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Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.
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Texas is really kind of in it's own category. Too "west" for the former Confederate states, too "east" for the actual Southwest. (I remember Jester jokingly telling a Texan that he was an Eastern boy, and waving his Arizonan status as his bona fides to being able to get away with that.)PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.
There are only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse because I choose to walk!
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Quoth Food Lady View PostI also like to refer to Texas and southern CA as "northern Mexico."“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers
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It's a humorous way of talking about things that aren't that fun to do. Like paying bills, mowing the lawn, exc. I'll cop to using it, but only in informal communication at home with my Hubby and Roommates, where slang terms are allowed."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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I dunno much 'bout Texas, 'cept it's B-I-G HUGE!
So I default to New Orleans -- which, if you've ever been there for any notable length of time -- you will know is not only a separate city, but a separate country from all that surrounds it."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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Quoth EricKei View PostI dunno much 'bout Texas, 'cept it's B-I-G HUGE!
So I default to New Orleans -- which, if you've ever been there for any notable length of time -- you will know is not only a separate city, but a separate country from all that surrounds it.
Unfortunately, I didn't really have any vacation time...Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.
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Awww. Well, go check it out when you can.
ProTip: If you wanna get the Mardi Gras experience, but without the massive crowds -- look up the St Patrick's Day (ish) parades. Many of the same floats and same folks, just redecorated, just as drunk, but 5~10% as many people, many of which are locals. This goes double if you have small kids. Drop me a PM in advance if you ever get the chance to do this, we can meet up (I have a place to hang out for one of the parades every year, all are welcome)! And yes, this goes for everybody"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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Quoth EricKei View PostThere's always the deepest depths of urban New Orleans, too, where you can go down by ya' mama's to eat a dressed poboy, stuffed with catfish that has been deep-fried in erl, sittin' on a baguette dat's got it some good mynez spread upon it. Then ya warsh it down wit' an ice-cold Barq's longneck. After yer done, you can go and wrench yer hands in da zinc.
Oh, hush. You knew this was coming."If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant
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I am fluent in Yat, due to it being my extended family's preferred method of speech (to say I know Rocky & Carlo's very well would be an understatement); I just don't speak it on a regular basis. I've actually been asked why I lack any apparent accent before.
I can understand the Cajun accent, if not the language proper, due to having a few relatives who speak that way ("Yeah, cher!), and to watching Justin Wilson (may he R.I.P.) on PBS for all of those years."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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Quoth EricKei View PostI dunno much 'bout Texas, 'cept it's B-I-G HUGE!Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Quoth EricKei View PostDrop me a PM in advance if you ever get the chance to do this, we can meet up (I have a place to hang out for one of the parades every year, all are welcome)! And yes, this goes for everybody"Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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Quoth EricKei View PostThere's always the deepest depths of urban New Orleans, too, where you can go down by ya' mama's to eat a dressed poboy, stuffed with catfish that has been deep-fried in erl, sittin' on a baguette dat's got it some good mynez spread upon it. Then ya warsh it down wit' an ice-cold Barq's longneck. After yer done, you can go and wrench yer hands in da zinc.
Oh, hush. You knew this was coming.
The Canadian version (not a direct translation of EricKei's...)
As a Canadian, you have to be extra vigilant. There are a lot of impostors out there. If you suspect that someone is falsely trying to pass themselves off as a Canadian, make the following statement, and then carefully note their reaction:
"Last night, I cashed my pogey and went to buy a mickey of C.C. at the beer parlour, but my skidoo got stuck in the muskeg on my way back to the duplex. I was trying to deke out a deer, you see.
Damn chinook, melted everything. And then a Mountie snuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me an impaired. I was S.O.L., sitting there dressed only in my Stanfields and a toque at the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippy and everything, calling me a disturber" and what not. What could I say, except, "Sorry, Eh!" ".
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Quoth Sakka View PostAs a Canadian, you have to be extra vigilant. There are a lot of impostors out there. If you suspect that someone is falsely trying to pass themselves off as a Canadian, make the following statement, and then carefully note their reaction:Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Quoth Sakka View Post"Last night, I cashed my pogey and went to buy a mickey of C.C. at the beer parlour, but my skidoo got stuck in the muskeg on my way back to the duplex. I was trying to deke out a deer, you see.
Damn chinook, melted everything. And then a Mountie snuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me an impaired. I was S.O.L., sitting there dressed only in my Stanfields and a toque at the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippy and everything, calling me a disturber" and what not. What could I say, except, "Sorry, Eh!" ".
Just like I can still, for the most part, translate corporate-speak.I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
-- Life Sucks Then You Die.
"I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."
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