Time to drink your gin-and-tonic-ah - Page 86

PresentTense Pirate Penske · 01-14-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I know I'm wonking, but no. I was right. This was deposition No. 37 in this case, and the guy offered nothing new.

In fact, during the deposition (at which I was the youngest by 20 years), one of the other attorneys passed around a note that said the following:

"Have you learned ANYTHING new in this deposition? Check the appropriate response:

*Yes
*No
*Hell Fucking No"

Which did you check?

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 01-14-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PresentTense Pirate Penske

Which did you check?

Everyone checked "Hell Fucking No" and then showed it to the dep taker at the end. He thought it was funny. I don't dislike the guy - everyone gets to know each other pretty well when you've been together that often (especially at out-of-town deps*), but it was getting a bit ridiculous.

*In Louisville, the dep taker referred to his girlfriend as "Satan" at least 20 times.

Hank Chinaski · 01-14-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Everyone checked "Hell Fucking No" and then showed it to the dep taker at the end. He thought it was funny. I don't dislike the guy - everyone gets to know each other pretty well when you've been together that often (especially at out-of-town deps*), but it was getting a bit ridiculous.

*In Louisville, the dep taker referred to his girlfriend as "Satan" at least 20 times.

keep your eye on the ball. I'd have restarted the dep, and made the note an exhibit. then you'd be able to challenge anyone who later tried to introcduce an answer as being of any value. Finally, given the satan love, under oath I'd ask dep taker if he posts under the name "less". long shot maybe, but worth the small time invested if you do strike paydirt.

Replaced_Texan · 01-14-2010, 04:30 PM

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I will be there this year. I camp in Gigsville, which is a village of about 400 people, mostly from California but a lot from Texas and other states. My camp within Gigsville is the Damned Fucking Texans.

Troll burningman.org for a general idea of the experience. It's a pretty awesome resource and a comprehensive site. But beware that no two burners are alike. I'm not a hippie or a raver really, and so I don't get those experiences the way others do. I do like to make costumes and experience the art aspect (with and without artificial mood enhancers) of the burn, and I love the community. I also like the fucktardery.

There are lists all over the place for what to bring and what not to bring. My friend Crunchy has one of the most comprehensive I've ever seen. She's based in LA and gives a lot of local resources, and I see someone has put it on line. http://www.scribd.com/doc/17388429/C...n-Packing-List She noted a few days ago that she's revising the list, and I'll be happy to pass it on when she does it. The biggest issues will be getting enough water out there to last however long you plan on staying and making sure that you're protected from the sun. Everything else is detail and the level of creature comforts you want to have.

I shower. My first year, my camp had a solar shower that worked fine. My second year, someone in my camp built a community shower for our village that recycled water through a swimming pool filter. It was awesome. This year, my boyfriend and I are thinking about renting an RV with another couple, but we have a pretty good shade structure and an awesome tent if that falls through. There are a LOT of RVs there and don't think that you're somehow out of place if you're coming in comfort. The range of creature comforts at the Burn is massive. One of the guys in my camp is very wealthy and has a 40 foot shipping container that he insulated and air conditioned. It usually hauls all of our crap out there from Houston (and our art car and 20 kegs of beer, our gift to the playa) and once it's empty, he constructs a queen sized bed in there. Our camp has a pretty substantial kitchen, and more importantly, people who like to cook. So we eat really well. You can buy ice at Burning Man, and with good cooler methods, bringing perishables isn't necessarily doom. Then again, I've seen other burners survive for the week on peanut butter in a pup tent. It just depends on how well you plan, what comforts you want to haul out there, and what your budget is. (We know a guy who was the personal chef for some guys who spent $200,000 on their camp. The chef never left camp.)

Feel free to bug me about any questions through out your planning, and I know TONS of LA Burners that I'll be happy to put you in touch with.

ETA: Crunchy's list is almost impossible to do, and she was shocked to shit when someone told her that they'd gotten every single thing on her list. It's just a collection of good ideas. Sometimes people look at the list and are shocked at it's length. I think you'd need an 18foot trailer to haul all that crap out there.

It's burningman.com, not .org, and the Survial Guide is a good place to get started.

PresentTense Pirate Penske · 01-14-2010, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

*In Louisville, the dep taker referred to his girlfriend as "Satan" at least 20 times.

I remember in the 5th or 6th grade I had a friend with a college aged brother who had a copy of a Traci Lords vid where she played Satan (I think it was the original Nu Wave Hookers), which we heisted and watched. I think she was a minour at the time. Anyhoo, that's a pact with the devil that I would undertake...and overtake.....creep up on from behind.....iykwim, nttawwt, fyi.

Atticus Grinch · 01-14-2010, 08:39 PM

Shit My Dad Says has obviously been bullshit for a while, but today's entry where "Dad" tells everybody to donate to Haiti just absolutely tears it.

taxwonk · 01-14-2010, 09:49 PM

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

According to Hank the fur trade is thriving in Windsor.

I don't think I want to hang out in the strip clubs you frequent.

Adder · 01-14-2010, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

I don't think I want to hang out in the strip clubs you frequent.

The issue seems to be the ones Hank frequents.

Hank Chinaski · 01-14-2010, 10:08 PM

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The issue seems to be the ones Hank frequents.

once you hit 40 the eyesight fades, so yeah, wonk needs a bit of hair to help him aim his tips at the clubs. once at a "euro-shaved" place he actually tipped a coffee urn.

Adder · 01-14-2010, 10:36 PM

1. I'm watching leno

2. Stephen Merchant is in the Rock's tooth fairy movie.

ltl/fb · 01-15-2010, 07:12 AM

when can a blister, on, say, the palm side of the right index finger, be drained? No pain but very inconvenient.

Hank Chinaski · 01-15-2010, 08:37 AM

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when can a blister, on, say, the palm side of the right index finger, be drained? No pain but very inconvenient.

it might be a tumor.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 01-15-2010, 08:58 AM

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it might be a tumor.

Are you high as a kite?

She's at the end, she is starting to cry.

Fugee · 01-15-2010, 09:33 AM

My favorite dress. Won't say who won in case anyone hasn't watched it yet.

I think Gay Anthony from Atlanta is hilarious. Didn't so much like his dress.

Can anyone explain to me the appeal of a very large contrasting color zipper?

Hank Chinaski · 01-15-2010, 09:52 AM

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Can anyone explain to me the appeal of a very large contrasting color zipper?

once you hit 40 the eyesight fades, so yeah, wonk needs a bit of color to help him find the zipper. he actually tried to unzip his last date's dress by yanking on her mullet.