Qwertystop's Quickly Quilted, Quip-filled Random Banter #169

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Past Random Banters
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)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
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)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
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)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
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Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Egdpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphiles Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
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Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
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KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
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Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
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Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
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Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)
Eruantion's Euphoric, Elephant-filled Elevated Epoch of Eurhythmic Random Banter #163 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205487)
ATW's Awesome Androgynous Avaricious Azure Ardent Adamant Alluvial Random Banter #164 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207269)
Cynical Avocado's Absolutely Admirable Accumulation of Random Bantering #165 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209860)
August's Pink Plushy and Phantasmagorically Random Banter Thread #166 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212011)
Heliomance's Everchanging Thread Title Random Banter #167 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213053)
Tragic_Comedian's Tremendously Tropical Random Banter #168 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215180)

BOOGIE!

[Tragic_Comedian]

I should possibly have said that your age can be calculated with high probability.

What age do most people take AP classes?
10th through 12th grade, so about 15-18.

*boogies*

[Skeppio]

*inhales* Mmm, new thread smell. :smallbiggrin:

*boogies*

[Rawhide]

Please don't just post about the new thread and/or boogie. Doing so is considered minor spam and will result in a warning.

[MoonCat]

Dangit! I go out on one ten minute walk and I miss the new thread opening. Too bad. Nice to be here. What's up everyone who I've been tlaking to all day?

I FINISHED ALL MY HOMEWORK!!!!

[Tragic_Comedian]

Dangit! I go out on one ten minute walk and I miss the new thread opening. Too bad. Nice to be here. What's up everyone who I've been tlaking to all day?

I FINISHED ALL MY HOMEWORK!!!!
Today's weather has been awful. Feels like November.

I threw all of mine in the trashcan.

[MoonCat]

Today's weather has been awful. Feels like November.

I threw all of mine in the trashcan.

It started raining for the first time in a while.

What? Don't you need to turn it, I dunno, IN?

[Eledragon]

Yeah! get all that unnatural sun outta here! it's melting me!:smallbiggrin: *boogie*

[Eon]

Well it's still been rather sunny around here. I'm afraid I might ruin my pale. :smalltongue:

[Tragic_Comedian]

It started raining for the first time in a while.

What? Don't you need to turn it, I dunno, IN?
Probably. But if you had my schedule, you wouldn't worry about it either.

[Howler Dagger]

It started raining for the first time in a while.

What? Don't you need to turn it, I dunno, IN?

Same here.

Ugggghhhhh, ii had an orchestra concert yesterday, and a competition practice thingie this morining. Sooooooooo tired.

[MoonCat]

Yeah! get all that unnatural sun outta here! it's melting me!:smallbiggrin: *boogie*

At least it doesn't make you sparkle. :smallamused:


Probably. But if you had my schedule, you wouldn't worry about it either.

Why?

ION: I'm Blue's big sister now!

[Blue Ghost]

Announcement, guys. MoonCat is officially now my big sister. Take that, shippers.

(Note: This in no way is indicative of her actual age. LaZodiac is my little sister, and she's a year and a half older than me.)

[Tragic_Comedian]

Why?

Because my schedule is mainly an excuse to loaf. Guitar, English, photography, and computer assistant.

[Eon]

Hmm... I wonder how this came about...

[HalfTangible]

Why is graphic novel a pretentious term?

[Heliomance]

Announcement, guys. MoonCat is officially now my big sister. Take that, shippers.

(Note: This in no way is indicative of her actual age. LaZodiac is my little sister, and she's a year and a half older than me.)

Nuuuuuuu!

I declare Discontinuity on this announcement. I excise it from canon! It shall not be so!

[MoonCat]

Nuuuuuuu!

I declare Discontinuity on this announcement. I excise it from canon! It shall not be so!

I was sorta expecting that.

[Mutant Sheep]

Hey, new thread. Cool. Well, I totally call the 175th. Then I can say semi-bicentinial-wordthingeys-est Random Banter. It needs a bit of work...

[AtlanteanTroll]

Announcement, guys. MoonCat is officially now my big sister. Take that, shippers.

(Note: This in no way is indicative of her actual age. LaZodiac is my little sister, and she's a year and a half older than me.)

Is that 5Ds Yugioh Monster for an avatar?

[Blue Ghost]

Is that 5Ds Yugioh Monster for an avatar?

Indeed it is! Quiver before the might of the awakened Jibakushin Aslla Piscu!

There will be four other Jibakushin in the Playground during Eldritch Abomination Week. See if you can spot them.

[BladeofObliviom]

...I'll give you the second one free. :smalltongue:

[Mutant Sheep]

But.. but.... THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE YUGI-OH THINGS! :smallfurious: Just colored lines on robots! COLORED LINES ON ROBOOOOOTS!!!!:smallfrown:

[Ranger Mattos]

I FINISHED ALL MY HOMEWORK!!!!

Huzzah!


Today's weather has been awful. Feels like November.

I threw all of mine in the trashcan.

Weather over by me has been weird. It hailed on Thursday, rained yesterday, was perfectly sunny today.


Announcement, guys. MoonCat is officially now my big sister. Take that, shippers.

(Note: This in no way is indicative of her actual age. LaZodiac is my little sister, and she's a year and a half older than me.)

Why?

ION: My sister is so bad at Pac-Man, it's shameful.

[Mutant Sheep]

Blurgh homework. I WILL ONLY DO YOU AT 7-8 A.M.! Stupid retreat thing I never handed the permission slip in for ebcause my dad din't give it to me signed.

[Blue Ghost]

But.. but.... THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE YUGI-OH THINGS! :smallfurious: Just colored lines on robots! COLORED LINES ON ROBOOOOOTS!!!!:smallfrown:

Robots? We are ancient eldritch beings of negative energy, powered by the sacrifice of a thousand souls!


Huzzah!



Weather over by me has been weird. It hailed on Thursday, rained yesterday, was perfectly sunny today.



Why?

Rained yesterday. In Los Angeles. It was unexpected.

Why? Why not? We just signed a contract and made it official. To deter shippers, partially.

[MoonCat]

Huzzah!

Why?

I know, right?

I dunno. he adopted LaLa, and we're just as good friends with eachother. So why not? we both felt like it.

[Ranger Mattos]

Why? Why not? We just signed a contract and made it official. To deter shippers, partially.

You signed a contract? How did this work? Email?

[Eon]

Gee, an official contract. Did you remember to add the possession of the Moon's soul, Blue?

[MoonCat]

We signed a contract? I thought we just randomly talked about it and then were like 'yeah'.

[Mutant Sheep]

We signed a contract? I thought we just randomly talked about it and then were like 'yeah'.

Yeah, well, that could totally work, I guess, but this is kinda random, yeah.

[MoonCat]

Yeah, well, that could totally work, I guess, but this is kinda random, yeah.

It isn't! Blue adopted LaLa too!

[Tragic_Comedian]

I'm adopting all of you.

YOU'RE ALL MY CHILDREN NOW! [/freddykrueger]

[Eon]

Hooray!

Daddy Tragic, can we go get ice cream? :smallbiggrin:

[Mutant Sheep]

Ice cream! I want ice cream! WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! /evil demonic cries

[Amiel]

Great wording or greatest wording?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/310135_10150835460710591_799640590_21035709_313713 25_n.jpg



Ice cream! I want ice cream! WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! /evil demonic cries

You find out you're secretly lactose intolerant :(

[Cobalt]

Great wording or greatest wording?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/310135_10150835460710591_799640590_21035709_313713 25_n.jpg

Greatest wording.


You find out you're secretly lactose intolerant :(

No!

[Tragic_Comedian]

You crazy kids.

[LaZodiac]

So many pages.

Anyway, the yugioh monsters are based on the Nazca lines, which is why they look like robots with lines on em. It's actually quite clever.

Anyway, I'm secretly the third nazca line monster, but I'm not going to sacrafice my Zodi avatar yet. Doing it tomorrow to summon my beast.

[Amiel]

Greatest wording.
It truly is amazing.


No!

It would be the worst imaginable.
Speaking of ice-cream, I've recently discovered the existence of bacon ice-cream. Further investigation is needed.

http://www.heydemotivate.me/demoty/7bc67c121b651301cf196f55b138b4bc.jpg

I think the caption is trying to say "The British have done it again and again"

[Tragic_Comedian]

Bacon ice cream sounds really bad, actually.

ION: Just wrote a song. Hooray.

[Amiel]

Bacon ice cream sounds really bad, actually.

The best type of tasty bad.


ION: Just wrote a song. Hooray.

Nice.

[Rawhide]

We signed a contract? I thought we just randomly talked about it and then were like 'yeah'.

Yeah, you signed a contract, in blood.

[Amiel]

Yeah, you signed a contract, in blood.

Every contract should be signed in blood. All writing implements should be have blood as ink.

[AsteriskAmp]

Every contract should be signed in blood. All writing implements should be have blood as ink.

Until people start fainting due to blood loss, most of the world population of lawyers and business men/women die and Microsoft finds a way so that you can accept license agreements by scanning your blood.

[Rawhide]

Until people start fainting due to blood loss, most of the world population of lawyers and business men/women die and Microsoft finds a way so that you can accept license agreements by scanning your blood.

People would just start using goat blood. PETA would complain.

[Amiel]

People would just start using goat blood. PETA would complain.

Or artificial blood.


This will ensure the existence of vegetarian vampires and zombies, thusly affirming their help whenever we need to fight off regular vampires and/or zombies. We can then afterward defend ourselves with gardening tools and positioned plant life. Ensuring survival post-zombie apocalypse.

[Tragic_Comedian]

People would just start using goat blood. PETA would complain.
PETA complains about everything. As my Sunday school teacher noted, they're so big on everything about animals, but have no problem objectifying women.

[Mutant Sheep]

PETA complains about everything. As my Sunday school teacher noted, they're so big on everything about animals, but have no problem objectifying women.
Peter agrees. (I WOULD have linked to the "Peter thinks Lois is saying 'Peter' instead of 'PETA' skit, but I'm lazy.)

