Try "I used up all my resources and I don't have any left"? Sound familiar?
--yelas Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:06:59 -0500
“I'm all tapped out?”
--Sean Conner Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:24:32 -0500
Exhausted options
--xoxoxo Bruce Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:18:52 -0500
None of those have the visceral sense of "exhaustion" present in the original phrase...maybe the shock value is what makes it work, I dunno.
--Kirk Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:15:49 -0500
PS, YELAS, you were one of the ones supposed to skip down to the picture of the doggie...
--Kirk Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:16:06 -0500
Meaning? Squeam or Prude? Just curious.
--YELAS Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:31:58 -0500
"And I'm spent." Give it a touch of bad Austin Powers voice if you're truly desperate to evoke ejaculation.
--Nick B Sun, 19 Dec 2004 01:51:28 -0500
Err...squeamish?
Not a bad idea, Nick, just have to rearrange how the sentence is presented.
--Kirk Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:29:00 -0500
i love that yelas (and, presumably, yelm) did not indeed skip to the nice doggy but instead read about your need to liken spending a lot of money (and time and ideas) to ejaculation. kirk, a new high. but i'm laughing, so you get a free pass on this one. does ksenia read this stuff?
--FoSO Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:12:42 -0500
Hmmmm. . .the entry felt like a huge build up with something unexciting happening at the end. Kinda like shooting the load after such a big buildup. What a great ironic literary technique, Kirk. Awesome.
--Mr. Lex Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:40:24 -0500
cash-starved...
heh
Mr. Lex is on target, seems to me.
--kluless Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:55:31 -0500