Yeah, I couldn't read the booger thread, though I kind of admire the guy for his utter shamelessness. He was all like, "I eat my boogers - DEAL with it, haters".
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:36 AM on July 11, 2008

"YOU'RE a twat!"

"No, YOU'RE a twat!"

"Mom!!!!"
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:55 PM on July 9, 2008

This reminds me of a funny story when a white friend of mine was walking through East Palo Alto and pointed out a raccoon to his girlfriend while shouting out coon. He had to talk fast after that to avoid a beatdown. Eh, guess you had to be there.

My husband and I were taking the subway home from rehearsal one night when I brought up the possibility of hanging curtains upstage to create a backstage area. In theatre, curtains are called... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:33 PM on July 9, 2008

... faggot [which comes from a word for an old woman, itself]...

It's also a delicious meatball made from offal! Hey, when life gives you lemons...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:47 PM on July 9, 2008

[ ] in Little Rock, had a childhood sweetheart...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:00 PM on June 9, 2008

[ ] on a mountain top in Tennessee.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 4:21 PM on June 9, 2008

Make blocks out of Jell-O. Then you can make all kinds of pretty colors, and you can eat them! You'll just have to keep making them again and again and again...

You can also make a substitute for human flesh out of Jell-O, for use in testing the size of cavities created in the body by bullet wounds.

I'm reading a neat new book.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 9:05 PM on June 3, 2008

JanetLand, I remain mystified by your pants taste...

So you managed to apologize for one snark and at the same time, throw in another. Bravo!
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 8:04 AM on June 5, 2008

I'm a little teapot.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 10:45 AM on June 4, 2008

IANAD, but these are the Daves I Know.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:50 AM on June 4, 2008

Mods, drinking and driving.

One of my favorite bands in college was called Drinking and Driving. They played at some of the local bars every now and again in Tuscaloosa. My friends and I would go very early, so as not to get ID'ed. Unfortunately, I'd be so drunk by the time Drink and Driving played that someone would have to carry me home.

Ah, memories...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 9:13 AM on May 27, 2008

The fedora guy would drink mulled wine during creative writing class.

Oh no way! He'd drink a Tom Collins.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:58 AM on May 27, 2008

I imagined classmates' heads exploding...

Grumblebee, you know very well that I'M the one who came up with the exploding head game.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 1:23 PM on May 27, 2008

What KlangKlangston said was "Shakespeare is often irrelevant and tedious". That sounds less like an opinion and more like a statement of incontrovertible truth. I imagine that's what Grumblebee was responding to. Perhaps the "to me" at the end of KK's sentence was implicit.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:47 AM on May 28, 2008

Why? Why does it matter?

I don't imagine it does matter in any material way, but this discussion reminds me a little of how upset my dad would get when I wouldn't eat certain foods as a kid. You don't like tomatoes? But they're so good! How can you not like tomatoes?

It's not that there's anything WRONG with not liking tomatoes, it's just that for a tomato junkie like my dad, the idea that I was missing out on all that red... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:32 PM on May 28, 2008

On the other hand, I HATE tomatoes. I find them boring and irrelevant.

Yes, but then you never developed your adult palate.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:46 PM on May 28, 2008

But stating: "Hamlet goes to England but wait comes back=plot hole hackery" is like saying you don't like tomatoes because they are square.

I agree. And where might I find these square tomatoes you speak of?
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 1:00 PM on May 28, 2008

I was always disappointed that the Popemobile didn't go, "Pope-pope-pope-pope-pope…"

I think it should play the Mr. Softee jingle.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:56 AM on April 18, 2008

I can only think of two "pinks" - you and Pink Butterfly.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:12 PM on April 16, 2008

According to the search engine, here's the numbers on how often various words appear in usernames

Oh, I see. You used magical search smarts. You think you're better than me, dontcha'? Okay, you are.

I think I'll add a "pants" to the end of my name. Evangeline Pants.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:28 PM on April 16, 2008

Can we maybe test invisible favorites for a month?

Oh please say "yes". It's so sad to see people trying desperately to make up for all those times they had to sit alone in the school cafeteria.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 5:58 PM on March 26, 2008

I washed dishes at UMass Amherst!
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 6:28 PM on March 12, 2008

Oh this is weird. I lived in Greenough. I was only there for one semester (quarter?) my junior year. I went there on the National Student Exchange program. You pay in-state tuition at your home school (University of Alabama for me) and spend one semester or one year at an out-of-state college. This must have been 1988.

There was a conveyor belt, and my job was to separate out the glasses and put them in racks. Sometimes we'd get so overwhelmed we'd just start tossing... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:16 PM on March 12, 2008

misha wrote: To say that I am 'inferring from the question' is quite the opposite of what I was doing! I went specifically with the information that WAS contained in the question and nothing else.

