KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147

[KuReshtin]

As the dawn settles on yet another Random Banter thread (#146), it gives way to the new, and probably not really improved, thread in which we shall discuss several topics of various interests. I'm sure the topic of books, clothes and Gilbert & Sullivan will pop up at some point as well.

Da' Rules You readz these! :smallannoyed:

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

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Previous Threads:
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
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Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
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CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
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Have at it, people!

[Coidzor]

Love that new thread smell.

Smells like. *sniffs* Cheese Fishloaf? :smallconfused:

[KuReshtin]

Love that new thread smell.

Smells like. *sniffs* Cheese Fishloaf? :smallconfused:

Hmmm.. Maybe I should have cleaned out the fridge before opening the thread to the public. :smalleek: Ooops..


And also:
NEW THREAD! *RUMBAS*

[Skeppio]

And there was much rejoicing.

*Semi-enthusiastic cheering and flag-waving.*

[Coidzor]

Hmmm.. Maybe I should have cleaned out the fridge before opening the thread to the public. :smalleek: Ooops..

Great, now you've got me contemplating the horrible possible reality where that sort of thing exists. x.x Accursed foul and noisome imagination. x.x

Ahh well.

*grabs Skeppio and forms a conga line*

[Skeppio]

Great, now you've got me contemplating the horrible possible reality where that sort of thing exists. x.x Accursed foul and noisome imagination. x.x

Ahh well. *grabs Skeppio and forms a conga line*

*Dances wildly to take his mind off the horrid fish-cheese stench*

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

*Salsa*s

That's for both the dance, and the sauce, to cover up the smell.


Also: instead of normally just being boring and saying "happy birthday" on facebook to my friend, not only did I post our usual comic (which I've been doing for some time), but I said "Happy birthday! And many happy returns. Here, have a comic" in Gamol Anglisc.

Edit: Not only that, but "Many Happy Returns" turned into "gehwilc glædmód géanhworfennes", which is very poetic, in the old English style.

[The Succubus]

And so Masa's rule over the Random Banter thread came to an end, his crown snatched away by a suspicious individual in a striped shirt smelling faintly of cheese.

[KuReshtin]

And so Masa's rule over the Random Banter thread came to an end, his crown snatched away by a suspicious individual in a striped shirt smelling faintly of cheese.

What? I don't smell of cheese. It was something Coidz left in the fridge.

[Thufir]

Ooh, non-alliterative.


As the dawn settles on yet another Random Banter thread (#146), it gives way to the new, and probably not really improved, thread in which we shall discuss several topics of various interests. I'm sure the topic of books, clothes and Gilbert & Sullivan will pop up at some point as well.[/SIZE]

Well, I was iust singing the patter trio in the shower...

[Trobby]

I heard that there was dancing involved?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Introbulus/Boogietrobulus.png

This Thread has been blessed by the power of...

*BOOGIE!*

That. :smallamused:

[Phase]

Well, I was iust singing the patter trio in the shower...

I remember this one time up here where it blizzarded two days in row. All the schools had to cancel classes, so my friend and I went out to frolic in the snow. When we wanted to go back, it was, like, eight PM, and we were a mile away from our homes (we live across the street from one another.) We spent the whole walk back alternately singing Gilbert and Sullivan, throwing snowballs, and re-enacting scenes from Back to the Future.

[Dragonrider]

I heard that there was dancing involved?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Introbulus/Boogietrobulus.png

This Thread has been blessed by the power of...

*BOOGIE!*

That. :smallamused:

I really enjoy that Boogies are now officially that color.

[Gullara]

What? I don't smell of cheese. It was something Coidz left in the fridge.

You just keep telling yourself that:smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

Wait, did I actually manage to somehow derail RB? Oh what tangled webs we weave when we play madlibs...:smalleek:

[Dogmantra]

I am disappointed that this thread is not entitled "KuReshtin's KuRazy Konversations!"

[Gullara]

Wait. All the words start with different letters. What blasphemy is this?!:smallfurious:

[Dogmantra]

Wait. All the words start with different letters. What blasphemy is this?!:smallfurious:

I vote we boycott Random Banter 'til we get a new thread due to the 50 page limit!

...

Waaaaaait.

[Partof1]

Man, you people go through these threads faster than greased lightning on rocket skates going backwards downhill on greased ice.

[Coidzor]

Ah, so you are familiar with our favorite extreme sport! That's good, care for a friendly race?

[Pyrian]

Lightning rockets! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSaGIoNXu8)

[KuReshtin]

I am disappointed that this thread is not entitled "KuReshtin's KuRazy Konversations!"

Sorry tp disappoint you. Actually.. No, not really. I like this title.


Wait. All the words start with different letters. What blasphemy is this?!:smallfurious:

I'm non-conformist. Who knows, maybe this'll start a new tradition that means that threads after this don't end up with contrived and convoluted strings of words, starting with the same letter.

This, instead could be the start of the use of random words with no connection whatsoever instead. :smallbiggrin:

[Partof1]

Ah, so you are familiar with our favorite extreme sport! That's good, care for a friendly race?

Sure! After my school pictures, though.

[Trobby]

I vote that this thread requires a second batch of boogie!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Introbulus/BoogieCouple2.png

Much better. :smallbiggrin:


ION: I just realized that I had a two-week vacation, and no recap on what had happened during those two weeks! So here I go, with a summary of...

Trobby's Trip to South Trogland and the Cape of Good Trog

The South Trogland journey took me down into the state of Maryland, where Trobby met with his girlfriend. She made Trobby a dinner that, while burnt, was full of more love than any other he had ever had. They spent much time at her apartment, making in-jokes about Slowpoke and TF2 Characters, playing video games, and doing Boyfriend/Girlfriend things that are both cuddly and should not be described on these forums.

Unfortunately, not all of the Southern Troglands were happy during his visit. To make a long story short, Trobby's girlfriend was having some financial troubles with her job refusing to pay her properly, her sister was having medical issues pertaining to a bad car accident, her father was preparing for a trip back to the Middle East due to being in the Naval Air Force, and her mother, bad at dealing with stress in the best of times, was doing all she could to avoid giving herself a panic attack during these troubling times. Trobby suspects that, had he not been there to support her, his girlfriend would have been having a terrible time that week indeed. Heartfelt tears were shed when Trobby had to leave, but he promised her that they would see each other again in November. And with that, Trobby headed for the city of Ankh-Morpork New York.

New York City is not Trobby's natural environment. Numerous people in the same area tends to bother him considerably. But this was his stop on the way to the Cape of Good Cod- er, Trog. And he had his sister to protect him. A sister who, as good a sister as she is, got Trobby into the Museum of Modern Art for free. Trobby saw many funny-looking works of art, including the famous Salvador Dali picture of those melty clocks (http://jerkmag.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/the_persistence_of_memory_1931_salvador_dali.jpg) (Much smaller in person), Picasso's night full of spinny stars (http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg), and very silly exhibits, such as one where a person goes up to a microphone and shouts as loud as they can, and everyone in the museum can hear you. Trobby is not even making that one up. He gave a pretty good shout, too.

Of course there were some subtle downsides to this trip as well. While Trobby got to see his sister's production (She is a costume designer) of "Lemonade and World Domination" (A fringe play, which is basically a very low-budget production), he had to sit in an uncomfortable seat while she prepared the last-minute parts of the play. Once he got to see the actual play though, it was quite funny and entertaining, if incredibly hard to follow and bizarre. Trobby went to a bar with his sister afterward, and has determined that bars are definitely not a natural habitat for a Trobby. Especially heavily crowded bars where Trobby is sitting in the middle of everyone and is already quite tired, and the noise and the closeness of all the people in the bar cause Trobby to have what he thinks was a panic attack of extremely uncomfortable proportions.

His sister had to wait for a playwright to show up and take receipts from the production, and Trobby, being a good brother, waited there with her until midnight, when Trobby's sister determined it was not worth waiting that long. It did not help matters that Trobby's sister had her bag full of props and costumes from the show ruined by a patron who not only spilled his beer on the bag, but would not leave her alone after the fact, and made her so angry that she had to step out of the bar or risk violence in front of her little brother. And it turned out that the playwright she had been waiting for, the one who apparently had an interest in Trobby's sister for dating purposes, had been outside the bar for an hour or so, not coming in because he somehow expected Trobby's sister to be psychic and know he was there. He will not be in the running for Trobby's sister's affection anymore. Trobby's sister deserves better than this jerk.

On the other hand, Trobby had Disco Fries (http://www.zimbio.com/go/e2tIQioZuUH/http://www.worleygig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/disco-fries.jpg) for the first time ever, and they were yummy.

So after a return to Trobby's sister's apartment, and as much sleep as they could get, Trobby and sister boarded a train to get to a bus to get to the Albany where Trobby's parents with Trobby's oldestest brother and Trobby's oldestest brother's cool girlfriend were waiting to take us to Cape Cod- sorry, Cape Trog. Though the ride was crowded and uncomfortable, being in the company of Trobby's oldestest brother filled him with a joy that kept him going throughout the trip.

Cape Trog, as it turned out, had rain for us. Lots and lots of rain. All through the first three days it was a rain and nothing but for weather. This did not stop Trobby and his siblings/parents/sibling's cool girlfriend from enjoying themselves, as the Cape of Trog is a most beautiful place, and we had a beautiful house rented out to sleep in, along with many fun indoor games to play and adventures to be had in the windy rainy Trogland Coast. And we had an additional Trobby brother, the older but not oldest brother, join us with his bushy beard of bushiness. Dutiful little brother Trobby shall now plug slightly olderest brother's band. (http://www.tallahasseeband.com/news.php)

Raintime adventures include:

-Kayaking in the rain
-Visiting lighthouses
-Heading to the beach, where the wind and rain pierces one's very skin
-Visiting a neat little bakery
-Feeding the friendliest ducks in the world

Indoor games included:

-Mississippi Marbles, a dice game that is almost, but not quite, entirely a game of chance.
-Scattergories, which Trobby is far better at than he remembers being, and apparently frustrates his not-quite oldestest, brother at as well as his fatherly father.
-Monopoly, which Trobby surprisingly won, and actually completed in its entirety.
-Scrabble, which Trobby knew he would lose but enjoyed anyway.
-Super Smash Brothers Brawl, which Trobby has gotten better at than his oldestest brother.
-Soul Calibur 2, which Trobby has also gotten better at than same brother.
-New Super Mario Brothers Wii, which loses its interest quality after a handful of levels.
-Read Terry Pratchett's Maskerade, which was quite enjoyable, though Trobby still likes Witches Abroad best among the Witches Books.

Sadly, brothers Trobby and Trobby's brother's cool girlfriend had to depart on the Wednesday, which as a joke on the Trob family was the last day of rain that we had. Trobby's oldestest brother had to depart for California and work, while Trobby's not quite olderest brother had to return to Boston to prepare for a trip to California with the aformentioned band (http://www.tallahasseeband.com/news.php), so the rest of the week consisted entirely of Trobby, Trobby's Sis, and Trobby's parents.

Oh, but there was a visitor. Oh yes, a visitor most excellent. For you see, Trobby has a friend who lives in Massachusetts, and Trobby's friend, upon hearing his closeness in location, decided to give Trobby a visit one night. Trobby's friend was quite the character, more of a gaming nerd than even the Trobby, a superior film critic to him as well, and better versed in Anime-fu than him as well. He wore a Star Wars shirt and a Zelda watch from the original Ocarina of time release. Trobby regularly plays RP games with this person, and he is quite good at it. Trobby impressed his friend with his brother's association with Star Wars In Concert, as well as Trobby's skill at video games, which surprisingly surpassed his friend's. And Trobby's friend shared in Dragon Ball Z knowledge, and the fact that Goku's backstory seems to strongly resemble Superman's (An alien who came to earth and became a superhero after his home planet was destroyed? Hmm...)

And there were other adventures too. Trobby beach time, Trobby visiting very cruddy shops time, Trobby eating ice cream and Lobster time, Oh, and Trobby Theater Time.

Yes, Trobby went to the theater. And he saw Forum for the first time ever.

Trobby's opinion of Forum is that it is easily the funniest play he has ever seen, unfortunately brought down a bit by bad costume and stage design, as well as a few under-par actors. Nevertheless, the production made Trobby laugh very much, and he was very pleased, for Trobby's Cousin with Glasses and a Piano was the Rehersal Pianist for the show, and seeing this cousin greatly pleased Trobby.

The last day of Cape Trog visit consisted mostly of packing Trobby things away for the trip back. Along the way the Trobs observed houses in the style of a Cape Cod (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_%28house%29), which is odd considering we were on Cape Trog, and a yummy breakfast, followed an hour or two later by a not-so-yummy tumble onto the ground outside of a Dunkin' Donuts. Trobby, you see, had a mission to ask his mother if she desired drinks, and in his haste he musjudged the position of the sidewalk, overstepped himself, began to tumble forward, tried his very best to maintain his balance, failed, proceeded further forward, fell onto the ground, bounced once, and slid just enough to give Trobby a rather nasty scrape on his arm. Trobby is still getting over said fall, but he feels the fall was quite spectacular, and since there were also free donuts and a bottle of cold water for the Trob to heal with, he was alright. Trobby said goodbye to his sister in Ankh New York, as well as sister's cat that had gotten super lonely over the week she had been absent, Trobby and Trobby Parents returned to the North, for Trobby stays with his parents until he finds himself a decent job. Trobby and Parents had a nice dinner at a diner, and one last serving of soft-serve ice cream, before Trobby's visit to the South and Coastal Troglands finally came to an end.

Thus ends Trobby's Summer Adventures. Trobby hopes you enjoyed this tale, and hopes that his spectacular fall wound will heal soon. Thank you. *Bow*

[Dallas-Dakota]

*hands cookies to those currently present*

*BOOGIE OMNOMNOM COOKIE BLESSES*

:smalltongue:

[KuReshtin]

So, the Stig has been revealed, and the man behind the helmet will be allowed to publish his autobiography, telling the world that he is The Stig, even though he'd signed an agreement of non-disclosure.

Last time the Top Gear guys found out that the man behind The Stig had revealed his identity, they killed off the Black Stig, and replaced him with the current White Stig.

So, who else thinks they'll kill off the White Stig and replace him with a new Stig? And if so, what colour will the new Stig be?

I think it'd be perfectly in the spirit of the show if they replaced the White Stig with Sabine Schmidt* as a Pink Stig instead. That would be pretty awesome.

*The Queen of the Nurnburgring

[CurlyKitGirl]

From the last thread:


Originally posted by PJ the Epic (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9265965&postcount=1431)Wait...the six-yar-old ran the cocktail bar? Or was it some other cousin? :smallconfused:

The six-year-old ran the cocktail bar. She took the orders, I handled most of the alcohol, but she basically ran it.


Originally posted by Thufir (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9266048&postcount=1432) You weird rural types with your alcohol tolerance! :smalltongue:

Yep. It must be the inbreeding. :smalltongue:


Originally posted by Malmal (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9266058&postcount=1433)Due to my aforementioned Russian Jewish heritage I am well versed in the art of drunkenness. Well, my drunkenness at any rate. I even give warnings beforehand that I probably will end up topless and/or kissing people. Luckily the second one didn't occur last time.

I think toplessness for the dudes among us wouldn't be as . . . attention getting as it would for the rare female among us.
I also have no wish to get that scurrilously drunk. I hear hangovers are a terrible thing.


Originally posted by Malmal (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9266058&postcount=1433)wish I could go to Oxford to study. I go there to see my Uncle anyway, it's a beautiful city.
But it looks like I'll be, hopefully, going to Canterbury once it's my time, even though I should be going this year....thank you one year of media course, even though it did give me this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrCzg3_5kRU&feature=related) It was quite fun searching through 20 minutes of footage and then turning some of the rejected stuff into that 13 second clip.

Oxford's bootiful, next time you come up, send me a PM; if it's in term-time maybe a miniature meetup could be arranged. Nice clip by the way.


Originally posted by Fred (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9268435&postcount=1467)Statistically, so is everyone else in Europe. According to QI, that is. In other words, it's indisputably true, for none can eclipse Stephen Fry.


I thought that immediately too. QI is a lovely place. I swear teenagers learn more from that show than from school.


Originally posted by Fred (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9268435&postcount=1467)Blackader is amazing. I've already rewatched it about three times this summer, though. :smalltongue:
Blackadder the Third's my favourite series. It's made of pure win.


Eeeeh, I like Goes Fourth because it's classic. But I have a soft spot for II and Third as well. Queenie librarian-poo insane. As in George. Gasp! The Scarlet Pimple episode - awesome.


Originally posted by Fred (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9268435&postcount=1467)IMPOSSIBLE.
Unless you just didn't realise you were tipsy. Some of my friends are like that.
Perhaps you were weaned on cider? :smalltongue:


Despite my rural Cornishness I've not had cider yet. It may be a slim possibility though.
And I sincerely have never been tipsy. If I have, the only side-effect is being absolutely normal in all shapes, forms and attitudes. Seriously.


Originally posted by [B]Coidzor[/BI think the Cornish English are now the most scary group of people on the planet to me. Or at least the results of Koorly's grandparents's. :smalleek: (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9268447&postcount=1468)

:smallamused:
My maternal aunts and uncles do have a scary tolerance for alcohol.
I iust haven't crossed the line where alcohol actually has the effect of making someone drunk yet. It will given time. And knowing me the way I do, it will be the only time it happens.

Also: hooray! I'm not Welsh any more.


Originally posted by Thufir (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9268469&postcount=1469)Well, Cornwall is a lawless hive of scum and villainy.

What he says is utterly true. Iust this week I've learnt of about twenty or so villainous things the maternal side has done in the past.
We're all lawless scum and villains down here. It's why I've got so much krisma. It's the piratical smuggler in me.

And this thread:


So, the Stig has been revealed, and the man behind the helmet will be allowed to publish his autobiography, telling the world that he is The Stig, even though he'd signed an agreement of non-disclosure.

Last time the Top Gear guys found out that the man behind The Stig had revealed his identity, they killed off the Black Stig, and replaced him with the current White Stig.

So, who else thinks they'll kill off the White Stig and replace him with a new Stig? And if so, what colour will the new Stig be?

I think it'd be perfectly in the spirit of the show if they replaced the White Stig with Sabine Schmidt* as a Pink Stig instead. That would be pretty awesome.

*The Queen of the Nurnburgring

Me. It's what happened last time, so it'll happen again.

[Trobby]

....Wait, did I miss something about Koorly running a bar? :smalleek: When did this happen?

[Recaiden]

In what way is Maryland South Trogland?

And the new Stig will have to be a grey colour.

[Trobby]

Er...I thought Trogland was what we called the USA. #<.<# am I totally wrong? I'll just go hide in a corner now...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Trogland is the USA. Maybe Cai thinks Maryland isn't South Trogland?

[Recaiden]

Er...I thought Trogland was what we called the USA. #<.<# am I totally wrong? I'll just go hide in a corner now...

That is what we call it! But Maryland is in the north part of Trogland. Isn't it? :smalleek:

Come on out of the corner now...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

That is what we call it! But Maryland is in the north part of Trogland. Isn't it? :smalleek:

Come on out of the corner now...

Maryland is considered the South, in the historical and social dividings of the North and South coast.

[Trobby]

And from the Northeast, to me, it is totally a Southy state. ;p Foolish Reca.

Though to be fair...I totally understand it being North as well. It just...exists as a South for me.

[Recaiden]

And from the Northeast, to me, it is totally a Southy state. ;p Foolish Reca.

Though to be fair...I totally understand it being North as well. It just...exists as a South for me.

Fine. It just always was shown to be northerly from the view of us southwesterners. :smallredface:

[Lillith]

*yawns* Oh man, I hate jetlag. I wish there were any remedies for that or ways to get over it quicker. =_= I hate it while feeling like a wreck during a lecture because my body is convinced it's 5am in the morning, not 2pm in the afternoon.

[Archonic Energy]

So, the Stig has been revealed

yes it's true.

I am the Stig.

[Quincunx]

Alternately, they could put someone else in a Pink Stig suit and just let everyone think they know who it is (although I have nothing against the Slightly Unbalanced but in a Good Way Queen of the Nurburgring). It might behoove them to find one, however, which won't talk at all.

*Pinky and the Brain theme music*

[Gullara]

*hands cookies to those currently present*

*BOOGIE OMNOMNOM COOKIE BLESSES*

:smalltongue:

Mmm cookies. *noms cookies*

[The Succubus]

I'm the Stig and so's my wife!

That suit gets awfully cosy :smallamused:

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I'm the Stig and so's my wife!

You, Masa, have just won one metric ton of awesome. Enjoy. :smalltongue::smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

My maternal aunts and uncles do have a scary tolerance for alcohol.
I iust haven't crossed the line where alcohol actually has the effect of making someone drunk yet. It will given time. And knowing me the way I do, it will be the only time it happens.

Also: hooray! I'm not Welsh any more.


Oh, right, sorry, the Welsh are scary. Not for their alcohol tolerance, but for having a six yea old manage the alcohol.

Silly Koorly. Hangovers aren't the end of the world. Especially not if one actually hyrates.


Alternately, they could put someone else in a Pink Stig suit and just let everyone think they know who it is (although I have nothing against the Slightly Unbalanced but in a Good Way Queen of the Nurburgring). It might behoove them to find one, however, which won't talk at all.

