FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88

[FdL]

The Rules. You! Read these!

In order to try and keep these threads from becoming unmanageable, some rules have been created, and they accent the forum rules. Please read those first.

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB one word posts should be spam everywhere. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* should also be considered spam. Quality of content trumps speed of response.
2. Ditch the "competition for control of the universe". It has ceased to be funny, and often branches out into little mock battles that fall into the spam definition laid out above. We've got a PbP section for fights, and even the Town has an arena, I believe.
3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well.
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5. Please stop with single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."
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:miko:Anyone found breaking the rules will be sent to stand in the corner and receive a very stern talking to! :miko:

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This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. There is an IRC chat thingy (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12321) set up for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!

And now, without further ado, a shiny new RB thread ^^

[ZombieRockStar]

I find it funny that this:


This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. There is an IRC chat thingy (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12321) set up for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!

is still in the OP. I can remember adding it to the OP format for my thread, along with a few other changes that got some other people mad. *enters Nostalgia Mode*

At least someone cut out the server/bug problems thing that no longer makes any sense.

*swats bug*

[North]

*looks around*

oooooohhh shiny!

to contribute to discussionary matters I present

So how bout that local sports team?

[Nomrom]

Wow, my last random banter. Nice alliteration in the title. How exactly is something fueled by a fuzzbox though?

[SMEE]

Yay! FDL gets his thread! :smallsmile:

* hugs FDL tight!

Too bad Argentina lost to Norway in that soccer match today. :smallbiggrin:

[ZombieRockStar]

Wow, my last random banter. Nice alliteration in the title. How exactly is something fueled by a fuzzbox though?

Grunge. Grunge is fuzzbox-fuelled. Quite heavily.

[Dragonrider]

done being antsy about it now FdL? :smalltongue:

*inhales deeply*

Gotta love that nice new-thread smell

(Wait, has someone cracked that one before?)

[Dihan]

Yay! FDL gets his thread! :smallsmile:

* hugs FDL tight!

Too bad Argentina lost to Norway in that soccer match today. :smallbiggrin:

Ooooh!! They also lost to Wales the other day. :smallbiggrin:

[North]

well Fuzzbox is full of fuzz yes? And we all know that Fuzz is Hot. So if you gather enough Hot Fuzz into a Fuzzbox it exponentially gets hotter. Thermal dynamics cause the box to rise but since its held in place the energy is transferred into kinetic propulsion.

@\/ I saw it the other week with a buddy. I found it rather good.

[Dr._Weird]

I never got to see Hot Fuzz, actually, but considering how much I liked Shaun of the Dead, I don't think I will.

[FdL]

Wow, my last random banter. Nice alliteration in the title. How exactly is something fueled by a fuzzbox though?

Oh, I see the audio part didn't work :p Well, if this thread was a song it'd would sound pretty much like a crunched feedback-laden poppy song, with an awesome guitar tone, I tell you. Like Yo La Tengo or Eleventh Dream Day or Scrawl.
As expected, ZRS got it right, grunge is pretty much fuzzbox-fueled. But I'm aiming at a more positive feeling ^^

Oh, it probably sounds a lot like this:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/Fdruid/sebadohpedal.gif


Yay! FDL gets his thread! :smallsmile:

* hugs FDL tight!


Yay for South American kinship ^^ *hugs her back*



Too bad Argentina lost to Norway in that soccer match today. :smallbiggrin:

¬¬

Hehehe, gladly I'm not a soccer fan. But it was a good sneak attack attempt :p


Ooooh!! They also lost to Wales the other day. :smallbiggrin:

At soccer???? Dude, are we winning at anything lately? :p


done being antsy about it now FdL? :smalltongue:


Yeah, thanks! :) I'll sleep soundly tonight :p



*inhales deeply*

Gotta love that nice new-thread smell


"New Thread Smell"? :s I specifically asked them for vanilla scented aroma. :smallconfused:



(Wait, has someone cracked that one before?)

It's part of the ritual. It's always funny, anyway ^^ And if YOU never said it, then it's new. It's magic.



Ahem. *clears throat*

I'd like to thank you all for the opportunity of making this RB thread with my name (sorta) on it. It's a simple feat, but to me it represents the fact that I feel comfortable inthis community and that I'm accepted by you. So it's important for me. I'd like to express how much I like being here and enjoy talking to all of you, because you're great people. And I hope we can keep sharing interesting, funny or just irrelevant conversations for a long time.

*group-hugs them all* ^^

[Nomrom]

Grunge. Grunge is fuzzbox-fuelled. Quite heavily.

Ahh, I see. I just looked up what a fuzzbox is, and it makes more sense. I was thinking it was just a box full of fuzz. I learned my new thing for the day.

[Dr._Weird]

@\/ I saw it the other week with a buddy. I found it rather good.

Was it the same kind of thing as Shaun of the Dead? If it was, I'll stay away thankyouverymuch.

[SMEE]

Yay for South American kinship ^^ *hugs her back*



¬¬

Hehehe, gladly I'm not a soccer fan. But it was a good sneak attack attempt :p



Aye. Brazil and Argentina rivalry in football is epic. ^_^ I couldn't let the chance pass. :smallbiggrin:

[Skippy]

Yay! A new thread!!

FdL, if it makes you feel better, Mexico never EVER wins against Argentina, sadly... But hey, last Saturday they were kicked in Basketball, about... ninety-something against sixty something...

[EmeraldRose]

*slides into the new thread*

Gotta love the twisty double level slide! Whoever installed that gets a gold star! Now to just get it aimed into the pool...

[North]

Was it the same kind of thing as Shaun of the Dead? If it was, I'll stay away thankyouverymuch.

I dunno. I havent seen Shaun of the Dead yet. From what I hear Shaun was a black comedy while Hot Fuzz is more action/comedy. With a large emphasis on comedy.

[Mr. Moon]

New thread?

Aren't the supposed to be, like, boogied or something?

'Cause... I have pictures. http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/THUGTHAW/Avatars/rocklee-face.gif

[Vonriel]

Nope. Not any more, at least...

[Raistlin1040]

*boogies in* *Boogies back out* *Boogies back in again* *Back out again* *Back in one more time*

*Does The Electric Slide*
*Pauses*
*Does the Hustle*

*Does an odd medley of the Hand Jive, Saturday Night Fever, the Cupid Shuffle, and breakdancing*

Good enough for you?

[Mr. Moon]

Nope. Not any more, at least...

Aww... darnit.


Good enough for you?

I was more thinking along the lines of this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/meagimoo/naruto%20avatars/thKouseiKitsune20-20dance20dance.gif

But that works. :smalltongue:

What? Looking for an excuse to post that picture? Me? Never!

[FdL]

Yay! A new thread!!

FdL, if it makes you feel better, Mexico never EVER wins against Argentina, sadly... But hey, last Saturday they were kicked in Basketball, about... ninety-something against sixty something...

Oh, basketball...I don't know who's good at that. I think we won a world championship or something, with this Manu Ginobili dude and all. Problem is in Argentina people are sickeningly celebratory of sports in which we do well. Ie, if there was a waterpolo team that was doing well, suddenly everyone would be a fan of waterpolo, even if no one ever cared about the sport :S Sad but true. Oh, and also, obviously, when they stop winning they axe them. Like it never happened, or worse.


*slides into the new thread*

Gotta love the twisty double level slide! Whoever installed that gets a gold star! Now to just get it aimed into the pool...

No, I didn't install that. I put the rug. Gotta have a wooly rug. It feels like home. Chicks dig it too (which honestly is a good reason to do anything).




I was more thinking along the lines of this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/meagimoo/naruto%20avatars/thKouseiKitsune20-20dance20dance.gif

But that works. :smalltongue:

What? Looking for an excuse to post that picture? Me? Never!

The fact that it didn't work makes it even more funny. :p

[Dragonrider]

I'd like to thank you all for the opportunity of making this RB thread with my name (sorta) on it. It's a simple feat, but to me it represents the fact that I feel comfortable inthis community and that I'm accepted by you. So it's important for me. I'd like to express how much I like being here and enjoy talking to all of you, because you're great people. And I hope we can keep sharing interesting, funny or just irrelevant conversations for a long time.


You don't need to tell us we're awesome. :smallbiggrin:

(Uh oh...looks like Ego hasn't been doing her job :smallwink:)


Yeah, my dad is a soccer FANATIC. He comes home from work every day and watches MLS. Which is why we don't have a TV in the first place, because Mom didn't want him to spend all his time watching sports...hooray for internet.

Just realized that two of my brothers are out playing soccer as we speak. :smallamused: Better than watching I guess, huh?

(I was a grass-gatherer throughout my short career in the sport. I was probably the least agressive player on record. I had fun but I cringe remembering how awful I must have been...:smalltongue:)

[Dr._Weird]

Problem is in Argentina people are sickeningly celebratory of sports in which we do well. Ie, if there was a waterpolo team that was doing well, suddenly everyone would be a fan of waterpolo, even if no one ever cared about the sport :S Sad but true. Oh, and also, obviously, when they stop winning they axe them. Like it never happened, or worse.

