Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Toddson - Apr 22, 2009 6:14:30 am PDT #7477 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And, a Buffista (if he's not, he should be) explains Easter.


Fay - Apr 22, 2009 6:33:45 am PDT #7478 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

On the subject of nekkidness at school, my kids had swimming today. Afterwards, the swimming teacher took me aside to recount the following.

Boys in changing rooms: GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE!

PE Teacher suspects all may not be well. Goes in.

Teacher: What's all this about?

A: They're laughing at my penis!

Teacher: prepares to crush other boys for wrecking A's self confidence.

A: (clearly insulted) ...because it's so big!

Teacher: ....Er...I think you're going to have the last laugh on that one, mate.


Vortex - Apr 22, 2009 6:34:58 am PDT #7479 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

A: (clearly insulted) ...because it's so big!

Teacher: ....Er...I think you're going to have the last laugh on that one, mate.

BWHAHAHA!!! I love children.


Amy - Apr 22, 2009 6:47:40 am PDT #7480 of 30000
Because books.

A wins! Bwah! Priceless.

On the subject of the zero-tolerance thing, I've found it all a little scary. You hear stories of kindergartens suspended for "sexual harrassment" because they kissed a classmate or hugged a teacher, and it's like, we do remember they are *children*, right? Who are still learning appropriate behaviors?

I feel like I need to send my kids to school with a list of things they cannot say, even in jest.


Calli - Apr 22, 2009 6:57:51 am PDT #7481 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My sister, and several other kids with asthma, who followed the rules and didn't go to the nurse when the teacher said no, ended up in the ER, several times.

Did the nay-saying teachers pay the ER costs? Because that would have been pretty good behavior change reinforcement.


Barb - Apr 22, 2009 6:58:58 am PDT #7482 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

I feel like I need to send my kids to school with a list of things they cannot say, even in jest.

Tell me about it. A lot of the time, I suspect that Nate's "attitude" in school comes from the combination of a) snarky parents b) a well-developed sense of the absurd and c) the fact that we encourage questioning and debate in our house, even though ultimately, he knows it's a (mostly) benevolent dictatorship.


Polter-Cow - Apr 22, 2009 7:28:59 am PDT #7483 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Grah. One of my wisdom teeth is coming in and poking my gum and irritating me and making it annoying to chew things. My dentist told me to get all four removed a year ago, but I never got around to finding an oral surgeon. And now I need one ASAP! GET THIS EXTRA TOOTH OUT OF MY MOUTH.


meara - Apr 22, 2009 7:46:41 am PDT #7484 of 30000

Oooh, I had that happen, P-C! It made me feel a lot of sympathy for teething babies. That shit hurts!!


Polter-Cow - Apr 22, 2009 7:51:02 am PDT #7485 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's not absurdly painful yet, but I want to get it taken care of before it gets to that point. Every now and then, I've had a few days of soreness in one of the quadrants, but it usually went away. But I don't think I ever felt an actual part of a tooth before, or if I did, it wasn't that significant.


Barb - Apr 22, 2009 7:56:46 am PDT #7486 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

I lived for about five years with my upper two wisdom teeth fully descended and the lower two impacted. One of them was at an angle and one corner finally started poking out of the gum. That's when I had the surgery-- had Demerol for the first time and went to Tempe three days later for the Fiesta Bowl with strict instructions not to exert too much pressure when playing my trumpet for fear of blowing out my stitches.

Good times.