*Pinky and the Brain theme music*

So, either a robot, or someone whose vocal chords they cut out.... AH, I've got it, they can get Jack from Bioshock! :smallbiggrin:

[Thufir]

I think toplessness for the dudes among us wouldn't be as . . . attention getting as it would for the rare female among us.

I'm sure I could be a gentleman and not ogle you.
*Totally has fingers crossed behind back*


Eeeeh, I like Goes Fourth because it's classic. But I have a soft spot for II and Third as well. Queenie librarian-poo insane. As in George. Gasp! The Scarlet Pimple episode - awesome.

Third is probably my favourite, as I was observing while watching it. Possibly because it puts Blackadder in much more of an underdog position, which iust allows him to shine all the more.
Or something like that.


What he says is utterly true. Iust this week I've learnt of about twenty or so villainous things the maternal side has done in the past.
We're all lawless scum and villains down here. It's why I've got so much krisma. It's the piratical smuggler in me.

That must be it. You charmer you. :smallwink:


Er...I thought Trogland was what we called the USA. #<.<# am I totally wrong? I'll just go hide in a corner now...

No no. Trogland is what we call Vespuccia.
Vespuccia is what we call the USA.

[Gullara]

Its official, Breyers natural vanilla is the most delicious of ice creams, at least of the store boughten kinds. My parents bought a big pail from Costco to go with a birthday cake and they left me the half a pail that was left. Mmmmmm

[Snares]

Well, Durham (DURRRR ham? :smalltongue:) seemed pretty and rather nice. Durham's no Oxford, but, well, Oxford is Oxford (if that made any sense at all). Actually spent a week at Oxford on this summer school thing studying history a few weeks back, it was pretty awesome, and for a short while I became an expert on the movement patterns of Russian migrant labourers in the late 1800s. :smallcool:

Still none the wiser as to where I want to go to uni. I doubt I'll get the grades Oxbridge will be asking for. Warwick and Lancaster both have awesome-sounding creative writing courses, though...

[AtlanteanTroll]

Trogland is the USA

I feel insulted :smallmad:

[Thufir]

How is having an alternative name for your country of origin/residence insulting to you?

[AtlanteanTroll]

How is having an alternative name for your country of origin/residence insulting to you?

Trog is an insult.

[Coidzor]

Trog is an insult.

Trog is a forum member too. :smallwink: An infamous one.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Trog is a forum member too. :smallwink: An infamous one.

It also mean Troglodyte and is a derogatory term for the Native Americans :smallannoyed:

[Thufir]

Never heard of that usage of it, and it's certainly not being used in that sense in this case.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Never heard of that usage of it, and it's certainly not being used in that sense in this case.

OK. Can't stay mad now can I? I got cast in the Hobbit, as what, I don't know, but I was cast :smallbiggrin:

[PJ the Epic]

OK. Can't stay mad now can I? I got cast in the Hobbit, as what, I don't know, but I was cast :smallbiggrin:

Awesomes. My school play doesn't sound nearly as cool. It's about some spelling bee or other.

[Coidzor]

Awesomes. My school play doesn't sound nearly as cool. It's about some spelling bee or other.

Is not a bad musical, if it's the big one.


It also mean Troglodyte and is a derogatory term for the Native Americans :smallannoyed:

Learn something new every day.

Apparently that's what chimpanzees's species name be too.

Hmm, didn't think native americans ever got associated with caves even during the really racist phase of things.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Is not a bad musical, if it's the big one.

Speaking of musicals, I told the director that the schools musical next year should be X-Men. She declined :smallfrown:

[Cobalt]

I cannot believe this has less than a thousand views. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3VkNS-NRas&feature=related)

It probably has a higher hit count back on Nico (...It is on Nico... Right...?). But wow, seriously? That's a damn good video. Where are all the Youtubers at?

[Gullara]

Trog is a forum member too. :smallwink: An infamous one.

*looks around for Trog* I was half expecting him to pop into the thread. Too bad.

[Coidzor]

Speaking of musicals, I told the director that the schools musical next year should be X-Men. She declined :smallfrown:
wat?

*looks around for Trog* I was half expecting him to pop into the thread. Too bad.
Sadly, the most interesting Trog in the world is a busy Trogpants. To be expected though when so many people vie for his attention and attentions. :smallwink:

I cannot believe this has less than a thousand views. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3VkNS-NRas&feature=related)

It probably has a higher hit count back on Nico (...It is on Nico... Right...?). But wow, seriously? That's a damn good video. Where are all the Youtubers at?
Interesting. I'm a yubtubber. Will watch in a second when I get done replying. Then I'll either edit in or do a new reply for a reaction. Maybe. grargh.

[AtlanteanTroll]

wat?

I asked my Play Director to make a musical play out of X-Men and put it on next year.

[CrimsonAngel]

I chained myself to my desk chair until I finished my homework but I kinda like being chained down. Is that bad?

[AtlanteanTroll]

I chained myself to my desk chair until I finished my homework but I kinda like being chained down. Is that bad?

No, it sounds normal.

[Coidzor]

I asked my Play Director to make a musical play out of X-Men and put it on next year.

Why? :smallconfused: I was horrified for a minute there when I thought there might have already been a play floating around.

...Or possibly some kind of play about FtMs and/or MtFs....


I chained myself to my desk chair until I finished my homework but I kinda like being chained down. Is that bad?

Eh, just a kink. The whole you being distressed by a hottie riding your bus would probably be more indicative of badness. Which it isn't at all, really, so, yeah. :smalltongue:

[PJ the Epic]

Is not a bad musical, if it's the big one.


Big one what? :smallconfused:

[AtlanteanTroll]

Why? :smallconfused: I was horrified for a minute there when I thought there might have already been a play floating around.

...Or possibly some kind of play about FtMs and/or MtFs....

You know you want to see Mystique singing in a play.

[Coidzor]

Big one what? :smallconfused:
There's a big broadway-level play called Spelling Bee. My english teacher my junior year was a bit of a fan and tried to get the theatre to put it on that year. But we ended up doing something else, I think. I sorta didn't make it to that one, IIRC, due to shenanigans and only really going to plays if I have a date most of the time, as it feels awkward to go to one alone.

Same thing with movies, really. Though I'm not sure if I could feel at ease at going to see a play with a bunch of friends the same way I'm cool with it for movies. I'm weird, haha.

You know you want to see Mystique singing in a play.

Nah, Mystique's definitely more of a one woman opera.

[PJ the Epic]

There's a big broadway-level play called Spelling Bee. My english teacher my junior year was a bit of a fan and tried to get the theatre to put it on that year. But we ended up doing something else, I think. I sorta didn't make it to that one, IIRC, due to shenanigans and only really going to plays if I have a date most of the time, as it feels awkward to go to one alone.

Same thing with movies, really. Though I'm not sure if I could feel at ease at going to see a play with a bunch of friends the same way I'm cool with it for movies. I'm weird, haha.


I don't know if that's the right play. I can't go to plays with friends because I'm usually in the pit. Orchestra, that is.

[Thufir]

Learn something new every day.

Apparently that's what chimpanzees's species name be too.

Yep. Pan troglodytes, IIRC.


You know you want to see Mystique singing in a play.

Not particularly. Some things lend themselves to adaptation to musical form. X-Men? Not really.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Nah, Mystique's definitely more of a one woman opera.

OK, so maybe not a musical, but I mean, it'd be so awesome. Batman may be easier to do, considering the fact that their aren't superheroes, but still, a DC and/or Marvel play would be AWESOME.

[Thufir]

OK, so maybe not a musical, but I mean, it'd be so awesome. Batman may be easier to do, considering the fact that their aren't superheroes, but still, a DC and/or Marvel play would be AWESOME.


Not particularly. Some things lend themselves to adaptation to musical form. X-Men? Not really.

Batman? Even less so.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Batman? Even less so.

Oh no, I meant Batman should be a plain old play. The whole thing was mainly a joke. Lots of jokes in theatre.

[Coidzor]

OK, so maybe not a musical, but I mean, it'd be so awesome. Batman may be easier to do, considering the fact that their aren't superheroes, but still, a DC and/or Marvel play would be AWESOME.
Still, less awesome than such things actually occurring in their proper universes.

Because, seriously, Mystique was built for the stage.

I don't know if that's the right play. I can't go to plays with friends because I'm usually in the pit. Orchestra, that is.

Are all the plays musicals or something? Most dramas don't need a pit...:smallconfused: I had thought anyway...

[Deth Muncher]

*BELATED BOOGIE*

Sorry I'm late guys - real life is a beach sometimes, y'know?

[AtlanteanTroll]

Because, seriously, Mystique was built for the stage.

Of course she is, she's naked Mystique.

[PJ the Epic]

Are all the plays musicals or something? Most dramas don't need a pit...:smallconfused: I had thought anyway...

Mostly. I'm not a "cultured" type, I just love my bassoon. And my clarinet too, don't get me wrong, I just love the bassoon more. So I really wouldn't imagine going to a play where I didn't play some music at.

[Skeppio]

The bright green! My eyes! IT BURRRRRRNNNNS!!!

Let's boogie on down to a less glaring colour!

*BOOGIE*

[Deth Muncher]

Mostly. I'm not a "cultured" type, I just love my bassoon. And my clarinet too, don't get me wrong, I just love the bassoon more. So I really wouldn't imagine going to a play where I didn't play some music at.

Pfft, double-reeds.

<-Plays euphonium/tuba/trombone

[PJ the Epic]

Pfft, double-reeds.

<-Plays euphonium/tuba/trombone

I can make my friggin' reeds! :smallfurious:

Can you make your mouthpeice? :smallconfused: No, you can't, don't be cheeky.

[Deth Muncher]

I can make my friggin' reeds! :smallfurious:

Can you make your mouthpeice? :smallconfused: No, you can't, don't be cheeky.

Sure I can, just give me some molten metal and a cast for it. SO THERE.

[AtlanteanTroll]

<- is in no way muscially inclined and has no idea what you're all talking about.

HI!!

http://media.photobucket.com/image/KIRBY%20Waving/watt_1/kirby-2.jpg

[Partof1]

I used to play trombone, back in grade 6.

Prolly coulda been decent now, but I didn't like practicing :P

[TSGames]

I've never posted in these threads before, but I just stopped in to ask: what happened to the alliteration in the title?

[Gullara]

I've never posted in these threads before, but I just stopped in to ask: what happened to the alliteration in the title?

Somebody *glares at KuReshtin* desided they wanted to be "different". :smallmad:
:smalltongue:

EDIT: By the way, welcome.

[Starfols]

I've never posted in these threads before, but I just stopped in to ask: what happened to the alliteration in the title?

Because if we did alliterations like what Dogmantra (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9269486&postcount=16) said, the thread would be acronymed as KKK. :smalleek:

[Gullara]

Because if we did alliterations like what Dogmantra (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9269486&postcount=16) said, the thread would be acronymed as KKK. :smalleek:

He could have more K's. It could have been KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

[KuReshtin]

I've never posted in these threads before, but I just stopped in to ask: what happened to the alliteration in the title?

It just took a break. I'm sure it'll be back again for the start of the next thread.


Somebody *glares at KuReshtin* desided they wanted to be "different". :smallmad:
:smalltongue:


I honestly didn't think it'd be such a big deal. I mean, there have been several RB threads in the past that haven't done the alliteration in the title, and no one seemed to be bothered by that.

Just suck it up, will ya? :smalltongue: Or i'll flush your soul down the toilet.

[Gullara]

Just suck it up, will ya? :smalltongue: Or i'll flush your soul down the toilet.

Hmm that may have happened while I was on my unwanted "break" from the Playground. Don't worry, if I had been around they would have receive the same verbal lashing you have.:smalltongue:

EDIT: *Squints* what's that about my soul?

[The Succubus]

Speaking of musicals, I told the director that the schools musical next year should be X-Men. She declined :smallfrown:

I think it's physically impossible for this idea to not be awesome. Mystique singing about how it's hard to be a polymorphic assassin - "Stand By Your Magneto".....

Someone call Andrew Lloyd Webber dammit!

[KuReshtin]

Hmm that may have happened while I was on my unwanted "break" from the Playground. Don't worry, if I had been around they would have receive the same verbal lashing you have.:smalltongue:

EDIT: *Squints* what's that about my soul?

You traded your soul to me for a set of the UKitP Meet Dice from the X-Mas meet last year.
Did you already forget that? :smallwink:

[Castaras]

Batman? Even less so.

My drama group has done Batman: The Musical. It actually wasn't that bad. :smallbiggrin:

[Rawhide]

To all ye doubters, X-Men, The Musical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJvECLL5NY).

[Archonic Energy]

You traded your soul to me for a set of the UKitP Meet Dice from the X-Mas meet last year.
Did you already forget that? :smallwink:

yes, and i traded Hippie's Soul.
:smallamused:

[Trobby]

Well, as long as we're plugging strange ideas for a musical... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_mAnR48jSg)

[Gullara]

You traded your soul to me for a set of the UKitP Meet Dice from the X-Mas meet last year.
Did you already forget that? :smallwink:

How could I forget that?:smalltongue:

[CurlyKitGirl]

Oh, right, sorry, the Welsh are scary. Not for their alcohol tolerance, but for having a six yea old manage the alcohol.

Silly Koorly. Hangovers aren't the end of the world. Especially not if one actually hyrates.

I'm doomed to Welshnessness aren;t I? :smallsigh: Could be worse though.
Besides, Six-Year-Old Cousin was being managed by me, so it was perfectly safe.
She did get hyperactive after some special [Cousin's Name] (Non) Alcoholic Cocktails though. Note to self: Cousin get hyper after too much cranberry iuice.


I'm sure I could be a gentleman and not ogle you.
*Totally has fingers crossed behind back*

Yeeeaaahhh. And I'm sure you could give me £500 and unleash me in Blackwells or another suitably large or intruiging book shop and I wouldn't spend a penny. If you can't tell how fasle that statement is, you need to rethink who I am.
Besides, I'll prolly be wearing another top under my top.


Third is probably my favourite, as I was observing while watching it. Possibly because it puts Blackadder in much more of an underdog position, which iust allows him to shine all the more.
Or something like that.

Butler Blackadder was more malicious than the others, and Blackadder's always an underdog. Admittedly, not so much in One, but One had Brian Blessed. And we all know he makes everything epic.
. . .
That's it. I'mma gonna go geek out to Flash Gordon (aaaaaaahhhhhh) tonight. Fare thee well productive evening finishing the last four lines of my translation.


That must be it. You charmer you. :smallwink:

Well, we all know sexy female pirates have 18CHA as a base rate. :smallwink:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/CurlyKitGirlP.png


Well, Durham (DURRRR ham? :smalltongue:) seemed pretty and rather nice. Durham's no Oxford, but, well, Oxford is Oxford (if that made any sense at all). Actually spent a week at Oxford on this summer school thing studying history a few weeks back, it was pretty awesome, and for a short while I became an expert on the movement patterns of Russian migrant labourers in the late 1800s. :smallcool:

Still none the wiser as to where I want to go to uni. I doubt I'll get the grades Oxbridge will be asking for. Warwick and Lancaster both have awesome-sounding creative writing courses, though...

APPLY TO OXFORD!
To do . . . history? English? Doesn't do Creative Writing though . . . but we're so awesome here.
But I'm ridiculously biased, so don't take my word for it (Do so!).
Cardiff has a good English course though, I applied to it; had some good stuff, but wasn't as varied as my current course - but well.
Ah, but really though? Durham has a very good reputation for English, and it's quite a good course. So's York if I remember my prospectuses right.

ION: By the time I next post here I will have finished the longest and hardest part of my Long Vac work. Woo!

[Trobby]

Well, we all know sexy female pirates have 18CHA as a base rate. :smallwink:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/CurlyKitGirlP.png


As a fellow sexy pirate, I approve of this message. :smallwink:

[CurlyKitGirl]

As a fellow sexy pirate, I approve of this message. :smallwink:

Well, hello there my fine man. Care to come onboard? :smallwink:

Ahem.
IT'S FINISHED!
And my Sermo Lupi came today. It's a whole eighty-three pages long. The sermon itself is twenty pages long. It's only two hundred and ten lines long though, and it's prose. So easy peasy lemon squeezy.

And my Iunius Manuscript came yesterday (seven pounds! It's virtually brand new - iust got some small translations of several of the hemi-stiches. Bargain), so I'm torn between translating as much as I can for gits and shiggles, or translating poems I should be doing my essay on.
I'll prolly do both as I have two weeks on the Iunius manuscript this term anyway.
Geeky win-wins are fantastic aren't they.

Oh yessssss, and tonight is the night of Flash (aaaahhhhhhh) Gordon. :glee:

[Gullara]

For some reason I thought I mad a pirate avatar, but sadly I have not:smallfrown:

Oh well, bearded, trench coat guy with sweet glasses will have to do.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

I thought that immediately too. QI is a lovely place. I swear teenagers learn more from that show than from school.
I know I did. QI appeals to me on so many levels it's ridiculous.


The Scarlet Pimple episode - awesome.
'You see, the Scarlet Pimpernel would never ever reveal his identity, that's his great secret. So, what you're actually looking for is someone who has, say, just been to France and rescued an aristocrat, but when asked "Are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?", he replies, "Absolutely not," sir.'
'Wait a minute - Blackadder, you've just been to France, and you've rescued a French aristocrat... oh Blackadder, are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?'
'Absolutely not, sir.'


Despite my rural Cornishness I've not had cider yet. It may be a slim possibility though.
And I sincerely have never been tipsy. If I have, the only side-effect is being absolutely normal in all shapes, forms and attitudes. Seriously.
Permanently slightly drunk, then? It only gives credence to the 'weaned with cider' theory. :smalltongue:



Yeeeaaahhh. And I'm sure you could give me £500 and unleash me in Blackwells or another suitably large or intruiging book shop and I wouldn't spend a penny. If you can't tell how fasle that statement is, you need to rethink who I am.
I always know I'm doing the right thing studying English when I get very excited at the mere thought of tons of books.
I got most of the rest of my reading list today by post and had a bookgasm. Immediately started reading Mansfield Park. I'm hopeless against books. :smalltongue:


Butler Blackadder was more malicious than the others, and Blackadder's always an underdog. Admittedly, not so much in One, but One had Brian Blessed. And we all know he makes everything epic.
But the maliciousness plus the furthest-under as an underdog position gives him some even-more-amazing-than-usual lines. I just also loved the dynamic between Blackadder and Prince George in the Third.


That's it. I'mma gonna go geek out to Flash Gordon (aaaaaaahhhhhh) tonight. Fare thee well productive evening finishing the last four lines of my translation.
I love So Bad It's Good. My friends and I are specialists in it.
Speaking of which, I'm going to a screening of The Room tomorrow. Should be fantastic.
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!

[AtlanteanTroll]

To all ye doubters, X-Men, The Musical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJvECLL5NY).

I have won.

[Malfunctioned]

Oh yessssss, and tonight is the night of Flash (aaaahhhhhhh) Gordon. :glee:

Should I be proud or ashamed of the fact that I can do that scream almost perfectly? Or at least I could a few months ago, though I don't think my voice has changed since then. :smalltongue:



Also. Did someone say pirate (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs293.snc3/28334_394923711597_547801597_4044683_2800210_n.jpg )?

[CurlyKitGirl]

I know I did. QI appeals to me on so many levels it's ridiculous.

Everyone likes QI, and the Troglanders who see it on YouTube wish they could watch it on TV like us Britlanders.
I think it's because it's so scatalogical. One moment they're discussing how bees buzz, and then they're talking about the single most ironic way to kill a bee or how best to utilise motorised tortoises, and then it's back to penises and sex iokes.
Intelligent, whimsical and crude, who can't love it?


'You see, the Scarlet Pimpernel would never ever reveal his identity, that's his great secret. So, what you're actually looking for is someone who has, say, just been to France and rescued an aristocrat, but when asked "Are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?", he replies, "Absolutely not," sir.'
'Wait a minute - Blackadder, you've just been to France, and you've rescued a French aristocrat... oh Blackadder, are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?'
'Absolutely not, sir.'

:bigsquee:
"And the Scarlet Pimpernel would not ask for a credit note of Xty thousand pounds, made to cash."
:bigsquee: "Oh I say, really, well then, this credit note is not going to be given to the person who isn't the Scarlet Pimpernel." :BIGWINK:

:smallgasp:
The Dictionary episode! No. The Acting episode.
"Macbeth"
"Arrgh. Hot potatoes, orchestra stalls, Puck shall make amends, akh!"


Permanently slightly drunk, then? It only gives credence to the 'weaned with cider' theory. :smalltongue:

I confess.
All born and bred Cornish people (and the maiority of people from the south-west) are permanently slightly drunk.
It's what gives us our local charm and easy going nature.
That and being pirates and smugglers who dwell in one of the prettiest lawless hives of scum and villainy ever.


I always know I'm doing the right thing studying English when I get very excited at the mere thought of tons of books.
I got most of the rest of my reading list today by post and had a bookgasm. Immediately started reading Mansfield Park. I'm hopeless against books. :smalltongue:

Oh dear . . . Mansfield Park is the most boring book AUsten has written. When you've finished it turn immediately to Persuasion, Emma or Northanger Abbey. The latter half of the latter book acually satirises the Victorian Gothic genre before it ever existed, mostly because it was satirsing the ROmantic Gothic, but they're slightly almost the same thing. I suppose what I should say is that Northanger anticipates the Victorian Gothic genre.
So, what kind of things are on your reading list? Id it thematically based? By period? I am intrigued. Also: Amazon is your friend. Use and abuse it. Then turn to charity shops and fellow uni or ex-uni students.

