In re superstitions - if you can't find a piece of wood to knock on, your head is an acceptable substitute.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2008 4:04:16 am PDT #3431 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Daisy Jane - Aug 15, 2008 4:17:04 am PDT #3432 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Animals that begin with "n"?
Of course Dana thought of a nutria!
8:30 am meeting on a Friday? DO. NOT. WANT.
Nilly - Aug 15, 2008 4:22:28 am PDT #3433 of 10003
Swouncing
sumi, I hope everything it's OK, and it's just a neighbor not paying attention to their breakfast or something.
In re superstitions - if you can't find a piece of wood to knock on, your head is an acceptable substitute.
Does the "knock on wood" superstition have anything to do with Christianity and the wood Jesus' cross was made of? Some people here say that it does, and therefore there are some religious people who try not to knock-on-wood, because of the religious connotations.
8:30 am meeting on a Friday? DO. NOT. WANT.
Um, will it at least be over early?
Daisy Jane - Aug 15, 2008 4:24:04 am PDT #3434 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It will be over at 9, which is (un?)fortunate, because I have a 9-10am meeting after that.
Good heavens I'm looking forward to Happy Hour already.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 15, 2008 4:24:10 am PDT #3435 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Animals that begin with "n"?
Did anyone say "norwhal" yet?
Toddson - Aug 15, 2008 4:28:27 am PDT #3436 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I read somewhere, sometime, that the "knock on wood" was something to do with alerting or placating the spirits that live in wood ... so pagan, pre-Christrian.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 4:31:17 am PDT #3437 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, I was just sitting in my chair, leaning back, when the chair just continued to lean further and further back. Sorta' like I was falling backwards, but a little slower than falling. It leaned all the way back (more than 90 degrees) until the headrest hit the floor.
Diagnosis: Metal fatigue led to the metal that holds the chair up to tear away, allowing the remaining metal to fold over....
Nilly - Aug 15, 2008 4:35:52 am PDT #3438 of 10003
Swouncing
the "knock on wood" was something to do with alerting or placating the spirits that live in wood ... so pagan, pre-Christrian.
Thanks! That's interesting.
tom, so you didn't fall down or anything, right?
Good heavens I'm looking forward to Happy Hour already.
You deserve an extra-special-fun weekend.
Animals that begin with "n"?
Nilly. What? I'm neither a vegetable nor a mineral.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 4:38:13 am PDT #3439 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tom, so you didn't fall down or anything, right?
Nope. It was slow enough that I could reach over and try to stop it. Which didn't work anyway. So I ended up on the floor on my back, on top of a broken chair....
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 4:41:40 am PDT #3440 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Nilly, is your computer treating you any better?