Maybe they were trying to be extra friendly because I was a potential customer?

Maybe I am remembering this wrong, but I used to do a lot of business with Belgians - both here and there.

And, maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but I used to do a lot of business with Belgian companies - it's not just ONE kiss, is it? And not two, like the French, but rather THREE cheek kisses in Belgium.

I don't read those little seat-back cards anymore, but I am pretty sure that the first instruction on the way to the exit slide is "remove your shoes", so this particular worry is kind of a non-issue. You can ONLY slide down those slides with your shoes off, or you might damage the slide.

My laundromat charges by weight, but that's because I have them do the washing, drying and folding.

My bf lost his iPhone on the Q train about a month ago. Thanks to our renter's insurance - which considers smart phones to be computers - it cost him $199 from AT&T to replace his old 3GS with a 4, and then we got an insurance check for something like $450, which I guess is the "full value" of the phone (less…

Every time I poke my nose back in here, I get a little bit sadder. This is your Gawkeratti, sliding downhill fast.

@Pootmatoot: Don't forget - we're fully prepared to shoot anyone who threatens to take away our guns, as well!

Nobody has any love at all for Bad Santa? What a surprise!

@jespree: I guess now the only question is, are you the good twin, or the evil twin?

@jespree: Holy cow, did I have a twin that nobody told me about? I do this same thing, and also the crossword.

@lizbolduc: Yes, thanks. Maybe you had to be there.

When my niece was 2 and 3, I recall my horrible SIL telling me that "all she wants to wear is her 'skinny jeans'".

@insomniacmeg: Now THAT makes me feel sick (checking that all four acoustic guitars in my 1-br apartment are properly humidified).

@MJDeviant: You think?

@morphinejulius: I'm exactly the same. So hard to find clothes.

@Rosa - que seria de mi?!: @Justine:

I haven't seen this show, but I've worked with Iman in another capacity, and I can assure you that there is no amount of harshness, haughtiness, or screaming crazy fits would surprise me.

@cait98: I tend to disagree about the first dick scene, but I'm certainly not going to try to convince you that you're WRONG in thinking it's funny.

@JuliaStepchild: Totally agree, which is why I have never seen any of those Judd Apatow films.