This is almost exactly what my Turkish friend said, except he's one of those people. (In Turkey of course)

[Dragonrider]

Speaking of Turks, where the heck is Khantalas these days?

[Mr. Moon]

Sadly, Khan has decided to leave the Playground.


The fact that it didn't work makes it even more funny. :p

What are you talking about? It's right there. :smallconfused:

[Dr._Weird]

He left, didn't you see the thread? Here, I'll go dig it up for you.

EDIT: Ninja'd, but I got to the link first!

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54427

[Khaldan]

MC, it was supposed to be an error messege? :smallconfused:

[Mr. Moon]

MC, it was supposed to be an error messege?

Er... No. It shows up just fine on my computer. :smallconfused:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/meagimoo/naruto%20avatars/thKouseiKitsune20-20dance20dance.gif

How's that?

[Khaldan]

Still a bandwidth exceeded message. Was it that weird near nude elvis drawing?

[Mr. Moon]

Nope. It's a dancing Garaa chibi. Maybe if I refresh the page...

[North]

All i see is a big old pile of bandwidth exceeded.

[FdL]

You don't need to tell us we're awesome. :smallbiggrin:


As long as you know it ;)



(Uh oh...looks like Ego hasn't been doing her job :smallwink:)


Which would be?



Yeah, my dad is a soccer FANATIC. He comes home from work every day and watches MLS. Which is why we don't have a TV in the first place, because Mom didn't want him to spend all his time watching sports...hooray for internet.


The fact that you don't have a tv is interesting in itself, but more so adding that you have internet and is used to watch things. Tv sucks anyway, I think I could live without it. My ex gf didn't have one, but then she came at my place and would become addicted to it. And someone needs to slap me and ask me WTF I'm remembering my ex for... :( :( :(



Just realized that two of my brothers are out playing soccer as we speak. :smallamused: Better than watching I guess, huh?


Definitely. I never saw the funny part of watching other people playing sports. I mean, yes, the entertainment, the spectacular feats of skill. But meh.



(I was a grass-gatherer throughout my short career in the sport. I was probably the least agressive player on record. I had fun but I cringe remembering how awful I must have been...:smalltongue:)

Oh, so you were a soccer girl. You know, it's funny for us* to see that in the US is mostly something young girls play. That's cute. It also gave birth to expressions like "soccer mom" whose reference I still don't totally grasp.

But here it's a manly sport, and it can be quite rough. That is, girls usually don't play it.

Is it here where I say I kinda suck at it? Meh, I've never been a sports person. But whenever I play I make a nimble, versatile defender ^^




*Argentina, rest of the soccer-playing world, aka "the world" :p

[Mr. Moon]

All i see is a big old pile of bandwidth exceeded.

Ah well. I have others.


But here it's a manly sport, and it can be quite rough. That is, girls usually don't play it.

Tacticle error, m'dear. http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k92/Naruto_icon/Rock%20Lee/thlee4.gif

(That one shows up, right?)

[FdL]

This is almost exactly what my Turkish friend said, except he's one of those people. (In Turkey of course)

Oh, so it's something usual. I don't think it speaks too well of the culture of a country hehehe :)

[Dr._Weird]

Er... No. It shows up just fine on my computer. :smallconfused:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/meagimoo/naruto%20avatars/thKouseiKitsune20-20dance20dance.gif

How's that?

Moon, this is what we're getting: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/The_Doctor_06/gitpscreenshot.jpg

[Mr. Moon]

Like I said, it show up just fine on my computer. Untill I refresh it, 'nyway. Very weird.

[Arameus]

I knew some Turkish folk once. Don't know what happened to them, they just fell off the radar one day.

Cool people, though. You'd be surprised what you have in common with people with which you have nothing in common.

[Vonriel]

FdL, soccer mom. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_mom) On a more personal bias, they're the absolute scariest things to encounter on the roads, and that's when they're not late getting their kids to practice.

[FdL]

Thanks, Von. I'm off to research.
But for what you say I guess it's generally used as a pejorative term. I don't know why I think of the opposite.

[Nomrom]

The fact that you don't have a tv is interesting in itself, but more so adding that you have internet and is used to watch things. Tv sucks anyway, I think I could live without it. My ex gf didn't have one, but then she came at my place and would become addicted to it. And someone needs to slap me and ask me WTF I'm remembering my ex for... :( :( :(

*slap*
What are you remembering your ex for? Get over it man!

[Lianae]

*cries over page stretchage*

[FdL]

*slap*
What are you remembering your ex for? Get over it man!

*comes out of it*

Oh! Thanks!!! I needed that ^^
It was so spontaneous too :p

[Nomrom]

No problem. The spontaneity comes from me watching tv and just then seeing the remark.

[FdL]

Hey, we got a well-timed slap routine. We can go on tour now. People base their showbiz careers on less (hmmm, but most have boobies)

[Nomrom]

Well, we seem to be lacking in that area, but I'm sure we can make up for it with raw talent and general likability (That is an odd looking word.)
I just realized I had never changed my location and gender back from Mistaken Identity week. Time to get on that.

[FdL]

And at the right time too :p Welcome back to your usual gender.
Yeah we do have oodles of likeability ^^ That's like a charisma bonus, it can't go wrong.

I read a bit about soccer moms and yes, I hate them. There's that sort of people around here too. It's a sociocultural thing I guess.
Regardless of being moms or dads, I hate when people drive their kids to school or pick them up, and just park their cars in long queues of confusion and madness of blinking car lights. Which makes driving past a school at certain times an infuriating experience. The streets of my city aren't very wide, you know.

But coming back to my soccer mom confusion, it's probably that I relate it to a physical sterotype of an older woman that I like...Don't pay too much attention to my fantasies, it leads upto no good :p

[Gaelbert]

Coming froma high school soccer player in the U.S., male soccer sucks over here. We get about a tenth of the fans that the girls do, if that. We also have to play on a field that is lopsided and filled with holes. We had someone mess up an ankle last year. Of course, the girls grass never grows above a few centimeters, and its always perfectly level. And, even though I like to play soccer a lot, professional, to me at least, stinks so bad that I never watch it. Now, the World Cup, on the other hand, is good stuff. My aunt loves foreign soccer so much that she got a special TV thingy where she can watch pretty much all of the European leagues. That's just my opinion, though.

[Nomrom]

I don't really like soccer, but if I had to watch it, I'd prefer to watch women's soccer than men's soccer.

[FdL]

World Cup is an event, yeah. It's fun, except that it's gets tiresome. See, I hate overhype, when people don't seem to be able to talk of anything else, and my natural reaction is to avoid the subject entirely. So last WC I didn't care a bit really. I was in denial. See what people does to me?

[North]

*slap*
What are you remembering your ex for? Get over it man!

Nomrom theres a phone call for you.

*Slap*

Get a hold of your self!

:smallbiggrin:

Sure its late but I couldnt help myself to not do it.

[FdL]

Nomrom theres a phone call for you.

*Slap*

Get a hold of your self!

:smallbiggrin:

Sure its late but I couldnt help myself to not do it.

Cool. Only that you slapped the wrong person. And that kinda makes us the Three Stooges now :)

[Rockphed]

*Walks in with a big tank*

Did somebody order *Looks down* Vanilla Scenting with extra minty freshness? 'Cause I got a tank of vanilla flavoring that should do the trick.

*Sprays FDL with Vanilla Flavoring*

[FdL]

*Walks in with a big tank*

Did somebody order *Looks down* Vanilla Scenting with extra minty freshness? 'Cause I got a tank of vanilla flavoring that should do the trick.

*Sprays FDL with Vanilla Flavoring*

Yay, vanilla scent! Only...*sniff* lose the "minty" freshness because I despise mint :s
It came close, but maybe I'm too picky, I know :p

The place I take my car to be washed uses this vanilla scent. I love it. It's one of those happy smells, I associate it with the pride and joy of a clean car ^^

[Rockphed]

Lose minty freshness? Okay. *Dials a knob on the side of the tank* Have some vanilla scent! *Sprays FDL with vanilla flavoring*

And how cool is it to have a vanilla scented car. I must find one of those. They must have magical powers.

[FdL]

Yeah, it IS cool. Besides it's original. :smallcool: Also I think chicks dig it (see earlier reference).

I don't like much those other alternatives to smelling. Like pine, lemon, much less apple or other fruity scents. Yuck. I'd sell the car if I got one of those. Or rub it all over with garlic to counter it, dunno.

Edit: It must be said that generally I'm a little "nose deaf", that is, I don't get much of my sense of smell. It's weird, because it comes and goes in intensity. It's not like I'm "blind" of it.

Maybe that's why I like some special smells. In my childhood we used to go to a market where they had fresh fish, and also at portuary towns, I've loved the smell of fresh fish since. And it's weird because people hate it.
I love the smell of a stall that sells fresh fish and seafood. It's great, though I certainly wouldn't scent my car like that (chicks don't dig it. aww, who am I kidding? it's been ages since a female human being climbed into my car :p)

[Dragonrider]

I stuck out soccer for three years, from the age of 5 to 8, but I never really enjoyed it. My brother has been playing since he was about 3 (we started the same year) and is struggling with his first year as a high school player, but he'll do fine. Soccer's cool but I just can't play it. Maybe cuz I'm not a runner. :smallbiggrin:

Me, I'm sticking to tennis. :smalltongue: That's in the family, all the way back to my great-great grandfather, and even though I'm not a particularly athletic person, I've been playing three quarters of my life and that counts for something.

