I killed the thread in Kill This Thread V, so I figured I should be the one to start the next thread.
Going back through the prior editions of these threads, one can read some of the best conversations ever on Legion World, so, in the interest of our enjoyment in time to come and a tip of the hat to EDE who originated this concept here and Kent who refined the rules to the current state:
THE RULES:
1) THE BASIC IDEA: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!
2) Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequiturs. Posts that are responses to non- sequiturs are also ineligible to win; however, posts that are responses to responses to non-sequiturs, and responses to those posts, etc., become eligible.
3) In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4) So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.
Okay, kids, go to it.
Kill this thread!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Should Sunday dinner be lamb curry or turkey? I can't decide.
And BTW, who's going to give the Holiday toast this year w/o Kent? Can't we bribe him to come back for just one day?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Can the second third post in the thread be a Non-Sequitur? Alternately is it possible for the fan favorite character "Non-Sequitur" to post something that is by daffynition a NON-Non-Sequitur?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Cleome mentioned Kent, who was also mentioned in the first post, so it is not a complete non-sequitur. There's a rumor about that Kent may make a special appearance for the annual toast. Posted by cleome45 on :
[Addressed to Quank:]
And to continue on the subject of toasts:
Put down the bottle, Man! It's 8 AM, for pity's sake.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It's 8 where you live, Cleome, but it's 10 here and 11 where Abin lives and midnight where Invisible Brainiac lives.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Rocky, he'll never dry out if you keep making excuses for him! Tsk!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Perhaps paper towels would help? The quicker-picker-upper and all that?
Posted by cleome45 on :
Who wouldn't want to buy paper towels with the likeness of a GL on the wrapper?
(I'd go for the ones with John Stewart. I have a bit of a crush post JLA-AU. I liked him better with hair, though.)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think I'd want my paper towels to have Alan Scott, though if the towels are made from a wood-based fiber that would be mildly amusing.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
The object of this pointless exersise is to Kill This Thread!
Therefore...
Die You Bastich Thread!!!
DIE!! DIE!! DIE!!
Paid for by the Committee to Kill This Thread! Which, of course, reserves the right to expand the comments contained herein as necessary at some undefined later date.
[ December 19, 2011, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: Abin Quank ]
Posted by cleome45 on :
[gasp!]
I never figured you for a cape man, Rocky!
(BTW, I know this is the correct smilie, but to me it's more like a "whew" smilie than a "gasp" smilie.)
Sorry, Mr. GL. The thread can't die until everyone's voted on Sunday dinner. That's a new rule that I just added. So get on with your vote.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I really really need to increase my typing speed.
Or, just let the typo's go when I post as Abin...
Sunday dinner? Vegan Meatloaf sounds good.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I suppose I find Hal most attractive of the GLs, but I've always had a soft spot for Alan. He and his kids are three of my all-time favorite DC characters. I so miss them!
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
Oh, dear I think we might need someone with a yellow power ring. I think I should call Karu-Sil.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I really really need to increase my typing speed.
Or, just let the typo's go when I post as Abin...
Sunday dinner? Vegan Meatloaf sounds good.
So what you're saying is that you're abstaining from the vote then?
I'm adding a new rule to the new rule I added: Those who abstain from voting don't win any cake or pie even if they do succeed in killing the thread.
Ppphht.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
As far as actual prizes go, as a special limited time offer, if this thread is killed by December 31st by someone who lives in the Continental United States, I will ship them a batch of my famous Toll House Cookies. Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I really really need to increase my typing speed.
Or, just let the typo's go when I post as Abin...
Sunday dinner? Vegan Meatloaf sounds good.
So what you're saying is that you're abstaining from the vote then?
I'm adding a new rule to the new rule I added: Those who abstain from voting don't win any cake or pie even if they do succeed in killing the thread.
Ppphht.
I voted, I just didn't vote for your preferred choices. And I didn't want any cake or pie anyway...
thibbbbt...
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: As far as actual prizes go, as a special limited time offer, if this thread is killed by December 31st by someone who lives in the Continental United States, I will ship them a batch of my famous Toll House Cookies.
My money's on Emily. I hear it's those newer members who really possess the killer instinct.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I voted, I just didn't vote for your preferred choices. And I didn't want any cake or pie anyway...
thibbbbt...
No 3RD Parties allowed! Everyone knows they ruin everything!
And if you don't eat cake or pie, how do you keep your evening cup of tea from getting lonely? Tsk!
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I voted, I just didn't vote for your preferred choices. And I didn't want any cake or pie anyway...
thibbbbt...
No 3RD Parties allowed! Everyone knows they ruin everything!
And if you don't eat cake or pie, how do you keep your evening cup of tea from getting lonely? Tsk!
Simple, I drink coffee. Darden drinks the tea. Jen bakes wonderful biscuts. Comprende?
