So the Nazis were all, "If we can't have this art, no one can!"? What a bunch of babies!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2010 9:43:35 am PST #10764 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.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2010 10:04:36 am PST #10765 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Does anyone else see posts from today on the Good Stuff blog? There should be at least two, and stuff has disappeared from the queue, but not shown up on the actual blog? I don't get it. And of course I don't remember what was queued up, so I can't recreate it.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2010 10:08:57 am PST #10766 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't see anything from today, Jesse. Last thing in my dashboard is the ginger cat.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2010 10:09:32 am PST #10767 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So the Nazis were all, "If we can't have this art, no one can!"? What a bunch of babies!
Actually just one extra bad Nazi. The leader of the resistance fighters actually went over his head to his boss, a high up SS officer, to stop him. An incredibly risky thing to do, but it helped stall the plan to flood the mines.
Cashmere - Dec 13, 2010 10:11:40 am PST #10768 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jilli, here is Olivia's Draculara, with extra blood, "because vampires like blood."
Jesse - Dec 13, 2010 10:18:22 am PST #10769 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't see anything from today, Jesse. Last thing in my dashboard is the ginger cat.
That's so annoying! I had stuff in the queue! Which is no longer there! Hmph.
brenda m - Dec 13, 2010 10:20:53 am PST #10770 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
AAARRRGGGGHHHH! My eldest sister just called me. She's legally blind but continues to fucking drive. This morning, she went to the pharmacy and on the way back, DROVE THROUGH A TRAIN SIGNAL. Meaning, she hit the arm and completely smashed the windshield of their car. This is the only vehicle they have that can get her husband to work. She asked me for $600 to replace the windshield. Ten days before Christmas.
And my sister is dethroned in the ridiculously stupid and potentially lethal driving decisions sweepstakes.
JZ - Dec 13, 2010 10:20:57 am PST #10771 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.
So the Nazis were all, "If we can't have this art, no one can!"? What a bunch of babies!
Actually just one extra bad Nazi. The leader of the resistance fighters actually went over his head to his boss, a high up SS officer, to stop him. An incredibly risky thing to do, but it helped stall the plan to flood the mines.
You should come over some night and have Hec tell you the whole story in greater detail, possibly over cocktails or something. It's amazing how many other Nazis were willing to sneak around behind the one fanatical guy's back secretly and utterly sabotaging his blow-all-the-art-up plans, including passing info to the Allies and the Resistance.
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2010 10:21:18 am PST #10772 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.
Personally, I think blasphemy laws are absurd... but here's an especially absurd example:
Pakistani doctor held under blasphemy law
Pakistani authorities have arrested a doctor on suspicion of violating the country's contentious blasphemy laws after he threw away the business card of a man who shared the name of the Prophet.
Yep, someone who's name was Mohamed gave someone a business card. Then the person threw the card away. That's all that happened.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2010 10:22:39 am PST #10773 of 30001
brillig
It's reassuring to realize that even among the Nazis there were those who said, "No, this is the heritage of humanity, this is bigger than us." Like the guys who gave up Neufschwanstein when the Americans were ready to blow the place up.