Yeah...I have two parents who are natural athletes and two of my three brothers are the same. The third brother gets by on sheer stubbornness and I guess I could too if I cared, but I'm so supercompetitive that I'd just rather avoid competition at all, if that makes sense. :smalltongue:

[Nomrom]

Nomrom theres a phone call for you.

*Slap*

Get a hold of your self!

:smallbiggrin:

Sure its late but I couldnt help myself to not do it.

There was really no need to slap me.
But we can be the Three Stooges now so it's okay.
*Attempts to hit North back, but he ducks for no real reason and FdL is hit instead.*

[North]

*Stands up and trips over FDL*



Well i actually was hitting Fdl... going for the airplane reference there. BUt when life gives you grenades make nazi soup.

[Nomrom]

Airplane is a good movie, but I don't get the reference. What scene is that from.?

*Bends down to apologize to FdL and gets hit by North standing back up.*

[North]

You know when the guy slap the girl to get her to calm down, then someone else takes over, then someone else takes over, then they pan the camera to show a line of people waiting to slap her with weapons etc.

*Appologizes to Nomrom and tries to help him up but loses grip and he falls a gain*

[Nomrom]

Okay, now I remember what scene you were talking about. Man I haven't seen that movie in forever.

*Starts to get up, looks over at FdL and realizes he hasn't moved in a long time. Umm, I think we killed him, let's get out of here quick.*

[Ceska]

Regardless of being moms or dads, I hate when people drive their kids to school or pick them up, and just park their cars in long queues of confusion and madness of blinking car lights.
My mom drives me and picks me up again, but it's on her way and it doesn't take that long. It's also a good broad street. Besides, I'm twenty minutes faster that way.

So how bout that local sports team?
Austria managed a draw against the Czechs. A draw! You gotta be kidding me. And they even shot a goal. Something is completely wrong in football these days. But at least it was Harnik, I like Harnik, he's cool. He was cool against the US in the U20 WC and now he's both in the team of Bremen and in the Austrian, that's awesome. Still, I was rooting for the Czechs.

At least Germany won against England.

[Thes Hunter]

*intersects her own banter*

Crap, just found a paper I want to use as a reference was co-authored by my advisor..... which isn't a bad thing.... I just don't have the time to read the entire paper. I want to grab quickly the conclusions and go.

Problem is.... if any paper he might expect me to read it would be one of his. (Not that he is vain in particular, but people are fond of their own work in general).

But... it's not like I am living in Cinci anymore... so it's much harder to give a pop quiz on what his paper was about over email. :smallbiggrin:

I'll just have to make sure I don't cover anything over the phone. :smallwink:

[Quincunx]

Trying this again. . .

*inverts bottle of oil*
*drizzledrizzledrizzle*
*lays down bumpers thieved by night from a bumper cars arena*

SLIP'N'SLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE

*vrooooooooooooooom!bumpbumpvrooooooombump!spin*
*sniffsniffsniff?*

Scented oil?

[Serpentine]

>sniffs Quincunx<
mmmm... lavander? Pretty.

Actually, that looks like fun.
>rolls out long yellow strip of plastic and smothers it in water and detergent<

[Shadow of the Sun]

The Dave hath ventured forth!

Let all (read: Zeratul) rejoice!

[CurlyKitGirl]

:smallconfused: That made no sense.

Why is football always the sport of choice?:smallfurious: I prefer RUGBY! Cornish Pirates are my local team. Used to be Penzance & Newlyn Pirates but after it got big it became the Cornish team. The team's wona lot of trophies and things.

But I don't get American Football. It's just Rugby for babies. So much padding and it's almost identiccal to Rugby. Rugby you wear shin pads and a gumshield. American Football you wear - a lot.
And why is it called Football?

[Ikkitosen]

But I don't get American Football. It's just Rugby for babies. So much padding and it's almost identiccal to Rugby. Rugby you wear shin pads and a gumshield. American Football you wear - a lot.
And why is it called Football?

Same reason it's called the World Series? :smallbiggrin:

Although the entirety of my knowledge of AF stems from playing John Madden on the Sega Megadrive, I can say it is a significantly different game from rugby. It's a series of offense vs. defense maneuvers where each coach/team tries to outsmart and second-guess the other team in order to move the ball 10 yards per 4 maneuvers. Not sure why all the padding though.

[rollfrenzy]

Same reason it's called the World Series? :smallbiggrin:

Although the entirety of my knowledge of AF stems from playing John Madden on the Sega Megadrive, I can say it is a significantly different game from rugby. It's a series of offense vs. defense maneuvers where each coach/team tries to outsmart and second-guess the other team in order to move the ball 10 yards per 4 maneuvers. Not sure why all the padding though.

The padding is there because these guys are huge and running into each other at ridiculous speeds. In rugby (I think, I know nothing about rugby) they hit each other pretty hard, but they also are not in nearly the kind of shape/size as NFL players.

edit::
No idea why it's called football, prolly because it has roots in real football.

Also, Ikkotsen, that's a really good description.

[Charity]

Not sure why all the padding though.

It gets all the armchair supporters closer to the action sport er ... game.

[Thes Hunter]

My Thesis may be done! *throws arms up into the arm*
*runs around a lot*


And yeah... may... being a perfectionistic procrastinator means it wasn't up to the quality I would have wanted it to be... and I was working on it 5 minutes past the deadline (which was even extended for me).

So yeah, based on my advisors idea of how well I pulled the last bits of my thesis together and got it all to gel, will depend on if I graduate now, of if I have another couple months to work on it. :smallwink:

[Calamity]

The padding is there because these guys are huge and running into each other at ridiculous speeds. In rugby (I think, I know nothing about rugby) they hit each other pretty hard, but they also are not in nearly the kind of shape/size as NFL players.

edit::
No idea why it's called football, prolly because it has roots in real football.

Also, Ikkotsen, that's a really good description.

Actually the reason they don't look as big/strong as NFL players is probably due to the fact that they don't wear padding.

Inccidentally, where did the word soccer come from, that has always puzzled me,then again I'm puzzled by the name for Rugby and Cricket too.

[Eldpollard]

Actually the reason they don't look as big/strong as NFL players is probably due to the fact that they don't wear padding.

Inccidentally, where did the word soccer come from, that has always puzzled me,then again I'm puzzled by the name for Rugby and Cricket too.

The name for Rugby comes from the town it was invented in. Meh, I don't really care for sport.

[Calamity]

Yeah, that was what I thought. Maybe the name for cricket came from the fact it rhymed with wicket? Why the 'W' was changed to 'Cr' though doesn't make sense.

[Eldpollard]

My thinking is that some people saw the insects playing it and decided to adopt it for human use naming it after the inventors. It could have happened, you don't know.

[Penguinsushi]

My thinking is that some people saw the insects playing it and decided to adopt it for human use naming it after the inventors. It could have happened, you don't know.

Now that, that is the kind of explanation i generally expect from llama...

:smallwink:

~PS

[Eldpollard]

You can say things like that when you have a better cricket origin story.:smalltongue: Are you trying to insinuate that my description is in some way nonsensical?

[FdL]

Hah! That's true. American football has nothing on rugby in terms of roughness. And yet they wear lots of armor and padding, which is really ridiculous.

And if you say that their players are bigger than rugby players, it's because you never heard about guys like the All-Blacks New Zealand Team :p They could chew and spit a couple of American football teams with time to spare.


My mom drives me and picks me up again, but it's on her way and it doesn't take that long. It's also a good broad street. Besides, I'm twenty minutes faster that way.


Yeah, it has to do with many factors. But if it's a narrow street, and all the mom & dad cars get piled up in a second row to the cars already parked on both sides of it, added to the kids swarming around the sidewalk and streets, school transports, etc, I tell you it's not the most civil way of handling traffic.

I understand that it's nice and really comfortable that your fathers drop you off and pick you up at school. That's not to be questioned. But what about the right of others to circulate freely, without obstacles? I really don't care for the parents' and kids' schedules and means of transport, anymore than shouldn't they care about mine. We all have the same right to circulate!

I don't know if this happens in other countries. Here people are selfish like that, they don't care about the next guy, and just stop their cars wherever they please to do their thing. And often schools don't have proper spaces or parking lots to allow this (mine is an old city), plus traffic officers don't seem to consider this a problem.
But meh, I live in a country where any group of demonstrators can block traffic of any street or road if they feel like it and no one will tell them anything :S Even school kids do it these days, in protest for things school administrators or even their parents should handle. It's obviously an imitation of what grown-ups do :S

So, I'm guessing in other (more civilized) countries these things don't happen. For example, what happens in the USA if a group of demonstrators spontaneusly decide to block a street or road in protest for something?