Now, when it comes to books, I have a small fit of glee every time I find a - wait. WAIT.
WAIT!
It's the second of September!
I Shall Wear Midnight has been released! :biggrin::bigcool:
I'm going to go town tomorrow, read it, come home, GEEK OUT.
:glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee:

Um. Yeah. I have a small-to-extremely-large fit of glee every time I find/read/buy a book I've been lusting after for ages.
I'll be in my bunk. Happy happy days.


But the maliciousness plus the furthest-under as an underdog position gives him some even-more-amazing-than-usual lines. I just also loved the dynamic between Blackadder and Prince George in the Third.

Hugh Laurie's darling. It's the puppy dog eyes and his foppish silliness and general idiocy. Took him several weeks to fail at putting on trousers.
However, Third does have a basic lack of Brian Blessed and Stephen Fry. Well, except for the last episode naturally.


I love So Bad It's Good. My friends and I are specialists in it.
Speaking of which, I'm going to a screening of The Room tomorrow. Should be fantastic.
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!

It's not So Bad It's Good, it's So Bad It's Awesome. That or So Cool It's Awesome. I mean, it has a Queen soundtrack for one thing, that automatically ranks it up in excellence.
It revels in its cheesy brilliance.

EDIT:

Should I be proud or ashamed of the fact that I can do that scream almost perfectly? Or at least I could a few months ago, though I don't think my voice has changed since then. :smalltongue:


I can do that almost perfectly too. I know most Queen songs off by heart, and I'm proud of it.
I can also hit that stupidly high note in Bohemian Rhapsody almost spot on at least two-thirds of the time.

[Lyesmith]

You know what I realised today? After moving back in with my dad permanantly, I remembered that parts of this house are from the stone age. I spent 2 hours looking for stamps and glue. And also a lightbulb. And the internet is painfully slow.

I mean, I'm glad to be back (apart from the bit where I've got to sort out all my stuff, which sucks) but seriously, <250KB!?

[AtlanteanTroll]

You know what I realised today? After moving back in with my dad permanantly, I remembered that parts of this house are from the stone age. I spent 2 hours looking for stamps and glue. And also a lightbulb. And the internet is painfully slow.

I mean, I'm glad to be back (apart from the bit where I've got to sort out all my stuff, which sucks) but seriously, <250KB!?

Why are you living with your dad?

[Teddy]

I'm back from kayaking. We were promised rain all the four days, but the first three days had a pretty good weather without any rain falling on us at all. The fourth day (today) was pretty dreadful overall, though. The whole trip could perhaps be summarised like this:

Day 1:
White-Tailed Eagle
Poorly cooked pasta tasting like rosehip soup. :smallyuk: (Rosehip soup is actually quite tasty, but pasta shouldn't taste like it)
(Not-so-)urban exploration of an abandoned and barricaded brewery (I'm not really sure about it being one, though. It could also've been a part of an old cholera camp)
Day 2:
Out of burner fuel
A guy using his camera as a fishing bait. It was waterproof, and he used it for filming underwater.
Another guy dropping his mobile phone and his fork (this together with a plain plastic bowel were his only eating implements he brought with him) into the water. Both were salvaged, even though the phone has seen better days
Saw a goat on an island next to ours.
Went as close to said goat as possible, just to discover that it actually was a small rowan
Saw many huge ferries in the night, and a lot of lighthouses in the distance
Toad-party

Day 3:
Another White-Tailed Eagle
Strong winds
Campfire
Amazing night-sky and falling stars (kind of missed the best one, though. The trail lasted for several seconds)

Day 4:
Sporadic downpours
Pretty strong winds
Heavier downpours and heavier winds
Teachers taking over the commando from our group
Soaked from top to waist, and varying degrees of wet below that
Putting on dry clothes
Hamburgers
Over 6 hektogrammes of sugary goodness in sweets (they will take days to consume)
Home again

[Trobby]

Well, hello there my fine man. Care to come onboard? :smallwink:


"Luv, only a fool would climb aboard a pirate ship without guarantee his life would not be forfeit. How about we do it this way?"

*Holds you at swordpoint*

"Care to come aboard, luv?" :smallamused:



Oh yessssss, and tonight is the night of Flash (aaaahhhhhhh) Gordon. :glee:

I need to get that from the library. <.<; So that no one will notice when I watch the entire thing. I HAD a chance, but my parents turned it off on principal of it being the B-est movie ever. Plan 9 from Outer Space and all of the MST3K'd movies not withstanding...


I'm back from kayaking. We were promised rain all the four days, but the first three days had a pretty good weather without any rain falling on us at all. The fourth day (today) was pretty dreadful overall, though. The whole trip could perhaps be summarised like this:

Day 1:
White-Tailed Eagle
Poorly cooked pasta tasting like rosehip soup. :smallyuk: (Rosehip soup is actually quite tasty, but pasta shouldn't taste like it)
(Not-so-)urban exploration of an abandoned and barricaded brewery (I'm not really sure about it being one, though. It could also've been a part of an old cholera camp)
Day 2:
Out of burner fuel
A guy using his camera as a fishing bait. It was waterproof, and he used it for filming underwater.
Another guy dropping his mobile phone and his fork (this together with a plain plastic bowel were his only eating implements he brought with him) into the water. Both were salvaged, even though the phone has seen better days
Saw a goat on an island next to ours.
Went as close to said goat as possible, just to discover that it actually was a small rowan
Saw many huge ferries in the night, and a lot of lighthouses in the distance
Toad-party

Day 3:
Another White-Tailed Eagle
Strong winds
Campfire
Amazing night-sky and falling stars (kind of missed the best one, though. The trail lasted for several seconds)

Day 4:
Sporadic downpours
Pretty strong winds
Heavier downpours and heavier winds
Teachers taking over the commando from our group
Soaked from top to waist, and varying degrees of wet below that
Putting on dry clothes
Hamburgers
Over 6 hektogrammes of sugary goodness in sweets (they will take days to consume)
Home again

This sounds more like a four-day camping trip than just Kayaking. Which makes it actually quite impressive. :smallbiggrin: Sounds like a good, if extraordinarily "interesting" trip.

What is a toad part? :smallconfused:

[Cobalt]

The best coincidence ever just made my day this morning. I must share- but beware, for there is much to be read.



Picture the scene: It's the second class of the day. Not even after 9:00 yet. I've arrived before most of the others, as usual (the foot traffic at my school is murder), but something is amiss. Oh, look- the teacher's desk; the chair behind it; tis empty. Well, alright, this has happened before- this particular instructor has a hectic schedule from time to time and every month or so she's flat out late for her own class.

But today was a first in that she was ten minutes late. More on the reason why later.

There's a football player that takes this class with me- he was late as well. To my raised eyebrow, he walks in with a cell phone out. Not sure how it is in other places, but here in good ol' South Carolina, it's flat out against State law to bring a phone or mp3 player or whatever to school. Doesn't stop people, of course, and if they find it you can get it back at the end of the day for 25 dollars. But as cool as the teacher for this class is, she will take your phone if you're so dumb enough to take it out during school around her. So, obviously not being able to know beforehand that the teach was AWOL, it was a bit of a suprise when he walked through the door with it in his hand. When prompted, he tells the folks sitting in desks a little tale; some kid, that he doesn't even know, ran up to him, flustered and rushing down the hall, shoved the phone in his hands, said something along the lines of "Just take this!" and ran off. Well, he's not one to be rude- what was he going to do, leave it there on the floor?- so he pocketed it (not literally of course) and continued on with his casual stroll to class- already late, why rush?

Well, he sits down, figures out how to turn the blasted thing off (the reason he was messing with it walking in- that and it's not his, nor his friend's, so why should he care, eh?) and we all move back to waiting for the teacher. Few minutes later, she walks in, and has the tale of all tales to tell us for her reason being late:

She's walking down the hall, on her way (this class is in the trailers just outside the school's back area) when she spots a group of kids, loitering about. She spots the one in the center, seemingly showing the others a picture or something on his phone's screen, and approaches. Without her even saying anything, and this is what made me laugh before I gave it more than five seconds of thought, he spots her, crosses his arms so that his hands, holding the phone- and he's being dead serious this whole time, by the way- are cupped around his genitals, and runs off, screaming; "I don't have anything! I don't have anything!" This was enough to get us laughing right off the bat- but it was when she continued that we really lost it- you can probably see where this is going.

So she went on to say that the group he was with completely ratted his sorry arse out to her- apparently he was into making new friends, or something, and made the wrong choice. She has no problem finding him, because they told her his name, his next class, his grade- all that good stuff. So she goes on after him, walks into the class, and you can just imagine the look on his face when she opened the door and made eye contact. He tries to get out of it saying- and by the way, though it was never actually mentioned, five bucks says this fellow was a freshman- that they can search him all they want; he's got nothing on him.

She retorts saying that they don't need to search him- he just freaking ran from a teacher.

He says they have no proof.

She points out there are cameras.

Basically, phone or not, this sucker's been suspended from school for a good while.

Now, she mentioned that he actually didn't have the phone on him when they checked his stuff. Fine, whatever- let's just haul him away already. But what Ms. Teacher didn't know, and what was an obvious connection to the rest of us at this point, was that our local football player had happened across this bright young chap mid stride, had his phone shoved into his hands, despite, and I stress this again, having no idea who this burly man in a jersey was, and went on his merry way to German II CP to share this curiosity with the rest of us.

Now, with apparently the forgotten piece of a runaway puzzle sitting docile in his back pocket, Mr. Football Player can only laugh his hide off with the rest of us as we thought this whole thing through and came to the obvious ending. Ms. Teacher still thinks that we were laughing at the foolishness of the kid who she’d just suspended. “Well,” I said when she asked us, “That has something to do with it.”



I love my high school. This couldn’t have been a better example of humor in the strings of fate.

[AtlanteanTroll]

There's a football player that takes this class with me- he was late as well. To my raised eyebrow, he walks in with a cell phone out. Not sure how it is in other places, but here in good ol' South Carolina, it's flat out against State law to bring a phone or mp3 player or whatever to school.

{scrubbed}

[CurlyKitGirl]

Why are you living with your dad?

. . .
Aside from the fact that he's only eighteen and isn't even going to uni for another few weeks?
There are other reasons, but I'm not Aziraphale, so I'm not commenting.
Seriously.
I live with my parents.
Gonna make something of it? You're not even five years younger than me for heaven sake.


"Luv, only a fool would climb aboard a pirate ship without guarantee his life would not be forfeit. How about we do it this way?"

*Holds you at swordpoint*

"Care to come aboard, luv?" :smallamused:

"Sorry, I don't board strangers. But if you'd care to pop down to my local lawless hive of scum and villainy, we can have a little discussion there."


I need to get that from the library. <.<; So that no one will notice when I watch the entire thing. I HAD a chance, but my parents turned it off on principal of it being the B-est movie ever. Plan 9 from Outer Space and all of the MST3K'd movies not withstanding...

What's wrong with B movies? Flash (aaaaaahhhhh) Gordon is ioyously, deliberately B-tastic!
Elitist grown-ups looking down on the wonder that Brian Blessed in an epically cheesy sci-fi film with a Queen soundtrack.
Tch. I bet they don't even like Highlander.
Ah look down mah noze on zem weeth mah snootee French axe-ent!
:smalltongue:

EDIT:
@LalaTroll: It's not his fault his state has unusual laws; but it isn't stupid.
Heck, I'd be in real trouble if I went to York because it is still legal to shoot a Welsh person with a longbow (or possibly a crossbow - there's a similar law somewhere else Oop North, but only with Scots) as long as they're within shooting distance of the city walls and it's a Sunday.
Personally, I found Cobalt's anecdote hilarious. Did the teacher find out Football Guy had the phone or no?
Also, there's a chance I may end up calling you Blue. Apologies.

[AtlanteanTroll]

. . .
Aside from the fact that he's only eighteen and isn't even going to uni for another few weeks?
There are other reasons, but I'm not Aziraphale, so I'm not commenting.
Seriously.
I live with my parents.
Gonna make something of it? You're not even five years younger than me for heaven sake.


I assumed they were older, as in not a minor. They made it sound like they had been gone for a while.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I assumed they were older, as in not a minor. They made it sound like they had been gone for a while.

There was a discussion - not more than two weeks ago I might add - where zizi posted his A Level results and was ecstatic abouyt getting into his first choice university.

That really should have given you a clue.

And again, personal issues will not be mentioned by those who aren't affected by them.

[AtlanteanTroll]

There was a discussion - not more than two weeks ago I might add - where zizi posted his A Level results and was ecstatic abouyt getting into his first choice university.

That really should have given you a clue.

And again, personal issues will not be mentioned by those who aren't affected by them.

2 Weeks ago? I can't remember what I had for dinner 4 days ago.

[Lyesmith]

I lived with a foster family for 10 months due to my father suffering a massive stroke and being hospitalised & then I didn't really want to move back in untill I'd finished my exams and then kept putting it off because, frankly, it was depressing as hell just visiting. But actually living here ain't too bad.APART FROM THE STONE AGE BROADBAND POWERED BY THE VOLCANO GOD

Also, you thought I was older? How come? General style of speech, or what?

[Cobalt]

Personally, I found Cobalt's anecdote hilarious. Did the teacher find out Football Guy had the phone or no?

Only if he planned on not being a thiefy thief and brought it up later in the day, as he got out of the room before almost anyone else did without saying a word about it. Though someone asked, like, fifteen minutes after the initial joking around, "So [Football Player's Name], what're you going to do with it?" The response was a 'SHUTITWHATAREYOUDOING' look on his face and the entire class going silent and looking at him.

He's not the brightest bulb.

We'll probably bring it up eventually- we're all on good terms with her, many of us friends with the teacher on Facebook- but I'll have to ask him about it the next time we run into each other.


Also, there's a chance I may end up calling you Blue. Apologies.

Me or him(AtlanteanTroll)?

[Trobby]

"Sorry, I don't board strangers. But if you'd care to pop down to my local lawless hive of scum and villainy, we can have a little discussion there."

"I'd be much obliged, milady. Don't be tryin' to pull somethin' with my drinks though. I have a keen eye."



What's wrong with B movies? Flash (aaaaaahhhhh) Gordon is ioyously, deliberately B-tastic!
Elitist grown-ups looking down on the wonder that Brian Blessed in an epically cheesy sci-fi film with a Queen soundtrack.
Tch. I bet they don't even like Highlander.
Ah look down mah noze on zem weeth mah snootee French axe-ent!
:smalltongue:


:smalltongue: I thought you were British. Where did you get that French Accent? And you'd better give it back before they start looking for it!

As for B movies...well yes, they are a little snobby...<.<; But I think Flash Gordon is also just not their generation. Granted they did grow up when serial comics like it were being made, but it just doesn't hold appeal to either of them. ^^;

Not sure how they feel about Highlander...

[AtlanteanTroll]

Also, you thought I was older? How come? General style of speech, or what?

Becuase I'm pretty sure most people on this site are at least 2 years older than me. I also make a lot of assumptions that may not be based off of anything.

[Snares]

APPLY TO OXFORD!
To do . . . history? English? Doesn't do Creative Writing though . . . but we're so awesome here.
But I'm ridiculously biased, so don't take my word for it (Do so!).
Cardiff has a good English course though, I applied to it; had some good stuff, but wasn't as varied as my current course - but well.
Ah, but really though? Durham has a very good reputation for English, and it's quite a good course. So's York if I remember my prospectuses right.

You're going to hate me for this, but I'm planning to apply to Cambridge, if I do apply to one of those two. :smalltongue: Going for English there. I like combined English courses more than simply literature or language - I love literature, but I can reach literature overload sometimes and have to take a break from reading for a bit. The language part is interesting, too, but I don't like a wholly methodical approach to English either. Oxford only really does the literature IIRC.

I was at Durham to check out the Combined Arts degree, which is really interesting. Basically, you can pick modules from a whole range of subjects - given that there's bits I like and don't like in every subject, it's useful. The English/Creative Writing course at Warwick looks amazing though, and Lancaster's creative writing stuff looks very useful too.


Speaking of which, I'm going to a screening of The Room tomorrow. Should be fantastic.
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!

:smallcool: "Keep your stupid comments in your pocket!"

I wish they would screen that somewhere near me. It's just about the most brilliant thing I've ever seen, I'd love to see the whole thing.


I can do that almost perfectly too. I know most Queen songs off by heart, and I'm proud of it.
I can also hit that stupidly high note in Bohemian Rhapsody almost spot on at least two-thirds of the time.

Pfft, you and Mr. Functioned pale in comparison to my Cedric-from-The-Mars-Volta falsetto. Even if I do miss out the top end of his range. But then again, the top of his range goes all the way up to a soprano C. I'd have to stick a very sensitive area in a vice to reach that kind of pitch. o_o

[Thufir]

Yeeeaaahhh. And I'm sure you could give me £500 and unleash me in Blackwells or another suitably large or intriguing book shop and I wouldn't spend a penny. If you can't tell how false that statement is, you need to rethink who I am.
Besides, I'll prolly be wearing another top under my top.

Well, yeah. Some things are iust too tempting to resist.
Though I think your definition of 'topless' may need some work based on that last comment.


But the maliciousness plus the furthest-under as an underdog position gives him some even-more-amazing-than-usual lines. I just also loved the dynamic between Blackadder and Prince George in the Third.

This. One, he's a Prince. Two, he's a Lord. Forth, he's a Captain. But Third he's above no-one except Baldrick. And yes, the Blackadder/George dynamic is brilliant.


Now, when it comes to books, I have a small fit of glee every time I find a - wait. WAIT.
WAIT!
It's the second of September!
I Shall Wear Midnight has been released! :biggrin::bigcool:
I'm going to go town tomorrow, read it, come home, GEEK OUT.
:glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee:

Um. Yeah. I have a small-to-extremely-large fit of glee every time I find/read/buy a book I've been lusting after for ages.
I'll be in my bunk. Happy happy days.

Wait, what? It's out? Why has my Dad not acquired a copy yet?! MUST READ WANT TO READ NOW.


I can also hit that stupidly high note in Bohemian Rhapsody almost spot on at least two-thirds of the time.

You're a girl though. Now when I do it (Which I can), it's impressive. :smalltongue:


2 Weeks ago? I can't remember what I had for dinner 4 days ago.

Well, some of us can. Indeed, so many of us that having a decent memory is generally regarded as standard. :smalltongue:
Besides which, 'Zira is far more interesting than your dinner.


Ah look down mah noze on zem weeth mah snootee French axe-ent!

Rewatched Holy Grail last night. And some of Meaning of Life tonight. The Crimson Permanent Assurance!


"I'd be much obliged, milady. Don't be tryin' to pull somethin' with my drinks though. I have a keen eye."

"Your drink, sir. I can promise you the lady has done nothing to it. You have that on my word of honour."
What I've done to it is of course another matter.


Pfft, you and Mr. Functioned pale in comparison to my Cedric-from-The-Mars-Volta falsetto. Even if I do miss out the top end of his range. But then again, the top of his range goes all the way up to a soprano C. I'd have to stick a very sensitive area in a vice to reach that kind of pitch. o_o

Do you mean one or two octaves above middle C? For that matter, how high can you go?

ION: Ruddigore rehearsals for 'everyone' still might more accurately described as being for 'everyone except Sir Roderic', but this time I had sufficient company that I didn't have to occupy myself reading Sherlock Holmes. Also, it's more interesting to observe now things are coming together more. We're actually running things more than learning them.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well, some of us can. Indeed, so many of us that having a decent memory is generally regarded as standard. :smalltongue:
Besides which, 'Zira is far more interesting than your dinner.

Thats what you think. I happen to enjoy my dinner very much. If I didn't I'd be a good 10 pounds lighter. I also eat a total of 12 different food combinations (not really, but almost), so forgetting one is a pretty impressive feat.

[Snares]

Do you mean one or two octaves above middle C? For that matter, how high can you go?

Two octaves above middle C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1FVc_4iHNw <- 2:06 in that song. It's fairly ridiculous.

I've never actually measured how high I can go. I would do it now, but it's half one over here and I'll wake the whole house up. I can do a ridiculously high-pitched scream, but I don't think that counts. :smallbiggrin:

Also, I've seen a couple of people posting 'i' in place of 'j'; what's that about, purely out of curiosity?

[AtlanteanTroll]

Also, I've seen a couple of people posting 'i' in place of 'j'; what's that about, purely out of curiosity?

Having delved deep into the RB (3 or so) it has something to do with Curly and her love of English.

[Trobby]

"Your drink, sir. I can promise you the lady has done nothing to it. You have that on my word of honour."
What I've done to it is of course another matter.



"Ah, thank you sir. And as a very personal thanks to you, I'd like you to have the very first sip."

*Slides it towards you*

"Go ahead then. Make it a good one."

@V: *Takes a cautious sip after you take one, and nods*

"Can't be too careful, you understand."

[Thufir]

Two octaves above middle C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1FVc_4iHNw <- 2:06 in that song. It's fairly ridiculous.

I've never actually measured how high I can go. I would do it now, but it's half one over here and I'll wake the whole house up. I can do a ridiculously high-pitched scream, but I don't think that counts. :smallbiggrin:

Also, I've seen a couple of people posting 'i' in place of 'j'; what's that about, purely out of curiosity?

Impressive. My falsetto is not so much as it used to be, but I'm not sure if I ever got that high.

