My ZIP code is quite educated, yet has above average number of people below the poverty line.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 12:59:31 pm PST #3345 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 20, 2007 1:48:35 pm PST #3350 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.
See, I feel weird saying "eat a muffin whitey" to a black person....
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 1:51:45 pm PST #3351 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
Sue - Nov 20, 2007 1:56:44 pm PST #3352 of 10001
hip deep in pie
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
It does! I had a total "eat muffin whitey" moment a couple of weeks ago, But instead of saying to the woman who was whining that the deli was out of blueberry bagels, I just burst out laughing for no reason and looked crazy.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:58:31 pm PST #3353 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As a non-white, I submit y'all want a cupcake and not even a muffin. If it scales up to a cake, it's cheating to call it a muffin.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 2:10:21 pm PST #3354 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.
Huh. Where I grew up the population density is 72.9 people per square mile and the population is 97% white. Where I live now it's 31,860.3/mi², 42.6% white.