@ dr. venkman: as a purely biological reason, humans live as long as we do because grandparents are a help in child rearing. otherwise, we'd drop off right after spawing, like salmon.

wow. my great-grandma turns 100 in about 2 weeks. she won't babysit either.

"can't touch this" is used in powerline safety commercials (featuring a squirrel!) produced by my local power company (cl&p).

misnomer?
these women sound like trophy-wives, not housewives.

i'm 32. am i now old?

[bang]

i wear hats, but yeah, for practical reasons. what other reasons are there? hats in the winter to keep my head toasty, hats to keep off the sun and to keep off the rain (specially when hiking). ball cap when watching games (for karma, of course), when unshowered on a lazy sunday or, also, the keep the sun out of my…

i thought butter was churned, not spun.

@ prison wine: i'd probably recommend cheaper bourbon (old grandad, perhaps?). otherwise i'd recommend irish, but i'm not sure if jameson's is going to be any cheaper than what you are drinking (tullamore dew probably isn't, bushmills i don't like). some of the scottish blended whiskies, like johnnie walker red,…

@ banmar: the fires of that pit of damnation will be fueled by burning the corpses advertisers.

@ prison wine: most canadian whiskey is rye whiskey and tends to be a bit rougher. all depends on what you like. if you're going to mix, it probably doesn't matter as much. if you prefer a sweeter whiskey, go for an irish blended whiskey.

can we begin killing advertisers now?
please? i see no other way to prevent further abuse of the english language.

man, i took a bunch of acid at that. good times.

@otp: i like maker's mark. just think knob creek is better. it's the maple notes; just a fine, fine thing in a bourbon.

oh, c'mon. at least pony up for knob creek.

new age dad?
i thought we'd moved past the point where a father actually helping care for his kids and doing stuff around the house was a novel concept.

best chocolates? roger's chocolates empress squares. heaven.

@ dumbfounded: yeah, there are generic knock-off of everything. but even those eventually turn into brands (of a sort)

unbranded legos? what the hell are those? lego is a brand. lego has also (as far as i can tell) moved towards more set based stuff. it's not just a box o' blocks any more.

people are going to the drive-in to watch the movies? i thought drive-ins were just places to go fuck.