THBBBBBT!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Cup of tea, cup of tea, cup of tea... Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
These Toll House Cookies, by the way, are the ones that are always requested for me to bring to social functions. I always give every member of the choir I'm in a little bag of them on Christmas Eve.
They're great on their own, or, as a special treat, with vanilla ice cream. Sadly, I will be unable to ship vanilla ice cream, but it is readily available at most supermarkets.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45: My money's on Emily. I hear it's those newer members who really possess the killer instinct.
As Emma Frost once said, "Breeding darling, breeding." I have super-villains going back in my family tree for centuries.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: These Toll House Cookies, by the way, are the ones that are always requested for me to bring to social functions. I always give every member of the choir I'm in a little bag of them on Christmas Eve.
They're great on their own, or, as a special treat, with vanilla ice cream. Sadly, I will be unable to ship vanilla ice cream, but it is readily available at most supermarkets.
As Cookie Monster would say, "COWABUNGA!"
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Hasn't he been retconned as Veggie-Monster?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Hasn't he been retconned as Veggie-Monster?
No, his exact words were, "Cookie is now...SOMETIMES food."
Posted by cleome45 on :
I'm still pondering what kind of Special Guest Emma Frost would be on Sesame Street.
I hope she at least keeps her midsection covered. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I haven't seen Sesame Street in many years. My understanding is that it is but a shadow of its former self. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Emma: "The word for today is 'Telepathy,' spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-T-E." Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I haven't seen Sesame Street in many years. My understanding is that it is but a shadow of its former self.
Yeah. I think they really dumbed it down, personally.
But if anyone could revitalize it AND be evil enough to kill the thread at Yuletide, it would be a legacy supervillain!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Elmo: "Gee, Miss Frost, what did you do to that monster?"
Emma: "Fried his brain like an egg, darling."
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
This was my all-time favorite Sesame Street segment! Posted by cleome45 on :
I can't figure out why they needed to give Emma crystal-type powers when she was already almost as powerful a telepath as Jean/Phoenix.
Of course, if she fried Elmo's brain nobody would know the difference. Feh.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Cleome, the diamond powers were because the writer needed a way for her to survive the attack on Genosha by a newer, deadlier model of Sentinels.
Pretty lame either way, though.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Confession time: I had to look up who Emma Frost was. I am fairly clueless when it comes to Marvel characters.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Just out of curiosity, Rocky, what is it about Marvel that puts you off?
Posted by cleome45 on :
I used to be the world's biggest Marvel-head, but this go-round I'm really only interested in Daredevil.
One of their former editors making an ass of himself on Twitter last month didn't exactly give me warm fan-fuzzies, either.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Die You Bastich Thread!!!
DIE!! DIE!! DIE!!
Paid for by the Committee to Kill This Thread! Which, of course, reserves the right to expand the comments contained herein as necessary at some undefined later date.
OOPsies! Wrong Thread! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I don't think it's anything in particular about Marvel, Fanfie, other than I feel a strong loyalty to DC. I think I'd feel I was betraying the DCU or something. It's a habit of a lifetime that I don't think I could change.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
Have you watched the any of Marvel's recent movies? What I like about Marvel is their character and team designs, while I feel DC has better stories.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've seen some of them, but I wait to see them on DVD from the library. It's weird, I know, but I've been a loyal DC fan since the old Super Friends show in the '70s.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Super Friends was my introduction to the whole superhero thing. I'm particularly fond of the next-to-last season. Frank Welker and Rene Auberjonois did wonderful voice acting as, respectively, Darkseid and DeSaad.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
You know I love that show, Fanfie. I think Wonder Twin Zan was one of my first cartoon crushes. Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
For some reason, the scene where Darkseid and his minions are at a an intergalactic crime action and he bids "one bleen" on the item he wants has always stood out in my memory!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Zan was voiced by the prolific voice actor Michael Bell, who was also the talking Parkay container.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Michael Bell also had a role in "Encounter at Farpoint", the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Posted by cleome45 on :
My favorite Trek franchise remains DS9, though I lost interest around the time that Odo started taking dating advice from holographic Rat Pack denizens.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
DS9 is my favorite Star Trek series too! The writers clearly were inspired by history when they wrote about key events. Benjamin Sisko is my favorite captain.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I agree. DS9 was the best. I always wondered exactly what Bashir and O'Brien were doing in the Holosuites. Posted by cleome45 on :
Oh, like everyone didn't primarily use the Holosuites for that!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hmm. Good point. I loved the time the two of them got ripsnorting drunk and were singing "Jerusalem".
[ December 03, 2011, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by cleome45 on :
Oh, sorry. You meant singing. I was actually thinking about something else.
