We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


shrift - Nov 20, 2007 12:15:25 pm PST #3340 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I prefer blueberry WHITEY MUFFIN PIE.


lisah - Nov 20, 2007 12:25:37 pm PST #3341 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I can't think of the word 'muffin' without appending 'whitey' to it anymore. at all. Like today I thought, "This salad is good but I really want a muffin...whitey."


Sophia Brooks - Nov 20, 2007 12:27:36 pm PST #3342 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I can't think of the word 'muffin' without appending 'whitey' to it anymore. at all. Like today I thought, "This salad is good but I really want a muffin...whitey."

I have this problem, too. Unfortunately, saying "eat a muffin whitey" to one's cow-workers is somewhat embarrassing.


tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 12:54:12 pm PST #3343 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

More online crack: ZIPskinny. Get all sorts of census data by zipcode. Lets you compare to other zipcodes.

Crack, I tells ya....


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 12:57:08 pm PST #3344 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I bought an entire unit of Twix for a craving that proved sated with one bit. On the upside it did give me a chance to have my Old Navy wrap dress complimented by one of the office fashion cognoscenti (it's a weird sensation when it feels like it's the first time I'm writing a word I know perfectly well) (oh, and she's probably not one of, more like the cognoscente).

That's a lotta extra Twix.


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 12:59:31 pm PST #3345 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My ZIP code is quite educated, yet has above average number of people below the poverty line.


Strega - Nov 20, 2007 1:27:42 pm PST #3346 of 10001

To a Briton pointing out that something is nonsense, rubbish, tosh or logically impossible in its own terms is not an attack on the person saying it – it’s often no more than a salvo in what one hopes might become an enjoyable intellectual tussle.

I think in the U.S. there's a more emphasis on the idea that one should avoid causing offense by even stating one's own beliefs, much less criticizing someone else's. And there are reasons for that; this is a much more diverse society. My sense is that the UK is tilted more toward the "if you take offense, that's your problem." Not that it's impossible to offend a Brit, but it does seem to require a little more effort. Or Chris Morris.


Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 1:38:40 pm PST #3347 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Unfortunately, saying "eat a muffin whitey" to one's cow-workers is somewhat embarrassing.

Don't I know it!


Scrappy - Nov 20, 2007 1:38:55 pm PST #3348 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I think the UK is more tilted to "You are not your ideas." So if a person tells you a particular idea is stupid, it doesn't mean YOU'RE stupid. I got the impression Fry was talking about a dinner party where we might not know everyone well (or at all), not among close friends or family. I do think arguing with someone's ideas is seen as bad manners in this country and not proper chitchat.

In America, on the other hand, asking someone what they do for a living is idle chatter, but in Europe or Britain is often never brought up among people who are just meeting.


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:45:46 pm PST #3349 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.

Some people are so touchy.