Thanks, Smoog. What a weird and great story. That had me sending laughs down into the spacebar and lower row of keys. The hobbitses names got me chortling, and the Fourth Way of Smoog--talk about aiieee! Farewell, Fellowship. You're all broken and bleeding. *sniff* Heather O'Neill - website of choice 2005-12-26 19:47:13

I saw a banner for your diary, found it interesting, so I clicked on it. Even for being a long entry it was brilliant. I laughed hard, and thank you for making my day a little more amusing. lydia - website of choice 2005-12-26 23:56:29

Excellent story! The latex description was a masterstroke! Ratface? Rik, knee deep. Rik - website of choice 2005-12-27 08:23:14

Purely metaphorically speaking, of course. Smoog - website of choice 2005-12-27 08:52:06

Oh, you HAVE tagged me! And I will never be able to meet the astronomical standard you have set, so I may be forced to just do this tag as shittily as humanly possible. No matter! I will go forward from here, and do it ... eventually. (No, really, I swear. I will do it. At some point. You are probably the eitghtieth person to tag me for this meme.) Meany - website of choice 2005-12-27 10:27:03

I may be the eightieth, but I'm the most fabulous of the lot. Right? Right?!? Smoog - website of choice 2005-12-27 10:39:54

Aw, HELL. Trance - website of choice 2005-12-27 11:35:16

Yes. DEFINITELY the most fabulous! Meany - website of choice 2005-12-27 15:31:36

Done! (Hey, was I on your original tag list? Because last night when I read your entry, I don't recall seeing my name...) Anyhoo, my list SUCKS. Sucks, I tell you. Because you didn't tag me to discuss my REALLY weird habits. Another time, perhaps, fair Smoog. Halo Askew - website of choice 2005-12-27 19:28:45

Thank you for that gypsophila-delicate tag, o fabulous smoogsie. I shall endeavour not to disappoint you. (Except, you know, I'm shipping out of Iraq in ten days and I'm not sure when I'll get around to it. Oops - note to self - stop appropriating other people's lives and attempting to pass them off as your own.) Love, R xxx hissandtell - website of choice 2005-12-28 02:03:27

Should that be "my" own? I'm dreadful with personal pronouns in self-referential reflective discourse. x hissagain - website of choice 2005-12-28 02:09:18

That's the lovely thing about notes to self - you may use whatever pronouns you want, because it's all about you. Or should that be "me"? My brain hurts. Smoog - website of choice 2005-12-28 08:18:55