[Amiel]

Peter agrees. (I WOULD have linked to the "Peter thinks Lois is saying 'Peter' instead of 'PETA' skit, but I'm lazy.)

The Mutant Sheep would indeed agree.

[LaZodiac]

This will ensure the existence of vegetarian vampires and zombies, thusly affirming their help whenever we need to fight off regular vampires and/or zombies. We can then afterward defend ourselves with gardening tools and positioned plant life. Ensuring survival post-zombie apocalypse.

You'd want vampires that only eat the equivilent of fast food for them? Artificial blood is probably like artificial sweetners to us humans. Bad.


PETA complains about everything. As my Sunday school teacher noted, they're so big on everything about animals, but have no problem objectifying women.

PETA does many terrible, stupid things for all the right reasons. Animals are our friends. PETA is not.

[Rawhide]

PETA complains about everything. As my Sunday school teacher noted, they're so big on everything about animals, but have no problem objectifying women.

Yeah. This came up on The Gruen Transfer (now The Gruen Planet) recently. By the way, since when did ethical treatment of animals become no eating animals at all?

[Skeppio]

I'm not even gonna start on PETA. I'd end up with a rant 20 pages long and full of the most colourful expletives the english language has to offer.

Suffice to say, I like animals, but I do not like PETA. They are nothing more than hypocritical scum. :smallfurious:

[Amiel]

You'd want vampires that only eat the equivilent of fast food for them? Artificial blood is probably like artificial sweetners to us humans. Bad.

Well, or hope for the vampires and zombies to curb their base urges and subsist on animal blood and/or plant life, so they can gain sustenance from eating the fungi and mold that would invariably propagate on zombies or other undead.

Then they can protect us.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Well, I wouldn't want somebody to eat me.

Honestly, the only way I think meat should be eaten is if you hunt or kill it yourself. Fair chase. That's why I'm becoming a vegetarian.

[Amiel]

Well, I wouldn't want somebody to eat me.

Honestly, the only way I think meat should be eaten is if you hunt or kill it yourself. Fair chase. That's why I'm becoming a vegetarian.

I think the time when I become a vegetarian would be when I hate plants or dislike animals. But I love animals. I love eating them, especially lamb.
Poor lambs. On clinical placement, I got to feed ten of them :3.

[Mutant Sheep]

I think the time when I become a vegetarian would be when I hate plants or dislike animals. But I love animals. I love eating them, especially lamb.
Poor lambs. On clinical placement, I got to feed ten of them :3.

Food=dead animals. Dead animals=tasty. *nom nom nom Omnivorous Sheep*

[Tragic_Comedian]

I just don't think eating meat that other people killed is compatible with my own morals anymore. What other people do is their business. :smallwink:

[Amiel]

Food=dead animals. Dead animals=tasty. *nom nom nom Omnivorous Sheep*

The Cheerful Microwave finds this appealing.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316477_157968360947553_157968234280899_295576_1658 515069_n.jpg

[AsteriskAmp]

People would just start using goat blood. PETA would complain.
I'm sure Microsoft would start a blood certification program.

You'd want vampires that only eat the equivilent of fast food for them? Artificial blood is probably like artificial sweetners to us humans. Bad.

PETA does many terrible, stupid things for all the right reasons. Animals are our friends. PETA is not.
I'm sure lovely Komodo Dragons are our friends.

Yeah. This came up on The Gruen Transfer (now The Gruen Planet) recently. By the way, since when did ethical treatment of animals become no eating animals at all?
Around the time it's name started becoming mainstream.

[Blue Ghost]

Gee, an official contract. Did you remember to add the possession of the Moon's soul, Blue?

No, but the contract was signed in spirit, so it's binding.


We signed a contract? I thought we just randomly talked about it and then were like 'yeah'.

No, there was a contract! We talked about it!


Bacon ice cream sounds really bad, actually.

ION: Just wrote a song. Hooray.

You need to show us the song.


Yeah, you signed a contract, in blood.

We actually did discuss signing the contract in blood, but we decided against it. We settled on signing it in spirit.

[Tragic_Comedian]

You need to show us the song.

Well, it's a hymn, so probably not appropriate for the board, but PM me and I'll give you a link to the video.

[Rawhide]

Well, I wouldn't want somebody to eat me.

Honestly, the only way I think meat should be eaten is if you hunt or kill it yourself. Fair chase. That's why I'm becoming a vegetarian.

I've always found this viewpoint odd, considering that even in the days when a tribe would hunt for food, not everyone in the tribe would hunt for food. Some people couldn't, they would still get to eat, and some people had other responsibilities, and they would also still get to eat.

Plus, hunting is much more traumatic for the animal than properly managed farming.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Well, things were different then. And yeah, I'll give you that. I'd consider raising it yourself the equivalent to hunting your own food, but factory farming is right out.

[BladeofObliviom]

You know, a RL friend of mine (who happens to be a Playgrounder, actually) did in fact sign a petition in Blood.

He took an empty mechanical pencil, pulled up his sleeve to reveal AN OPEN WOUND ON HIS UPPER ARM, DIPPED IT, AND PROCEEDED TO SIGN. :smalleek:

[Amiel]

Great idea or greatest idea?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/315400_226932644029365_100001378947907_566853_3642 6659_n.jpg

[Rawhide]

Well, things were different then. And yeah, I'll give you that. I'd consider raising it yourself the equivalent to hunting your own food, but factory farming is right out.

Not trying to undermine your beliefs, but why would farms be right out? Properly managed farming will look after the animals from birth to death very well, and then will kill them quickly, humanely and with a minimum of trauma. It's also not that different to someone in your village having the responsibility of getting the food for everyone while you have another responsibility, only our villages are larger.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Not trying to undermine your beliefs, but why would farms be right out? Properly managed farming will look after the animals from birth to death very well, and will kill them quickly, humanely and with a minimum of trauma.
They keep them pinned up 24/7, give them just enough food to keep breath in their bodies, pump them full of hormones to make them so big so quickly that when they're let loose they can't use their own legs, then kill them. There are more and more stories uncovered every day of animals in factory farms that've been mistreated or downright abused. It is unnatural and cruel. And eating food that's been subjected to so many chemicals can't be good for you.

[BladeofObliviom]

They keep them pinned up 24/7, give them just enough food to keep breath in their bodies, pump them full of hormones to make them so big so quickly that when they're let loose they can't use their own legs, then kill them. There are more and more stories uncovered every day of animals in factory farms that've been mistreated or downright abused. It is unnatural and cruel.

And as we all know, Americans never accept unnatural things like eyeglasses, computers, and modern medicine.


That said, I have seen this kind of thing before, and yes it is disturbing. To make things even less comforting, there are now chemicals capable of making just about any meat look, feel, smell, and taste fresh. Let that sink in.

[Amiel]

They keep them pinned up 24/7, give them just enough food to keep breath in their bodies, pump them full of hormones to make them so big so quickly that when they're let loose they can't use their own legs, then kill them. There are more and more stories uncovered every day of animals in factory farms that've been mistreated or downright abused. It is unnatural and cruel. And eating food that's been subjected to so many chemicals can't be good for you.

I think Rawhide is talking about free range, organic farming.

[Rawhide]

They keep them pinned up 24/7, give them just enough food to keep breath in their bodies, pump them full of hormones to make them so big so quickly that when they're let loose they can't use their own legs, then kill them. There are more and more stories uncovered every day of animals in factory farms that've been mistreated or downright abused. It is unnatural and cruel. And eating food that's been subjected to so many chemicals can't be good for you.

First: That is not a properly managed farm, and I agree with you that it is horrible.

I've never actually heard that called factory farming before. The term used outside of the US is battery cages (and it's primarily for egg laying poultry).

[Tragic_Comedian]

I think Rawhide is talking about free range, organic farming.
I already said that was okay.

First: That is not a properly managed farm, and I agree with you that it is horrible.

I've never actually heard that called factory farming before. The term used outside of the US is battery cages (and it's primarily for egg laying poultry).
Ah, it was just a matter of being separated by a common language, then.

[Rawhide]

I already said that was okay.

You might have meant that, but it didn't come across. All sorted now though.

[factotum]

They keep them pinned up 24/7, give them just enough food to keep breath in their bodies, pump them full of hormones to make them so big so quickly that when they're let loose they can't use their own legs

Something there doesn't add up. Hormones can't magic up meat and muscle out of thin air, so they must be feeding them quite a bit more than what is needed "to keep breath in their bodies" for them to be able to bulk up so fast!

(Not saying this is a good thing in any way, mind you, just that you're contradicting yourself slightly).

[Teddy]

From last thread:

At any event, the lightbulbs in my bathroom just burnt out. We just bought that new lamp but only have 60 watt bulbs available unlike the 100 watt bulbs it demands.

Actually they're those spirally fluorescent ones and say they're 60 watt equivalent.

Anyone know how one is supposed to figure out what kinda bulbs one puts into a light fixture in a house?

Or what happens when a 60 watt bulb goes in a 100 watt lamp...

Actually, the 100 W written on your socket should be the maximum limit, not only eligble power level on the lamp. The power of the lamp affects how much current it's going to let through, and a too high power can let through a current that's higher than what the lamp is built for, potentially causing power cords and similar parts to smelt and/or catch fire.

Putting in a lamp of lower power shouldn't do anything bad at all.

And the "60 W equivalent" means that the lamp illuminates just as brightly as a (at this point not especially) common light bulb.


Hey, new thread. Cool. Well, I totally call the 175th. Then I can say semi-bicentinial-wordthingeys-est Random Banter. It needs a bit of work...

Wouldn't semi-bicentinial be 150? Because otherwise would that way of counting be even more confusing than Danish. :smalleek:


This will ensure the existence of vegetarian vampires and zombies, thusly affirming their help whenever we need to fight off regular vampires and/or zombies. We can then afterward defend ourselves with gardening tools and positioned plant life. Ensuring survival post-zombie apocalypse.

Umm, if you want to keep yourself safe from vegetarian zombies, I think the best idea is to get rid of as much plant life from your garden as possible to never give them a reason to come close to you in the first place. Flowers that shoot back will just enrage them, I think.


