Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140

[CurlyKitGirl]

Random Banter

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Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
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Let the reading and the bantering commence.

[Castaras]

*floats in and breathes in that wonderful new thread smell*

[insert substance with various random bantering to post here]

[Skippy]

It must be noted that this is an erudite thread and so I will refrain from doing nonsensical things as a new thread boogie. I'd rather enjoy a delicious and warm cup of tea with my fellow erudite forum posters who will most likely come to this thread attracted by the sweet feeling of knowledge and eruditeness.

Edit: And what was thought to be a perfectly erudite first post for a perfectly erudite thread gets beaten by Cassie.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Cassie's brought pies, cakes and cookies to hand out with the tea of learnedness then.

But may I also point out rambunctious meaning 'noisy' etc. etc. so I think a *boogie* is in full demand.

[Lord of Syntax]

I call #141!

[absolmorph]

I believe I may partake in this, though I avoided it before.

[Skippy]

Cassie's brought pies, cakes and cookies to hand out with the tea of learnedness then.

But may I also point out rambunctious meaning 'noisy' etc. etc. so I think a *boogie* is in full demand.

Then it must be an erudite boogie! :smalltongue:

@Lord of Syntax: I'm sorry, but that's not how it works... If you're here by the time this thread gets to page 50, then you can ask for it and the Official Random Banter Thread Granting Committee will review your case. From then, you can expect a formal response in three to four weeks.

Nah, just kidding. Just be here when this hits page 50 and we'll all see. :smalltongue:

[Quincunx]

(sniff) The new thread smells like old books, flaking leather, age-spotted paper, a whiff of acidic and ancient ink. It's cloying. Instead of a floor-thumping boogie which might shake the books to pieces, there will be a meditative boogie session with twined legs under lamps shielded to not emit damaging and inharmonius wavelengths. Free your mind and your ass will follow. . . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqmEibSY0I)what sort of herb was in that tea ball?

[CurlyKitGirl]

This is an erudite boogie:


*A CELEBRATORY DANCE EXPRESSING JOY, HAPPINESS AND AN EAGERNESS TO COMMENCE BANTERING IN A RANDOM AND TANGENTIAL FASHION*

[Coidzor]

But is it Spell To Power? :smallamused:

So, here's a horribly addicting game I've been playing with zombies lately. (http://armorgames.com/play/5349/infectonator-world-dominator) Why? Because I'm notoriously lacking anything to say right now.

Other than the strangest urge to lick Curly like she was a toad. :smallconfused:

[Nameless]

YAYNEWTHREAD! *glomps Curly*

[Kobold-Bard]

...Other than the strangest urge to lick Curly like she was a toad. :smallconfused:

You wah???

Am I missing something or is this as weird as it sounds?

[absolmorph]

But is it Spell To Power? :smallamused:

So, here's a horribly addicting game I've been playing with zombies lately. (http://armorgames.com/play/5349/infectonator-world-dominator) Why? Because I'm notoriously lacking anything to say right now.

Other than the strangest urge to lick Curly like she was a toad. :smallconfused:
I believe that is a solid course of action. You should do that.

[KnightDisciple]

I really wish I had a convertible, unlimited gas money, and a couple hundred miles of open country road (I kind of have this, but still).

Because it is perfect outside. Especially for driving around.

[Dragonrider]

Ye Gods. At #142, I will again be eligible. :smalleek: Has it really been that long?

From the other thread:


You are intrinsically subject to water insoluable environmental pollutants.

I am no expert in the field, but I suspect you may be doing not-so-apparent damage to your hair which is covered by the heavy conditioning.

It's certainly possible. However, whatever damage it does is not as bad as the damage done by shampoo and hairbush: the surfectants in shampoo not only dry the hair out, but also damage the cuticle, making it frizzier and generally unhappy. The active ingredients in shampoo are identical to those in dishwashing detergent . . .



So you're expected to do thirty credits a year. (I forgot for just a few seconds that you did a four year thing rather than three so was about to write forty.)
I hope you don't mind me saying this, but that doesn't exactly seem right, only one-quarter of your time at uni/(US) college is in your major/specialist area. I mean, I'm mostly well-rounded - PE and some sciences excepted - enough to function in 'real life' and my university life is because I'm crazy-insane-in-love with one specific subject above all others and that's what I want to get massively in debt studying.
Nice to see you're on track for your graduating though. :smalltongue: But couldn't you get above your graduation minimum? Or would that mean taking dozens of five credit classes and going into a meltdown during every holiday?

Well, thirty-one a year. It's set up so that you can take one fifteen-credit and one sixteen-credit semester every year. I'm not hugely fond of the distribution requirements myself, though - I fulfilled almost all with the credits I transferred in, meaning that I could actually (in theory) take 100% history classes for the next two years if I wanted to. 36 is just the minimum. That way people can double-major or minor in things if they want to as well.


How so? With (UK) universities, you can apply to study abroad and you don't have to pay anything towards it aside from your usual annual tuition fee.
Or do you have to apply to Office G, pick up Forms XQd34fGF - S, fill them in and hand them to Office B3a and another host of complicated doohickeys?
And as I have been awarded the title of Mistress of Tempting by all my Uni Friends: Allow me to tempt you to study in England. It'll be fun.

Yeah, that's not the issue. The issue is that if I went abroad I don't know if I'd be able to graduate in normal time. I could go to the UK just for fun, though. My friend is transferring to a school in London next year (her family's English, though she's lived in the US since she was little, and she wants to go back) and I've promised her I'll come visit, that would be a perfect excuse to see you as well. :smallbiggrin:

[Rutskarn]

New banter. Smells like ambergris.

So, I walk into German today, and the teacher's just straight-up wearing a Belkar t-shirt. More or less made my day.

[Jibar]

This is an erudite boogie:


*A CELEBRATORY DANCE EXPRESSING JOY, HAPPINESS AND AN EAGERNESS TO COMMENCE BANTERING IN A RANDOM AND TANGENTIAL FASHION*

Man, am I even needed around here anymore?

Gonna go sit in the corner muttering to myself about the youth of today and their Random Banters and Shipping Threads and Playground Families.
I remember the Town beginning. And AMEN. And the Feud. And that photo of Ego wearing antlers.
Ah, Antler Ego...

[Player_Zero]

That may be so, but I am both older and wiser and I say that you must welcome the new not remain trapped in the past.


P_Z: Oy! I remember those pictures! You and your hair look adorable. I'd wager that your hair is strokably soft.
So: :smalltongue:

I wouldn't know. No one has touched my hair and lived to tell the tale.

[Jibar]

That may be so, but I am both older and wiser and I say that you must welcome the new not remain trapped in the past.

It's hard to do so when I am still waiting for teenagers with minor rebellious streaks yet still cow tow to the law to collect the eight potential rainbow keys to free me from my prison here in the land of clockwork and magma.

Video games need more gear shapes for character creators that allow custom logos or tatoos.

Wait, are you older?

[Player_Zero]

Wait, are you older?

Don't tell me you take my youthful irony-abusing ways literally?

[Coidzor]

Hmm, yes, I believe both P_Z and myself are older than you, though that more depends on whether the perception of you as being in your first year of Uni or last year of secondary school holds to the light of the candle.

[KnightDisciple]

Bah. Kids, I say. Kids! They don't appreciate what is best in life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJhNPBT7nss).

[Jibar]

Huh. Occasionally I must remember Playground Age does not equal to Real Life Age.
Even if occasionally Playground Age does equal Mental Age.

[Lyesmith]

Playground Age?
Also, loving the Neverwhere getup Curly!

[Perenelle]

..Other than the strangest urge to lick Curly like she was a toad. :smallconfused:



You wah???

Am I missing something or is this as weird as it sounds?

I'm as confused as you are. how exactly would you lick someone like they were a toad? people lick toads?

Yay new thread!! *bakes celebratory cookies* :smallbiggrin:
speaking of cookies, my aunt was attempting to bake homemade chocolate chip cookies the other day, and somehow she ended up getting dough on the ceiling. :smallconfused: reminds me of the time she tried to make applesauce in a blender and the lid flew off and sprayed applesauce all over the walls. my Aunt has had her share of cooking crisis. :smallamused:

[Coidzor]

^: You've... You've never heard of people licking toads before?

Kids today. All the best seedy references are lost on them. :smallannoyed:


Aziraphale: Based off of one's join-date. Is Playground Age.

[Player_Zero]

Huh. Occasionally I must remember Playground Age does not equal to Real Life Age.
Even if occasionally Playground Age does equal Mental Age.

You're one to talk.

