You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!

Spike ,'Smile Time'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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.


Burrell - Aug 09, 2010 9:07:17 am PDT #16943 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Happy birthday, Aimee!


Kathy A - Aug 09, 2010 9:07:32 am PDT #16944 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I was listening to radio reviews of the first night of Lallapalooza on Friday night, and it seemed like Devo was a big hit, but Lady Gaga had people leaving in droves after only a few songs. The people who chose to see The Strokes at the other end of Grant Park from Gaga's stage got a much better show.


Jesse - Aug 09, 2010 9:13:44 am PDT #16945 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I had to google Zipit.


Polter-Cow - Aug 09, 2010 9:14:40 am PDT #16946 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Are we not talking about the drain-cleaning thing?


Amy - Aug 09, 2010 9:15:42 am PDT #16947 of 30001
Because books.

No, "Fred" was texting someone on something called a ZipIt. It looked like an enormous Blackberry.


Burrell - Aug 09, 2010 9:16:51 am PDT #16948 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

OK, as a mom I'm gonna hazard a guess as to why kids find Fred funny: he has a weird voice, he makes silly faces and flails around, and he mentions pee a lot. Really, it doesn't take much to make a kid laugh hysterically, and that's a guaranteed trifecta.


DavidS - Aug 09, 2010 9:31:21 am PDT #16949 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am totally old. I don't even know what this Fred is. [link] And I still haven't watched any of his videos...

He was just on iCarly.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2010 9:31:42 am PDT #16950 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Huh. However does this work? What does it even mean??? I'm so confused. And I want one.


DavidS - Aug 09, 2010 9:32:04 am PDT #16951 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Really, it doesn't take much to make a kid laugh hysterically, and that's a guaranteed trifecta.

As Emmett noted while babysitting the three year old down the hall from EM's apartment: "Three year olds are laugh sluts."


Tom Scola - Aug 09, 2010 9:33:48 am PDT #16952 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

However does this work?

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