Early ,'Objects In Space'
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Who would've thought there was anything good in that part of town?
Goodness, not me. The first couple of days I had to hike all the way down to Collins or across to Elizabeth to feel like I was on familiar ground. It doesn't help that everything down there is sold at Lawyers' prices (and whilst I may be used to Accountants' prices, even they aren't quite that steep.)
Maybeeeeee this time. I'm here but will it last ... keep your whatevers crossed!
Sorry jury duty was such a sucky experience, Julie. I agree with Angus, doesn't seem like there was any other choice you could’ve made.
Everyone hated F. (Who started sentences with "This is probably a stupid question" until we told him, "You know, you don't have to say that anymore" grrr!)
I read this and immediately thought of this exchange from the Simpsons episode where Homer has jury duty:
Homer: What does "sequestered" mean?
Skinner: If the jury is deadlocked they're put up in a hotel together so they can't communicate with the outside world.
Homer: What does "deadlocked" mean?
Skinner: It's when the jury can't agree on a verdict.
Homer: Uh huh. And "if"?
Skinner: A conjunction meaning "in the event that" or "on condition that".
Homer: So *if* we don't all vote the same way, we'll be *deadlocked* and have to be *sequestered* in the Springfield Palace Hotel
Patty: That's not going to happen, Homer.
Homer: -- where we'll get a free room, free food, free swimming pool, free HBO -- Ooh! "Free Willy"!
Skinner: Justice is not a frivolous thing, Simpson. It has little if anything to do with a disobedient whale. Now let's vote!
Homer: Uh, how are the rest of you voting?
Everyone: Guilty.
Homer: OK, fine. How many S's in "innocent"?
anyone else wondering whether little John picked up a packet of Airforce One M&Ms this weekend?Only in my happy fantasy where little Johnny chokes on a blue one and in a hallucination induced by oxygen deprivation, God decends from on high and bitch-slaps him into line over several key political issues. …Uh, I assume you were talking 'bout our esteemed PM? Because otherwise, I just seem crazy all over again.
Edited for format stuff.
Maybeeeeee this time. I'm here but will it last ... keep your whatevers crossed!
Crossed! Crossed! finjmgies are creisswed.
wait. no they're not. It's just too hard to type. But connection-ma ahoy!
Homer: So *if* we don't all vote the same way, we'll be *deadlocked* and have to be *sequestered* in the Springfield Palace Hotel
snerkity! You know, they don't do that anymore. And here's one of my big gripes about Jury Duty. They didn't tell us that until 5 something o'clock on the our first day of deliberations. We're all.. can't make a decision, want to go home, can't make a decision, want to go home. sigh.
That was the way with most of the experience. We had to ask the right question, in the right way, of the right person to get the answer we needed. Tighlipped tipstaff do not a comfortable jury make!
fantasy where little Johnny chokes on a blue one and
No no no no no. Not the blue one. Blue M&Ms represent everything that is good in the world. They are sunshine and ice-cream cake and balloons and ponies. With sparkly mane-spray, and we tail plait mane-clips. Do what you must with a wayward M and wee Johnny's thorax. But never never dis the blue Ms again!
Not the blue one. Blue M&Ms represent everything that is good in the world...But never never dis the blue Ms again!
No, no, no! You misunderstand! See, Blue M&M's being the representative of all that is good and Johnny Boy being the representative of that is low-down and dirty, it is only *natural* that one would stick in his throat and cause him to choke like the opportunistic political leech that he is! Though I suppose it isn't the best end for the poor M&M, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made...
Though I suppose it isn't the best end for the poor M&M, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made...
Go brown, Choose brown!
Blue is the one true M.
They even wrote a song about it.
"Hey true blue.."
No no no no no. Not the blue one. Blue M&Ms represent everything that is good in the world. They are sunshine and ice-cream cake and balloons and ponies. With sparkly mane-spray, and we tail plait mane-clips. Do what you must with a wayward M and wee Johnny's thorax. But never never dis the blue Ms again!
No, no, no! You misunderstand! See, Blue M&M's being the representative of all that is good and Johnny Boy being the representative of that is low-down and dirty, it is only *natural* that one would stick in his throat and cause him to choke like the opportunistic political leech that he is! Though I suppose it isn't the best end for the poor M&M, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made...
You antipodeans really do do everything upside down. Blue M&Ms are of the Devil and must be crushed. They are evil. They are unnatural. They are an abomination. Shame on you.
Go brown, Choose brown!
No! Brown is nice! Yellow is disgusting! Definately, yellow should be used for political and strategic chokings.
Blue M&Ms are of the Devil and must be crushed. They are evil. They are unnatural. They are an abomination. Shame on you.
Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone, Say you've knocked off for a smoko And you'll be back later on. Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue
Give it to me straight Face to face Are you really disappearing Just another dying race Hey True Blue
True Blue, Is it me or you? Is it mum or Dad, is it a cockatoo? Is it standing by your mates When he's in a fight? Or just vegemite True Blue. I'm asking you
Hey True Blue, Can you bear the load Will you tie it up with wire Just to keep the show on the road? Hey True Blue, hey True Blue. Now be fair dinkum
Is your heart still there If they sell us out like sponge cake Do you really care? Hey true Blue.
True Blue, Is it me or you? Is it mum or dad, Is it a cockatoo? Is it standing by you mate When she's in a fight? Or just vegemite True Blue, I'm asking you.......
Well, no one really expected that to go well, did they? :)
(I think it went pretty well considering...)
nevermind