“We bring a different set of tools to the party.”
Not saying who, because this speaker was otherwise pretty good
Posted by: Ron Sullivan
October 1, 2009
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2 | By: Ron Sullivan on October 2, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Hah!
It was a purely metaphorical party; I’m not absolutely positively certain the speaker wasn’t being wry besides. But.
This was at one of those occasions where one learns (if one didn’t know already) that the fish in San Francisco Bay have a specific load of carcinogens from babies’ pajamas. And that’s the good news.
Earnest advice: Don’t buy a house on low ground even if it’s not near water. Plus Sili Valley has areas below sea-level that didn’t usedta be, because of the ground has subsided since the water table’s been overdrawn. Kinda like parts of the Central Valley.
St. Claus wasn’t a pagan but most of his reindeer were. Little-known fact. Especially Donner and Blitzen.
3 | By: VS on October 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Erm… define low ground in this instance?
4 | By: Ron Sullivan on October 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Offhand—flat. At least beware of flat. Get someone to get a sea-level reading or somesuch. Does GPS include altitude?
Speaking of things we gotta get one of these days.
I mean, I’m taking some consolation that not only are we old; we’re on the second story.
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1 | By: VS on October 2, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Depending on the context, this could very well make perfect sense. (Stop that! I’m thinking of several housebuilding/home repair parties and one co-ed wedding shower where the theme was kitchen stuff for him and tools for her.)
My favorite overheard unintentional line may still be “Santa Claus was a pagan, ferchristsake!” It broke up the argument completely as everyone was laughing too hard to continue—even the speaker, after a moment.