Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Who isn't "ready" to start dating again? The need for this fiction is bizarre. If you meet someone and there's chemistry, the need to be "ready," if there really ever is one, evaporates.

I'm married and if I find myself talking to a woman and notice there's strong chemistry, I'm feeling quite "ready." And though I'd never cheat, if this woman is hot and the back and forth is electric (you know the mutual vibe I'm referencing), I'm so ready I find myself cursing the lack of progressiveness in modern Western mores staying me from doing what I'm thinking about doing, and have a pretty good idea she's thought about doing.

"Ready" is an over-thinker's concept.

It's also a concept for a person who was in a long relationship that ended in frustration or worse. After living with a person for a long time, some of us might not be ready for the kind of trust that a real relationship entails. Given that the Pretty Lady has not said she's been looking unsuccessfully for a Mystery Dance partner. I have no doubt she would have her choice of willing partners for a little bump and grind.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

Somebody I know, who is totally not me or anything, in fact I don't even really know this guy, I just said that to make it sound more authoritative--but anyway, this guy that isn't me and I don't know, he realized he had lost all semblance of his manhood when he found himself on vacation, in a packed American Girl store, with hundreds of moms and daughters, while a NFL playoff game was going on, and there was no TV anywhere that wasn't showing some AG made for TV shit movie on it. I hear he saw another sad fuck dad in the store, and silently they gave each other the nod, which roughly translated into, "Yeah, I see you lost your dick too." Or so I've heard.

The subtle emasculation was nothing compared to the ability of the stores to suck at least $200 out of my pocket every time I walked through the door. At least the first store was in Chicago so I never had to suffer the indignity of travelling to the place.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Disney's UK site says: "Without the aid of pixie dust, Fairies can fly no more than a few feet."

Link: http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-fairies/homepage

Fairy Fact #3.

Even if they could fly without wings, they would still need them to steer and control takeoff and descent. I mean, hell, it's not like they repealed the entire science of aeronautics for a few fairies.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

You were nasty, brutish, and short?

Don't forget solitary.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

Perhaps, but Sebby's MO is to preface all of it with a kiss on the cheek, so it's all good.

"Always a peck before a poke."

Never forget Grandpa's advice. (Except his hate filled rants about the Swiss, of course.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

Fairies don't need pixie dust to fly. They have wings. The pixie dust helps non-winged creatures fly. Duh.

I thought they had magic boots. Or at least that's what Ozzy told me.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

Somebody I know, who is totally not me or anything, in fact I don't even really know this guy, I just said that to make it sound more authoritative--but anyway, this guy that isn't me and I don't know, he realized he had lost all semblance of his manhood when he found himself on vacation, in a packed American Girl store, with hundreds of moms and daughters, while a NFL playoff game was going on, and there was no TV anywhere that wasn't showing some AG made for TV shit movie on it. I hear he saw another sad fuck dad in the store, and silently they gave each other the nod, which roughly translated into, "Yeah, I see you lost your dick too." Or so I've heard.

Inevitably, at some point, you will live out some variation of this dialogue:

"Anyway, come hit this right here. You need to hit this."

"No, I appreciate it, but I told my wife I wouldn't drink tonight. Besides, I've got a big day tomorrow."

"But you guys have a great time."

"A big day? Doing what?"

"Well, actually, pretty nice little Saturday."

"We're going to Home Depot."

"Buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring."

"Stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath and Beyond, I don't know."

"I don't know if we'll have enough time."

"You know what? Give me that thing. I'll do one."

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Inevitably, at some point, you will live out some variation of this dialogue:

"Anyway, come hit this right here. You need to hit this."

"No, I appreciate it, but I told my wife I wouldn't drink tonight. Besides, I've got a big day tomorrow."

"But you guys have a great time."

"A big day? Doing what?"

"Well, actually, pretty nice little Saturday."

"We're going to Home Depot."

"Buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring."

"Stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath and Beyond, I don't know."

"I don't know if we'll have enough time."

"You know what? Give me that thing. I'll do one."

It is very confusing how many people are in the above dialogue and who is saying what. And what is the first one inviting the other one(s) to hit?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Confirmed. I just watched "Secret of the Wings" in which a threat to the Pixie Dust Tree imperiled the ability of all faeries to fly. (I am pleased to report that some quick thinking by Tinker Bell saved the tree.)

You completely left out the fact that the snow machine Tink invented and used purely for selfish reasons was the cause of said threat. She totally Paula Deened Pixie Hollow.*

*No, not the racist thing. The inventing diabetes and then later on promoting a treatment for diabetes thing.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

they would still need them to steer and control takeoff and descent.

Aha! This makes sense. They are ailerons/rudders.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

It is very confusing how many people are in the above dialogue and who is saying what. And what is the first one inviting the other one(s) to hit?

You will enjoy this bike ad:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/3928019446.html

Edited to add: TRIFECTA!

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

You will enjoy this bike ad:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/3928019446.html

Edited to add: TRIFECTA!

That's quality work. The Chicago references are lost on me, but I get the gist.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

That's quality work. The Chicago references are lost on me, but I get the gist.

Well done ad, but that thing's got brakes. Fixies with brakes don't lead to hipster cred in these parts, at least.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Well done ad, but that thing's got brakes. Fixies with brakes don't lead to hipster cred in these parts, at least.

Good catch. I think I'm going to get a beater fixie bar bike with hydraulic disc brakes just to make the hipsters' heads explode.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Well done ad, but that thing's got brakes. Fixies with brakes don't lead to hipster cred in these parts, at least.

Aren't you in Portland? We can't compete with your hipsters. Can anyone?