My mother, whom I love dearly, cannot understand that in order to have dinner with her tonight, at the home of people I don't want to see, I need to spend the day working on a Monday writing deadline. My husband has kindly offered to take her and her boyfriend around the city today. Boyfriend: "What do you mean Cathy's not coming? Why does she have to work on Sunday?" I know he's just channeling my mom.
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| QUOTE (hollywood @ Oct 22 2004, 08:06 PM) | ||
And take their own sweet time sending the merch! |
And hold your feedback hostage......
Fiona Ritchie.
In all fairness, it's likely because Celtic music gives me the flu. See also Riverdance.
In all fairness, it's likely because Celtic music gives me the flu. See also Riverdance.
The replacing of the medial /t/ sound, by those not possessed of a Cockney or like accent, with a glottal stop. Let ?=glottal stop. Think mitten, mountain (minh?in, mownh?in). Also when used to replace a final /t/ sound – at, what, summit – and particularly galling in the words shouldn't, couldn't (pronounced as shunh?in and cuhn?in).
Guess it's just my day to be annoyed.
Guess it's just my day to be annoyed.
How stupid 46%-49% of my country is.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Oct 25 2004, 09:05 PM) |
| How stupid 46%-49% of my country is. |
| QUOTE (Stone @ Oct 25 2004, 08:05 PM) |
| How stupid 46%-49% of my country is. |
Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaassseeeee don't.
| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Oct 23 2004, 11:58 AM) |
| Fiona Ritchie. |
Ah, the music of my people.
Leaving aside the music, I could listen to Fiona talk all day. I never stop giggling.
de gustibus.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Oct 25 2004, 06:05 PM) |
| How stupid 46%-49% of my country is. |
That's because they are within the margin of error.
Head cold, and influenced by the Freakatorium (see Visual Arts) am attempting to clear sinuses with long nail file. 
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Oct 26 2004, 10:04 AM) |
| Head cold, and influenced by the Freakatorium (see Visual Arts) am attempting to clear sinuses with long nail file. |
put 911 on speed dial
| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Oct 19 2004, 11:00 AM) |
| Riverdance. |
And now Riverdance: The Thread.
(this is non sequitur)
I was just thinking that the type of person who justs immediately sets me off is one I would call a "goody two-shoes". If something someone says or does (or even sometimes justs looks the part) raises my "goody two-shoes" antennae, watch out!
And BTW....whats the derivation of that phrase anyway?
I was just thinking that the type of person who justs immediately sets me off is one I would call a "goody two-shoes". If something someone says or does (or even sometimes justs looks the part) raises my "goody two-shoes" antennae, watch out!
And BTW....whats the derivation of that phrase anyway?
| QUOTE (Rose @ Oct 26 2004, 10:57 AM) |
| (this is non sequitur) I was just thinking that the type of person who justs immediately sets me off is one I would call a "goody two-shoes". If something someone says or does (or even sometimes justs looks the part) raises my "goody two-shoes" antennae, watch out! And BTW....whats the derivation of that phrase anyway? |
Thanks
Even saying the phrase is like nails on a blackboard to me. Well how does that make you feel.....?
Even saying the phrase is like nails on a blackboard to me. Well how does that make you feel.....?
| QUOTE (Rose @ Oct 26 2004, 10:57 AM) |
| I was just thinking that the type of person who justs immediately sets me off is one I would call a "goody two-shoes". If something someone says or does (or even sometimes justs looks the part) raises my "goody two-shoes" antennae, watch out! |
Well, Rose, if you spend more time doing good rather than being a troublemaker, maybe you'll see how great it feels. Deriding people for their positive behavior is really uncalled for.
What if one doesn't own any good shoes? Thanks.
With all due respect Or-ala its not positive behavior, its self-righteous and smugly virtuous behavior that makes a g.t.s.
its not positive behavior, its self-righteous and smugly virtuous behavior that makes a g.t.s.
| QUOTE (jinmyo @ Oct 26 2004, 11:47 AM) |
| What if one doesn't own any good shoes? Thanks. |
A designer bag will do, but only if it's a small, "tasteful" clutch.
Peeling soaked, dried broad beans 
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My neighbor has shaved his long haired silver tabby cat to look like a lion...including leaving a long shaggy mane and a poof at the end of tail. It looks a bit ridiculous. And this cat seems to think he owns our yard. He camps out on my deck to try and get my birds, and I'm afraid if I let my cat out on the deck he will make mincemeat out of my cat. This lion king cat also has a sore on his shoulder, poor thing, probably from fighting.
| QUOTE (Leslie @ Oct 31 2004, 01:00 AM) |
| My neighbor has shaved his long haired silver tabby cat to look like a lion...including leaving a long shaggy mane and a poof at the end of tail...He camps out on my deck ... |
Well he would, wouldn't he ? Especially with a poof at the end of his tail ...
Sorry, UK joke that one
| QUOTE (macrosan @ Oct 31 2004, 11:52 AM) | ||
Well he would, wouldn't he ? Especially with a poof at the end of his tail ... Sorry, UK joke that one |
Or, as someone would say, a puff....
Sorry, Leeds train-traveller joke that one
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#$%# cable modem decided to die last night--no data coming in or out. Several long chats with Time Warner Cable led to the possible hope of an appointment today, but I wasted a whole morning only to have to call them again to find out that nothing was available. I'm hoping I can do a simple exchange at the service center or I have to go a whole week with no online access at home (can't take any time off from work). I'm writing this from the Internet place on 42nd Street.
| QUOTE (StephanieL @ Oct 31 2004, 04:23 PM) |
| I'm writing this from the Internet place on 42nd Street. |
That's devotion.
Steph, can you spring for a wireless card?
