November is ASK ESTELA month, son!!

1. What are your top 5 posts in this thread In Praise of Kate St. Clair?

A: You can't tempt me to peak.

2. Bros or Hos?

A: no

what was in portland?

fail

what does 'fail' mean, it is not part of my vocabulary.

in portland i remember:
airport
freeway
sleet
the river
a woman who, when introduced to me, said, IT SURE IS NICE TO MEET SOMEONE FROM SO FAR AWAY!! DO. YOU. SPEEAK. ENG-LISH?
her scathing husband
7-11
some platitudes
sorry that is not much, i was just passing through, it was a long time ago.

estela you are one of the greatest of all posters. what is your secret?

dear roxy, there isn't a single secret about being a great poster that you don't already know <3<3

<3<3<3

estela, do you like the strokes' debut album, "is this it?"

5. Do you think KFC can be toppled in the all-important "Australian Cricket Team Players Endorsing Fast-Food Chains" wars?

6. Is the dude from Bloc Party really just a Black & White Minstrel for our times?

7. What do you think of the BUTTEZSPHERE?

8. Peter Overton, Renaissance Man?

9. Why can't Santa Claus say "ho ho ho" now and are you in any shape or form responsible for this?

10. Surf or Turf? Or BOTH?

11. What is your opinion of elevens ie dates like 11/11 and seeing 11:11 on a clock?

12. Which are shiny and which are humble: odd numbers or even numbers?

OMG estela that number 11 is a volatile one

i do mean to answer these and i will, the main hold-up is that i am very lazy.

e, do u luv me y or n

OMG chaki just passed her a note!

ah ah AHHHHHHH!

i don't want any questions about music or sports. if i don't like a question, or it is in either of the above categories, the answer is "no".

grady: estela, do you like the strokes' debut album, "is this it?"

"no"

kbp:

5. Do you think KFC can be toppled in the all-important "Australian Cricket Team Players Endorsing Fast-Food Chains" wars?

"no"

6. Is the dude from Bloc Party really just a Black & White Minstrel for our times?

"no"

7. What do you think of the BUTTEZSPHERE?

the devil finds work for idle hands

8. Peter Overton, Renaissance Man?

"no"

9. Why can't Santa Claus say "ho ho ho" now and are you in any shape or form responsible for this?

can't he really? i had nothing to with it but it’s a good ban, most santas are leering old boozers with raspberry noses who spend the rest of the year laughing at double entendres at the rsl and making qualitative judgements about girls who don't "want" anything "for christmas" from them.

10. Surf or Turf? Or BOTH?

surf

sunny:

11. my opinion of 11 applied to dates/times is not too high, 11/11 is when i realise i missed my brother's birthday again and when i see 11.11 on a clock i am usually rushing to get to where i was supposed to be at 11.00, but i like 11 when it is you asking me a question <3

12. even numbers are not shiny but they're not really humble either, they seem a bit smug. odd numbers are thin and awkward, i prefer them.

chaks, y <3

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_1_217v.gif

13: Unlucky for some?

14. Karl Stefanovic: The REAL Man-Machine?

15. Is $110 a good price for an air hockey table?

16. Should I feel uncomfortable when buying condoms? Because I did tonight. It was at Coles, mind you, but fucked if I was taking a detour to the chemist or whatever for frangers. But it was awkward. You feel like a child molester or worse, like Louis Jagger. But am I justified in those feelings?

17. What is your favourite catchphrase of the popular entertainer, "The Rock"?

18. have you worked with children before?

19. Jergins or JERKins?

20. can you recommend a novel or two for me to read? <3

21. how do you put up with all the crepes

22. how i do make crepe

1 <3 E

23. what do you think of the name "jimmy"? crazy gravitational, no?

24. Estl, Have you been inside a Dan Murphy's bottle-o?
25. They're really good, no?

Did anyone read that Rolling Stone interview with The Rock wherein, out of nowhere, he talks about his daily morning wood?

Also v interested in wisdom for #21

13: Unlucky for some?

ned, yes, everything is unlucky for some, the unfortunate ones.

14. Karl Stefanovic: The REAL Man-Machine?

esteban "no"

(& you can add 'australian network breakfast television presenters' to the don't-ask list.)

15. Is $110 a good price for an air hockey table?

it sounds like a good price to me!

16. Should I feel uncomfortable when buying condoms? Because I did tonight. It was at Coles, mind you, but fucked if I was taking a detour to the chemist or whatever for frangers. But it was awkward. You feel like a child molester or worse, like Louis Jagger. But am I justified in those feelings?

i don't know about any of that guddle but i do think you chose the right vendor; coles is a very popular supermarket, with a high stock turnover, so you are liable to get the longest possible expiry window on any purchases.

17. What is your favourite catchphrase of the popular entertainer, "The Rock"?

"no"

18. have you worked with children before?

jergins, no.

the following question,

19. Jergins or JERKins?

makes me wonder if your question was a dig at esteban, or if esteban is paranoid, but i have chosen to answer both questions at face value.

esteban: jergins thanks, i'd hoped it would go without saying that i would prefer a likeable ilx poster to a mead stained rennaissance faire costume.

20. can you recommend a novel or two for me to read? <3

omar, if you haven't read her i think you would enjoy muriel spark, i love her. i recommend 'the prime of miss jean brodie' and i also very much like 'the ballad of peckham rye', 'the bachelors,' 'the girls of slender means,' and 'memento mori'. she has quite a few others i haven't read yet, i don't want to read them all too close together and run out, so i read about one a year <3

i am taking a rest now, my little dog wants a walk and i don't want him to be glum.

21. what kind of dog do you have and what is his name?

22. do you have any other animals that live with you?

23. how do you think this thread is doing so far? are you happy esteban started it?

