Who coddles the coddlers? August 15, 2011 5:11 AM Subscribe
Where do we fall on molly-coddling?
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 5:14 AM on August 15, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 5:14 AM on August 15, 2011 [4 favorites]
"Save the brandy for when you're curled up in front of the fireplace back in the lodge."
Wise words. Wise, wise, words.
posted by awfurby at 5:14 AM on August 15, 2011
Wise words. Wise, wise, words.
posted by awfurby at 5:14 AM on August 15, 2011
I love it when multiple posters make the exact same stupid obvious joke at the beginning of a thread. It's like reading a blue-tinted Slashdot.
posted by octothorpe at 5:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 5:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
I really like it when more than one person makes the same tired joke right at the top of a discussion. It's like I'm reading a preview of next week's User Friendly.
posted by Plutor at 5:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by Plutor at 5:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [9 favorites]
I guess you'll have to be a really, really long time member of this place to get what this is about, hahaha.
posted by TraumaT at 5:21 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by TraumaT at 5:21 AM on August 15, 2011
I think we should coddle cuddlers and cuddle coddlers. Coddling cobblers is also good, so they will fix our shoes. Cuddling cuttlefish sounds like a good idea, with all those arms, but, as it turns out, cuttlefish don't like cuddling, so we should coddle them instead (possibly in either sense of the word, depending on your dietary habits, but don't expect the cuttlefish to enjoy it then). Coddling cobblestones is just silly, and don't you pretend that it isn't.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:22 AM on August 15, 2011 [26 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:22 AM on August 15, 2011 [26 favorites]
I'm usually sitting down when I take a stand on Metafilter. Discuss.
posted by killdevil at 5:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
posted by killdevil at 5:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
Apparently coddle is a name for an Irish stew. It looks pretty okay.
posted by empyrean at 5:37 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by empyrean at 5:37 AM on August 15, 2011
Well now you have to make a FPP about it.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 5:43 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by overeducated_alligator at 5:43 AM on August 15, 2011
The thread I actually learned something from (which is different than the important thread) is the one that told me that "coddling" is a kind of cooking. Huh.
posted by DU at 5:49 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by DU at 5:49 AM on August 15, 2011
Does anyone have a post about cod or codding that they've been working on? Now would be the time to put it up.
posted by inturnaround at 5:56 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by inturnaround at 5:56 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
both the cod and codding are nearing commercial extinction
posted by caddis at 6:04 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by caddis at 6:04 AM on August 15, 2011
My wife and I used to coddle a lot. Now: not so much.
posted by Xurando at 6:07 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Xurando at 6:07 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Coddling sounds like a cross between cuddling and fondling.
posted by diogenes at 6:12 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by diogenes at 6:12 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
inturnaround - there's something to work with here if you want to give it a go...
posted by russm at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by russm at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011
"Coddle" is one of those words that just gives me the willies. Same with "cuddle." They make my stomach curdle.
posted by Metroid Baby at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by Metroid Baby at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011
No, diogenes, that would be fuddling. As in "chub".
...aaand we're back to fish again
posted by likeso at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
...aaand we're back to fish again
posted by likeso at 6:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Coddling sounds like a cross between cuddling and fondling.
Does put an interesting spin on molly coddling.
Is that where the word came from?
posted by Ahab at 6:19 AM on August 15, 2011
Does put an interesting spin on molly coddling.
Is that where the word came from?
posted by Ahab at 6:19 AM on August 15, 2011
Coddling sounds like a cross between cuddling and fondling.
Well, it is meant to keep you at a simmer for a long time....
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:36 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Well, it is meant to keep you at a simmer for a long time....
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:36 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
No, diogenes, that would be fuddling. As in "chub".
