Something weird happened tonight. We actually had an interesting discussion about a serious topic. William even thinks it might be “controversial.” Gasp!
But don’t worry, we bracket that with laundry and dessert.
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I wrote them down this time! They’re all from William.
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Shield? What shield? Does William have a Capt America shield or something?
If the Japanese are dead center of the list who’s at the top/bottom of the list?
I’d imagine staff meetings mostly involve Tony sitting around, staring at TMTH and mumbling to himself. So I’d say William you’re better off not attending those.
Tony: Have you read the Dresden Files graphic novels? I picked up 2 of them from the library this week and found I liked them better than the books so far.
If you liked the Guild and enjoyed Legend of Zelda back in the day, then you might want to check out the Legend of Neil.
Tony, don’t lie. You’d totally do the whole casting couch thing.
The Concrete Boots burger sounds really good and from the toppings Tony described; I think it’s not entirely unlikely that it’s supposed to be mob hit burger (as William suggested). Does this 2Dog offer frosted mugs for the root beer?
The 1919 in 1919 Root Beer comes from the time when breweries were looking at being closed due to Prohibition and some breweries got the clever idea of switching over to making soda to stay in business.
William: I’m extremely disappointed that you didn’t have a cheeseburger while you were in Paradise; even having a bean-cheeseburger would have been acceptable. *sigh*
I look forward to the day when Netflix streaming will offer this episode of Mythbusters where they test the RPG myth.
Sheets at home should be changed weekly, unless you are a particularly messy person. Sheets at a hotel should be changed weekly or after each guest leaves (whichever comes first).
Having our own washer/dryer has to be one of the things I enjoy most about owning a house. When I used to live in an apartment complex, there were bitter feuds with the people in our building about the use of the laundry machines. For a while, one tenant was basically running a laundry service for all their friends/family because the apartment’s machines charged less than any of the local laundry places. That got eventually got stomped down as none of the rest of us could ever get into the machines to get our laundry done. Then there was the time when somebody kept taking other people’s laundry out and tossing it on the floor. This was particularly annoying given that we knew how long the washers/dry ran, set a timer to come out when they were done and found our clothes on the floor. Basically somebody was so bloody cheap they were stealing the cost of running the machines by hijacking them. I still have no idea which tenant was behind that scheme (we moved out shortly after this started happening). Our band-aid fix for that problem was to take a book into the laundry room and sit there while our laundry ran. *sigh*
Wow, that totally was not where I thought you were going with the “legalize it”.
Maybe the question was specific to a college town because the questioner wants to start a movement to legalize it in the hometown of TMTH?
This discussion immediately made me think of the following quote from “Heart of Gold” (Firefly, S01E12)”
Doughnuts are totally an anytime food, but not an all-the-time food. Chocolate is a category of foods and not just a dessert. As chocolate can be made into so many things.
I like the fact that Mark, above, takes the time to add S01 to the episode number for the Firefly quote.
Anyway, I can’t say I disagree with the jist of the legalisation debate. Without any sort of qualification, I think I’d go along with William in that if you’re of a mind to sleep with someone for money, the legality problem isn’t a limiting factor. That said, silly British (and I’m sure other) tourists like to go smoke joints in the Netherlands, so it would probably lead to an increase in participants, if only for the initial novelty thing. But yeah, legalise this and various drugs and then heavily tax and regulate the lot.
I have to say, I was disappointed not to hear cheesecake get mentioned in the desserts discussion. It’s blatantly the food of kings.
Nuka Break!
I really liked the first one and I THINK I donated a small amount of money to the webseries… I know I meant to. I was going to offer them my skills as a prop builder and costumer but I seem to recall my travel plans for work was going to conflict with when they said they were going to start filming so I kept silent. Now I’m in Texas and they film in California and Nevada so… *single tear*
Laundromats! I also recently went into a laundromat for the first time in over a decade. Mine (Washatopia in Georgetown) is not 24 hours but it also uses cards instead of coins. The card itself costs a one time, refundable, deposit of $1 and you can fill it with cash or with a credit/debit card. What’s really cool is that the machines take the cards AND the vending machines that sell food, drinks, detergent and dryer sheets also take the cards. It’s also totally not skeezy, as laundromats so often are.
You conversation about legalized prostitution reminds me about something a friend told me. Apparently, in Germany, or certain parts of it, it is legal, and the brothels pay taxes. But the issue was that they also paid taxes or fees or whatever for unemployment. And they complained that they had to pay these unemployment taxes or fees or whatever, but the unemployment offices would never send them any people who were looking for work.
Fruit “salads”, sound a lot like Ambrosia and I agree, it is not a dessert. It is a sweet side dish.