humor, and not-humor

[lagilman]

Welcome to the Pulp Shakespeare Project, devoted to the reconstruction of William Shakespeare's play A Slurry Tale, which curiously resembles Quentin Tarantino's film Pulp Fiction. There is no way to stop this from happening, so this wiki exists to ensure that it is done well, or as well as it can be.

Vincent: And know'st thou what the French name cottage pie?
Julius: Say they not cottage pie, in their own tongue?
Vincent: But nay, their tongues, for speech and taste alike
Are strange to ours, with their own history:
Gaul knoweth not a cottage from a house.
Julius: What say they then, pray?
Vincent: Hachis Parmentier.
Julius: Hachis Parmentier! What name they cream?
Vincent: Cream is but cream, only they say la crème.
Julius: What do they name black pudding?
Vincent: I know not;
I visited no inn where't could be bought.

*dies*
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On a different matter entirely, for those of you who've been following the "Open Source Body" deal, here's a short message: My body. My choice. In all things. Assume otherwise [badge or no] and risk an assault charge brought down on your unwanted wandering hands (assuming I don't just kick your ass).

Comments

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Black Pudding=Boudin noir

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Oh, was I being too literal? *VBEG*

[debg.livejournal.com]

I'm not wearing any damned button. Bottom line is, this is Darwinian breakdown at its finest: if someone looks at me and is stupid enough to think he can get away with groping, I take his family jewels and they become mine: penis as necklace pendant, testicles as earrings.

Thus ensuring, of course, no further ability to reproduce and pollute the gene pool.

What?

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I sooo hear you, debg!

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Ijust checked out the grope fest post. All I can say is "eeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuwwwwww".

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*HOWLS* at pulpshakespearefiction. zomg. Awesome.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

All I can say is thank goodness for the OSBP! I was worried women weren't objectified and marginalized enough at sci-fi conventions!

[arouraleona.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! People really needed help taking advantage of those women who don't have enough self-esteem to say 'no' when asked and don't want to be seen as going against the crowd or weaklings.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

It's just not a real sci-fi convention without the harassment of women!

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Right, and how do you beat objectification? You put a bright!shiny!button! on the very thing you wish to de-objectify; yes you may, no you may not ...let's pin it right there.

Assholes put a convention at risk against a lawsuit(sssssss) and sullied the name of fandom.

*steam*

Ugh...I really need to quit commenting on this OSBP... I'm going to go start an internet slap-fight with the athiests again...

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

If they wear buttons clearly stating YES or NO, not only do we get to keep objectifying them, we can take it to the next level WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO ENGAGE GIRLS IN CONVERSATION!

[delkytlar.livejournal.com]

Not quite, because the original post seems to say that one must still ask a button-wearer for permission, and that someone wearing "YES" still has the right to say "No" if they feel like it in a given situation. However, even if the woman is wearing the "NO" button, a "member" of the project can still ask for permission. Obviously "No" still means "maybe" to some folks.

If only these people put this much energy into... I don't know... the enviroment or something worthwhile.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Seeing someone with a YES button and asking her "May I?" is still a whole lot easier for these folks than actually talking to a woman like a human being and seeing if there's any chemistry. The mindset here is: How do I get what I want without having to work for it?