Chub fuddling? Take it to chatroulette.
posted by griphus at 6:43 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Chub fuddling? Take it to chatroulette.
posted by griphus at 6:43 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Just so long as no one says snuggle I'm fine.
posted by The Whelk at 6:49 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 6:49 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm not entirely sure I'm not some kind of machine. I don't even know what it means to be 'human' vs. 'machine', whether the mechanics of biochemistry and the agency of parents count toward making me essentially a meat android. How much iron do I need in me before I count as a replicant?
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 6:53 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 6:53 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Take it to chatroulette.
Miss Mitford would be appalled. Appalled, I say.
posted by likeso at 6:57 AM on August 15, 2011
Miss Mitford would be appalled. Appalled, I say.
posted by likeso at 6:57 AM on August 15, 2011
Does put an interesting spin on molly coddling.
Is that where the word came from?
Well, according to the OED, Moll or Molly has been slang for a lower class woman, especially a prostitute since at least the early 1500s. It possibly derived from a pet form of Mary (whether this was just a common pseudonym or from Mary Magdalene seems to be rank conjecture). Molly as slang for gay and/or effeminate men seems to have arisen at the same time, possibly by association with male prostitutes or effeminacy.
"Mollycoddling" seems to be coddling mollies in the sense of women rather than prostitutes. (For what it is worth, "coddling" seems to come from the medieval Latin "caldellum," meaning a hot drink, which would definitely be coddling on a cold day.) A "mollycoddle," on the other hand, is an effeminate man (i.e. one who must be coddled) and then, via the obvious and tired route, applied to gay men. Why it is effeminate for men to be given hot drinks, I don't know, but this may explain some of the opposition to coffee shops and tea houses found on the Right.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:59 AM on August 15, 2011 [9 favorites]
Is that where the word came from?
Well, according to the OED, Moll or Molly has been slang for a lower class woman, especially a prostitute since at least the early 1500s. It possibly derived from a pet form of Mary (whether this was just a common pseudonym or from Mary Magdalene seems to be rank conjecture). Molly as slang for gay and/or effeminate men seems to have arisen at the same time, possibly by association with male prostitutes or effeminacy.
"Mollycoddling" seems to be coddling mollies in the sense of women rather than prostitutes. (For what it is worth, "coddling" seems to come from the medieval Latin "caldellum," meaning a hot drink, which would definitely be coddling on a cold day.) A "mollycoddle," on the other hand, is an effeminate man (i.e. one who must be coddled) and then, via the obvious and tired route, applied to gay men. Why it is effeminate for men to be given hot drinks, I don't know, but this may explain some of the opposition to coffee shops and tea houses found on the Right.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:59 AM on August 15, 2011 [9 favorites]
The front page has some alarmingly anti Replicant links today. C'mon people, this is the 21st century! Replicants are largely similar to people too!
posted by The Whelk at 6:59 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 6:59 AM on August 15, 2011
I don't think this requires input from me, so I am going to ignore it. Hope that's okay.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:18 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:18 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
You could close it. That would be decent input.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by cjorgensen at 7:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
My (American) boyfriend and I went to a fishmonger in London when I was there visiting him. He went up to the guy and asked, "do you have any cod?" The guy said, "you want my cod?" My boyfriend said, "oh great, yeah, I'd like about a half kilo of cod please." The guy gave us this really weird look like we were insane, rummaged for a moment under the counter, and stood up with a stack of business cards in his hand. "I can give you two or three, mate, but I don't know why you want so many."
Because over here it's cahd. And over there it's cohd.
The saddest part of the story is that once we got the confusion cleared up, we found out they were out of cod. We did get his card, though, so maybe we'll try again some day.
posted by phunniemee at 7:21 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Because over here it's cahd. And over there it's cohd.
