 am PST #6831 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Umm...nope, too many possibilities.

Oh, I'll say it.

Lucky, lucky egg.

We now resume our previously scheduled nattering.


Nutty - Jan 05, 2005 5:38:32 am PST #6832 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Blown eggs kill the thread! (Well, how else do you get empty eggshells for Easter artistry purposes? Also, a nice physics lesson about air pressure. Also, scrambled eggs when you're done.)


Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 5:45:27 am PST #6833 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, scrambled eggs when you're done

So that's what the kids are calling it nowadays.


Kate P. - Jan 05, 2005 6:39:41 am PST #6834 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

DUDE. I'm now gonna be skeeved every time Keith says "Who's your daddy?" to Veronica. Wahh! My favorite father-daughter relationship on TV! Ruined!

Oh, way ahead of you. FTR, I've always thought of "Who's your daddy?" as having that specific leatherman sexual connotation.

I don't mind either "sucks" or "bites" or "blows", though I get excessively grossed out by elaborations upon them, such as (whitefonted) "that sucks diseased donkey dick" or whatever. EW. But "Bite me" seems fairly innocuous, whereas "Suck me" or "Blow me" are much more aggressive, possibly because they're more specifically sexual, IMO, and "Eat me" is even more so.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 6:42:43 am PST #6835 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And for some reason the phrase "Feed Me, Seymour!" just popped in my head. Not terribly happy about it either.


sumi - Jan 07, 2005 11:59:55 am PST #6836 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I wasn't sure whether this should go here or in GWW but apparently, there is a new sort of butt-kicking romance novel inspired by characters such as Buffy from BtVS or Sydney from Alias.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2005 12:47:59 pm PST #6837 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

While I suppose the term has spread through the mainstream without necessarily picking up any connotations beyond sugar daddydom, the acquaintance I mentioned earlier was pointing out the narrower usage in the context of his pal using the phrase in a cruisy San Francisco gym at a point in time when his genitals were within about 2 feet of the other person's head.


Betsy HP - Jan 07, 2005 12:53:30 pm PST #6838 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Note that Mills & Boon is the company that publishes as Harlequin in the U.S.


justkim - Jan 07, 2005 2:07:08 pm PST #6839 of 10002
Another social casualty...

Re: "Who's your Daddy?"

Strangely enough, my local paper, The Orlando Sentinel, had this article about the phrase's origins today.


§ ita § - Jan 07, 2005 4:16:49 pm PST #6840 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

justkim -- that's the article that started this all off.