No, but the contract was signed in spirit, so it's binding.
[...]
We actually did discuss signing the contract in blood, but we decided against it. We settled on signing it in spirit.

In spirit!? You drew from your own spirit in order to sign a contract!? :smalleek:

I mean, the body just produces new blood to cover up any loss, but the same doesn't apply to spirit now, does it?

Unless your talking about alcohol, of course, in which case I'm assuming that you're just talking about etanol-based ink in a very dramatical way. :smallwink:


Something there doesn't add up. Hormones can't magic up meat and muscle out of thin air, so they must be feeding them quite a bit more than what is needed "to keep breath in their bodies" for them to be able to bulk up so fast!

(Not saying this is a good thing in any way, mind you, just that you're contradicting yourself slightly).

Yes, this is exactly how it works when hormones (or just selective breeding to get fast-growing breeds) are used. You need to give them tons of food in order to get meat that isn't 90% water. I don't think the use of hormones to get animals to grow faster is legal here in Sweden. Something about it being in the meat and having strange effects on humans as well, I think.

ION:
Party yesterday was a good hit, even though not many of my friends attended. Good food and good fun, and drawing pictures in others' song books continues to be a hit. The table cloth was actually made out of real cloth this time, though, so no epic sceneries on it this time. I remembered to bring my own song book this time, however.

IRN:
I've started to write my first name as ":3jörn" instead of the common spelling with a 'B'. It's a bit cute and silly in just the way I like it best. Plus, just the tiniest bit of a reference to Homestuck.

[Rawhide]

Wouldn't semi-bicentinial be 150? Because otherwise would that way of counting be even more confusing than Danish. :smalleek:

It would be a multiple of 100.


Noun: centennial
1. The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Adjective: centennial
1. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
--- "centennial celebration"
Source: WordWeb


Noun: bicentennial
1. The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Adjective: bicentennial
1. Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years
--- "bicentennial celebration"
Source: WordWeb


Noun: semicentennial
1. The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Adjective: semicentennial
1. Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary
Source: WordWeb


---


In this case, bi- doubles it and semi- halves it, thus negating each other.


Semi-semicentennial would be every 25 years, though.

[Teddy]

[...]
In this case, bi- doubles it and semi- halves it, thus negating each other.

Well, I kind of ignored that way of interpretting it on purpose and applied Danish logic instead. The words for the multiple of tens have a rather peculiar naming convention in Danish, namely that they're based on how many times the number 20 goes in it rounded up, minus the half of 20 if it's lower. So, 70 in Danish would be "halvfjärs" (Swedish 'ä'), which means "4 times 20 minus the half of 20", and I reasoned that something similar would be the truth here.

Also, our time conventions work this way too. "Halv tolv" ("half twelve") means half an hour before twelve, not six.

[Rawhide]

vBulletin Tip #42: Not much would be accomplished by merging this item with itself.

[LaZodiac]

Well, or hope for the vampires and zombies to curb their base urges and subsist on animal blood and/or plant life, so they can gain sustenance from eating the fungi and mold that would invariably propagate on zombies or other undead.

Then they can protect us.

Alternatively, get the people that get off on stuff like neck biting, and let them be vampire food. But like, have it controlled. Make it like a job, and make sure they don't die/vampirize.


I just don't think eating meat that other people killed is compatible with my own morals anymore. What other people do is their business. :smallwink:

Awe, ok. Meat is so good though.


I'm sure lovely Komodo Dragons are our friends.

They ARE, they are just friends who kill us if we be cocky jerks/dumbasses. So they are GOOD friends who smack us if we be idiots.


ION:
Party yesterday was a good hit, even though not many of my friends attended. Good food and good fun, and drawing pictures in others' song books continues to be a hit. The table cloth was actually made out of real cloth this time, though, so no epic sceneries on it this time. I remembered to bring my own song book this time, however.

IRN:
I've started to write my first name as ":3jörn" instead of the common spelling with a 'B'. It's a bit cute and silly in just the way I like it best. Plus, just the tiniest bit of a reference to Homestuck.

Glad to see you're having some fun Teddy! And drawing practice, that's always good :smallwink:

...oh god that is the most adorable thing. Now I just want to squish you with a big hug and babble about how cute that is. Now you really need some sort of chat program XP

[Heliomance]

Also, our time conventions work this way too. "Halv tolv" ("half twelve") means half an hour before twelve, not six.

Now that's just weird. Here, "half twelve" means half an hour after twelve.

[MoonCat]

Or artificial blood.

No, I'd start eating it again. /self reference!


No, there was a contract! We talked about it!

We actually did discuss signing the contract in blood, but we decided against it. We settled on signing it in spirit.

That would soooo hold up in court.

Which we then didn't do. :smalltongue:


Great idea or greatest idea?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/315400_226932644029365_100001378947907_566853_3642 6659_n.jpg

Too late Tall Bastard. It's already a recurring topic round these parts.

[LaZodiac]

Hey guys! Something I forgot to say.

At some point last night, I fell out of bed. I managed to hit every appliance of mine on the way down. I'm fine, but man it was weird. I ended up facing the oppisite direction that I was laying in too!

[MoonCat]

Hey guys! Something I forgot to say.

At some point last night, I fell out of bed. I managed to hit every appliance of mine on the way down. I'm fine, but man it was weird. I ended up facing the oppisite direction that I was laying in too!

You mean you turned over in your sleep? :smallamused:

Okay, every night, I go to sleep, and there's this three foot long pillow on my bed. It has a tag, which is always up by my face. Every morning, I wake up, and there is the blue pillow, with the tag down by my feet. I have no idea why, in my sleep, I keep turning upside down something three feet long, which actually takes a bit of effort when you're lying down with your eyes shut.

Oh, and I myself woke up upside down a lot as a kid. It was so often I ended up putting pillows on both sides.

[LaZodiac]

You mean you turned over in your sleep? :smallamused:

No, I mean that I was in bed, and then I fell, and after falling I was flipped so that my head was were my feet used to be.

[MoonCat]

No, I mean that I was in bed, and then I fell, and after falling I was flipped so that my head was were my feet used to be.

I figured that out. Just saying, facing the oppsite place from where you were before isn't very rare. :smalltongue:

[Qwertystop]

No, I mean that I was in bed, and then I fell, and after falling I was flipped so that my head was were my feet used to be.

You on a top bunk or something? I can't imagine having enough room to flip otherwise. Unless maybe you didn't wake up immediately and turned around while asleep.

[LaZodiac]

I figured that out. Just saying, facing the oppsite place from where you were before isn't very rare. :smalltongue:

Ahh. Well, for me it is.


You on a top bunk or something? I can't imagine having enough room to flip otherwise. Unless maybe you didn't wake up immediately and turned around while asleep.

Nope, I just have a single bed. Admitidly, it is a tall one (just up to my knees). And I was totally concious while falling. My guess is that I hit so many things that I simply flipped over.

The process was this. To my right is my computer desk+laptop, behind it is my dressers with my TV and PS3 on it. Something compells me to reach over with my left arm. As I do so, I turn, and start to fall. Judging from the aftermath, it's likely that as I fell off, my arm grabbed onto the dresser, past my computer, and pulled as I fell, causing me to spin my legs forward. This kicked the computer desk, pushing it out of my way, but in the process made me lose my grip with my left hand, causing it to flail widly, hitting my tv and pushing it back, and hitting my PS3 and causing it to infact fall over which I just now noticed.

End result, Zodi on her back, body facing the wrong way, everything is knocked around.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Gwyn had a reasonably fun night last night. It involved meeting up randomly with 50 art school kids in a park, and watching fire-powered balloons drift into the distance, and also being serenaded by a band with a drum, a musical saw, and some kinda weird keyboard-instrument that was breath-powered, while helping a too-drunk girl, and getting her home. And then not hooking up with her friend, because my friend decided to be an ass.

[MoonCat]

Ahh. Well, for me it is.

No, turning over in you sleep is normal. Which is what you described. What you actually did isn't.

[LaZodiac]

Gwyn had a reasonably fun night last night. It involved meeting up randomly with 50 art school kids in a park, and watching fire-powered balloons drift into the distance, and also being serenaded by a band with a drum, a musical saw, and some kinda weird keyboard-instrument that was breath-powered, while helping a too-drunk girl, and getting her home. And then not hooking up with her friend, because my friend decided to be an ass.

Sounds like you had fun. Though a shame you didn't have more fun due to circumstanes and bros not being bros, as it were.

[Eledragon]

Very strange. Lately, the Speeqe chatroom has been assualted by what I assume to be spammers, and now there's this person named o.o who has said a grand total of o.o. :smallconfused:

[MoonCat]

Very strange. Lately, the Speeqe chatroom has been assualted by what I assume to be spammers, and now there's this person named o.o who has said a grand total of o.o. :smallconfused:

Spammers? I only noticed that trolling dude, and he left a while ago.

[Teddy]

Glad to see you're having some fun Teddy! And drawing practice, that's always good :smallwink:

Sadly, however, ballpoint on paper is a completely different thing than Inkscape, and the drawing styles are mostly incompatible (my favourite objects to draw with ballpoint are clouds, especially during sunset, and Inkscape won't quite let me catch that look).


...oh god that is the most adorable thing. Now I just want to squish you with a big hug and babble about how cute that is. Now you really need some sort of chat program XP

Oh, but then I would have to come up with a descriptive while not all too self-absorbed handle with its initial letters being the same as those from the DNA code, and that may take some time as well... :smallwink:


Now that's just weird. Here, "half twelve" means half an hour after twelve.

Now, that's even more weird. Half indicates that something is smaller than something, so unless you stick in a "past" in the middle of that, that's just going to be even less logical than ours. :smalltongue:

[Tragic_Comedian]

some kinda weird keyboard-instrument that was breath-powered
A melodica. Lovely thing.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Sounds like you had fun. Though a shame you didn't have more fun due to circumstanes and bros not being bros, as it were.

Aye. Still, I saw lots of art, and smarmed my way up like a smarmy smarmasaur.