21. how do you put up with all the crepes

crepes never bother me, though maybe i just have a faulty crepe detector.

22. how i do make crepe

make them with love

i <3 sunny (and beeps<3)

23. what do you think of the name "jimmy"? crazy gravitational, no?

it is cute but that's all, let's not give it airs.

24. Estl, Have you been inside a Dan Murphy's bottle-o?
25. They're really good, no?

i have been inside a dan murphy's, some pretty terrible dental work/ broken capillaries among the patrons i thought, also, some poorly executed double entendres at the cash register. but the stores are cheap and cheerful, what more could you want from a bottle shop? i don't drink anymore though so i don't go to bottle shops much, and when i do i feel a bit shifty.

Yes, I went into one two times the other night and I think the employees thought i was a psycho/alco/psycho-alco.

But, indeed, one cannot argue with their prices.

Also, they have v cheap cleanskins!

a true alcoholic would go to two different dan murphy's to avoid suspicion. i know someone who, when she was still drinking, bought a nurse's uniform so she could wear it to the bottle shop early in the morning and pretend she was coming off a night shift.

abbott don't let crepes get you down, they are not worth it <3

21. what kind of dog do you have and what is his name?

he is a bichon/maltese called harry, he is completely adorable, everyone says so not just us.

22. do you have any other animals that live with you?

hopefully not but we live in queensland so who knows what's up in the roof. i would like a cat but harry is a bit rotin around cats.

Yr dog sound rad & thx

dear hurting,

as a general rule i am unconcerned about turntablists and their doings.

dear drugs a. money,

i am a bit skeptical.

hey estela,

how are you? immediately & in a more general sense. also what movies are you looking forward to seeing?

well thank you estela! I feel a lot better now!

Dear Estela,

I'm moving circa 1km from the XXXX brewery. what do you think about that?

cordially,

mw

Dear Estela,

Do breweries smell bad? I never realized cereal factory smelled so bad until I worked near one. I guess I'm really asking why does delicious smell so bad before it is delicious?

Katarina xxx

Dear Estela,

Is it impolite to give 'less-than 3s' to people you've just met?

(subquestion: am i a jerk for referring to them as 'less-than 3s'?)

truly yours,

Drugs A. Money

i decided to wait until it was november to answer these and then a great laziness took me over.

so anyway:

dear max,

i am a box of birds and i am looking forward to seeing synecdoche, new york even though some reviews make it sound a bit disappointing, also quantum of solace, even though etc.

<3e

dear walter,

i think you will love it and i hope you enjoy your new job and living in brisbane. and i think you should have signed off like this:

"beerily,

mw"

i'm right, aren't i.

<3 xxxx

aww thanks estela <3!

beers,

mw

e,

where the hell is the sandbox?

l,

j

dear katarina,

i have a very poor sense of smell so i don't know much about this. we can ask wilter in a week or so for his thoughts. i do know that saying someone 'reeks like a brewery' is generally intended to insult or reprove them so i will never forgive vanessa for that.

<3e

Dear E & SS,

I have walked past this particular brewery many times, I don't think it smells bad?

FYI tho, I do know that starch factories stink a lot.

<3mw

dear drugs a. money,

i personally wouldn't do it.

e

dear jergins,

i don't know but it better hurry back.

<3e

Do breweries smell bad? I never realized cereal factory smelled so bad until I worked near one. I guess I'm really asking why does delicious smell so bad before it is delicious?

^It turns out at night time you can smell it ever so slightly, but it's not horrible, i guess it's hops or some shit i can smell.

I grew up about 1/4 mile from the Carlsberg factory, and it doesn't smell "bad" just... like wet stale beer, really. Like you smell in the immediate aftermath of someone spilling their pint over your head in a moshpit.

yeah that's about right. I'm probably a bit less than 1km away.

went to college by the malt-o-meal factory. AWFUL

bremen is where they make becks and that town smells v bad imo

the trams there are ridiculously wide

their musicians are animals

nothing beats a paper mill

except a scissors mill

leather tanning plant

meatworks: holy shit the smell was nauseating.

lol that's the winna

I was stationed not far from some industrial meat processing and packing operations in texas for five months and I swear every morning we woke up to a completely different stench and they were all equivalently horrid

it did not help that pretty much every day the military fire school on base would put their trainees through an exercise involving dousing a dummy cargo airframe in fuel and setting it ablaze

Dear Estela,

does your dog get the bichon buzz

dear carne asada,

sorry, i didn't see your question until now. yes he does, frequently, i love it. does yours, i would bet yes.

'bichon buzz' is a pretty terrible term for it though isn't it.

Haha! Yes it does sound kinda strange.

My dog will totally do this and I didn’t even know it was a thing until recently. the video of that dog in the link is otm.

I assumed this was a doggie hairstyle until I clicked link.

mine runs very low to the ground when he's doing that to boost his speed. he also does these long high jumps like a flea in a cartoon, he can jump ridiculously high for his size. i love these dogs.

Sounds like my cat! She does this vertical jump sometimes if something startles her.Straight up off all 4 legs at once. Its freaking hilarious.

hi estela whats up

<3 nothing much.

hey estela you just sent me a blank email what gives

i was too tired to write anything.

"<3, nothing much."

yes.

April is "TSK, ESTELA" month

lol

how are you is it still too hot in AUS?

it is intolerably hot and humid but i am being poised and gracious.

under what circumstances were you last *not* poised and gracious?

it's a toss up between automotive and domestic.

most of our domestics occur in the auto.

what % of yr domestics involve canine input

No results found for "poised and gracious giggler"

we are not legion.

xp 0 %, we don't argue about, or with, harry.

though iirc there were a few minor spats in the early days when he was very tiny and untrained and we couldn't speak puppy yet, but we only argued with each other, never with him, we have always praised him to the skies.