This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Allyson - Dec 14, 2011 3:40:34 pm PST #11584 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I wonder if these same people would like some smallpox, as well.


askye - Dec 14, 2011 3:41:34 pm PST #11585 of 30001
Thrive to spite them

I wonder if these are the same people who claim smallpox wasn't eradicated, it's just called chicken pox now.


brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 3:41:55 pm PST #11586 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

Nuts. I don't get to have either of those, due to my mother and her "science".


Cashmere - Dec 14, 2011 3:51:37 pm PST #11587 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

We're in the throes of a virus. Owen is barfy. I'm off to buy some ginger ale.

And some bourbon for me.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 14, 2011 3:57:40 pm PST #11588 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

It turns out tamarind sauce makes an excellent marinade for steak.


Ginger - Dec 14, 2011 3:58:26 pm PST #11589 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

There's a new book that tells kids how great it is to have measles.

I had measles. I had a 104 fever and hallucinated. I was given gamma globulin injections to try to bring down the fever and was hours of being sent to the hospital when it finally came down. I had to wear gloves to keep from scratching, and I'm covered with a rash and calamine lotion in the Christmas pictures for that year.

It was loads of fun.


DavidS - Dec 14, 2011 4:03:02 pm PST #11590 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

We've got new and exciting medicine which we hope will nuke Matilda's yeast infection from orbit.


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2011 4:18:46 pm PST #11591 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you have to travel to the office, do you dress consistently to work (obviously I'm not asking Jilli, here...)? I was reading someone saying she was ill served by being an eclectic dresser, because no one knew what to expect from her, who to expect her to be.

As an eclectic dresser, I have to admit I'd never given it any thought. Some days it's "normal" business dress, which makes me stand out in my department, sometimes it's normal for my department, and sometimes it's leather and sometimes it's 50s vintage.

Is this considered a bad thing? Do people who dress like me project uncertainty which people will then apply to their work reputation?


Atropa - Dec 14, 2011 4:28:24 pm PST #11592 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

If you have to travel to the office, do you dress consistently to work (obviously I'm not asking Jilli, here...)?

Yeah, I am not your target answer audience. S'okay.

I was reading someone saying she was ill served by being an eclectic dresser, because no one knew what to expect from her, who to expect her to be.

Buh? That seems ridiculous to me. But again, I am very biased on this sort of thing.


Connie Neil - Dec 14, 2011 4:29:02 pm PST #11593 of 30001
brillig

I imagine it would greatly depend on the company, how consistency of wardrobe would affect someone.