A melodica. Lovely thing.

That's what a melodica is! It was fun. They had random guys and the street freestyle with them.

[factotum]

Now, that's even more weird. Half indicates that something is smaller than something, so unless you stick in a "past" in the middle of that, that's just going to be even less logical than ours. :smalltongue:

That's exactly where it comes from--if somebody says "Half twelve" here the "past" in the middle is assumed.

[Teddy]

That's exactly where it comes from--if somebody says "Half twelve" here the "past" in the middle is assumed.

First you need a past for it to make sense, and then you just start assuming that it's there. Pft, madness and degeneration if you ask me. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

Sadly, however, ballpoint on paper is a completely different thing than Inkscape, and the drawing styles are mostly incompatible (my favourite objects to draw with ballpoint are clouds, especially during sunset, and Inkscape won't quite let me catch that look).

I kinda figured that. A shame, because I'm sure you are great at drawing clouds.


Oh, but then I would have to come up with a descriptive while not all too self-absorbed handle with its initial letters being the same as those from the DNA code, and that may take some time as well... :smallwink:

Or you could call yourself Teddy.

[Teddy]

I kinda figured that. A shame, because I'm sure you are great at drawing clouds.

Nah, I might be good for someone who's rather inexperienced (and for someone who's crazy enough to use a ballpoint pen for drawing clouds), but I won't claim to be an expert, no.


Or you could call yourself Teddy.

Pft, where's the fun in that. :smallwink:

[Tragic_Comedian]

Friends and neighbors, believe me when I tell you this: You will never find any group of people more willing to argue with each other than banjo players.

[LaZodiac]

Nah, I might be good for someone who's rather inexperienced (and for someone who's crazy enough to use a ballpoint pen for drawing clouds), but I won't claim to be an expert, no.

Pft, where's the fun in that. :smallwink:

Ohhh, ok.

And the fun is that everything works smoothly and quickly. Nothing is more fun then things working out exactly as planned :smallwink:


Friends and neighbors, believe me when I tell you this: You will never find any group of people more willing to argue with each other than banjo players.

Dueling Banjos should be a good example of that. It's the closest, I think, real life gets to an anime or manga equivilent of overplaying how dramatic mundane tasks is.

[Teddy]

And the fun is that everything works smoothly and quickly. Nothing is more fun then things working out exactly as planned :smallwink:

But that's not how I plan for it. :smallwink:

Also, as a side note, I'm not especially fond of IMs. I don't know why, but I think it has something to do with my inability to maintain a spontaneous conversation.

[Qwertystop]

A melodica. Lovely thing.

Apparently, some of the music for Kirby's Epic Yarn was made on one.

[LaZodiac]

But that's not how I plan for it. :smallwink:

Also, as a side note, I'm not especially fond of IMs. I don't know why, but I think it has something to do with my inability to maintain a spontaneous conversation.

Ohhh, ok. Well, it wouldn't be spontaneous conversations, just the occasional conversation about the DND thread, or the comic. Stuff like that.

For instance, there are atleast two dnd related things I mentioned in the out of character thread that you may of missed that are somewhat important, and I think I could bring that discussion to you better through IM.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Dueling Banjos should be a good example of that. It's the closest, I think, real life gets to an anime or manga equivilent of overplaying how dramatic mundane tasks is.
Just attend a gathering of banjoists sometime. They'll argue over so many things. God help you if you bring up the "bum-ditty".

[Ranger Mattos]

You know, a RL friend of mine (who happens to be a Playgrounder, actually) did in fact sign a petition in Blood.

He took an empty mechanical pencil, pulled up his sleeve to reveal AN OPEN WOUND ON HIS UPPER ARM, DIPPED IT, AND PROCEEDED TO SIGN. :smalleek:

:smalleek: What sort of petition?


Great idea or greatest idea?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/315400_226932644029365_100001378947907_566853_3642 6659_n.jpg

Everyone already knows that one.


Hey guys! Something I forgot to say.

At some point last night, I fell out of bed. I managed to hit every appliance of mine on the way down. I'm fine, but man it was weird. I ended up facing the oppisite direction that I was laying in too!

*slow sarcastic clapping*

ION: Went on a fun hike today. Passed a couple springs. There was a lot of mud on the second half, though.

[Mutant Sheep]

Ok, hands up. Who DIDN'T go on some cool thing today? *went on a retreat thing at school and got his very own pink shirt with words on it :smallcool:*

[Eledragon]

Ok, hands up. Who DIDN'T go on some cool thing today? *went on a retreat thing at school and got his very own pink shirt with words on it :smallcool:*

*raises hand*

however, you guys MAY be able to expect me to bring news on how our first recording session went. Maybe. depends if my friend grabbed FRAPS last night...

[LaZodiac]

Ok, hands up. Who DIDN'T go on some cool thing today? *went on a retreat thing at school and got his very own pink shirt with words on it :smallcool:*

Unless falling out of bed counts, I didn't do anything cool today either.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Ok, hands up. Who DIDN'T go on some cool thing today? *went on a retreat thing at school and got his very own pink shirt with words on it :smallcool:*

I went to skating lessons, and had a brainwave for a song?

[Dallas-Dakota]

So today I photographed a 18th century Russian Fregate build and owned and sailed with by Tsar Peter the Great, critiques please? (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002042944365#!/media/set/?set=a.183334165078014.46882.100002042944365&type=1)

(Yes, this could go into Arts & crafts, but I didn't deem it worthy of its own thread)

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

That's some epic woodcarving!

In English it's 'Frigate', though. :smallsmile:

[Dallas-Dakota]

In dutch, that's a typo.:smalltongue:
But yes, the woodcarving(which both Tsar Peter the Great and the guy who mainly made the replica(who's named Vladimir, badass) learned in the netherlands) is epic, easily best part about the boat.

[Heliomance]

Ugh. I live in a pigsty. I hate the fact that it's so incredibly messy. The trouble is, tidying and cleaning everything, and maintaining it in that state, is far too much work to face by myself. If my housemates helped out, we could keep it pretty good. Unfortunately, they don't seem to care. I can get them to do the washing up, now and then, either when I'm cooking or when I start doing it and ask for help. But I have no idea how to motivate them to keep it tidy on a regular basis, especially without a falling out caused by nagging.

I think if we just decided that every Sunday, we spend an hour or two cleaning what needs to be cleaned, it would be fine. I don't know how to set this up though. Halp?

[Teddy]

Ohhh, ok. Well, it wouldn't be spontaneous conversations, just the occasional conversation about the DND thread, or the comic. Stuff like that.

The horror! :smalleek:

It's actually pretty amazing. Apart from sleep, school, homework, eating being on here and some World of Tanks, I've got practically no time left. And I'm pretty used to weekends of glorious nothing to do.


For instance, there are atleast two dnd related things I mentioned in the out of character thread that you may of missed that are somewhat important, and I think I could bring that discussion to you better through IM.

You can use PMs for such critical announcements too. I've still got half a box to fill. :smallwink:

[LaZodiac]

The horror! :smalleek:

It's actually pretty amazing. Apart from sleep, school, homework, eating being on here and some World of Tanks, I've got practically no time left. And I'm pretty used to weekends of glorious nothing to do.

You can use PMs for such critical anouncements too. I've still got half a box to fill. :smallwink:

Ohhh alright. I just like the more personal feeling of IMs.

[Teddy]

Ohhh alright. I just like the more personal feeling of IMs.

And I dislike the less personal feeling of having to rush messages in order to get a point through. I like thinking through stuff. :smallamused:

[LaZodiac]

And I dislike the less personal feeling of having to rush messages in order to get a point through. I like thinking through stuff. :smallamused:

Well, you can totally think with IMs, and take your time. I'm very paitent, after all :smallwink:

[Blue Ghost]

PMs and IMs both have their uses. I do feel that IM is more personal, and allows you to be closer to the person you're conversing with. Much more good can be done when the conversation is personal.

[Cobalt]

Ok, hands up. Who DIDN'T go on some cool thing today? *went on a retreat thing at school and got his very own pink shirt with words on it :smallcool:*

Well, yesterday I was running through backwoods, if that counts. Today, the only things I did was finish handwriting six pages of essay. Which I now need to type up.
I'm trying to math the equasion of how long this will take me, and to judge if I could fit that in to my lunch period tomorrow at school. It's looking likely. But it's still not the end of my paperwork. :smallsigh:

[Blue Ghost]

After doing my reading for communication studies, I'm starting to realize why C.S. Lewis's description of friendship (that friends don't look at each other, but rather look together toward something outward) does not sit well with me. He approaches friendship from a masculine point of view. For some reason, I identify more with the feminine one, which places higher value on intimacy. Which also explains why most of my friends are girls.

[Eruantion]

Guess what everybody. I went to a marching band competition yesterday. They were selling fried Oreos, three for $2. My friend bought ten dollars worth. I'm not one to really eat fried things... but these were absolutely awesome. If you ever get a chance to try them, do so.

[AsteriskAmp]

In the last four hours more knowledge has been crammed into my head than about the last 4 years of school, I have a headache, and I think I-m starting to forget my childhood and my name. It was however one of the most fun moments of my life.

[Eon]

Hmm... I wonder if I could create those without incinerating several nearby objects... :smallamused:

ION: This song keeps going through my head... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6b3V2MNxQ&feature=related)

[Tragic_Comedian]

After doing my reading for communication studies, I'm starting to realize why C.S. Lewis's description of friendship (that friends don't look at each other, but rather look together toward something outward) does not sit well with me. He approaches friendship from a masculine point of view. For some reason, I identify more with the feminine one, which places higher value on intimacy. Which also explains why most of my friends are girls.
With that definition of friendship, he must not've had very many close friendships. I really don't think it's a matter of masculine or feminine thinking, I just think Lewis was wrong here. As great a writer as he was, he seems pretty narrow minded at times.

ION: I'd love to own a shirt that didn't become unwearable because of sweat stains in a matter of weeks. Hyperhydrosis sucks.