[Perenelle]

^: You've... You've never heard of people licking toads before?

Kids today. All the best seedy references are lost on them. :smallannoyed:


other than the old wives tales that are about licking toads to cure disease, no.

hey, I cant help it. :smallannoyed:

[Jibar]

You're one to talk.

Yes, the Mental Age comment was related to myself.

By the way Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire thank you for the incredibly uncomfortable scene of Moaning Myrtle hitting on Harry. And the incredibly unnecessary minute long shot of her leaning on his shoulder to ramp up the creepiness.

[Kobold-Bard]

^: You've... You've never heard of people licking toads before?

Kids today. All the best seedy references are lost on them. :smallannoyed:


Aziraphale: Based off of one's join-date. Is Playground Age.

I have. I'm just curious as to why you want to lick Curly?

[Lyesmith]

Wow, join-date huh? I feel Old.

[Kobold-Bard]

Wow, join-date huh? I feel Old.

That's because you are :smallsmile:

[Lyesmith]

That's because you are :smallsmile:

In truth I had an account long, long before this. Lost the email and the password, barely remember the name. Mostly just lurked, though.

[Nameless]

Yes, the Mental Age comment was related to myself.

By the way Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire thank you for the incredibly uncomfortable scene of Moaning Myrtle hitting on Harry. And the incredibly unnecessary minute long shot of her leaning on his shoulder to ramp up the creepiness.

Yes, it was awkward. Why am I watching this? I have it on DVD.

[Quincunx]

There's no help for it, Coidzor. We live in purer and less hopeful times, where our young ones cherish linear thinking, and do not flit through the woods on hot nights on mushroom hunts. :smallsigh: No one is as beautiful in the glow from a full-sized monitor as they are under moonlight.

And CurlyKitGirl is to be licked because the choice lies between us, and her thoughts were bumbling low like sunken waterlogged wood on the stream, weighted down with erudition, where I was drifting, dragging, bumping against the ceiling on music overlaid over the spoken word, difficult to reach. I am a post-Jonestown child and cannot believe in Sun Ra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBKQNVj5Cc), but I have learned how to rise without belief.

[Perenelle]

There's no help for it, Coidzor. We live in purer and less hopeful times, where our young ones cherish linear thinking, and do not flit through the woods on hot nights on mushroom hunts. :smallsigh: No one is as beautiful in the glow from a full-sized monitor as they are under moonlight.

I feel so ashamed of myself. V.V

[Jibar]

There's no help for it, Coidzor. We live in purer and less hopeful times, where our young ones cherish linear thinking, and do not flit through the woods on hot nights on mushroom hunts. :smallsigh: No one is as beautiful in the glow from a full-sized monitor as they are under moonlight.


How about flitting off to the woods on hot nights with a couple crates of alcohol to go star gazing under clear skies while camping illegally?
All the cosmos stretched above you...
S'good to be home.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Ah, erudite random banter, is it? This is just the thread for me! I shall proceed to banter randomly, to improve the status of mankind! Or at least, to improve the forum through my contributions.

[Quincunx]

(WHOMP!) Ah. Hello, floor. This means I have to use my legs for locomotion again, doesn't it.
Someday I will learn how to descend slowly and gracefully from these flights of fancy. (Hey, when it's a self-generated psychedelic train of thought--unhook the conversational controls and let the brain proceed untrammeled, as though dreaming--is that not a definition of fantasy?)

Strange to say, star-gazing wasn't something I ever loved. Yes, they're pretty and sparkly and all, but more useful as metaphors than as something to look at and admire, and not just because I can maybe find Orion on a clear night if I'm lucky. Better to lose myself in the depths of blue in a cloudless daytime sky. . .and that in lower latitudes than here, the colors aren't as rich here.

[Pyrian]

You're in Ireland. You're supposed to lose yourself in the greens and the Guinness.

[Coidzor]

^: And by that they mean get stuck in the bushes with your SO and make babies.

How they propose one to get out again, I dinnae ken. Perhaps sobering up is all that's needed.
other than the old wives tales that are about licking toads to cure disease, no.

hey, I cant help it. :smallannoyed:

A reference to drug culture of some period or another. Let's assume the 1970s. For more information about the idea, consult your friendly, internet Wiki. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_toad)


I have. I'm just curious as to why you want to lick Curly?

<_< What Quincunx said, plus I was a tad peckish at the time. That, and it seemed like something no one had ever really pondered before.

Now that I've had a ham sandvich (http://mishinsilo.deviantart.com/art/how-SANDVICH-is-made-101243474), I'm reconsidering the act and find it more amusing than nourishing.

[Recaiden]

Apart from Terry Pratchett.

No. Everything. Even Sir Terry Pratchett.


Other than the strangest urge to lick Curly like she was a toad. :smallconfused:

You mean everyone doesn't get that?


But moonlight is so impractical. There's a time for the both.

[Rutskarn]

There's no help for it, Coidzor. We live in purer and less hopeful times, where our young ones cherish linear thinking, and do not flit through the woods on hot nights on mushroom hunts. :smallsigh: No one is as beautiful in the glow from a full-sized monitor as they are under moonlight.

Nonsense. LED light can be haunting, in the right circumstances, and questing for knowledge can be as enriching as scrabbling about for fungus.

[Quincunx]

You're in Ireland. You're supposed to lose yourself in the greens and the Guinness.

Last time I tried that, I was a third of the way to Blarney before realizing I'd missed my turn. It was a long walk home.

[Player_Zero]

Stargazing is totally better than looking at the sky. Not just for the novelty but for the thought provocation inherit from considering astrological distances and times.

[Perenelle]

A reference to drug culture of some period or another. Let's assume the 1970s. For more information about the idea, consult your friendly, internet Wiki. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_toad)



....that is the weirdest thing i've learned today. Thanks. O.O

[Pyrian]

EDIT: ^ Playground FTW! :smallbiggrin:
Last time I tried that, I was a third of the way to Blarney before realizing I'd missed my turn. It was a long walk home.Hmm. I guess there are distinct advantages to getting lost without actually moving. That way, you're neither lost nor far away when you come to.

[Jibar]

Stargazing is totally better than looking at the sky. Not just for the novelty but for the thought provocation inherit from considering astrological distances and times.

I've spent time in your home, now you should spend time at mine.
On a clear night, you can see everything at Swanton Morley Falls, provided the land owner doesn't catch you.

[Rutskarn]

I've spent time in your home, now you should spend time at mine.

Can I come in your house? You've been in my house.

I don't stargaze much. Again, call me unromantic, but they're kind of just white dots. The moon's nice, though--all the fine details on it, plus all the astronomical significance of the other celestial bodies. I don't mind just sort of taking a gander at that one.

[KnightDisciple]

I'm not a big "stargazer" per se. I do like clear nights, because I like looking at the whole picture. The overall beauty of a clear night sky.

The moon looks really cool when it's only halfway up the horizon, looks huge, and has that nifty golden tint to it.

[Player_Zero]

I don't like the moon so much. It judges me so.

[Jibar]

Can I come in your house? You've been in my house.


Yes you may. My mother makes the most wonderful cookies, we can share some while we discuss literature and I make you play console games.
I must acquire that cookie recipe from her at some point actually. I must bake more when I move into my new house.

[Rutskarn]

I don't like the moon so much. It judges me so.

It should. You are wanting in the moon's eyes.

@Jibar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKF_9ZSCR3U

[Player_Zero]

Can I come to your house? I promise I won't knock on the door and punch you in the face when you answer.

[absolmorph]

Yes you may. My mother makes the most wonderful cookies, we can share some while we discuss literature and I make you play console games.
I must acquire that cookie recipe from her at some point actually. I must bake more when I move into my new house.
Mother-cookies are always delicious.

[Kobold-Bard]

Can I come to your house? I promise I won't knock on the door and punch you in the face when you answer.

What an odd thing to promise. I generally consider that to be implied when I ask to go to someone's house. Maybe I'm just too trusting...

-----------
Comparing different filmed takes on the Nazis, critical review of Cathy Comes Home and memorising the fall of Soviet Communism. Fun weekend ahead :smallamused:

[Coidzor]

Sounds busy.

What's that one about the Cathy thing though? Seems like one of those things is not like the others...

[Kobold-Bard]

Sounds busy.

What's that one about the Cathy thing though? Seems like one of those things is not like the others...

Need to review one of the films we wached during the module. Cathy Come Home (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Come_Home) is the easy option because it's so easy to write about.

[Lyesmith]

Mother-cookies are always delicious.

Depends how much Mother they've got in them.

