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dejavroom

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12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« on: September 12, 2007, 06:57:15 pm »
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2007, 07:04:55 pm »
Jesus Christ.  That was exhausting to read, but damn if I don't love me some Cornelius. 
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 07:25:34 pm »
You know, this flowchart thing could have gotten stale quickly, but not now. Pure gold.

Man, I could go for a Diamond Jim lunch about now.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2007, 07:26:18 pm »
These flow charts could be a test for ADD, a test I failed here. Also, Red steaks slathered in veal gulped down with brandy sounds DEL.ICIO.US.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2007, 07:33:34 pm »
Doesn't Brian Regan have a bit about dieting and raisins? "Not the whole raisin, just the skins" or something like that. That's going to bug me.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2007, 07:34:38 pm »
Poor Connie. Living under the Draconian rule of the anti-cholesterol doc.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2007, 08:10:43 pm »
The thought occurs to me... if I explained Achewood to someone leaving out the more fantastic details, would more people take my advice and read it? The cats and the *****s and the stuffed animals and the time travel and afterlife and so on.

Group of friends, nominally "lead" by a basically-well-meaning obscenely rich fellow who doesn't wanna accept that he isn't as deep as he thinks he is... who lets his socially anxious childhood best friend and his mainly-sensible girlfriend live with him just sort of on the momentum of childhood friendship.

The rest of the cast live in a nearby boarding-house-of-sorts... a world-worn older guy who is classy as hell and supports his English-style pub by churning out softcore pornography writings, a debauched drunk who's a pretty good cook when he's sober and fades in and out of the hardcore porn industry himself with the ebbs and flows of his sobriety, a basically-well-meaning vaguely nerdy dude who fancies himself a hipster and a chef and... a comically innocent young child, for some reason.

Much of the stories are about the characters following their whims, anxieties and blisses somewhere at the edge of popular in suburban Northern California... most of plots come out from and are resolved the rich guy's money.

Hm.

Makes it sound like a raunchier Bloom County and... while I loved Bloom County... the comparison ain't exactly apt.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2007, 09:40:50 pm »
The romance novel scene leaves me with a mental image of Marlee Matlin nasally intoning "yooouuuu" as she tumbles away in slow motion.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2007, 09:46:15 pm »
A+
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2007, 09:48:48 pm »
Ah, c'mon.

I'd give Marlee Matlin... or at least late twenty, early thirties Marlee Matlin... a jump, no questions.

No questions whatsoever.

If you're within a reasonable age range of her, there is no shame in givin' Marlee Matlin a jump at all. She's kinda hot.

Unless you're confusing her with James Carville's creepy borderline-Nazi wife, Mary Matalin. That WOULD be disturbing, yeah.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2007, 10:05:56 pm »
Quote from: RMJ12345 on September 12, 2007, 09:46:15 pm
A+

No, I can't go higher than A, because Cornelius would know that "till" is actually a word, and so would have written that rather than " 'til ".
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2007, 10:14:36 pm »
Quote from: Victoria Waterfield on September 12, 2007, 10:05:56 pm
No, I can't go higher than A, because Cornelius would know that "till" is actually a word, and so would have written that rather than " 'til ".

It is my understanding that "till" is a bastardization of " 'til ", which of course is the dimunitive or contracted form of "until". " 'Til " is the British spelling, although I'm sure that just plain old till is creeping into the vernacular. I stand by my assertion that 'til is correct in this case.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2007, 10:18:10 pm »
Clearly the best of the flowcharts. Clearly.

The first time in a long time when I've been happy for someone who made the choice to go into work early. If I owned my own pub, I'd probably love to go to work too.
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2007, 10:25:45 pm »
Quote from: Golfhaus on September 12, 2007, 10:18:10 pm
Clearly the best of the flowcharts. Clearly.

The first time in a long time when I've been happy for someone who made the choice to go into work early. If I owned my own pub, I'd probably love to go to work too.

G, you have obviously chosen the most perfect avatar. Tiny can.

Also, is Philippe drawing on his face similarly to when he drew the butcher dotted outline? Do you think he's using lipstick or a Sharpie?
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Re: 12 September 2007 - The double-armed yawn
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2007, 10:26:06 pm »
Actually, I think "till", and very possibly "til", arrived in English directly from Old Norse ("til", up to), and "until" is from the same root but with "und" (meaning "as far as").

I've heard plenty of people protesting "'til" on these shores too, and I imagine it's probably on this basis.

EDIT: An appropriate link to the Online Etymology Dictionary.
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