[LaZodiac]

In the last four hours more knowledge has been crammed into my head than about the last 4 years of school, I have a headache, and I think I-m starting to forget my childhood and my name. It was however one of the most fun moments of my life.

Sounds good. Though I will say, I hope you don't forget more stuff. Forgetting your past is the saddest thing :smallfrown:

[Ranger Mattos]

Guess what everybody. I went to a marching band competition yesterday. They were selling fried Oreos, three for $2. My friend bought ten dollars worth. I'm not one to really eat fried things... but these were absolutely awesome. If you ever get a chance to try them, do so.

I have them every year at the State Fair.


In the last four hours more knowledge has been crammed into my head than about the last 4 years of school, I have a headache, and I think I-m starting to forget my childhood and my name. It was however one of the most fun moments of my life.

Knowledge about what?

ION: I am officially a member of the tech team at my church. I got a nametag.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Sounds good. Though I will say, I hope you don't forget more stuff. Forgetting your past is the saddest thing :smallfrown:
Well, the brain is like an attic. There's only so much space. Most of us clutter our attics up with so much waffle there's no room for the important stuff.

Or so Sherlock Holmes says.



ION: I am officially a member of the tech team at my church. I got a nametag.
Your church is apparently very modern. The techiest thing we have at mine is a microphone.

[AsteriskAmp]

Sounds good. Though I will say, I hope you don't forget more stuff. Forgetting your past is the saddest thing :smallfrown:
I'm sure everyone has parts of their past they'd like to forget.

Knowledge about what?

ION: I am officially a member of the tech team at my church. I got a nametag.

Math.

[LaZodiac]

I'm sure everyone has parts of their past they'd like to forget.

I meant the good parts. I can understand wanting to forget tragedies, and I'm sorry if I overstepped my bounds by saying what I did.

[Ranger Mattos]

Your church is apparently very modern. The techiest thing we have at mine is a microphone.

Yes, it's very modern. I'd be helping to run the sound, lighting, and video during the high school service.


Math.

Cramming for a test?

[Blue Ghost]

Nice, your church is big enough to have a tech team. My home church isn't small overall, but since we're divided into Chinese and English sections, the English section is quite small. I was in charge of the video when I was present. But I'm not there anymore, as I'm in college now...
I miss my church. :smallfrown:

[Tragic_Comedian]

I'm old-fashioned, I guess... I think too much technology distracts from the message.

ION: I might be going to New York.

[AsteriskAmp]

I meant the good parts. I can understand wanting to forget tragedies, and I'm sorry if I overstepped my bounds by saying what I did.
You didn't, don't worry.

Cramming for a test?
University entrance exam for 3 hours and then one hour of mostly doing fun (for me) math.

[Ranger Mattos]

Nice, your church is big enough to have a tech team. My home church isn't small overall, but since we're divided into Chinese and English sections, the English section is quite small. I was in charge of the video when I was present. But I'm not there anymore, as I'm in college now...
I miss my church. :smallfrown:

That sucks. I'll miss my churches when I go off to college, too, probably.


I'm old-fashioned, I guess... I think too much technology distracts from the message.

ION: I might be going to New York.

I think it helps, if properly implemented.

Fun! Why?

[Tragic_Comedian]

Fun! Why?
To help occupy Wall Street.

[MoonCat]

Groans. Mega awful hike. :smallsigh:

[Blue Ghost]

Groans. Mega awful hike. :smallsigh:

I'm sorry. *hugs*

Today has been the most uneventful day since I arrived at college. Seriously, I did absolutely nothing. It feels strange.

[Rawhide]

LaZodiac: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You changed your lovely avatar. (The new one is well done, but I miss your old one.)

[Heliomance]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

[Feytalist]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

Well, I had to check it actually was a button, didn't I? Also I think he's collecting data on us in some way because as I clicked it my antivirus popped up :smallbiggrin:


To help occupy Wall Street.

Like, one of those protests again?

[Rawhide]

Well, I had to check it actually was a button, didn't I? Also I think he's collecting data on us in some way because as I clicked it my antivirus popped up :smallbiggrin:

Pfft. No data collection. Might have something to do with the fact that it has to hide the entire forum, while it is inside the area it is hiding, then find and create a new button to restore the forums that is outside of the hidden area which, when clicked, will unhide the forums and destroy itself (leaving no trace). All without modifying any of the forum code (entirely self contained in the code snippet), except at runtime.

Good to know that it's triggering virus warnings though. I created it as an experiment for the hide sidebar button, if it's triggering virus warnings I'll know not to use it. What OS, browser and scanner? (Including versions.)

[Feytalist]

Good to know that it's triggering virus warnings though. I created it as an experiment for the hide sidebar button, if it's triggering virus warnings I'll know not to use it. What OS, browser and scanner? (Including versions.)

Hah! No, the antivirus was for something entirely different ("AVG has recently protected you from X threats"), it just popped up at the exact same moment as I clicked. Although, come to think of it, it might have triggered on the click. Hmm, I'll check the log.

If relevant, I'm running WinXP, Firefox 3.0.19, AVG version "something". It auto-updates. All I know is it works. 10.0.1410. The "about" button is a wonderful tool.

[Archonic Energy]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

*puts up hand*

i destroyed the universe.

[Qwertystop]

Same. How did you get a button in your avatar?

ION, I'm about to bike to school for the first time. Hooray for new bikes that were on sale due to being last year's model but are still great bikes!

[Heliomance]

Same. How did you get a button in your avatar?

He's the forum admin, that's how.

[Eon]

Awww, I woke up and destroyed the universe. How unfortunate.

[ShortOne]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

/raises hand

...

It's a BUTTON.

[Form]

/raises hand

...

It's a BUTTON.

Yes. It must be clicked. It demands to be clicked!

[Thufir]

+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++

[LaZodiac]

LaZodiac: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You changed your lovely avatar. (The new one is well done, but I miss your old one.)

Wow, I'm...really shocked that my avatar is that well liked XP

No worries, it'll be back on the tenth. I'm just participating in a theme week for once. You'll be able to stare at the majesty of LaZodiac then :smallwink:

Also, I pushed that button twice. So adictive!

[MoonCat]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

I pressed it.

ION: Guys, you know Rodin's sculpture The Gates Of Hell? Well, I had the weirdest dream. Snape's mom had made it, and there was a tiny child Snape in the sculpture. Oh, and then I dreamy about FDS. Weird night.

[Teddy]

Ohh, Rawhide has a snazzy new button of Universe destruction. I like it. :smallamused:

ION:
Had my maths lesson before the lecture that would bring up what we would work with in the lesson. The lecture suddenly became a lot less tempting to go on, and was quickly rationalised out of my schedule.

IOON:
Facebook won't accept :3jörn as an alternative name. Contains too many apostrophes, apparently. :smallamused:

[LaZodiac]

IOON:
Facebook won't accept :3jörn as an alternative name. Contains too many apostrophes, apparently. :smallamused:

Boo. Screw facebook!

[Qwertystop]

IOON:
Facebook won't accept :3jörn as an alternative name. Contains too many apostrophes, apparently. :smallamused:

Too many apostrophes? It has none!

[grimbold]

Too many apostrophes? It has none!

that is known as a compufail
XD

[Tragic_Comedian]

Like, one of those protests again?
Uhuh.

ION: Home from school. Today was a skip day, but I've missed so much school I had to go. Nobody there, so it was a fun day. And now, pizza.

[Teddy]

After a lot of search, I found our old The Operational Art of War - Century of Warfare disk (it was the absolutely last disk I looked at before having looked at every disk it could possibly have been on, and its predecessor was the next to last one :smallamused:) and am now listening through its epic soundtracks in order to decide if I should extract them from the disc (or rather, which of them) and if converting them to a smaller format than .wav is going to have an negative impact on the quality...

I should probably get a program capable of reading and convering .smk files as well. The intro movie is far to epic to not be saved for the future.

[Eruantion]

I am having an awful day you guys! The new season of Dr. Who just ended, and BBC America is no longer showing reruns in the afternoon! :smallfrown:

Seriously, though, I've had a decent day. How's everyone else?

[Eon]

Oh noooo!

Well, I've had that 2am "Everything is hilarious" feeling all day, so pretty interesting.

[Ranger Mattos]

Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

*raises hand*


Pfft. No data collection. Might have something to do with the fact that it has to hide the entire forum, while it is inside the area it is hiding, then find and create a new button to restore the forums that is outside of the hidden area which, when clicked, will unhide the forums and destroy itself (leaving no trace). All without modifying any of the forum code (entirely self contained in the code snippet), except at runtime.

Good to know that it's triggering virus warnings though. I created it as an experiment for the hide sidebar button, if it's triggering virus warnings I'll know not to use it. What OS, browser and scanner? (Including versions.)

Is that through Javascript?

EDIT: Figured out the proper Javascript code. The magic of the Web Developer Toolbar.


IOON:
Facebook won't accept :3jörn as an alternative name. Contains too many apostrophes, apparently. :smallamused:

What?

ION: We got separated into tribes in my English class. I didn't get into the same tribe as the rest of my friends. So the my friend who is the leader of his tribe is going to send an emissary to bargain for me.

[LaZodiac]

ION: We got separated into tribes in my English class. I didn't get into the same tribe as the rest of my friends. So the my friend who is the leader of his tribe is going to send an emissary to bargain for me.

I...really question how this is English class stuff. I mean, unless English class for you is "let's learn about the British" in which case this could be a good example of colonization and what not.

[Teddy]

Found an official .smk player for free. Yay! And the intro is still epic!

Now I'm digging into the original TOAW, and some interesting things:

There are 4 more soundtracks, even though the successor took its music from this one. I'm listening to the removed happy march music now. I guess it was just too happy and not dramatic and ominous enough for the game. :smallamused:
The intro is basically the same as that of its successor too, except for a few seconds in the middle end, namely a footage of when they blow up a swastika on some governament building (I assume), and the following (somewhat interwoven) footage of what I assume is a nuclear explosion. Was it that provocating from a war game aiming to be as realistic as possible? :smallconfused:

Anyway, my mind is set. The original intro is the best of all the intros in the games. It's simply epic. :smallbiggrin:

[Ranger Mattos]

I...really question how this is English class stuff. I mean, unless English class for you is "let's learn about the British" in which case this could be a good example of colonization and what not.