[Phase]

I don't stargaze much. Again, call me unromantic, but they're kind of just white dots. The moon's nice, though--all the fine details on it, plus all the astronomical significance of the other celestial bodies. I don't mind just sort of taking a gander at that one.

Well thank you kindly. Likewise to the rest.

Well huh, it seems my food really is problematic... (http://tastyplanner.com/blog/articles/The-Problem-with-Ice-Planets)

[Player_Zero]

What an odd thing to promise. I generally consider that to be implied when I ask to go to someone's house. Maybe I'm just too trusting...

When Zero comes to a house he promises no such thing without expressed consent.

[Kobold-Bard]

When Zero comes to a house he promises no such thing without expressed consent.

I'll remember that. Not that you're coming to my house. But you know, just in case.

[Player_Zero]

Incidentally, can I come to your house?

[Kobold-Bard]

Incidentally, can I come to your house?

Not if you're going to punch me when I open the door.

[Dogmantra]

He promised that he wouldn't, weren't you reading?

[Player_Zero]

Not if you're going to punch me when I open the door.

That's a deal breaker.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

That's a deal breaker.

Or a nose breaker.

[Rutskarn]

Let me try a different tack. Kobold, can I punch you in the face?

[arguskos]

Let me try a different tack. Kobold, can I punch you in the face?
K-B, say yes! It's obviously a trap, and he WANTS you to say no! :smallbiggrin:

[Player_Zero]

Let me try a different tack. Kobold, can I punch you in the face?

That's a paddlin'.

[Kobold-Bard]

K-B, say yes! It's obviously a trap, and he WANTS you to say no! :smallbiggrin:

Your logic intrigues me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter :smallbiggrin:

Still, no punching the Kobold.

[Rutskarn]

Still, no punching the Kobold.

Fascist.

I guess I'll just draw or something.

[Kobold-Bard]

Fascist.

I guess I'll just draw or something.

Why would you want to punch me? I've done nothing to you directly.

[Dogmantra]

Okay, Kobold, could I dress up as Rutsky then punch you?

[Kobold-Bard]

Okay, Kobold, could I dress up as Rutsky then punch you?

NO PUNCHING THE KOBOLD!! :smallfurious:

For any reason, in any disguise or circumstances. EVAR!!

[Kneenibble]

That's a paddlin'.

You administer paddlings these days? Oh boy.

I'm staring at your sandles, buddy. Whatchoo got? Give me what I need.

[absolmorph]

NO PUNCHING THE KOBOLD!! :smallfurious:

For any reason, in any disguise or circumstances. EVAR!!
Can I put a boxing glove on a spring and release it in the direction of your face?

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Like a jack-in-a-box, the springed punch soars through the air, ready to crush the joyous expression wrought upon his face. Oh, joy.

[KuReshtin]

Doesn't anyone in here have anything better to do on a Friday night than create new Random Banter threads and and posting up to the third page?
I leave for a couple (well, 5 or 6) hours and when I come back there's a brand new RB thread in full swing.

*must remember to punch the kobold next time I see him*
I guess I should go to bed.

[Player_Zero]

Fascist.

I guess I'll just draw or something.

That's a paddlin'


Okay, Kobold, could I dress up as Rutsky then punch you?

That's a paddlin'.


You administer paddlings these days? Oh boy.

I'm staring at your sandles, buddy. Whatchoo got? Give me what I need.

...That's a paddlin'.

Paddlin' the ol' canoe...

You better believe that's a paddlin'. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgR0m-9FmM)

[Rutskarn]

You administer paddlings these days? Oh boy.

I'm staring at your sandles, buddy. Whatchoo got? Give me what I need.

Neeby, you minx. Keep your hands off him.

Not because I'm jealous, per se. I just don't want him to come close to touching joy.

[Player_Zero]

Let me express my reaction with a graphical metaphor:


http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9056/1270495767890.gif

But rest assured that I'm not going to touch anyone else's joy. However, in order to spite you now I may well replace my cynical image with a more positive outlook.

Maybe.

[Dr. Bath]

My shower smells like cocoa. Do cocoa plants grow in pipes? Is that a thing? Conundrous.

[Amiel]

Did you confuse cocoa with the other c word?

[Castaras]

You mean your pipes are a bit cracked? :smallamused:

[Phaedra]

There's far worse things your shower could smell of. Trust me. Enjoy the moment without over-analysing it, that's what I say.

In other, not very exciting news, I hate my neighbour. Hate hate hate. Him and his dance music.

[Player_Zero]

You should burn his house down. That'll solve your problems. It may well make a few more, but you've got to break a few eggs to make a house razing.

[Amiel]

Challenge him to a paintball standoff, or use liberal amounts of paper towels and/or waterbombs.

[Phaedra]

All of those suggestions have some merit, certainly. Sadly, I don't think any of them will really deal with a guy who genuinely scares me (well, maybe Zero's, but that would lead to a whole load of other problems). He's like the stereotypical chav, it's awful.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

It's a real problem. Why, just this morning I has business in town, and my shoe got caught on a beggar.

[Rutskarn]

This morning, at 6:34 AM, I came full awake and said--and this is a direct quote--"But plastic is a very poor conductor of electricity."

Which wakes my roommate up, of course. That was fun to explain.

[Thanatos 51-50]

This morning, at 6:34 AM, I came full awake and said--and this is a direct quote--"But plastic is a very poor conductor of electricity."

Would you believe I once thought it would be interesting to see into your head for a few hours?
Kwwp saying things like that, and I might yet believe so again. Stop that.
Other interesting head-people:
PZ
Jibar
Quincux

In Other News:
Something quite interesting occurred yesterday. I went do to buy a video game. Not so interesting in and of itself, it was a 20 dollar game that just happened to be rated "M". Not that I had checked. I was, to my surprise, ID-checked. With an apologetic murmur, I produced the "Soft coy" of my Washington State ID, my Military ID having been confiscated at the time of my discharge from military service.
And this ID, which was sufficent enough to get me on a cross-country airplane flight AND let me sit at a bar in the airport as I waited, gets handed to the cashier.
"Do you have anything else?" She asks
"Still waiting for the MA one to arrive in the mail," I say.
"We can't take this, so you can't buy this," she says, chucking the game in a small hand-basket at her feet.
I shrug and move on with the other items I had purchased from said store.

It only struck me later what had just happened.
I got in a plane and could have gotten absolutely, smashingly drunk with it (I don't drink alcohol, though, so it's a moot point), but the stupid ID gets rejected when I try to purchase a video game.
The whole thing is delightfully, deliciously backwards.

[Jibar]

Would you believe I once thought it would be interesting to see into your head for a few hours?
Kwwp saying things like that, and I might yet believe so again. Stop that.
Other interesting head-people:
PZ
Jibar
Quincux


Yeah, you don't want to be going there. Quincux and Rutskarn would be fascinating, but Zero and I would be a... nightmare.

ITV: "We bought these films rights so we are damn well going to use them!"
Not that that's a complaint or anything, because it means my night has now become delightfully Irish girl filled.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Yeah, you don't want to be going there. Quincux and Rutskarn would be fascinating, but Zero and I would be a... nightmare.

I'll bring a flashlight and an assault rifle. Everything would be fine.
Also: Irish chicks?
I'm a sucker for redheads.

[Kobold-Bard]

Yeah, you don't want to be going there. Quincux and Rutskarn would be fascinating, but Zero and I would be a... nightmare.

ITV: "We bought these films rights so we are damn well going to use them!"
Not that that's a complaint or anything, because it means my night has now become delightfully Irish girl filled.

Irish girls in Harry Potter? I haven't seen them in ages, who is this?

[Coidzor]

Actually, that's the reason Quincunx moved to Ireland, funnily enough. :smallwink:

Me, I think I'd have some sort of trivia game for them with the addition of Koorli and someone else whose name escapes me right now. Ahh, Kneenibble.

And with a video camera rolling for the entire evening, I might have enough material to make a pilot...

[Rutskarn]

ITV: "We bought these films rights so we are damn well going to use them!"
Not that that's a complaint or anything, because it means my night has now become delightfully Irish girl filled.

I'm not sure I want to know what kind of films you're talking about.

Also, I don't appear on film. There's just a gray smear where I should be, and the audio track is replaced with the sound of hissing cats. I've had to use stunt doubles in my Cheese Wrap videos.

[Dogmantra]

Don't be silly. I'm the only vampire in the world.

[Jibar]

I'm not sure I want to know what kind of films you're talking about.

Also, I don't appear on film. There's just a gray smear where I should be, and the audio track is replaced with the sound of hissing cats. I've had to use stunt doubles in my Cheese Wrap videos.

