I've used the phrase, never had anyone react to it that way.
I did once use the phrase, "not enough room to swing a cat," which had someone screaming with laughter and grabbing a piece of paper to write it down ....
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Toddson - Mar 01, 2017 5:06:33 am PST #7921 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Jesse - Mar 01, 2017 5:17:24 am PST #7922 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did they mock you by calling you Sky Pilot of Yesteryear?
I wish!!
I realize I like it because it's not so vulgar. Not that I'm not happy to be vulgar, but I do like to have the distinction between things that are the pits and things that fucking suck, you know?
-t - Mar 01, 2017 5:17:33 am PST #7923 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Always makes me think of Erma Bombeck.
Jesse - Mar 01, 2017 5:45:28 am PST #7924 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
YES! I loved that book when I was a kid. That and Hints from Heloise were my go-to books at my grandmother's.
zuisa - Mar 01, 2017 7:06:29 am PST #7925 of 30002
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I'm trying to find a local dentist that accepts my Massachusetts insurance and struggling a lot. I might have to wait until I get a job and go about getting company insurance? I haven't been to the dentist in a couple of years and I can tell my teeth are a mess (despite taking excellent care of them, which is infuriating)... so definitely not a trip I want to take without *some* kind of insurance.
-t - Mar 01, 2017 8:34:00 am PST #7926 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dental school?
ETA I mean to go to as a patient, not a student. Unless you really want to, of course. Anyway, I hear they are inexpensive and do good work
Laura - Mar 01, 2017 8:36:38 am PST #7927 of 30002
This too shall pass.
zuisa, I use the dental school at Nova University. Cheaper than the copay with my insurance, and they are simply awesome.
Gudanov - Mar 01, 2017 9:07:54 am PST #7928 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Huh, I got over a hundred likes on a tweet. Not a big deal, but as someone people generally don't like it's kinda weird.
lisah - Mar 01, 2017 9:13:38 am PST #7929 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
I think a lot of bad tooth stuff is genetic, zuisa. Also, I have friends here who love the dental school so it's definitely worth a look!
Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2017 9:32:27 am PST #7930 of 30002
brillig
I just chatted my FauxSon on Facebook because I haven't actually spoken to or seen him all winter and I'm trying to communicate with 3-D meat space people in real time more often (though a Facebook chat doesn't really count, I guess). Anyway, he told me he does follow my Facebook feed so that he knows I'm alive and well.