The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 46

DMcCunney · 08-08-2008, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirsales

(And the definitely derogative term "Lebensabschnittsgefährte"/LAG "companion in parts of life"

)

I have an old friend whose initials are LAG. She's not aware of that usage. This should be fun...

______
Dennis

Taylor514ce · 08-08-2008, 08:24 PM

:mock confusion: I thought we'd agreed on "Official Consort".

And, good grief, are we all going to leave Zelda's great straight line go unpunished? Well, ok.

RWood · 08-08-2008, 08:33 PM

No Taylor. "Official Consort" is your title. The rest of us fend for ourselves.

Besides, the only way to punish a queen is off her head and who among us would do such a foul deed?

zelda_pinwheel · 08-08-2008, 08:35 PM

wood, i'm so glad that i have nothing to fear from you. it's always reassuring to know that beheading is explicitly excluded from treatments your friends would reserve for you.

RWood · 08-08-2008, 09:32 PM

Somehow "Beloved Beheaded" sounds too much like something Marc would say.

Besides, beheading has been out of vogue for weeks, months even.

nekokami · 08-08-2008, 09:33 PM

I sometimes call my husband my "kept man," because he stays at home and deals with all the stuff I don't want anything to do with.

slayda · 08-08-2008, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

I sometimes call my husband my "kept man," because he stays at home and deals with all the stuff I don't want anything to do with.

I always wanted to be a "kept man". What my had in mind was kept in a cell.

I think she was going to decorated it with padding. I know I heard her say something about a "padded cell".

montsnmags · 08-08-2008, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Somehow "Beloved Beheaded" sounds too much like something Marc would say.

Besides, beheading has been out of vogue for weeks, months even.

Yes, exactly, Good Professor Wood. No need to get all antsy, Zee, and start running around like a Queen with her head cut off (that's how the saying goes, right?).

Cheers,
Marc [writes "beloved beheaded" in notebook for future reference]

Nate the great · 08-08-2008, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

No Taylor. "Official Consort" is your title. The rest of us fend for ourselves.

Besides, the only way to punish a queen is off her head and who among us would do such a foul deed?

I would do it. One the head is removed, she'd have an excellent career in politics.

RWood · 08-08-2008, 11:05 PM

Does she have to say, "Let them eat cake"? I remember it to be a phrase for French Queens.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-09-2008, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Somehow "Beloved Beheaded" sounds too much like something Marc would say.

Besides, beheading has been out of vogue for weeks, months even.

well that's a relief. let's hope there are no revival movements. hate those.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayda

I always wanted to be a "kept man". What my had in mind was kept in a cell.

I think she was going to decorated it with padding. I know I heard her say something about a "padded cell".

i wouldn't mind being a kept woman sometimes. maybe i could switch with taylor ; he can take over being queen, and i'll be consort. i think he said his duties were having a dry, firm smile, and a dazzling handshake, or something like that. i could probably do that. and padding would be a nice change, frankly. you've no idea how hard an unpadded wall is when you run into it a full speed, sheesh.

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yes, exactly, Good Professor Wood. No need to get all antsy, Zee, and start running around like a Queen with her head cut off (that's how the saying goes, right?).

Cheers,
Marc [writes "beloved beheaded" in notebook for future reference]

slightly antsy again. not (yet) running around like a queen with her head cut off though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I would do it. One the head is removed, she'd have an excellent career in politics.

i've really never had any political ambitions, nate (i hasten to point out). none whatsoever. really, not a one. (i'll just be waaaaay over here until you put that guillotine away).

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Does she have to say, "Let them eat cake"? I remember it to be a phrase for French Queens.

i think that's supposed to happen before you cut the head off. so you can't cut my head off until you've heard me say "Le--" um, that phrase. (ouf, that was close.)

Mindy · 08-09-2008, 07:15 AM

In order to say that we would have to a) run out of bread and b) have plenty of cake and I don't think the Great Llama Shopping Expedition has returned yet, has it?
(if I've missed the chocolate I won't be a happy fairy!!!!)

Barcey · 08-09-2008, 07:42 AM

Yum.... cake. Can I have chocolate?

Somehow the term "Let them eat cake" has lost significance in translation and through time.

You should bake a cake and set in on the porch of a neighboring building. Next time the kids in the building are making noise just open the window and yell "Let them eat cake".

RickyMaveety · 08-09-2008, 09:14 PM

Eh, I remember reading somewhere that the "let them eat cake" comment was one of the most misunderstood comments ever made.

If I recall correctly, day old cake sold for much less than day old bread ... because since there was no crust on the cake, it tended to go stale sooner.

So, if there was no bread for the poor to buy (or that they could afford), there was very likely to be available and affordable cake.

That's as I remember what I read anyway ... but you watch, I will have totally messed it up (sort of like with three sheets to the wind).

Steven Lyle Jordan · 08-09-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I'm kinda partial to S.O. (Significant Other), a California term, myself.

When I don't just use "wife," I often use "significant" (I leave out "other," because to me that diminishes her.)

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08-08-2008, 08:24 PM	#677
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	:mock confusion: I thought we'd agreed on "Official Consort". And, good grief, are we all going to leave Zelda's great straight line go unpunished? Well, ok.

08-08-2008, 08:33 PM	#678
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	No Taylor. "Official Consort" is your title. The rest of us fend for ourselves. Besides, the only way to punish a queen is off her head and who among us would do such a foul deed?

08-08-2008, 08:35 PM	#679
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	wood, i'm so glad that i have nothing to fear from you. it's always reassuring to know that beheading is explicitly excluded from treatments your friends would reserve for you.

08-08-2008, 09:32 PM	#680
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Somehow "Beloved Beheaded" sounds too much like something Marc would say. Besides, beheading has been out of vogue for weeks, months even.

08-08-2008, 09:33 PM	#681
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I sometimes call my husband my "kept man," because he stays at home and deals with all the stuff I don't want anything to do with.

08-08-2008, 11:05 PM	#685
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Does she have to say, "Let them eat cake"? I remember it to be a phrase for French Queens.

08-09-2008, 07:15 AM	#687
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	In order to say that we would have to a) run out of bread and b) have plenty of cake and I don't think the Great Llama Shopping Expedition has returned yet, has it? (if I've missed the chocolate I won't be a happy fairy!!!!)

08-09-2008, 07:42 AM	#688
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Yum.... cake. Can I have chocolate? Somehow the term "Let them eat cake" has lost significance in translation and through time. You should bake a cake and set in on the porch of a neighboring building. Next time the kids in the building are making noise just open the window and yell "Let them eat cake".

08-09-2008, 09:14 PM	#689
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Eh, I remember reading somewhere that the "let them eat cake" comment was one of the most misunderstood comments ever made. If I recall correctly, day old cake sold for much less than day old bread ... because since there was no crust on the cake, it tended to go stale sooner. So, if there was no bread for the poor to buy (or that they could afford), there was very likely to be available and affordable cake. That's as I remember what I read anyway ... but you watch, I will have totally messed it up (sort of like with three sheets to the wind).

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