Speaking of cats and Cheese Wraps, I accidentally deleted my video of the screaming cat while I was at the zoo. And I had to delete the video I did there, because it took up almost all my SD card. Turns out that recording all our lunch was a bad idea.


Actually, that's the reason Quincunx moved to Ireland, funnily enough. :smallwink:

The Irish girls?


Me, I think I'd have some sort of trivia game for them with the addition of Koorli and someone else whose name escapes me right now. Ahh, Kneenibble.

And with a video camera rolling for the entire evening, I might have enough material to make a pilot...

In my dream Playgrounder scenario, I've just got all this whipped cream and bubbles and antlers and...

Yeah...

Oh, but there is another scenario where it's every Playgrounder in the London Marathon, but instead of the London Marathon it's one D&D Game and instead of a D&D Game it's Chess.

And instead of every Playgrounder it's Sigmund Freud and he keeps winking at me.

[Player_Zero]

Other interesting head-people:
PZ


You may as well wonder what the inside of Fort Knox looks like.

Also, I can tell you what goes on in either Rutskarn or Jibar's minds. They have been weighed and they have been judged.


Yeah, you don't want to be going there. Quincux and Rutskarn would be fascinating, but Zero and I would be a... nightmare.

Would you believe, I'm just a poor boy who's a victim of circumstance?

[Rutskarn]

You may as well wonder what the inside of Fort Knox looks like.


Looks like this.

http://www.solarnavigator.net/venture_capital/venture_capital_images/usa_america_fort_knox_gold_bars_bricks_bullion.jpg

Bolstered by my success, I then did an image search for Player Zero's brain. This is the first thing that came up:

http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/reviews/images/93048-2.jpg

That sorts that out, then.

[Coidzor]

The Irish girls?

Or possibly boys.. I forget which, exactly. Just that Quinx isn't Hirish herself. Nor does she have a little Hirish in her.


In my dream Playgrounder scenario, I've just got all this whipped cream and bubbles and antlers and...

Yeah...

Oh, but there is another scenario where it's every Playgrounder in the London Marathon, but instead of the London Marathon it's one D&D Game and instead of a D&D Game it's Chess.

And instead of every Playgrounder it's Sigmund Freud and he keeps winking at me.

That sounds hot. Especially the London marathon being played as a DnD game

Not so much the Sigmund Freud covered in antlers and whipped cream though.

I'm more of a Carl Jung fan. :smallwink:

[Rutskarn]

Stupid Telltale Games, making me pre-order your crap. On the plus side, I have now gotten 6 free games from them at various points in time.

[Player_Zero]

Looks like this.
No it doesn't.


Bolstered by my success, I then did an image search for Player Zero's brain. This is the first thing that came up:

That sorts that out, then.

These images also appear:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2474410423_0ced7d385a.jpg
http://www.tmk.com/blog/zerozero-2.jpg
http://www.skratchworx.com/images/messe2007/korg/korg_zero8.jpg
http://images.91.com/zero91e/images/artwork/03.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/Redskelter/brain.jpg

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/Redskelter/brain.jpg

The horror... THE HORROR...

[Kobold-Bard]

Jimmy Carr makes a fairly attractive woman.

[Pheehelm]

This morning, at 6:34 AM, I came full awake and said--and this is a direct quote--"But plastic is a very poor conductor of electricity."One morning shortly after waking up, I believed my alarm clocks were plotting an insurrection against me.

I think I thwarted them.

[Thufir]

I proclaim this thread to be a sacred place to the followers of the Written Word. *Sets up altar/shrine/bookshelf, bows down to.*


Doesn't anyone in here have anything better to do on a Friday night than create new Random Banter threads and and posting up to the third page?

Well, I was at a party. Fun times were had.
Then today I spent a great many hours playing the Order of the Stick Adventure Game. Unfortunately I missed Doctor Who as a result. :smallfrown: Fortunately the internet has me covered in this regard.

[Rutskarn]

One morning shortly after waking up, I believed my alarm clocks were plotting an insurrection against me.

I think I thwarted them.

You can never be sure, can you. It's the curse of the tyrant; you will never be secure, you will never be safe. All you can do is execute dissenters, surround yourself with decoys, and pray your power holds.

Wait, alarm clocks? That doesn't make sense. They're appliances, they're incapable of abstract thought. No, seriously, you're fine.

[Pheehelm]

They kept making these noises, though.

[Rutskarn]

That doesn't mean they're insurgents, though. Don't be absurd.

It's brownies. Leave an offering of warm milk in a saucer. If the milk is accepted, you will find a small gift under your pillow. If the milk is rejected, move away.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Me, I think I'd have some sort of trivia game for them with the addition of Koorli and someone else whose name escapes me right now. Ahh, Kneenibble.

And with a video camera rolling for the entire evening, I might have enough material to make a pilot...

I can guarantee that within half an hour it would tangent off into a discussion of something probably Latin or Other Dead Language related before getting into obscure or bizarre literary discussions.
Then coming back around to the crazy.
Or possibly just utter bemusement over something topical.

ION:
My mum got out her vinyl singles yesterday. They are awesome and craz. She has the single The Smurfs released. And dad has the one by John Lennon and the singing frogs.

Then I had a dream where I was looking through a vinyl shop and found The Ultimate in Geekery which was hundreds of vinyls long and involved everything from the entire (original) Thunderbirds soundtrack, including the inconic theme song, dozens of cartoon themesongs, likewise for video games, to the entire G&S catalogue to new things such as anime songs, iconic cinematic soundtracks and anything even vaguely definable as geeky and has music attached to it.
I woke up wishing such a thing really existed.

[Jibar]

Wait, alarm clocks? That doesn't make sense. They're appliances, they're incapable of abstract thought. No, seriously, you're fine.

The number of clocks in my room is approaching a singularity.
And yet I feel the need for more...
And to replace all the batteries my mother removed when I left for Uni.

[Player_Zero]

The number of clocks in my room is approaching a singularity.

You mean, almost one?

[Rutskarn]

You mean, almost one?

Yes. He's assembling it piece by piece, using only parts he finds in water closets.

[Skippy]

Hey people. Last night I got to a decision. As a few of you know (or I'd hope so, but I won't hold it against you if you don't), next Friday is my AFONAL. I'll be 24 and I made a decision. I'll be rejected by 100 women before I'm 25. :smalltongue:

[Jibar]

Yes. He's assembling it piece by piece, using only parts he finds in water closets.

I'm an adventurer, in my own way.


Hey people. Last night I got to a decision. As a few of you know (or I'd hope so, but I won't hold it against you if you don't), next Friday is my AFONAL. I'll be 24 and I made a decision. I'll be rejected by 100 women before I'm 25. :smalltongue:

Smell them.
Loudly and without shame.
How I got where I am today.

[DraPrime]

Hey people. Last night I got to a decision. As a few of you know (or I'd hope so, but I won't hold it against you if you don't), next Friday is my AFONAL. I'll be 24 and I made a decision. I'll be rejected by 100 women before I'm 25. :smalltongue:

Errrr....yay? :smallconfused:

[Skippy]

Errrr....yay? :smallconfused:

Think about it. Statistically speaking, it's easier for me to find someone who will NOT reject me, by being rejected.

[Kobold-Bard]

Hey people. Last night I got to a decision. As a few of you know (or I'd hope so, but I won't hold it against you if you don't), next Friday is my AFONAL. I'll be 24 and I made a decision. I'll be rejected by 100 women before I'm 25. :smalltongue:

What happens if they don't reject you?

What happens if you have more sex in a year than many people will have in a lifetime. Combined?

What then huh??

Seriously though good luck, I'm rooting for you...sort of, feels mean hoping someone will get rejected.

[Skippy]

What happens if they don't reject you?

What happens if you have more sex in a year than many people will have in a lifetime. Combined?

What then huh??

Seriously though good luck, I'm rooting for you...sort of, feels mean hoping someone will get rejected.

Well, if I don't get rejected, go me. If I get rejected, it's their loss, really :smalltongue: but still, I'm closer to finding a good girl for me.

[Trobby]

Woahtreadsplosion! o.o;

Bleh...I think whatever's affecting me on Steam has started affecting me in RL, because I suddenly started feeling cruddy for absolutely no reason. :smalleek:

Well, my favorite aunt is here, so I'm going to go eat chips and meatloaf with her. :smallbiggrin:

[Player_Zero]

Scrabble anyone? Chess? Risk? Mahjong?

I'm in the mood for playing some games.

Wait, scratch chess. The site I used has become crap and I don't have a replacement.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Let's play the waiting game.