Curly's J key is mostly broken and will only work if she stabs it viciously, so she's substituting I. I'm iust doing it because she's doing it => it's cool.

Edit: @^: "I'm honoured, sir." *Takes small sip* "Now I'll leave you and the lady to your discussion."

[AtlanteanTroll]

I hate social interaction, is their something wrong with me?

[InaVegt]

I have updated my where do you live data. :O

Edit: Bah, seems incomplete.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I have updated my where do you live data. :O

Edit: Bah, seems incomplete.


New nowhere?

[Cobalt]

Better than Old Nowhere. I hear that place bites.



Oh, and the reason Curly and others use i instead of j started because of her j key being broken. One ioke led to another, and it eventually iust kind of caught on.

[Snares]

I hate social interaction, is their something wrong with me?

Dunno. It could always be that you simply haven't found the right people to interact with yet; you seem to get around here pretty well. I didn't like socialising very much until I went to a college some distance away from where I lived, found people there I liked, and hey, now I quite like the whole social shebang.

Also, do you actively hate it, or do you simply not enjoy it? Hate is a strong word.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Dunno. It could always be that you simply haven't found the right people to interact with yet; you seem to get around here pretty well. I didn't like socialising very much until I went to a college some distance away from where I lived, found people there I liked, and hey, now I quite like the whole social shebang.

Also, do you actively hate it, or do you simply not enjoy it? Hate is a strong word.

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

[Gullara]

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

Its definitely something that can be awkward. Social interaction isn't always my strong suit either, but its something that has to be done. And its true that practice makes perfect. I've gotten much better over the years.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I'm sure. My dad is making me go to different school clubs, none of which I am (really) interested in.

[Snares]

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

I can kind of understand that. Face-to-face conversation can have some awkward moments, much less of those over the good ol' internets. And hey, some people are just a bit averse to socialising and all that... I don't see anything wrong with them. It's bad that your dad is making you go to things though. Socialising isn't something that can be forced very easily, and for me, if someone makes me do something, it starts to feel like a chore... I can easily see how you'd come to dislike social interaction if people were forcing you into it.

[Gullara]

I'm sure. My dad is making me go to different school clubs, none of which I am (really) interested in.

Sometimes things like that can help. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. It helps when your in a group with really outgoing talkative people because then they do most of the talking, and you can ease yourself into the conversation.

Hanging out with people with similar interests is a good way of getting yourself more comfortable with social interaction as well.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Sometimes things like that can help. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. It helps when your in a group with really outgoing talkative people because then they do most of the talking, and you can ease yourself into the conversation.

Hanging out with people with similar interests is a good way of getting yourself more comfortable with social interaction as well.

Yeah, I know, but I'm actually being (more) social this year. I got into the school play and I'm on the debate club. So yeah.

Anybody around here like Futurama?

[AtlanteanTroll]

{scrubbed}

[Lyesmith]

Ugh, I have an awful cold. I hateses you, stupid phglemmy bunged-up body!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Ugh, I have an awful cold. I hateses you, stupid phglemmy bunged-up body!

I hate colds. I'm lucky. I rarely get sick. And when I do, I just sleep for half the day, then I'm fine. :smallsmile: It's kinda wierd actually.

[Dogmantra]

I hate colds. I'm lucky. I rarely get sick. And when I do, I just sleep for half the day, then I'm fine. :smallsmile: It's kinda wierd actually.

I hate you. Colds can keep me in bed for a week. A WEEK.

FOR A COLD.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I hate you. Colds can keep me in bed for a week. A WEEK.

FOR A COLD.

I get this a lot. :smallcool:

[Lyesmith]

I get this a lot. :smallcool:

AND SO YOU SHOULD

[CurlyKitGirl]

Only if he planned on not being a thiefy thief and brought it up later in the day, as he got out of the room before almost anyone else did without saying a word about it. Though someone asked, like, fifteen minutes after the initial joking around, "So [Football Player's Name], what're you going to do with it?" The response was a 'SHUTITWHATAREYOUDOING' look on his face and the entire class going silent and looking at him.

He's not the brightest bulb.

We'll probably bring it up eventually- we're all on good terms with her, many of us friends with the teacher on Facebook- but I'll have to ask him about it the next time we run into each other.

So I can look forward to THE THRILLING CONCLUSION! eventually, possibly, soon? Coolios.


Me or him(AtlanteanTroll)?

Cobalt is a blue-y colour, so you.
I'm still torn on nicknaming AtlanteanTroll.

Why am I on a nicknaming spree? I don't know? Will I remember and use most of these names? Surprisingly yes. WIll anyone else remember to whom I'm speaking or referring? Prolly not.


"I'd be much obliged, milady. Don't be tryin' to pull somethin' with my drinks though. I have a keen eye."

"As a keen afficionado of all things acoholic (within reason) I won't be tampering with your drinks. How are you going to remember what we be doin' tonight elsewise?"


:smalltongue: I thought you were British. Where did you get that French Accent? And you'd better give it back before they start looking for it!

Aha! Zo yew forget zat Ah took French for ten yeerz and Ah am steel reezonabblee good at speekeen laik ze French.
Zut alors.

They can't have their accent back! It is my duty as a Britlander to mock those Frenchies across the Channel until they cry. :smalltongue:


As for B movies...well yes, they are a little snobby...<.<; But I think Flash Gordon is also just not their generation. Granted they did grow up when serial comics like it were being made, but it just doesn't hold appeal to either of them. ^^;

Not sure how they feel about Highlander...

I'm used to kooky parents. Mine adore Flash (aaaaaaahhhhh) Gordon and most comic book movies to pieces.
This despite not really being big fans of comics.
Well, my dad had the first two hundred or so issues of the original run of Spiderman and suchlike . . . but he gave up.

P.S. Highlander has Sean Connery in it. So rent it, tell them it has Iames Bond in it and run with it. That or you could say it has Henry Iones Sr. in it. Whchever.


You're going to hate me for this, but I'm planning to apply to Cambridge, if I do apply to one of those two. :smalltongue: Going for English there. I like combined English courses more than simply literature or language - I love literature, but I can reach literature overload sometimes and have to take a break from reading for a bit. The language part is interesting, too, but I don't like a wholly methodical approach to English either. Oxford only really does the literature IIRC.

D:
Bu . . .
Naaaah, Cambridge's cool.
And for the record, the official degree title at Oxford is called BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, there's one compulsory language module in the second year, and more than twenty language orientated options in the third year, with another one or two offered as first year options, plus a compulsory Introduction to Literary Theory module which is a bit of both.
It's iust not as well advertised as - sadly:smallfrown: - many Oxford students don't like abusing full access to virtually every department under the sun and choosing topics like Introduction to Language and Linguistics (I did - lots of complicated theoretical stuff in there - loved it. The sociolinguistic theories? Not so much) or the later stuff like Modern English Philology or Middle English Dialectology. Generally though, the Language is mixed with the Lit, but you are right that most people focus iust on the Lit. :smallfrown: I cherish and worship my lit, but there must be respect and awe when it comes to the langages to.
Oh, there all all these foreign (deadish) language options which focus quite heavily on the language, perhaps even moreso than the literature in the language. But that's only Course II, and maybe some Course I options.
But whether you go Cam- or -ford, the one thing every degree at those places isn't is methodical.
Generally it's: next term you can do A or B.
A
Okay, here's your reading list; it's only a general one. If it fits within the field of A or B you can write on it.

I'm in the anime society, and the previous head of the society (in his third year) wrote an English essay which basically analysed his favourite anime series and compared it to a novel he was reading. It my even have been his thesis.
Either way, good luck with your applications.


I was at Durham to check out the Combined Arts degree, which is really interesting. Basically, you can pick modules from a whole range of subjects - given that there's bits I like and don't like in every subject, it's useful. The English/Creative Writing course at Warwick looks amazing though, and Lancaster's creative writing stuff looks very useful too.

That actually sounds very interesting. Especially for someone who's interested or good in all the Arts subiects.
I don't know much about Creative Writing courses, but if Iibar pops in, ask him; he's doing one at UEA I believe.


Pfft, you and Mr. Functioned pale in comparison to my Cedric-from-The-Mars-Volta falsetto. Even if I do miss out the top end of his range. But then again, the top of his range goes all the way up to a soprano C. I'd have to stick a very sensitive area in a vice to reach that kind of pitch. o_o

There are more ways than that to get a guy up to a high C. :amused:


Well, yeah. Some things are iust too tempting to resist.
Though I think your definition of 'topless' may need some work based on that last comment.

I've seen girls run around topless. They still have their bras on - and that's technically a top.
And don't worry, I like ogling as much as anyone.


This. One, he's a Prince. Two, he's a Lord. Forth, he's a Captain. But Third he's above no-one except Baldrick. And yes, the Blackadder/George dynamic is brilliant.

*taps fingers while looking broodingly into middle distance*
Time to go purloin the boxset from whoever has it now. I can feel a marathon coming on.


Wait, what? It's out? Why has my Dad not acquired a copy yet?! MUST READ WANT TO READ NOW.

It's true (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shall-Wear-Midnight-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0385611072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283483646&sr=8-1). The new blurb looks more intriguing than the last time I checked. A man with no eyes. A man with tunnels inside his head.
I suppose I'll be putting off my marathon until Saturday.


You're a girl though. Now when I do it (Which I can), it's impressive. :smalltongue:

That's true. Always more impressive to see a guy try to hit those high notes. And amusing. The way their little faces contort and they lift their chin to get that extra bit of help. :smallsmile:


Rewatched Holy Grail last night. And some of Meaning of Life tonight. The Crimson Permanent Assurance!

Crimson Assurance won the Cannes Film Festival award thingy you know.
Curses.
Okay.
Pterry. Python. Pblackadder.

ION:
CrAzY girl is crazy. Using the exercise bike at midnight for an hour whilst listening to Littlest Brother declaim about Meso-American culture and reading Bede's Ecclesiastical History. Amusingly, Anna used to be a boy's name.
Ronan is an actual Irish name as far back as 654AD.
CHAD is an actual name back around 620AD! CHAD.
Yeah, I read Bede to get religio-political-social context on the Anglo-Saxons and I walk away amused about Anna, Ronan and Chad.
Old English is fun. :smallbiggrin:
Note: Bede isn't in OE, it's in MdnE, but I class it as OE because: context!

[Trobby]

"As a keen afficionado of all things acoholic (within reason) I won't be tampering with your drinks. How are you going to remember what we be doin' tonight elsewise?"

"...Yer' just tryin' ta' make an old sea dog blush now, aren't you? *grin*




Aha! Zo yew forget zat Ah took French for ten yeerz and Ah am steel reezonabblee good at speekeen laik ze French.
Zut alors.


Aaaahh...*nods* That'd do it. :3 I um..only took a year of French...<.<; So yeah...not as much experience here. *cough* Parles vous en Francaise? Non, Je ne pas parles en Francaise. Je parles en Englaise.

[KuReshtin]

Funny thing happened this morning when my alarm went off.

I woke up on my couch in my living room.

Now, that might not sound too weird, but considering I went to bed in my bed, in my bedroom, and I have no idea of how or why I headed to the couch in the living room, it kind of weirded me out a bit.
on top of that, I'm so tired right now that i'm almost faling asleep at my desk here at work.

I believe I'll have a nap when I get back home today. Most likely, that nap will last for about 3 or 4 hours, if I know myself.

[Starfols]

Curly's J key is mostly broken and will only work if she stabs it viciously, so she's substituting I. I'm iust doing it because she's doing it => it's cool.

My , . and rShift keys are broken. There's just no replacements :smallfrown:

Oh well. The ioke's on me.

[Zeb The Troll]

The South Trogland journey took me down into the state of Maryland, where Trobby met with his girlfriend.You were in Maryland and didn't stop in to say "Hello" to Alarra and me? :smallfrown::smalltongue:


In what way is Maryland South Trogland?It sits below the Mason/Dixon line, so technically South, but even Marylanders can't really agree on whether or not it's a "southern" state.


Fine. It just always was shown to be northerly from the view of us southwesterners. :smallredface:*looks at location*
Since when is Indiana in the southwest? :smalltongue:

[Archonic Energy]

Aaaahh...*nods* That'd do it. :3 I um..only took a year of French...<.<; So yeah...not as much experience here. *cough* Parles vous en Francaise? Non, Je ne pas parles en Francaise. Je parles en Englaise.

Je ne parlez pas le Francais. Je parlez Anglais et Americain...

i think. :smalltongue:

[Raistlin1040]

Both of you are mixing verb forms. The proper way to say "I don't speak French. I speak English." would be "Je ne parle pas francais. Je parle anglais." And to ask "Do you speak French" is not "Parles vous en Francaise", it's "Parlez-vous francais?" The en isn't wrong, it's just superfluous, but you can't mix verb forms by using a tu form verb with a vous subject.

I've only taken two years, so I could be wrong. I'm just getting back into French, school having started Wednesday, so I'm rusty and could be forgetting my rules.

Question as I'm about to dash off at 2:15 AM and need to be up at 6:15. Why is it that I can go to sleep feeling fairly alert/rested/not tired, but after waking up after 4 hours of sleep, I'm exhausted and tired? Speculation upon my sleeping habits is fine, but I'm actually curious if there's a scientific explanation.

[The Succubus]

Maybe you should stop sneaking out at night and biting the necks of scantily clad young women?

I think it's probably to do with the sleep cycle - the REM part of sleep is the bit that restores and refreshes you. I'm guessing because you only have 4 hours, it takes a long time to reach that state and being dragged sharply from it disturbs things even more. So a certain amount of REM sleep is needed to offset the falling asleep and (to a lesser extent) the waking up bit. I promise to do some research into this for you - about 7 or 8 hours late this evening :smalltongue:

[Quincunx]

Woo, I get to be succinct for once!

Everyone has their own average sleep cycle length and four hours does not cleanly divide into full cycles of Raistlin1040's personal sleep cycle. Thus he is being jolted out of a deeper phase of sleep and wakes up groggy, instead of refreshed and alert.

[Alarra]

My , . and rShift keys are broken. There's just no replacements :smallfrown:

Oh well. The ioke's on me.

yeah, my x key is breaking. It's driving me crazy.

[Teddy]

So, I'm back in school again, and I've gotten my computer back.
LOVE! <3
I had forgotten how bad the batteries were, though. They last perhaps only 2-3 hours on half screen brightness. :smallsigh:

I'm also dead tired.


This sounds more like a four-day camping trip than just Kayaking. Which makes it actually quite impressive. :smallbiggrin: Sounds like a good, if extraordinarily "interesting" trip.

Well, yes it was. We did a lot of cool stuff.


What is a toad part? :smallconfused:

Toad Party. It was 5 toads sitting around together on two moderately large rocks. They didn't actually do anything, but that was probably because I was looking at them. They were probably raving all night to the sound of The Crickets. :smallwink:

[Kaelaroth]

I've only taken two years, so I could be wrong. I'm just getting back into French, school having started Wednesday, so I'm rusty and could be forgetting my rules.

With my eight years of official French study and fluent parents, I'm agreeing with you. What other subjects you doing this year, Rai?

In other news, I hate haircuts. I love a good chat. I like being social, when I can be. I like fashion and beauty and all that stuff. They mix badly. It's hard to maintain a conversation when a guy has a buzzy thing floating near your head ready to turn you into Soylent Green, and the result of said "trim" is nearly always routinely brutal, and would be the one being up fashionable kids in the schoolyard, rather than being 'em.

Ah, well...

[KuReshtin]

I had forgotten how bad the batteries were, though. They last perhaps only 2-3 hours on half screen brightness. :smallsigh:


2-3 hours is a hell of a lot better than my laptop.
It's battery lasts about 39 minutes on lowest screen brightness, with the WiFi radio turned off. To say that it's slightly limited is an understatement.

Then again, i've had it for about 4-5 years now, and it's hooked up to the AC adapter pretty much all the time. But it's more of an easily movable desktop, than it is a laptop.

[Archonic Energy]

2-3 hours is a hell of a lot better than my laptop.
It's battery lasts about 39 minutes on lowest screen brightness, with the WiFi radio turned off. To say that it's slightly limited is an understatement.

Then again, i've had it for about 4-5 years now, and it's hooked up to the AC adapter pretty much all the time. But it's more of an easily movable desktop, than it is a laptop.

Pfft.
mine can only run Fallout 3 for 28 mins before the batttery warning beep starts screaming at me to plug it in!

[Phaedra]

My laptop has a battery life of about 20 mins, it's absurd. More technically minded people have told me it's because I always run it from the AC power and never let the battery run down. It just has to sit on my desk and work as a desktop. Eh, I have a netbook if I need to travel.

Also, reeeeeeeeeeally late, but:


. . .

Heck, I'd be in real trouble if I went to York because it is still legal to shoot a Welsh person with a longbow (or possibly a crossbow - there's a similar law somewhere else Oop North, but only with Scots) as long as they're within shooting distance of the city walls and it's a Sunday.


We're allowed to shoot Scots in York - I've always heard it's with a longbow and so long as they're within the City walls, but not on Sundays. Also maybe only if they're in full battle dress, that requirement varies depending on who you ask.

I think it's Chester that you can shoot the Welsh. It would make more sense - the Welsh have invaded pretty far if they've got to York (but we're watching you, Welsh folks).

[The Succubus]

I can get about 3-4 hours from my M17 or about an hour with both graphic cards active and processor going full tilt.

[Teddy]

2-3 hours is a hell of a lot better than my laptop.
It's battery lasts about 39 minutes on lowest screen brightness, with the WiFi radio turned off. To say that it's slightly limited is an understatement.

Then again, i've had it for about 4-5 years now, and it's hooked up to the AC adapter pretty much all the time. But it's more of an easily movable desktop, than it is a laptop.

Okay, I'm not really sure if I actually can get it over 2 hours. The "time left" timer is pretty unreliable.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Everyone likes QI, and the Troglanders who see it on YouTube wish they could watch it on TV like us Britlanders.
I think it's because it's so scatalogical. One moment they're discussing how bees buzz, and then they're talking about the single most ironic way to kill a bee or how best to utilise motorised tortoises, and then it's back to penises and sex iokes.
Intelligent, whimsical and crude, who can't love it?
Plus, Stephen Fry can bring in all the public school gay romp jokes. Who can't love it, indeed?
Speaking of which, I'm going to see Stephen Fry later this month. I am most excited. I have no idea what he'll be talking about, but he can talk about anything with an ease of wit and delightful eloquence, so I doubt that'll be an issue. :smallamused:


:smallgasp:
The Dictionary episode! No. The Acting episode.
"Macbeth"
"Arrgh. Hot potatoes, orchestra stalls, Puck shall make amends, akh!"
"Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!"
"Indeed it is, sir, but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon."
"...Nope, didn't catch any of that."
"Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue."
"Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damned saucy, you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've never penultimated any of them in their solar sojourn, or for that matter been given any Norman tongue!"
"I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. It has apparently taken him ten years."
"Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself."


Oh dear . . . Mansfield Park is the most boring book AUsten has written.
NOOOO

When you've finished it turn immediately to Persuasion, Emma or Northanger Abbey. The latter half of the latter book acually satirises the Victorian Gothic genre before it ever existed, mostly because it was satirsing the ROmantic Gothic, but they're slightly almost the same thing. I suppose what I should say is that Northanger anticipates the Victorian Gothic genre.
YAAAAY

So, what kind of things are on your reading list? Id it thematically based? By period? I am intrigued. Also: Amazon is your friend. Use and abuse it. Then turn to charity shops and fellow uni or ex-uni students.
I've used, bruised and abused Amazon muchly.
My reading list covers things from just about every period since the first thing I'm doing is Past and Present - pretty much the foundations of English Literature in context and the like. My other module for the moment I have to buy a lot less for, and it's Culture and Criticism - the theoretical stuff, literary criticism, movements, political and ideological influences - I'm looking forward to that a lot. I've got my fantastically big Literary Theory book in front of me right now and if I look at it any more I'll just end up reading all of it immediately. :smalltongue:


Now, when it comes to books, I have a small fit of glee every time I find a - wait. WAIT.
WAIT!
It's the second of September!
I Shall Wear Midnight has been released! :biggrin::bigcool:
I'm going to go town tomorrow, read it, come home, GEEK OUT.
:glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee: :glee:

Um. Yeah. I have a small-to-extremely-large fit of glee every time I find/read/buy a book I've been lusting after for ages.
I'll be in my bunk. Happy happy days.
I need to read more Discworld. I've probably read about 10 of them by now, but I need more! :smalltongue:
The Watch books are my favourites from what I've read, but I haven't read any of the Witches books yet so that could change.


Hugh Laurie's darling. It's the puppy dog eyes and his foppish silliness and general idiocy. Took him several weeks to fail at putting on trousers.
However, Third does have a basic lack of Brian Blessed and Stephen Fry. Well, except for the last episode naturally.
He's as happy as a Frenchman who's just invented a pair of self-removing trousers.


It's not So Bad It's Good, it's So Bad It's Awesome. That or So Cool It's Awesome. I mean, it has a Queen soundtrack for one thing, that automatically ranks it up in excellence.
It revels in its cheesy brilliance.
<3 Queen. And Flash Gordon.



:smallcool: "Keep your stupid comments in your pocket!"

I wish they would screen that somewhere near me. It's just about the most brilliant thing I've ever seen, I'd love to see the whole thing.
It's truly beautiful. Someone should get Tommy Wiseau an Oscar.
"You betray me you not good you just a chicken CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP!"


