laurenbarret

You’re gonna continue to do these, right? Cause they’re fantastic. (and as the old ladies would say, ’you’re quite fetching, yourself.‘… well, I think that’s what they say… what decade is ‘fetching’ from? [looks it up] ‘fetching’ means ‘charming’ or ‘captivating’ (both apply, thankfully) and was first used in the late 1870s. So: if I were Rutherford B. Hayes... more >

You’re gonna continue to do these, right? Cause they’re fantastic. (and as the old ladies would say, ’you’re quite fetching, yourself.‘… well, I think that’s what they say… what decade is ‘fetching’ from? [looks it up] ‘fetching’ means ‘charming’ or ‘captivating’ (both apply, thankfully) and was first used in the late 1870s. So: if I were Rutherford B. Hayes, saying you were ‘fetching’ would be stylish and appropriate. But it’s 2008, so instead I come off sounding like an academic stooge. [looks up stooge]. ‘Stooge: an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian…’ oh, that doesn’t work at all…

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