Winter Holiday Support Thread

[entitled]

What's wrong with gyros? They have the four food groups.

They're pure evil if you're trying to lose weight.


Side note: i can't have most greek food.

 

[Aurora Black]

What's wrong with gyros? They have the four food groups.

We're going to make everybody hungry if we keep this up...

I didn't say there was anything with gyros, I meant that they're really greasy and unhealthy in general. They're the Greek equivalent of that huge monster sandwich at Burger King, the one that's 700+ calories.

*thinks hard* No, it's not THAT bad, but it's pretty bad in my opinion.

 

[Aurora Black]

They're pure evil if you're trying to lose weight.


Side note: i can't have most greek food.

Why not? Greek food is supposed to be among the most healthy in the world, just not gyros and baklava and...

 

[entitled]

Why not? Greek food is supposed to be among the most healthy in the world, just not gyros and baklava and...

Seafood. i eat it and die. Not pretty.

 

[Unsung Muse]

Seafood. i eat it and die. Not pretty.

Hey, me too!! Planning death-by-lobster... when I'm ready

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Speaking of contests, did anyone notice the new contest next year? The "How-to" contest? I can't wait for that one! It's the non-porn contests where I stand a chance!

Sophia Jane,

It's breaking my heart and tearing it apart to tell you this, but as for "non-porn" well, consider the following "HOW TO" subjects:

HOW TO:

Throw an orgy

Seduce your favorite Lit writer

Use (name a sex toy)

Perform (name a position in the Kama Sutra)

Give a full body massage

etc., etc., etc..

Rumple (of course I wouldn't stoop that low) Foreskin

 

[entitled]

Hey, me too!! Planning death-by-lobster... when I'm ready

Iodine allergy?

 

[sophia jane]

Sophia Jane,

It's breaking my heart and tearing it apart to tell you this, but as for "non-porn" well, consider the following "HOW TO" subjects:

HOW TO:

Throw an orgy

Seduce your favorite Lit writer

Use (name a sex toy)

Perform (name a position in the Kama Sutra)

Give a full body massage

etc., etc., etc..

Rumple (of course I wouldn't stoop that low) Foreskin

Okay. Maybe I should have said a contest that's non-fiction writing.

 

[Aurora Black]

Seafood. i eat it and die. Not pretty.

I see. Wow. Then you'd definitely have to steer clear of a lot of restaurants on the major islands, because they're really big on serving fresh seafood (in the case of lobsters, the customer can choose the one they want before it's boiled - it's not a new concept, I know, but it was the first I'd seen of it).

If you were to visit, you'd have to make due with a meat or veggie dish. Thankfully, there are plenty of alternatives to seafood. With the exception of calamari, I can't stand it myself.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Okay. Maybe I should have said a contest that's non-fiction writing.

If I were to write a HOW TO article dealing with something sexual, it'd be fiction, believe me.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Unsung Muse]

Iodine allergy?

Hmm, you know, I'm not a hundred % sure...
to be safe, I just live by what I was instructed "if it swims, don't eat it".
Even so, I've had some frightfully close calls.

 

[Aurora Black]

Hmm, you know, I'm not a hundred % sure...
to be safe, I just live by what I was instructed "if it swims, don't eat it".
Even so, I've had some frightfully close calls.

God, I didn't know that seafood allergies can be THAT bad. I thought that sinus problems and rashes were the worst things that could happen. Scary stuff.

 

[entitled]

God, I didn't know that seafood allergies can be THAT bad. I thought that sinus problems and rashes were the worst things that could happen. Scary stuff.

Oh yes. They can be that bad. The last time i was taken to the ER for a reaction it wasn't even to seafood. It was to iodized salt (what most people have on the table, use in cooking, etc.). Iodine is also produced by anything that lives in water, which is why i can't eat it.

Anyway...

The hospital was literally two suburban-sized blocks from the restaurant. They got me there, in the ER, and had to give me three epinepherine shots just to keep me alive. Usually, for a grown man, it only takes one. This is the same stuff they use to restart a heart when somebody has a heart attack, or a drug OD, or anything along that line. i weighed about 90 pounds at the time and they have to give me THREE.

i was told the next reaction, i would be dead before they had time to get me to anyone that could help.

 

[Aurora Black]

Oh yes. They can be that bad. The last time i was taken to the ER for a reaction it wasn't even to seafood. It was to iodized salt (what most people have on the table, use in cooking, etc.). Iodine is also produced by anything that lives in water, which is why i can't eat it.

Anyway...

The hospital was literally two suburban-sized blocks from the restaurant. They got me there, in the ER, and had to give me three epinepherine shots just to keep me alive. Usually, for a grown man, it only takes one. This is the same stuff they use to restart a heart when somebody has a heart attack, or a drug OD, or anything along that line. i weighed about 90 pounds at the time and they have to give me THREE.

i was told the next reaction, i would be dead before they had time to get me to anyone that could help.

Fuck! So how do you have to eat from day to day? A special diet without any kind of flavor?

 

[entitled]

Fuck! So how do you have to eat from day to day? A special diet without any kind of flavor?

Nah. i just cook at home.

It's actually easy to find salt that doesn't have iodine added, and i learned at a young age to substitute herbs and spices for salt anyway. i bought a container of salt two years ago and still haven't used the whole thing - and cook a full meal at least twice a day. Seafood and strawberries (they have iodine in them as well) stay out of the kitchen.

