Its Things that Make Me Go Hmmm, Thursday MKF! 10/17/02

[Dumbsaint]

Happy Thursday, Kitties! I had a stressy yet great day yesterday. As of Wednesday I have been hired over from my temp agency to the company I've been toiling away for these past three and a half months. I even managed to talk my boss into giving me a significant raise on account of my writing degree coming in handy in our department. Woo for the previously useless piece of paper I spent four years in school for. Woo for being paid to write! (Even if it's boring businessy writing, as opposed to the fun, naked Wiccan kind)

We know that Tara goes "Hmmm" at Japanese commercials. What else do you think puzzles our girls? What puzzles you?

I'm confused at how I keep forgetting which daily thread topics we've used in the last week. Heh.

[ruby]

Congratulations on your job, Dumbsaint! Employment is nice.


[i:706a754d32] (Edited because I am a spaz.)[/i:706a754d32]

[LovelyWillow]

Today's my birthday! ^_^

[Spice Faerie]

Happy Birthday, LovelyWillow!

As for today's thread, I know that Vamp Willow made Willow go, "hmmm..." and I think that those silly girls at the Wiccan Club made both Willow and Tara go, "hmmm..." I'm sure there's been plenty of things but I just can't think right now (I just woke up)...

Spice

[Tsia]

Happy Birthday, LovelyWillow!

A lot of things make me go "Hmmm". My friends antics ('cause they are insane) and this weeks episode of "Tipping the Velvet". LMAO!

[b:45a117e588] Edit:[/b:45a117e588] The latter is more likely to be a shocked [i:45a117e588] HMMM![/i:45a117e588] to a puzzled [i:45a117e588] Hmmmm...[/i:45a117e588]

Umm - there are probably about a million other things that make me go "Hmmm", but I just had a whole day of D.T at school (and I do dislike D.T). It fryed my brain. Therefore no witty comments .

[theatremouse]

yesterday in my mysteries class this chick started rambling about some character in some other novel, which we hadnt read, whose name she didnt say, about which we knew nothing, and i dont even know what her point was, she was making some sort fo paralell but by the time shed finished not remembering the characters name i was so confused i literally had what wa probably a very blatant "what the hell are you talking about" look on my face, which i normally would try to conceal, but i have a bad cold so i didnt put the energy into it.
i really had no idea what she was talking about.....thats a very specific thing that makes me go hmmm...
why anybody lets puff daddy do live television appearances baffles me. thats a more general one. that man should not be allowed within 100 yards of a teleprompter....oh my goodnes.....
peace out

[Tulipp]

Have a lovely birthday, [b:99f9e05127] LovelyWillow[/b:99f9e05127]!

One thng that is making me go "hmm" right now is something [b:99f9e05127] Tsia[/b:99f9e05127] said. What is "D.T."? Maybe it's something totally obvious, but at the moment I'm not sure....

Other things that make me go "hmm"....

--I know two people who are currently having affairs with married men....

--that comic strip "Prince Valiant." I just don't get it.

--mayonnaise. Honestly, what's the appeal?

As for Willow and Tara, I think that if they were to read Pens and see how many times they've each given birth, they would say "hmmm." There are a heck of a lot of little Willows and Taras running around over there right now.

[relativegirl]

Hmmm, well for our girls I'd have to pick Spuffy. They both seemed rather puzzled by that one. Sensible girls those two.

For myself, I've always been puzzled by the "impulse" items displayed near the cash register in American gas stations -- the things that market research says we will buy on an impulse when we go to fill up the tank. The impulse items that puzzle me the most are:

horoscopes

Slim Jims (the "unconventional snack with an exciting beefy taste . . . available in various flavors of meat sticks . . .")

Women's panties folded into the shape of a rose and mounted on a stick, scented of course

Singlely, or as an impulse trifecta, these items always puzzle me. Why would anyone [i:47b77c4291] ever[/i:47b77c4291] buy them? And why at a gas station? What about filling up the gas tank is supposed to make us think "Yeah, now that's done, all I need to make this evening complete is my horoscope, a dried meat stick and a pair of rose panties. Oh yeah, living the dream."

