It's all about me

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by bilmore
"bee's knees - 1923, a survivor of a fad around this year for slang terms denoting "excellence" and based on animal anatomy. Also existed in the more ribald version bee's nuts. Other versions that lasted through the century are cat's whiskers (1923), cat's pajamas, cat's meow. More obscure examples are canary's tusks, cat's nuts and flea's eyebrows. The linguistic custom was still alive in Britain at the end of the century, as attested by the appearance of dog's bollocks in 1989. Bee's knee was used from 1797 for "something insignificant." "

This post is indeed the cat's nuts.
I'm going to start using that in poker. That's not just the nuts; that's the CAT's nuts!

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Dave
I don't have much of a sample size to go on, but it seems to me that you'd pretty much have to be a complete ass in order to be an investigative journalist (or Michael Moore).

Friendly amendment: television journalists.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Dave
{cue music: Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law"}

'60 Minutes' anchor Mike Wallace, 86, cuffed, cited in disturbance outside restaurant

Nothing says 'menace to society' quite like being an 86 year old man.

Where's Andy Rooney when we really need him? "Have you ever noticed how parking inspectors always seem to be manhandling my friends? I have. . . . ."

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Jumping in for Canadians and Goose-timmies everywhere, though I am neither. The correct term is Canada geese.

Yes ! thank you. I thought you just used a different term here. We call them Canada geese.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
So I let ABBA and her husband walk out of my bar that night.

We'll give you a call when we are in town. We don't hold a grudge. And thanks for the strong drinks!!!!!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Friendly amendment: television journalists.

is that proposed in lieu of or in addition to "investigative"? And I bet investigative print journalists are assholes too.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It's worth understanding even if we disagree with it.

The first possibility is the emotional trauma caused by the sudden and unprepared realization that one could actually be raped.* Men don't go through their day thinking about that, and haven't come to terms with that risk, as most women have. Feeling the atmosphere of sexual danger that women live with 24/7/365 is really quite jarring for men.

The second possibility is that homosexual panic is like vertigo --- it's not the fear that one might fall; it's the fear that one might, in an unguarded moment, suddenly leap.

*I'm not saying that gay men actually rape straight men, just that straight men who react strongly to being "hit on" are usually the kind who are mostly isolated from gay men and have never considered the possibility that someone of equal or greater physical strength could overpower them, if they wanted to. The panic that inspires is irrational, but (I believe) sincerely felt.

Well, thank you very much Mr. Sensitive Guy Who Completely Understands Women And Their Ever Present Rape Fear And Also Can Empathize With The Homophobe And His Fear Of Latent Homosexuality. You are a really wise and sensitive guy and we could all learn a lot from you. But, you have no problem looking down on God's other creatures, right? Because that's O.K. I'm guessing you never bothered to put yourself in the claws of the rat whose insides are terminally rotting from recently-ingested rat poison. Just save your self-righteous "we must understand it even if we do not agree with it" crap for people who care.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It's worth understanding even if we disagree with it.

The first possibility is the emotional trauma caused by the sudden and unprepared realization that one could actually be raped.* Men don't go through their day thinking about that, and haven't come to terms with that risk, as most women have. Feeling the atmosphere of sexual danger that women live with 24/7/365 is really quite jarring for men.

The second possibility is that homosexual panic is like vertigo --- it's not the fear that one might fall; it's the fear that one might, in an unguarded moment, suddenly leap.

*I'm not saying that gay men actually rape straight men, just that straight men who react strongly to being "hit on" are usually the kind who are mostly isolated from gay men and have never considered the possibility that someone of equal or greater physical strength could overpower them, if they wanted to. The panic that inspires is irrational, but (I believe) sincerely felt.

If this is at all earnest, I'll offer this:

Nornally, I'll follow absurd logic to its stupidest, most senseless end, just because I'm annoying like that. This attempted explanation, however, I will not follow. Its just that bad.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Yes ! thank you. I thought you just used a different term here. We call them Canada geese.

God I can't believe I'm doing this. From the Canada Goose Management website...
Did you know: the Canada goose or geese is also commonly known as Canadian Geese, or Resident Geese?

http://www.canadagoosemanagement.com/

Here is their phone number 1-866-POOP BE Gone

Are you tired of your green spaces and beaches being rendered unusable by Canada goose droppings?
Are aggressive Canada geese creating unsafe situations?
Have you suffered economic damage due excessive grazing of Canada geese?
Are Canada geese creating the potential of a catastrophic aircraft incident?
It's not Al Qaeda, it's the Canadian Geese.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Where's Andy Rooney when we really need him? "Have you ever noticed how parking inspectors always seem to be manhandling my friends? I have. . . . ."

Did you ever notice that guys who hit on you tend to be guys who'd probably rape you if they could... I mean, there's a lot of what professionals call "sexual danger" out there...

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Did you ever notice that guys who hit on you tend to be guys who'd probably rape you if they could...

Yes.

OK, not really, since no one would ever hit on me (just preempting Hank's inevitable insult post), but I've noticed this about guys who hit on my friends.

OK, not really.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I hate snakes. I am snakephobic and I am afraid of them. I also hold them in contempt. I have directed others to kill snakes before, and I would do it again. Suffice it to say, if I were to discover a snake in my house, I would pass out in fear and shock and probably be killed by the snake. I want snakes to stay away from me. I want to stay away from snakes. I don't care if a snake can rush for 2000 yards a season (I didn't bother to look up Kenny Stabler's stats, btw, wasn't he rumored to be a gay?) A snake is a snake. I have no pretentions that my view on this matter are in any way progressive, but I don't care. Down with snakes.

Since snakes eat rats, I'm not sure that our positions are consistent.

2 (mostly). Generally I know what you mean. And I'm not a snakist. in fact we have a pet snake to which the above is not true. He's not like most snakes- he's one of the good ones.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yes.

OK, not really, since no one would ever hit on me (just preempting Hank's inevitable insult post), but I've noticed this about guys who hit on my friends.

OK, not really.

I used to hit on you. I didn't start insulting you until you starting attacking me. What do you expect, I have to keep my pride somehow.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Feeling the atmosphere of sexual danger that women live with 24/7/365 is really quite jarring for men.

I don't feel an atmosphere of sexual danger 24/7/365. I hardly think I'd be able to get anything done if I did. Tension? Maybe 1x month. Danger? Maybe 1x year, if that.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
"Fuck, am I glad to live in a city so shitty Queda would never bomb it.'

Don't worry. In your city, the police handle that.