[absolmorph]

Hey people. Last night I got to a decision. As a few of you know (or I'd hope so, but I won't hold it against you if you don't), next Friday is my AFONAL. I'll be 24 and I made a decision. I'll be rejected by 100 women before I'm 25. :smalltongue:
That is a strangely admirable goal.
I salute you, sir.

[Player_Zero]

I already was. Waiting for someone to want to play something.

Lexulous is our scrabble website, and landgrab is for risk.

[Spiryt]

So, anybody has an opinion on UFC 112?

I'm a bit disgusted. As much as I would want to admire Anderson's skills, I must instead "admire" how complete prick he turned out to be.

Instead of finishing fight, he gave absolutely awful performance, which consisted of taunting, and probably disrespecting his opponent. Taking advantage of the fact that judge doesn't know Portuguese.

He was clowning and taunting Maia to "engage", while he was doing almost nothing - to show hell knows what.

I don't know why he is doing this lame stuff with kneeling and stuff, only to ridicule his opponent during actual fight.

I hope that somebody'll do the same to him - if he want to abuse opponent just to show that he can - Ok, I want to see somebody hold and heel hook for a bit to long. Just to show he can too.

Thoughs?

[Coidzor]

Poor showmanship always makes a performance unpleasant to watch.

They forget that their purpose is to entertain with their bloodlust. It is the fans' place to cast judgment and vitriol.

In terms of the performance, it is better for them to kill their opponent than to taunt them.

Morally, of course, the entire premise is... highly flawed.

[Spiryt]

Poor showmanship always makes a performance unpleasant to watch.

They forget that their purpose is to entertain with their bloodlust. It is the fans' place to cast judgment and vitriol.

In terms of the performance, it is better for them to kill their opponent than to taunt them.

Morally, of course, the entire premise is... highly flawed.

I'm honestly not sure if you are being serious.

They "purpose" is to fight with somewhat "complete" fight. There aren't much more "bloodlust" in it that in boxing, judo. Or in football, even where worse injuries happen quite frequently.

In terms of performance it's better to finish opponent in a fight, than to taunt him, dodge the fight, and kick his face just to harm him, abusing opponent from some sick reason.

[Dragonrider]

Events today occurred in this order:

Forgot that I have a rubbish right knee. Well, rubbish both knees, really. But the right is the pertinent one.

Speed-walked for 70 minutes today (to raise money for breast cancer. Er, against it).

Sat in the library for 4 hours, allowing myself to stiffen up.

Proceeded to limp back to my dorm, hanging onto the banister as pain radiated from the side of my right knee.

Iced it for 20 minutes. And it's still noticeably warmer to the touch than the left knee.

...

Well played.

[Player_Zero]

No scrabble then? ...Fine. Who needs ya. I'll play by myself.

...


http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9828/ronery2.jpg

[Trobby]

Scrabble anyone? Chess? Risk? Mahjong?

I'm in the mood for playing some games.

Wait, scratch chess. The site I used has become crap and I don't have a replacement.

Risk!? They have online Risk now? Good lord, man! Why didn't you tell me sooner?! I'll play! I'll Play! ...Can I be red?

[Player_Zero]

I already was. Waiting for someone to want to play something.

Lexulous is our scrabble website, and landgrab is for risk.

http://landgrab.net/landgrab/Home

But we'd need more players.

[Trobby]

;o I bet I can get a few.

Edit: I'll need to make an account though, and so will they.

[Coidzor]

I... I think I might be game for the old college try at risk..

I'm scared out of my knickers though. And confused as to how I was wearing knickers without realizing it. :smallconfused:

[Player_Zero]

When you're registered tell me who you've got and what their usernames are and I'll invite them to a game then. We'll be playing classical rules if you don't mind. No leader or fortresses.

[Trobby]

Fair enough. I'm registered up. My name's Introbulus. Er..how will I know when you've sent the invite?

[Player_Zero]

Go to the main page while logged in and there will be a notice.

[Trobby]

...Not an open public game, I assume? I'm having trouble finding it.

[Phase]

Player Zero, the black tendrils of your mind have penetrated my subconscious. I follow you as per example.

Do you know of the Skull Man?

[Player_Zero]

Player Zero, the black tendrils of your mind have penetrated my subconscious. I follow you as per example.

Do you know of the Skull Man?

I know of *a* Skull Man. Which one are you referring to?

Also, you leave my tendrils out of this.


...Not an open public game, I assume? I'm having trouble finding it.

I haven't invited you yet because I'm waiting for you to give me other players so I can invite them. You have to decide upon them before the game begins.

Ah. Actually, I think I need their email addresses to invite. Also, you'd better turn off the 'It's your turn' email notifications I think it may set as default.

Alternatively I could just make the game without invites... But I've never done that before.

[Phase]

I know of *a* Skull Man. Which one are you referring to?

http://www.ass-no-ryu.com/animeblog/images/skullman/skullman.jpg

"Behold, you who stand before me. The day shall be my arm and leg, the night my soul.

[Trobby]

I could only get one other player, and she's still signing up. I'll let you know her e-mail when she's done. Mine's [email protected] (no solicitations).

Edit: I'll PM you the info.

[Coidzor]

Signed in and up as Coidzor. AKA Coidzure Dreams.

[Player_Zero]

[Need your email thar, Coidzor. PM if you wish.

Game's up. Look for the notification and click the game name to join.]

For no one who's interested, I won.

For the scrabble follow-up game. If you two wanna play then it's on Lexulous.com. In the Multiplayer Room as always.

[Trobby]

I'm interested, and so is the uh...person I brought from before, I believe. But you'll have to give her awhile so she can sing up for Lexulous.

[CrimsonAngel]

I squeezed a cow booby today! I also fed a calf, a goat, a chicken, and I almost fed a duck, but I hate them.

I love cows!

[DraPrime]

I squeezed a cow booby today!

You know, after being on these forums for 3 years now, you would think I wouldn't get surprised anymore by what people can say, but apparently I still can.

So, was it a nice booby? :smalltongue:

[CrimsonAngel]

There were four of them... :smalleek:

[Coidzor]

I am so confused. Why do you hate ducks?

[CrimsonAngel]

One bit my pinkie and shook me around when I was a wee lad. Ducks are evil.

[DraPrime]

One bit my pinkie and shook me around when I was a wee lad. Ducks are evil.

They do make a delicious meal though.

[CrimsonAngel]

Muahahaha. :smallamused:

[DraPrime]

Muahahaha. :smallamused:

Make that buahahahaha. It sounds far more evil.

[Trobby]

I am so confused. Why do you hate ducks?

I love ducks. This is so going in my sig. =3

[Superglucose]

<minirant>Why can't anyone make organic tea without assuming it needs to be spruced up with a bit of sugar and citrus? Tea tastes just fine! You don't need to try and make it better or worse! If I wanted something that tasted like citrus, I'd get a CITRUS TEA and not a black tea. So leave my tea well alone!</minirant>

Also a local tea shop has got two different kinds of mint tea: moroccan mint and spearmint. Mmmmm!

[Rutskarn]

Man, screw tea. Carbonated high-fructose soft drinks are where it is at.

[Trobby]

I tend to add a little honey to my tea. It tastes good, and it's also good for the throat.

[Perenelle]

Man, screw tea. Carbonated high-fructose soft drinks are where it is at.

.....you make me sad. :smallannoyed:



I tend to add a little honey to my tea. It tastes good, and it's also good for the throat.

I do too. I dont really like drinking tea without honey for that matter.


I'd rather drink hot chocolate over tea any day though. Its so addicting.. I even drink it in the summer. :smalltongue:

[absolmorph]

I dislike the taste of tea. And despise the taste (and smell) of coffee.

Also, I went to my friend's birthday party today. There was music. And a white elephant gift exchange. I got a funny-ish hat. Which I wore on top of my normal hat. And under (later).
My contribution was awesome, though. I put Neopets trading card in my HearGold box, and stuffed it with tissue paper so they wouldn't move around. The dismayed screams of "NO!" filled me with joy :smallamused:
Of course, then the box was opened. I'm proud of my work :smallcool:

[Superglucose]

I tend to add a little honey to my tea. It tastes good, and it's also good for the throat.
Honey is yummy. I got a huge bottle of a local honey that's super dark and rich, and I seriously make myself cornbread just so I can have that honey on something.

And honey goes great in hot teas to give it a little less of a harsh aftertaste. Very delicious.

Then again, there's Tejava, which is the only commercial pre-brewed tea I've found that actually tastes good. It's distinctive and made from tea leaves and water, just how it's supposed to be done!

