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Whereas the washing of cloth diapers is the manliest of manly jobs, involving both the carrying to and the carrying from, not to mention the necessary strokes in, the river to send the shit packing downstream while the babies' first garments are rendered reusable.  Only then can he partake of the thanks from the mother, usually involving more exertion of a more pleasurable kind.  Such is the life of those who aspire to propagation, without whose efforts, i wouldn't be here.

What?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:15:48 PM EST
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I married a Steiner gel - you think I don't know this ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:17:39 PM EST
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Steiner gel?  You married an alchemistic hair treatment?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:27:21 PM EST
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It's Sven.  You were expecting...?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:31:38 PM EST
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Jeezuz, so much personal information, and all i was discussing was how our technical incubator could deal with the baby's diapers.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:52:07 PM EST
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The randomness is at least a quarter of the value at ET, Crazy Horse.  Just wait 'til ceebs, Sven, et al, go on another one of their hours-long pun exchanges.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:57:09 PM EST
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'Pun my soul, sir, thou art a knave and a blaggart. Unsheath thy halberd and let's have it.

<oh no, he's going to accuse me of monosexual innuendo again...>

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:19:44 PM EST
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must resist....

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:47:22 PM EST
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<oh no, he's going to accuse me of monosexual innuendo again...>

Nah.  Now if you were Swedish, perhaps....

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 03:01:27 PM EST
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Gel, as in a fishin', shootin' tweed two-piece and brogues type o' gel. The sort of gel you can take to the Hunt Ball (and don't go making anything of those last two words that you might regret).

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:12:43 PM EST
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Please notice how i've refrained from discussing anything about the Hunt Ball.  Hunt ball!

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:18:10 PM EST
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You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:21:04 PM EST
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You been at the Caol Ila again?
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:19:41 PM EST
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Sorry to say, but no, in honor of the Gazprom team in the finals tonight we're drinking Russian Standard milk-filtered vodka.  And we're going to watch it on free TV, i'm not sure if the German or Dutch versions.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:25:38 PM EST
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Milk-filtered, what the fook is milk filtered?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:28:10 PM EST
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A good rule of thumb is not to drink something you if don't know what it is.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:37:25 PM EST
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Clearly you hung out with the wrong crowd in college....

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:45:23 PM EST
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Yeah, the crowd that witnessed multiple vodka poisonings abroad and returned with 1) a suspicious attitude toward the origin of all vodka and 2) the ability to drink a fratboy under the table.  ;D


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:51:37 PM EST
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Okay, I'm with you on the first point about the origins of vodka (never touch the stuff), but in re: frat boys I'm going to use my "Normal person wins Special Olympics" comparison again. When you can drink a group of alcoholic English under the table, we'll talk. ;)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:55:04 PM EST
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My days of drinking anyone under any table are long over.  But give me some credit.  Wait, I don't deserve credit.  Whatever.  Drink a group of alcoholic Russians under the table and we'll talk!  ;)  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:58:54 PM EST
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One of them was of Russian origin.  Does that count, or do I need real ones?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:00:57 PM EST
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No, real ones. I think I know what she means. It's like Manx drinkers; you think the english are bad ? Wait till you meet them. They're in a whole 'nother league.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:05:06 PM EST
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There is nothing that compares to a Russian opening the window in winter to retrieve the bottle and offering the next toast to his willing guests.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:12:09 PM EST
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And putting it on the floor near the table leg when it's empty...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:22:40 PM EST
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:)

I still do it.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:24:48 PM EST
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Ok, you can win this game if you want.

But I'm not sure that you can put the English and the Russians in the same class.  I mean, we're talking about a country in which vodka is imbibed for an astronomical number of health reasons.  And and equal number of social reasons.  So having some quota of vodka in your veins at all times is a defacto given.  That's not really "drinking."  That's the control group.  Not for alcoholics, for everyone.  (Things have changed I think.)  It may even be considered dangerous NOT to have vodka in you (what will kill the latent germs in you?!)  

I began to panic when after a few months I'd lost the ability to feel drunk or buzzed.  My two states were conscious and not.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:24:24 PM EST
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Why panic?  That's empowerment, I tell you.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 02:33:57 PM EST
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"Milk filtered?"  What the hell is that?  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:35:27 PM EST
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I don't know, but the advert campaign describes it as an advantage.  It doesn't say whose milk it's filtered by, and i can only hope it's not babushka milk, though i honor my grandmother.

I can definitively say that the vodka tastes like vanilla vodka, and i'll have to drink a few more before i can say whether that's good or not.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:57:05 PM EST
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It gives it the kick to produce that nice nauseated feeling.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 01:58:05 PM EST
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