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el diablo robotico ([personal profile] platypus) wrote2012-11-19 09:29 am

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[Poll #1879786]

(ETA: The reason I ask is that Ken wanted to use the term in a geocache name, and I was a bit concerned about the connotations!)

[identity profile] liddle-oldman.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Dead pets???

[identity profile] liddle-oldman.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh.


All dogs go to Asgard?

[identity profile] karenor.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard that term for the first time this weekend, somewhere... But I'd never heard it before.

It was in reference to dead pets. But I didn't vote, because... before a few days ago, I'd pick neither.

ETA: Actually, what I'd think of first is Rainbow Brite.
Edited 2012-11-19 18:24 (UTC)

[identity profile] papilio-luna.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Both? I think of dead pets but my immediate next thought is "but I don't know why they'd want to go to Valhalla."

[identity profile] garpu.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Our old cat would. And take the vet with her, I think.

[identity profile] garpu.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew it was originally a Norse mythology reference to Bifrost, but it's been co-opted. (And am I the only one who's annoyed by the dead pet thing?)
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[personal profile] nonelvis 2012-11-19 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not just you. I find the alternate use overly cutesy.

[identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Same here.

[identity profile] splodgenoodles.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hell no. I find it cringeworthy. But I think it's here to stay.

[identity profile] garpu.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...but some people find it comforting, so I hate to snark on it. :(

[identity profile] dragonsally.livejournal.com 2012-11-19 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So, I need to go and learn Norse mythology.

[identity profile] np-complete.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Many many years ago, a friend of mine who was involved with a bisexuals support group sent me a few copies of a newsletter he had worked on, called, "Bifrost: The Rainbow Bridge".

So that's what I think of. But I recognize that that's a fairly limited use. :)

[identity profile] dahliablue.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
I know both, but I think of the pet reference more.