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Category: Friday Fare
Posted on: August 20, 2007 1:40 PM, by Zuska
You know, bad karaoke can happen to good Sciblings.
But however distressing some people might find the proceedings, other people will always blend tastefully with the surroundings.
Kevin and Karmen just sat back and took it all in.
As Chris Rowan has reported, Janet is indeed the most clinical of juke box operators. Though she says she just wanted to make sure we were getting our money's worth.
That's what she said when she brought that tray of 5 for $10 shots to the table, too.
Comments
By definition, bad karaoke is good karaoke. And zebra stripes are a great touch.
Posted by: coturnix | August 20, 2007 8:32 PM
Is there any limit to how gorgeous Tara looks in photos?! Even if we can only see her stripes!
Posted by: KiwiInOz | August 20, 2007 9:46 PM
You were looking at the stripes?
Posted by: csrster | August 21, 2007 4:08 AM
Gah! I knew I shouldn't have posted that. Drooling on my blog. Can't you do that in private?????
Posted by: Zuska | August 21, 2007 3:58 PM
C'mon Zuska. We're scientists. We're allowed to drool over Tara's obvious morphological adaptation to blending in with bar seats.
Posted by: KiwiInOz | August 22, 2007 8:56 PM