Uhg, really late night at the pool. Can't pick up MK until 7:45. Hope there will be time. I should have left early.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
sarameg - Feb 22, 2010 1:44:10 pm PST #9929 of 30001
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2010 1:52:45 pm PST #9930 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Olympics are TV. Whattya want?
Fiction! Or tennis!
I'd take Aldis Hodge in one.
[[stifles response]]
Dana - Feb 22, 2010 1:54:19 pm PST #9931 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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No, no. That won't do. And your response better have been "That's what she said!"
DavidS - Feb 22, 2010 1:57:09 pm PST #9932 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fiction! Or tennis!
I remember tennis being in the Olympics. Steffi won. That was her Grand Slam Plus One year.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2010 2:02:55 pm PST #9933 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And your response better have been "That's what she said!"
coughI'lltakehimoutofonecough
I remember tennis being in the Olympics.
There are Olympics, and then there are Olympics. I've seen Olympics, and these are not the Olympics I'm looking for.
Amy - Feb 22, 2010 2:09:12 pm PST #9934 of 30001
Because books.
coughI'lltakehimoutofonecough
Much better.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2010 2:13:37 pm PST #9935 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Are they going to give Bob Costas and whoever their own channel after the Olympics are done so they can talk about trivia and inspirational overcoming-adversity stories of American athletes 24/7 while the actual sports play unnoticed on a background screen behind them?
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2010 2:18:54 pm PST #9936 of 30001
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It's making me not watch things I'd like to watch, those idiot announcers, showing two minutes of sports with 5 minutes of drivel, then lots of commercials.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2010 2:21:33 pm PST #9937 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know what? I'm going to go home and pop the Berlin IAAF games DVD into the player. My father actually gave me a Christmas present. First time he actually bought me something himself in over 20 years. Usain Bolt footage. Cutest thing ever. It will help get me over these doldrums.
Hil R. - Feb 22, 2010 2:37:03 pm PST #9938 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anybody know anything further about this? [link] I'm having trouble figuring out the logic there.
PARIS - French police are investigating claims that a burger chain serving only halal meat in restaurants with a strong Muslim clientele is discriminating against other customers.
"Why should the people of Roubaix be forced to go to Lille or elsewhere to find bacon?" Franck Berton, the mayor's lawyer, told Reuters.