This. One, he's a Prince. Two, he's a Lord. Forth, he's a Captain. But Third he's above no-one except Baldrick. And yes, the Blackadder/George dynamic is brilliant.
And Baldrick is the last in God's great chain, unless there's an earwig he'd like to victimise.


I hate colds. I'm lucky. I rarely get sick. And when I do, I just sleep for half the day, then I'm fine. :smallsmile: It's kinda wierd actually.
I, too, have a strong constitution. It's in the blood - my Grandad managed to stave off a level of cancer that would've toppled an elephant for five years.
I consider myself health insured. :smalltongue:

[Thufir]

There are more ways than that to get a guy up to a high C. :amused:

And you claim to be innocent and naive.


I've seen girls run around topless. They still have their bras on - and that's technically a top.
And don't worry, I like ogling as much as anyone.

Still affords much more opportunity for, as me and my high school friends would have put it, "admiring the 'scenery'"


It's true (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shall-Wear-Midnight-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0385611072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283483646&sr=8-1). The new blurb looks more intriguing than the last time I checked. A man with no eyes. A man with tunnels inside his head.
I suppose I'll be putting off my marathon until Saturday.

Yeah, those first two sentences instantly caught my interest. I'd be curious about that even if it wasn't a Discworld book.
WAAAANT.


That's true. Always more impressive to see a guy try to hit those high notes. And amusing. The way their little faces contort and they lift their chin to get that extra bit of help. :smallsmile:

Meh. I'm comfortable up to a top D usually. Up to an F, or sometimes higher, is a bit more of a strain.


Crimson Assurance won the Cannes Film Festival award thingy you know.
Curses.
Okay.
Pterry. Python. Pblackadder.

Mwahaha. What shall I get you to watch next, I wonder? :smallamused:
It's fun to charter an accountant,
And sail the wide accountancy...


"Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!"
"Indeed it is, sir, but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon."
"...Nope, didn't catch any of that."
"Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue."
"Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damned saucy, you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've never penultimated any of them in their solar sojourn, or for that matter been given any Norman tongue!"
"I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. It has apparently taken him ten years."
"Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself."

Really, given that extensive and unnecessary use of sesquipedalian loquaciousness, Dr. Johnson somewhat deserves the ribbing he gets from Blackadder.


I need to read more Discworld. I've probably read about 10 of them by now, but I need more! :smalltongue:
The Watch books are my favourites from what I've read, but I haven't read any of the Witches books yet so that could change.

10? Pah! Pitiful. Get thee to a bookshop!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Really, given that extensive and unnecessary use of sesquipedalian loquaciousness, Dr. Johnson somewhat deserves the ribbing he gets from Blackadder.
That particular ribbing is one of my favourites in the entire show.
"This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language."
"Every single one, sir?"
"Every single one, sir!"
"In that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities."
"What?"
"Contrafibularities, sir? It is a common word down our way."
"Damn!"
"Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm anaspeptic, trasmotic, even capunctuous to have caused you such pericobobulations."
"What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me."
"I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word."
*Dr Johnson death glare*


10? Pah! Pitiful. Get thee to a bookshop!
Capital idea, but I'd never leave. :smalltongue:

[Snares]

Pfft, my laptop battery's the best one of all. It's completely dead. Pull out the cable and the thing shuts down. :smalltongue:


D:
Bu . . .
Naaaah, Cambridge's cool.
And for the record, the official degree title at Oxford is called BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, there's one compulsory language module in the second year, and more than twenty language orientated options in the third year, with another one or two offered as first year options, plus a compulsory Introduction to Literary Theory module which is a bit of both.
It's iust not as well advertised as - sadly:smallfrown: - many Oxford students don't like abusing full access to virtually every department under the sun and choosing topics like Introduction to Language and Linguistics (I did - lots of complicated theoretical stuff in there - loved it. The sociolinguistic theories? Not so much) or the later stuff like Modern English Philology or Middle English Dialectology. Generally though, the Language is mixed with the Lit, but you are right that most people focus iust on the Lit. :smallfrown: I cherish and worship my lit, but there must be respect and awe when it comes to the langages to.
Oh, there all all these foreign (deadish) language options which focus quite heavily on the language, perhaps even moreso than the literature in the language. But that's only Course II, and maybe some Course I options.
But whether you go Cam- or -ford, the one thing every degree at those places isn't is methodical.
Generally it's: next term you can do A or B.
A
Okay, here's your reading list; it's only a general one. If it fits within the field of A or B you can write on it.

I'm in the anime society, and the previous head of the society (in his third year) wrote an English essay which basically analysed his favourite anime series and compared it to a novel he was reading. It my even have been his thesis.
Either way, good luck with your applications.

Sounds like you get to do some pretty interesting stuff. A lot of the course descriptions on websites can be misleading; from what I read, it seemed very lit-focused. Maybe it was just me. I'm still not sure if I can get the grades though. In two subjects I was only one mark away from getting an A, so I had some papers re-marked in the hope of picking up one mark somewhere; today I picked up the results of the re-marks, and lo and behold, neither of the marks changed at all. Examiners. :smallannoyed:


That actually sounds very interesting. Especially for someone who's interested or good in all the Arts subiects.
I don't know much about Creative Writing courses, but if Iibar pops in, ask him; he's doing one at UEA I believe.

Yeah, it seems a great course, especially for someone like me, who's very indecisive, and is also a bit of a jack of all trades and master of none... well, maybe master of one if you count English. I tend to somehow do well even if the course doesn't interest me or motivate me to study at all. I thought my AS exam had gone terribly, but I only dropped 5 marks. I'm mystified as to how.

I'm actually looking at doing creative writing at UEA as a postgraduate course, so if I see him I'll drop him a few questions. That course has a very good reputation for churning out good writers. I would be considering English there for an undergraduate course too, but they're only accepting people who've done Lit, and I do the combined course.


There are more ways than that to get a guy up to a high C. :amused:

http://i46.tinypic.com/300w26e.jpg


Meh. I'm comfortable up to a top D usually. Up to an F, or sometimes higher, is a bit more of a strain.

Just checked mine and it refuses to go any higher than a G. My throat's full of awful though, as usual, so I'm sure I could get it a tad higher on a better day... :smalltongue:

[Thufir]

That particular ribbing is one of my favourites in the entire show.
"This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language."
"Every single one, sir?"
"Every single one, sir!"
"In that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities."
"What?"
"Contrafibularities, sir? It is a common word down our way."
"Damn!"
"Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm anaspeptic, trasmotic, even capunctuous to have caused you such pericobobulations."
"What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me."
"I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word."
*Dr Johnson death glare*

It's Phrasmotic/Frasmotic (Not sure about spelling), compunctuous, pericombobulations.
And of course later on, "Do not let me hinder your velocitous extramuralisation."


Just checked mine and it refuses to go any higher than a G. My throat's full of awful though, as usual, so I'm sure I could get it a tad higher on a better day... :smalltongue:

Time was my falsetto would go all the way to a soprano top A or B flat... Sometimes it still does, but only sometimes. Usually my falsetto doesn't really exist.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

It's Phrasmotic/Frasmotic (Not sure about spelling), compunctuous, pericombobulations.
And of course later on, "Do not let me hinder your velocitous extramuralisation."

They're all made up, though. :smalltongue:

"Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pangestatary interlusion?"

"I shall return... interfrastingly."

[Thufir]

"I shall return... interfrastically."

Fixed that for you. Blackadder may have made them up, but we should report acurately what he said.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Fixed that for you. Blackadder may have made them up, but we should report acurately what he said.

Do you have a script in front of you or something? I'm just going by memory here. :smalltongue:

[Thufir]

Do you have a script in front of you or something? I'm just going by memory here. :smalltongue:

So am I. My quote memory is rather good, and I always liked those made up words. Also I iust rewatched it on tuesday night.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

So am I. My quote memory is rather good, and I always liked those made up words. Also I iust rewatched it on tuesday night.

That explains it.

"I am delighted to have been instrumental in keeping your bosom free of arses, sir."

[Gullara]

My laptop has a battery life of about 20 mins, it's absurd. More technically minded people have told me it's because I always run it from the AC power and never let the battery run down. It just has to sit on my desk and work as a desktop. Eh, I have a netbook if I need to travel.

I try not to plug in my laptop when its not completely dead. It doesn't help when I need it fully charged for the next day. Its a netbook so I get about 5 to 6 hours of battery life.

[Trobby]

You were in Maryland and didn't stop in to say "Hello" to Alarra and me? :smallfrown::smalltongue:


This was on a visit to a girlfriend who has trouble meeting new Cousins. Like, one or two of them at the same time. I think trying to introduce her to a Playgrounder would have blown her mind. Sorreh. :smallfrown:



It sits below the Mason/Dixon line, so technically South, but even Marylanders can't really agree on whether or not it's a "southern" state.


She happens to be the daughter of a lady who comes from Georgia, so I consider going down there to be heading South based on the accents that I will encounter. And the fact that it is South from where I am, and not West.

To me, South is Maryland and anything past Maryland, as far West as the Mississippi, and then dipping down into Arkansas, and across through New Mexico, Arizona, and So. Cal. Everything above that but below the line that intersects with the bottom of the Great Lakes is Mid-territory, usually Mid-West, Mid-East, or just Mid. Everything North of that is North East, North West, or Minnesota.

Sort of like this:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Introbulus/MapOfTheAreas.png

Note that I do not include NY State as part of New England, because to me, it really isn't. It's the part of the United States where New England ends and just becomes the Northeast.


Je ne parlez pas le Francais. Je parlez Anglais et Americain...

i think. :smalltongue:

Ah..I always forget that it's Anglais, with an A, not with an E. ^^;



Toad Party. It was 5 toads sitting around together on two moderately large rocks. They didn't actually do anything, but that was probably because I was looking at them. They were probably raving all night to the sound of The Crickets. :smallwink:

Did you try playing your Ocarina at them? I hear if you play the right song, you can get a heart piece. :smalltongue:

[cycoris]

Trobs, I can't believe that you didn't put the Pacific Northwest on that map of yours. For shame! :smallannoyed: :smalltongue:

ION: Just had the uni I'm applying to call to verify that a) I really have "graduated" from "high school", and b) am really applying for Winter term.

WHY ELSE WOULD IT SAY SO ON THE FLIPPING FORM I JUST SENT YOU??!! :smallsigh:

At least now I can be sure that they've received my application. And the lady who called did say that they would begin processing it immediately, so hopefully I won't have to be on tenterhooks for too long. :smalleek:

Edit: Trobsalob, that's a nifty avvie you've got there!

[Trobby]

Trobs, I can't believe that you didn't put the Pacific Northwest on that map of yours. For shame! :smallannoyed: :smalltongue:


Eeep! D: I'm from the Northeast! The Pacific NorthWest is a foreign concept to me! Please don't devour me! :smalleek::smalltongue:



ION: Just had the uni I'm applying to call to verify that a) I really have "graduated" from "high school", and b) am really applying for Winter term.

WHY ELSE WOULD IT SAY SO ON THE FLIPPING FORM I JUST SENT YOU??!! :smallsigh:

At least now I can be sure that they've received my application. And the lady who called did say that they would begin processing it immediately, so hopefully I won't have to be on tenterhooks for too long. :smalleek:

Get used to this. :smallsigh: College bureaucracy is one of the least efficient machines in the world. They will ask you questions they already have the answer to, and insist that you bring them papers that they should have had ages ago.

On the other hand, they will always at least TRY to help you out...<.<; Even if they are never actually helpful in any endeavor.

[Alarra]

West.
Everything North of that is North East, North West, or Minnesota.
I find it sad that you classify North and South Dakota as 'Minnesota'

And that's another thing that bugs me, not that you said, but in general... Midwest. Midwest supposedly is commonly thought to stretch from the dakotas over to Ohio. How is Ohio west? It's not even middle US. I mean, it's not East coast, but it's certainly on the eastern side. midwest sounds to me like it should mean states in the middle to western part of the US, but not the pacific coast. It doesn't come anywhere near 'west' stopping clearly at exact middle and some people don't even stretch it that far, ending at Minnesota or even further east. *end rant*

[Dogmantra]

So recently, my brother and I noticed that our (unjustly) capped internet speed was only resuming normal service at 1am, rather than at 12 midnight like it was supposed to.

I just realised why this is. Turns out, my ISP is so incompetent that they forgot to account for summertime. That's right, the cap runs from 6pm to midnight, GMT.

[Pyrian]

I find it sad that you classify North and South Dakota as 'Minnesota':smallbiggrin: Heck, I'd roll in Iowa and Nebraska while we're at it. :smallwink:


How is Ohio west?West of the colonies, basically. :smalltongue:

[arguskos]

I find it sad that you classify North and South Dakota as 'Minnesota'

And that's another thing that bugs me, not that you said, but in general... Midwest. Midwest supposedly is commonly thought to stretch from the dakotas over to Ohio. How is Ohio west? It's not even middle US. I mean, it's not East coast, but it's certainly on the eastern side. midwest sounds to me like it should mean states in the middle to western part of the US, but not the pacific coast. It doesn't come anywhere near 'west' stopping clearly at exact middle and some people don't even stretch it that far, ending at Minnesota or even further east. *end rant*
As a life-long Ohioan, I can answer this. The term Midwest in relation to Ohio dates to when Ohio WAS the western edge of the nation, way back in the olden days. Once a few states sprang up west of us, we were the "midwest". The term just stuck. Today, obviously, it doesn't really count.

Course, this is just what we learned in school back in like 5th grade here. It's very likely wrong.

[CurlyKitGirl]

"...Yer' just tryin' ta' make an old sea dog blush now, aren't you? *grin*

"Yes, yes I am. 'Tis only right in this misogynistic world fer th' feminine pirates among us to obiectify th' menfolk.
"Now get your behind into the seat before I got to be misandynistic t'ward ye in an obvious fashion!"


Aaaahh...*nods* That'd do it. :3 I um..only took a year of French...<.<; So yeah...not as much experience here. *cough* Parles vous en Francaise? Non, Je ne pas parles en Francaise. Je parles en Englaise.

Parlez-vous Francaise?
Non, ie ne parles pas Francais, ie parles anglais.

Or if you want to be really fancy: Non, ie ne la parles pas, ie parles anglais.

Not bad for only one year of French though.


We're allowed to shoot Scots in York - I've always heard it's with a longbow and so long as they're within the City walls, but not on Sundays. Also maybe only if they're in full battle dress, that requirement varies depending on who you ask.

I think it's Chester that you can shoot the Welsh. It would make more sense - the Welsh have invaded pretty far if they've got to York (but we're watching you, Welsh folks).

My mistake. Oop North is Oop North. Sometimes it's Really Oop North and sometimes it's iust Oop North.
I find it funny though as they never bothered repealing so many of these laws. Like the one about pregnant women urinating in the traditional policeman's helmet.


Plus, Stephen Fry can bring in all the public school gay romp jokes. Who can't love it, indeed?
Speaking of which, I'm going to see Stephen Fry later this month. I am most excited. I have no idea what he'll be talking about, but he can talk about anything with an ease of wit and delightful eloquence, so I doubt that'll be an issue. :smallamused:

o.O
Where? When? And does it really matter, it's Stephen Fry and that's all you need to know. :smallenvy: :smallbiggrin:


"Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!"
"Indeed it is, sir, but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon."
"...Nope, didn't catch any of that."
"Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue."
"Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damned saucy, you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've never penultimated any of them in their solar sojourn, or for that matter been given any Norman tongue!"
"I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. It has apparently taken him ten years."
"Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself."

One of the best parts of the episode.


NOOOO
. . .
YAAAAY

'Tis true. I do love my Austen, but Mansfield Park is so dully depressing. After you've read it you really ought to turn to something Austen-y and happy that isn't Pride and Preiudice, don't get me wrong, I love that book; but it's a bit overrated.


I've used, bruised and abused Amazon muchly.
My reading list covers things from just about every period since the first thing I'm doing is Past and Present - pretty much the foundations of English Literature in context and the like. My other module for the moment I have to buy a lot less for, and it's Culture and Criticism - the theoretical stuff, literary criticism, movements, political and ideological influences - I'm looking forward to that a lot. I've got my fantastically big Literary Theory book in front of me right now and if I look at it any more I'll just end up reading all of it immediately. :smalltongue:

Past and Present sounds interesting, how far back does it go? Either way, I suggest you read Paradise Lost - mainly because I'm a large nerd - but it's a good read.
As far as Culture and Criticism goes . . . you will hate and despise anything written by Stanley Fisher or about The Death of the Author and responses to it.
But plunge deep into your Literary Theory book, it's more interesting than it looks. I don't know which book it is, but literary theory is fun.


I need to read more Discworld. I've probably read about 10 of them by now, but I need more! :smalltongue:
The Watch books are my favourites from what I've read, but I haven't read any of the Witches books yet so that could change.

HERETIC!!!!!
There is never too much Discworld. Until you get to the point where you literally can't buy any more books. The Witches books are good, but not as good as the Death arc. Read Reaper Man and weep.


<3 Queen. And Flash Gordon.

Un-HERETIC!!!!!


And Baldrick is the last in God's great chain, unless there's an earwig he'd like to victimise.

Oh no, earwigs get the best of Baldrick in an even fight. Especially if he has a cunning plan.


And you claim to be innocent and naive.

It's easy to make an innuendo. Knowing what it is your suggesting is a different thing entirely.
However, it is possible that my innocence and naivete is mildly exaggerated at time.


Still affords much more opportunity for, as me and my high school friends would have put it, "admiring the 'scenery'"

Lots of iiggling. *nodnod*


Yeah, those first two sentences instantly caught my interest. I'd be curious about that even if it wasn't a Discworld book.
WAAAANT.

I'm going town tomorrow. I did well today - have done exactly one-third of the translating for my Wulfstan. Well, except for the opening three lines in Latin: SERMO LUPI AD ANGLOS QUANDO DANI MAXIME PERSECUTI SUNT EOS, QUOD FUIT ANNO MILLESIMO XIIII AB INCARNATIONE DOMINI NOSTRI IESU CRISTI. And there are so many fragments and chunks of untranslated Latin in the notes. Anger.


Mwahaha. What shall I get you to watch next, I wonder? :smallamused:
It's fun to charter an accountant,
And sail the wide accountancy...

*whimper*
Curse you.


That particular ribbing is one of my favourites in the entire show.
"This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language."
"Every single one, sir?"
"Every single one, sir!"
"In that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities."
"What?"
"Contrafibularities, sir? It is a common word down our way."
"Damn!"
"Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm anaspeptic, trasmotic, even capunctuous to have caused you such pericobobulations."
"What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me."
"I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word."
*Dr Johnson death glare*

Classic. More classic.


Capital idea, but I'd never leave. :smalltongue:

I risk that every time I step into a place with books.


Sounds like you get to do some pretty interesting stuff. A lot of the course descriptions on websites can be misleading; from what I read, it seemed very lit-focused. Maybe it was just me. I'm still not sure if I can get the grades though. In two subjects I was only one mark away from getting an A, so I had some papers re-marked in the hope of picking up one mark somewhere; today I picked up the results of the re-marks, and lo and behold, neither of the marks changed at all. Examiners. :smallannoyed:

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me; or ask here for that matter. But yeah, the website is a little misleading; prolly because most people aren't interested in the intricacies of the language.
I won't lie to you, if you don't take specifically language orientated papers you'll have two compulsory pure language/language analysis papers in three years. The MdE and OE papers (all students have to do a compulsory MdE paper) are about 50/50 language and literature, so let's say a quarter of your papers will be language-y.
But that's why there's Course II - more older languages means more language study, and iust better options.



I'm actually looking at doing creative writing at UEA as a postgraduate course, so if I see him I'll drop him a few questions. That course has a very good reputation for churning out good writers. I would be considering English there for an undergraduate course too, but they're only accepting people who've done Lit, and I do the combined course.

You can't miss him. He's the Cat-Muffin extraordinaire!

There is a cat-puddly on my lap.
I am a prisoner of the Demon-Cat.
Send help. Quick.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I just skimmed through this (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100902/sc_livescience/massextinctionthreatearthonvergeofhugeresetbutton) article on mass extincton, and it freaked me out. I though I'd share it with you.

[Trobby]

I find it sad that you classify North and South Dakota as 'Minnesota'

And that's another thing that bugs me, not that you said, but in general... Midwest. Midwest supposedly is commonly thought to stretch from the dakotas over to Ohio. How is Ohio west? It's not even middle US. I mean, it's not East coast, but it's certainly on the eastern side. midwest sounds to me like it should mean states in the middle to western part of the US, but not the pacific coast. It doesn't come anywhere near 'west' stopping clearly at exact middle and some people don't even stretch it that far, ending at Minnesota or even further east. *end rant*

Note that my map is 100% subjective. <.<; I apologize for any rage it may cause in advance.


"Yes, yes I am. 'Tis only right in this misogynistic world fer th' feminine pirates among us to obiectify th' menfolk.
"Now get your behind into the seat before I got to be misandynistic t'ward ye in an obvious fashion!"


"Already be in a seat, luv. Got a bit of a problem with the menfolk in this world? I admit the majority of us types are crude, unabashed lechers.

I try to buck the status quo." :smallamused:



Parlez-vous Francaise?
Non, ie ne parles pas Francais, ie parles anglais.

Or if you want to be really fancy: Non, ie ne la parles pas, ie parles anglais.

Not bad for only one year of French though.

