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SMEE

2008-04-23, 07:29 AM

The Rules.
You Read Them!
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" eh. 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.
4. Stop advertising other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.
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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9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.
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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:

Previous Threads:
(We all have far too much spare time.)

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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!

Now, misters, misses, mistresses and ladies, let the bantering begin. :smallsmile:

Nychta

2008-04-23, 07:32 AM

Woohoo! Do I get a prize for surely being ninja'd?

Edit: kay... so I wasn't...

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 07:34 AM

Nadia!

*kisses*
*hides under skirt again*

Sorry, it was jsut so... comfy under there :smallredface: :smallbiggrin:

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 07:35 AM

...aww, poor Zakama...

*waits for one of the designated boogiemasters to bless the thread*

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-23, 07:35 AM

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 07:37 AM

Nadia!

*kisses*
*hides under skirt again*

Sorry, it was jsut so... comfy under there :smallredface: :smallbiggrin:

...for shame! *shakes tail at*

>.>

*joins under skirt*...hey, you're right!

Nychta

2008-04-23, 07:40 AM

:smalleek: Roguey...?

Help me!

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 07:44 AM

:smalleek: Roguey...?

Help me!

*hugs*...aww...I'm sorry! v.v

*goes off in corner and cries*

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 07:46 AM

I'm not sorry, I'm just afraid or Rogue :smalleek: So I'll run away ASAP!

Call me!

Nychta

2008-04-23, 07:57 AM

:smallredface: It's okay, guys. When I start posting nonsense, save me from the wrath of the mods, and make me go to sleep.

Flibberty-gibberty! Mackarooni-hi, Mackahooni-hey!

Uh...well, *trying to sound intelligent* Curly, I can't actually remember Dumbo. I'm certain I saw it, just I must have been too young to remember anything. Anyone had that feeling?

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 07:57 AM

That's right, you two.:smallannoyed:

Behave yourselves.

@Curly: I was dreaming about the Rock Lobster tonight.
Same feeling.

T'ze'hai

2008-04-23, 07:59 AM

Right. :smallconfused:

Been away for a while. Not because I was away, but because Real Life caught up with me... You sometimes have those days (or weeks, in my case) that more or less live you, in stead of you living that time. Much too much to do, little time for anything else. I hate it when that happens, because somehow you will never completely catch up again. I always keep the feeling I'm still missing things that happened like a week ago, no matter how much I try to read back...

@ CurlyKitGirl: I sometimes get a song in my head, out of nowhere. Like I have some large database inside, that sometimes starts hitting files randomly, and something like a song or a memory or just an image pops into my head. Just enjoy the fact that somehow you can remember a lot. There's not much else to do. Or try playing metal when the song is really annoying :smallbiggrin: .

Ow, btw, it seems I'll be needing a personal avatar, as mine is not unique anymore... :smallfrown: Although it fits me quite right. I still don't know all corners of this forum, but could anybody recommend me an avatarist?

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:01 AM

Phase did my current avatar! And it's cool.

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 08:03 AM

Go to Arts & Crafts ans see whose style you like best.

Also:

Rock Lobstah! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mwCs6yOuUU)

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 08:06 AM

Ow, btw, it seems I'll be needing a personal avatar, as mine is not unique anymore... :smallfrown: Although it fits me quite right. I still don't know all corners of this forum, but could anybody recommend me an avatarist?

Well, Dr. Bath did great job on my series of avatar and I recommend him from the heart. Unfortunately, he's absent at the moment, so you may want to head over to Arts and Craft and ask for somebody to do it for you.

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:08 AM

*sniffle*
I never got a Bathatar. I was devastated to hear that he left - also because he was funny, but...

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 08:09 AM

Yeah, FoE wanted a Bathatar too, but he never got one.

Also, Nadia, you are a dwarf! :smallbiggrin:

Skippy

2008-04-23, 08:09 AM

Yay, New thread.

Topic:
Last night I was up rather late (1:15am) because I was five chapters from the end of the story and you know what it;'s like: just one more chapter...
Then it's two chapters away from the end so you think why not? and finish the book.
ANywho, this book was rather depressing so I thought it'd have a sad ending but it was really happy. Total opposite of what I was expecting.