I also tend to be puzzled by any and all of the websites that [b:47b77c4291] Maudmac[/b:47b77c4291] tends to share with us in chat. But I'm sure that one is just me; I doubt any other kitten finds her sites puzzling or disturbing at all . . .

And Julia! Go you with the permanent, not so tempy, here comes the benefits package job! I shall toast your good news with a wee bit o' bubbly tonight! And my dear, there is no commandment that says that businessy writing cannot include naked Wiccan sexfest subtext. If anyone can pull that off, you can.

ETA: And happy birthday Lovely Willow! I hope your day is as lovely as your name and the images it conjures.

[Tulipp]

Relativegirl, where do you get your gas? I've never seen panties on a stick, and I want to! I really do!

[relativegirl]

Oh Tulipp, my love. How I would love to be your first pair of "panties on a stick" !

Now that you've got me all a flutter with euphemisticky goodness, I have to go to work and be all serious and business-like. Quasi-adult even. But I shall endeavor to locate said panties and post some pictures. Blow me a kiss and maybe I'll even mail you a pair.

[Tulipp]

Okay, there are so many levels in "[b:1e803171ca] euphemisticky goodness[/b:1e803171ca]" that I can't even begin to describe them all....

Luckily, this being the Kitten, I don't have to.

Okay, so here you go: .

Now I'll be waiting with bated breath for my pics.


[i:1e803171ca] Edited because I'm a jerk.[/i:1e803171ca] Julia, congratulations on your job and raise!

[Tsia]

[b:9734d91f96] Tulipp[/b:9734d91f96] - D.T is actually Design and Technology. I just can't be bothered to type all that out :-P. Right now we are cutting out pieces of wood. Not much on the Design front

[JulesP600]

Congratulations Dumbsaint

Happy Birthday LovelyWillow

Things that make me go hmmmm

People who insist on parking in disabled bays pretty much makes me go hmmm......actually, it sometimes makes me go more than hmmm, especially when it is 25 year old men in excellent health!!!!

[Pipsqueak]

Oh God, they're talking about panties on a stick. And here I thought it was going to be a boring day.

I've seen those. They're always sitting RIGHT by the cash register, too. The only things more "hmmm"-inducing than the rose panties are the cheap Viagara ripoffs that come in packages of one. "Go All Night! Satisfy Her Like Never Before! Increase Your Pleasure with ....... the Purple Passion Pill!" And it's really purple, too. Anyone else seen these things?

[WiccansIllusion]

Hmm Something that makes me go hmm..


Infomercials. Especially the one with the two midget brothers who are insurance salesmen. I saw it once at like..4 in the morning. And no I wasn't on crack at the time LOL

[tommo]

I feel the need to plough into this thread and attempt to keep order but y'know, I don't wanna. I filled my freezer today and oddly enough, it gave me a strange sense of satisfaction with a side of delight. Yes, buying minced beef has that effect on me.

So, things that make me go hmm...

Government. Anywhere, any kind. Odd. Just...what the hell does it do? I dunno. Watch me shrug.

Roadworks. They dig dig dig, but they never say [b:194f0fdc30] why[/b:194f0fdc30] or [b:194f0fdc30] what for[/b:194f0fdc30].

As for Willow and Tara, I kind of think some of their questionable outfits might make both of them go "hmm" at some point or another.

[mollyig]

Well I tend to ponder the strangest of things, especially when drunk. Oh hang on that was yesterday's thread! [img:5b69b5febf]http://homepage.eircom.net/~mollyig/winkgreen.gif[/img:5b69b5febf]

Although I do remember starting a conversation about the anatomy of insects once in a pub, marvelling at the tiny little lungs, hearts etc.

I also have a disapproving kind of "hmmm" I do. Generally when I get help calls (I work in IT) from fellas who say something like "oh well, if none of the lads are around, you [i:5b69b5febf]might[/i:5b69b5febf] be able to help me."

[NoveltyAct]

[b:bf626d6b11] Relativegirl[/b:bf626d6b11],

Wait...those were *panties*?

[Grimaldi]

a couple of things that makes me go hmm... is why some drivers decide at the last minute that they want to turn or exit the freeway so they zip across the traffic lanes almost causing an accident and why reporters always ask someone how they feel after a tragedy.

[bowieinberlin]

C+C Music Factory made me go hmmmm when I was 12.