[clears throat]
[slinks off in shame]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Aw, don't slink off, Cleome. We don't know what happened immediately before they started singing. Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Not a Star Trek fan, so... were there any openly gay characters in the franchise? Or are we just throwing around baseless innuendo again? Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Innuendo is one of Queen's best albums.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Queen has a lot of song that are good for hooking up to.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"You're My Best Friend" is a favorite of mine.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
To answer Ibby's question, there haven't been any characters in Trek who were openly gay, as such, but there were a lot of characters about whom there was innuendo. One DS9 character, Jadzia Dax, was of a joined species in which a humanoid host had a genderless wormlike creature inside. The creature was very long- lived and had had male and female hosts. Jadzia was mainly hetero, but occasionally would be shown with an old flame of her previous (male) hosts'.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia, was so good-looking she even looked good with her hair pulled back and with spots painted around her hairline.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
True enough. Terry Farrell's next role was on Becker with Ted Danson who is married to Mary Steenbergen whose ex-husband is Malcolm McDowell whose nephew is Alexander Siddig (Dr. Bashir on DS9).
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Terry Farrell now lives in Hershey, PA.
I was born near Philadelphia, PA.
[ December 04, 2011, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: Fanfic Lady ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've only been to Pennsylvania a few times. I went to a conference in Philadelphia years ago. It was a pretty neat city. It was in January, so I bought a wool scarf (which I still have) at the-then Lord and Taylor store (now Macy's) which had originally been Wanamaker's. This store has a huge pipe organ in it on which short concerts are played twice daily.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
In one of the first comic books I ever read, the Disney ducks get trapped inside the pipes of a gigantic pipe organ, and they float up and down as the villain plays the organ.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The 24 hour rule of this thread is a good one. Eventually, I want to see a 3 hour version or something equally as crazy!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I can see the headline already:
"Donald Duck, Potential Thread-Killer!"
Posted by cleome45 on :
"If you don't like duck, you're rather stuck!"
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"So sorry, duck's off!"
Posted by cleome45 on :
I'm thinking that I might splurge on Xmas and order us some Peking Duck. That is, if my job lasts through years' end. I love duck and Chinese food, but have never tried Peking Duck.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Lily Allen: "Then we'll get a Choinese an' wotch TV." Posted by cleome45 on :
I can't remember what movie we saw last Christmas Day, but it definitely wasn't a "Christmas Movie."
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I'm expecting the DVD of "Leviathan*" as a Christmas gift -- definitely NOT a Christmas movie.
*An underwater hybrid of Alien and The Thing that rises above its derivative roots thanks to its gloriously glossy over-production. They don't make 'em like they used to...oh, 1989, how I miss you.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My all-time favorite Christmas movie is The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and (the Patron Saint of the Miscasting Classics Thread) David Niven.
On the other hand, the less said about that horrific remake from the '90s with Whiney Houston, the better.
Posted by cleome45 on :
At some point, Victor/Victoria became my go-to movie for Christmas Eve viewing. But my cassette of it is probably shot, so no go this year.
Maybe I can unearth that copy of CT's Santa Claus Conquers the Martians if I start looking now...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
This is always a good time of year to view Meet John Doe!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Meet John Doe? I wouldn't meet John Doe if you PAID me to! X is one of the most overrated bands ever! Bunch of Anglophobic...
Oh, wait.
Wrong John Doe.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I honestly can't remember how I feel about X. I still think their side project, The Knitters, had the best title for a record, though: Poor Little Critter On The Road. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I think that's a horrible title. It reminds me of when Rick Veitch had a homeless man's dog run over by a car in one of his Swamp Thing issues. Posted by cleome45 on :
A lot of country-bluegrass is full of grim subject matter rendered in cheerful major keys and peppy tempos. And even the name "The Knitters" is a nod to legendary folk groups like The Weavers and their fondness for murder ballads and the like.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I like how a group of crows is called a murder of crows.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq. I like how a group of crows is called a murder of crows.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Although the characters of Heckle and Jeckle look like crows, they are magpies
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Heckle and Jeckle are known in Spanish as Tico y Tuco.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The meaning of my surname is uncertain, but it is thought either to mean "marrow" or "blackbird". I prefer the latter.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Posted by cleome45 on :
No one here can love or understand me Every day what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed, and light the light I'll be home late tonight Blackbird, Bye Bye Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
What never occurred to me until just now is that a rockhopper penguin is indeed a black bird. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
"Peng-a-wins taste just like chicken."
"Hoboken!??!! I'm dying!"
"Pardon me, but could you help a fellow American down on his luck?"
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There's never a bad time to quote a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Now it is time for me to go to bed.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Would quoting a Bugs Bunny cartoon in bed be a bad time?
Posted by cleome45 on :
The best way to get your loved one in the mood is to crank up Richard Wagner in the car on the drive home and serenade them with several choruses of "Kill The Wabbit," et al.
