iTunes Licensing Agreement and Weapons of Mass Destruction

[DixieGal]

I swear I hear a lifeguard whistle in there repeatedly also. So either the shums have whistles, or there is a deaf adult responsible for keeping them in the pen by blowing a whistle at them.

[WDecraene]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

also, preferably all the neighbors will be old people (they don't usually make much noise).

Actually, I think that career couples who only have one kid are the best neighbours. They tend to be on their own a lot and kids need a quorum of more than one before they start making noise (unless there are malicious, sadistic & uncaring grandparents who want to punish you for things gone wrong during your upbringing by giving noisy toys - like ). Also, with a kid in the house they're less likely to have parties at their appartment.

On the other hand, with elder people there's the constant danger of being hijacked and having to listen to tales about their various illnesses and operations and how things used to be better and how spoiled we are etc etc

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

My neighborhood is like that also. And the new people like to cut down 70 year old giant magnolia trees and plant those overused Bradford pear trees and commit crepe murder.

Crepe murder??? I don't understand. Is this an insane dislike of pancakes, or what?

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Crepe murder??? I don't understand. Is this an insane dislike of pancakes, or what?

Crepe murder is when you take a beautiful old flowering crepe myrtle (they grow big) and prune it back to the bare trunk, leaving only little patches of flowers. People say they do it because the trunks are so pretty. Which they are, except it ruins the natural shape of the tree. Very common treeicide procedure down here.

[alia]

Crepe murder sounds most cruel.

Do you think the SHUMS could be driven away by some sort of foul smell? Like a stink bomb or a rotting corpse? Or do their unwashed bodies smell so foul that they wouldn't even notice?

[Patricia]

Thanks for the explanation, Dixie Gal.
Some people have no sense of the fitness of things.

[WDecraene]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Crepe murder??? I don't understand. Is this an insane dislike of pancakes, or what?

[pshrynk]

Just for ZP:

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Just for ZP:

don't give me any ideas.

[zelda_pinwheel]

i should mention though, i'm working in a client's office this week and next, so despite having to share an office the noise level is significantly lower. aaaaaaah...

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i should mention though, i'm working in a client's office this week and next, so despite having to share an office the noise level is significantly lower. aaaaaaah...

Well, I hope you brought your mp3 of The SHUMS. Just put in a loop you so you can listen to it all day and it'll feel like you're home.

Okay, that was just too doggone cruel. I take it back. I wish you a week of peace, Queen Zee.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Well, I hope you brought your mp3 of The SHUMS. Just put in a loop you so you can listen to it all day and it'll feel like you're home.

Okay, that was just too doggone cruel. I take it back. I wish you a week of peace, Queen Zee.

heh... actually, i am listening to ok computer on the same mp3 player i used to record the shums to begin with, so actually i DO have it with me (because i didn't erase it, for some incomprehensible reason). you just TRY and make me listen to it. (seriously, try. i dare you. just watch out. it's amazing how adrenaline can give you super-strength and speed when menaced by a weapon like the prospect of the Shums.)

[MMascaro]

Actually I think that would make a pleasant background music.

For a haunted house

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by MMascaro

Actually I think that would make a pleasant background music.

For a haunted house

So true!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by MMascaro

Actually I think that would make a pleasant background music.

For a haunted house

...or a horror film. you know, in the scene where 3000 children are being flayed alive.