Oh, that reminds me I should offer money for the birthday cupcake I had...
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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 - Mar 05, 2013 10:46:05 am PST #13725 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Mar 05, 2013 10:49:38 am PST #13726 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Buffista parents -
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
My initial reaction is a negative one, but I'm trying to decide if I need to lighten up.
Beverly - Mar 05, 2013 10:49:44 am PST #13727 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I am a well of disappointment for the lack of snow this winter. Which is already gone. Spring is sprouting everywhere, which...yeah, nice, but not as welcome if there wasn't a winter. I mean rain, sure, and gloom. But no real snow? Who's running this thing?
Jessica - Mar 05, 2013 10:51:13 am PST #13728 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
Um, rude. The purpose of bringing toys/entertainment to a restaurant for your children is to keep them QUIET. Loud toys just make things worse!
Cass - Mar 05, 2013 10:58:07 am PST #13729 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
Unless it's something like a sports bar (and thus very loud already), I think it's rude. But I think handheld videos or toys used quietly are marvelous.
Lee - Mar 05, 2013 11:00:04 am PST #13730 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just looked up a guy at Stanford for the mail room, because we got a package addressed to him, but with our address.
The last sentence of his biography [link] makes me think that he sounds like an awesome guy, but Stanford really needs better web editors:
Karl enjoys scuba diving, basketball and two daughters, drives an electric car, and makes excellent homemade beer.
Laura - Mar 05, 2013 11:01:34 am PST #13731 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
If loud enough to disturb other patrons, rude. I brought toys, coloring books, etc, but toys were silenced.
Amy - Mar 05, 2013 11:06:32 am PST #13732 of 30001
Because books.
I never let the kids bring electronics when they were little, not that there were a lot of options then. We colored or played tic-tac-to or I-spy or the alphabet game.
Karl enjoys scuba diving, basketball and two daughters, drives an electric car, and makes excellent homemade beer.
Wow. I love how his daughters are lumped right in there with basketball and his electric car.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2013 11:07:37 am PST #13733 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think handheld video games are inherently rude, but honestly headphones are not difficult or expensive.
Cass - Mar 05, 2013 11:08:21 am PST #13734 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Well he apparently only enjoys basketball with his two daughters. Or that's the only time he enjoys the daughters. Poor kids, man. That's a very narrow criteria.