Also Jasmine is like a heroine amongst teas for rainy and cold days. Some day I will find a girl who'll look adorable bundled up as we walk along sipping cups of jasmine and I'm marvelling at how amazingly lucky I am to be with her...

I'm sorry, what? Lost my train of thought :smallwink:

EDIT: As for heart gold, I remember catching Mareep back in Silver. Then it evolved to Flaffy, and I remember thinking, "I wonder if it evolves again?" Turns out it does, into Ampharos. This was my reaction:

"... what? I did not see that coming at all."

From fluffy sheep to fluffier sheep to... thing. Not that Ampharos isn't hella cool, 'cause it is, just that I did not see it coming from mareep at all.

[Rutskarn]

.....you make me sad. :smallannoyed:\

I ain't apologizin'. Tea's alright, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing, but there's this manky leafwater edge to all of it that I can't quite get over. Doesn't matter what kind of spice or passion fruit or whatnot you stick in it, it's still basically murky plantjuice.

Coke, on the other hand, is a bullet train of all the right unhealthy nonsense. It punches you right on the nose with a blast of caffeine, scours your tongue with too much sugar, and lights your mouth up with razor-sharp carbonation. It's the finest drink I can imagine, really.

Except for Cactus Cooler. It's all that, but it tastes of orange and pineapple. That's a stroke of genius.

[absolmorph]

Coke, on the other hand, is a bullet train of all the right unhealthy nonsense. It punches you right on the nose with a blast of caffeine, scours your tongue with too much sugar, and lights your mouth up with razor-sharp carbonation. It's the finest drink I can imagine, really.

Except for Cactus Cooler. It's all that, but it tastes of orange and pineapple. That's a stroke of genius.
Pft, Coke is lame. Screw that. Mountain Dew is where it's at :smallcool:
I drink that stuff pretty much every day. Secretly. Because my mom hates me drinking soda.
Except, all my friends know. And are amused and slightly disturbed. Apparently, drinking a third of your torso's volume in a couple hours isn't normal. Who'd 'ave thunk.

[Superglucose]

Pineapple Soda.

It is absolutely hideous on its own, but it is the universal mixer, just like O- is the universal donor, but it tastes like salty water if you drink it straight.

[Rutskarn]

I do the Dew on game nights, out of a sense of obligation, but I have no real love for the stuff. Perhaps a bit too much on the sugary side for my tastes, I suppose.

[Perenelle]

I ain't apologizin'. Tea's alright, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing, but there's this manky leafwater edge to all of it that I can't quite get over. Doesn't matter what kind of spice or passion fruit or whatnot you stick in it, it's still basically murky plantjuice.

Coke, on the other hand, is a bullet train of all the right unhealthy nonsense. It punches you right on the nose with a blast of caffeine, scours your tongue with too much sugar, and lights your mouth up with razor-sharp carbonation. It's the finest drink I can imagine, really.

Except for Cactus Cooler. It's all that, but it tastes of orange and pineapple. That's a stroke of genius.

its amazing murky plant juice! :smalltongue:

dont get me wrong, I like soda and everything, I just cant drink a lot of it. except for Mountain Dew, that stuff is addicting. Root Beer is fine too. Coke hurts my throat when I swallow for some reason. too much carbonation maybe?

plus its been practically drilled through my head that soda is bad for you. First by my aunt, then my soccer coaches, then my track coach. so now I havent drank soda in..... 3 or four months-ish. :smallsigh:

[Worira]

Not only does it taste like the glandular secretions of a diseased muskox, it doesn't even have caffeine. Why would anyone ever drink it?

[Superglucose]

I do the Dew on game nights, out of a sense of obligation, but I have no real love for the stuff. Perhaps a bit too much on the sugary side for my tastes, I suppose.

Mountain Dew is caffeinated piss water.

[absolmorph]

Mountain Dew is caffeinated piss water.
Meh, works for me.

[Coidzor]

I do mostly italian sodas these days, since it's a lot cheaper than buying soda.

Only downside is the lack of caffeine in most syrups one can acquire.

Though a mocha italian soda is always interesting.

I like doing a lime and vanilla syrup italian soda. Sort of like a Green River Soda.

I do so want to try Cactus Cooler though... That sounds intriguing.

[Superglucose]

I never said Mt. Dew was bad :smallwink:

I had an ex gf get a UTI partially because she drank nothing but Mt. Dew and ate potato chips, and also partially because of poor hygene. I knew I was over her because instead of my first reaction being "Oh, I hope she's ok" it was "LOL!"

To be fair, I warned her to start eating healthy.

[Phase]

I drank Mountain Dew over the summer in a sense of brotherhood with other shut-ins. Didn't endear it to me, noxious liquid could eat a hole through the side of Fort Knox. Sprite is where its at, tastes good, and you can tell yourself its healthy despite its sugar content still being through the metaphorical roof.

[absolmorph]

I've got a very tough stomach. Drinking 64 oz of soda (which is a bit less than 2 liters, by the way) in 14 minutes got me close to throwing up, but didn't push me over the limit. And I eat... strange... concoctions I create while bored.

And Mountain Dew is actually a small part of my diet, despite the large quantities I consume. My diet is mostly pretty healthy (I eat junk food once a week, when I'm running my DnD campaign; the rest of the week is mostly home-cooked food), and I drink a lot of water and milk. So, I think the unhealthiness is surrounded by healthy-ish stuff, which makes my dietary habits less horrid. Though, the whole "eating 2 meals for half the week" should probably stop...

[Coidzor]

Dr. Pepper mixed with Mountain Dew always struck me as a good combo. Not sure why.


I had an ex gf get a UTI partially because she drank nothing but Mt. Dew and ate potato chips, and also partially because of poor hygene. I knew I was over her because instead of my first reaction being "Oh, I hope she's ok" it was "LOL!"

This. Is a good part of why it is an ex.

[absolmorph]

Dr. Pepper mixed with Mountain Dew always struck me as a good combo. Not sure why.



This. Is a good part of why it is an ex.
I've never like Dr. Pepper much. It just doesn't really taste that great to me.

And that's a good reason for it to be an ex. If it's really bad, at least.

[Rutskarn]

I've never like Dr. Pepper much. It just doesn't really taste that great to me.

And that's a good reason for it to be an ex. If it's really bad, at least.

Dr. Pepper is a good mixer with Coke. 1 part DP to 4 parts Coke adds a sort of fruitness and fizz to the beverage that goes well with fast food and other, similar dishes.

[Coidzor]

Dr. Pepper is a good mixer with Coke. 1 part DP to 4 parts Coke adds a sort of fruitness and fizz to the beverage that goes well with fast food and other, similar dishes.

I know I'm probably up too late when I'm tittering from that...

Hmm. Next time I hit up the school caf for an unhealthy cheeburger, I'm-a try that suggestion.

[absolmorph]

I know I'm probably up too late when I'm tittering from that...

Hmm. Next time I hit up the school caf for an unhealthy cheeburger, I'm-a try that suggestion.
I must be off my game; I didn't notice that o.O
Normally, I'm the one who starts laughing when my friends accidentally say stuff like that.

[Adumbration]

Say, I've never got around to trying Dr. Pepper. What does it taste like?

[Coidzor]

Say, I've never got around to trying Dr. Pepper. What does it taste like?

It's fairly unique. There are those who compare it to a blend of pepsi, coke, and root beer with a touch of ill-defined fruitiness.

[Adumbration]

It's fairly unique. There are those who compare it to a blend of pepsi, coke, and root beer with a touch of ill-defined fruitiness.

Huh. Is it fizzy like most sodas, or like Mt. Dew? I really should try it one of these days.

[Coidzor]

Less Fizzy than coke or pineapple soda. Possibly sprite and ginger ales as well.

More fizzy than soda that's started to go flat and I think 7-Up. I'd say roughly comparable to root beer or pepsi.

[Adumbration]

Less Fizzy than coke or pineapple soda. Possibly sprite and ginger ales as well.

More fizzy than soda that's started to go flat and I think 7-Up. I'd say roughly comparable to root beer or pepsi.

I'll give it a shot next time I'm heading to the movies. Sounds like a drink I might enjoy.

[cycoris]

Say, I've never got around to trying Dr. Pepper. What does it taste like?

It's caffeinated, carbonated cough syrup. I just happen to like medicinal flavours. :smalltongue:

[Kobold-Bard]

Say, I've never got around to trying Dr. Pepper. What does it taste like?

