I Haven't Started A Thread On ILE In A While...

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...what should I start one on?

I don't really have any great ideas. But I don't want to neglect the good people on ILE, you know? You deserve a good well thought out thread from me. It's the least I can do.

Here are a few ideas I have been kicking around:

* C/D when people say they are "kicking around" an idea

* what's up with taro root?

* cilantro hatred update

* they sell ramps now in the produce aisle? aren't they just weeds or something? what has wylie dufresne wrought? and what's up with that guy?

* kids today, huh? they sure do poop a lot.

* babies sure do sleep a lot, huh?

* top ten pronounced overbites

* helena bonham carter fashion disaster picture thread

* selling stuff on ebay, huh? what's up with that guy from japan?

* top ten fictional african-americans in wheelchairs: television edition (so many to choose from!)

* C/D Hanging out in a sunny field overlooking the ocean only to realize that you are sitting on old sheep shit and poison ivy

* true or false: nationalism and patriotism are forms of stupidity

* McDonalds, Cheap Wine, & Acid. But What Did YOU live On As A Teen?

Any other suggestions?

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:25 (twenty years ago)

this is very Seinfeld "what's the deal with vegetables?!?"

― scout (scout), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

oh, like you haven't noticed the proliferation of ramps and taro root. get real!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

What is a ramp, anyway? Surely it is just a gradual incline?

― I Dream Of Sleep (kate), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

ramps are wild leeks. a.k.a. something that grows on the side of the road and something that new york chefs started to put on their menus when they ran out of other seasonal vegetables (maybe).

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:40 (twenty years ago)

Sounds a bit welsh to me.

― I Dream Of Sleep (kate), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:41 (twenty years ago)

* ask me about indigenous flora and fauna of new york state!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:41 (twenty years ago)

What is a ramp, anyway? Surely it is just a gradual incline?

depends which way you look at it (ba-ba-doom tshhh!)

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

* helena bonham carter fashion disaster picture thread

Dude, Kirsten Dunst totally beats her!

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

i love the way HBC dresses. if i were a girl, i'd totally rock that look.

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:44 (twenty years ago)

i beg to differ. helena is in a baggy universe all her own.

x-post with g-kit who is obviously insane. or maybe i'm the crazy one. who is to say for sure.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:46 (twenty years ago)

Scott, have you checked out candid pics of Kirsten lately? SANDALS WITH WOOL SOX? WTF! Or WHITE LEATHER ROMAN SANDELS (sans sox, but still... white leather! roman sandals?).

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:47 (twenty years ago)

it's true. even juliet lewis makes fun of her.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

i think she is finally over her flapper infatuation though.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 10:55 (twenty years ago)

* let's speak on how people privilege new uses for language

* critical paradigms for a new dystopian diaspora a.k.a. the thread where we all talk about words that we will never use in a million years because they remind us of wanky arts criticism

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

sounds like a seminal thread

― already disheveled hair projection (wetmink), Friday, 19 August 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

a seminal thread to span the hierarchical strata of the digerati

― already disheveled hair projection (wetmink), Friday, 19 August 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)

scott: http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/ for all your fashion disaster needs

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

i love that blog. one of my faves.

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

I vote "cilantro hatred update." I'll take every opportunity to go off on that soapy-tastin' shit.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

My friend Megan has a convulsive reaction to cilantro. She says it's from having spent nine months in Ecuador.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Cilantro! A plant of wonder. I pity those who hate.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

* selling stuff on ebay, huh? what's up with that guy from japan?

Who's this guy then?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Cilantro! Ick!

― pepektheassassin (pepektheassassin), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Cilantro Ick has a five star rating. I don't know why you hating.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

there's nothing more putrid than the smell of wet, rotten cilantro. but i hate that shit even when it's fresh. the devil's weed.

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

I am disappointed that this is not a Spencer Chow thread.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

* top ten fictional african-americans in wheelchairs: television edition (so many to choose from!)