This post of venting was brought to you by your friendly neighborhood FdL.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Too True FDL.

And everyone knows it's called cricket because when you hit the ball it makes a noise like 'crick!' and naturally people would come to shout "Crick! it. Go on, crick! it." And eventually that is how cricket became called cricket.:smallbiggrin:

[Gaelbert]

My friend is obsessed with rugby because "You can bite off another person's ear!" That doesn't happen in football all that often. To paraphrase a beautiful quote I read somewhere on this forum, in football you lie around on the ground a lot, or something to that effect. I know that footbal requires a great deal of conditioning, but where I live, for every minute they spend playing in a game, there's three minutes laying around.

[FdL]

Oh, that may explain Cricket, but what about Crocket?

Edit: Hmmm...Is there an actual sport/game called "crocket"? Else I'll lose the basis for my witty remark :s

[zombie chick]

hmm i think sports are much more fun to play then to watch, that is unless you get injured:smallbiggrin:

fdl - if htere isnt a sport then we can make one up, and then cash in on the royalities! reminds me of basketball, what a cool movie

[rollfrenzy]

*snip*
So, I'm guessing in other (more civilized) countries these things don't happen. For example, what happens in the USA if a group of demonstrators spontaneusly decide to block a street or road in protest for something?

This post of venting was brought to you by your friendly neighborhood FdL.

Here in the States, they would be made to move to the Sidewalk. They have freedom of speach but they can't interefere with other peoples freedom to drive.

** seing He is terribly outnumbered by the rest of the world, the lone yank backs slowly away from the football debate**

So how bout' that Premiership??

[Gaelbert]

You're not the only Yank. Just the only one that likes American football, I think. I'm more for watching baseball, but it seems I am a member of a dying breed. It lightens my heart that thise forum hasn't really shown movement from baseball to American football, but since this isn't really a sports forum, maybe it means nothing...

I believe that if there is a large group of demonstrators, they have to get a special permit. They can also ask the city to block off a few roads for a while if they are marching down the street, but other than that they have to stay in the sidewalk. Also, double parking doesn't really seem to be much of an issue here. If people do that, they get caught and fined, and usually don't do it again, at my school at least.

[rollfrenzy]

I liked baseball, but this season has pretty much sapped my will to ever watch it again. But then theres always next year.

[Gaelbert]

Bonds? Your local sports team?

[rollfrenzy]

Yeah, Cincinnati Being terrible combined with the whole bonds thing. Which I really couldn't care less about the record, steroids or not, it's a totally different game now. But, I listen to a lot of sports radio, and It was just endless this year, like there was nothing else going on in the entire world but Barry Freaking Bonds. It just turned me off to the whole sport. Which is a shame cuz theres some good stories out there too, Josh hamilton, Ankiel, the Yankees crawling back. Unfortunately after the summer of nothing but Barry, I can't even care enough to watch Sportscenter.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Now that, that is the kind of explanation i generally expect from llama...

:smallwink:

~PS


I may be guilty of such things.

By the way, I have CD's for you to listen too.

[Eldpollard]

What are these CDs that are so full of promise?
Thinking of CDs they should be square, then they'd fit in the case! Okay so they may become unusable but that's a small price to pay.

[zombie chick]

What are these CDs that are so full of promise?
Thinking of CDs they should be square, then they'd fit in the case! Okay so they may become unusable but that's a small price to pay.

hmm we would have to redesign all imports for the new square cds.
but then they wouldnt make good frisbees or coasters

ps my back is on fire from having a tatoo

[rollfrenzy]

YAY!! CD's. oh wait they're for somene else? damn.

Oh well back to limewire.

Edit::
Zombie Chick, that is by far the most awesome avatar i have ever seen. You win.

[Eldpollard]

hmm we would have to redesign all imports for the new square cds.
but then they wouldnt make good frisbees or coasters

ps my back is on fire from having a tatoo

Is the tattoo of flames, thus making it look like it's on fire? Or is it most likely hurting a hell of a lot? I'm going to get one done at some point. When i know what I want and when I have money.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Yeah. What's the tatoo of?

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

YAY!! CD's. oh wait they're for somene else? damn.



While I can't send you the CD, I can post a link to some of the downloadable songs from it. Its Irish drinking songs modified to appeal to cats and cat lovers. Furigan's Wake is particularly good.

Kitty Drinking Songs (http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com/cat_nip.shtml)

[Ceska]

Inccidentally, where did the word soccer come from, that has always puzzled me.
I think it simply was an abbreviation of sport for suckers but spocker sounded stupid.

[rollfrenzy]

<follows link>


OH....MY....GOD....

I ....Don't.... but....then....and...cats.....but....finnegans.... .but.......


<stares blankly and continues muttering>

[CurlyKitGirl]

While I can't send you the CD, I can post a link to some of the downloadable songs from it. Its Irish drinking songs modified to appeal to cats and cat lovers. Furigan's Wake is particularly good.

Kitty Drinking Songs (http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com/cat_nip.shtml)


Llama, I can't decide whether to hate you for using that word 'kitty' or to simply believe in the ignorance and illogical logic of the Llama that makes you think 'kitty' is an abbreviation for 'cat'. Hate, definitely hate. Temporarily.

[Eldpollard]

Kitty isn't an abbreviation. It's a term of endearment and an expression of child like joy at seeing a cat.
http://xkcd.com/231/

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Would you rather hear "Lord of the Pounce?"

[CurlyKitGirl]

So what? Name: Kitty.
Follow through: "Here Kitty Kitty Kitty."

[Penguinsushi]

I think our friendly neighborhood stacks assassin sent me a link regarding that, llama - do you have an actual cd of it now? Booty from the Gencon?

You still owe me a 'check out all this cool stuff i got to see' story or two. I want reports, dangit.

~PS

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Llama, I can't decide whether to hate you for using that word 'kitty' or to simply believe in the ignorance and illogical logic of the Llama that makes you think 'kitty' is an abbreviation for 'cat'. Hate, definitely hate. Temporarily.

Don't you give me hate, lass. You've played enough werewolf games with me to know darn good and well that its illogical logic at its finest. Plus, the song that started it all is "Wild Kitty."

However, if it will appease M'Lady, Cat Drinking Songs (http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com/cat_nip.shtml)

At the Sushi: Not many good stories to tell, but I did get some new Fluxx promo cards.

[rollfrenzy]

Yeah, anybody who got to go. How was Gencon this year?

I had a severe case of don'thaveanymoney-itus so I couldn't make it.

[Ceska]

I understand that it's nice and really comfortable that your fathers drop you off and pick you up at school. That's not to be questioned. But what about the right of others to circulate freely, without obstacles? I really don't care for the parents' and kids' schedules and means of transport, anymore than shouldn't they care about mine. We all have the same right to circulate!
Sure, but since it's a broader street, I either get out while the traffic light is red (even if it's too late you won't wait longer than when somebody is not completely there) or when we turn into the next street, which is much smaller, nearly never used and has parking lots always open at that time. I guess that's cause it's a brothel though...

Getting picked up is even easier since we have a supermarket nearby (best place to build a supermarket in the whole town ever) and thus enough parking lots. Yes, Graz is easy that way.


I don't know if this happens in other countries. Here people are selfish like that, they don't care about the next guy, and just stop their cars wherever they please to do their thing.
Reminds me of Laßnitzhöhe, that village is damn annoying. People park in a narrow street even although there's a free and big parking area is only hundred metres away. And that although the police is in the same street. But those don't do anything because they'd (and did) the same if they hadn't their own parking lots directly in front of the station.

[zombie chick]

Is the tattoo of flames, thus making it look like it's on fire? Or is it most likely hurting a hell of a lot? I'm going to get one done at some point. When i know what I want and when I have money.

sorry got distracted, its a gothic fairy, and i forgot my back is sensative, ouch hte agony! i need someone to rub lotion on my back

roll frenzy - thanks it was done by rex:smallbiggrin:

[Arameus]

Just hope you never need an MRI.

[Logic]

sorry got distracted, its a gothic fairy, and i forgot my back is sensative, ouch hte agony! i need someone to rub lotion on my back

roll frenzy - thanks it was done by rex:smallbiggrin:

Be careful what you say around here, or you will have all sorts of hormone-frenzy males volunteering to do just that for you.

Unless that was your intent, then you may continue.

[zombie chick]

Be careful what you say around here, or you will have all sorts of hormone-frenzy males volunteering to do just that for you.

Unless that was your intent, then you may continue.

well if anyone is offering lol
its only my back, i wouldnt say it was my most attractive feature

[Reinboom]

Kitty Drinking Songs (http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com/cat_nip.shtml)

I love you... and everyone else in this room with me hates you... but I, I love you.
meow meow meow~

[Midnight Son]

On the subject of American Football vs Rugby, I'll tell you what...You get your biggest, roughest Rugby player and send him on over. We'll suit him up sans pads(just the way he likes it) and see just how long he lasts, shall we?

In fact, Steve (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVSDPhKdclY) seems to agree with me.

[FdL]

On the subject of American Football vs Rugby, I'll tell you what...You get your biggest, roughest Rugby player and send him on over. We'll suit him up sans pads(just the way he likes it) and see just how long he lasts, shall we?