Click Here For A SpoilerTake note: This works especially well if you met your current loved one on a WB Animation Discussion Board in the first place. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
A few years ago, I reviewed Art Davis' only Bugs Bunny cartoon, 1949's "Bowery Bugs", on IMdB. If you're curious to read it, my IMdB ID was phoenix2rachelsummers.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've done several reviews for IMDb, mostly for offbeat TV shows. My review for the TV series BeastMaster is probably my favorite, but only four out of nine people found it useful. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I know the feeling, Rocky. I was very disappointed at the indifferent reception to my reviews of Dario Argento movies. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
On the other hand, all 19 people who rated my review for the late '80s/early '90s Superboy series found it useful. I now own season one on DVD and still think John Haymes Newton is the sexiest actor ever to play the role.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
You should review the '90s Batman animated series. I also like X-Men Evolution to this day because I think the writing was excellent.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm sure I saw an episode or two of that, but I really don't care for Batman, so I really couldn't do a good review of it. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I only have had one experience on imdb and it was for reviewing the movie Memento. I speculated on what the ending really meant and you think I was proclaiming sections of Mein Kampf by the reception. Apparently there was a 'big dog' there posting with his own views of the movie who basically got everyone to go along with them, and anyone with opposing views had to be put in place.
Yeesh. Being a mature adult, I watched and waited and eventually had my ruthless, merciless revenge. The DVD has an interview with director Chris Nolan that basically negated that posters theory (which was pretty kooky iirc). I was more than happy to point this out two years later though I did hold back the insults I had prepared.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I had some bad experiences there. Three years before the Transformers movie came out, I innocently suggested that they should involve a couple writers of the original TV show. One jerk replied that "washed-up TV writers" had no place on the Transformers movie, and that "we should settle for what we're given."
Obviously, millions of people agreed with this idiot, because the movies have been very lucrative even though they're absolut crap.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors. A varying current in the first wingding produces a varying magnetic flux in the core, thus producing a magnetic field in the second wingding. Transformers range in size from a thumb nail size conductor inside a microphone to units weighing hundreds of tons that connect power grids. Transformers are found in nearly all electronic devices that use household voltage.
Both Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry independently discovered the phenonmenon of electromagnetic induction in 1831. The induction coil of a transformer was invented by Rev. Nicholas Callan of Maynooh College, Ireland in 1836.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Transformer is a 1972 album by Lou Reed, produced by David Bowie & Mick Ronson. Reed was directionless after leaving the Velvet Underground, and Bowie, a massive VU fan, was only too happy to help his hero Reed climb aboard the glam-rock bandwagon.
"Walk on the Wild Side" became an unlikely AM radio hit, but I prefer "Vicious", "Satellite of Love" and "Perfect Day" (when the last was covered by Duran Duran in 1995, Reed horrified hipsters everywhere by admitting that he liked DD's version.)
Posted by cleome45 on :
I tool around IMBD sometimes, but don't really know enough about movies to say anything.
As for Amazon, they pissed me off several years back, when they mysteriously "lost" the reviews I posted for awesome local groups that weren't fortunate enough to be on major labels.
I stick to LJ and CD Baby now, when it comes to posting reviews. Or I will in the magic, far-flung future where I can afford to buy some damn music. :/
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
As I said, I've only posted a handful of reviews to IMDb. I've never written one for Amazon, but, of course Amazon owns IMDb. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The only place online I give reviews of any genre any credence is Legion World.
(That's really true.)
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: The only place online I give reviews of any genre any credence is Legion World.
(That's really true.)
Makes me wish I had something fabulous to post a review of. [grumble]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember writing one review for a comic book on LW. It was for an issue of the most recent JSA title, late in its run. It was not a good review, although it did get better after that.
I really miss the JSA! Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Are you going to give the JSA relaunch a try, Rocky?
I am, even though I haven't read anything good by Robinson in years (I skipped Starman #81 because it was a Blackest Night tie-in.) Nicola Scott's art is certainly an incentive. She's like the new George Perez, only evolved to the next level IMO.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I certainly am. I've already told my CBS to add it to my pull list as soon as it's available. As I've said before, if all DC published were Legion and JSA-related titles, I wouldn't mind one bit.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
CBS or the Columbia Broadcasting System started as a radio network in 1927. CBs was the network on which Orson Welles' Mercury Theater on the Air broadcasted the infamous War of the Worlds show.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Back in the days when each of the Big Three televsion networks had their own identity, CBS was known as "The Tiffany Network" because they had a reputation for producing the classiest shows.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
According to Wikipedia, the Tiffany Network nickname might have also come about because CBS demonstrated the first color TVs in an old Tiffanys & Co. building.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There's a lady in the cheese department at a store I used to frequent (and still do occasionally) who my friends and I refer to as "Tiffany, the Cheese Goddess".
Posted by cleome45 on :
Wasabi Woman and Cheese Goddess! Together, with Cast-Ironman, they are-- The CATERING SQUAD!!
(I had a reference to Wasabi Woman in a fanfic I wrote ages ago, but alas she never appeared on panel...)