Easy No1, Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

#2: That Guy Samuel L. Jackson Played In Unbreakable.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

#2: 2) the breakdancing wheelchair guy on the bbc segues

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

tada!

The 2 ILXors You Would Most Like To See Krump.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

I thought I was the only person who hated cilantro. Even the just the smell of it is horrible.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

i snuck one in the back-door!

and augustus from oz would be my fave black guy in a wheelchair.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost (wheelchair guy on BBC advert)

Hehe, yeah "Ade". I think he also presents XChange on the CBBC Channel...

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

my cilantro horror story. so so hungry one nite in philly. went to the brick-oven pizza place, ordered a normal pizza, when we got it: COVERED IN CILANTRO!!!! WTF!!!!! at least give me the friggin' option. leave some on my table in a jar if you must.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

I like to put CILANTRO in LEMONADE.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Although the little pieces tickle my throat.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

AND LISTEN TO G.LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE WHILE YOU ARE DOING IT, NO DOUBT! yoo r a wonder. you truly are.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

I LIEK COLD CILANTROY BEVRADGES

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

I am listening to Olu Dara.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

helena bonham carter fashion disaster picture thread

http://www.branaghcompendium.com/pic-tof2.jpg

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

i love coriander.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Coriander... *shudder* one of the few foods I LOATHE (along with cucumber and... well thats about it I think).

Do they call it "cilantro" anywhere but the US? Where'd that name come from?

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

Isn't coriander like dried cilantro? Or the seed of the cilantro plant? Or something?

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

No coriander is that leafy green stuff somewhat like parsley - and I'm assuming cilantro is the same thing. But I only ever heard it called coriander til Americans started referring to it on TV.

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

cilantro is when the coriander plant is grown specifically for harvesting its leaves, rather than the coriander seed.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

At least, thats the AU (and possibly UK?) understanding of it - a quick google has revealed to me that indeed, US people seem to ref coriander as the dry herb. How strange. (xpost)

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

a lot of people really dislike cilantro. It is very pungent, but personally, I think it's terrific (especially in guacamole). yum.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

i don't dislike it entirely. it just seemed like, for a while there, everywhere i went they would dump it on top of whatever i ordered. now, at the indian restaurant i used to go to, i knew to ask them to leave it off my food cuz they put it on top of everything. but when i order pizza???? and if it isn't an integral part of a dish, and is just a garnish, then why not put it in a little dish ot something on the table? we aren't talking parsley here. it fundamentally CHANGES the taste of whatever you are eating. That was my only gripe. And if it IS an integral part of a recipe, well, then i take it on a case by case basis.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

eurgh, cilantro. I taste it, and I start gagging.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I think the thai craze has found people using it like parsley, and it really is too strong for that. A few leaves of it in a curry and its all I can taste :(

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 20 August 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Do they call it "cilantro" anywhere but the US? Where'd that name come from?
That's the Spanish. My guess is that using the greens as well as the dried seed originated in Latin America. My Brazilian first husband called it "culantro," which is strange—a hard c vs a soft c in two languages so closely related.
It DOES smell gross. It reminds me of horse-stalls that badly need mucking-out. But guacamole without cilantro is just lame.
Has anyone experienced durian? That's supposed to smell like rotten meat and taste heavenly. Cilantro cubed.

― Beth Parker, Saturday, 20 August 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Hey Scott, why don't we make this a thread about thread-killing? Because I am the master thread-killer. I could shut ilx down right now, just by posting on every thread. I should make everyone send me five dollars or I'll do it.

― Beth Parker, Saturday, 20 August 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

See??!!! I am awesome!!!

― Beth Parker, Saturday, 20 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

i don't think it was you. i think it was gently slipping into the, um, ether or slipstream or shuffling off this mortal coil or whatever. beth, everyone who starts posting on ilx thinks that they are the kiss of death at first. it's a rite of passage!

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 20 August 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking it was a hazing ritual.

― Beth Parker, Sunday, 21 August 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

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