I'm still not over those two losses. HTTYD's score is AMAZING. And don't get me wrong, Toy Story 3 was very good. But at that point, nobody can have been surprised by Pixar's achievement. Whereas, HTTYD represented an enormous achievement for Dreamworks, which had not really put out a film with that much depth and…

With the wooden houses and hotels? I believe I have our family's set, because no one else wanted it. And similarly no one who ever wants to play it. *sadface*

(Side note: did you have Bob the Chef do the catering? Or another place?)

This was pretty much my thought.

This made me realize how long it has been since I have seen any brand of root beer advertised on TV. When did that stop being a thing? God, the A&W jingle is still stuck in my head, apparently from the 70s...

Same. Consistently low blood pressure. And I don't have a sweet-tooth, I have a salt-tooth.

I'd star you again if I could, for remembering that the specific term is "mons pubis", and "vulva" is really too broad.

I get the "the Pats didn't win it, the Seahawks lost it" viewpoint, but — don't forget, the Pats came back from 10 down in the 4th quarter, which had never happened before in SB history. They did that by making a couple of pretty incredible drives against a very good defense.

I don't think there's any Pats fan who will forget this play. It's of a piece with the whole ending of the game. The heart-attacks that came from this catch, the leaden sinking feeling of "NOT AGAIN???", the surety that the Seahawks would HAVE to be able to score from that position — all of those lows feed into the…

Pretty sure she's watching the jumbotron.

Nope, I'll remember it. Because of my near heart-attack.

Truly, it is a puzzlement.

But Philly is the home of the cheesesteak sandwich. So your Philly people are already primed to understand that "steak" can mean "chopping up into small bits to go on your sandwich". You wouldn't think anyone in Philly would have a problem with the nature of steak fajitas.

Inside your family friend's head, he probably thinks that others can tell that he's joking. But the server isn't telepathic, and has dealt with all too many people who WEREN'T joking. So yeah, even if he isn't meaning to be a jerk, he is being one. It's great that he tipped near 30%, but it doesn't let him off the…

Yeah, I read the account above, and was duly horrified, but what really has my face stuck on D: is getting down to the comments and finding out that this is not a one-off thing, but moderately widespread, and I just... WHAT THE WHATTING WHAT. NO. I'm stunned.

Okay, since you said "on dig", I just had to chime in that the times I was at an archaeological dig, I sure didn't shower once a day, but then, I was also doing more clerical work than actual digging in the dirt. I bet if I'd been digging I would have showered a lot more. But also our compound had no hot water, and…

I did. *nods firmly* I've had this neck-crease since I was a bookish child, in the 70s, thank you very much.

(Ugh, sorry about multiple posts.)

I care about your lobster story. "remove the rubber-bands and all-you-can-catch lobster" made me laugh out loud.

I care about your lobster story. "if we could remove their rubber bands first, I would be glad to personally subsidize an all-you-can-catch lobster deal for him" honestly made me laugh out loud. I'd pay to see that, too.