I have no opinion on the Airbus or any other plane, but as a born and bred (4th generation) Californian, I had never heard of a singular split (except, as Tep notes, related to champagne) before this conversation. I grew up knowing tons of dance students and actors working hard to become double or triple threats, and since it was a big-deal flexibility goal we talked about it a lot, and it was always, always "the splits."
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Feb 24, 2010 7:09:41 am PST #10399 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
msbelle - Feb 24, 2010 7:09:43 am PST #10400 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
not chenille, like pintucks. heavy cotton like a totebag weight.
meara - Feb 24, 2010 7:11:05 am PST #10401 of 30001
I'm from the Midwest and say do the splits. Which sounds funny now that i've read it 18 times! But I'd only heard "a split" in reference to champagne.
javachik - Feb 24, 2010 7:11:07 am PST #10402 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
MsBelle, I used to buy exactly that at Cost Plus World Market. But limited colors; I always got a taupe.
JZ - Feb 24, 2010 7:11:21 am PST #10403 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
msbelle, seersucker?
eta: And, meara, I just remembered that even my Midwest transplant best friend (from Minnesota) always called them "the splits," too.
There was one brief bendy time in my life when I could do them--right leg forward only, though. Could never, ever manage left leg forward.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 24, 2010 7:12:05 am PST #10404 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have never, ever heard "the splits". it sounds so weird to me.
I agree with Sue that those bedspreads are chenille bedspreads.
Sue - Feb 24, 2010 7:12:26 am PST #10405 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Did they use the same material for chair covers?
P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2010 7:13:27 am PST #10406 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, in Seattle, it's always been the splits or splits. No singular split.
Scrappy - Feb 24, 2010 7:15:03 am PST #10407 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Maybe this [link] msbelle?
ChiKat - Feb 24, 2010 7:16:43 am PST #10408 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Maybe this [link] msbelle?
Oh! I had one like that in navy blue.