Comments on: I do not side with T-Rex on this one http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Editrix http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2820 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:01:22 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2820 The pet thing shouldn't be an issue if you send them to someone's workplace. Unless you work in a pet store, I guess. The pet thing shouldn’t be an issue if you send them to someone’s workplace. Unless you work in a pet store, I guess.

]]> by: 2fs http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2819 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:50:04 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2819 But check allergies first - and which plants are poisonous to critters, if critters in the house there be. Unless you're psychotic: "Oh my god, your cat died? From eating my flowers? I am sooo sorry - please, let me comfort you." But check allergies first - and which plants are poisonous to critters, if critters in the house there be. Unless you’re psychotic: “Oh my god, your cat died? From eating my flowers? I am sooo sorry - please, let me comfort you.”

]]> by: Paula http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2818 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:03:25 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2818 Oh, Trix, I side with you there. Flowers are nice. <i>Sent</i> flowers are even nicer. Carnations are always bad. But if I were a guy, I think I might be confused as to whether flowers were corny or not. Rest assured, guys, it's better to send 'em and take that risk, because it's the thought that counts. Oh, Trix, I side with you there. Flowers are nice. Sent flowers are even nicer. Carnations are always bad.

But if I were a guy, I think I might be confused as to whether flowers were corny or not.

Rest assured, guys, it’s better to send ‘em and take that risk, because it’s the thought that counts.

]]> by: LLA http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2815 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:55:08 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2815 thanks for the link - now I can explain to my husband that I am not un-romantic, I'm just a T-Rex. (That's right, I am not a big fan of receiving flowers....) Still snickering to myself over your "Bang a (Snapdra)gon" line. Hee hee hee hee thanks for the link - now I can explain to my husband that I am not un-romantic, I’m just a T-Rex. (That’s right, I am not a big fan of receiving flowers….)

Still snickering to myself over your “Bang a (Snapdra)gon” line. Hee hee hee hee

]]> by: Flasshe http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2814 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:47:28 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2814 Flowers get in the way of parking lots, as I think David Byrne once said. Flowers get in the way of parking lots, as I think David Byrne once said.

]]> by: Editrix http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2811 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:56:02 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2811 Man, I can't believe you don't know that classic T. Rex song, "Bang a (Snapdra)gon." (Obviously, my early-'70s music knowledge is hugely lacking.) Janet, thank you for your cautionary tale. Still, it was awfully sweet (and makes a heck of a story). Man, I can’t believe you don’t know that classic T. Rex song, “Bang a (Snapdra)gon.”

(Obviously, my early-’70s music knowledge is hugely lacking.)

Janet, thank you for your cautionary tale. Still, it was awfully sweet (and makes a heck of a story).

]]> by: 2fs http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2809 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:40:45 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2809 Either I'm overthinking this, or I'm being clueless about a nonsexual double entendre. To wit: is the T. Rex reference only to the dino in the linked cartoon, or is there a T. Rex song about flowers that I can't call to mind? I mean, there should be - because then our Editrix would be being overwhelmingly clever, which is always a good thing. I've never given flowers (I don't think) because flowers wilt and wither at my very touch. Beware, for I am the very destroyer of flowers! (Not of my will or anything - it's just the way the universe is set up.) Either I’m overthinking this, or I’m being clueless about a nonsexual double entendre. To wit: is the T. Rex reference only to the dino in the linked cartoon, or is there a T. Rex song about flowers that I can’t call to mind? I mean, there should be - because then our Editrix would be being overwhelmingly clever, which is always a good thing.

I’ve never given flowers (I don’t think) because flowers wilt and wither at my very touch. Beware, for I am the very destroyer of flowers! (Not of my will or anything - it’s just the way the universe is set up.)

]]> by: Janet http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2808 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:26:21 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2808 Ah! Terri reminds me why I <b>do</b> side with T. Rex on this issue. Way back, must've been the summer we got hitched, Andy sent a whomping big sunflower-intensive floral arrangement to my hotel room in NYC, where I was staying for the ALA conference. I was all gaga over the flowers and the sweetness of the sweetie who sent 'em, and so I brought them home with me on the plane. You can't check a big vaseful of flowers, you know, so I sat them on my lap (btw, I feel this wouldn't be allowed these days). It was worth it to be pinned under this 10-pound arrangement, unable to see out the window or even read a magazine. After all, it would be just a one-hour flight. Except, there were storms and delays, and we sat on the runway, with the AC off, not allowed to disembark, for <i>three hours</i>. So I'm not so much into flowers, except those growing in the ground or on the trees the way, well, God intended. Ah! Terri reminds me why I do side with T. Rex on this issue. Way back, must’ve been the summer we got hitched, Andy sent a whomping big sunflower-intensive floral arrangement to my hotel room in NYC, where I was staying for the ALA conference.

I was all gaga over the flowers and the sweetness of the sweetie who sent ‘em, and so I brought them home with me on the plane. You can’t check a big vaseful of flowers, you know, so I sat them on my lap (btw, I feel this wouldn’t be allowed these days). It was worth it to be pinned under this 10-pound arrangement, unable to see out the window or even read a magazine. After all, it would be just a one-hour flight.

Except, there were storms and delays, and we sat on the runway, with the AC off, not allowed to disembark, for three hours.

So I’m not so much into flowers, except those growing in the ground or on the trees the way, well, God intended.

]]> by: Terri http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2806 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:52:52 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/04/i-do-not-side-with-t-rex-on-this-one/#comment-2806 I remember fondly when Ezra sent me flowers. He did so once or twice in the early days--once when I was on a business trip, which was really great. Alas... it's been a while... I remember fondly when Ezra sent me flowers. He did so once or twice in the early days–once when I was on a business trip, which was really great. Alas… it’s been a while…

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