Who Shot Sam? wrote:I want to hire Jarvis Cocker to come over to my house and tell bedtime stories to the kids. What a great reading voice - love that Sheffield accent.
I still haven't had time to listen to the 'Jarvcast' yet. Thanks to WSS for the heads up.
I'd forgotten how much having the folds of ear cartilage pierced hurts like a mother when you sleep on them. The other half had his tongue pierced which has been...interesting so far.
Hmm...has it gotten anymore interesting yet Plaything?
I wish I'd known in advance that I wouldn't be required to sit in court today so that I could have stayed for the 2nd Elvis show in Amsterdam. Especially as I'm sure Steve would have sorted me out with a ticket
PlaythingOrPet wrote:
I'd forgotten how much having the folds of ear cartilage pierced hurts like a mother when you sleep on them. The other half had his tongue pierced which has been...interesting so far.
You remind me of my daughter when she was 15 - she had 6 piercings in each ear including her ear cartilage! Interested in the tongue piercing - did it hurt like hell? Does it bash his teeth? You have to be careful it doesnt damage the enamel apparently.....
Gillibeanz wrote:You remind me of my daughter when she was 15 - she had 6 piercings in each ear including her ear cartilage! Interested in the tongue piercing - did it hurt like hell? Does it bash his teeth? You have to be careful it doesnt damage the enamel apparently.....
He says it didn't hurt but he was squeezing my hand an awful lot at the time. The barbell is the correct length so there should be no loss of enamel/teeth, and it only bashes his teeth when he plays with it.
My rook, which I completely love.
VG - I'd like to know where the crow is as well. No luck via email and he's never on IM.
When did the word 'Oriental' become non-PC? There are good reasons why Eskimo is non-PC (it's inaccurate), or 'coloured' (creates an us and them notion of white = neutral and everyone else as The Others, but then 'people of colour' isn't considered offensive in the same way, right?, and yet is no different at all). 'Oriental' is not wrong or offensive in the same way, but seems to have become deemed offensive simply by being the common term at the time of colonial expansion. Or am I missing something?
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
I believe chinky is the appropriate term (no offence to anybody who is Chinese).
It's a very difficult area when it comes to PC. My work colleagues are very un-PC (as am I on occasion). I even got a mild ticking off when chatting to a barrister for telling a story about one of the girls at work. I'm not supposed to use the word "girls" and should be saying "women" or "ladies"
you say the most random things ever, os. that's why I love you.
On 'girls' v. 'women': for me, it's who's speaking and what's said. My boss(es) frequently to the women in my office as girls and when he's saying 'you girls take the rest of the day off' (no matter how infrequently) it's music to my ears. When he says 'get one of the girls to find/file/write/seek/cook/order it', it irritates me because he would never say 'get one of the boys....' My mom calls me and my sister her girls, and that's fine. My older co-workers call me and my age group girls, and that, to borrow a fine phrase from G2S, gets on my tits.
Context is everything, in accessories and in the real world.
1. Smash head in with a mallet? - no
2. Watch reruns of the Pitts for a week? - probably not
3. Jump over a lighted candlestick? - yes, I'm a good jumper
4. Stand on one leg? - sure
5. Act like a dog? - would depend upon what aspect of dog behavior was required
6. Kill a man? - would depend on the man
7. Skinnydip in my grandma's pool - she's dead, and she didn't have a pool, but she did have a pond, so yes
8. Wear the same pair of underwear for an entire year? - I think I would rather just go without the underwear for a year for a Klondike Bar.
Goody2Shoes wrote:8. Wear the same pair of underwear for an entire year? - I think I would rather just go without the underwear for a year for a Klondike Bar.