Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.

'The Message'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Cashmere - Jan 18, 2008 10:49:52 am PST #4070 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

At least they'll replace it for no charge. I just have to run down to the cable company's office and pick it up.

If it were this one, there might be child abuse involved.


Theodosia - Jan 18, 2008 10:50:29 am PST #4071 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Good lord, Cashmere -- I understand the impulse to take something apart, but WHY shred a part of it?


Kathy A - Jan 18, 2008 10:52:12 am PST #4072 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Very impressive work, Cashmere. How long did it take him?

ION, I am soooooo sleepy right now. My nose nearly landed on my keyboard a few minutes ago! I think I'll head over and get a Diet Coke for the caffeine.


Cashmere - Jan 18, 2008 10:53:12 am PST #4073 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I understand the impulse to take something apart, but WHY shred a part of it?

He has oral texture issues. He will shred paper, cardboard and all sorts of things if I let him. He's pretty bad about putting toys and clothing in his mouth and I have to watch him carefully.

It's why we had the problems with the cat litter. I just really can't take my eyes off him for too long a period.

How long did it take him?

As long as it took me to go pee.


Jesse - Jan 18, 2008 10:53:33 am PST #4074 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have to say, I was recently able to take apart a small boombox (as part of a science-eduation training/demo type thing), and it was freaking awesome. So satisfying!


sarameg - Jan 18, 2008 10:53:38 am PST #4075 of 10001

Some kids are just shredders (a friend of mine was. me, I tend to roll things up..) Plus I can see the appeal of streeeetch-pop and chewing on the rubber.

xpost, honest!


Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2008 10:57:29 am PST #4076 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

How long did it take him?

As long as it took me to go pee.

That kid should be an assassin.

Get in, get out, shred the evidence.


JZ - Jan 18, 2008 11:02:06 am PST #4077 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Ah, so it wasn't so much a random tiger attack as natural selection in action, then.

Well, she also ate part of a trainer's arm a year earlier. So, while they were definitely looking to Darwin themselves, the tiger in question had already proven herself ready and willing to attack (and eat) humans with considerably less provocation than these nitwits gave her, so IMO the zoo still bears a metric fuckload of responsibility. Last week's SF Bay Guardian had a cover article by a journalist whose stepfather was a wild game enthusiast and amateur refuge-keeper with interesting, if fairly depressing, observations about Siberian tigers, their strengths and abilities, and a lot of stuff the zoo damn well should have known about already.


Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2008 11:08:43 am PST #4078 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I'd read that the trainer was feeding her incorrectly and the tiger basically thought her arm was food.


tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 11:13:46 am PST #4079 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.

the tiger basically thought her arm was food.

In a way, it is....