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Non-spoilery paratextual comments: How many things can go wrong in one theater, especially with only about fifteen people total? Well... The people in front of us wouldn't turn stop checking cell-phone messages; in a dark theater, watching a dark movie, that bright square of blue light right in front of you is incredibly distracting. They ignored our whispered requests to stop, but after my SIL left to get a manager, they finally turned it off. Fortunately she didn't miss much of the movie, but she shouldn't've had to miss any! (The manager never came, but that's another story.) Then some people came in late: a mom and dad who apparently didn't want to pay a babysitter because they brought a one-year-old and a three-year-old, who babbled and talked, respectively, for quite a while; they took them out once and brought them back in, then took them out for good. Meanwhile, the movie itself was jittery; it wasn't obvious until the action slowed down, but then we could tell that the film was moving rapidly back and forth (it was painfully obvious - literally - during the credits) in the projector.

We spoke to the manager afterwards. It turned out that the usher my SIL had talked to had gotten overwhelmed by a busy period and forgot to ask the manager to check on the cellphone user. The poor kid was right there while we were talking to the manager, and looked very embarrassed, and we emphasized that we didn't want him to be reprimanded or anything. We just wanted her to know the situation, and we also told her about the shaky film (we didn't mention the little kids - didn't want to be piling on). She was very understanding and thanked us for being so polite about the whole thing, and insisted on giving us free tickets for another movie AND a complete refund. Wow! We gave the tickets to the SIL, who loves movies and has a hard time affording them.

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This post has nothing to do with grading - that's just my only SW-related icon.

My SIL is having Teh Day Form HELLLLL at work and I'm sending her funny stuff by email to cheer her up, except I'm OUT of funny stuff. I dug out the Viking Kittens singing Led Zeppelin and I found the Van Halen gets sensitivity counseling with Dr. Phil interview and the thing about people betting on whether Heather Mills' leg will fly off during Dance with the Stars.

I usually get a lot more goofy stuff by email from various people but *today* when I need it, the well has run dry!

My SIL is a HUGE Star Wars fan. I've previously sent her things like the Sith Letter and the YTMND pants thing (actually metherion sent that - I haven't laughed so hard in years) and the Top Ten Twisted Lines and the iharthdarth strip, but I think that's about it. So, please help me, friendslist! What have I overlooked? What I can send my poor beleaguered sister-in-law? Stuff that's a link is okay; stuff I can cut and paste into an email (with proper credit, of course) is even better because sometimes she can link out and sometimes she can't.

TIA! Snogs all around!

My sister-in-law, who also loves BSG, has a co-worker who is partly of Asian descent. Sis is staring at her one day and finally something clicks. "Hey!" she blurts out. "You look like Boomer!"

The co-worker smiles mysteriously and replies without missing a beat. "There are many copies," she says.