Tastes like a non-alcoholic version of Disaronno & Coke. Though that probably doesn't help. Though telling a friend that D&C tasted like Dr. Pepper found the one and only alcoholic drink she has ever enjoyed, for which here was much gratitude (she always felt a bit left out drinking orange juice on nights out).

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

I'll give it a shot next time I'm heading to the movies. Sounds like a drink I might enjoy.
Besides, what's the worst that could happen?

[Coidzor]

Great, now I'm imagining Dr. Pepper somehow going malicious and burning down the theater. x.x

Or possibly Cycoris.

Never noticed it to have a medicinal flavor before though, I must admit.

[Amiel]

Dr. Pepper tastes like liquid awesome; but it is an acquired taste.


Also, you guys got nothing on me; I can down two litres of soft drink in a little under an hour and yet remain my usual suave, appealingly thin self. I once consumed at least four bottles of energy drink, along with at least two entire boxes of assorted sugary goodness for a study session with friends and yet experienced no real side effects.

I'll possibly get strokes in my old age though :(

[Dogmantra]

Dr. Pepper tastes like liquid awesome; but it is an acquired taste.

This.

The weekly shop on Saturday tends to include four litres of Dr. Pepper (either in 2 litre bottle form or 6 can form) but it kind of "disappears" by Sunday evening. I am addicted. I have five cans by my computer right npw.

[Phase]

I'll possibly get strokes in my old age though :(

Well if wishes were gold I'd be drinking panda urine right now.

Da-shiang bao-tza shr duh lah doo-tze.

[Coidzor]

Um. What. I am so confused right now. Then again, I've been confused since... last monday...x.x

[Quincunx]

In that case you are toooo addled to have those. We don't need another "what's the frequency?" moment here. (relieves Coidzor of any bladed implements) On the other hand, desire for sheathing them in the next body of a brat who runs down the street yelping japes about me, in front of my husband no less, and goes not only unsmacked but completely ignored by his cud-chewing mother, might mean that I'm not a fit guardian of these either. . .Kobold-Bard, Phaedra, here, have these and apply them to your neighbors as you see fit.

*****

There is no knowledge that must be experienced to be known, none which cannot be conveyed in words, or all our powers of wordplay are for naught. And if the price of that knowledge is experience, then yes, I will remain ignorant of it. Not innocent, for the innocent wouldn't realize that there is knowledge to crave, but I circumscribe the activity and say no, I will not experience it, the experience is too high a cost for that knowledge. I am not a scientist, and you who cannot find the words are no poet.

(looks around this Random Banter, a particular shrine to the written word and one of its most devoted followers)

. . .Amen.

*****

Skippy, if you're going to collect 100 romantic rejections from single women, I can't help you, but if you would like to collect a variety of rejections for your year-project, I would be pleased to craft you a personalized rebuke you could wear with pride--any topic you like from physical to metaphysical, complete with enough bitter spin to flatter you by rebuking myself. (If you're also willing to stretch the definition of 'rejection' to include 'rebuke', collect some undead-turning litanies as well!)

****

Those of you with younger siblings, remind me how old a child has to be before it learns the merits of shutting up on its own initiative?

[Coidzor]

I think I learned around 6-8ish. This was with two older brothers though. And filtered through my own memory.

Which, as I mentioned is a bit hazed from the hour, lack of swords, and women. And interpersonal communications which leave me left in the dust due to getting a different skillset from the origin that led me to this place.

[Kobold-Bard]

One down, one to go. Well at least that's the depressing Cathy Come Home finished, all that's left is to watch a load of stuff about the Nazis...ah crud :smallannoyed:

[Trobby]

As far as caffeinated beverages go, usually at the absolute most I'll have three in a day, and at least two of those will either be coffee or tea. <.<; I've been trying to limit how much soda I drink, since it's mostly just carbonated sugar water. But it's such GOOD carbonated sugar water...

Though the absolute best kind of root beer I've ever had has to be the bottles of Saranac from the Saranac brewery. Yes, they make some fine beer as well, but by and large my favorite product of theirs is their root beer, and the various other carbonated sugar waters that they make. Trust me, "Ginger Beer" and "Ginger Ale" are two VERY different things.

[smellie_hippie]

I just learned that my local supply store for homebrewing is closing. They were not able to remain solvent...

I is now a sad hippie... :smallfrown:

[Shadow of the Sun]

I just listened to a new song.


Aaaaaaand my head exploded.

FREAKIN' HELL.

[DraPrime]

I just listened to a new song.


Aaaaaaand my head exploded.

FREAKIN' HELL.

Which new song?

[Superglucose]

And that's a good reason for it to be an ex. If it's really bad, at least.
Well it's not bad as in "she didn't shower" but rather that certain rituals that women must be careful about she was less careful about.

[Phase]

So I went down to the 69th regiment armory, looking to snag some swag and meet some real internet heros. I went. I browsed. I saw them from afar. It was difficult, I was fangasming left and right, I took my time but finally there they were. Andrew Hussie, Ryan North, Kate Beaton, Chris Hastings...

I touched them, and I finally know what it is to be a fanboy. Squee.

Also:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/Guanlong93/Photo52.jpg?

[Trobby]

I just learned that my local supply store for homebrewing is closing. They were not able to remain solvent...

I is now a sad hippie... :smallfrown:

Aww...bummer, man. Are you a frequent homebrewer?

Edit: Also, an autograph from the creator of Dr. McNinja? Awesome.

[Rutskarn]

Also:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/Guanlong93/Photo52.jpg?

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb81/Tamachan87/hatetodeath.png
HATE YOU STRAIGHT TO DEATH
IT WAS EITHER THIS OR AN AM REFERENCE
WHICH I MIGHT YET DO

[Dogmantra]

You try having a conversation with him without making that face when his name is Touched Ryan North.

[absolmorph]

You try having a conversation with him without making that face when his name is Touched Ryan North.
Holy.
I mean.
But.
:smalleek:
<3

[Kneenibble]

Dear Rutskarn,

when the splashes of your hate
dripped from my face like the snot
from crying too hard to snort it
sinus-deep back up, I cannot fight
against butcherback lust. I fall
through floating pits of dreams: a musty body
wrongs me with its worst,
I wrong it back - tears are nothing:
rage should be sticky like slugs.

and we mixed
as a drip of brine and a booger
at the corner of some kid's mouth

[Dogmantra]

Holy.
I mean.
But.
:smalleek:
<3

Luckily, Phase Touched Ryan North said he hadn't hugged him, else I would have been forced to kidnap him whilst in floods of tears that I missed a chance to hug Ryan North.

[Quincunx]

Kneenibble: That verse was more refreshing than a mouthful of nectar. Will go intoxicate myself on poetry and stagger around later, fall into a barfight and attempt to crack someone's skull with a rolled-up sheaf of blank verse.

[Player_Zero]

Dear Rutskarn,

when the splashes of your hate
dripped from my face like the snot
from crying too hard to snort it
sinus-deep back up, I cannot fight
against butcherback lust. I fall
through floating pits of dreams: a musty body
wrongs me with its worst,
I wrong it back - tears are nothing:
rage should be sticky like slugs.

and we mixed
as a drip of brine and a booger
at the corner of some kid's mouth

If I interpret this rightly, he loves you as much as he loves having the flu.

[Lyesmith]

And once again, I wish I could craft more than just acerbic comments and short first-person view bizarro stories.

[Quincunx]

(some time later, banging a book spine-first against the shuttered doors, only to hear from inside "You've had enough for one night. We're closed!")

That's fine. . .that's FINE! There's other ones in town.
Libraries--more, and better ones than this!

They'll loan me Zarathrustra, let me flip
and fondle pages, let me take a sniff--
A dithyramb is better than a dram!

I do not have a problem. Let me think.

(pushes herself off from the building, staggers out into the street)

[Dr. Bath]

I want more charlie brooker. Right now.

What is this sudden infatuation with 'comedy' roasts on the TV. Ugh. So terrible. How about that aeroplane food.

[Deth Muncher]

On the subject of webcomic artists, I hugged Ryan Sohmer (of Looking for Group and Least I Could Do fame) when we both realized we were both Jewish. O_o

EDIT: He initiated the hug, so I didn't get tazed by security guards.

Also, Christ Hastings was kind of a D-Bag to me when I met him. Maybe that's because it was ComiCon, and thousands of Con Guests can grate at one's sanity.

Come to think of it though, Hastings was the only one who wasn't remarkably chill. And I met several at ComiCon.

[Lyesmith]

What is this sudden infatuation with 'comedy' roasts on the TV. Ugh. So terrible. How about that aeroplane food.

It's of similar quality to James Cordon's comedy.

[Dr. Bath]

Yaaaay.

