Ooh Fay, I have a Thai question for you - what exactly does "yum" translate as? (We ordered from a FABULOUS new Thai place last night and I always thought yum meant soup, but if this menu is to be believed, that's apparently not the case. And DH was 6 when he lived in Thailand so he's no help at all on this.)
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Jessica - Apr 17, 2008 7:30:13 am PDT #5187 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Polter-Cow - Apr 17, 2008 7:34:25 am PDT #5188 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And not to worry about the ethnicity of your mates making you a terrible Indian - say rather that the qualities you value in friends are not culturally-specific. And since MOST people in America are not Indian, that means that your chances of finding cool people who are nonIndian is pretty high. Alternatively, you are being a bold and intrepid explorer, willingly hanging out with the gori girls and boys regardless of their lack of Indianocity. Or something.
Yeah, all I hear from my dad is that Indians aren't bad people. Because I've clearly made it a point not to make Indian friends. My one Indian friend being the exception that proves the rule.
Dana - Apr 17, 2008 7:37:46 am PDT #5189 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think "tom" is soup. "yum" is maybe coconut milk?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2008 7:37:47 am PDT #5190 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Thinking about seeing if coworker can go over it with me and then I can figure the rest of it out myself.
I've never had any formal training, and go years between using it for anything, but I've always found Visio remarkebly easy to use. Among other things, it doesn't try to outthink you like so many Microsoft products (Word bullets and numbering, I'm looking at you!), but I also find it very intuitive.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2008 7:38:27 am PDT #5191 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think "tom" is soup.
Oh noes! Which Tom?!?!??
Scrappy - Apr 17, 2008 7:39:27 am PDT #5192 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
(Is this where I mention that Donald Fagen was my uncle's college roommate and I've had lunch with him? Name-dropping, it's what's for breakfast!)
I am listening to Steely Dan right now in my office AIFG.
Also, yay JZ and jobage!
Tom Scola - Apr 17, 2008 7:40:05 am PDT #5193 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Not it.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2008 7:44:52 am PDT #5194 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.
But you know, soup is good food.
Daisy Jane - Apr 17, 2008 7:48:24 am PDT #5195 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Thanks Frank & vw. Imma talk to her over lunch then and see if she wants to dump it off her plate and onto mine.
Fay - Apr 17, 2008 7:49:35 am PDT #5196 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I think that 'tom' is soup, and 'yam' means...er, probably sour/spicy, thinking about the context in which it tends to show up. (Tom Kah Gai = mild coconut chicken soup. Tom Yam Gung = Hot & sour shrimp soup. Yam Talay = Hot & Sour Mixed seafood salad.) Pet means spicy, so...hmm. I'm thinking maybe hot-and-sour?
But my Thai is SHIT. I'm very unmotivated - it's just so bloody tricky. My Arabic - hell, my Romanian, which I've never really learned & haven't had occasion to speak for over ten years - is a damn sight better than my Thai.
(ion, two days later I still think that the whole LOLita thing is funnier than a very fucking funny thing from the planet Hysteria. I also sort of want to make LOLCindys, for my awesome kid Cindy, who speaks in LOLcatspeak. 'I can haz cookie?' is very Cindy sentence, bless her.)