The person below me

[catinthefunnyhat]

I don't have cats, but I do think the cats, as a whole, would like to overthrow us. Fortunately, they keep being distracted by things that move. I don't think we've got much to worry about.

TPBM wears muscle shirts and doesn't feel the slightest bit self-conscious.

[theCryptofishist]

No. No muscle shirts and quite self-conscience.
TPBM wears pasties beneath the respectable work shirt/top/dress.

[jella]

hmmm might have to try that, I did wear a blue bra under a pink sweater today though

TPBM is going to do something exciting this weekend.

[theCryptofishist]

Is there anything more exciting than answering this thread?
TPBM likes spirographs.

[jella]

OMG I loved my spirograph



TPBM has a closet full of old treasured board games

[Eric]

They're actually piled on a bookshelf in the living-room. Anyone up for a game of "Chutzpah"?


tpbm loves words from other languages that have become descriptive terms in English

[theCryptofishist]

I love words. Not all words. German words are nice, Yiddish words are nice, Slavic words are nice, Britishisms are nice. Not wild about french words, I get too confused on spelling.
TPBM loves diacritical marks.

[catinthefunnyhat]

It's true. I love when languages use diacritics to mark stress where it's otherwise unpredictable (i.e. irregular stress in Spanish). I'm also a big fan of the umlaut as it's used in French, where it tells you to pronounce two adjacent vowels separately. It's like the one nod French makes to spelling things phonetically. I'm less a fan of the IPA/Germanic use of the umlaut, because I can never remember if it means "reverse the rounding" or "reverse the frontness/backness of this vowel." And the vowels that result from whatever it is the umlaut does are always well-nigh unpronounceable. And I think the IPA diacritic that looks like a little seagull is way cute, but it's so long since I've done any phonetics that I can't remember what it's for.

TPBM has been more diligent about flossing lately.

[Onion]

I have been flossing every day after talking with a friend about her having painful gum surgery a few weeks ago. Since them I have been making a point of flossing more than my usual once a week.

TPBM is enjoying the beautiful weather today

[theCryptofishist]

If by enjoying you mean, spending it at the office unsure whether to have an iced coffee cause it's sunny or a latte because it's cold, then yes.
TPBM knows that umlauts are always rounded and forward. Except maybe for that A. But the Os and Us, rounded and forward.
TPBM also has a crush on the hacek and really doesn't know what to do with some of those extra Russian letters...

[catinthefunnyhat]

I know now, because I just read your post Guaranteed I'll forget it, though.
I do love me some haček. And as for the extra Russian letters -- well, when I took that Russian course, way back in the day, I never did quite get what the "silent symbol" was supposed to mean. But I'm mostly ok with the other ones.

TPBM has a collection of pretty scarves.

[Eric]

We have a great collection of scarves- hand sewn by friends (the one made in a NYC blizzard is amazeballs!), hand knitted by friends, gifted by friends...



tpbm loves fabric neck-adornments

[theCryptofishist]

No. I'm sort of a fashion minimalist. Too much trouble otherwise.
tpbm wonders how I survive in a fashion conscious, post-modern world.

[Trishntek]

Awwww fishy,,,, clothes are over rated!

TPBM would rather go natural

[Nipple]

Yes...but I cannot, as per the terms of my parole.

tpbm now understands the true meaning of Christmas, and will keep it in his heart all year long. BOY! GO FETCH ME THE BIGGEST GOOSE FROM THE MARKET! GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE!

[theCryptofishist]

No, you're not dressing me in the goose again.
TPBM is writing a novel.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Well, it's as long as a novel... but it won't be as much fun to read.

TPBM sprinkles cinnamon on vanilla ice cream.

[theCryptofishist]

No. I don't really eat vanilla ice cream.

TPBM isn't sure what tour(s) to take at next Open Day at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Unless there's something really bizarre and unexpected in store for me this year, I won't be there. But just in case, I'm deciding now that it's Tug Train or bust, baby!

TPBM should be sleeping now.

[moonrise]

Thank you for the reminder, and I must set the alarm too. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

TPBM knocked off work early on Friday 3/23/12 and...

[theCryptofishist]

...couldn't get to sleep last night.
Actually, I went home from work at the usual time.
TPBM builds rat mazes.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Nope. But I do have fond memories of the Windows 95 "rat maze" screen saver. I remember getting high and watching that thing for what seemed like hours. Yeah, I'm easily amused.

TPBM wears a wristwatch set 10 minutes fast.

[maryanimal]

I used to. All my watches are broken...*sigh*

tpbm keeps finding lint in their bellybutton.

[Eric]

I only have a problem when I notice it in someone elses' bellybutton



tpbm wonders where the years went

[maryanimal]

...all the time. But I try to look ahead at all the good years to come.

tpbm is about to become a grandparent for the first time.

[Eric]

My kittens are all fixed.
(I am, however, and grand-uncle a couple of times over.)


tpbm wants to redecorate

[maryanimal]

Oh, I'd love to redecorate my bedroom. It's painted a dark maroon color (not by me).

tpbm is craving a nice seafood dinner

[theCryptofishist]

Blech! There is no such thing!
TPBM has wind-up sushi.

[Elorrum]

oooh I wish. my wind up toys tend to the anthropomorphic, as opposed to the gastronomic.

tpbm is wondering what to do with a coffee can full of pennies.

[theCryptofishist]

No, I don't have that deep a supply. Of course, depending on date, I might consider selling them as copper...

TPBM sometimes doesn't post in perfectly good threads started by somewhat discomforting people...