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
We had a teacher in elementary school who looked a little like a rat. For Christmas, we gave her a collection of cheeses.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I happened to see the Cheese Goddess today. She used to be a redhead, but is now a blonde.
Posted by Tiffany Spiffany on :
Hey, did someone ask for Tiffany?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Tiffany?
We...could've been.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
IB, In college I had an accounting teacher who mumbled in a monotone. He looked like someone who would only have potato salad for lunch and enjoy it.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to, let's let the whole thing go. Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
Hmmm... a dinner omelet with herbs and cheese, plus those cute little frozen/fried off-brand shredded potato cylinders, sounds really good right now.
/zips over to the neighbors' house to borrow some ketchup/
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Las Ketchup will never fade away.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Ketchup lasts a very long time in my house. I never use it.
Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
But it's easier to spell than Worcestershire, at least. Posted by Ghost Girl on :
I'm surprised Quis even has ketchup, given his dislike of tomatoes.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
To-may-to, to-mah-to, let's let the whole thing go. Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
"Let It Go" is one of Sue Foley's best songs from one of her best albums (2002's Where The Action Is). Posted by Ghost Girl on :
tell that to a devout Pastafarian.
Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
I lost my religion around the same time that I lost my tolerance for gluten.
If you've ever tried gluten-free pastries, you can understand why. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Gluten is such a funny word.
GLOOOOOO-TIN, GLOOOOOO-TIN.
Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
I bet that at least one of this thread's predecessors died of despair after eating gluten-free pastry. Posted by Ghost Girl on :
What did the autopsy reports say?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I was a kid, I loved the opening of the Quincy where Jack Klugman was showing the police officers how he did an autopsy and, one by one, they all fainted. I never liked the show, but I thought that was funny.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The only thing I've autopsied in my life was a frog in Biology class. My friend gleefully takes dead cats apart, though.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: IB, In college I had an accounting teacher who mumbled in a monotone. He looked like someone who would only have potato salad for lunch and enjoy it.
Was it bland potato salad? I can actually imagine eating just potato salad for lunch, but certainly not every day.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
There are some very good tater salads. Unfortunately, most are not.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I miss eating tater tots.
With the tater salads, it's all in the preparation. Potatoes don't normally have much taste on their own. That's why I love making mashed potatoes - there are so many ingredients to try out.
Posted by cleome45 on :
It's not really potato salad weather here, but I'm partial to lemon, capers, red onion, and chives in mine. With a modest amount of olive oil to hold it all together.
I'll tolerate the eggy-mayonnaise-y varieties, but they don't really float my boat.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I enjoy the tater tots at Sonic. I'm curious as to whether or not the one in my hometown will last. I dislike creamy potato salads, but I like German potato salads.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I saw a Sonic in the hinterlands/far suburbs a few weeks ago. Never tried it, though.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The Doctor's somic screwdriver was first seen in the story Fury from the Deep starring Patrick Troughton. It was destroyed in the story The Visitation starring Peter Davison. It was brought back in the newest series.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The Doctors was a soap opera that ran on NBC from 1963 to 1982. Alec Baldwin was a regular late in its run. Its primary sponsor was the Colgate-Palmolive Company, unlike such shows as Another World, As the World Turns, The Edge of Night, Guiding Light, and Search for Tomorrow which were owned and sponsored by Procter and Gamble.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Is a somic screwdriver anything like a sonic screwdriver? Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
After my and I were locked in the bedroom, we had to remove the doorknob with a screwdriver.
On the bright side, now I know how to change a doorknob.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
why were you trying to get out? Posted by cleome45 on :
Maybe they ran out of supplies...?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
If they ran out of supplies, how did they have a screwdriver?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
How do you take a doorknob off with vodka and orange juice?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
by getting it drunk, it gets loose. just like [insert name of disliked celebrity here].
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Celebrities I dislike: Jim Carey Will Ferrell Nicholas Cage Sasha Baron Cohen (aka Borat) Tom Green Rosie O'Donnell Jessica Simpson Britney Spears
Non-celebrities that I dislike: Any Kardashian Paris Hilton Any Real Housewife Any of the guys on the A-list shows
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Celebrity I dislike the most at the moment: Kelly Clarkson.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember stating that I didn't like some celebrity or other once and the person to whom I was speaking asked "You don't? He's gay!"
Apparently, if one is gay, then one must like all gay celebrities. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
It can't have been Liberace. He won a libel suit against a British newspaper that called him gay.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
If one is gay, one has to like...Rupert Everett? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
About a year ago, my mom texted me "Kevin Kline is straight!"
I wrote back "I know. He's married to Phoebe Cates."
Her reply: "I never knew!"
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Phoebe Cates will always be best known for her emerging-from-the-swimming-pool scene in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and her "Dead-Dad-stuck-in-the-chimney-dressed-like-Santa-Claus" story in "Gremlins."
