Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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"That's why you're not allowed to have a lawn."

Kate has a standing rule that I am not allowed to own anything which has appeared on the BBC show Primeval, wherein cute British scientists chase dinosaurs that have emerged into the present day through holes in the fabric of space and time. I think this proves that Kate is mean to me. Everyone else thinks this proves that Kate is a very smart woman who deserves a higher pay grade.

Last week's episode (which we watched last night) featured a saber-toothed tiger rampaging through an amusement park. This made me happy. This made Kate leery of my inevitable demand for one of my own. Finally...

"Can I--"
"No."
"But--"
"No."
"But--"
"Is it on this show? If it's on this show, you can't have it."

I attempted logic:

"They have grass on this show."

I should not attempt to use logic against Kate:

"And that's why you're not allowed to have a lawn."

Kate and her mighty hammer of logic: all that saves the world from dinosaur devastation on a daily basis. You can thank her later. And remember, she does take bribes.
Tags: dino dance party, kate, too much tv
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I adore you.
I almost thought to myself, "How dangerous is it to let her have a lawn?"

Then I remembered. Mad scientist. Blonde. Pamela Isley. Marching sod monsters. No.
See, Kate is SMART.

twfarlan

8 years ago

seanan_mcguire

8 years ago

Kate is being mean. You should totally have a saber-toothed tiger. When your army of zombies is laying waste to California, everyone will say, "Kate, if you'd just let her have her saber-toothed tiger it would have kept her busy and she wouldn't have started making zombies."
Kate probaly realized that that particular smiledon would have made for the more efficient production of zombies.

seanan_mcguire

8 years ago

What about the zombie saber-toothed tigers?
Consider yourself fortunate that Kate apparently has a "reasonable exception" clause to that rule.

They have clothing and air on that show, too.

(I've never watched it, so I don't know if they have ever had food on Primeval.)
Please do not point these things out to her.
If she can't figure it out herself, I'm not going to help. I'm not paid enough to thwart any woman, let alone one that isn't in the same state most of the time.

seanan_mcguire

8 years ago

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I just want to have feathers and be able to disembowel people with my toe, okay?

I have never seen you before, but I like you.

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kyra_neko_rei

8 years ago

seanan_mcguire

8 years ago

1) You rock.
2) Your bio teacher totally deserves what they get.
3) I share your desires.

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seanan_mcguire

8 years ago

She didn't say I couldn't have one... and I'd let you play with it :)
I adore you.
There is no one to make that rule for me. That's why my house is full of dinosaurs and snakes.
*comes to your house*
Good thing you still have a backyard.
Yes, but it doesn't have grass, it has weeds.
Can't you even have Abby's cute little excavator?
She says it would be a gateway drug to ripping holes in the fabric of time. She's actually right about that.
I want a saber-toothed tiger too.

Kate is mean. She should go out and get you one, post-haste. And while she's at it, she can drop one of its litter-mates off at my house.
I'll let her know.