It looks to me like you actually are "inferring from the question". From your previous comment:

To this guy, "polyamory" means he does what he wants and she sleeps only with him.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:14 PM on March 7, 2008

Or what pineapple said.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:17 PM on March 7, 2008

While we're kind of on the subject - I've always thought of "cum" as a word used exclusively to describe a load of hot liquid man love, and "come" to mean reach orgasm, but some people don't make a distinction between "cum" and "come". So they might say "I want you to cum while you swallow my cum", whereas I might say... okay, maybe I shouldn't finish this sentence.

Does anyone else make that distinction?
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 10:08 AM on March 8, 2008

'Nut' also seems really wrong, especially in the form of "Get your/my nut". WTF? Are we squirrels?

I'm in a play right now about the first convict colony in Australia, and my character calls 'em "whirligigs". She also has a few colorful terms for vagina: mossie face, mother-of-saints, and Miss Laycock.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 10:59 AM on March 9, 2008

If you ever want to gross out a gay man, start talking about "beef curtains".

Or meat flaps.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 4:17 PM on March 9, 2008

1 writes: Vis a vis orgasms (verb or noun) it is always spelled "come."

languagehat responds: This is completely wrong, as I have come to expect from that poster.

I've never seen "come" used to mean orgasm as a noun, as in "I just had multiple comes", but is it wrong to use that spelling when you're using "come" as a verb?
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 4:23 PM on March 9, 2008

At the end of the day, "that said" is not the most annoying cliched phrase.

That said, can we please put the phrase "just sayin'..." to bed? At the end of the day, it's overused and condescending, and it also resolves the poster of responsibility by implying that he doesn't care that much about the subject anyway.

Of course, the phrase "put to bed" is pretty irritating too.

Just fucking sayin'...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:02 AM on February 23, 2008

I didn't see Blazecock Pileon's post until after I posted. It wasn't mean as a direct attack on him.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:04 AM on February 23, 2008

But "when hell freezes over and the devil goes ice skatin" is just so much more fun.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:13 AM on February 23, 2008

it also resolves the poster of responsibility

I know, I know - I meant "absolves". I'm so retarted.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 2:48 PM on February 23, 2008

I'm so confused. Apple? What? Oh never mind.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 5:52 PM on January 15, 2008

Bruce would've gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:16 AM on January 7, 2008

I find any name-calling in these threads offensive, whether it's calling someone "asshole", "fucker", "bitch", "bint"... whatever. When I get to the point when I feel the urge to name call, I know it's time to call it quits. It's not a completely selfless act - I can usually hold my own in an argument, but when someone starts spewing hate, I'm at a disadvantage. I get too emotional and the exchange stops making sense.

I do have a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:30 AM on January 7, 2008

My understanding is that "dick" refers to a man's penis. I can't think of an insult more particular to men that that. Have I been mistaken all these years?
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 8:45 AM on January 7, 2008

Yes, please.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 12:25 PM on December 31, 2007

I got "Mutter Museum Historic Medical Photographs". It has pictures of parasitic twins, victims of elephantitis, hermaphrodites and other such treasures from around 1850 to turn of the 19th century. I love it. I also got "30,000 Years of Art", which is terrific.

And some chocolate and a bad cold.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 9:14 AM on December 25, 2007

For those of you in New York, the Yule log is still on Channel 11! If you're not in New York, you can enjoy the Yule log here (though it's certainly more inspiring on the big screen).

A little Yule log history.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 9:56 AM on December 25, 2007

Oh for Pete's sake...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 10:05 AM on December 25, 2007

That was the AskMe version of "My penis is so big that it's uncomfortable to ride a bicycle. What other problems will my big penis and I encounter?"

Or the female version: "I'm so beautiful I can't juggle all the men in my life. Please recommend a software program that will track my social life".

Or one of my favorites (I'm paraphrasing an actual post): "I have such thick gorgeous hair. My boyfriend... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 5:22 PM on December 18, 2007

Maybe they're how-to books.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 6:59 PM on December 18, 2007

Um, I don't know - maybe "How to Wear a Fedora"?
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:04 PM on December 18, 2007

Well he is reading these books at sex parties. God knows what he gets up to with that fedora.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:07 PM on December 18, 2007

I bet it's "Ulysses". Oh yes, I can see him now, leaning back in a leather club chair, book in hand, naked except for the fedora tilted jauntily to one side...
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:22 PM on December 18, 2007

I'm not a nerd. I'm in nerd orbit. You people are my planet.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:31 PM on December 18, 2007

I love those shoes, but kitten heels look pretty silly on a man, fedora or no fedora.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 7:47 PM on December 18, 2007

Oh the hat! The hat! You know what hat I'm talking about. I wish I'd been there to bask in the warm glow of the hat in person, but we had previous plans, which we canceled because it was so freakin' cold outside.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 11:40 AM on December 16, 2007

Less cats, more river otters.
posted to MetaTalk by Evangeline at 8:06 AM on December 15, 2007