Slog - Comments on Confidential to the Nice Woman Sitting Next to Me at Cafe Presse Right Now http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n I am sorry, nice woman sitting next to me at Cafe Presse right now, that I just made that really, really gross loud noise. See, I was just trying to clear my throat, but then midway through it awkwardly transformed into a cough, which resulted in this involuntary, open-mouthed, protracted sound: "UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Did it help that I pretend-coughed for an unnecessarily long time afterwards, as though it would somehow obliterate the memory of the really gross loud noise? I hope so. Enjoy your latte. Love, Lindy (On a related note: I enjoy the Croque Campagnard very much.)... Copyright 2008 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:50:11 -0800 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:50:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Matthew Lindy (Well, actually, all Stranger staff) -

You don't have to Slog *everything* that happens to you. Discretion is the better part of banality.

Please make a note of it.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160682 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:54:36 -0800 Comment by douglas i've done that before. i bet that lady has too.

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160683 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160683 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:54:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Have you ever cleared your throat, and had it turn into a cough, and had that sort of catch a little more than you expected, and ended up with a gob of sticky phlegm in your hand? That's a nice one. Even nicer if you're a boor and don't cover your mouth with your hand. I did it just the other day, only my hands were full, so I turned and coughed into my arm, and ended up with a gob of yellowish nasty on my shirt sleeve. Despite my prayers, the earth did not immediately open up and swallow me.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160689 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:56:06 -0800 Comment by superyeadon That post represents the worst of Seattle.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160691 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:56:36 -0800 Comment by EmilyP You could just turn to her and apologize, you passive-aggressive dumbass. How self-centered of you, to think a) that she reads Slog, and b) that we care. And that makes you not really sorry, doesn't it?

]]> EmilyP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160694 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:57:12 -0800 Comment by Lindy West @5: too busy. next!

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160698 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160698 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:58:23 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley @ 1: I think you mean disclosure is the better part of banality.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160700 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:59:03 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 Agree with 5. What a waste of energy typing this shit out.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160708 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:00:58 -0800 Comment by Irena Jesus, Fnarf, I was eating!

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160712 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:01:37 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski I lol'd

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160718 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:02:56 -0800 Comment by Irena And Lindy, you could blog every sneeze and I'd read it. Actually, Fnarf, too. It's a risk I'm willing to take.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160728 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:03:50 -0800 Comment by paulus I just ejaculated in my mouth a little.

]]> paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160731 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160731 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:04:20 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Sorry. I can't really recommend eating and Slogging for the dainty, though.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160732 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:04:24 -0800 Comment by I heart ME Pull your eyes away from your navel.

]]> I heart ME http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160741 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:06:27 -0800 Comment by COMTE @8:

You mean, as opposed to the waste of energy typing a not-even-barely-amusing snark required?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160755 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:10:59 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Ogs! what a universal sentiment. especially @6.

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160761 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:12:05 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Yes, the Croque Campagnard is great, but the Croque Madame is Queen.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160764 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:12:15 -0800 Comment by PopTart @3 Fnarf, wow almost like being there. So, ewww!

OT funny headline. On my iGoogle news amalgamator the USA Today headline is "NYPD commits suicide over Taser episode."

Um, I think you left a word out there guys.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160766 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:12:41 -0800 Comment by Astro @12 That made me laugh harder than anything else I've read today.

]]> Astro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160771 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:15:12 -0800 Comment by Superfrankenstein If we're taking a vote, I vote in favor of Slog posts about Lindy's gross throat noises.

]]> Superfrankenstein http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160805 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:27:01 -0800 Comment by Ben @11: Yesssssssss!

The more Lindy West, the better!

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160835 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:38:11 -0800 Comment by rob At least it was thoraco-cranial rather than abdomino-rectal.

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160907 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:36 -0800 Comment by Wino All hail Lindy!

What is the state of things when someone gets called out for being passive-aggressive in the comments section of a blog?

I think I can hear the forest weeping.

PS Lindy: Maybe next time you can just jack up the action and make a huge coughing fit and turn over tables and swipe utensils to the floor. DRAMA!!! For fun, n' stuff.

]]> Wino http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160908 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:51 -0800 Comment by rob @3: You might want to take that shirt sleeve to the nearest Dutch Boy paint store:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18364056

"METHODS: Out-patient sputum samples submitted to the microbiology laboratory for routine analysis were assigned to one of 8 color categories (green, yellow-green, rust, yellow, red, cream, white, and clear), based on a key made from paint chip color samples."

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1160952 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:55 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @24: uh, I'll keep that in mind. My yellowish was due to coffee consumption, so I don't think the NIH will be too interested.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1161005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1161005 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:35:04 -0800 Comment by amanda Its always fun to read the comments section of Lindy's posts to see how many times she writes, "OMFG Lindy West! You are the funniest thing on earth!!!!" under different names.

]]> amanda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1161478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/confidential_to_the_nice_woman_sitting_n#c1161478 Chow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:50:16 -0800