I sometimes wish members of my family spoke a language I didn't understand.
MASTER!!! OF 99 LANGUAGES!!
CREATOR!!! OF 98 LANGUAGES!!
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
billytea - Nov 19, 2009 6:25:08 pm PST #20405 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2009 6:27:18 pm PST #20406 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bob bob's father didn't want him to learn Greek b/c in the 70s he thought it might adversely affect his integration into US culture. Now my in-laws use it (or Italian) against us both.
WTF? You married a Greek philosopher?! Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Bob Bob?
sarameg - Nov 19, 2009 6:28:30 pm PST #20407 of 30001
Cracks me up when MK goes an instigates a wrestling bout with Loki. He's 16, he tires of it easily, gets knocked sideways with a simple stroke, but it reassures me he's doing OK. Old and wobbly, but OK.
God, I don't have much time left with him.
Kat - Nov 19, 2009 6:28:49 pm PST #20408 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hey, Bon, I've been meaning to ask how the budget cuts have been effecting Bob bob.... is he doing okay?
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2009 6:34:21 pm PST #20409 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The closest my family comes to another language for hidden expression is teaching the kids to swear in patois so they wouldn't get in trouble in American society.
A couple cousins married Swedes, and one's daughter is being raised by the Swedish father. So we're acquiring language.
Kat - Nov 19, 2009 6:35:58 pm PST #20410 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Holy moley... I just read the Gingerbread Man story. That shit is fucked up, yo!
Burrell - Nov 19, 2009 7:28:20 pm PST #20411 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It totally is Kat. Most of the fairy tales are quite brutal. They make Franny cry.
bon bon - Nov 19, 2009 8:28:30 pm PST #20412 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
WTF? You married a Greek philosopher?! Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Bob Bob?
Hey, Bon, I've been meaning to ask how the budget cuts have been effecting Bob bob.... is he doing okay?
Half Greek. I guess he's also the natural heir to Spinoza and Berkeley? Kat, I think we'll be fine (if poorer), although next year he may have to go 4/4.
juliana - Nov 19, 2009 10:41:08 pm PST #20413 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
My one regret is that I never tried E.
One of two Schedule 1 drugs I have tried. This makes me practically a goody two-shoes in my local community.
billytea - Nov 19, 2009 10:49:22 pm PST #20414 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Of all recreational drugs that are illegal for any age group, I've occasionally had a drink. Never been over the limit either. Dance me with seven of your friends, for truly I am a square.