Merci, mon cherie. :smallwink:



HERETIC!!!!!
There is never too much Discworld. Until you get to the point where you literally can't buy any more books. The Witches books are good, but not as good as the Death arc. Read Reaper Man and weep.


Still trudging my way through the books. Can't wait 'til I reach Hogfather. :smallbiggrin:



It's easy to make an innuendo. Knowing what it is your suggesting is a different thing entirely.
However, it is possible that my innocence and naivete is mildly exaggerated at time.


Mine too. <w<; I think I would surprise most of the playground with how awful I can be. *Giggle*



There is a cat-puddly on my lap.
I am a prisoner of the Demon-Cat.
Send help. Quick.

You are on your own, ma'am. You lucky cat-holding person you...

[Phaedra]

My mistake. Oop North is Oop North. Sometimes it's Really Oop North and sometimes it's iust Oop North.
I find it funny though as they never bothered repealing so many of these laws. Like the one about pregnant women urinating in the traditional policeman's helmet.



Surely everywhere is Oop North from Cornwall? :smalltongue:

I love our crazy by-laws. My favourite is the requirement to do an hour's longbow practice every day. Men of Britain, you're shirking in your duty to our realm!

[AtlanteanTroll]

I got cast as the Great Goblin in the Hobbit. I'm glad, but this means Gandalf will kill me! :smalltongue: :smallwink:

[CurlyKitGirl]

"Already be in a seat, luv. Got a bit of a problem with the menfolk in this world? I admit the majority of us types are crude, unabashed lechers.

I try to buck the status quo." :smallamused:

"In tha' case I'll be takin' this seat here. But, you see, because yer real self were so cruwel to me own real self outside these tubey things, I be findin' meself obligated to gi' ye yer own puddle o' cat to put in yer lap.
"Her claws be an inch long, so don't be startlin' the dear Demon-Cat." :smallamused:
"And while I don't be mindin' the menfolk of piratical persuasion, they c'n be so foul o' times, 'tis only right fair to be foul right back a'em."



Merci, mon cherie. :smallwink:

Ma. Girls are feminine so they're 'ma cherie'.
Pas de probleme.


Still trudging my way through the books. Can't wait 'til I reach Hogfather. :smallbiggrin:

Not as amazing as Reaper Man, but excellent nonetheless, as is the movie.
But . . . trudging?
Trudging implies a weary, disconsolate walk, facing the future with a downcast, unexpecting gaze. I tried to find the right clip from A Knight's Tale, but I couldn't. So have this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWO9ozir1Y) showing the excellence that is Chaucer, and proof that thirteenth century peasants knew how to rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ClNeGCVPs). The music starts around 3:08.


Mine too. <w<; I think I would surprise most of the playground with how awful I can be. *Giggle*

I have a filthy, filthy mind, and can apparently make anything dirty.


You are on your own, ma'am. You lucky cat-holding person you...

My legs are numb from the thighs down, and my hips are wailing in agony after enduring a full ninety-seven minutes of cross-legged cat cushioning.

You can have the Demon-Cat.

EDIT:

Surely everywhere is Oop North from Cornwall? :smalltongue:

Yep. Oop North technically starts once you hit Plymouth. London is Oop North by virtue of being quite southerly. Anything above, say Northampton is Oop Oop North; technically once you get to York you're Oop Really Far North, and Scotland is so north it's practically the North Pole. Also known as Ultimate North.


I love our crazy by-laws. My favourite is the requirement to do an hour's longbow practice every day. Men of Britain, you're shirking in your duty to our realm!

And women wearing trousers or man-type clothing is still illegal too. Never got repealed. I got a whole book of CrAzY laws like that.
Somewhere.
In one of the many boxes and shelves that make up the expanded Koorly Library. It's the node which I use to enter and control all of L-Space you know.

[Trobby]

"In tha' case I'll be takin' this seat here. But, you see, because yer real self were so cruwel to me own real self outside these tubey things, I be findin' meself obligated to gi' ye yer own puddle o' cat to put in yer lap.
"Her claws be an inch long, so don't be startlin' the dear Demon-Cat." :smallamused:
"And while I don't be mindin' the menfolk of piratical persuasion, they c'n be so foul o' times, 'tis only right fair to be foul right back a'em."


*Petting the cat, perfectly contentedly*

"Sorry? Somethin' about demon claws?"




Ma. Girls are feminine so they're 'ma cherie'.
Pas de probleme.


#<.<#; I did say I only had a year of French, almost five years ago. *cough*



Not as amazing as Reaper Man, but excellent nonetheless, as is the movie.
But . . . trudging?
Trudging implies a weary, disconsolate walk, facing the future with a downcast, unexpecting gaze. I tried to find the right clip from A Knight's Tale, but I couldn't. So have this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWO9ozir1Y) showing the excellence that is Chaucer, and proof that thirteenth century peasants knew how to rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ClNeGCVPs). The music starts around 3:08.


*coughs* Okay, more like skipping merrily through, but it is at a slow pace because of the slowness of getting the books. That part is the trudgery.

The actual book-reading part is the reward. :smallbiggrin:

Still jealous of Terry Pratchett movies in the UK tho...



I have a filthy, filthy mind, and can apparently make anything dirty.


Oh? I'd very much like to see that. ;o



My legs are numb from the thighs down, and my hips are wailing in agony after enduring a full ninety-seven minutes of cross-legged cat cushioning.

You can have the Demon-Cat.


Owie...;-; Poor Curly...*gives you a cold pack and a hug*



And women wearing trousers or man-type clothing is still illegal too. Never got repealed. I got a whole book of CrAzY laws like that.
Somewhere.
In one of the many boxes and shelves that make up the expanded Koorly Library. It's the node which I use to enter and control all of L-Space you know.

But...but pants are good! I like pants!

Though...no pants are also good...(/filthy mind) :smallredface:

[Thufir]

It's easy to make an innuendo. Knowing what it is your suggesting is a different thing entirely.
However, it is possible that my innocence and naivete is mildly exaggerated at time.

Well, of course, that's the point of the ever ubiquitous phrase, "IF you know what I mean..." *Wink* You don't have to actually know what you mean when you say it.
And your innocence and naivete is propounded only by you. The rest of us know better. :smallamused::smalltongue:


Lots of iiggling. *nodnod*

Case in point.


*whimper*
Curse you.

Soon, your TV viewing shall be entirely under MY CONTROL!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


There is a cat-puddly on my lap.
I am a prisoner of the Demon-Cat.
Send help. Quick.

OK. As soon as I finish I Can Wear Midnight and so long as I'm not accosted en route by the cat from two doors down.


Still jealous of Terry Pratchett movies in the UK though...

Meh. I've heard mixed reviews, and I haven't actually gotten round to watching any of them myself yet. Should do that.

[CurlyKitGirl]

*Petting the cat, perfectly contentedly*

"Sorry? Somethin' about demon claws?"

"There are now about a dozen one-inch claws perilously close to your gentleman vegetables.
"Don't move." :amused:



#<.<#; I did say I only had a year of French, almost five years ago. *cough*

Still better than most people.
To my great, and lasting shame, Little Sister - she who is taking a French GCSE - can't even pronounce 'Quelle heure est-il?' or understand it when spoken. And she has also had French for six years. Admittedly, on three seriously.


*coughs* Okay, more like skipping merrily through, but it is at a slow pace because of the slowness of getting the books. That part is the trudgery.

The actual book-reading part is the reward. :smallbiggrin:

Still jealous of Terry Pratchett movies in the UK tho...

For the record, which book are you on at the moment? Oh, and by the way, onight I start H2G2 fr the first time.
Buy them on Amazon? Or find another internet-y way to do so? The Colour of Magic has Tim Curry as Trymon.


Oh? I'd very much like to see that. ;o

Generally I perform it while accidentally - I'm not trying to - MSTing a film I'm watching with my uni friends.
At least I didn't profane the sacred memory of A Whole New World from Aladdin; no, that was Friend Who Does French. She ruined it by sayng it was an extended series of euphemisms about sex. No I can't listen to it without thinking 'sexsexsexsexsexsexsexsex!'. :smallfrown:


Owie...;-; Poor Curly...*gives you a cold pack and a hug*

The Demon-Cat has been moved. I can now actually feel my legs. They hurt a lot.


But...but pants are good! I like pants!

Though...no pants are also good...(/filthy mind) :smallredface:

I keep forgetting that Troglander pants are Britlander trousers. Here pants are undies.
. . .
Yeah.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I keep forgetting that Troglander pants are Britlander trousers. Here pants are undies.
. . .
Yeah.

So if I say undies or panties in the UK, will they not know what I'm saying? :smallconfused:

[Dragonrider]

Have just read 2/3 of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

Right now? My eyes see 21st century. My brain sees 7th.

:smalltongue:

[CurlyKitGirl]

Well, of course, that's the point of the ever ubiquitous phrase, "IF you know what I mean..." *Wink* You don't have to actually know what you mean when you say it.
And your innocence and naivete is propounded only by you. The rest of us know better. :smallamused::smalltongue:

Many things do fly over my head though. I suppose it comes and goes like a tide.


Case in point.

'Tis true. They can be quite hypnotic. That or so funny you're trying not to widdle yourself laughing.
Oh, it's cruel to laugh, but I saw a lady who was so well-endowed (and she had a toddler) that when she ran after said toddler said bosoms bounced up and slapped her in the face.
So cruel, but so funny.
I was a little ashamed of myself afterwards.


Soon, your TV viewing shall be entirely under MY CONTROL!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

But - but - but then you might try to make me watch something on TV!


OK. As soon as I finish I Can Wear Midnight and so long as I'm not accosted en route by the cat from two doors down.

I will have read that book by four o'clock tomorrow afternoon! NO SPOILERS!


Meh. I've heard mixed reviews, and I haven't actually gotten round to watching any of them myself yet. Should do that.

Hogfather's really good and amazingly accurate all things considered; The COlour of Magic isn't as good as Hogfather, mainly because it tries to fit both of the books into one film, and cuts and rearranges things. I've only seen it once, but I'm fairly sure they cut out the visit to the temple of Bel-Shamaroth. Koorilithulu's related to it you know.


So if I say undies or panties in the UK, will they not know what I'm saying? :smallconfused:

They will. It's iust that panties are generally seen as more sexual than undies.
And if you say pants referring to trousers you will see a Britlander's brain stop. Pause. Switch to Trogland Dictionary. Understand. Play. All in about a quarter of a second. Then they'll explain what they thought you meant.
If you look really closely you can even see the dictionary being opened up in the gleam of their eyes.

EDIT:

Have just read 2/3 of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

Right now? My eyes see 21st century. My brain sees 7th.

:smalltongue:

Hey, snap!
Were you also amused by kings called Anna, and priests called Ronan and Chad?
The miracles of Oswald had me smiling a little. If that happened nowadays - with the glowing light and all - people would be screaming UFO.
And the description of the sparrow in the darkness is truly moving, no matter how many times you've read it, referenced it and quoted it.
I should have finished Book Four by tonight. Hooray for more dissonance caused by fourteen hundred year old ecclesiastical histories.
But Lor' lummie, those letters from Pope Gregory were dull. As are the constant explanations about how This, That and The Other Guy calculated Easter.

[AtlanteanTroll]

They will. It's iust that panties are generally seen as more sexual than undies.
And if you say pants referring to trousers you will see a Britlander's brain stop. Pause. Switch to Trogland Dictionary. Understand. Play. All in about a quarter of a second. Then they'll explain what they thought you meant.
If you look really closely you can even see the dictionary being opened up in the gleam of their eyes.

Me likey the way pretty lady talks. Do it again! Do it again!! :thog:

[Pyrian]

At least I didn't profane the sacred memory of A Whole New World from Aladdin; no, that was Friend Who Does French. She ruined it by sayng it was an extended series of euphemisms about sex. No I can't listen to it without thinking 'sexsexsexsexsexsexsexsex!'. :smallfrown:That probably works on anything. :smalltongue:

[Dragonrider]

Hey, snap!
Were you also amused by kings called Anna, and priests called Ronan and Chad?
The miracles of Oswald had me smiling a little. If that happened nowadays - with the glowing light and all - people would be screaming UFO.
And the description of the sparrow in the darkness is truly moving, no matter how many times you've read it, referenced it and quoted it.
I should have finished Book Four by tonight. Hooray for more dissonance caused by fourteen hundred year old ecclesiastical histories.
But Lor' lummie, those letters from Pope Gregory were dull. As are the constant explanations about how This, That and The Other Guy calculated Easter.

Oh yes. Ronan and Chad. :smallamused:

The Sparrow in the Darkness bit was also quoted in one of my textbooks . . . I do love it very much. Beautiful. Startlingly so. The letters from Pope Gregory actually interested me because there's such a contrast between what he's saying (pick and choose the best customs from differing Christian traditions! Be lax with those English, as long as they want communion, I say yeah, give it to them!) and what Bede says (It Is The One And True Way, Your Easter Celebration Is One Day Off - the night of the thirteenth, oh horrors! - Those Britons Are Doomed).

Ahhh. Poor Britons. Always stomped on for being different.

I also recently read Tacitus' Agricola, which was immensely readable and had some prose about on par with the sparrow in the darkness passage as well. Even if he did almost as much sucking up to Agricola (his father-in-law, for goodness' sake) as Bede does to Gregory (a chapter-long eulogy? Now, really).

[Trobby]

"There are now about a dozen one-inch claws perilously close to your gentleman vegetables.
"Don't move." :amused:



"...You win this round, madame..."



For the record, which book are you on at the moment? Oh, and by the way, onight I start H2G2 fr the first time.
Buy them on Amazon? Or find another internet-y way to do so? The Colour of Magic has Tim Curry as Trymon.

Feet of Clay. Just got it from the library. So immediately after this, the next book I shall read is...

Hogfather. :smallbiggrin: I've heard many good things about it...

Afterwards I have sixteen books until I have read all the ones that have been published. *Already read The Last Hero and Maruice out of order, because the opportunity presented itself*.



Generally I perform it while accidentally - I'm not trying to - MSTing a film I'm watching with my uni friends.
At least I didn't profane the sacred memory of A Whole New World from Aladdin; no, that was Friend Who Does French. She ruined it by sayng it was an extended series of euphemisms about sex. No I can't listen to it without thinking 'sexsexsexsexsexsexsexsex!'. :smallfrown:


I manage to keep myself blissfully ignorant of those things while watching the actual movie. Mostly because I have the uncanny ability to forget subtext.

...It does not serve me well at times though...like when it took me half the movie to realize that the girl from M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" Was blind. ((It was for a class on Mosters, Robots, and Cyborgs in fiction)).



I keep forgetting that Troglander pants are Britlander trousers. Here pants are undies.
. . .
Yeah.

...*large blush*


ION: Just got a look at my Statistics textbook for this semester (because I'm required to take at least one statistics class, and I chose Qualitative research).

It looks...so...BORING. D: I mean I understand that Qualitative research implies that you go in-depth with understanding the meaning behind people's words, but the chapter is just so excessively verbose it just...ehh...I'll live with it. I'll just have to read it over again so that I understand it.

[Raistlin1040]

With my eight years of official French study and fluent parents, I'm agreeing with you. What other subjects you doing this year, Rai? Sweet, I don't have to feel stupid about being able to wax poetic for hours in English and being utterly incompetent in French again until Tuesday!

I've got Third Year French, Chemistry, Racquet Sports (I love Tennis and Badminton, but honestly, I find PE graduation requirements to be the dumbest thing ever invented), Advanced Placement Statistics, and Advanced Placement United States History/Honors English. Next semester I change out Racquet Sports for Psychology.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Sweet, I don't have to feel stupid about being able to wax poetic for hours in English and being utterly incompetent in French again until Tuesday!

Yeah, I haven't spake french all summer. I'm gonna be sooo rusty. Mon francais est tres mal. Je suis trop parasseux de chercher le petit chose sous la 'c'.

Hmm. La lettre, 'c', est-il masculine, ou feminine?

[CurlyKitGirl]

Me likey the way pretty lady talks. Do it again! Do it again!! :thog:

Hey, I iust realised that, since I have proven that the maiority of the people in the world have a [Native Language] -> Troglander Dictionary, and that it is well known that Koorlilithulu and Koorlyshtka manifest in all books, that I can technically control more than three-quarters of the world's population.
Hell, I could even pull a Weeping Angel on people.
:smalleek: :smalltongue:


That probably works on anything. :smalltongue:

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Bitter sweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong


Damnation, you were right. It's all about sex.
Happy now? Beauty and the Beast's most famous song (arguably) is now all about teh sexytimes.

As is I'll Make A Man Out of You:
(Be a man)
We must be swift as the coursing river(but not too swift!)
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(To Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Why was I a fool in school for cutting gym? (Well, you certainly need more endurance if you're as fast as a river)

And so on.
Bogdammit. And there goes my favourite Disney film of recent years. And Hunchback is obvious, so no go.


Oh yes. Ronan and Chad. :smallamused:

The Sparrow in the Darkness bit was also quoted in one of my textbooks . . . I do love it very much. Beautiful. Startlingly so. The letters from Pope Gregory actually interested me because there's such a contrast between what he's saying (pick and choose the best customs from differing Christian traditions! Be lax with those English, as long as they want communion, I say yeah, give it to them!) and what Bede says (It Is The One And True Way, Your Easter Celebration Is One Day Off - the night of the thirteenth, oh horrors! - Those Britons Are Doomed).

Ahhh. Poor Britons. Always stomped on for being different.

Bede with his ranting. Sigh. Most tiresome part of the book so far. I do like the sound of Pope Gregory though, his letters sound amazing - aside from the aforementioned one dealing with stupidly nitpicky rules and things, but hey.
Oh, and the Irish Issue With Communion was the worst part! It's fascinating finding out exactly how Easter works out, but to mention about a dozen ways in one (hugenormous) paragraph is a bit much oh Venerable Bede.
Your rhetoric was splendid, especially your Sparrow Scene and the introduction, which is iust oddly memorrable for some reason, tone down the minutiae, or at least put interesting stuff in between it.


[QUOTE=Dragonrider;9285323]I also recently read Tacitus' Agricola, which was immensely readable and had some prose about on par with the sparrow in the darkness passage as well. Even if he did almost as much sucking up to Agricola (his father-in-law, for goodness' sake) as Bede does to Gregory (a chapter-long eulogy? Now, really).

I've only read a little of Germanicus, but what I've read was good. You can;'t really fault people for sucking up to their patrons though, I've read weirder things.


"...You win this round, madame..."

"Now, about that drink we were having . . . "


Feet of Clay. Just got it from the library. So immediately after this, the next book I shall read is...

Hogfather. :smallbiggrin: I've heard many good things about it...

Afterwards I have sixteen books until I have read all the ones that have been published. *Already read The Last Hero and Maruice out of order, because the opportunity presented itself*.

You will love, adore and worship Night Watch. I don't know how high I'd rank Hogfather, but there are many a scene taken individually (especially the one about iustice, truth and hope) that are high up there in the 'most beautiful pieces in the series'.


I manage to keep myself blissfully ignorant of those things while watching the actual movie. Mostly because I have the uncanny ability to forget subtext.

...It does not serve me well at times though...like when it took me half the movie to realize that the girl from M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" Was blind. ((It was for a class on Mosters, Robots, and Cyborgs in fiction)).

I can't switch it off very well any more. And my mute button tends to malfuction at times, so I can't but help MST things. With Disney at least I can switch it off. Except when it comes to The Sword in the Stone and their recent works. I refuse to accept that Home on the Range is a Disney film.


...*large blush*

:smallamused:
:smallsmirk:

[Raistlin1040]

Seriously, learning another language makes me feel like an idiot. A foreign exchange student from Luxembourg was in our class today to talk about his country, and he speaks French, German, Luxembourgish and decent English, and he's a year older than I am. I speak English and bits of French. I'm great at science and math, I'm absurdly good at English and History (for reference, I taught my ex-girlfriend, who was a college student, how to write essays, because she'd been homeschooled and had never really done them. She aced her class.), and generally good at any other elective I take. Language though...Of my best friends, one is in Advanced Placement Spanish Year 5, so he's fairly fluent, a few others speak Hindi, and even my girlfriend speaks Afrikaans, and is arguably better than I am at French.

It's quite demoralizing, because I'd like to become fluent in French and German.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Seriously, learning another language makes me feel like an idiot. A foreign exchange student from Luxembourg was in our class today to talk about his country, and he speaks French, German, Luxembourgish and decent English, and he's a year older than I am.

Just be glad you speak English. It is the langage of the Internet and of buisness afterall. Also it breaks its own rules all over the place, so yeah. Be glad you don't have to learn it. I had to leanr English on top of Atlantean. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SPEAK IN ATLANTEAN?

[Gullara]

Not as amazing as Reaper Man, but excellent nonetheless, as is the movie.
But . . . trudging?
Trudging implies a weary, disconsolate walk, facing the future with a downcast, unexpecting gaze. I tried to find the right clip from A Knight's Tale, but I couldn't. So have this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWO9ozir1Y) showing the excellence that is Chaucer, and proof that thirteenth century peasants knew how to rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ClNeGCVPs). The music starts around 3:08.