In fact, Steve (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVSDPhKdclY) seems to agree with me.

You mean both an American football player and a rugby player without pads. Then it would be fair to show who's roughest.

[Midnight Son]

You mean both an American football player and a rugby player without pads. Then it would be fair to show who's roughest.No. You all are proclaiming how tough your Rugby players are cause they hit eachother without padding and how our Football players are such wimps for wearing it. Put your money where your mouth is. I'm saying that the reason we have pads is so that we can hit or be hit a hell of a lot harder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cerDBOd_zlg) and still get up and play.

Just FYI, the kicker? Generally considered to be among the weaker NFLers.

Of course, that was an illegal hit. Here are some legal ones. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ8c-65Vq6I)

[FdL]

No, I'm saying they're tougher because they play without the padding. As if in "using padding is cheating".

Duh, wouldn't make sense to have one wearing padding against someone who doesn't :p

The other test would be making AF players play without the padding. I'm just saying I respect rugby players more because they play a very rough sport equivalent to AF if not rougher and they do it without all that protection.

[Nomrom]

Yes, I'm a football fan too, and they need that padding. In the early 1900's the sport was almost made illegal because it was so dangerous. People used to die playing it. And with the use of padding, the tackling only gets worse. People still get injured all the time, so obviously they need those pads.

[Midnight Son]

No, I'm saying they're tougher because they play without the padding. As if in "using padding is cheating".

Duh, wouldn't make sense to have one wearing padding against someone who doesn't :p

The other test would be making AF players play without the padding. I'm just saying I respect rugby players more because they play a very rough sport equivalent to AF if not rougher and they do it without all that protection.I've watched both games. If your Rugby players tried to play Football without padding, the game would end with the last man standing. You do not hit as hard or as often.

Just so you know, I have played our version without pads in a pickup game. Our game ended with a trip to the hospital for one of our players. (That tends to be the result of a direct hit to the head by someone else's knee).

[FdL]

So they actually differ in form of physical contact?

The more I read about them, the more I think these kind of sports are dumb. Primitive probably. Meh, I could say similar things about boxing, bullfights and um, a couple more controversial others.

[Penguinizer]

No! Cricket was counter Engineered from the planet Cricket! Other beings of the galaxy generally consider it as a very sick joke.

Meh, the weather outside is awful...

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Bah! You're all wrong.

Soccer is where the tough boys live. Why? Because of shots to the groins and the number of times that ball is kicked dangerously close to the aforementioned groin.

Oh, and thanks, Sweet Reina! *tosses a fish to da kitty*

[Midnight Son]

Bah! You're all wrong.

Soccer is where the tough boys live. Why? Because of shots to the groins and the number of times that ball is kicked dangerously close to the aforementioned groin.

Oh, and thanks, Sweet Reina! *tosses a fish to da kitty*Nevermind the fact that you can knock one of them over by running by them while breathing a little too hard...:smallbiggrin:

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Well, sure. When you run for approx 45 minutes straight you get a little tired.

Not like some sports I know where you get 25 seconds after every play to relax and make new strategy. Oh, and you switch teams out after someone scores, so you can get a nice long break if those short 10 second bursts of activity get to be too much for you. :smallbiggrin:

[Midnight Son]

All I'm saying is that I used to work at a fish cannery and I've still never seen more flopping than at a soccer game.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

All I'm saying is that I used to work at a fish cannery and I've still never seen more flopping than at a soccer game.


Hehe, that's because many of them take prat falls like they are stuntmen or boxers.

I'm off to bed, will have to argue some other time. Goodnight.

[Nomrom]

All i have to say about soccer is that I would respect the sport more if they finished all their games with a clearly defined winner and loser. Tying doesn't cut it for me.

[Logic]

On the subject of football (american), does it bother anyone else to see players sporting dreadlocks that come out of their helmet and cover the name on their uniform?

I think it looks tacky and unprofessional, but I may be a bit biased when it comes to uniforms and haircuts. :smallwink:

If I were an owner, manager, or coach of a football team, I would not permit a player to enter a game looking like that.

[Nomrom]

It doesn't really bother me, but I could see why it might be annoying. I don't think the managers really care about that at all though.

[Zeb The Troll]

I can't figure out why they do it since it's been ruled that it's legal to grab the hair to tackle.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Greetings.

I am bored.

Therefore:

Dance! Everybody dance!

[Hoggy]

Alternitavly, caper! Caper like a leper!

I has a car. I just wish the garage would hurry up installing brake pads so I can go for a spin!

[Ceska]

How can you tell a cat that doesn't even listen to her own name yet that "I want whatever you eat" is taking it too far when it's pure black coffee?

[Shadow of the Sun]

Use a squirtgun.

It works wonders.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

How can you tell a cat that doesn't even listen to her own name yet that "I want whatever you eat" is taking it too far when it's pure black coffee?

I agree with SotS. That works wonders.

[Nomrom]

Yeah squirt guns will solve all sorts of problems with your cats. They really don't like getting wet.

[Yiel]

Just don't let the kitty get into the coffee. :smalleek: I used to have a big old tomcat who would tackle me for my morning coffee when I was in High-School. I mean a full flying leap for the face off the kitchen counter. If unsuccessful he would wind around my legs mewing until I put some of my coffee into his bowl.

[Ceska]

I don't own one and it's close to electric devices. Thus, no water.

[Reinboom]

Yeah squirt guns will solve all sorts of problems with your cats. They really don't like getting wet.

This is not always true. I, for one, love water (albeit, I'm afraid of deep water :smallconfused: )
And one of my kitties LOVES water. If you try to take a shower or bath, it will paw its way into the door, or meow loudly until you let it in. Then it will either bat at the shower water or take a swim in bath water. Though this kitty is generally strange anyways...

[Ceska]

Just don't let the kitty get into the coffee. :smalleek:
Too late. Great story, the only thing my tomcat does is tackle sleep on me. He's kicked me from the chair before (mainly because he weighs more than six kilos, he's definitely the king of the hill).

On another note (rather large image): http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/von_Kornberg/BILD0182-1.jpg
I has a goatee.
Yes, I know it's not a goatee, but it sure looks like one to me.

[Nomrom]

This is not always true. I, for one, love water (albeit, I'm afraid of deep water :smallconfused: )
And one of my kitties LOVES water. If you try to take a shower or bath, it will paw its way into the door, or meow loudly until you let it in. Then it will either bat at the shower water or take a swim in bath water. Though this kitty is generally strange anyways...

Well, nothing can work in every case, but in general I think it works pretty well. It's worked on our two cats at least. The first Christmas we had them they liked to attack any ornaments that were hanging off the bottom levels. They also liked just attacking the tree itself, and actually almost knocked it over once. We started spraying them when they played with the tree, and they stopped pretty quickly. They never tried it the next Christmas either.

[Quincunx]

If the cats understand where the water is coming from, the squirt gun works wonders; if they can't figure out that the wet is connected to anything, it does not work so well. Unfortunately, I've owned both stupid cats and oblivious cats. Stupid cats could be shoved away from the yummy thing and would quickly distract themselves (ooooo lookit an AIR MOLECULE! must kill it) but oblivious cats had persistence.

[Penguinizer]

Cute Cat <3

Now that that is said. I need to go to the library tomorrow. Otherwise, nothing else really...


Anyways, anyone know of any movies coming out soon. Good ones...

[North]

On Soccer:

The wind blew me over! give it a red card *cry*

On Football:

If its legal to pull hair does that mean were going to see day when they start wearing easy to pull off hair extensions?

On Dancing

*Does the funky chicken*

[Reinboom]

On Football:

If its legal to pull hair does that mean were going to see day when they start wearing easy to pull off hair extensions?


This... would be a dirty hilarious tactic. I want a team to do this in a major event - like, during the last play of the super bowl.

[Midnight Son]

Considering the attention the hair pulling rule has garnered, you'd think it would be used more, but the fact is, guys just don't pull hair. The only time I've seen it happen was by accident. The guy who did it was off balance and going down, so he just made a wild grab and happened to come up with a hand full of hair. It was effective, though. Poor running back went down like he'd just run full on into a low doorbeam.

[North]

Yeah It wouldnt be the primary target for sure. Way to hard to grab but...... If hes running and thats all you can get a hold of. You go for it.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I think all sports arguing can be negated if we all agree that real athletes play Calvinball. :smallwink:

[Pwenet]

I think all sports arguing can be negated if we all agree that real athletes play Calvinball. :smallwink:

Seconded.

*Throws Volleyball at the LLama.*

[Penguinizer]

Blah, after about 2 hours of work.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8610/wraithback3donenowac9.gif
I made this, It needs a bunch of finishing touches, but alas, I wasn't able to find some options I was looking for. So this will have to do.

[Rockphed]

Penguinizer, what is that thing. It looks like a mutated space weasel.

And Pwenet, That is a clear violation of the rules! You must now sing the entire score of "Meet me in St Louis!"

[Lord Herman]

It's a Necron Wraith, isn't it?

I take the ball and bounce it off the nearest tree. The score is now C to 6.

