Ms Random

[louiselux]

Tell me something, please. I am feeling in great need of distraction.

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[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

In Icelandic, the word for 'windfall,' in the metaphorical sense, literally means 'whale-beaching.'

[crotalus-atrox.livejournal.com]

My houseguest used up all the toilet paper. Again.

Is he stuffing his pants with it? Is he rolling in it like a ferret? Is he using it in some complex haircare regimen? What?

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Try this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzkWmJgCgY&mode=related&search=)

[doire]

The three (so far) books I doubt I'll ever finish reading
A Suitable Boy
The Master and Margarita
and The Worm Ouroboros

I have no trouble finishing trashy books.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I like the ferret imagery!

It's probably best you don't know, on the whole.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

And I have sudden vivid imagery of the whale from HHGTHG plummeting to the beach and some Icelanders jumping for joy. *g*

[emungere.livejournal.com]

Nero Wolfe is in disguise; Lily Rowan, Archie's sort-of girlfriend, has realized it, mostly because Archie's love for him issopure:

She shook her head. "Turn loose, my brave fellow. I've got hold of it." She moved to Wolfe, looking down at him. "Don't be upset, Pete. I wouldn't have known you from Adam, no one would; that wasn't it. It's my hero here. Archie's an awful prude. He has been up against some tough ones, lots of them, and not once has he ever called on me to help. Never! A proud prude. Suddenly he calls me away from revelry--I might have been reveling for all he knew--to get into a car and be intimate with a stranger. There's only one person on earth he would do that for: you."

[crotalus-atrox.livejournal.com]

True. Curiosity and the cat, after all.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I've never even picked up any of those books, so you've got further than me. Sometimes you have to just accept that some books are not for you, or possibly even not readable.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Their love is pure and true and grumpy! I heart them so much.

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

My crackish song of choice for the day (http://www.sendspace.com/file/bjdt66). Great for distractions all the live-long day. Enjoy. XD

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Or the ferret.

[corellianrogue]

I wandered to your journal from numerous recs and have been lurking. Randomness, however, I can do. ;D

TRANSITE AD INFERNOS is Latin for 'go to hell.' You've always wanted to know how to swear in Latin, haven't you?

Also, when one is making an anime cosplay that involves making a collar out of vinyl, people will automatically assume it's for S&M. Even when it isn't.

[hibem.livejournal.com]

How about protein synthesis explained through interpretive dance? (http://angstymcgoth.livejournal.com/198802.html)

[jadepj-chan.livejournal.com]

in the Philippines, everyone eats rice at most meals, even if the meal is a small snack.

mushrooms are to hobbits as rice is to Filipinos.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks!

[crotalus-atrox.livejournal.com]

Once, I left the ferrets in the bathroom while I was cleaning. "They can't make a mess," I thought, "all the fun stuff is off the ground."

When I was done, I came back. The toilet paper had all been rolled off the roll and was now carpeting the floor. The ferrets were happily rolling around in it.

And that is the origin of the phrase 'rolling in it like a ferret.'

I'm very partial to giant mutant lizards

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

The subject line was the random text my browser suggested; when I hit the down arrow in text fields, it offers selections apparently culled from stuff I've copy-pasted (I think?) over the last, I don't know, decade, because I swear I don't recognize some of that stuff at all.

But it's true: I am very partial to giant mutant lizards. I don't care who knows it.

Randomosity...

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

...I can do that I guess...

the number four is unlucky for the Chinese, because the pronunciation of it is close to that for the word death. Gonou died a death, but 8 is extremely lucky. (Not quite sure why).

So Hakkai is very lucky. Lucky is clover. From clover, we get...

Lover..and from thence we get Gojyo.

I love how even randomly those two connect. ^__^

Hope it helps. Now I bid thee good day Miss.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Dooood. Not only had someone bothered to choreograph all that, there was a noodling soundtrack too. I am stunned.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

The Japanese word for broom is houki. This adds a level of confusion to doing the Hokey-pokey with a bunch of five year old students, since it comes out something like 'houki pokki'. Also, 'boring' to them is the game where you roll a ball at a bunch of pins.

Re: I'm very partial to giant mutant lizards

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Well... good! I very much applaud your openess about your saurine tendencies. It's the only way!

And, um, I totally made that word up.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Transite ad infernos - it just sounds so much more threatening and you could say it in a loud booming voice and people would be impressed.

So, what was your vinyl collar for?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

That is fascinating - I love details about cultural eating habits. Are there lots of rice based snack foods then?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I'll have to listen to it later, when I am free of work.