The saddest part of the story is that once we got the confusion cleared up, we found out they were out of cod. We did get his card, though, so maybe we'll try again some day.
posted by phunniemee at 7:21 AM on August 15, 2011 [6 favorites]
Is that where the word came from?
posted by Ahab
don't get fucking cute. I think this is a new form of THREAD/FILTER SHITTING and should be limited, it's using the front page for lulz or an agenda and if anyone can't see that then i well start posting. It should be an time-out offense or deleted no matter the content.
posted by clavdivs at 7:22 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by Ahab
don't get fucking cute. I think this is a new form of THREAD/FILTER SHITTING and should be limited, it's using the front page for lulz or an agenda and if anyone can't see that then i well start posting. It should be an time-out offense or deleted no matter the content.
posted by clavdivs at 7:22 AM on August 15, 2011
James Brown: still dead.
No way WTF? Someone should make an obit post.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:25 AM on August 15, 2011
No way WTF? Someone should make an obit post.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:25 AM on August 15, 2011
it's using the front page for lulz
If using the blue for lulz is wrong, I don't want to be right.
posted by phunniemee at 7:26 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
If using the blue for lulz is wrong, I don't want to be right.
posted by phunniemee at 7:26 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
I do not feel good, so good, how bout you.
I will go sputter so coffee now.
posted by clavdivs at 7:27 AM on August 15, 2011
I will go sputter so coffee now.
posted by clavdivs at 7:27 AM on August 15, 2011
Oh who am I kidding. Have your fun.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:28 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by cjorgensen at 7:28 AM on August 15, 2011
Bizarro-Metafilter: I don't think this requires input from me, so I am going to ignore it.
posted by griphus at 7:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 7:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
The mind flayers are rebranding themselves as " cuddlefish" to counter some negative stereotypes about mind flaying.
posted by The Whelk at 7:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 7:29 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
From my office window I can hear a cow mooing.
posted by foggy out there now at 7:32 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by foggy out there now at 7:32 AM on August 15, 2011
Now that we've decided on coddling, what about waddling and twaddling?
posted by jonmc at 7:34 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by jonmc at 7:34 AM on August 15, 2011
As long as people don't start mixing up puddling and paddling, no one is too likely to get hurt.
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:37 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:37 AM on August 15, 2011
I vastly prefer twiddling, myself.
strategically placed comma
posted by likeso at 7:38 AM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
strategically placed comma
posted by likeso at 7:38 AM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
Maybe the mods are kettling us here for containment.
posted by The Whelk at 7:39 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 7:39 AM on August 15, 2011
Now that we've decided on coddling, what about waddling and twaddling?
I'm also waiting to hear some ideas on swaddling.
posted by kingbenny at 7:40 AM on August 15, 2011
I'm also waiting to hear some ideas on swaddling.
posted by kingbenny at 7:40 AM on August 15, 2011
I am handling my hands pretty roughly and I think I can feel what may be bones, but maybe they're just supports or armature.
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 7:41 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 7:41 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is a load of clotted codswallop, and I won't have anything to do with it.
posted by planetkyoto at 7:41 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by planetkyoto at 7:41 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Coddle the egg, not the chicken.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:46 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by blue_beetle at 7:46 AM on August 15, 2011
some ideas about swaddling
I remember that when I first heard this: "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger", I imagined the baby Jesus all bound up like a papoose. I kept waiting for the manger business to be over and Mary to hoist him up on her back. And of course there would be appaloosas and travois.
posted by likeso at 7:47 AM on August 15, 2011
I remember that when I first heard this: "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger", I imagined the baby Jesus all bound up like a papoose. I kept waiting for the manger business to be over and Mary to hoist him up on her back. And of course there would be appaloosas and travois.
posted by likeso at 7:47 AM on August 15, 2011
(I had recently been hearing about Chief Joseph Thunder Rolling In The Mountains, you see)
posted by likeso at 7:50 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by likeso at 7:50 AM on August 15, 2011
In Tajikistan they still swaddle kids. A flat skull on the back is considered attractive, and round "eggheads" who didn't do their two years in a cradle are the wierd ones. They even rig up this sort of primitive catheter device, so no diapers or changing necessary.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:51 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Meatbomb at 7:51 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Huh, I wondered why so many Tajik men in photos seemed to have oddly flat backs-of-heads. Thought it was a genetic variation.
