MobileRead Member goes e-postal! - Page 12

Spartacus2112 · 12-10-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Huh! Huh! He said eats a member! Huh! Huh!

That is quite disturbing....yet funny eerily funny at the same time.

RickyMaveety · 12-10-2008, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

About 4 times so far (deliberately going back to watch, that is...)

I think I'm up to about 8 viewings. All those growlly nommie noises over a florette of broccoli .... it is just too damn cute!!

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 07:40 AM

i love it when he's holding on to the broccoli with both paws. "broccoli broccoli broccoli nom nom nom !!!" that's what he's saying.

carandol · 12-11-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

The Vancouver Island sub-species of the marmot is an endangered species. There are only about 23 of them left. They have set up a 1 mile radius no-go zone around their burrows.

I guess using them to flavour soup is right out, then.

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by carandol

I guess using them to flavour soup is right out, then.

pff. i thought we agreed to use shums to flavour soup ? do try to keep up.

carandol · 12-11-2008, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Is anyone else concerned that this thread has turned cannibalistic? (Except for you, VR.)

I guess if it came down to a poll, most people on this thread would rather eat each other than Marmite.

Slite · 12-11-2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by carandol

I guess if it came down to a poll, most people on this thread would rather eat each other than Marmite.

No, if it came down to a poll, most people here would go with "The Blue One, next to the fish"

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

No, if it came down to a poll, most people here would go with "The Blue One, next to the fish"

that is my favorite answer to any poll.

Slite · 12-11-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that is my favorite answer to any poll.

Of course it is... sheesh, thats a given around here, ne c'est pa (if I got that one right? It is like 30+ years since I studied French)

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Of course it is... sheesh, thats a given around here, ne c'est pa (if I got that one right? It is like 30+ years since I studied French)

close : n'est-ce pas.

you're right, it really goes without saying.

Slite · 12-11-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

close : n'est-ce pas.

you're right, it really goes without saying.

Ah, thats the one... close but no cigar for me this time

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Ah, thats the one... close but no cigar for me this time

don't worry about it, they've banned smoking in cafés anyway.

Slite · 12-11-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

don't worry about it, they've banned smoking in cafés anyway.

They did? In France? Wow... how on earth did they manage that? I can understand that they managed to drive that thru here in Sweden where everyone is so politically correct it's silly. But I never imagined that they'd managed that at you guys. Is it related to the whole EU thingy or what? God what a stupid institution that is, why oh why did we ever join it? And don't blame me, I voted against joining the EU

zelda_pinwheel · 12-11-2008, 09:53 AM

i don't think it's related to the EU... they've been trying to get people to quite smoking for several years. first there were the REALLY BIG "smoking leads to DEATH" warnings, then the price of cigarettes and tobacco went higher and higher, then they passed a law so it was forbidden to smoke in offices, and then in january (or was it the year before ??) they made it illegal to smoke in all public places like cafés and restaurants.

there was a lot of controversy of course but not as much as i would have expected (although i do know one person who was so revolted she would deliberately go to a café and light a cigarette, and get thrown out, and go to another café, and...). anyway a lot of people have been stopping smoking in the past few years. 10 years ago, i hardly knew anyone who didn't smoke ; now the smokers are the minority.

even speaking as an ex-smoker i was thrilled when you could not smoke in cafés anymore. i can remember spending winter evenings in small bars with friends where the smoke was so thick you couldn't see the other wall almost, and when you got home you stripped down and put all your clothes directly into the washing machine because if you left them in the laundry basket in the bedroom they would stink through the whole house. also, i always want to smoke more when i see other people smoking (and other people's smoke bothers me less if i am smoking myself), so now i have less temptation (which is good, since i have no willpower to speak of).

Slite · 12-11-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i don't think it's related to the EU... they've been trying to get people to quite smoking for several years. first there were the REALLY BIG "smoking leads to DEATH" warnings, then the price of cigarettes and tobacco went higher and higher, then they passed a law so it was forbidden to smoke in offices, and then in january (or was it the year before ??) they made it illegal to smoke in all public places like cafés and restaurants.

there was a lot of controversy of course but not as much as i would have expected (although i do know one person who was so revolted she would deliberately go to a café and light a cigarette, and get thrown out, and go to another café, and...). anyway a lot of people have been stopping smoking in the past few years. 10 years ago, i hardly knew anyone who didn't smoke ; now the smokers are the minority.

even speaking as an ex-smoker i was thrilled when you could not smoke in cafés anymore. i can remember spending winter evenings in small bars with friends where the smoke was so thick you couldn't see the other wall almost, and when you got home you stripped down and put all your clothes directly into the washing machine because if you left them in the laundry basket in the bedroom they would stink through the whole house. also, i always want to smoke more when i see other people smoking (and other people's smoke bothers me less if i am smoking myself), so now i have less temptation (which is good, since i have no willpower to speak of).

I know what you mean, I'm an ex-smoker myself. And before they banned smoking in all bars/restaurants you couldn't really see or smell anything but the smoke when you went out. Now you can smell people sweating and farting on the dancefloor, I dunno if that is a huge improvement though

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12-11-2008, 07:40 AM	#168
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?	i love it when he's holding on to the broccoli with both paws. "broccoli broccoli broccoli nom nom nom !!!" that's what he's saying.

12-11-2008, 09:53 AM	#179
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?	i don't think it's related to the EU... they've been trying to get people to quite smoking for several years. first there were the REALLY BIG "smoking leads to DEATH" warnings, then the price of cigarettes and tobacco went higher and higher, then they passed a law so it was forbidden to smoke in offices, and then in january (or was it the year before ??) they made it illegal to smoke in all public places like cafés and restaurants. there was a lot of controversy of course but not as much as i would have expected (although i do know one person who was so revolted she would deliberately go to a café and light a cigarette, and get thrown out, and go to another café, and...). anyway a lot of people have been stopping smoking in the past few years. 10 years ago, i hardly knew anyone who didn't smoke ; now the smokers are the minority. even speaking as an ex-smoker i was thrilled when you could not smoke in cafés anymore. i can remember spending winter evenings in small bars with friends where the smoke was so thick you couldn't see the other wall almost, and when you got home you stripped down and put all your clothes directly into the washing machine because if you left them in the laundry basket in the bedroom they would stink through the whole house. also, i always want to smoke more when i see other people smoking (and other people's smoke bothers me less if i am smoking myself), so now i have less temptation (which is good, since i have no willpower to speak of).