I am rarely gifting bottles, but true!

Well, you can put them in a box or cardboard tube, and then wrap the box... Which is frankly what we do for *most* gifts that aren't already rectangular.

Honestly I just almost always use re-usable gift bags these days.

Except I've seen certified Maine Coons who didn't have the distinctive face, etc. and really did look just like the huge non-purebred cats who people wanted to believe were Maine Coons.

I feel like it's more - some Maine Coons are obvious, and no non-MCs look like that, but not *all* MCs do either.

I thought she was just saying a new generation exists...

Grandmas become Great Grandmas that way. Really awesome ones, even!

But... When you know the folks you work with and serve are combatants, and you are trying to distinguish that from people who aren't choosing to be combatants... do you call them "Non-Combatants"??

Militarization feels... almost inevitable when the context is battles.

Hmm! Any one of those alone I wouldn't flag - even "Boot Camp" gets used as a metaphor for intensive training designed to break someone in.

Together, I do see your point. "Civilians" seems more respectful term "Normies" or whatnot, but most of the time they actually mean "bystanders"...

I do fear, however, that Feather + Tree Topper = Angel, and Peacock Angel is yet another thing.

I can work with that!

You know, every time I catch myself thinking "I'm a good driver." I remember that more than 50% of drivers think they're better than average, and by definition, nope.

Then I read shit like this...

Right back atcha!

"Our game of [pretending to be someone else] was totally ruined when those kids who like [pretending to be someone else] started playing it!"

"Our game of [pretending to be someone else] was totally ruined when those kids who like [pretending to be someone else] started playing it!"

*gentle hugs*

Aaaand my copartner promptly acquired it for my birthday present! EEE!

Well, maybe not on a scale of Lawyers, but it IS kinda part of the job, no?

So, is this legal jargon, a colloquialism among lawyers, or are you personally an especially witty lawyer?

Inquiring linguists want to know...

I was raised Episcopalian, so I'm slightly Purist of Neutral in that I expect any basic wine-like drink should do. So wine, cider, mead, etc. is great. Beer or rum in a pinch maybe. Margaritas are going too far.

We were anti-wafer, pro-bread at St. Judes!

I will absolutely be cheerfully flirty with someone for niceness, but I won't seriously hit on someone just to be nice, ask them out, or do anything physical more than a hug, unless I'm seriously interested.

Both because I am painfully honest and because I'm touch sensitive. 😏