[Hoggy]

Woohoo, sailed drove on the high seas my own for the first time proper today (as in, not just 5 mins up/down the road). It was awesome, was blaring out 'Tallica's MoP album all the way to work and all the way back.:smallbiggrin:

[Rex Idiotarum]

So, the job hunt is afoot. So far I've tracked three down. One will get back to me, one pretty much hired me, but since I can't do something for training, I can't work there, and the third is coming up. I have a good feeling that I'll get my pick of jobs.

[FdL]

@Atreyu: Yeah, actually I think football (yes, football, not American football) players are pretty rough and have an amazing endurance. Just because they're not continuosly pushing each other doesn't mean they're not rough.
Besides that, this topic of who is rougher is getting a little dumb actually :s

@Logic: Well, yeah, it bothers me too to see any sport player with hair that is too long or dreadlocks or weird things in their head. First because it's impractical, but mainly because I think someone who plays a sport professionally shouldn't concentrate so much on his looks. Everybody just wants to be cool-looking in this world, everything else seems to be secondary :S

So yeah, they deserve having their hair pulled. :smallamused:

[Arameus]

If you can't tell which sport has tougher players, you've probably never seen much of either.

But Calvinball still wins. I've seen far too many young lives cut tragically short by this awful 'game;' the rules are harsh enough (not that I or anyone else can remember them), but the inclusion of live, vicious tigers is just too much.

Anyone wanna play?

[bosssmiley]

Blah, after about 2 hours of work.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8610/wraithback3donenowac9.gif
I made this, It needs a bunch of finishing touches, but alas, I wasn't able to find some options I was looking for. So this will have to do.

Not bad. Needs a bigger head (for that ineffably cool OOTS look) and possibly larger shoulderplates (for power-dressing Wraithy win). The tail's excellent and the arms are good though. Sorry if I sound critical. :smallwink:

[Shadow of the Sun]

My sister just had a car accident...

Now comes the wait until I find out whether she is okay or not.

[Midnight Son]

My sister just had a car accident...

Now comes the wait until I find out whether she is okay or not.Man, that sucks. Hope she's alright.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

@Atreyu: Yeah, actually I think football (yes, football, not American football) players are pretty rough and have an amazing endurance. Just because they're not continuosly pushing each other doesn't mean they're not rough.
Besides that, this topic of who is rougher is getting a little dumb actually :s



Agreed, FdL, that's why we've agreed on Calvinball as the winner.

Hey! Lord Herman is in the "Wicket Sticket" zone, that means he has to be next to a wicket at all times until he smacks someone with the Calvinball!

[Shadow of the Sun]

My sister's fine, just a little spooked.

[Eldpollard]

I realised something at work today. I don't know any of my colleague's names. I've been working there a year and a half. I have also realised most of them are idiots.

[martyboy74]

What do you do? If you don't know any of their names, you must be fairly distanced from them.

[Eldpollard]

I work in the local library. I talk to them and such and get on with them but I don't know their names. They wear name tags as well. Oh well. I'll sneakily look when I'm back at work.

[Midnight Son]

My sister's fine, just a little spooked.That's good to hear. The day I flipped my car at 80mph was not exactly a stellar day. Which is to say, I know how she's feeling. A little attention from a loved one can go a long way toward relaxing frazzled nerves.

[bosssmiley]

That's good to hear. The day I flipped my car at 80mph was not exactly a stellar day.

You came out of it alive. I'd call that a result mate.

Glad ShadowSis is ok Shadow of the Sun.


I realised something at work today. I don't know any of my colleague's names. I've been working there a year and a half.

Eh? How do you manage that? I think that degree of social isolation in the workplace is an achievement in itself. :smallconfused:

[Captain van der Decken]

Perhaps it's normal for librarians. Y'never know.

MS: Do you live in an action movie, or was that a one-off?

[Midnight Son]

You came out of it alive. I'd call that a result mate.Yes, that is on the top of a very short list of things that were good about that day.


MS: Do you live in an action movie, or was that a one-off?I wouldn't say I live in an action movie, since I have yet to attempt to save the world with the help of a wise-cracking sidekick and an ultra-sexy, scantily-clad woman, but I have had my scrapes with fate.

Tell ya what; I could do without the sidekick, but get me the woman and I'll make a go of the "living an action movie" bit.

[FdL]

Agreed, FdL, that's why we've agreed on Calvinball as the winner.


Aw, you made me wiki it (didn't get reference). I never read much of C&H. Probably should because strips is a genre I like.

@SotS: :( I'm glad she's ok.

Regarding co-worker's names, I find it a little odd. Especially after 3 years. I don't know what the job consists of, but if you've even talked to them I think you should have caught a couple names by now. Not even from listening to them talk and call each other? :P

When I began working at my current job I was really shy. I sat on my pc all the time I spent there, only to go to the bathroom. Then slowly I started bonding with different people. The coffee time helped. We'd get together and make coffee and have it, take turns to wash the cups daily and stuff like that ^^

Hmmm...When I first started there was this gorgeous (I mean swimsuit-issue-proportioned gorgeous) girl who worked there and usually came round midday. She didn't do much work, but still she took the time to be curious about me. She was nice (later I found out she was kinda slutty too). She often made my then young hormones boil.

Ah, memories. Where would we be without them...

[Midnight Son]

Ah, memories. Where would we be without them...Somewhat happier, though quite a bit dumber.:smallwink:

[Arameus]

^Apparently, where I am now. How the hell did I get here? :smallconfused:

[Mr. Moon]

You know what's funny and compleatly off topic? The three-post rule now reminds me of the Game. :smallamused:

[CurlyKitGirl]

Most people here don't play THE GAME. Now change the topic. *searches for topic*
*finds topic*
So, what do you think about chocolate bars? I quite like them but Cadbury's gone overboard with their choccie bar range. There's about nine different types of Milk Chocolate with ... Examples are Biscuit Centre, Turkish Delight, and a lot more. Anyone else annoyed by this?

[Eldpollard]

When it comes to chocolate for me I prefer the really dark 70-85% stuff. Which most other people seem to hate. Meh, more for me that way. My reason for eating it is it's healthier (it's what I tell myself at least)

[CurlyKitGirl]

I can't stand dark chocolate. Evil stuff.

[Captain van der Decken]

Yeah, lots of choice does get annoying after a while. I want to be told exactly what to do, dammit!

Seriously though, I hate dark chocolate. Way too strong for me.

[SDF]

Ooh, so I moved into the dorms. I live in a suite style are with three other people. We all have a bed area, a living room, kitchen, bathrooms, and a washer. But for some reason my room is twice as big as the others and has an extra little living area :smallbiggrin:

Apparently I am living in the only dorm on campus where drinking is allowed... I haven't met my roommates yet, but there is a big beer pong poster spread over the living area. :smalleek: The university tries to put similar people together, but I got into these (read: the nice upperclassman) dorms when I complained about my initial accommodations.(they wanted me to live in the freshmen dorms:smallmad:) They are all communications majors, and I am a biochemistry/molecular and cell biology double major, so I'm hoping they don't do TOO much partying. :smalltongue:

I spent $700 on books today, that was fun. Apparently every department decided they needed a new edition of their book so no used ones >_< Seriously, I could probably use a calc book from 100 years ago and it wouldn't be any different... (I can understand the other science books)

Well, until I get my laptop (which better be soon >_>) I probably wont be on that much. Too bad there is nothing to do until Monday.

[CurlyKitGirl]

That's a lot of money for books. I've only got to give a £25 deposit for college and I get all the books I need for my courses. And for three of them it's a lot of books.

[Eldpollard]

That is a lot for books. I'm glad I work in a library. No fines for me, or rental fees, or any cost at all, it's all good. It's only local government, if they've got enough cash to pay me, they can do without my fines. Which is good, as I once owed around £20 pounds.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I've never had a library fine. Or, you know, got a Library card. I will soon though. I never got around to it.

[Hoggy]

I got a fine for a book that I've had in my room since year 7 (about... ooh... 6 years). I just haven't payed it.

[North]

....................................

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*groan*


Hangovers suck..................

[Midnight Son]

....................................

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*groan*


Hangovers suck..................I have no sympathy.
If you don't like getting burnt, stop playing with the fire!

[Yiel]

*groan*


Hangovers suck..................

*Hands North a Bloody Mary*

Believe it or not, these usually take the edge off a bad hangover... make sure you eat all of the celery.

[North]

*Hands North a Bloody Mary*

Believe it or not, these usually take the edge off a bad hangover... make sure you eat all of the celery.

mmm....celericous.

It wouldnt have been that bad but I got woken up after about 6 hours of sleep. So I didnt get the chance to sleep through it and process it through my system like I normally can. Gorram work.

[Hell Puppi]

Unfortunately bloody mary's have on occasion fueled a hangover for me, of course this may be because of how I'm making them (my drinks tend to be a bit...strong)....but they are delicious. Especially with steak sauce instead of wochester (sp), oddly enough.

[FdL]

Dark chocolate is too strong for me. Though at least it doesn't cloy me. Which the usual milk chocolate does, unless I have small quantities of it. I love it though.