We're doing an African Literature unit. Supposed to help us learn the culture.

[MoonCat]

Grumble. Is it impossible to pass a note with a Portal quote on it to someone without people assuming I have a crush on the dude I pass it to? Now I'm afraid to hug people. :smallannoyed:

[LaZodiac]

We're doing an African Literature unit. Supposed to help us learn the culture.

Ahhh, ok.


Grumble. Is it impossible to pass a note with a Portal quote on it to someone without people assuming I have a crush on the dude I pass it to? Now I'm afraid to hug people. :smallannoyed:

I'd sorta question why you are passing notes with Portal quotes on them to begin with, actually.

And don't worry, we won't accuse you of having a crush if you hug someone. Though if you hug me, you'll get crushed :smallwink:

[Eon]

Hmm... Show them the note and it's not crush-relatedness? :smallconfused:

[MoonCat]

I'd sorta question why you are passing notes with Portal quotes on them to begin with, actually.

And don't worry, we won't accuse you of having a crush if you hug someone. Though if you hug me, you'll get crushed :smallwink:

Story.

Yay!


Hmm... Show them the note and it's not crush-relatedness? :smallconfused:

I didn't have it though, he did. And it was math class, I couldn't just start talking.

[Eon]

Play along? :smalltongue:

Or just do what I do. Not give a... Not care.

[Rawhide]

Grumble. Is it impossible to pass a note with a Portal quote on it to someone without people assuming I have a crush on the dude I pass it to? Now I'm afraid to hug people. :smallannoyed:

MoonCat has a crush on someone?

[MoonCat]

Play along? :smalltongue:

Or just do what I do. Not give a... Not care.

With what? :smallconfused:

That's a double negative.


MoonCat has a crush on someone?

Nope. I don't think I've had a crush on anything in real life for at least two years.

[Eon]

Their thinking you have a crush on them.

And it was intended to be a polite censoring. :smallredface:

[MoonCat]

Their thinking you have a crush on them.

And it was intended to be a polite censoring. :smallredface:

But that totally sucks.

Ah. Still...

[Eon]

Eh, just a suggestion.

And stop trying to correct my grammar! :smallannoyed:

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

We're doing an African Literature unit. Supposed to help us learn the culture.

Didja read Achebe? I read "Things Fall Apart", by Chinua Achebe. Was very good. The fact that he was a close friend of my great-great uncle Sidney, also cool.

[Ranger Mattos]

Didja read Achebe? I read "Things Fall Apart", by Chinua Achebe. Was very good. The fact that he was a close friend of my great-great uncle Sidney, also cool.

That's what we're reading right now, actually.

Coincidence?...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

That's what we're reading right now, actually.

Coincidence?...

I could totally spoil it for you right now!

's a good book. Also, Chinua Achebe is a dear. If I remember correctly, he spoke at the memorial for my great-great-aunt Emma last year.

[Cobalt]

Grumble. Is it impossible to pass a note with a Portal quote on it to someone without people assuming I have a crush on the dude I pass it to? Now I'm afraid to hug people. :smallannoyed:

*grumble of sympathy*
I wish that people behind me would stop making jokes that I must be dating whoever it is that's sleeping on my shoulder that particular day.


I didn't have it though, he did. And it was math class, I couldn't just start talking.

Take it!

Why!


That's what we're reading right now, actually.

Coincidence?...

...Or is Gwyn a multi-million-money spy who's bored with his special assignments and is tracking down Playgrounders to make uncomfortably accurate guesses (*air quotes*) at what is currently happening in their daily lives?



Writing and homeworks and a need to scan college requirements. Nooo....

[MoonCat]

*grumble of sympathy*
I wish that people behind me would stop making jokes that I must be dating whoever it is that's sleeping on my shoulder that particular day.

Take it!

Why!

Do people sleep on your shoulder a lot?

He's away from my table.

'Cause the teacher was talking.

[Ranger Mattos]

I could totally spoil it for you right now!

's a good book. Also, Chinua Achebe is a dear. If I remember correctly, he spoke at the memorial for my great-great-aunt Emma last year.

Too bad. I already know the ending. It's on the last page of the homework packet we have for the book. Stupid self-spoilering...


...Or is Gwyn a multi-million-money spy who's bored with his special assignments and is tracking down Playgrounders to make uncomfortably accurate guesses (*air quotes*) at what is currently happening in their daily lives?

I'm guessing it's this.

[Cobalt]

Do people sleep on your shoulder a lot?

He's away from my table.

'Cause the teacher was talking.

Often enough. It's a semi-recent thing but the mass of times it is happening has given rise to hazings.
Every single one of them has boyfriends. I must be comfortable.

Tell him to come 'ere!

Tell her to go away!



Playing with my cat when I should be doing homework. But! We're all having fun. 'We' being my cat and myself. The homework is less than enjoying itself.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Cool. That last moment makes the book, IMHO.

Also a good read: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I enjoyed reading that book too, and analyzing it was almost fun!

[LaZodiac]

Cool. That last moment makes the book, IMHO.

Also a good read: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I enjoyed reading that book too, and analyzing it was almost fun!

Life of Pi was such a great book. Though for like half of it I thought it was a legit true story, which was a little embarassing.

Ending Spoilers: Which story did you decide is true?

[Heliomance]

MoonCat has a crush on someone?

Blue Ghost, this is old news. Where have you been?

Wait, does it count as a crush if it's reciprocated?

[Eledragon]

Wait, does it count as a crush if it's reciprocated?

I believe the classification is 'smash' :smallwink:

also, I got my friend sick from me through the interwebz. :smallconfused:

[Rawhide]

Blue Ghost, this is old news. Where have you been?

She can still have a crush on someone else even if she is engaged to Blue Ghost.

[Blue Ghost]

Blue Ghost, this is old news. Where have you been?

Wait, does it count as a crush if it's reciprocated?

Dude, she's my sister.


I believe the classification is 'smash' :smallwink:

also, I got my friend sick from me through the interwebz. :smallconfused:

Computer virus?

[Heliomance]

Dude, she's my sister.


In the words of a great man... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qcccZy03s)

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Life of Pi was such a great book. Though for like half of it I thought it was a legit true story, which was a little embarassing.

Ending Spoilers: Which story did you decide is true?

Haha, I had it explained to me after the introduction.
Ending Spoilers for Life of Pi: Why can't they both be true? One of them is the 'truth' the rest of the world may see, the other is the 'truth' as Pi sees it, because if he believes otherwise...

[LaZodiac]

Ending Spoilers for Life of Pi: Valid point. I do think he's a strong enough person to accept that he is the Tiger. But I also believe that the strange living island is true, and that part of why he "lied" is to make it seem slightly more believable or a thing. Interestingly enough, aside from the eating flesh part, what he described is a real thing.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Guess what these are spoilers to?

butbutbutbutbut, I had come up with a whole essay describing how the island was a metaphor for both the outward physical environment, and also how his mind was slowly yet surely becoming a hostile environment! It got a 100, it can't be wrong!

[LaZodiac]

Guess what these are spoilers to?

butbutbutbutbut, I had come up with a whole essay describing how the island was a metaphor for both the outward physical environment, and also how his mind was slowly yet surely becoming a hostile environment! It got a 100, it can't be wrong!

The great thing about ideas like that is that they are just that. Ideas. They can never be right, because only the original author knows for sure. But if you present your point well enough/are able to convince the teacher to accept your point/have good penmenship, you're assured to get a 100.

As an aside, I do quite like your metaphor. It works quite a lot.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Man, I missed the news again tonight. I sleep too much.

Well, no school tomorrow.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

The great thing about ideas like that is that they are just that. Ideas. They can never be right, because only the original author knows for sure. But if you present your point well enough/are able to convince the teacher to accept your point/have good penmenship, you're assured to get a 100.

As an aside, I do quite like your metaphor. It works quite a lot.

It was one of my best essays.

ALSO:
I just completely half-assed two assignments that were due earlier today. I am the best IB student ever.

[Tragic_Comedian]

It was one of my best essays.

ALSO:
I just completely half-assed two assignments that were due earlier today. I am the best IB student ever.
IB?

ION: This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSN_HT3uIDM) is what I'm currently learning on the banjo.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

International Baccalaureate.
My definition of "well rounded student" and theirs clearly disagree.

Mine includes a social life, for one... I REFUSE to turn out like last year's class!

[MoonCat]

What happened to them?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

What happened to them?

Well, for one, not only were they not fun people, they all got poor marks too. So, like, you lose one way, you also lose the other.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Fun always gets priority over school.

[Eruantion]

Fun always gets priority over school.

I actually have a decent balance of this. Also, I have an online course in which I can do all the homework for the one class I have homework in :smallwink:

[Tragic_Comedian]

I actually have a decent balance of this. Also, I have an online course in which I can do all the homework for the one class I have homework in :smallwink:
I'm a senior this year, and my schedule is the easiest on the planet (specially designed for maximum fun). I don't have much homework. Online courses, always good.

ION: Oh no! They're going to arrest the cat lady!

[MoonCat]

Fun always gets priority over school.

Wow. What a terrible idea. Allow yourself to relax enough so that you wont fail at both, yeah, but fun over school? That's not a good idea. No offense.

[Ranger Mattos]

ION: Oh no! They're going to arrest the cat lady!

Who's the cat lady?

[Nix Nihila]

Wow. What a terrible idea. Allow yourself to relax enough so that you wont fail at both, yeah, but fun over school? That's not a good idea. No offense.

I don't know, I think happiness is more important than school. That being said, prioritizing school is generally going to get you the most net happiness, I would imagine.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Wow. What a terrible idea. Allow yourself to relax enough so that you wont fail at both, yeah, but fun over school? That's not a good idea. No offense.
It may not be a good idea for you, my dear, but I find it suits me just fine.