Um, catheter... yipe.
posted by likeso at 7:56 AM on August 15, 2011
Um, catheter... yipe.
posted by likeso at 7:56 AM on August 15, 2011
Did someone say puggle?
Well I am now. WHO'S A PUPPY? YOU ARE! YOU'RE A PUPPY!
posted by likeso at 8:01 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Well I am now. WHO'S A PUPPY? YOU ARE! YOU'RE A PUPPY!
posted by likeso at 8:01 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
Quit muddling the issue.
Start muddling the mint.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:07 AM on August 15, 2011 [7 favorites]
Start muddling the mint.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:07 AM on August 15, 2011 [7 favorites]
I'm completely against codpieces. At the very least, it's false advertising, and there are rules about that stuff in other areas of commerce. Why the hell should human sexual relationships be exempt from the sort of consumer protection we've grown to expect in the other areas of our life?
Wait...
You said coddling?
Codpieces encrusted with dling are even worse than plain codpieces and should *definitely* be regulated. People see men walking through the streets of Mayfair and Kensington, their codpieces all decorated in shiny gilt and marquisite, and they think that these fake dandies actually have the wherewithall to cover their crotch in gold and diamonds. By the time they find out all the dling dling is actually fake, it's too late and you've given some foul, pox-riddled molly full and unfettered access to the family jewels.
The next thing you know, not only have you permanently damaged the prospects of all of the future male issue in your branch of the family, but you've actually played havoc with years of investment in the finest bloodline of Gloucester Old Spot this side of Bristol.
Don't talk to me about shiny codpieces...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:12 AM on August 15, 2011
Wait...
You said coddling?
Codpieces encrusted with dling are even worse than plain codpieces and should *definitely* be regulated. People see men walking through the streets of Mayfair and Kensington, their codpieces all decorated in shiny gilt and marquisite, and they think that these fake dandies actually have the wherewithall to cover their crotch in gold and diamonds. By the time they find out all the dling dling is actually fake, it's too late and you've given some foul, pox-riddled molly full and unfettered access to the family jewels.
The next thing you know, not only have you permanently damaged the prospects of all of the future male issue in your branch of the family, but you've actually played havoc with years of investment in the finest bloodline of Gloucester Old Spot this side of Bristol.
Don't talk to me about shiny codpieces...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:12 AM on August 15, 2011
Befuddle mint
posted by The Whelk at 8:12 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:12 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
...joanne?
posted by likeso at 8:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by likeso at 8:20 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Indeed, this is a distinct instance of a sixty comment stilted witticism stint.
posted by mintcake! at 8:26 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by mintcake! at 8:26 AM on August 15, 2011
Are you Danish candy Greg cause you sound bitter
posted by The Whelk at 8:28 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 8:28 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Just like Danish candy!
posted by The Whelk at 8:34 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 8:34 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I like it when commenters have to immediately explain their satirical jokes so as not to seem mean, it's like reading a blue green and gray Metafilter.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:36 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:36 AM on August 15, 2011
DAMN, boy, that was HOURS ago, can't expect me to REMEMBER-
uh-oh. griphus has lost his vowels and i appear to be shouting
posted by likeso at 8:37 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
uh-oh. griphus has lost his vowels and i appear to be shouting
posted by likeso at 8:37 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Note: Everyone needs a hug. Also, possibly a little coddling.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:38 AM on August 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:38 AM on August 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
When is the next Capslock Day, anyway? Is it declared? Is it spontaneous? Is it determined during a secret Cabal ritual from which I am excluded?
posted by likeso at 8:40 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by likeso at 8:40 AM on August 15, 2011
I like it when the colors are like my dreams. It's like reading a red gold and green MetaFilter.
posted by mintcake! at 8:40 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mintcake! at 8:40 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
griphus has lost his vowels and i appear to be shouting
He's just recycling the structural material from the reclaimed vowels to build larger letterforms.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:44 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
He's just recycling the structural material from the reclaimed vowels to build larger letterforms.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:44 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Terrible thing to loose control of one's vowels.
posted by The Whelk at 8:46 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:46 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
colors are like my dreams... red gold and green
(No, he didn't really want to hurt us.)