I have the sudden desire to watch that movie again. Who couldn't like the combination of knights, jousting, and 80s rock. :smallcool:

[Dr. Bath]

Seriously, learning another language makes me feel like an idiot. A foreign exchange student from Luxembourg was in our class today to talk about his country, and he speaks French, German, Luxembourgish and decent English, and he's a year older than I am. I speak English and bits of French. I'm great at science and math, I'm absurdly good at English and History (for reference, I taught my ex-girlfriend, who was a college student, how to write essays, because she'd been homeschooled and had never really done them. She aced her class.), and generally good at any other elective I take. Language though...Of my best friends, one is in Advanced Placement Spanish Year 5, so he's fairly fluent, a few others speak Hindi, and even my girlfriend speaks Afrikaans, and is arguably better than I am at French.

It's quite demoralizing, because I'd like to become fluent in French and German.

Sure does suck to be amazing at almost everything.

Dang must be awful for you. :smalltongue:

Grump grump grump I am feeling grumpy.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Sweet, I don't have to feel stupid about being able to wax poetic for hours in English and being utterly incompetent in French again until Tuesday!

I've got Third Year French, Chemistry, Racquet Sports (I love Tennis and Badminton, but honestly, I find PE graduation requirements to be the dumbest thing ever invented), Advanced Placement Statistics, and Advanced Placement United States History/Honors English. Next semester I change out Racquet Sports for Psychology.

You have to do PE to pass? That is stupid, good thing you've only got a term left to do it. When it comes to Britland they don't care if you pass or fail it because frankly, as long as you're not doing a GCSE in it, ou don't get graded in it.
It's compulsory twice a week, but no grading or anything.


Yeah, I haven't spake french all summer. I'm gonna be sooo rusty. Mon francais est tres mal. Je suis trop parasseux de chercher le petit chose sous la 'c'.

Hmm. La lettre, 'c', est-il masculine, ou feminine?

Individuellement, les lettres n'ont pas masculin ou feminine. Ils tous feminines parce que'une lettre est feminin.
Et le charactre que vous le chercez est s'appelle un cedilla.


Seriously, learning another language makes me feel like an idiot. A foreign exchange student from Luxembourg was in our class today to talk about his country, and he speaks French, German, Luxembourgish and decent English, and he's a year older than I am. I speak English and bits of French. I'm great at science and math, I'm absurdly good at English and History (for reference, I taught my ex-girlfriend, who was a college student, how to write essays, because she'd been homeschooled and had never really done them. She aced her class.), and generally good at any other elective I take. Language though...Of my best friends, one is in Advanced Placement Spanish Year 5, so he's fairly fluent, a few others speak Hindi, and even my girlfriend speaks Afrikaans, and is arguably better than I am at French.

It's quite demoralizing, because I'd like to become fluent in French and German.

Well, in all fairness, the maiority of European countries need to be multilingual to understand each other. And some people iust aren't natural linguists. Case in point: one of my secondary school friends took French for eight years, but he only ended up with a G at GCSE, and he tried really hard. Hell, I spent most of Y11 coaching him in preparation for his oral and listening exams.
Maybe you've iust not got enough exposure to the languages? Try putting some of your old favourites into another language with ENglish subtitles, I did that a fair bit (and still do) and it helps with comprehension.


Just be glad you speak English. It is the langage of the Internet and of buisness afterall. Also it breaks its own rules all over the place, so yeah. Be glad you don't have to learn it. I had to learn English on top of Atlantean. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SPEAK IN ATLANTEAN?

Eh, it's the body language that's the trickiest part. See, spending seven months of the year completely underwater limits the movements you can make, so exaggeration is key.
When it comes to uttering the language, well, there's a Dry Language for the times when we're above or out-of-water, and the Wet language for the other times. The Dry one is more vocal than the other, but there's still a very heavy amount of rounding, making many of the vowels dipthongs or even tripthongs, and the difference between them is so subtle that it's quite common for even an older native Atlantean to mispronounce to basic stuff.
Such as waoum (to be) for example. Not to mention the constant nasalisation can get a little grating to a visitor after a while.
Really, it'd be easier for eeryone if they iust switched entirely to a physical language altogether.

The reason English is so hard to learn is because we have no set pronounciation, unlike most other countries and we do steal words from everywhere, so their pronounciation becomes a part of ours.
And linguistically, we've got Celtic (so Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Max, Briton, Pictish and Gaelic), Latin, the other languages of the Roman Empire, Norman French, Old Norse, Old Saxon (and related languages - so germanic) iust as the base for our language.
The English language is an ungodly mix of the Romance and Germanic branches of the Indo-European family. So many conflicting rules.
But they do make sense if you go far back enough.
Sometimes far back can be so far we've had to reconstruct the entirety of Proto-Indo-European to do so, but eventually the rules tend to make sense. Mostly.

[Raistlin1040]

I suppose I didn't make myself entirely clear. My written French is decent. We take something called the STAMP test, which stands for something but I forget. I took it the end of last year, and ended up with a rating of Low Intermediate level on Speaking, Written, and Reading Comprehension, which was above average for a Year 2 student. Still, given a dictionary and ample time, I can write French pretty well for my year. Speaking it off the top of my head...I stutter, mispronounce things, choke on my words, and generally sound like a moron.

And yes, to graduate from high school in my district, we need three semesters of PE. Freshmen take Freshman PE, Sophomores take Sophomore PE (Which has Health tied into it), and then somewhere in the four years you need another PE credit.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I suppose I didn't make myself entirely clear. My written French is decent. We take something called the STAMP test, which stands for something but I forget. I took it the end of last year, and ended up with a rating of Low Intermediate level on Speaking, Written, and Reading Comprehension, which was above average for a Year 2 student. Still, given a dictionary and ample time, I can write French pretty well for my year. Speaking it off the top of my head...I stutter, mispronounce things, choke on my words, and generally sound like a moron.

And yes, to graduate from high school in my district, we need three semesters of PE. Freshmen take Freshman PE, Sophomores take Sophomore PE (Which has Health tied into it), and then somewhere in the four years you need another PE credit.


I have a decent accent, and I'm one of the best in my class, but I'm not so good at understanding and speaking French in conversation. I can read and write well, but conversations confuzzle me.

I wish I could take more PE classes. I did 2 years, but in my school, in the IB program, there's no option to continue PE. Which is too bad.

[Thufir]

Many things do fly over my head though. I suppose it comes and goes like a tide.

IF you know what I mean...
Sorry, after reading through several posts of everything is really about sex' it iust sprang to mind.


But - but - but then you might try to make me watch something on TV!

Only if it's good.


I will have read that book by four o'clock tomorrow afternoon! NO SPOILERS!

There are feegles. Have I ruined it for you? :smalltongue:


Hogfather's really good and amazingly accurate all things considered; The Colour of Magic isn't as good as Hogfather, mainly because it tries to fit both of the books into one film, and cuts and rearranges things. I've only seen it once, but I'm fairly sure they cut out the visit to the temple of Bel-Shamaroth. Koorilithulu's related to it you know.

The little bits of Hogfather I've seen looked good. TCoM is the one I've heard the most negative things about. Bits I saw of Going Postal looked decent, though they certainly changed some little bits, Gilt doesn't look florid enough and Vetinari's hair's the wrong colour.


Hey, I iust realised that, since I have proven that the maiority of the people in the world have a [Native Language] -> Troglander Dictionary, and that it is well known that Koorlilithulu and Koorlyshtka manifest in all books, that I can technically control more than three-quarters of the world's population.
Hell, I could even pull a Weeping Angel on people.
:smalleek: :smalltongue:

That which holds the image of a Koorly becomes itself a Koorly.
So... that would make my computer you?


Seriously, learning another language makes me feel like an idiot. A foreign exchange student from Luxembourg was in our class today to talk about his country, and he speaks French, German, Luxembourgish and decent English, and he's a year older than I am. I speak English and bits of French. I'm great at science and math, I'm absurdly good at English and History (for reference, I taught my ex-girlfriend, who was a college student, how to write essays, because she'd been homeschooled and had never really done them. She aced her class.), and generally good at any other elective I take. Language though...Of my best friends, one is in Advanced Placement Spanish Year 5, so he's fairly fluent, a few others speak Hindi, and even my girlfriend speaks Afrikaans, and is arguably better than I am at French.

It's quite demoralizing, because I'd like to become fluent in French and German.

Yep. It was the same when I went to Hungary, met some school students who all spoke english.
And for that matter, DD.

[CurlyKitGirl]

IF you know what I mean...
Sorry, after reading through several posts of everything is really about sex' it iust sprang to mind.

It could be worse. I could do it to Snow White or Pinocchio. And the only reason I spelled that correctly first time off is because we have the original VHS of Pinnochio sitting aabout four or five feet away from me on a diagonal line.


Only if it's good.

I suppose . . .


There are feegles. Have I ruined it for you? :smalltongue:

A Tiffany book tends to have Feegles in it, so no.


The little bits of Hogfather I've seen looked good. TCoM is the one I've heard the most negative things about. Bits I saw of Going Postal looked decent, though they certainly changed some little bits, Gilt doesn't look florid enough and Vetinari's hair's the wrong colour.

So they didn't get the Vetinari of TCoM? I do think it;d be a fairly big style problem if Reacher Gilt wasn't florid and over the top though. I have the DVD somewhere in the house, it too shall be watched.


That which holds the image of a Koorly becomes itself a Koorly.
So... that would make my computer you?

Pretty much yeah.


Yep. It was the same when I went to Hungary, met some school students who all spoke english.
And for that matter, DD.

DD had a cute accent. Very good command of the language as well, I blame the television.

EDIT OF ANGER!:
Someone sent me an email and put spoilers of I Shall Wear Midnight in it.
Luckily I only read a very, very, very small one.
There's some dude called The Cunning Man.
Sadly, this whatever it is, is now called Baldrick of the CUnning Plan.
How badly has that ruined the book?
Probably a bit considering I think Bladrick of the Cunning Plan is meant to be a villain.
The person who sent me that email is going to face my wrath. And it is righteous.

[Trobby]

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Bitter sweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong


Damnation, you were right. It's all about sex.
Happy now? Beauty and the Beast's most famous song (arguably) is now all about teh sexytimes.

As is I'll Make A Man Out of You:
(Be a man)
We must be swift as the coursing river(but not too swift!)
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(To Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Why was I a fool in school for cutting gym? (Well, you certainly need more endurance if you're as fast as a river)

And so on.
Bogdammit. And there goes my favourite Disney film of recent years. And Hunchback is obvious, so no go.


Hmm...I think you'd have problems with "Bear Necessities"...

No, please don't try. :smalltongue:




"Now, about that drink we were having . . . "


"Yes, about that drink...er...what drink was that again?"



You will love, adore and worship Night Watch. I don't know how high I'd rank Hogfather, but there are many a scene taken individually (especially the one about iustice, truth and hope) that are high up there in the 'most beautiful pieces in the series'.


Night Watch I am looking forward to. I have Monstrous Regiment already, and I can pretty much slide right into Jingo after Hogfather.

Just read the first two pages of Feet of Clay...something about Golems...I'm waiting for it to surprise me.



I can't switch it off very well any more. And my mute button tends to malfuction at times, so I can't but help MST things. With Disney at least I can switch it off. Except when it comes to The Sword in the Stone and their recent works. I refuse to accept that Home on the Range is a Disney film.


Did you know that Back to the Future was almost a Disney Film? The only thing keeping it from happening was that the Disney Execs were a little icked out by the whole "incestuous relations" thing. True story.


Hmm...I seem to be replying to Koorly a lot. Then again, she always has something interesting to say. I might as well hit the "add quote" button every time I see her post, and read what she wrote afterward.

[Dragonrider]

As is I'll Make A Man Out of You:
(Be a man)
We must be swift as the coursing river(but not too swift!)
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(To Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Why was I a fool in school for cutting gym? (Well, you certainly need more endurance if you're as fast as a river)

And so on.
Bogdammit. And there goes my favourite Disney film of recent years. And Hunchback is obvious, so no go.

That's my favorite Disney by far. :smallfrown: RUINED!


Bede with his ranting. Sigh. Most tiresome part of the book so far. I do like the sound of Pope Gregory though, his letters sound amazing - aside from the aforementioned one dealing with stupidly nitpicky rules and things, but hey.
Oh, and the Irish Issue With Communion was the worst part! It's fascinating finding out exactly how Easter works out, but to mention about a dozen ways in one (hugenormous) paragraph is a bit much oh Venerable Bede.
Your rhetoric was splendid, especially your Sparrow Scene and the introduction, which is iust oddly memorrable for some reason, tone down the minutiae, or at least put interesting stuff in between it.

Venerable, Venerable Bede . . . .

Wouldn't you love to have a name like that?

The Venerable Bede? O Bede, let us venerate you!

Or is it in the other sense, that is, Old Bede? Probably. Which is just as well because as interesting as he was, I, uh, just am not feelin' the veneration here.

Though he managed to define historical discussion of the Celtic Churches v. the Roman Church into the 21st century - because of Bede historians set it up as a One Versus the Other when actually there wasn't enough of a united Celtic church for that to be in any way possible. Bede constructed a historical story that fit his purposes (have the Good Guys - Romans - beat the Bad Guys - Celts -) and people didn't question it.

Weird.


I've only read a little of Germanicus, but what I've read was good. You can;'t really fault people for sucking up to their patrons though, I've read weirder things.

Well, his Agricola was written after the guy died. So he's eulogizing. But it's weird, he spends half the time talking about the Britons (whom Agricola defeated rather spectacularly) as ignorant uneducated barbarians and the other half playing up the "noble savage" side, going on about how when they adopted Roman practices they thought they were entering civilization but actually were following the customs of their own enslavement.

And of course it was he who penned the famous "leave a desert and call it peace" line, in the mouth of a Briton chieftain just before the noble Agricola slaughters him and his men

So make of that what you will.

[Pyrian]

Is it my imagination, or has PAX caused Penny Arcade to forget to post their comic? :smalltongue:

[Snares]

Is it my imagination, or has PAX caused Penny Arcade to forget to post their comic? :smalltongue:

I think that signs of Duke Nukem Forever finally emerging are excuse enough for anything.

Hell is freezing over as we speak.

[CrimsonAngel]

I was going to see a movie with my friends, but then I learned we were going to the ghetto theatre. :smallannoyed: And the only reason they're going to that one is because one girl's mom dosen't want to pick her up from the slightly farther away, clean theatre (with icecream!). How lazy is that!?

[CurlyKitGirl]

Hmm...I think you'd have problems with "Bear Necessities"...

No, please don't try. :smalltongue:

I mean the
Bare necesseties
Are mother nature's
Recipes
That bring the bare necessities to life

:smallamused:
I have now ruined The Iungle Book for you as well. And for myself. :smallsigh: But that is an easy one to do; there are much harder ones out there.


"Yes, about that drink...er...what drink was that again?"

"I do believe you were buying me a drink. And then we were going to . . . talk. Yes . . . talk."


Night Watch I am looking forward to. I have Monstrous Regiment already, and I can pretty much slide right into Jingo after Hogfather.

Just read the first two pages of Feet of Clay...something about Golems...I'm waiting for it to surprise me.

Feet of Clay is one of my favourite Watch books. And there are some fairly big twists, I was surprised as all hell when I first read it.
Monstrous Regiment is good, not up to usual Discworld standards, but still rather good.


Did you know that Back to the Future was almost a Disney Film? The only thing keeping it from happening was that the Disney Execs were a little icked out by the whole "incestuous relations" thing. True story.

Huh.
Oh, there's a thought. Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Nightmare before Christmas. Awesomeness. Anyone else remember back when Disney pushed boundaries with what seemed like every other film they released?


Hmm...I seem to be replying to Koorly a lot. Then again, she always has something interesting to say. I might as well hit the "add quote" button every time I see her post, and read what she wrote afterward.

I have an effect similar to the Weeping Angels, but without the killing.


That's my favorite Disney by far. :smallfrown: RUINED!

I blame Pyrian and myself. He said it was easy to do, and umm, I've effectively had part or the entirety of Mulan's soundtrack stuck in my head since I saw the original trailers back when it was first released.
And the line 'How could I make a man out of you?' iust stuck out.
I hated myseld the instant I thought it, so I had to spread the misery.


Venerable, Venerable Bede . . . .

Wouldn't you love to have a name like that?

The Venerable Bede? O Bede, let us venerate you!

Or is it in the other sense, that is, Old Bede? Probably. Which is just as well because as interesting as he was, I, uh, just am not feelin' the veneration here.

'Tis Bede who is worthy of veneration. That meaning. It also helps that he was quite old when he wrote it, so it's a two-fer.
I don't really feel the veneration too much, when he hits a great passage sure, and I can love him as the founder of British history, but he gets on his soapbox a little too often.


Though he managed to define historical discussion of the Celtic Churches v. the Roman Church into the 21st century - because of Bede historians set it up as a One Versus the Other when actually there wasn't enough of a united Celtic church for that to be in any way possible. Bede constructed a historical story that fit his purposes (have the Good Guys - Romans - beat the Bad Guys - Celts -) and people didn't question it.

Weird.

Weeellllll, way back when, everyone was a fanboy for Bede, so they took his word as God's word. And thus we have Bede's Unified Celtic Church of Wrongness.
I do think it got a little confused in the telling as he does sort of, maybe, possibly imply that there were multiple Celtic churches. Iust, not very well.


Well, his Agricola was written after the guy died. So he's eulogizing. But it's weird, he spends half the time talking about the Britons (whom Agricola defeated rather spectacularly) as ignorant uneducated barbarians and the other half playing up the "noble savage" side, going on about how when they adopted Roman practices they thought they were entering civilization but actually were following the customs of their own enslavement.

And of course it was he who penned the famous "leave a desert and call it peace" line, in the mouth of a Briton chieftain just before the noble Agricola slaughters him and his men

So make of that what you will.

Can I call Agricola fanboy? Because I do. Tacitus was an Agricola fanboy.
Natch, my Discworld exposure has me always on the verge of calling Tacitus Tacticus (after whom tactics were named :smalltongue:) and thinking 'I can see your house from up here.' in Disc Latin; but hey.

ION:
That Slender Man thread got me reading through TVTropes about the mythos again and the various blogs and whatnot.
How odd is it that I'm actually contemplating a blog with serious analysis of the Slender Man and why he became so popular so quickly.
As a bonus, if I ever got bored iust analysing the symbolism, possible 'real life' precendents and whatnot behind an internet meme I could always get a friend with a long blogging history in on the ioke.
Start mentioning how my friend wants to play a ioke on his friend (with a sporadic blog of about sixteen to twenty months) and so he starts using my blog analysis as a base to make his friend (now called Bob) freak out.
The ebst way to do it would be to show Bob marble Hornets about five or six months before starting the prank. Get him to make a post about it - note: he has to be quite sceptical - and dismiss it entirely, but enioy the scares.
Then My Friend would start his kicks. ANd he'd be posting comments on my blog; and I'd be referencing his actions; he himself wouldn't actually mention it on his blog for obvious reasons.
Then Bob would slowly become convinced that The Slender Man was real, and become edgy, paranoid and a little . . . off; before having him finally attack 'The Slender Man' in terror.
My analysis blog would then - say a week after the 'event' - comment on what happened.
"This is what happens when people take internet memes too seriously." or something. Of course, I would then spend the entire post begging people not to do this etc. because effectively stalking someone is a BAD IDEA especially as it lead to having My Friend be seriously iniured and scarred for life.
I would then resume my analysis blog, but very shaikly and irregularly for a couple of months.
Then resume as normal.

Yeah. Never let me near a meme which got out of control and has substance behind it.
Still.
It's a damn cool idea. Plus I believe it goes against typical Slender Man stuff where he actually exists. So Bob's blog would seem to be a typical Slender Man blog, until it gets out of hand.
Deconstructing memes about humanoid eldritch abominations - even in theory - is fun.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: Rule number 2 of FB is that this isn't FFRP, so please avoid ongoing roleplay here.

[Pyrian]

I blame Pyrian and myself.I blame credit you. I've been trying to corrupt DeeRee for years. :smallwink:

[Thufir]

And, finished.
Should probably get some sleep.


A Tiffany book tends to have Feegles in it, so no.

Ach, crivens, ye hae me bang tae rights there. Ah see ye have the kennin ae the readin.


So they didn't get the Vetinari of TCoM? I do think it;d be a fairly big style problem if Reacher Gilt wasn't florid and over the top though. I have the DVD somewhere in the house, it too shall be watched.

Alas no. Gilt looks more towards the disreputable brigand end of pirate than the charming and florid, though from the little I watched it seemed better than I expected from the trailer.


Pretty much yeah.

It doesn't hug anything like as well though. :smallfrown:


EDIT OF ANGER!:
Someone sent me an email and put spoilers of I Shall Wear Midnight in it.
Luckily I only read a very, very, very small one.
There's some dude called The Cunning Man.
Sadly, this whatever it is, is now called Baldrick of the Cunning Plan.
How badly has that ruined the book?
Probably a bit considering I think Baldrick of the Cunning Plan is meant to be a villain.
The person who sent me that email is going to face my wrath. And it is righteous.

Well, to be fair, it's been out 52 hours. It's not entirely unreasonable for someone to assume you'd already read it.
But, yeah. Wrath. Actually there's a line from the book which would be rather appropriate here, but obviously I don't want to spoil anything and anyway I can't remember the wording.


Hmm...I seem to be replying to Koorly a lot. Then again, she always has something interesting to say. I might as well hit the "add quote" button every time I see her post, and read what she wrote afterward.

I'm am invariably surprised on the rare occasions I pass over one of Curly's posts in my quotestorms. It's probably a more frequent occurrence for me to have a quotestorm post responding to no-one but Curly.