Steph--are you sure that it is your modem? Last year, I had a problem where my cable modem wasn't receiving any signal, but was sending some... it turns out they needed to come and physically adjust the signal/noise ratio on the box outside my home.
It's pretty annoying....
A wireless card is a great idea.
It's pretty annoying....
A wireless card is a great idea.
Sugar overdose.
| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Nov 1 2004, 08:04 AM) |
| Sugar overdose. |
You or the kids?
| QUOTE (Leslie @ Oct 30 2004, 07:00 PM) |
| My neighbor has shaved his long haired silver tabby cat to look like a lion...including leaving a long shaggy mane and a poof at the end of tail. It looks a bit ridiculous. And this cat seems to think he owns our yard. He camps out on my deck to try and get my birds, and I'm afraid if I let my cat out on the deck he will make mincemeat out of my cat. This lion king cat also has a sore on his shoulder, poor thing, probably from fighting. |
Anyone who does that to a cat should be shot.
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Nov 1 2004, 08:08 AM) | ||
You or the kids? |
All of us.
| QUOTE (nerissa @ Oct 31 2004, 07:50 PM) |
| Steph--are you sure that it is your modem? Last year, I had a problem where my cable modem wasn't receiving any signal, but was sending some... it turns out they needed to come and physically adjust the signal/noise ratio on the box outside my home. It's pretty annoying.... A wireless card is a great idea. |
No signal in or out. I picked up a new modem at the Time Warner store; if it doesn't work when I install it tonight, I'll have to call for a service appointment and in the meantime exploit my work connection.
How does a wireless card work?
Sporadically. Eratically.
Clients on the telephone: "oh, yeah and there's one more thing I need to tell you . . ."
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Nov 1 2004, 10:33 AM) |
| Clients on the telephone: "oh, yeah and there's one more thing I need to tell you . . ." |
Just like the client who testifies one way in deposition, then right before the trial decides to come clean with the real facts.
How about when one of your colleagues writes and circulates a long memo about something you did, without consulting you, and gets it wrong? And then to make matters worse, you can't really staple their eyelids to the window frame, because there's no reason they would have known you did it. Although whoever asked them to write the fucking memo might have known.
Hello clouds, hello sky...
Hello clouds, hello sky...
Back in London after a glorious honeymoon in the tropics, and the first thing I had to do this morning was circumnavigate a suspect package alert on the way to work. 
God, you accompany a suspect package halfway round the world with no problem, and then ...
And have I mentioned I've been completely immersed in Creole for the past week? My English is shot. My Franglais, on the other hand, is magnifique.
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Nov 1 2004, 01:40 PM) | ||
Just like the client who testifies one way in deposition, then right before the trial decides to come clean with the real facts. |
That's bad, but the one that kills me is when the client has told you the same story since day one, and then in his deposition does a complete 180. There is no worse feeling than sitting there helpless in the depo while you watch the client destroy the case.
Town office (polling joint) doesn't open until 10AM.
53% say they like rooibos tea better than cherry coke.
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Nov 2 2004, 08:23 AM) | ||||
That's bad, but the one that kills me is when the client has told you the same story since day one, and then in his deposition does a complete 180. There is no worse feeling than sitting there helpless in the depo while you watch the client destroy the case. |
Client: What do you want me to say? I'll get them to belive it.
Lawyer: The truth. You need to explain what actually happened.
Client: Come on. Really?
Lawyer: Yes. You really need to tell the truth.
Client: O.k., if that's what you think is best.
Discovering on waking this morning that kitty decided that the ideal place to upchuck a hairball would be at the foot of the bed.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Nov 2 2004, 10:03 AM) | ||||||
Client: What do you want me to say? I'll get them to belive it. Lawyer: The truth. You need to explain what actually happened. Client: Come on. Really? Lawyer: Yes. You really need to tell the truth. Client: O.k., if that's what you think is best. |
(spit-take)
| QUOTE (Stone @ Nov 2 2004, 10:03 AM) |
| Client: What do you want me to say? I'll get them to belive it. Lawyer: The truth. You need to explain what actually happened. Client: Come on. Really? Lawyer: Yes. You really need to tell the truth. Client: O.k., if that's what you think is best. |
There are people out there who are surprised that lawyers really tell their clients that.
But of course there's nothing worse than the truth creeping up behind you and slapping you on the back of the head.
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| Discovering on waking this morning that kitty decided that the ideal place to upchuck a hairball would be at the foot of the bed. |
My older cat has had a lifelong habit of up-chucking, as often as not straight from sleeping on my bed. I am programmed to sense in deepest sleep the short period of retching that gives me 3 seconds grace to leap up, grab him and toss him in the hallway, well away from carpet, bedding etc to carry on up-chucking in peace while I go back to sleep.
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| QUOTE (Vanessa @ Nov 2 2004, 11:29 AM) | ||
My older cat has had a lifelong habit of up-chucking, as often as not straight from sleeping on my bed. I am programmed to sense in deepest sleep the short period of retching that gives me 3 seconds grace to leap up, grab him and toss him in the hallway, well away from carpet, bedding etc to carry on up-chucking in peace while I go back to sleep. v |
I sleep like a rock (which I suppose is usually a good thing). The cats could be dancing on the bed shaking maracas and not wake me.
Strangely, they can leap on and off the bed all night and I wouldn't waken. I'm just specially programmed for this situation, although a few times recently the old one (the young sleeps I know not where as she always comes running as soon as I wake up) has woken me by snoring right in my ear.
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| QUOTE (Daisy @ Nov 2 2004, 11:37 AM) |
| The cats could be dancing on the bed shaking maracas and not wake me. |
Good, because that's exactly what they're doing.
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