And of course, now I'm thinking about dreadlocks. And seguing into 10CC.
posted by likeso at 8:47 AM on August 15, 2011
(No, he didn't really want to hurt us.)
And of course, now I'm thinking about dreadlocks. And seguing into 10CC.
posted by likeso at 8:47 AM on August 15, 2011
I AM ON A TOUCH SCREEN
posted by The Whelk at 8:51 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:51 AM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
I didn't lose, them, I fenced them in: [ioeoeaoioiieoeio]
Anyhow: locally-grown, organic, cage-free vowels for sale! Get 'em before the English Language Revision of 2046!
posted by griphus at 8:58 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Anyhow: locally-grown, organic, cage-free vowels for sale! Get 'em before the English Language Revision of 2046!
posted by griphus at 8:58 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Like I said, they are little. They can fit under there.
Horselover Phattie, citronella doesn't have any effect, does it?
posted by likeso at 9:03 AM on August 15, 2011
Horselover Phattie, citronella doesn't have any effect, does it?
posted by likeso at 9:03 AM on August 15, 2011
All we have right now are As, Es, Is and Os. Our shipment of Us was waylaid by highwaymen and Ys are still seeking FDA approval for sale on the general market. We are most certainly not creating an artificial shortage from which to later profit. That is definitely not the case and anyone implying so is a filthy communist. THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS OVER.
posted by griphus at 9:04 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by griphus at 9:04 AM on August 15, 2011 [5 favorites]
griphus, only expecting a succint "sometimes", I totally lol'd.
posted by likeso at 9:09 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by likeso at 9:09 AM on August 15, 2011
I have a whole box of Canadian Ys that I smuggled into the country in a box marked "hamdingers." Get at me if you want in.
posted by mintcake! at 9:11 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by mintcake! at 9:11 AM on August 15, 2011
*totally getting at mintcake!*
Ys! Ys! Y-er- hamdingers!
posted by likeso at 9:33 AM on August 15, 2011
Ys! Ys! Y-er- hamdingers!
posted by likeso at 9:33 AM on August 15, 2011
well I hate eggs anyway, so boil 'em all, I say. The eggs and the rich, then leave them out back for the coyotes.
posted by philip-random at 9:51 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by philip-random at 9:51 AM on August 15, 2011
I think my opinion on coddling has been well stated in the past, regardless of the chosen definition.
posted by eyeballkid at 10:06 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by eyeballkid at 10:06 AM on August 15, 2011
Coddled eggs: good. Coddled kids: terrible.
By crikey, I do believe I have spoken yet again.
posted by Decani at 10:17 AM on August 15, 2011
By crikey, I do believe I have spoken yet again.
posted by Decani at 10:17 AM on August 15, 2011
If con wins, I'm either leaving the country again, or buying one of these.
posted by ob1quixote at 10:27 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by ob1quixote at 10:27 AM on August 15, 2011
I don't understand this thread, and I won't respond to it.
posted by yellowbinder at 11:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by yellowbinder at 11:17 AM on August 15, 2011 [3 favorites]
I am pro coddling.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:19 AM on August 15, 2011
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:19 AM on August 15, 2011
When guys I date say "cuddle" or (horrors) "snuggle" I throw up a bit in my mouth and then give a strained smile. Sorry,l guys I date.
posted by angrycat at 1:33 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by angrycat at 1:33 PM on August 15, 2011
the word snuggle makes me feel like I'm being suffocated by teddy bears.
posted by The Whelk at 1:43 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 1:43 PM on August 15, 2011
Activate Operation Teddy-Bear Snuggle-Zerg! Target is Code Name CODDLE MOLLUSC.
posted by Mister_A at 1:49 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by Mister_A at 1:49 PM on August 15, 2011
Today's the day the Teddy Bears plan the murder.
posted by The Whelk at 1:53 PM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 1:53 PM on August 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
Where do we fall on molly-coddling?