So I turn in for the night. And the first thing that happens onvce my head hits the pillow is the Pink Elephants Song pops into my head like this:
"I'm afraid, he''s afraid
Pink elephants on parade . . . "
and so on. And then the 'Arabian' bit comes in, the the skaters.
Cue confusion.:smallconfused:

Why did I think/dream/have that soing attack me? I hadn't thought of Dumbo in aeons; no reason to do that. Just did.

Yay new thread indeed!!!

That scene of the movie is really freaky. The animators at Disney were smoking something that was still green when drawing it, and then they gave some to the producers so they would approve that scene.

"Look out! Look out!
Pink Elephants on parade!
Here they come!
Clippity cloppity!
They're here
They're there
Pink Elephants on parade!"

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 08:10 AM

Hey! I love that scene. :smallannoyed:

one of Disney's best scenes. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nwNPaYoTY8)

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 08:11 AM

...I didn't like that movie. Like...at all. >.>

*hides from Rogue*

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:12 AM

OMIGOSHYESIAM!

But Roguey!
We must never discuss...
The Secret Board Titles!
Especially not in front of Cobra.

Also, I just read the forum rules very thoroughly. What's a predicate? :smallconfused:

Skippy

2008-04-23, 08:12 AM

Hey! I love that scene. :smallannoyed:

I didn't say it is bad, I said they did it under influence of substances that are illegal in most of the countries.

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 08:14 AM

I didn't say it is bad, I said they did it under influence of substances that are illegal in most of the countries.

So, you're saying you can create surrealism only when you're high?

\/ That #*&$(#*&!!!

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 08:14 AM

Yeah, FoE wanted a Bathatar too, but he never got one.

Well, actually, he did, but he probably didn't want you to see it :smallbiggrin:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7602/faceofdryadzl0.png

Nadia, I must say you do good work at hiding your beard :smalltongue: And you're very charming for a dwarf :smallsmile:

Dihan

2008-04-23, 08:14 AM

Been away for a while. Not because I was away, but because Real Life caught up with me... You sometimes have those days (or weeks, in my case) that more or less live you, in stead of you living that time. Much too much to do, little time for anything else. I hate it when that happens, because somehow you will never completely catch up again. I always keep the feeling I'm still missing things that happened like a week ago, no matter how much I try to read back...

I know the feeling, I had to give up making avatars and fulfiling avatar requests because life started getting way too hectic. This week is quite quiet but it will be picking up again soon, probably next week. I hate homework and coursework, especially when every teacher you have sets it all at once. Do teachers ever talk to each other?!

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 08:18 AM

OMIGOSHYESIAM!

But Roguey!
We must never discuss...
The Secret Board Titles!
Especially not in front of Cobra.

Also, I just read the forum rules very thoroughly. What's a predicate? :smallconfused:

...you are such a meanie! No wonder I never hugged you before! Hmph! :smallmad:

<.<

>.>

*hugs* v.v

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:19 AM

I'm sure CultDoctor is about to pop in and make a remark about my height, or lack of. Even Kaboose might.

Doihaveaname?, when that happens to me, I either go yell at my dean, who changes some scheduling, or collaborate with friends.

Skippy

2008-04-23, 08:22 AM

So, you're saying you can create surrealism only when you're high?

\/ That #*&$(#*&!!!

No, I didn't say you can do it ONLY when you're high. But there's a thin line between real surrealism (WTF?) and acid surrealism...

Dihan

2008-04-23, 08:27 AM

Doihaveaname?, when that happens to me, I either go yell at my dean, who changes some scheduling, or collaborate with friends.

Perhaps, but we finish school in a few weeks so the deadlines for coursework are fast approaching and the homeworks are primarily practice exam papers. I'll be fine though; I only have three essays in for next week. Last week was a whole other story... About seven or eight had to be in last week, though the three in for next week are three left over from last week. One of which was in for before the easter holidays. :smallsigh:

As I said, I'll be fine. :smalltongue:

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 08:30 AM

No, I didn't say you can do it ONLY when you're high. But there's a thin line between real surrealism (WTF?) and acid surrealism...

