Never send a minion to do a god's work.

Glory ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


tommyrot - Aug 10, 2010 5:41:37 am PDT #17057 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Sheep Have Taken Over Hobbit Holes on The Lord of The Rings Set

A flock of sheep have taken over the Hobbit holes on a Matamata, New Zealand farm that were created by Peter Jackson’s crew while filming “The Lord of The Rings” trilogy.


Trudy Booth - Aug 10, 2010 6:16:49 am PDT #17058 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Skinny jeans= ugly on everyone.

I actually think some people can pull them off. However, I will never condone jeggings.

Johnny Weir is adorable in jeggings. He is probably the only one in the world, however.


tommyrot - Aug 10, 2010 6:23:48 am PDT #17059 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Horrorwood Visitors Attack 'Ghosts' After Being Scared

Visitors at a Taiwanese haunted house theme park have attacked the actors dressed as ghosts repeatedly, the company told the Agence French Presse on Tuesday.

Staff at Horrorwood, a theme park dedicated to scenes from horror movies, have had to be granted leave by the company after repeated run-ins with tourists.

A man dressed as a zombie was slapped by a man whose girlfriend was scared. The attacker later told the company that "he wanted to find out whether the 'ghost' was real or not."

A female tourist hit a male actor in the groin with an umbrella.


flea - Aug 10, 2010 6:39:14 am PDT #17060 of 30001
information libertarian

So, JetBlue flight attendant flip-out guy - folk hero or not?

While I adore the idea of having an inflatable ejection chute for difficult work situations, I can't say I admire the guy myself. Yes, sometimes we just get fed up and can't deal, and we all WANT to cuss out the plane, grab a beer and leave, but being a grownup means you power through and bitch to the Buffistas afterward, right?


Tom Scola - Aug 10, 2010 6:44:10 am PDT #17061 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The guy gets style points, but he pretty much screwed himself. Even if he gets a reasonable plea deal, his former employer will be suing him for putting their plane out of service.


brenda m - Aug 10, 2010 6:47:27 am PDT #17062 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think flipping the emergency slide is where he'll get crushed. Both from the plane out of commission thing but also the potential to cause a panic - not everyone may have understood what was going on, and people have died even in their on-the-ground tests of plane evacuation. If a few people got freaked and started running for the slide, things could have got ugly in a hurry.


Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2010 6:48:23 am PDT #17063 of 30001
brillig

Does anyone who types quite a lot during the business day have long fingernails, and if so, do they get in the way? I was growing out my nails and finally had to cut them off because they were interfering. I see pictures of secretaries with long talons, and I imagine they're typing with the nail tips, which hurts when I try it all day.


Jesse - Aug 10, 2010 6:48:43 am PDT #17064 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yes, sometimes we just get fed up and can't deal, and we all WANT to cuss out the plane, grab a beer and leave, but being a grownup means you power through and bitch to the Buffistas afterward, right?

Right.


Fred Pete - Aug 10, 2010 6:49:34 am PDT #17065 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

JetBlue flight attendant flip-out guy - folk hero or not?

Based on what I've heard, probably not, though my exact reaction depends on what really happened.

I've read at least one report that says the tipping point was when the unruly passenger hit the flight attendant with a carry-on bag -- possibly accidentally, possibly not accidentally. If it wasn't accidental, flight attendant's actions bother me less.

Still bothers me, though. Because flight attendant chose to go off on the entire planeload of people. Most of whom, I've no doubt, were blameless in the sense that they were at least civil to flight attendant during the flight, and made no demands on him beyond those comfortably within his job duties.

Now, if he'd just gone off on unruly passenger, and maybe any passengers who'd acted like jackasses during the flight, I might be more sympathetic.


shrift - Aug 10, 2010 6:50:43 am PDT #17066 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, engineering. I think you should know that I'm one dumbass ticket response away from choking a bitch.