Chicagoist: Convince Us: Stiff

Shannon

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:12:38 -0600

what amazed me most about the footnote about how much the human stomach can hold, is how that capacity was reached by (if i recall correctly) a 100-lb woman. of all the things to be remembered for..

Jess D'Amico

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:52:02 -0600

guest 2: glad I gave you something to do then.

Jess D'Amico

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:51:34 -0600

guest 1: no dice, unfortunately. Better luck next time hopefully :)

Scooter Libbby

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:11:19 -0600

Those look like my feet!

pantagrapher

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:03:47 -0600

You might be the only person left on earth who still takes the phrase "no pun intended" literally.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:20:36 -0600

"no pun intended" is a writer's tick. it makes you feel smart; it makes you look dumb. it's as if to say, "hey look what i just typed (oops, i mean "we just typed"... oops, *we* mean "we just typed"), huh, 'engrossing' has nothing to do with 'gross', but hey it kinda sounds like it, but instead of being one of those writer people who are able to interchange words, i'll just lazily keep it in there and while i'm at it, show off how i can identify puns. and show how i choose not to use them, because puns are lame. double bonus!" but, once you start explicitly not intending a pun, every other possible pun comes into question. "Our favorite parts were the footnotes" (pun intended?) "In the end (pun intended?), as with the best books,... yeah, i'm just waiting to go home from work, too.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:06:19 -0600

What about your goal to pick up a boy