No wonder she retired young. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
yeah, but she made quite an impression on those of us straight guys who were young teens back then...
Posted by cleome45 on :
I should like Gremlins a lot more than I do, considering how much I generally dislike "the holidays."
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And, Kent, apparently one straight guy who was in his early 30s at the time, who my mother thought was gay. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Years ago I was with some friends to play D&D and were waiting for the last guy to show up. Half of us were gay, half were straight. I had just gotten a compliation cd that featured a kd lang song I liked and I was telling them about the cd. It was around the time kd came out. So when we mentioned her coming out, one of the straight guys goes "kd lang is gay!!!???!!!!" And we were like "um... yeah." So then my friend Tom says that the person who he was surprised to find out that she was gay was Lily Tomlin. And both of the straight guys go "Lily Tomlin is gay!!!??!!!?"
Posted by cleome45 on :
I think if Gaydar had a Wiki page, I'd be on the list of people in the section titled "Worst Gaydar Ever."
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Years ago, a coworker told me she'd never have guessed I was gay. I wonder if she was expecting me to wear a dress or something.
Posted by cleome45 on :
But... penguins already have formal wear built right in!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The penguin joke killed Virginia Madsen's character in the Altman film A Prairie Home Companion. Posted by Emily Sivana on :
One of my classmates made a penguin sculpture in ceramics class.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The Penguin is one of my least favorite Bat-villains. He was fine as a mid-20th century villain, but to me doesn't fit the post-1970 Batman.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I think the Penguin is fine in his role as a fencer and middleman between the Bat-villains and other cities' villains such as Flash's Rogues.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
When I was in grade school in Ecuador, the local brand of ice cream was called Pinguino -- Spanish for "Penguin." I particularly liked their chocolate dixie cups and ice cream sandwiches.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
one thing I miss about my home turf was the regional convenience store chain Stewarts (not to be confused with the niche soda brand), which had its own line of dairy goods as well, including some really amazing ice creams. Adirondack Bear Paw was a favorite: Vanilla with caramel swirls and chunks of chocolate.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Caramelization is the removal of water from a sugar, proceeding to isomerization and polymerization of the sugars into various high-molecular-weight compounds. Compounds such as difructose anhydride may be created from the monosaccharides after water loss. Fragmentation reactions result in low-molecular-weight compounds that may be volatile and may contribute to flavor. Polymerization reactions lead to larger-molecular-weight compounds that contribute to the dark-brown color.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Suzanne Vega's "Caramel" is an awesome song that helped get me through the mid-late 90s.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Adding milk to sugar to create caramels is an example of a process called the Maillard Reaction. The latter is distinguished from caramelization because it involves amino acids (such as found in milk, or meat when it's browned to enhance flavor) rather than sugars.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There is a bronze sculpture in Boston's Public Garden representing Mrs. Mallard with her ducklings Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack from Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Haven't seen any ducks around the worksite, but on Monday there was a huge "V" of what looked like Canadian Geese, flying South. Maybe they were doing some last-minute shopping before heading down to the Gulf Coast...?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Duck Soup" is generally considered to be the best Marx Brothers movie.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Gummo Marx was part of the Marx Brothers vaudeville act, but left the act when he was drafted in World War I. After the war, he went into the raincoat business. He never appeared in any of the Marx Brothers movies. He did run a theatrical agency with Zeppo and later became a solo agent. He represented his brother Groucho and others. Apparently he did not have contracts with most of those he represented, but operated under the idea that if they liked what he did for them, they would continue to use his services. He also worked on the TV show Life of Riley.
[ December 15, 2011, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq ]
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
The Marx Brothers' real names were, in order of birth: Leonard (Chico), Adolph Arthur (Harpo), Julius (Groucho), Milton (Gummo), and Herbert (Zeppo).
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: "Duck Soup" is generally considered to be the best Marx Brothers movie.
I would go with either Horse Feathers or Monkey Business myself, though I also have a certain fondness for Animal Crackers.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I do like Horse Feathers more than Duck Soup. The spitball fight always makes me laugh so hard it hurts.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I like the final scene of Duck Soup where the explosion has blown most of Zeppo's clothes off and he's in a torn undershirt and...is it getting warm in here?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I actually think one of the reasons Horse Feathers works so well is that it has far more Zeppo than most of the films.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Zeppo was always overlooked, but, in many ways he was the funniest Marx Brother. In real life, he was absolutely the funniest. He was also by far the best looking. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The most unfunny Marx brother was Karl or as he was known as Cappy.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The Marx most unworthy of public attention was Richard.
