Then they need to limit their pronouncement to 20 Geekiest British Books or summat.
Oh yes -- a British newspaper surveying a primarily British readership? How dare they not alert the Americans reading it online to their obvious bias!
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
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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."
Jessica - Nov 19, 2005 6:38:33 am PST #9476 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DavidS - Nov 19, 2005 6:52:07 am PST #9477 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How dare they not alert the Americans reading it online to their obvious bias!
See, you understand my point exactly. Outrageous behavior on their part.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 6:57:21 am PST #9478 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Only an American paper would have the right to not indicate what country they were talking about, naturally.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2005 7:01:03 am PST #9479 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Only an American paper would have the right to not indicate what country they were talking about, naturally.
What? You think there's only White and Male privilege?
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 7:01:38 am PST #9480 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm from Jamaica. What do you think?
DavidS - Nov 19, 2005 7:04:05 am PST #9481 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm from Jamaica. What do you think?
Phew, that's such a good answer to so many retarded rhetorical questions.
erikaj - Nov 19, 2005 8:21:13 am PST #9482 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Especially with body language and skeptical expression included.
Emily - Nov 19, 2005 8:21:41 am PST #9483 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Randomly, I was searching the library for interesting math-teaching books on Wednesday and ran across a book on how to use a slide-rule (including a mention that computers did exist which could do all kinds of calculations, but that it would be both bulky and very inefficient to use them, like using an axe to swat a fly), written by Isaac Asimov. It was a bit startling.
Ginger - Nov 19, 2005 8:27:30 am PST #9484 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I still have my sliderule.
Emily - Nov 19, 2005 8:34:40 am PST #9485 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
That's nothing to be small-font about!