You know what's funny and compleatly off topic? The three-post rule now reminds me of the Game. :smallamused:

What was that about "the three post rule"?


I have no sympathy.
If you don't like getting burnt, stop playing with the fire!

I agree with this. There's no way around it.


Unfortunately bloody mary's have on occasion fueled a hangover for me, of course this may be because of how I'm making them (my drinks tend to be a bit...strong)....but they are delicious. Especially with steak sauce instead of wochester (sp), oddly enough.

Hmmmm... :P Nice, I think I'd like Bloody Marys, because I love tomato juice and the rest. Not too fond of the alcoholic part. I never had one in my life. But when I was a kid and my parents would have a drink somewhere I'd get either tomato juice or grape juice ("mosto"). Yummi!


I just blew a tire. First time ever. I was driving, at night, and after passing a speed bump I started hearing an awful ryhtmic noise coming from the back of my car. Rythmic noises are ALWAYS bad in a car. So I slowed down, and stopped the car by the road, took a look around to make sure this wasn't a hijacking attempt, and got out of the car.

When I got to the back I heard a LOUD hissing noise and I saw IT. It was some kind of metal stick, bent in the middle, and it was stuck on my rear tire. I took it off and noticed the hissing, so I hurried into the car and drove moderately slowly until I got home. It all happened like 10 blocks away from home, so I figured it'd be best to take it home, eventually the tire would empty and I'd see how I fix it in the morning. I'm going to call the car insurance service so they come to help me, so I'll have it fixed faster.

THIS SUUUUUCKKSSSSSSSSSS!!!! F-words everywhere! :smallfurious: I curse the stupid moron who threw that piece of junk inthe middle of the road. I wish him to have such a complicated day as I'm going to have tomorrow :smallmad:

[Skippy]

That sucks, man!! I used to work at a tire shop, and I learned to repair them. Is the thing stuck in the part that rolls, or at the side of the tire? I suppose it must be a really big thing, for you to notice it right away... Well, I just can tell that you shouldn't get your hopes too high, probably you will need to change the tire.

But yes, definitely all curses on those who throw this kind of trash on the streets...

[FdL]

It was huge, Skippy. I had to yank the darn 30 cm long pointy thing from the tire, it was stuck deep into the part that rolls. Hence the hissing noise, it was really a hole.

Well, the solution was pretty easy. I could have changed it myself for the spare, but I didn't have too much time to learn and to do it, so I called my insurance and in 15 minutes I had a guy doing it. Then at 3-4 blocks from home there's a place where they fix tires (word in english? I'm curious. Ignorant but curious :p Here it's "gomeria"). So I took it there, they fixed it, they checked the state of the spare which was perfect and so returned to its place, then I checked another tire that used to lose pressure faster than the others, just to make sure it was AOK.

For my first experience with blown tires, it wasn't so dramatic. It could have been much worse. But I learned many things today. And that's a positive thing.

[bosssmiley]

It was huge, Skippy. I had to yank the darn 30 cm long pointy thing from the tire, it was stuck deep into the part that rolls. Hence the hissing noise, it was really a hole.

Wow. Was it a piece of someone's car or something? I'm having trouble working out how a piece of metal like that would end up in the road.


Well, the solution was pretty easy. I could have changed it myself for the spare, but I didn't have too much time to learn and to do it, so I called my insurance and in 15 minutes I had a guy doing it. Then at 3-4 blocks from home there's a place where they fix tires (word in english? I'm curious. Ignorant but curious :p Here it's "gomeria").

Literal English translation: "gummery", which makes a weird kind of sense given the origins and major use of natural rubber... :smallbiggrin:
Figurative trans: tyre shop (US) or Kwik-Fit (we use the biggest brand name to denote the generic in the UK).

Glad your adventures in tyre madness were resolved safely and efficiently FdL. :smallamused:

[phoenixineohp]

Todays injection of cute. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=478026)

[Lord Herman]

Awwww!!!

Hedgehogs are awesome. We're lucky to have a couple in our back yard. Still, we still rarely ever see them. They're stealth hedgehogs.

[EloquentRune]

awwwww..... and the comb is the mommy

dude thats awsome i want a hedgehog!!!

[FdL]

Wow. Was it a piece of someone's car or something? I'm having trouble working out how a piece of metal like that would end up in the road.


It was thin piece of metal, a little thinner than a pen, bent in a square angle, and it was shiny and pointy I guess. I didn't see it on the road. I recall I started hearing the noise after passing over one of the many speed bumps on the road that leads to my house. I have no idea what it was, it could have been a car part but it was too shiny.



Literal English translation: "gummery", which makes a weird kind of sense given the origins and major use of natural rubber... :smallbiggrin:


Yeah, that's the idea :) Here it's an informal name, because the tires are called "gomas". The correct name is probably something else though.



Figurative trans: tyre shop (US) or Kwik-Fit (we use the biggest brand name to denote the generic in the UK).


Thanks, it's good to know ^^
But wasn't it that in the UK it was tYres and in the us tIres?



Glad your adventures in tyre madness were resolved safely and efficiently FdL. :smallamused:

Yeah, it was quite painless in all. I just got an hour late to work. It was cool because I didn't get so nervous, and learned how to solve it.

But well, my advice to all of you is "don't blow a tire if you can avoid it" :p


Hey, that hedgehog thing sure is cute ^^ It's really sweet actually. Makes me all weak and soft inside...

Also, you know what it reminds me of? There's a tv ad here that it's like the perverted version of that. It shows a hedgehog climbed over and humping one of those sponges to wash the dishes (those that have a scratchy top and a soft underside). It's quite funny, though a little twisted.

The sequel is even more disturbing. The same hedgehog sees his "beloved" being used to clean a tray full of red sauce and goes to the rescue. I didn't get what it could mean to have "her" scrubbing the red stuff. But I prefer not to know :p The hedgehog pulls a horrified expression that's worth the whole ad. I'll see if it's on youtube.

[Serpentine]

My mum and I got two flat tires at once, once. Went too close to the sharp edge of the road, and BABAM, two tires out. After midnight. Around the border between two states. She called NRMA... much frustration and a dying mobile battery later, she gave up and called her husband who, after another bout of frustration and stupidity, gave up and came to get us.

[Lianae]

Anyone else pumped for the eclipse? I just went out and had a look, the moon's all red, but it's not completely dark yet.

[Serpentine]

It's all red now. So pretty ^_^

[Eldpollard]

There's an eclipse? Will we people in the UK see it as well? I hope so.

[Hoggy]

Urgh mornings... I feel you North.

We kept a hedgehog once when I was little, it had a broken leg or something so it couldn't walk. So we kept it safe in a cage and fed it and watered it and then let it free when it was better and it was so awesome but dad wouldn't let me cuddle it like a plushie and I got sad when it left. :smallfrown:

[SweetLikeLemons]

The eclipse is wonderful. Right now it is just starting to get a little white on one edge again. It is absolutely beautiful, and somehow eerie as well.
I went up on a hill on the edge of town to watch it, and as if seeing the eclipse wasn't enough, the northern lights were out! What an amazing night.
I tried to get some pictures, but I'm not sure how they'll turn out.

[Skippy]

I couldn't see it. Rainclouds everywhere, you know... That's the bad thing about hurricanes that enter dry land, they keep you from watching moon eclipses...

On another completely unrelated note, I saw "Hairspray" last Sunday, and I totally loved it. Though I hoped Travolta would shine more, Amanda Bynes really left my jaws drop...

[smellie_hippie]

On another completely unrelated note, I saw "Hairspray" last Sunday, and I totally loved it. Though I hoped Travolta would shine more, Amanda Bynes really left my jaws drop...

Now go see the original John Waters version... Ricky Lake and Divine... quite disturbing.

[CurlyKitGirl]

On the subject of cute little animals:
My cousin came down from Leeds to stay for a week. On Sunday she and our uncle (not her dad) went for a walk in the dark and they saw a cat chasing something. Mel, thinking it was a spider went to help the cat catch it, but she saw it was a baby bird. She rescued it and brought it to our house because it was closer. We put it into our cat box (for the vet) and it was enormously cute. It had either a broken leg/wing. And when they left they took itwith them so that they could take it to the bird sanctuary and get fixed.

[Skippy]

Now go see the original John Waters version... Ricky Lake and Divine... quite disturbing.

That's what I've been told... Fortunately, it is quite rare in Mexico, so I guess I'll pass, thank you.

[Dragonrider]

My dad got me up at 3:15 this morning to look out the window. It was pretty awesome.

Last night I was trying to explain to my brother that I have an internal alarm clock that wakes me up whenever I set it to (unless I'm really overtired and then I'll sleep through...like a normal alarm). Well, I had told myself that afternoon that I would get up and see the eclipse. So I woke up at 3:10 and was lying there trying to figure out why I was awake when my dad got me up.

So that's my super-Jedi-power. And the eclipse was amazing and my sheets were still warm when I got back into bed, which is good news because FALL HAS COME and it is FREEZING here.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I was trying to see the eclipse, but I set my alarm for too early. It was a lovely moon, but I didn't see any eclipse parts.