No, there isn't. :smallwink:

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:31 AM

Warning: I'm leaving in about half an hour. Without saying bye.

@^: You... finish school... in a few weeks??? I'm about to go back to school for term 2!

Zakama

2008-04-23, 08:36 AM

:frown:I can't help my time zone

Dihan

2008-04-23, 08:37 AM

@^: You... finish school... in a few weeks??? I'm about to go back to school for term 2!

Yeah, for study leave. This term is the last one for us before exam study leave.

Nychta

2008-04-23, 08:40 AM

Oh. Study leave. I was envisioning long breaks of holiday, skiing, surfing, relaxing activities. Study leave. That's different :smalltongue:

...Sorry, Zakama...:smallredface:

InaVegt

2008-04-23, 08:45 AM

Three and a half week till final exams, one and a half week of final exams, then: Summer break!

Saithis Bladewing

2008-04-23, 08:51 AM

I've still got 4 1/2 weeks to exams...and weeks of those... :smallannoyed:

Phase

2008-04-23, 09:00 AM

I'm sure CultDoctor is about to pop in and make a remark about my height, or lack of. Even Kaboose might.

I KNEW IT, They came to me for avatars, but kaboose hasn't seen the one I mad for hime yet...

In case you want to, it's behind the spoiler:

Without Background:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/Guanlong93/Kaboosenoback.png

With Background:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii173/Guanlong93/Kabosewithbackpng.png

On topic, I would like to see what would happen if Pixartried to remake the Pink Elephant scene...

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 09:16 AM

*hugs Zakama*

Zakama for next host of RB!

Like Cthulhu for President.

Player_Zero

2008-04-23, 09:25 AM

Three weeks until my exams start... That's nine exams total, six of which being mathematically-based. I think I had about twelve at the start of the year which were all maths.

Either way, come 25th of June I'll be free, free to exact vengeance on those who imprisoned me.

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 09:26 AM

Don't! Banjo just gave me hella of a scare on msn with Cthulhu related subject, don't do it even more :smalleek:

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-23, 09:38 AM

Don't! Banjo just gave me hella of a scare on msn with Cthulhu related subject, don't do it even more :smalleek:

Awww, I didn't know...:smallfrown:

http://www.obsidianent.com/images/blog/cthulhu_lg.jpg
There's nothing you can do.. He's coming for you now.

That's for that time you scared me with that mirror story. :smallamused:

Glaivemaster

2008-04-23, 09:48 AM

Not long until the kidlings I've been helping start their exams (couple of weeks until SATs I think). They aren't remotely ready

Phase

2008-04-23, 09:54 AM

Like Cthulhu for President.

Only less hawt!

Jibar

2008-04-23, 10:09 AM

Oh my God...

Saw my friend walking home today ahead of me, and rather than shout to get his attention, I decided to run after him.
When I finally caught up it felt like my lungs were bleeding.
I'm tall, why do I have such a tiny lung capacity!?
Seriously, they're like mouse lungs.

...I hurt.

wadledo

2008-04-23, 10:17 AM

Jibar: Have you considered replacing your normal weak fleshy body with that of a machine?:smallconfused:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-23, 10:19 AM

The cat has currently taken over four fifths of my touchpad.

On Dumbo scene: well, it's certainly surreal; and I now understand why Disney gets its own Disney LSD Scene trope on TV Tropes. A large amount of those scenes occur. Oh, and Disney is eviller than you think - they have an entire Nightmare Fuel section to themselves - Part Eight I believe.

On exams: my first is on the 6th of May. I still need to learn that oral and then research enough stuff on the topoc to get me an A.
Stupid Chief Examiner coming and stupid oral being spontaneous questions.
You don't get a single mark for the presentation either so all thegrammer we've learnt ha to be flawlessy used in the Q&A or we get sucky marks.

