Ask the Person Below You

[froggorino]

because not everyone works seven days a week like me, and they get behind over the weekend.

does the word "rump" make you snicker?

frog"rump"gy

[mere1975]

No, but "tush" does.

Did you have a blankie/stuffed animal/favorite toy as a child? And if so, did it have a name?

- Mere "my cousins had a diapercloth named beefy-buffy and a bear named Ted, and I had a dog/pig named Cindy" 1975

[ifihadahifi]

I had a favorite toy called The Six Million Dollar man a.k.a. Steve Austin a.k.a. Lee Majors a.k.a. Mr. Farrah Fawcett.

Is it easier for you to go in to work sick or to call in sick?

[James]

wouldn't know; I don't get sick.

anyone know of anyone looking for a business analyst in London or areas north?

[froggorino]

wouldn't know; I don't get sick.

anyone know of anyone looking for a business analyst in London or areas north?

what's a business analyst?


trip to the country today? sebastian's off and it's beautiful outside.

[mere1975]

Yesssss. Just make sure to get all of the hay out of your hair before you pick up the D (if you roll in it.) Ha.

How far of a drive is it from your house to the closest beach?

- Mere "maybe 6 or 7 hours from here??" 1975

[monet2u]

about 10 - 15 mins...until you reach the end of the United States of America/Ocean beach





what's your fave candy?

[sam]

Dark chocolate, the darker the better.

What was the last televised event (if any) that made you a little verklempt?

[Irock]

Probably some emotionally exploititive Katrina footage... Not sure that's quite what you meant by "televised event," but... um, maybe the 04 election?

Or - wait - does that word always imply happy tears, or sweetness? Or bitter-sweetness? What does that damn word mean exactly? And is it really spelled with an "r?"

i "if so, any episode of Extreme Home Makeover (and I'm not proud of that)" rock

[mere1975]

I don't think it implies the kind of tears you're fighting back -- just that lump in your throat and the puddles in the corners of your eyes.

Girls, ever dated a guy much shorter than you?
Guys, ever dated a girl much taller than you?

And if so -- any amusing stories?

- Mere "only shorter guy I can remember was my 'first boyfriend' in 1987, and I had no real complications in the week and a half that lasted" 1975

[squeezle]

no stories, but this plays into an interesting conversation that we had in feminist theory this afternoon - i'll spare you the academic details, but it has to do with how the hierarchical structures of society are played out though how that society constructs sexuality


what do you really think about a man that dates a taller woman? or a woman that dates a shorter man?

[monet2u]

I think it's just plain crazy talk...and I'm not having it!




how much shorter or taller or you to your partner?

[mere1975]

I believe Sam is 4" taller than me.

Do people in the UK measure their height in meters/metres?

- Mere "I prefer to measure in hands, like with ponies" 1975

[froggorino]

no stories, but this plays into an interesting conversation that we had in feminist theory this afternoon - i'll spare you the academic details, but it has to do with how the hierarchical structures of society are played out though how that society constructs sexuality


what do you really think about a man that dates a taller woman? or a woman that dates a shorter man?

i could eat soup off sebastian's head. and i never really notice. just had to slip that in...

to mere: prolly

think it's mean that i used to tell dolan that slinkies were made of dinosaur bones?

[mere1975]

Nope, unless it made him cry. Doubt it did.

Will someone please write a 1-sentence story involving these three smilies?



- Mere "thanks" 1975