I dunno, but Lassie got her start in collie modeling.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:15 PM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
I dunno, but Lassie got her start in collie modeling.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:15 PM on August 15, 2011 [8 favorites]
I have a whole box of Canadian Ys that I smuggled into the country in a box marked "hamdingers."
Point of order: The legendary city of Ys is Breton, not Canadian.
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:21 PM on August 15, 2011
Point of order: The legendary city of Ys is Breton, not Canadian.
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:21 PM on August 15, 2011
yellowbinder: "I don't understand this thread, and I won't respond to it."
Take it back! If I wanted something your thumb touched I'd eat the inside of your ear!
posted by namewithoutwords at 2:54 PM on August 15, 2011
Take it back! If I wanted something your thumb touched I'd eat the inside of your ear!
posted by namewithoutwords at 2:54 PM on August 15, 2011
Ever tried toddler'd eggs? Just throw 'em across the room or smash 'em in your hair.
posted by Kabanos at 3:09 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by Kabanos at 3:09 PM on August 15, 2011
I'm just really sick of fantasy sequences in my vampire television you guys.
posted by The Whelk at 3:18 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 3:18 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Didn't mind the snow-abed fantasy sequences, but I was pissed about the dream sequence bit. And even more pissed about the reality play twist afterward.
posted by cgc373 at 3:44 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by cgc373 at 3:44 PM on August 15, 2011
I'm talking Spoilers from here on out so cover your ears and hide yer wife.
Reality play twist? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME DREAM SEQUENCE THERE ARE SO MANY.
I like how in the years this show has been on the air no one seems to comment on the very concrete structure it has, everything stalls around 6 and then everything gets awesome again around 9. And then cliffhanger.
Didja know the actress playing Marine/Antonia is considered to be the definitive "Medea"? Totally makes sense now doesn't it?
posted by The Whelk at 4:22 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Reality play twist? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME DREAM SEQUENCE THERE ARE SO MANY.
I like how in the years this show has been on the air no one seems to comment on the very concrete structure it has, everything stalls around 6 and then everything gets awesome again around 9. And then cliffhanger.
Didja know the actress playing Marine/Antonia is considered to be the definitive "Medea"? Totally makes sense now doesn't it?
posted by The Whelk at 4:22 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Vampires cannot watch other vampires on TV, only TV vampires.
posted by clavdivs at 5:10 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by clavdivs at 5:10 PM on August 15, 2011
True, true.
But zombies watch BBC 2, I have seen the alerts.
posted by clavdivs at 6:43 PM on August 15, 2011
But zombies watch BBC 2, I have seen the alerts.
posted by clavdivs at 6:43 PM on August 15, 2011
I have it on good authority the english enjoy zombie reality shows.
posted by The Whelk at 6:44 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 6:44 PM on August 15, 2011
All I really know is that, man, I sure ate a lot of liquorice yesterday.
posted by tumid dahlia at 8:03 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by tumid dahlia at 8:03 PM on August 15, 2011
I mean I know the whole Snow Bed thing is just a stoned dream leaden with anvil-sized dramatic ironies to be mercilessly reversed and we're at exactly the point in the season when it always looks like there are too many plot threads and characters until we get to the second to last and everything somehow magically and masterfully gets tied together but at this point I really would like to see a major character die. Although I do like that there is an actual, realistic threat to the Vampires, Maryanne was only into humans, The Authority stuff was on a more personal level, and seriously, the Church Of The Sun didn't stand a chance.
