Unutterably Silly So what are you NOT doing RIGHT NOW?

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i just was looking through my old photo archive cds to find the photo of me in a dryer
...

When I was about 9 years old, my two older brothers stuck me in a front-loading washing machine and turned it on while they went for a half-hour swim. We lived on a RAAF base and there were banks of open-fronted, angle-barrelled washing machines for the airmen to use in an open building next to the common pool. That day I discovered that you cannot reach the control switches for such a washing machine from inside of it while being spun end-over-end, no matter how much you one-armed-hanging-out flail-about-randomly. "Chaos theory" and "fuzzy logic" be damned - the universe has a plan and it hates you.

Cheers,
Marc (Ahh, the warm comfort and hilarity of childhood memory...[wipes tear from eye])

[zelda_pinwheel]

dear god, that's awful !!! i'm glad you were okay (and reaally glad i had no older brother).

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

That reminds me, something that came up elsewhere - cooking salmon in a dishwasher?

As a non-dishwasher-owning vegetarian, this is clearly something I've never tried - but I'm curious as to how one would go about it!

Living in the land of the Sockeye, Coho, Spring, Chum, etal., there has been much said on the subject of cooking salmon in the dishwasher. Here is a small example, there are hundreds more..

http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/dishwasher.html

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

dear god, that's awful !!! i'm glad you were okay (and reaally glad i had no older brother).

Well, to be fair, it didn't hurt at all. It just made me really dizzy, and thus gave me a migraine. It was much better than the chase-Marc-across-the-oval-throwing-darts-at-his-feet game.

There's a lot to be said for family...usually to someone who makes you pay $300 to the laddy at the door on the way out.

Cheers,
Marc ( Hmm, laughing at my own jokes. I think I'll go have a lie down. )

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

There's a lot to be said for family...usually to someone who makes you pay $300 to the laddy at the door on the way out.

pfff, you're not kidding.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

When I was about 9 years old, my two older brothers stuck me in a front-loading washing machine and turned it on while they went for a half-hour swim. We lived on a RAAF base and there were banks of open-fronted, angle-barrelled washing machines for the airmen to use in an open building next to the common pool. That day I discovered that you cannot reach the control switches for such a washing machine from inside of it while being spun end-over-end, no matter how much you one-armed-hanging-out flail-about-randomly. "Chaos theory" and "fuzzy logic" be damned - the universe has a plan and it hates you.

Cheers,
Marc (Ahh, the warm comfort and hilarity of childhood memory...[wipes tear from eye])

Gee, I don't even know your two older brothers, and yet I already don't like them. Or, I don't like what they were. I hope they've changed.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

There are times I am very glad I'm an only child - reading Marc's posts just now is one of them

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Living in the land of the Sockeye, Coho, Spring, Chum, etal., there has been much said on the subject of cooking salmon in the dishwasher. Here is a small example, there are hundreds more..

http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/dishwasher.html

I think the next question I have is "why?"

But I suppose it beats buying something specifally for the purpose!

[mjh215]

I'm guessing Marc learned how to run fast and hide quite well when he was a kid... Though I guess the fact they were able to put him in the washer possibly indicates the opposite...

-MJ

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

There are times I am very glad I'm an only child - reading Marc's posts just now is one of them

I hear you on that. I had siblings ... needless to say, I don't keep in touch with many of them. If the military wants to learn all there is to know about torture ... they should take classes from my older sister.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

it was strange because one of the characters has the same name as me. it's bizarre to hear your name in a film.

I can imagine I'm trying to think if I've ever seen any films with a character called my name. I must have done, as it's not exactly an uncommon name!

The weirdest name related thing was someone replying to a post I'd made on a mailing list - they started it by explaining they would only reply to people they could find something out about on the internet, and then proceded to give me a run down of what they thought was my academic career and subsequent employment. I never heard from them again after I nicely told them I was someone else entirely

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I think the next question I have is "why?"

But I suppose it beats buying something specifally for the purpose!

I believe the original version cooked the salmon in the dishwasher with last night's dishes, soap and all. You had to wrap it very well though. I think it was an energy saving idea.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

I believe the original version cooked the salmon in the dishwasher with last night's dishes, soap and all. You had to wrap it very well though. I think it was an energy saving idea.

OK - that actually makes a lot more sense! Soapy salmon supper

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Gee, I don't even know your two older brothers, and yet I already don't like them. Or, I don't like what they were. I hope they've changed.

Yeah, you know how it is. They're alright, except for when I look back at them during "downtime", but wearing those blues-coloured glasses t(a)ints everything you look at.

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

There are times I am very glad I'm an only child - reading Marc's posts just now is one of them

...that way only your parents can totally frak you up, right?

Originally Posted by mjh215

I'm guessing Marc learned how to run fast and hide quite well when he was a kid... Though I guess the fact they were able to put him in the washer possibly indicates the opposite...

Maybe I was just open-minded to new experience. Did you think of that? No? Neither did I, until just then.

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I hear you on that. I had siblings ... needless to say, I don't keep in touch with many of them. If the military wants to learn all there is to know about torture ... they should take classes from my older sister.

I have a younger sister (she is closest in age to me - only 17 months away - while my brothers are at least 4.5 years older). I once told her that I was going to call my autobiography, My Sister, The Antichrist. She was actually quite pleased with the idea.

Cheers,
Marc

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I can imagine I'm trying to think if I've ever seen any films with a character called my name. I must have done, as it's not exactly an uncommon name!

hee ! well now you'll start looking out for it, i'm sure. let me know when you notice it. my name was somewhat uncommon when i was a child, but it's coming back into fashion now. it's really disconcerting to hear someone call you in the street and turn around and realize they were calling some other girl. i think all the girls named sophie and sylvie must be used to it but it's a new experience for me.

The weirdest name related thing was someone replying to a post I'd made on a mailing list - they started it by explaining they would only reply to people they could find something out about on the internet, and then proceded to give me a run down of what they thought was my academic career and subsequent employment. I never heard from them again after I nicely told them I was someone else entirely

that is really weird !! the whole point of a pseudo is to keep your crime-fighting superhero identity safe from the public eye !! what a lunatic !! (and actually somebody hunting down information about me like that would be my nightmare !)

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

OK - that actually makes a lot more sense! Soapy salmon supper

oh my. i'm even more glad than usual that i'm a vegetarian, now !