 

[Unsung Muse]

Oh yes. They can be that bad. The last time i was taken to the ER for a reaction it wasn't even to seafood. It was to iodized salt (what most people have on the table, use in cooking, etc.). Iodine is also produced by anything that lives in water, which is why i can't eat it.

Anyway...

The hospital was literally two suburban-sized blocks from the restaurant. They got me there, in the ER, and had to give me three epinepherine shots just to keep me alive. Usually, for a grown man, it only takes one. This is the same stuff they use to restart a heart when somebody has a heart attack, or a drug OD, or anything along that line. i weighed about 90 pounds at the time and they have to give me THREE.

i was told the next reaction, i would be dead before they had time to get me to anyone that could help.

You must carry an epi kit with you at all times though, right??

I've learned some 'tricks' (i.e. a shot of whiskey can buy some time)... but being overly cautious (to the point of being not much fun to go out to dinner with, unfortunately!) has served me well. It's not worth the risk, no matter how many 'eye-rolls' I have to put up with from wait-staff...

Stay safe!!

 

[Aurora Black]

Nah. i just cook at home.

It's actually easy to find salt that doesn't have iodine added, and i learned at a young age to substitute herbs and spices for salt anyway. i bought a container of salt two years ago and still haven't used the whole thing - and cook a full meal at least twice a day. Seafood and strawberries (they have iodine in them as well) stay out of the kitchen.

So you can't even dab iodine on a cut?

 

[entitled]

So you can't even dab iodine on a cut?

No. It would kill me.

 

[entitled]

You must carry an epi kit with you at all times though, right??

I've learned some 'tricks' (i.e. a shot of whiskey can buy some time)... but being overly cautious (to the point of being not much fun to go out to dinner with, unfortunately!) has served me well. It's not worth the risk, no matter how many 'eye-rolls' I have to put up with from wait-staff...

Stay safe!!

i'm supposed to, but don't. An epi kit only has one shot. Even if given immediately, it wouldn't buy enough time to get me to a hospital.

That's not being over cautious, either. That's just being safe. i've gotten to the point that if i'm invited to go out, i usually eat something homemade on the way to the restaurant, then sit and drink either tea or water while everybody else eats.

 

[Aurora Black]

No. It would kill me.

That's seriously messed up. I think that just about everything is cooked with iodized salt here, as well as sea salt. You'd be in for a hell of a time if you wanted to eat out.

 

[cloudy]

Most often kissing is a big part of the picture round here, but accusing us of cheating isn't really something I want to kiss and make up about.

Exactly.

By implying that the only way the authors here in the hangout win is by cheating basically says that the people here don't have the talent or the skill to win honorably. That is SO far off the mark that it verges on the ridiculous.

Yes, I've won. Were mine the best? Probably not, but then, it's subjective anyway, isn't it? I was proud of them....I still am (Possession remains one of my favorites of my own work), and I think the wins were honest, just like yours was, Sophia, or Og's was, or Dr. M's, or anyones.

We have a huge pool of talent in this forum, and it bothers me intensely that someone would infer that the only way we could win was by cheating.

On a side note, I think one of the reasons the stories in the more popular categories don't win as often is because they ARE so big. Romance wins a disproportionate amount, but I noticed with my one Romance story that the readers of that category are extremely kind with their votes, and that's why. (Even though I still think that The Warrior's Song is probably my best story here on Lit). A story from Loving Wives will probably never win, simply because of the LW Mafia in place - sad, but true. There are large contingents of voters for the bigger categories who vote down any story that doesn't conform to their own personal kink, and that's not a problem with the AUTHORS, but with the READERS.

Anyway, I'm through with it. I haven't cheated, joined in any "vote-swapping ring" or anything remotely close to it. I enjoy the camaraderie of the contests, and the new readers I gather.....plus, the fact that your story goes up overnight is a helluva bonus. If it stopped being fun for me, I would stop writing for them, winning stories or not.

 

[Guest]

*head spinning* But what on earth am I going to write about? I'm really going to have to dig deep to find something that I know how to do very well.

I doubt that anyone would want to read a How-To of Greek.

Doing a greek maybe, Aurora...could you help me with that one?

 

[Guest]

Seriously, it's a lot easier than it looks. Where do you think English stole the majority of its words from? Everybody already speaks Greek on an everyday basis.

Could you tell me how to do a Greek, Aurora?

 

[matriarch]

That's seriously messed up. I think that just about everything is cooked with iodized salt here, as well as sea salt. You'd be in for a hell of a time if you wanted to eat out.

I've never heard of an iodine intolerance, but I know quite a few people who have seafood intolerance, and have to carry anti-histamines with them for immediate attention, to keep them going until they can get to the hospital. One guy I worked with, was eating some chips (fries) with his lunch at a local pub, and his lips started tingling as soon as the first one touched them. He realised what was happening, and quickly took some of the Piriton he carried with him, and shortly after that, he went into a mild Anaphylactic Shock.

Turned out, one of the chefs in the kitchen had cooked fish in the same oil as the chips.

Taking the anti-histamine so quickly prevented the need for a hospital visit, but the combination of the shock and the pills knocked him out completely, and he had to be taken home to sleep it off. If he'd actually ingested one of the chips, heaven knows what would have happened.

You make sure you take good care of yourself.

[/hijack over]

 

[Boxlicker101]

Seriously, it's a lot easier than it looks. Where do you think English stole the majority of its words from? Everybody already speaks Greek on an everyday basis.

I can't believe that a MAJORITY of words in the english language came from Greek. I know that a lot of words did, but words also came from Latin and French and German and Anglo-Saxon and other languages, plus other words have been added from slang and Americanisms.