Let me tell you a little story. It is a story with a moral.
There once was woman who had three sons, and she named her sons after the way she wanted them to live their lives. She named one Do-As-You-Should, the next Do-As-You're-Told, and the third Do-As-You-Love.

Now, Do-As-You-Should was by far the best boy, at least if you asked the townsfolk. He spent all his time working hard for his mother and for anyone else in town who needed it. Eventually, he married a woman who was just as hardworking and selfless as he was and they had many hardworking and selfless children.

Do-As-You're-Told was not quite as good a boy. It wasn't that he did bad things, it's just he didn't do much of anything at all unless somebody told him to do it. He never shirked work, but he never volunteered for it either. He married a long-suffering woman who worked hard to keep him in line.

Do-As-You-Love was by far the worst boy in the village. He worked not at all. He only laid around in the shade of the trees all day, playing his lute and flirting with milkmaids, and playing the occasional prank on a farmer. Even he, though, eventually married, to a woman who was pitied by her friends.

Eventually, Do-As-You-Should died, and he was taken up to heaven before the Almighty to be granted a wish. He asked only to rest, because he had worked so hard in life.

Do-As-You're-Told also died, but he was not granted a wish, but sent back to try again, because you can't get through life doing only what you're told.

And one day, Do-As-You-Love died, and was taken up to Heaven. But he never noticed the difference.


Who's the cat lady?
An old lady with like, 33 cats living outside her house. She takes care of all strays. The health department says she can only keep two. But she's not getting rid of any of them. The news asked her about her possible arrest, and she just laughed and said, "Wouldn't that be something?" :smallsmile:

[LaZodiac]

It may not be a good idea for you, my dear, but I find it suits me just fine.

Let me tell you a little story. It is a story with a moral.
There once was woman who had three sons, and she named her sons after the way she wanted them to live their lives. She named one Do-As-You-Should, the next Do-As-You're-Told, and the third Do-As-You-Love.

Now, Do-As-You-Should was by far the best boy, at least if you asked the townsfolk. He spent all his time working hard for his mother and for anyone else in town who needed it. Eventually, he married a woman who was just as hardworking and selfless as he was and they had many hardworking and selfless children.

Do-As-You're-Told was not quite as good a boy. It wasn't that he did bad things, it's just he didn't do much of anything at all unless somebody told him to do it. He never shirked work, but he never volunteered for it either. He married a long-suffering woman who worked hard to keep him in line.

Do-As-You-Love was by far the worst boy in the village. He worked not at all. He only laid around in the shade of the trees all day, playing his lute and flirting with milkmaids, and playing the occasional prank on a farmer. Even he, though, eventually married, to a woman who was pitied by her friends.

Eventually, Do-As-You-Should died, and he was taken up to heaven before the Almighty to be granted a wish. He asked only to rest, because he had worked so hard in life.

Do-As-You're-Told also died, but he was not granted a wish, but sent back to try again, because you can't get through life doing only what you're told.

And one day, Do-As-You-Love died, and was taken up to Heaven. But he never noticed the difference.


An old lady with like, 33 cats living outside her house. She takes care of all strays. The health department says she can only keep two. But she's not getting rid of any of them. The news asked her about her possible arrest, and she just laughed and said, "Wouldn't that be something?" :smallsmile:

Everything you just said is hilarious and quite uplifting. Yes even the cat lady.

[MoonCat]

I don't know, I think happiness is more important than school. That being said, prioritizing school is generally going to get you the most net happiness, I would imagine.

Well yes, but happiness/=fun, and also your second point,which I agree wuth.


It may not be a good idea for you, my dear, but I find it suits me just fine.

Let me tell you a little story. It is a story with a moral.
There once was woman who had three sons, and she named her sons after the way she wanted them to live their lives. She named one Do-As-You-Should, the next Do-As-You're-Told, and the third Do-As-You-Love.

Now, Do-As-You-Should was by far the best boy, at least if you asked the townsfolk. He spent all his time working hard for his mother and for anyone else in town who needed it. Eventually, he married a woman who was just as hardworking and selfless as he was and they had many hardworking and selfless children.

Do-As-You're-Told was not quite as good a boy. It wasn't that he did bad things, it's just he didn't do much of anything at all unless somebody told him to do it. He never shirked work, but he never volunteered for it either. He married a long-suffering woman who worked hard to keep him in line.

Do-As-You-Love was by far the worst boy in the village. He worked not at all. He only laid around in the shade of the trees all day, playing his lute and flirting with milkmaids, and playing the occasional prank on a farmer. Even he, though, eventually married, to a woman who was pitied by her friends.

Eventually, Do-As-You-Should died, and he was taken up to heaven before the Almighty to be granted a wish. He asked only to rest, because he had worked so hard in life.

Do-As-You're-Told also died, but he was not granted a wish, but sent back to try again, because you can't get through life doing only what you're told.

And one day, Do-As-You-Love died, and was taken up to Heaven. But he never noticed the difference.


An old lady with like, 33 cats living outside her house. She takes care of all strays. The health department says she can only keep two. But she's not getting rid of any of them. The news asked her about her possible arrest, and she just laughed and said, "Wouldn't that be something?" :smallsmile:

Maybe that works in an oversimplified world where you don't have to worry about actually growing up. :smallannoyed: Eventuallywhat you want will differ from doing something ethically, or from keeping you from starvation, which is quite a lot better. I suggest you look up the grasshopper and the ant, and that is the reasonable story for life. Except consider that the ant doesn't let the grasshopper starve, as they're still a nice person despite also thinking ahead a bit.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Everything you just said is hilarious and quite uplifting. Yes even the cat lady.
Well, I can't take credit for the story. It's an old folk tale. But yeah, the cat lady made my day. If they arrest her they have no hearts.



Maybe that works in an oversimplified world where you don't have to worry about actually growing up. :smallannoyed: Eventuallywhat you want will differ from doing something ethically, or from keeping you from starvation, which is quite a lot better. I suggest you look up the grasshopper and the ant, and that is the reasonable story for life. Except consider that the ant doesn't let the grasshopper starve, as they're still a nice person despite also thinking ahead a bit.
I know you were going to tell me to stop living in the clouds. Life is only as complicated as you make it, so maybe my world isn't oversimplified as much as everyone else's is too complex? I know the story of the ant and the grasshopper (which I imagine is completely irrelevant to residents of Hawaii:smalltongue:). Life ain't a fairytale, but I guess we can live it according to the fables of our choice.

[MoonCat]

I don't. I live it by thinking.

And frankly, in that story, I think Love is acting selfish, and ultimately Should gets the far better life and death. a few extra short years of awesome compared to an eternity of awesome plus the knowledge you were a good person in those few extra years before eternity seems a much better deal to me.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I don't. I live it by thinking.

And frankly, in that story, I think Love is acting selfish, and ultimately Should gets the far better life and death. a few extra short years of awesome compared to an eternity of awesome plus the knowledge you were a good person in those few extra years before eternity seems a much better deal to me.
To each his own, but I can't imagine preferring that to what amounts to being in Heaven all your life. Anyhow, when winter comes I hope the ants out there are generous enough to feed this ol' grasshopper. On a related note, in the original story, the ant only berated the grasshopper for his sloth and indolence and left him to starve.

[Worira]

You know, I was going to write out a post about the aforementioned cat lady, but how about you just read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_hoarding) instead?

[Rawhide]

Wow. What a terrible idea. Allow yourself to relax enough so that you wont fail at both, yeah, but fun over school? That's not a good idea. No offense.

I never let school stand in the way of my education.

[AsteriskAmp]

Why must do-as-you-should and do-as-you-love be different individuals?
The idea of vocation is that you do what you love for society.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Why must do-as-you-should and do-as-you-love be different individuals?
They needn't be.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I don't worry about fairy-tales or whatever. Sometimes I work hard, and do everything I have to do. Sometimes I'm the best student.

Other times? This weekend I partied hard, and got no work done, and made it all up tonight. In the end, it balances out: I still got the work done, and I had a helluva good time on the weekend. Sometimes, it doesn't balance out: either I end up working too hard, and not having enough fun, and sads happens until I can party and have fun, or I party too hard, and school-grades suffer.

[Eon]

Or you could be smart and make the things you should the things you love. Or if the things you need to do enjoyable.

That way both categories are satisfied. And if you don't need to do something, and it's not as enjoyable, stop doing it.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I never let school stand in the way of my education.
As the man said, "I learned when I was young that the only real life I had was the life of my brain. So what sense does it make to hand that brain over to someone for 8 hours, for their particular use, on the presumption that they'll give it back in an unmutilated condition? Fat chance."

[MoonCat]

To each his own, but I can't imagine preferring that to what amounts to being in Heaven all your life. Anyhow, when winter comes I hope the ants out there are generous enough to feed this ol' grasshopper. On a related note, in the original story, the ant only berated the grasshopper for his sloth and indolence and left him to starve.

Eternity is a lot longer than a few decades. One gets to be a good, kind man for several decades and then gets eternity happy, and one gets a few extra decades tacked onto eternity.

[Nix Nihila]

Or you could be smart and make the things you should the things you love. Or if the things you need to do enjoyable.

That way both categories are satisfied. And if you don't need to do something, and it's not as enjoyable, stop doing it.

Well, from the perspective of changing what you think you should do to match what you love, I agree. I'm not exactly sure how I'd change what I like doing to match what my culture thinks I should do though.

That's another thing. What I "should" do is going to change depending on what culture I'm immersed in.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Eternity is a lot longer than a few decades. One gets to be a good, kind man for several decades and then gets eternity happy, and one gets a few extra decades tacked onto eternity.
I don't really see how that's any different. He still went to Heaven, he was still happy for eternity, with the benefit of being happy while he was on Earth.

[AsteriskAmp]

I don't really see how that's any different. He still went to Heaven, he was still happy for eternity, with the benefit of being happy while he was on Earth.

His name lost to time and cared about by no one, his brother both enjoys heaven and immortality on the memory of those he positively affected.

[MoonCat]

I don't really see how that's any different.