Posted by cleome45 on :
There's a funny scene in Katherine Anne Porter's short story Holiday in which the narrator notes that her wealthy landowner host likes to unwind at night by rereading an old copy of Das Kapital. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
When I worked at the bank, there was one teller who would read Das Kapital on his breaks. He was of Armenian ancestry and one day he noticed a customer's last name meant "son of the Devil" in Armenian. He wondered what this guy's ancestor did to get that name. The next time that customer came in, he asked him if he knew that his name meant "Son of the Devil". I don't remember the customer's reaction.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Most Armenian surnames, like the word "Armenian", end in "-ian".
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The few Armenian-Americans I've known did not have an '-ian' suffixed surname (like 'Fradon'), possibly through intermarriage with non-Armenians.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Sometimes they were changed at Ellis Island. Someted the family shortens them. I knew such a family when I was a kid. The suburbs just west of Boston where I lived when I was little have large Armenian-American communities.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I do recall one Armenian-American young woman I knew in the late 80s who seemed to be part of a cohesive Armenian community, but I do not recall her last name.
Ramona Fradon certainly had Armenian family connections, and talked about some family gatherings.
On a slightly related note, she apparently modeled Java (from Metamorpho) after her own brother.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I used to have a huuuugge crush on Amy, and saw her perform live at every chance I could (which in the early 90s was quite often). Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"Fradon" is, according to her Wikipedia article, Ramon Fradon's married name. It doesn't list her maiden name.
Another Armenian-American was Arlene Francis, who was born Arlene Francis Kazanjian.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
David Hedison, born Albert David Hedistian Junior, is also Armenian-American. I liked him as Captain Crane on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, but I haven't see the show since I was about 14. I have a feeling it doesn't hold up very well.
Hedison's co-star, Richard Basehart, played Admiral Nelson and was the subject of a crush from Gypsy, one of the robots on MST3K.
Hedison has two daughters, Alexandra and Serena. Alexandra is a former actress turned photographer and filmmaker. She dated Ellen DeGeneres for four years.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The cartoon "Totally Spies" has three female main characters who go by the name of Sam, Alex and Clover.
In my freshman year, I was classmates with a female Sam and Alex. Sadly, no Clover...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
David Hedison was my all-time least-favorite Felix Leiter. In License to Kill, I rooted for the shark.
My favorite Hedison part (not that I ever thought he was a particularly talented actor) was as the politician who courted the youth vote in Wild in the Streets, a paranoid late-60s propaganda piece against lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 (just as the book Logan's Run essentially was).
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Logan Airport in Boston is located in East Boston, right on Boston Harbor. When landing there, it often looks as if you're going to land in the water until the very last second when you see the runway.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
In Quito, Ecuador, there used to be a movie theater near the airport which, due to its proximity, was named Cine Aeropuerto (Airport Cinema.) It also had a cute logo.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Logan Airport used to be three Boston Harbor islands. Governor's, Noodle, & Apple islands. The three islands were connected to the mainland by landfill when they expanded the airport in, I believe, 1943.
Fort Independence that is near where I live was also on an island (Castle Island) but has since become part of the mainland through landfill. Deer Island became a penisula when the channel seperating it from the mainland was filled in by the Hurricane of 1938. Deer Island is home to the Deer Island Water Treatment plant, the second largest water treatment plant in the US.
The rest of the harbor islands have become a national park. I have gone to Georges Island where there is Fort Warren, a Civil war era fort; and to Little Brewser Island where there is Boston Light, the only Coast Guard manned lighthouse in the US. The tour of Fort Warren is very good and at Boston Light you get to go up to the top of the lighthouse. If you ever visit Boston (in the summer) I recommend going to the harbor islands.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I've more often been to Logan as a visitor on the ground than using the airport for my own flights. In fact, I've never gone through security there, never begun or ended a trip there. I changed planes at Logan in 2000 en route to Halifax from Albany. I went there in 1989 to see my sister off on her flight to Italy. And I joined Quis in going there in 2005 to welcome inbound LWers for that year's Wizard World meet-up.
Posted by cleome45 on :
With all the mega-intrusive crap that's now a daily part of traveling by air, I'm almost relieved about being too damn poor to go anywhere.
:/
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There's a lot I miss the way air travel used to be. Probably most of all I miss being able to meet people at the gate. It was great having someone there to welcome you home!
I also miss "extras" that airlines got rid of, like meals and such.
My favorite airline to fly currently is JetBlue. I like the TV and radio in the seat and the snacks (if not a meal). Unfortunately, they only have two flights a day out of Houston, both to JFK. It's fine for going to New York (which I never do) or switching for Boston (which I don't do enough), but not for going to other places.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
never done JB. I'm not sure who would be my favorite airline anymore, but Air Canada tends to lead the pack. I completely and utterly loathe Delta, even more so that the took down a good airline, Northwest, down to their abysmal level.
British Airways, which I flew in 2002, was the last airline that really impressed me.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
2002 was a good year for me. I had a secure job, I was discovering a lot of good music I'd previously neglected, and I finally got my driver's license and my first car. I was also enjoying being single more than any time in my life before or since then.