I blame Pyrian and myself. He said it was easy to do, and umm, I've effectively had part or the entirety of Mulan's soundtrack stuck in my head since I saw the original trailers back when it was first released.
And the line 'How could I make a man out of you?' iust stuck out.
I hated myseld the instant I thought it, so I had to spread the misery.

The innuendo is pretty easy to find in that one.


ION:
That Slender Man thread got me reading through TVTropes about the mythos again and the various blogs and whatnot.
How odd is it that I'm actually contemplating a blog with serious analysis of the Slender Man and why he became so popular so quickly.
As a bonus, if I ever got bored iust analysing the symbolism, possible 'real life' precendents and whatnot behind an internet meme I could always get a friend with a long blogging history in on the ioke.
Start mentioning how my friend wants to play a ioke on his friend (with a sporadic blog of about sixteen to twenty months) and so he starts using my blog analysis as a base to make his friend (now called Bob) freak out.
The ebst way to do it would be to show Bob marble Hornets about five or six months before starting the prank. Get him to make a post about it - note: he has to be quite sceptical - and dismiss it entirely, but enioy the scares.
Then My Friend would start his kicks. ANd he'd be posting comments on my blog; and I'd be referencing his actions; he himself wouldn't actually mention it on his blog for obvious reasons.
Then Bob would slowly become convinced that The Slender Man was real, and become edgy, paranoid and a little . . . off; before having him finally attack 'The Slender Man' in terror.
My analysis blog would then - say a week after the 'event' - comment on what happened.
"This is what happens when people take internet memes too seriously." or something. Of course, I would then spend the entire post begging people not to do this etc. because effectively stalking someone is a BAD IDEA especially as it lead to having My Friend be seriously iniured and scarred for life.
I would then resume my analysis blog, but very shaikly and irregularly for a couple of months.
Then resume as normal.

Yeah. Never let me near a meme which got out of control and has substance behind it.
Still.
It's a damn cool idea. Plus I believe it goes against typical Slender Man stuff where he actually exists. So Bob's blog would seem to be a typical Slender Man blog, until it gets out of hand.
Deconstructing memes about humanoid eldritch abominations - even in theory - is fun.

You are an evil evil person and I love you.

Yeah, want to be up relatively early tomorrow today. Sleep probably a good idea. Iust not too much.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I learned irregarless isn't a word today while in English class. My dreams of being irregardless have been ruined.

[Rawhide]

I learned irregarless isn't a word today while in English class. My dreams of being irregardless have been ruined.

It is a word. Common usage has made it a word. Don't try to use it in any form of formal writing or speech though, and I wouldn't suggest you or anyone actually does use it as it does demonstrate to people a certain level of ignorance, but it is still a word.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

It is a word. Common usage has made it a word. Don't try to use it in any form of formal writing or speech though, and I wouldn't suggest you or anyone actually does use it as it does demonstrate to people a certain level of ignorance, but it is still a word.

It demonstrates to certain people a level of ignorance. Over 90% of people you meet couldn't care less, I'd wager.

[Dallas-Dakota]

DD had a cute accent. Very good command of the language as well, I blame the television.

Thenks. And I blame you. :smallwink:
Remember how terrible my english was when I first came to the forums?:smallyuk:

But seriously, I've learned more english from you and the forums then I ever did from elementary, high school and college* put toghetter.

*Language department at my college sucks.
Finally after much bitching they let me take the test. Apparently my command of english, except grammar**, is at Uni level....o.0
**Which is just below uni level

[Trobby]

@^: Wait..your native language isn't English? :smalleek: You are INCREDIBLY good at it as a second language then! :3 I'm curious now though...where does DD come from, and what is his actual native tongue? :smallconfused:


Sheriff: Rule number 2 of FB is that this isn't FFRP, so please avoid ongoing roleplay here.

Eeep.

Yes Mister Modman. :smallfrown: Sorry. <.<;

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Last night was a weird night for sleep. I was exhausted by 9 PM, and figured it was allergy-related, so I took my last pill secure in the knowledge that it would make me sleepy and I wouldn't have to worry about staying up very much afterward.

I was utterly wrong. I could not get comfortable or get to sleep at all, and wound up staying awake far longer than I intended.

I really need to start getting more sleep too. D: School starts again soon, and I need the money from my Sub job to finance my independence.

Of course, I also still need to get a license to drive...<.<; Which I don't even want to anyway. Damn you, society!

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Been trying to help my GF with her English assignment. I have determined that being a teacher for someone you cannot be harsh on is entirely ineffective and not terribly fun at all. She's a decent writer when it comes to poetry and dialogue, but she doesn't get formal writing at all, and trying to make her understand it has been an exercise in futility.

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Last day of warm weather = Cook Out Today! :smallbiggrin: Looks like it's going to be beautiful for it too.

[Dogmantra]

usage

Excuse me while I throw up.

Does no-one else feel a level of hatred towards that word the likes of which has been seen maybe once? Use was ALREADY A NOUN. THERE WAS NO NEED TO MAKE A NOUN OUT OF IT, MUCH LESS A REALLY UGLY ONE.

Of course, now the fact their meanings have diverged means that we can't just boycott it because then we're the elitists who refuse to accept change. And no-one likes the elitists who refuse to accept change.

Stupid usage.

[Archonic Energy]

@^: Wait..your native language isn't English? :smalleek: You are INCREDIBLY good at it as a second language then! :3 I'm curious now though...where does DD come from, and what is his actual native tongue? :smallconfused:


He's From Germany...
Meep Meep
:smalltongue:
*runs*

[Zeb The Troll]

He's From Germany...
Meep Meep
:smalltongue:
*runs*I'm pretty sure he's actually from the Netherlands. Dutch-land, not Deutchland. :smallwink:

[Eldpollard]

I'm pretty sure he's actually from the Netherlands. Dutch-land, not Deutchland. :smallwink:

Yes, but it was at the UK meet-up where we kept saying to DD that Germany is basically the same as the Netherlands and that the languages are indistinguishable. Then I yielded and started saying it was Dutch-land. I think that's why Archie was running away.
Sorry DD, we love you really.

[Trobby]

I've been to Germany, actually. :smallbiggrin:


...When I was ten years old. <.<; So I would not even know of the existence of DD. And I would be an adorable, shy little boy holding on tightly to my mother's hand to avoid getting washed away in foreign lands.

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It occurs to me that my ideal life right now is to be that English teacher who drives into work on a motorcycle and blows the minds of all the students in class by being incredibly clever while riding an incredibly dangerous machine.

I don't even want a motorcycle for the thrill of it, either. I just think I would have an easier time riding it because it is a smaller vehicle to try to maneuver. Even with two less wheels, I feel like I'd be much more comfortable on a motorcycle.

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Oh by the way. I have Skype now. My username should be easy to guess. *Hint: It is zero percent different than my GitP user name. ;p*

[Dogmantra]

And I would be an adorable, shy little boy holding on tightly to my mother's hand to avoid getting washed away in foreign lands.

I am imagining this and I think I'm having a cutegasm.

[Coidzor]

Man, the closest I ever got to going to another country as a young'un was visiting Texas when I was a babby. :smallfrown:

[cycoris]

Excuse me while I throw up.

Does no-one else feel a level of hatred towards that word the likes of which has been seen maybe once? Use was ALREADY A NOUN. THERE WAS NO NEED TO MAKE A NOUN OUT OF IT, MUCH LESS A REALLY UGLY ONE.

Of course, now the fact their meanings have diverged means that we can't just boycott it because then we're the elitists who refuse to accept change. And no-one likes the elitists who refuse to accept change.

Stupid usage.

I do! I do!

Though by now we should all know that occasionally I go on the murderous grammar rampages and attempt to kill all the ignorant people. First it was prepositions, then the difference between "less" and "fewer" (an article in our local paper used the phrase "less children", and I ended up throwing it across the room and then going on a rant about it to my little brothers), and now it's a variety of things. Though my rampages never seem to work. :smallfrown:

I also tend to lump "utilise" along in with "usage". Both of them are pretty pointless. And I know this is horribly elitist of me, but it often feels like people use them just to sound smarter, because they have more syllables. :smallsigh:

[PJ the Epic]

Ughh...

First football game of the season last night. We won in the last minute. The band was amazing, but we had to do a lot of cheering since the flippin' school moved us from our usual spot by the student section to some godforsaken part of the bleachers. Now I can't talk, but it was worth it. Lots of fun. I love my band. :smallbiggrin:

[Trobby]

I am imagining this and I think I'm having a cutegasm.

Now try to imagine little baby Trobby, a round little tyke with the happiest smile you've ever seen! And a dimple right on his left cheek.

I was made to be cute. :smallredface:


I do! I do!

Though by now we should all know that occasionally I go on the murderous grammar rampages and attempt to kill all the ignorant people. First it was prepositions, then the difference between "less" and "fewer" (an article in our local paper used the phrase "less children", and I ended up throwing it across the room and then going on a rant about it to my little brothers), and now it's a variety of things. Though my rampages never seem to work. :smallfrown:

I also tend to lump "utilise" along in with "usage". Both of them are pretty pointless. And I know this is horribly elitist of me, but it often feels like people use them just to sound smarter, because they have more syllables. :smallsigh:

How do you feel about the word "irregardless"?

[Dragonrider]

How do you feel about the word "irregardless"?

It's a Bushism - a mashing of "irrespective" and "regardless". :smallsigh: Do people actually use it?

[Trobby]

Yes, yes they do. :smallsigh: I don't see it often, but I do see it.

[PJ the Epic]

How do you feel about the word "irregardless"?

Couldn't you just use regardless and save yourself some time? :smallconfused:

[Teddy]

Since when was Rawhide "Candeljack in the Administrator"? :smallconfused::smallwink:

ION: Littlest brother has bought Halo 3 ODST, and now he's playing it together with little brother. I'm trying to avoid picking up the story as much as possible so that I can play it unspoiled later.

IOON: I am bored. I wished I had more crosswords to solve while eating from my bag of pure sugary goody sweets... :smallfrown:

Well, well, at least I've got my sweets left. :smallbiggrin:

[Trobby]

Couldn't you just use regarless and save yourself some time? :smallconfused:

Yes. You can. <.<; This is the major flaw with this word. It is useless, AND the word that it is synonymous with is in the word itself.

It doesn't show up much though, so it's not my greatest pet peeve. That would belong to the improper use of "there, they're, and their".

[PJ the Epic]

Yes. You can. <.<; This is the major flaw with this word. It is useless, AND the word that it is synonymous with is in the word itself.

It doesn't show up much though, so it's not my greatest pet peeve. That would belong to the improper use of "there, they're, and their".

Mine is "its and it's". I really don't know why it bothers me some much, it just does.

[Teddy]

Yes. You can. <.<; This is the major flaw with this word. It is useless, AND the word that it is synonymous with is in the word itself.

Actually, it should be antonymous to "regardless", which just make things even crazier.


It doesn't show up much though, so it's not my greatest pet peeve. That would belong to the improper use of "there, they're, and their".

Ahh, that one really grinds my ears eyes.

[Dragonrider]

Yes. You can. <.<; This is the major flaw with this word. It is useless, AND the word that it is synonymous with is in the word itself.

It doesn't show up much though, so it's not my greatest pet peeve. That would belong to the improper use of "there, they're, and their".

Heh. Our food service at my university puts little advertisement slips on tables (in the plastic stand-up things you find at restaurants), which campus organizations use to advertise events. At the beginning of semester all they have is slips that read

"You're advertisement here!"

[sic]

So someone wrote and put as an advertisement in one of them,

"Sign up for grammar and punctuation lessons from [dining hall]!"

Sarcastically. Of course.

[cycoris]

How do you feel about the word "irregardless"?

Oh gods, burn them all! :smallyuk:

That's just...not even... *brain breaks*


Heh. Our food service at my university puts little advertisement slips on tables (in the plastic stand-up things you find at restaurants), which campus organizations use to advertise events. At the beginning of semester all they have is slips that read

"You're advertisement here!"

[sic]

So someone wrote and put as an advertisement in one of them,

"Sign up for grammar and punctuation lessons from [dining hall]!"

Sarcastically. Of course.

Really? That seems like the kind of thing that wouldn't happen at your college. :smallconfused:

I somehow feel hugely let down by this.

ETA: Another pet peeve of mine is when people use "good" instead of "well". As in "How are you?" "I'm good." What if I don't define "good" the same way you do? Huh? HUH? :smallmad:

[Dallas-Dakota]

He's From Germany...
Meep Meep
:smalltongue:
*runs*
*Archie runs right into Smellie's Stabbity Death*:smallamused:
That'l teach you, you wabbit!

@^: Wait..your native language isn't English? :smalleek: You are INCREDIBLY good at it as a second language then! :3 I'm curious now though...where does DD come from, and what is his actual native tongue? :smallconfused:

Nope, thenks! See

I'm pretty sure he's actually from the Netherlands. Dutch-land, not Deutchland. :smallwink:
Correct. A hint may have been all the Dutch meet-ups I've organised/hosted/attended.

Though I have attended one UK meet-up and am planning to attend Trogland-based ones somewhere in future.


Yes, but it was at the UK meet-up where we kept saying to DD that Germany is basically the same as the Netherlands and that the languages are indistinguishable. Then I yielded and started saying it was Dutch-land. I think that's why Archie was running away.
Sorry DD, we love you really.
RAAAARGH *is distracted by neutral Koorly with cookies*
Nomnom...You better love me!:smalltongue:
But yeah, Dutch and German are NOT the same, nor are their languages indistinguishable!


I was made to be cute. :smallredface:
Well since my english accent now also has been declared cute, I think pretty much everything you'l see about me in the first day of meeting me is cute.
Except that I'm a crazy weirdo.

I think the world might explode of cuteness.:smalltongue:

Since when was Rawhide "Candeljack in the Administrator"? :smallconfused::smallwink:

A couple of weeks ago, about when the old moderators retired and the new mode

[Dragonrider]

Really? That seems like the kind of thing that wouldn't happen at your college. :smallconfused:

I somehow feel hugely let down by this.

Dining hall staff. Not students.

[Quincunx]

Perhaps students! Work-study jobs are odd jobs indeed. (Although, I must say, the sarcastic student missed a trick by not adding in "misspelled", spelled correctly in some notes and incorrectly in others. Cross-referencing the notes would be optional.)

Oh, yes, almost forgot--need to chop off the left hand of Cycoris for using un-American alternate spellings in an otherwise American text.

[Recaiden]

I learned irregarless isn't a word today while in English class. My dreams of being irregardless have been ruined.
Please be joking.


It demonstrates to certain people a level of ignorance. Over 90% of people you meet couldn't care less, I'd wager.
I doubt it's that bad. More like 10%. I hope.


Excuse me while I throw up.

Does no-one else feel a level of hatred towards that word the likes of which has been seen maybe once? Use was ALREADY A NOUN. THERE WAS NO NEED TO MAKE A NOUN OUT OF IT, MUCH LESS A REALLY UGLY ONE.

Of course, now the fact their meanings have diverged means that we can't just boycott it because then we're the elitists who refuse to accept change. And no-one likes the elitists who refuse to accept change.

Stupid usage.

But it developed differently from 'use'. And it's not ugly!


I do! I do!
I also tend to lump "utilise" along in with "usage". Both of them are pretty pointless. And I know this is horribly elitist of me, but it often feels like people use them just to sound smarter, because they have more syllables. :smallsigh:

That's not it at all. 'Utilize' just sounds nicer than 'use'. And it came about differently from 'use', if I remember right.


ETA: Another pet peeve of mine is when people use "good" instead of "well". As in "How are you?" "I'm good." What if I don't define "good" the same way you do? Huh? HUH? :smallmad:

Then I suppose you're going to purposefully misunderstand them.

[Coidzor]

It's a Bushism - a mashing of "irrespective" and "regardless". :smallsigh: Do people actually use it?

Predates the man, even.


Though by now we should all know that occasionally I go on the murderous grammar rampages and attempt to kill all the ignorant people. First it was prepositions, then the difference between "less" and "fewer" (an article in our local paper used the phrase "less children", and I ended up throwing it across the room and then going on a rant about it to my little brothers), and now it's a variety of things. Though my rampages never seem to work. :smallfrown:

Things that cause an individual to appear to have anger management issues, for better or worse, rarely seem to have a positive effect on one's life or the world. :smalltongue:

[Kaelaroth]

I had lunch with a Holocaust survivor today. I can't tell you quite how I feel. Privileged to have met him barely covers it.

[Gullara]

Speaking of annoying grammatical errors. Two of my brothers use "much" instead of "many". For example, "How much pies are there?" Every time I hear it I practically scream "many!" at them:smallfurious:

Also, I always forget the difference between, please don't shoot me:smalltongue:, "its" and "it's". Could somebody clear that up for me?

[Dogmantra]

Speaking of annoying grammatical errors. Two of my brothers use "much" instead of "many". For example, "How much pies are there?" Every time I hear it I practically scream "many!" at them:smallfurious:

Also, I always forget the difference between, please don't shoot me:smalltongue:, "its" and "it's". Could somebody clear that up for me?

"Its" is possession, as in "That's its purpose". "It's" is it is or it has.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Here ya go.


It’s or its?

These two words can cause a lot of confusion: many people are uncertain about whether or not to use an apostrophe. These are the rules to remember:

o
its (without an apostrophe) means ‘belonging to it’:

The dog wagged its tail.
Each case is judged on its own merits.

o
it’s (with an apostrophe) means ‘it is’ or ‘it has’:

It’s been a long day.
It’s cold outside.
It’s a comfortable car and it’s got some great gadgets.

[Coidzor]

Indeed. It's flying away using its wings.


I had lunch with a Holocaust survivor today. I can't tell you quite how I feel. Privileged to have met him barely covers it.

How'd that come about?

[Gullara]

Thanks. Now that I see it it makes perfect sense.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Please be joking.

About what? Becuase I wan't. Looking back on it, it's pretty obvious irregardless is a double negative. Still no joke.

[Starfols]

I had lunch with a Holocaust survivor today. I can't tell you quite how I feel. Privileged to have met him barely covers it.

I've felt privileged to speak with soldiers, and I have a coat and some other things from the time period, but I'd like to experience it on the more personal level.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I talked with a Hibakusha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibakusha) while in Japan. It was akward and enlightening.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Ach, crivens, ye hae me bang tae rights there. Ah see ye have the kennin ae the readin.

It's the only kennin' I have.
Except for the fact that a kenning is also a word in OE which has a wholly poetic meaning such as banhus (bone-house) meaning body.
So while I only have one kenning, I know many more.


Alas no. Gilt looks more towards the disreputable brigand end of pirate than the charming and florid, though from the little I watched it seemed better than I expected from the trailer.

But Gilt is meant to be gilt! Hes supposed to be florid nd so over-the-top the idea of him actually being a pirate or villain is impossible.


Well, to be fair, it's been out 52 hours. It's not entirely unreasonable for someone to assume you'd already read it.
But, yeah. Wrath. Actually there's a line from the book which would be rather appropriate here, but obviously I don't want to spoil anything and anyway I can't remember the wording.

v.v
I have a confession to make.
I still haven't read it. I got ill last night - the kind of ill where you can handle being out of the house for maybe ten, fifteen minutes tops.
Dad won't buy it yet either.
This is the longest I've been without reading a new Discworld release the day of its release since Monstrous Regiment. All the others were either the day of, or the day afterwards.


You are an evil evil person and I love you.

Thank you. :smallevil:
Best bit about that was I eventually went to bed about four o'clock this morning, and maybe ten minutes later I started getting The Cough a la Marble Hornets, and the milkman comes around half four on a Saturday. But he was early today.
I was smirking into the darkness about how Slender Man-y it was with the distorted shadow of the milkman in his headlines emblazoned across the ceiling while I coughed.
Oh the delicious irony.

The trio of blogs is still very tempting. I fell asleep thinking about how certain qualities of the Slender Man were evocative of the UnSeelie.
And then dreamt about buying a copy of House of Leaves.


Thenks. And I blame you. :smallwink:
Remember how terrible my english was when I first came to the forums?:smallyuk:

But seriously, I've learned more english from you and the forums then I ever did from elementary, high school and college* put toghetter.

*Language department at my college sucks.
Finally after much bitching they let me take the test. Apparently my command of english, except grammar**, is at Uni level....o.0
**Which is just below uni level

That's amazing! I do remember your English was fairly poor, but for it to be that good in so short a while is fantastic.
And they say internet forums don't teach you anything. :smalltongue:


Been trying to help my GF with her English assignment. I have determined that being a teacher for someone you cannot be harsh on is entirely ineffective and not terribly fun at all. She's a decent writer when it comes to poetry and dialogue, but she doesn't get formal writing at all, and trying to make her understand it has been an exercise in futility.

Tell her to pretend she's a grown up writing something boring.
I acquired a formal style of writing by reading. Then Y10 came with actual coursework, and we had Practice Coursework and lessons on writing a formal essay.
Dull.
Most people found it hard doing the transition from fairly formal Formal Work and Proiects to Super Formal Work, but I blinked.
I blamed my reading for it. Still do

IRN (In Related News):
Suffering from my lack of Discworld and being ill today I picked up H2G2 for the first time ever today.
The book Dad has only has the first four in the trilogy of five (or six), and I've only been reading for three hours. I'm on chapter ten of The Restuarant at the End of the Universe.
Review when I'm done with Book the Second?
Prolly.
I've had some giggles though.