Because if Loves had NO unhappymoments in his life, he clearly hadn't made any sacrifices for someone else. Anyway, it far oversimplfies things, since you can'ttry to be happy and good in that story.

Anyway, i'm going to eat now.

[Tragic_Comedian]

His name lost to time and cared about by no one, his brother both enjoys heaven and immortality on the memory of those he positively affected.
You're forgetting his wife.

[Eon]

Well, from the perspective of changing what you think you should do to match what you love, I agree. I'm not exactly sure how I'd change what I like doing to match what my culture thinks I should do though.

It's more of finding enjoyment in what your culture expects of you. If you have to do something that's usually inconvenient/boring you find a way to make it interesting.

[AsteriskAmp]

You're forgetting his wife.

Who will eventually die as well and be forgotten along. Even if she was notable, odds are most people wouldn't remember his name, can you name a hero's spouse unless the spouse itself was memorable?

[Nix Nihila]

It's more of finding enjoyment in what your culture expects of you. If you have to do something that's usually inconvenient/boring you find a way to make it interesting.

That's what I'm disagreeing with. I don't think I can find as much enjoyment in certain things my culture thinks I should do, as I do in things I sincerely enjoy, even if I spruce up the things I don't enjoy so much but that my culture thinks I should do.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

... all of this debate makes me feel like such a troublemaker. I fall quite strongly in the "Loves" category, methinks. Luckily, part of what I love is making others think I'm such a good member of society: I even have papers to prove it!

[Tragic_Comedian]

Who will eventually die as well and be forgotten along. Even if she was notable, odds are most people wouldn't remember his name, can you name a hero's spouse unless the spouse itself was memorable?
As long as you made a difference in the life of one person, it doesn't matter if you're remembered or not.

[Worira]

Not entirely sure why being a worthless parasite who lives off the work of others while contributing nothing to society and at times annoying others for his own amusement is cause for going to heaven, actually. Especially when "neither volunteering for, nor shirking, work" isn't.

[AsteriskAmp]

As long as you made a difference in the life of one person, it doesn't matter if you're remembered or not.

Positive difference, marriage is not always such thing, heck, in his case it may even be corruption of right-doer.

Murdering thousands is a difference, not one you would want to be remembered for.

[Amiel]

Umm, if you want to keep yourself safe from vegetarian zombies, I think the best idea is to get rid of as much plant life from your garden as possible to never give them a reason to come close to you in the first place. Flowers that shoot back will just enrage them, I think.

Hopefully such zombies are disinclined to feed on your yielding, soft flesh.
Of course, one might also use random plant matter as distractions, so that we may flee in event of a betrayal :).
Or have the flowers shoot back as a defensive measure.


In spirit!? You drew from your own spirit in order to sign a contract!? :smalleek:
It's the one currency that should be spent more.


ION:
Party yesterday was a good hit, even though not many of my friends attended. Good food and good fun, and drawing pictures in others' song books continues to be a hit. The table cloth was actually made out of real cloth this time, though, so no epic sceneries on it this time. I remembered to bring my own song book this time, however.

Excellence


IRN:
I've started to write my first name as ":3jörn" instead of the common spelling with a 'B'. It's a bit cute and silly in just the way I like it best. Plus, just the tiniest bit of a reference to Homestuck.Mine would be 51m0n :D


Alternatively, get the people that get off on stuff like neck biting, and let them be vampire food. But like, have it controlled. Make it like a job, and make sure they don't die/vampirize.

We could advertise these zombies for Twilight fans, and kill two birds with one stone as it were.
Controlled vampirisim is a brilliant business venture, I support and/or endorse this future.


No, I'd start eating it again. /self reference!

Potassium!


That would soooo hold up in court.
The best type of court.


Too late Tall Bastard. It's already a recurring topic round these parts.


Everyone already knows that one.

:'( I'm so behind the times.


ION: Went on a fun hike today. Passed a couple springs. There was a lot of mud on the second half, though.

Mud is healthy.


Okay, be honest. How many people couldn't resist clicking Rawhide's new button?

I clicked it, even though it wasn't a red button; best button ever.



The acronym BBL should instead be: Blue balloons liberated.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Positive difference, marriage is not always such thing, heck, in his case it may even be corruption of right-doer.

You'll notice in the story that she was "pitied by her friends" before he married her. She was a homely woman. He made her feel special, though.

ION: It's so cold here. We turned the heat on for the first time this year.

[AsteriskAmp]

You'll notice in the story that she was "pitied by her friends" before he married her. She was a homely woman. He made her feel special, though.

I'd still wouldn't call preying on the psychologically afflicted a positive change, more like parasitism, which overlaps with the previous layer of societal parasitism he displayed.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I'd still wouldn't call preying on the psychologically afflicted a positive change, more like parasitism, which overlaps with the previous layer of societal parasitism he displayed.
You're far too cynical. Did it ever occur to you that they might've just been in love? That's why it's in the story. It shows that DAYL didn't go by what other people thought. He didn't care if she was homely, she made him happy.

[AsteriskAmp]

You're far too cynical. Did it ever occur to you that they might've just been in love?

Ok, being pitied by her friends is hardly something positive, being noticed by a hobo is hardly positive, being employed by a hobo as a free housemaid with another name is hardly positive. That's hardly love, more like unnoticed slavery.

[Nix Nihila]

I really don't think the story is detailed enough to tell what sort of relationship it was..

[Rawhide]

Ah, guys? Discussing heaven in the way you were a few posts back might be bordering just a little too close to religion there.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Ok, being pitied by her friends is hardly something positive
Obviously.

being noticed by a hobo is hardly positive,
It depends on what you're into.


being employed by a hobo as a free housemaid with another name is hardly positive. That's hardly love, more like unnoticed slavery.
I don't know where you're getting this bit from.

[Amiel]

Question: if you free your mind and then it gains sentience, will it blow your mind?

[AsteriskAmp]

I don't know where you're getting this bit from.

Do-As-You-Love was by far the worst boy in the village. He worked not at all. He only laid around in the shade of the trees all day, playing his lute and flirting with milkmaids, and playing the occasional prank on a farmer. Even he, though, eventually married, to a woman who was pitied by her friends.
The guy never ever did anything productive, he flirted with barmaids and played his lute, and played pranks on productive farmers. He is a hobo for all purposes, or more elegantly put a vagrant.

Per your interpretation of "pitied by her friends", as "homely woman", her only role and characteristic would have been a good housewife, she is in fact pretty much a housemaid, since he doesn't actually provide anything (most likely she also has to support him), you could say it was love, but it seems more akin to slavery since he still flirted with barmaids and did nothing to contribute to the pair's well-being, doing only what you love means you don't make sacrifices for others, which is a great part of love.


Question: if you free your mind and then it gains sentience, will it blow your mind?
Nope, if you open your mind to much your brain simply falls out.

[Tragic_Comedian]

The guy never ever did anything productive, he flirted with barmaids and played his lute, and played pranks on productive farmers. He is a hobo for all purposes, or more elegantly put a vagrant.

Per your interpretation of "pitied by her friends", as "homely woman", her only role and characteristic would have been a good housewife, she is in fact pretty much a housemaid, since he doesn't actually provide anything (most likely she also has to support him), you could say it was love, but it seems more akin to slavery since he still flirted with barmaids and did nothing to contribute to the pair's well-being, doing only what you love means you don't make sacrifices for others, which is a great part of love.

I think a lot of this probably has to do with my poor storytelling skills, seeing as I recalled that story from memory. I'll give you the hobo thing. But I don't understand how a homely woman's only role can be a housewife. And the story doesn't say anything about milkmaids after he married her.

ION: I'm starving. Does anyone know how to fry an egg? Do you use butter or oil?

[AsteriskAmp]

I think a lot of this probably has to do with my poor storytelling skills, seeing as I recalled that story from memory. I'll give you the hobo thing. But I don't understand how a homely woman's only role can be a housewife. And the story doesn't say anything about milkmaids after he married her.

ION: I'm starving. Does anyone know how to fry an egg? Do you use butter or oil?

The point is that it is also never said he made a positive change for her, just that he married her. She could be pitied for a number of reasons, considering marrying her an act of charity would be rather insulting.

Butter or oil depends on how you want your eggs.
Oil (with the exception of olive oil) has the least impact on the flavour, though butter does add a special touch to it, though in the second case you have to lower the heat a bit.

[Nix Nihila]

ION: I'm starving. Does anyone know how to fry an egg? Do you use butter or oil?

I prefer to use a little bit of oil.

[Amiel]

I prefer to use a little bit of oil.

Is it possible to fry an egg in an egg?

I tend to use olive oil in mine.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Well, I gave up on the egg and fried a bagel instead.

[Amiel]

Well, I gave up on the egg and fried a bagel instead.

Why not also fry some bacon (the best food known to humanity)?

[AsteriskAmp]

Is it possible to fry an egg in an egg?

I tend to use olive oil in mine.
Fry a hen?

Olive oil gives the egg a rather strong flavour though, and you can over flavour it, the result if you are not careful being olive oil with slight hints of egg. Eating should be more rewarding than the cooking hard, so I shy away from you need to be careful and guesstimate ingredient proportions.


Well, I gave up on the egg and fried a bagel instead.
Why not make pasta, you can never go wrong with pasta.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Fry a hen?
One of my neighbor's hens died suddenly and without warning one day. It turns out an egg broke inside her. :smalleek:



Why not make pasta, you can never go wrong with pasta.
You overestimate my culinary skills.

[Amiel]

Fry a hen?

Take two eggs, fry one, scramble one.


Olive oil gives the egg a rather strong flavour though, and you can over flavour it, the result if you are not careful being olive oil with slight hints of egg. Eating should be more rewarding than the cooking hard, so I shy away from you need to be careful and guesstimate ingredient proportions.

I'm used to olive oil, so I don't find it particularly overly flavours the food, I don't notice it, but other people might be different.
Also, olive oil is healthy, you should ingest more of it, but also in moderation.


Why not make pasta, you can never go wrong with pasta.

Or pizza.

[Little Brother]

LZ, really liking the Wiraqocha Rasca avi :smallsmile:.