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[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Being a pimp ain't easy.

NO silly "It's hard out here being a pimp"

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
Please, how was Marshall to know that the greatest earthquake ever known was going to hit while they were rafting?

Sleestaks fascinate me. I recently found out that the sleestak with the vest, you known, the one who could talk, was named Enik. Much like Marshall, Will and Holly, Enik was from a different time. Enik always figured that he was from the future and that the mean, war-loving sleestaks who populated the Land of the Lost were an early evolutionary form of sleestak. Enik surmised that talking, vest-wearing sleestaks like himself evolved from these primitive sleestaks.

However, Enik was devastated to discover that he was not from the future, he was from the past. A glorious sleestak past. This meant of course that he did not evolve from the primitive sleestaks, rather, Enik’s glorious sleestak civilization de-volved into these horrible creatures. Truly devastating in a “Charleton Heston seeing the statue of liberty on the beach” sort of way.

Having been hugely important and busy all day, this is the first post I have read since early this morning. It may be the last post. It is an informative, nostalgic, well-written narrative, and I doubt any other posts today will live up to it. I thank my great fortune that I happened to tune in to what is likely one of the only wortwhile moments on the Lawtalkers fashion tips board today.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
Please, how was Marshall to know that the greatest earthquake ever known was going to hit while they were rafting?

Exactly. Do we know if the modern day Earth society from whence they came even survived? I.e. did the Mom perish in the earthquake?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Right. I was talking about snuff films.

Twit.

"The farmers' efforts to kill the fox seem both excessive and gratuitous."

I.e., not part of the circle of life, at least as it turns through our household.

I liked the book, but not for a five-year-old.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
Please, how was Marshall to know that the greatest earthquake ever known was going to hit while they were rafting?

Sleestaks fascinate me. I recently found out that the sleestak with the vest, you known, the one who could talk, was named Enik. Much like Marshall, Will and Holly, Enik was from a different time. Enik always figured that he was from the future and that the mean, war-loving sleestaks who populated the Land of the Lost were an early evolutionary form of sleestak. Enik surmised that talking, vest-wearing sleestaks like himself evolved from these primitive sleestaks.

However, Enik was devastated to discover that he was not from the future, he was from the past. A glorious sleestak past. This meant of course that he did not evolve from the primitive sleestaks, rather, Enik’s glorious sleestak civilization de-volved into these horrible creatures. Truly devastating in a “Charleton Heston seeing the statue of liberty on the beach” sort of way.

A+.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
Please, how was Marshall to know that the greatest earthquake ever known was going to hit while they were rafting?

Sleestaks fascinate me. I recently found out that the sleestak with the vest, you known, the one who could talk, was named Enik. Much like Marshall, Will and Holly, Enik was from a different time. Enik always figured that he was from the future and that the mean, war-loving sleestaks who populated the Land of the Lost were an early evolutionary form of sleestak. Enik surmised that talking, vest-wearing sleestaks like himself evolved from these primitive sleestaks.

However, Enik was devastated to discover that he was not from the future, he was from the past. A glorious sleestak past. This meant of course that he did not evolve from the primitive sleestaks, rather, Enik’s glorious sleestak civilization de-volved into these horrible creatures. Truly devastating in a “Charleton Heston seeing the statue of liberty on the beach” sort of way.

This is much better than what I was going to write about Ponyboy, Sodapop, and what-his-face.

Stay gold, soup sandwich, stay gold!

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
"The farmers' efforts to kill the fox seem both excessive and gratuitous."

I.e., not part of the circle of life, at least as it turns through our household.

I liked the book, but not for a five-year-old.

"So are snuff films, then?"


If you didn't recognize "circle of life" as a tongue-in-cheek comment, you are beyond help.


Twit.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
If you didn't recognize "circle of life" as a tongue-in-cheek comment, you are beyond help.

Oh, but I was deadly serious when I referred to snuff films? Lighten up, non-Francis.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
"The farmers' efforts to kill the fox seem both excessive and gratuitous."

I.e., not part of the circle of life, at least as it turns through our household.

I liked the book, but not for a five-year-old.

I had to verbally skim past some of the more detailed descriptions of child snatching and human bean guzzling in the BFG. That said, Dahl rawks.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I.e., not part of the circle of life, at least as it turns through our household.

From the day you are born in the alley
To the day you are hit by a car
There's cream to drink
And mice to eat
And great big balls of yarn
It's the circle...
The circle of...knife.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I had to verbally skim past some of the more detailed descriptions of child snatching and human bean guzzling in the BFG. That said, Dahl rawks.

I love Dahl.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Oh, but I was deadly serious when I referred to snuff films? Lighten up, non-Francis.

I am lightened up, goddamn it.

Seriously, though -- the guys are hunting the fox that takes their stuff. They go nutsy over it -- shovels, bulldozers, etc. What's the big deal? That's fairly classic children's literature. And let's keep in mind, this is a story where the fox wears a waistcoat and his wife a ballroom gown. It's not realistic in any sense, and when they demolish a hilltop to chase him it's consistent with that un-realism.

Compared to Elmer Fudd -- my earlier example -- this is tame stuff. No cannons, bombs, or spear and magic helmet (Spear and magic helmet! Magic helmet? Ma-gic hel-met!!!!!)

Compared to real classic kids' stories, Mr. Fox isn't even G-rated. No grandmas being eaten by wolves (and then sliced up and place in the icebox for an unsuspecting Red to eat). No wives being transformed to goats.

I dunno - I just don't see the big deal. I read the book when I was five, I read it to Sidd Jr. when he was five. Then again, I'm not worried that Charlie and The Chocolate Factory will turn him into a choco-holic, so maybe I just underestimate the long-term effects of this stuff.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I had to verbally skim past some of the more detailed descriptions of child snatching and human bean guzzling in the BFG. That said, Dahl rawks.

the BFG? Whassat?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
the BFG? Whassat?

The Big Friendly Giant. Currently reading it for the second time to the soon-to-be 6 year old.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I am lightened up, goddamn it.

Seriously, though -- the guys are hunting the fox that takes their stuff. They go nutsy over it -- shovels, bulldozers, etc. What's the big deal? That's fairly classic children's literature. And let's keep in mind, this is a story where the fox wears a waistcoat and his wife a ballroom gown. It's not realistic in any sense [...].

What's not realistic, Sidd? The foxes in my backyard wear waistcoats - and their mates, while not always in ballgowns, do tend to dress up, even if it's just to pop out of the den for a moment.