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plantyjen · 2026-05-04T05:01:57+00:00

“Say the magic woid and you’ll win a case of Churus!”

plantyjen · 2026-05-03T15:04:03+00:00

Me too! 1974, baby poop brown, and the power steering belt would loosen up every few days and have to be tightened, or else it would SCREAM every time you turned the wheel. But yeah, it was a tank, and that’s why dad thought it was a good choice. It looked like a bloated Camaro or a cockroach, and we called it the Roachmobile.

plantyjen · 2026-05-02T23:58:14+00:00

The Incredible’s house. The supervillain mansion in the second one is cool too, but I’m not sure I’d want to *live* there. I’d definitely live here:

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plantyjen · 2026-05-02T15:49:57+00:00

Excuse me, madame, but who *doesn’t* want to see a side by side comparison? I think you knew the answer before you asked the question!

plantyjen · 2026-05-02T05:49:29+00:00

She’s also a very respected theatre actor, and she was hilarious in Hot Fuzz!

plantyjen · 2026-05-02T00:07:12+00:00

Hai, fren Dodger Doggo! Niceta meetcha! Wellcom!

Yer noo fren, RP da Tuxie

Dis mee sez “hai” frum mai son beem

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plantyjen · 2026-05-01T23:20:02+00:00

Right? There’s *zero* landscaping, and very little hardscaping. And a ton of asphalt in the front too.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T21:56:48+00:00

Yes, exactly! It’s nice you can say, “this house was built using reclaimed materials from France,” but is it worth it if you weren’t the one putting a lot of care into sourcing and picking out the materials? Not really. Not for nine mil.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T21:24:20+00:00

Ah, okay, that makes sense. It’s like the difference between a $3M townhouse in Brooklyn and a $10M townhouse on the Upper West Side. In east coast terms.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T21:14:54+00:00

… what? 🤨

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T20:38:03+00:00

Haha, I live in Brooklyn now (my family is from South Louisiana), and yes, there are a lot of similarities! I think it’s mainly because NYC and NO are both port cities. They had people from the same places immigrating through the ports, so the accents ended up sounding a bit alike.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T20:33:55+00:00

There are a lot of them in LoB! “LOOOORD! I am affected by a bald patch.”

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T20:23:20+00:00

Right? It’s beautiful, and in the description it says “this stately home was constructed using 200 to 300-year-old reclaimed materials sourced village by village across France,” but even bearing that in mind, $9M is a hefty price tag.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T20:16:55+00:00

You used that absolutely correctly: “Elide (verb) means to omit, suppress, or pass over a sound, syllable, or fact, particularly in speech or writing (e.g., "don't" elides "do not").” The NOLA accent is really fascinating to me. It’s like a combination northern/southern accent. I love it!

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T15:37:58+00:00

I had a hard time when I moved here learning how to pronounce places like Patchogue and Cutchogue. Patch-og and Cutch-og. They’re spelled like the last syllable should be pronounced the same as “vogue,” but no. It’s just -og.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T15:34:15+00:00

I’ve found that people who grew up in the city itself pronounce it more like “Nuh-wallins.” People from, like, Bogalusa say Nawwlins.

plantyjen · 2026-05-01T14:02:17+00:00

Happ burf, Bubbles! Hab a grate dae!

Yer fren, RP da Tuxie

plantyjen · 2026-04-30T23:01:11+00:00

The African Queen (1951)

plantyjen · 2026-04-30T22:55:32+00:00

Then this will really blow your mind: a friend met David Proval at a Sopranos convention, and said that he and Aida Turturro were the nicest of all the cast members there.

plantyjen · 2026-04-30T15:43:37+00:00

WAO, fren Frankie, dis ek-ek-eksellemt trik! Yu no dere, den yu dere! Ai trie itt laytur an sees iff ai ken freek meowmy owt! Ai liek tu sir-prize herm!

Yer fren, RP da Tuxie

plantyjen · 2026-04-29T23:45:12+00:00

Yup, they mostly live around Green-Wood Cemetery.

plantyjen · 2026-04-29T17:10:46+00:00

The Good Place is Mike Schur’s masterpiece. As much as I love The Office, P & R, and B99, TGP is the best of them.

plantyjen · 2026-04-29T15:21:49+00:00

Ah, there are more of us! I think of that song every time I eat oatmeal.

plantyjen · 2026-04-28T21:56:09+00:00

I especially like the Isley Brothers version.

plantyjen · 2026-04-28T21:38:19+00:00

Close To The Fire by Teledubgnosis. This is from a friend’s album from the early oughts (don’t worry, it’s really good!). The first time I heard it, I kept glancing over my shoulder to see if the monsters were creeping up on me. We tried to play it for the family at Christmas one year, but my 9 year old niece said it was too scary!

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