Then I think those look great.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2011 10:13:02 am PST #8714 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Nov 27, 2011 10:17:32 am PST #8715 of 30001
askye, I'm so sorry. You did everything you could. I'm glad Will was able to come be with you and that he could take care of the burial.
Not going to think about my bags. Immunity building!
Got everything I needed to get today. I now have jeans that won't fall down.
DavidS - Nov 27, 2011 10:39:29 am PST #8716 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Query...
What's the nerdiest thing you've done lately?
For myself it's puzzling over how the Hobbit economy works. Clearly there's a class system and Bilbo is some sort of landed gentry and Samwise is a gardener and then...I just don't see how it works. They're supposed to be all of-the-earth and tending and whatlike, so why are there basically Squires? Do they make a shit ton of money by exporting pipeweed? Do they weave or do something craftsy? How does it work?
Tom Scola - Nov 27, 2011 10:43:17 am PST #8717 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Do they make a shit ton of money by exporting pipe weed?
Exactly. The Shire is a Narco-State, like just like present-day Mexico.
Zenkitty - Nov 27, 2011 10:59:15 am PST #8718 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
For myself it's puzzling over how the Hobbit economy works.
I always wondered why the Bagginses were called "sir". A class system seems to be the antithesis of the whole bucolic we're-simple-people-of-the-earth thing.
Connie Neil - Nov 27, 2011 11:04:24 am PST #8719 of 30001
brillig
Except that the Shire is supposed to be a reflection of the bucolic English country world, and there is a huge class stratification there. They're simple people of the earth, but the people living in the big houses are the rightful lords and masters of those simple people.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2011 11:21:41 am PST #8720 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Verizon charges me a dollar if I don't make a long distance call a month. How is that not cheating? I've been focussed on using Android so I went that long without making one on my TMobile or Verizon services. So the latter one bit me in the ass anyway! Next thing I have to do is break down my T Mobile offerings and scrape off anything I now no longer need.
Which, no, isn't the nerdiest thing I've done all month. Maybe reading this for pleasure, or something of its ilk, and then sending emails to developers who don't follow the guidelines properly--yeah, I've been that person all week.
billytea - Nov 27, 2011 11:54:44 am PST #8721 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What's the nerdiest thing you've done lately?
I'm rereading my old D&D source books (specifically, Eberron), for fun.
Sheryl - Nov 27, 2011 12:17:55 pm PST #8722 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm so sorry askye.
Dana - Nov 27, 2011 12:26:18 pm PST #8723 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I had chicken and lentils about 9:30 this morning, and I am about to kill my husband if he doesn't get off the phone with his uncle and take me to Red Lobster.