Me graduating from college makes me go hmmm too. I didn't study a damn thing until about a year ago. So actually filling out the diploma paperwork was crazy. So five years later, I'm finally at the end of this road. It's scary and exciting all at once.

So I guess life makes me go hmmm. I look back at who I was 10 years ago, hell, 5 years ago, and it amazes me. Humans are incredible creatures. On every conceivable level.

[Jennifer]

Okay, this happened last night at work and confused the hell out of me. The girls at work constantly forget that I'm a vegetarian, even though I've worked with most of them for a year and a half. Anyway, Kim was talking about how good Hawaiian food is, particulary they way they cook pig (I begged her not to go into details). And then she said that she had always wanted a little pet pig. I ask you, how can you love an animal one minute and eat it the next? I dont know, maybe you have to be a non-vegetarian to get that one. But it baffled me.

[sparrow]

This makes me shake my head all the time...when your boss codels the crazy, trust me crazy, employee who does nothing but busy work, play solitare and whine about his going to school and having to work. Boo hoo. Wonder why they ignore the fact that he doesn't do any real work and then say that the other workers have to be sympathetic cause he has a lot going on with school and work. Since when don't we all have a lot going on. Makes me go....all the time

[darkmagicwillow]

Panties on a stick? I'm scared...

Things that me go "hmmm"...
Italian girls in tight sanded jeans.
Michelangelo's David's huge right hand.
Marble graffiti on Roman ruins signed "P.M."
The crypt under Saint Peter's with the name John Paul II and the date of death 1994.
Anchovies.

Ok, I guess my mind's still in Italy...

[kbk3022]

Another thing that makes me go "Hmmm" is: why don't people use their blinkers? Do they think we can read their mind? Is it really that tough to flick the little lever before you turn? That's something that really bugs me about driving.

Kasey

[Italiangirl]

darkmagicwillow said:

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Things that me go "hmmm"...
Italian girls in tight sanded jeans

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That makes me go "hmmmmmm...."

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[maudmac]

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I also tend to be puzzled by any and all of the websites that Maudmac tends to share with us in chat. But I'm sure that one is just me; I doubt any other kitten finds her sites puzzling or disturbing at all . . .

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[b:8a4d44923c] relativegirl[/b:8a4d44923c], actually, I'm pretty sure [b:8a4d44923c] I'm[/b:8a4d44923c] the only one who's never puzzled or disturbed by any of those sites.

...wait...

No, there was that one time I think some of the synapses in my brain blew up when I was watching...uh...well, just trust me when I say it was puzzling and disturbing. Even to [i:8a4d44923c] me[/i:8a4d44923c].

How could you be puzzled or disturbed by Lite-Brite?!? It's so [i:8a4d44923c] pure[/i:8a4d44923c]. Like [i:8a4d44923c] me[/i:8a4d44923c].

Panties on a stick? Such things exist? How...WHY?

And speaking of vegetarianism and meat sticks, there are some really good vegetarian meatless stick things out there. But as I was searching for a link to the two I like best, I came across this and I...I...I just couldn't go on.

[twink]

first off....congrats on the job!!
& happy b-day!!!

i have to say...i have seen the underwear on a stick. i just about lost it...who in the world finds that an appropreate impulse item? yeah, it's next to the caffenine booster, viagra like herbal stuff and gum.

i find it interesting the combinations that people buy at stores. you know, you're standing in line waiting to check-out and you notice what other people are buying. the best place to do this is like a sam's club...big store that sells bulk items. i mean who needs 8 giant jars of 200 qts of manaise? throw in the 40 rolls of tp and something like 25 packs of imodium a-d and you've got your evening set! woo-hoo!

i think willow and tara definately go hmmm at the buffy-spike thing as mentioned previously.

[friskylez]

Women and the things they say and do make me go A complex lot the female species is..

[Puff]

Blue french fries, they are just plain weird.

Congratulations to Dumbsaint on the job and happy birthday to LovelyWillow

[WbBuffyfan00]

Good evening everyone....just got off work....I have to tell you all though....I made an offer on a house yesterday....and now I'm waiting on pins and needles until tomorrow morning at 10:00 to find out whether or not the seller will accept it. Wish me luck!!!!

-Amy