Speaking of WHICH, they keep talking about Newlin's disappearance in the background and they did make a point of having the familiar Pop Cap game sound "The Zombies Are Coming" sooooooo....
And on a side note, poor Jessica! Everything went wrong in the worst possible way! And like with President Rosyln I don't care with Pam gets Shot In The Cancer, she just needs to be fancy again.
posted by The Whelk at 8:21 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Speaking of WHICH, they keep talking about Newlin's disappearance in the background and they did make a point of having the familiar Pop Cap game sound "The Zombies Are Coming" sooooooo....
And on a side note, poor Jessica! Everything went wrong in the worst possible way! And like with President Rosyln I don't care with Pam gets Shot In The Cancer, she just needs to be fancy again.
posted by The Whelk at 8:21 PM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
And Jesus and Lafayette have been plot robots all season, "Fuck this shit" with the fan has been the most personality we've seen in a long time.
Also they have zero chemistry and that is annoying.
posted by The Whelk at 8:25 PM on August 15, 2011
Also they have zero chemistry and that is annoying.
posted by The Whelk at 8:25 PM on August 15, 2011
I noticed all the television skull and mummy references, too, and wondered if they might be bringing someone back. And the snowy bed sequence annoyed me.
What are they going to do with Tommy? There's someone to kill off.
Oh, and watch that bitch, Debbie Pelt. Some explosive stuff coming up.
posted by misha at 9:22 PM on August 15, 2011
What are they going to do with Tommy? There's someone to kill off.
Oh, and watch that bitch, Debbie Pelt. Some explosive stuff coming up.
posted by misha at 9:22 PM on August 15, 2011
I have wanted the werewolves to just go away since forever so I do not even....
Although somewhere Adice picked up comic timing, so that's something he does.
What are the numbers on Luna being a dude or some other person? I'd say good.
Well when Hoyt was watching it was a " Viking skull" and who do we know who was around in the Viking era and was put into plot cold storage in a ridiculously obvious and ham fisted way last season?
posted by The Whelk at 9:27 PM on August 15, 2011
Although somewhere Adice picked up comic timing, so that's something he does.
What are the numbers on Luna being a dude or some other person? I'd say good.
Well when Hoyt was watching it was a " Viking skull" and who do we know who was around in the Viking era and was put into plot cold storage in a ridiculously obvious and ham fisted way last season?
posted by The Whelk at 9:27 PM on August 15, 2011
Tonight, I shall be pro pants and con vampires. Vampires don't coddle.
I mean cuddle! Cuddle!
posted by P.o.B. at 11:44 PM on August 15, 2011
I mean cuddle! Cuddle!
posted by P.o.B. at 11:44 PM on August 15, 2011
I have never slightly cooked and eaten a vampire... they're too gamey.
posted by P.o.B. at 11:45 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by P.o.B. at 11:45 PM on August 15, 2011
Yeah, I was talking about the real thing that happened with Jessica when I said "reality play twist," rather than the dream sequence upset. Jessica doesn't exist in the books, which elevates the show in a fascinating and fun way; but Bubba doesn't exist in the show, so I'm conflicted about calling the show better overall.
posted by cgc373 at 11:48 PM on August 15, 2011
posted by cgc373 at 11:48 PM on August 15, 2011
I just finally watched Let The Right One In the other night, and then the episode of The Dresden Files where Harry helps out and also flashes back about Bianca The Sexy Vampire and I have to say the Dresden vampire story was not as good of a vampire story in basically every respect other than ghost butlers.
Basically, that show should have been about the ghost butler.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:14 AM on August 16, 2011
Basically, that show should have been about the ghost butler.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:14 AM on August 16, 2011
Befuddle mint
I'm pretty sure you could get a 1970 Ford Maverick in that color.
posted by davejay at 12:36 PM on August 16, 2011
I'm pretty sure you could get a 1970 Ford Maverick in that color.
posted by davejay at 12:36 PM on August 16, 2011
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