Rob Brydon saves the day often though. He's pretty great. Also the toilet duck I hear. A tiny toilet duck stuck in a box.

[Lyesmith]

Rob Brydon saves the day often though. He's pretty great. Also the toilet duck I hear. A tiny toilet duck stuck in a box.

Does PETA know?

[Dr. Bath]

Do they have PETA in Wales? I don't imagine they would survive.

[absolmorph]

Man, other people have met well-known people. I've never even seen a semi-well-known person...
I live in Orange County, for Roland's sake!
Of course, my geekiness has been flourishing a lot this last year, and before that I was quiet about being a geek (and I'm quiet to begin with), so I guess it makes some sense...
-sigh-
I guess I'll just have to wait...

[Lyesmith]

Man, other people have met well-known people. I've never even seen a semi-well-known person...

I met John Peel when I was about 10, he was lovely. I also met Steve Redgrave, who as a rule is pretty boring.

[Dr. Bath]

John Allison is the lovliest. As is Huw Davies of Bunny fame. Meredith Gran is also fairly lovely, but I gave away my lovely signed and illustrated copy of octopus pie.:smallfrown:

[Thufir]

Man, other people have met well-known people. I've never even seen a semi-well-known person...

I met Alan Titchmarsh once. And Jimmy Nail a different time, and a couple of other famous geordie people I'd never heard of (Though they may have been members of bands which I had heard of).

[Kobold-Bard]

I once passed Graham Norton as he was rushing out of a moterway services toilet. Does that count?

[Lyesmith]

I once passed Graham Norton as he was rushing out of a moterway services toilet. Does that count?

Please tell me you clotheslined him.

[Nameless]

*creeps in*
Argh, three vodkas hurt my system. ._.
[/totally un-related note]

[Lyesmith]

Argh, three vodkas hurt my system. ._.

How much vodka is a vodka? Bottle, shot?

[Phase]

On the subject of webcomic artists, I hugged Ryan Sohmer (of Looking for Group and Least I Could Do fame) when we both realized we were both Jewish. O_o

A kinsman! Shalom chaver, mah shlomcha?

But they were all awesome. Andrew Hussie was a bit reserved, but he comes off that way in his blog, and we shared a moment when I said I was star-shocked and he said he was fan-shocked.

[Nameless]

How much vodka is a vodka? Bottle, shot?

Bottle. I don't even like the stuff. It was the cherry inside, IT TEMPTED ME!


A kinsman! Shalom chaver, mah shlomcha?


Sababa. Mah nishmah?

[Dr. Bath]

I have an illustration of me and Paddington bear by John Lobban, the original illustrator of the books.

Do I win?

You are terrible, Nameless. Man up.

[Lyesmith]

Bottle. I don't even like the stuff. It was the cherry inside, IT TEMPTED ME!



Sababa. Mah nishmah?

wait wait you've had three bottles of vodka!? Like, small bottles?

John Peel signed a Home Truths postcard for me, and wrote me a nice message.

Also, I really want to send a kinda-role-model some fanmail, but I can;t find anyplace to send it to. Which is kind of good, because now I don't have to write it.

[Dr. Bath]

Kinda role model you say? Oh do go on.

Actually that's really awesome. Lub John Peel.

Either Nameless is lying or it was alchopop. I knew it. Nameless is Bubble. Where's Patsy when you need her.

[Perenelle]

I have an illustration of me and Paddington bear by John Lobban, the original illustrator of the books.


:O You lucky duck. I love Paddington Bear. I was practically raised off those books.

Along with Winnie the Pooh, Corduroy, and the Bearinstein Bears. and I just noticed that they all have bears in them..:smallconfused: I also had a lot of stuffed teddy bears in my room. I guess I liked bears. :smallamused:

[Lyesmith]

Kinda role model you say? Oh do go on.

Actually that's really awesome. Lub John Peel.


I got to be on home truths. I didn't contribute that much (The third harry potter book had basically just come out) but he was there to interview my mother anyhow.

My teacher called me a celebrity the monday after it aired, too. It was really neat, and John Peel was lovely.


Role Model (kinda) is Russell Tovey. I want to send him fan mail, but I'm terrified I'd sound creepy.

[Dogmantra]

Now it's time for me to give my only famous connection of which I am terribly proud: My godmother is the voice of BT. You know, the one who says "Please hang up and try again."

Also she knew Douglas Adams.

There. Lamest "celebrity" connection ever.

[Dr. Bath]

BEARS WILL STING YOU.

DON'T MESS WITH BEARS.

wait...

[Phase]

Sababa. Mah nishmah?

You and I have a bond of brotherhood now that can only be broken with enough goodies or the love of a beautiful video card.

[Nameless]

It was only 4 units, but it just made me feel ill. DAMN YOU SUGARY DRINKS WITH YOUR COLOURFUL TEMPTATIONS!

But they looked so pretty. :')


You and I have a bond of brotherhood now that can only be broken with enough goodies or the love of a beautiful video card.

We do? But I don't think we've ever spoken. :smalltongue:

[Kobold-Bard]

Please tell me you clotheslined him.

No sorry, I really needed to pee (we'd been driving for 6 hours and I'd consumed a frankly unsafe amount of Red Bull).

re: alcohol. Desperados (http://www.desperadosbeer.co.uk/index.asp) is the way forward for everyone. Yeah that's right, t's tequia flavoured beer. Though my mate Dave doesn't call it angry juice for the fun of it (though it seems to not affect everyone in this way).

[Perenelle]

BEARS WILL STING YOU.

DON'T MESS WITH BEARS.

wait...
for some reason that just reminded me of that song my friends and I sang when we were little.

"I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Ouch! It stung me!
I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,
Ooh! It's yucky!
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Now my mommy won't be mad at me!"


:smalltongue: I feel bad for the bumblebee...

[Dr. Bath]

Role Model (kinda) is Russell Tovey. I want to send him fan mail, but I'm terrified I'd sound creepy.

Oooh. The warwolv one. Just don't creep it up too much, it'll be fine! At least you're not a fangirl he will think.

Daaang yo. I was gonna be on Radio 4, but then they cancelled the show I was supposed to be on. Distressing.

John Peel had a horrifying school life. Really awful, it's amazing he was so well adjusted and lovely.

@^ :smallfrown: Poor bumbledbee.

Desperados are horrible, kobold! Ack. It's all about whiskey. That isn't Jack Daniels.

[Lyesmith]

Oooh. The warwolv one. Just don't creep it up too much, it'll be fine! At least you're not a fangirl he will think.



BUMBLEBEEEEE:smallfrown:

Yeah, the werewolf one. Freind of mine knows I think he's cool, and then pushes her ears out. One day I will cut her.

Also, having considered it, I think Tovey is possibly the only gay guy in England I'd class as a personal role model. Of course, this might just be because I've got a crush.

[Dr. Bath]

He is certainly better than Graham Norton.

A shoe is as well, but still.

[Lyesmith]

He is certainly better than Graham Norton.

Few things are worse, let's be honest.

[Dr. Bath]

I

I am actually struggling to think of worse things.

That is pretty bad.

Oh. Oh. Genocide. That just about edges it.

[Phase]

We do? But I don't think we've ever spoken. :smalltongue:

We do now. We are blood brothers.

Cut open your palm.

where doing it man. where making this hapen.

[Nameless]

We do now. We are blood brothers.

Cut open your palm.

where doing it man. where making this hapen.

K. *cuts*

...

Well, that hurt like Hell.

[Dr. Bath]

Phase HASS the knife. he's driving SO HARD threw the blood DOWN TOWN.

[Deth Muncher]

K. *cuts*

...

Well, that hurt like Hell.

Damn! I missed out on the Jewish Brotherhood application, it seems.

[Rutskarn]

where doing it man. where making this hapen.

I would buy the shirt with this, if it existed.

Actually, is there Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff merchandise?

[Nameless]

Damn! I missed out on the Jewish Brotherhood application, it seems.

What? I thought this was the Fluent-in-Hebrew Brotherhood application.

[Phase]

Jewish Brotherhood we just sit down and nosh on some kugel our bubbies made us.

Rutskarn and Bath why don't you get in here too, we'll do the TF2 players brotherhood thing and spill our virtual blood.

EDIT:

I would buy the shirt with this, if it existed.

Actually, is there Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff merchandise?

Sadly, no, or I would have snatched it up in a heartbeat. All Hussie had was the pixelized record and a Candy Corn Vampire shirt.

[Worira]

I'm a blood brother of the Haemophiliac's Association of America. Which is odd, seeing as I'm not a haemophiliac.