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I’m sure we can put a carpet over that

Ray Drainville

This reminds me of searching for a flat to rent in Sheffield when we first moved here.

Luckily, there were no body-shaped stains on the ground. So far as I could tell.

That’s your answer?

Ray Drainville

The following is a real conversation.

I smell a familiar scent.
Me: “Do you have tequila again?”
Her: “No.” Takes a sip.
Me: “That’s tequila.”
Her: “Yes.”
Me: “Why did you say ‘no’ when I asked if you had tequila?”
Her: “I thought you said ‘do you have to kill again?'”.
Me: “And your answer was ‘No’? Really?”

Forehead injections

Ray Drainville

It appears that you can get a subdermal saline injection; and, not only can you, some people in fact are doing so. Evidently the effect wears off over time.

Vice Magazine called these people Bagelheads. When this was presented on BoingBoing years ago, one great commentator made the perfect observation:

No Thanks

Ray Drainville

There’s a company that provides a useful service for local restaurants who want to cater to students. Their name, however, means that the jokes just write themselves:

Some optional responses here:

  • No way—do you know where they’ve been?!?
  • Thanks, but I’m a vegetarian—from this point onwards.
  • This presents the strongest case I’ve ever seen that English needs a vocative case.