Haven't you killed me enough for one day?

Mal ,'War Stories'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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


billytea - Nov 14, 2015 2:42:09 pm PST #9122 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Question in New Scientist this week: "If a dog's sense of smell is thousands of times more sensitive than ours, why do they have to get so close to smell each other's bottoms?"

NS is offering £25 for an answer to this burning conundrum.


sarameg - Nov 14, 2015 4:22:35 pm PST #9123 of 30003

So I got a cinnamon broom from TJs today. First hung it on basement door,basement side. Too strong. It's now hanging on a door on the basement cabinets, in the middle. Still strong. OTOH, better than the catlitter perfume?


Hil R. - Nov 14, 2015 4:39:53 pm PST #9124 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My sister is visiting for my birthday. Today, we went out to brunch, where I got a vegan cronut; then we went to Findlay Market, where I said hi to one of my students who was working there; and went out for Ethiopian food. We were going to go out to a wine bar afterwards, but my knee is hurting, so we're staying in and watching Trainwreck instead.


-t - Nov 14, 2015 4:45:59 pm PST #9125 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Other than the knee, that sounds pretty dang good! Many happy returns, Hil.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2015 4:47:09 pm PST #9126 of 30003
"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

I'm going to guess because the general stank of other dogs masks whatever identifying pheromones they're actually looking for until they get in close?


sarameg - Nov 14, 2015 4:47:30 pm PST #9127 of 30003

Just put away money B gave me for TJs food I picked up. Way over reimbursed me. I'll rake his leaves tomorrow in retaliation.


-t - Nov 14, 2015 4:58:29 pm PST #9128 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't think so, Matt. From what I understand, dogs are really good at identifying different scents in parallel, one doesn't mask another.

I would think they just like it. They can sniff each other from farther away, but why not get in close to the source if you can?


Steph L. - Nov 14, 2015 5:30:58 pm PST #9129 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

went out for Ethiopian food

How was it?


Hil R. - Nov 14, 2015 5:37:48 pm PST #9130 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

How was it?

Pretty good. Not quite as good as my favorite Ethiopian place in NJ, but I'd definitely go there again. (It was Emanu in Pleasant Ridge.)


Hil R. - Nov 14, 2015 6:15:21 pm PST #9131 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oh, and my sister said that the cronuts at Happy Chicks were better than the one she had at the place that first made them. They only have them here on Saturdays, and they do different flavors each week. This week, they had orange chocolate chip and blackberry.