Posted by cleome45 on :
So palindrome years are the best?
Damn. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna' be pushing up daisies by the time 2112 rolls around.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1991 and 2002 were both pretty good years. maybe there's something to that.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I was born in 1991 so I agree that year was awesome.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
In the year I was born the average rent was $110.00 a month. Tuition to Harvard was $1,520.00. Gas was 28 cents a gallon.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead. The Cuban Missile crisis occured. Both Wal-Mart & K-Mart opn their first stores. Jodie Foster, Demi Moore, Evander Holyfield, Joan Cusack, and Jon Stewart were born. Jon Stewart and I share the exact same birthday.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
The year I was born, JFK was assassinated. Nuff said.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I was born the year Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the hippies partied at Woodstock, the drag queens rioted at the Stonewall Inn and Sesame Street had its first broadcast.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I went to Woodstock '94 (the whole weekend) and Woodstock '99 (about 12 hours), but at the age of 10 months, I was too young to go to the original.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I always wanted a Woodstock doll. He was one of my favorites from Peanuts.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I haven't put up my Christmas tree yet, but I have lots of Peanuts ornaments. I always put a little Charlie Brown doll on the top.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Good grief!
you should hang the Charlie Brown one in a place where it catches a breeze, and near a football one. That way it can look like he's missing the kick over and over again.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Nice Avitar Kent, but a Chief's Anchor would be better.
Therefore...
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DIE!! DIE!! DIE!!
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Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I may not put up my tree at all this year. My mom is hosting Christmas dinner and I'm not expecting anyone to come over. It seems silly to put it up for just me. I guess I'm just not feeling it this year. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Feelings, nothing more than feelings Trying to forget my feelings of love Teardrops rolling down on my face Trying to forget my feelings of love
Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it I wish I've never met you, girl You'll never come again Feeling, woo-o-o feeling Woo-o-o, feel you again in my arms
Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you And feelings like I'll never have you again in my heart
Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again
Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you And feelings like I'll never have you again in my life
Feelings, woo-o-o feeling it, woo-o-o, feeling again in my arms Feelings
Posted by cleome45 on :
I really have no intense feelings about the "pure" pop versus the grunge/"alternative" rivalry that was such a big part of the local music scene in the 1990s. Most of my knowledge of the pop music from that time comes secondhand, and I'm usually guided towards what I find amusing/diverting by word of mouth rather than by anything "pro" critics have to say.
Right now, I'm blasting mr_cleome's copy of Urge Overkill's Saturation because I think it's a welcome blast of glitzy, dopey fun after a grueling day of work and a million jillion treacly-ass Xmas carols. The arguments in some quarters about whether the band was an actual pop band or more like a ham-fisted post-post-mod joke about pop bands doesn't mean diddly to me.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
My mom's playing the Ray Conniff Christmas album at full blast in the background.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Frank Conniff played "TV's Frank", the assistant-slash-whipping boy to Trace Beaulieu's evil mad scientist "Dr. Forrester" on Mystery Science Theater 3000. One of the funniest bits was Dr. Forrester imprisoning Frank in a life-size Operation board game and torturing him.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I was never a devotee of MST3K, but those I did see were usually fun. They did trash a mae-for-PBS scifi flick I loved as a teen though, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, probably the very first Raul Julia work I'd ever seen.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
In the Addams Family movies, Uncle Fester was Gomez' brother. But in the TV series he was Morticia's uncle.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
John Astin, TV's Gomez Addams, also filled in as the Riddler on the Batman TV series on one second season two-parter, filling in while execs were stuck in pay negotiations with regular Riddler Frank Gorshin.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Another episode of the Batman TV series which was originally supposed to feature the Riddler had to be re-written to feature the Superman villain The Puzzler, played by Maurice Evans, who is probably most famous for playing Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think Maurice Evans is just as, if not more well known for his role as Maurice, Samantha's father, on Bewitched.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Maurice LaMarche has been my favorite voice actor since his days on Pinky And The Brain. Back on the old alt.wb boards, he referred to the duo as something like "the large-headed megalomaniac and his loopy longtime companion." So he sort of outed his own fictional character, I guess.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
um... unless I'm misreading, Rocky has won!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Oh, well. Story of my life.
Twas not Rocky, but my headcold that has killed the thread!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Congrats, Rocky! you are two-for-two on the 24-hour version!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Wonderful! Now I get to ship myself a batch of my famous Toll House Cookies! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll lock this thread up in the morning, but leave it open for now in case anyone wants to add congrats.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Wowza! Now we have even more reason to celebrate!
Which means we can demand more booze from Rocky over at the party Posted by cleome45 on :
That's nice, but a woman in my condition would be better served with a nice bowl of chicken soup, Thanks.
[sneezes]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I was actually looking forward to a discussion of whether more people associate Maurice Evans with Dr. Zaius or with Maurice, Samantha's father. I guess we may never know!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
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