[Reinboom]

I have yet to see an eclipse. :smallfrown:
In the past, whenever something like this occurs, people always assume I know about it. :smallsigh:

[Eldpollard]

I saw a solar eclipse in 1999. That was beautiful. Everything just went quiet. The birds didn't make a noise. Hmm, I wonder when the next total solar eclipse is.

[Dragonrider]

I've never seen a total solar eclipse, but I've seen pictures and it looks even cooler than a lunar eclipse. :smallamused:

[Eldpollard]

Oh it is. Seeing constellations you usually couldn't see is odd. And also the corona is haunting... in a good way.

[zombie chick]

i did see a lunar eclipse, i think it was last year.
it was very beautiful, but i wasnt about to get up really early in the morning to see it lol. i dont get enough sleep as it is

[smellie_hippie]

The last good night of celestial activity I witnessed was several years ago...


Drive-in movie (movie not important) in a red MG Convertible (http://classic-car.y2u.co.uk/Photo_caq/Cl_MG_MGB_Car_2.jpg)
Hale Bop comet.
Lunar Eclipse.

All in one night. :smallamused:

[SweetLikeLemons]

I got a few pictures, although due to my lack of a tripod or any photographic talent they don't really do it justice.

Partial:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x228/apatheticrabbit/Eclipse/IMG_0309.jpg

Almost full:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x228/apatheticrabbit/Eclipse/IMG_0347.jpgMy hand slipped when I was taking it, but it is the best photo I got of that stage, which was my favorite.

All red!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x228/apatheticrabbit/Eclipse/IMG_0358.jpg

And the sweet aurora borealis that was the opening act:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x228/apatheticrabbit/Eclipse/IMG_0314.jpg

In the past week, I've seen a full rainbow, two auroras, a bright orange harvest moon silhouetting otherwise invisible mountains, an eclipse, and half a dozen shooting stars. The sky is awesome!

[ZombieRockStar]

Lucky you being near no major light pollution...:smallfrown:

The only time I ever get any major stargazing in is when I go up to Algonquin, or during the 2003 blackout.

[FdL]

I generally think astronomy is kinda overrated. But then again that aurora borealis looks terrific. Never seen one. Damn southern hemisphere!

I like to see when the sky looks like it catches on fire. Cold fire covering the sky. At night. I want to feel small.

[ZombieRockStar]

Nah. It's cool, especially if you can get away from all the light pollution and see everything. Even on a random night, you can occasionally see a shooting star if there's no light around.

I like the early morning when sometimes the sun shines on the underside of the clouds, if the clouds are just right and the sun isn't actually over the horizon yet. That's just beautiful. Not usually worth being up that early, though...>_>

[Lord Iames Osari]

Hey, RBers. I'm in Albuquerque!

[Rex Idiotarum]

Does it really smell like warm root beer?

[Lucky]

Hey, RBers. I'm in Albuquerque!ERROR. ERROR.

5. Please stop with single line posts alerting us to your current status
:smalltongue:

[Lord Iames Osari]

Does it really smell like warm root beer?

That's an interesting question. I'll go get some root beer, warm it up in the nuker, and get back to you on that.


Oh, and my mistake, Lucky. It won't happen again.

[Lucky]

Oh, and my mistake, Lucky. It won't happen again.
IT BETTER NOT!

Honestly, I care very little, as one post like that is unlikely to ever revert RB back to it's former state.

If it does, however, I will have you head.

[Rex Idiotarum]

Do it in the can, and watch it exPLOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD! ((Sorry, listening to AC/DC))

[Lord Iames Osari]

Alas, the local convenience store was out of rootbeer, and I was thus unable to carry out the experiment.

[Rex Idiotarum]

Well, that's unfortunate...

[Lord Iames Osari]

Indeed it is. Ah well. Someday...

[Zeb The Troll]

Speaking of "inconvenience stores" what's up with those in Indianapolis (at least downtown) closing at 6:30?

[Rex Idiotarum]

I don't know, but if it's after six on a Sunday, you can't get anything over here...

[Zeb The Troll]

This was first noticed on a Thursday. Then on Friday we thought they might be open later, but they weren't. And we left town on Sunday just after lunch time.

[Ceska]

Wait, stores open at Sundays were you live? Huh?

Where I live only gas stations have anything on Sundays, all other stores stay closed.

[Eldpollard]

This surely can't be healthy can it? I'm drinking tea from a pint glass.

What was RB like? I think I joined after when you're talking about or I wasn't active then.

[Quincunx]

See, the U.S. has this marvelous idea: stores which stay open past the work hours of their customers, so they can actually go to the store and purchase items. It needs to be taken up by the rest of the world more quickly.

My current all-time winner for rotten opening hours is the Migrationsverket (Swedish immigration services) office I had to deal with--open for two hours daily.

[Ceska]

See, the U.S. has this marvelous idea: stores which stay open past the work hours of their customers, so they can actually go to the store and purchase items. It needs to be taken up by the rest of the world more quickly.
We do that as well, but Sunday is a holy day and nobody works then. At least in Catholic Austria.

Two hours is more than most postal offices open here (as in the wastelands between Graz and Hungary, called Graz-Ost and Burgenland).

[Evil_Pacifist]

That's an interesting question. I'll go get some root beer, warm it up in the nuker, and get back to you on that.

Behold! ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay_NrLpLnc0)

Too bad that doesn't help us find out how it smells...

[Eldpollard]

I have to get a filling tomorrow. A fun day that will be. At least I'm going blackberry picking later. Then jam shall be made.

[Zeb The Troll]

Ooo. Homemade blackberry jam. *waxes nostalgic*

My mom has blackberries and dewberries in her garden and she frequently jams and jellies them. Good stuff, goooood stuff.

:smallbiggrin:

[Lianae]

Raspberries are the best berries. Although apparently they're not actually berries.

[Eldpollard]

I think we had this discussion not too long back on RB. Neither are blackberries. It won't stop me making jam though.

[Dragonrider]

In my book...if it's got "berry" in its name, it's a berry. :smalltongue: Besides, they all go together in a smoothie really well, so why not?

[Midnight Son]

I have to get a filling tomorrow. A fun day that will be. At least I'm going blackberry picking later. Then jam shall be made.Then you shall eat the jam and get another cavity.

Jam; it's what keeps the dentists in business.:smallyuk:

[Dragonrider]

What if they don't add sugar? I like my jam best without sugar. The only way I can eat storebought jam is if I put half a spoonful in my oatmeal. Otherwise, it's too sticky sweet.

I have been known to pick all the blackberries out of a jar of unsweetened jam, however...and eat them and put the jar back in the fridge berryless..... :smallbiggrin:

[North]

Its all about the strawberries. mmm...........strawberries.........

[FdL]

I like berries! Though as strange as it might sound, I hate things that are strawberry-or-another-berry-flavoured. I can't stand pink stuff :S

[Logic]

I love sugar. I have a sweet tooth that must have been given to me by a dentist specifically designed to curse me into going to the dentist. There is a reason they call me "Candyman" at work.

[phoenixineohp]

You're hooked on the white stuff too? :smallwink:

[FdL]

Man, I need an excuse to go back to my dentist...

[Logic]

You're hooked on the white stuff too? :smallwink:
Why? Do you got some white? Does your momma have some white? Think she'll notice if its gone for a few days? What quality you got?

[phoenixineohp]

Fructose, Sucrose, Glucose, I gots it all man. I can hook you up with some if you know what I mean. Maybe you are the right type, one of those crazy freaks... then I've even got some good Lactose for ya. But stay away from that Maltose man... that stuff will mess you up good. :smallwink:

[FoE]

"In America, first you get the sugar. Then you get the power. Then you get the women."
-Homer Simpson

[Skippy]

Fructose, Sucrose, Glucose, I gots it all man. I can hook you up with some if you know what I mean. Maybe you are the right type, one of those crazy freaks... then I've even got some good Lactose for ya. But stay away from that Maltose man... that stuff will mess you up good. :smallwink:
Man, I'm trying to stop it... I don't want to get stuck like last time...

[Rykaj]

Try using some sorbitol next time. The laxative effects should make you think twice about touching the white stuff again :smallamused:

[Serpentine]

I generally think astronomy is kinda overrated. But then again that aurora borealis looks terrific. Never seen one. Damn southern hemisphere!
We do have the aurora australis... I saw the edge of it once. Damn creepy. Like half the sky was bleeding, and/or aliens were landing over the hill.


My current all-time winner for rotten opening hours is the Migrationsverket (Swedish immigration services) office I had to deal with--open for two hours daily.
There's an op-shop here that's open for a couple of hours on Fridays... but I guess that is a charity run by old ladies.

[phoenixineohp]

Random: If looking for a clear, water proof bandaid, go for the 3M company. Those are quite nice. The Bandaid brand is clear, thick plastic that sucks and hardly moves.

Related: Guess what got Pxp at work this week. Or we can play the related game of "identify the puncture wounds". :smallannoyed:

[Eldpollard]

Puncture wounds? Do tell us, this sounds intriguing.