How can I sing like a girl?

[cyrano]

Friday! I think. Yes! Yes, it's Friday. And that means questions! Yes, lovely precious questions. The ones you've been saving for a rainy day, the ones your grandmama left you and have been in the family for generations, the ones you found in a curio shop for only a dollar fifty and suspect that they're worth a fortune... all of them! Ask away! I demand questions!

Comments

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

How much is this question worth?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Let me have a look, here...
Okay, this question is definitely Hanso dynasty, and these crenellations--see those?--they mean it's a pretty old question. You don't see too many of these any more, and although they're not as popular they're still sturdy and well made. The condition is pretty good, and without this chip--this one right here--I'd say it was worth two or three thousand, easy. But even so, you're still looking at... I'd say fifteen hundred.

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

*round eyes* My goodness! *fans self* I never would have guessed! Thank you! Thank you so much!

[9thmoon.livejournal.com]

Why were you up at 3:01a?

Bonus question: "I'm Not Really a Waitress" red, or "Russian to a Party" red?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a good answer to the first question.
But Russian looks good on you.

[wheasel.livejournal.com]

Has Hollywood run out of ideas?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hollywood hasn't so much run out of ideas as found that ideas are less profitable. If originality were to start making money then I think the cinematic industry would dig through the closet and haul it out again.

[darth-snarky.livejournal.com]

Why is it raining?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Rain is just God crying. Probably because they made him throw out his Red Bull at airport security.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

Why is it that the elementary processes of the universe (boil water, open a cracker box, walk & chew gum at the same time, etc.) escape the grasp of so many?


This is apropos of a conversation of I am currently half listening to. But it's a perfectly valid querry.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Because they don't see enough inherent value in that level of cognizance to put forth the energy, perhaps.
I'd love to hear more about this conversation, as it would probably depress me.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

I only half listened. They had gotten on to the subject of cooking in college dorms and, hence, ramen. The Head Master (see below) comes in and says that he ate the stuff raw as he never figured out how to cook it and walked out. I heard this as I was reading your Friday question call, so thus I sought out the Oracle.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm certain it was because all of his mental efforts were directed toward the pursuit of academe, and thus none could be spared for the subject of hot water and its effect on crunchy noodles. After all, he's not a science major.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think he was. At least before becoming Headmaster, he was a science teacher.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Then I'm going to assume that he was embarrassed to admit that he prefers the crunchy once-cooked form, or his father told him girls don't like boys who act 'too smart' and he should focus on looking pretty.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

Next question: Why is it when I am sitting in the North longue, working on LJ, that people come up to me and say really strange things? To me? Regarding the LJ up on my screen?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It's because you're fascinating.
You draw an audience like a bug zapper, and all that remains is to deal them a lethal dose of zap.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

I'll be sure and mention it to the Head Master (who was one of the people).

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

If the Headmaster provides your paycheck, you might consider holding off on that lethal dose of zap.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

In fact he does provide the money and is a really nice guy, so you are right.

Do you do Friday questions just so you can use your Wiley E. Coyote icon?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You're getting your money's worth on questions today. (:
And no, I mostly do Friday questions just so I have something to do while I'm at work. There are days when something to do is not neccessary, but it's a good back up. I use icons, generally, in place of the 'current mood' field, or as some sort of commentary on the subject matter. F'rinstance, I have the Wile E with a napkin for matters of yummy import, and I have the tired coyote icon for when I'm... tired. I can also use the smoking Wile E or the canyon wall with the coyote-shaped hole in it, depending on the quality of the tiredness. I have the leapsheep icon or the Uncle Scar icon or the Pentium icon for when I'm feeling puckish. And for matters of music, there are the Haring icons with the coyote DJ or the coyote dancing, or the iYote icon.

[hamgallon84.livejournal.com]

Why do you think Nabokov wrote Lolita? It wasn't his only book about a pedophile. Can Nabokov still be considered a Russian novelist even though his most famous work was written in English?

Discuss.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Much like the Shakespeare question, I think it's irrelevant whether Nabokov wrote the work or not--it should be able to stand on its own as a literary work. At the moment, it seems most convenient to assume he did, however.
And does 'Lolita' have the important elements that we consider basic requirements in Russian Literature?
Does everyone drink vodka?
At the end of the story is everyone either dead or miserable?
Is the book at least 2000 pages long and not a car chase to be seen?
Do the characters' names end in -ski or -ov?
Herein, I believe is where we can define just how 'Russian' Nabokov is, compared to Tolstoi, Dostoyevski and Chekhov.

[hamgallon84.livejournal.com]

It is a short novel, but people are certainly miserable in it. The names aren't all crazy, as the book takes place in the US. I don't recall any car chases, although I believe a dog is run over by a car at one point.

Is it still Friday?

[reggie-coward.livejournal.com]

(Inspired by http://juliansinger.livejournal.com/412322.html?thread=1676194#t1676194)

What colours are tampons packaged in?

I didn't see pink in the feminine hygiene aisle. They were in greens, whites, and blues.

Follow up questions:

Do you feel silly standing in a feminine hygiene aisle checking out what colours the products are packaged in?

Does it help to sing like a girl?

Re: Is it still Friday?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Generally, tampons are not packaged in colours--they're packaged in boxes. I find this makes them far easier to store and approve of this marketing choice. However, I could understand a marketer going for greens blues and whites--colours which imply freshness and cleanness--as opposed to pink which perhaps suggests too strongly the sanguine nature of the product after use.
And I feel silly generally, so hanging out in the feminine hygiene aisle mostly allows me to exploit the embarrassment of others who are passing through.
(As to the subject line, I'm hoping I don't run out of song lyrics that are questions for my Friday sessions any time in the near future.)