Zakama

2008-04-23, 10:51 AM

Only less hawt!

I'm less hawt then Cthulu? That's... Depressing.

EDIT: I just found out that I can zoom in and out of the page! Awesome!

Kaelaroth

2008-04-23, 11:00 AM

Serpentine

2008-04-23, 11:01 AM

On Disney surrealism: Dali was working on a project with them :smallbiggrin: Bummer that it fell through...

On study, holidays etc.: I'm in my term holidays now, and my one and only exam is on the 17th of June. Then: Holidays! :smallbiggrin: But first: 3 more assignments :smallsigh:

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 11:08 AM

Awww, I didn't know...:smallfrown:

http://www.obsidianent.com/images/blog/cthulhu_lg.jpg
There's nothing you can do.. He's coming for you now.

That's for that time you scared me with that mirror story. :smallamused:

I'll get you for this Rogue, I swear I will! There are still more scary stories in my book. When you least expect it... :smallamused:

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get a shower. That fear was jsut too much.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-04-23, 11:17 AM

Ahh, the freshness of a new RB thread still roams the air!

Also, can I claim the #100th thread? That would be awesome.

Serpentine

2008-04-23, 11:24 AM

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get a shower. That fear was jsut too much.What's that in the mirror? 0.0

RandomLogic

2008-04-23, 12:28 PM

So Spring showed up this week. Up until about last week we had a nice day (50-60ish) then it would go back down to being cold and wet (30-40ish) and windy. Now Spring seems to have bitch slapped winter and its been 60+ for the past couple days.

So yay? I guess... I do love me some spring weather.

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 12:44 PM

What's that in the mirror? 0.0

Damn it, stop doing this! :smalleek: Or soon I'll have to change my underwear.

Again :smallredface:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-23, 01:06 PM

So I finally saw that Dr. Who episode 'Blink' . . . can I just say that yes, it really is scary. But the creepiest bit has to be at the end when you see the Dr.'s 'Don't blink' speech cut between normal statues.
I will never see them in the same way again.
Also, the nasty faces are really nasty the first time you see them.

And the entire time paradox is good. It wouldn't have happened if this and that; then that an that.

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 01:16 PM

Ahh, the freshness of a new RB thread still roams the air!

Also, can I claim the #100th thread? That would be awesome.

It's already been called. Hopefully. *hugs*

Madmal

2008-04-23, 01:20 PM

Smee never had a Random Banter? now, that's odd...

Well, i came here, still seeing a little blurry after my corrective surgery on my eyes, and what do i barely see? Dr. Who talk, great, something i can't comment on, and with the similar times i went here before (when i wasn't lazy enough to avoid doing it)...

Thank you, lack of proper "Geek" culture in my country.:smallannoyed:

Dragonrider

2008-04-23, 01:32 PM

I think SMEE called this one AGES ago

Also: You made it without me heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere! I was goooooooooooone! :smallfrown:

:smallwink:

Actually I'm sick. Nausea. Headache. Congestion. Blah.

But...it means I get to sit on the computer all day.

Would be nice if I didn't feel so crappy. :smalltongue:

The Rose Dragon

2008-04-23, 01:37 PM

Oooh! Oooh! I claim #105!

Also, aww... *hugs DR* We're here for you, you know.

Oooh, pretty girl. *stops hugging DR and runs after pretty girl* :smalltongue:

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 01:47 PM

This thread has still not been blessed! Horror of horrors! v.v

zeratul

2008-04-23, 01:49 PM

Actually I'm sick. Nausea. Headache. Congestion. Blah.

But...it means I get to sit on the computer all day.

Would be nice if I didn't feel so crappy. :smalltongue:

Yay peptobismaul? Hope you get better dragon *hands her coco, an blanket, and lot's of pepto*

On another note it rained here finally!:smallbiggrin: It wasn't a full on storm as I had hoped, but anythings better than nothing.

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 01:53 PM

This thread has still not been blessed! Horror of horrors! v.v

What kind of blessing do you require my good Sir? Errr... reptile. Perhaps I could give it a shot, being a paladin and everything :smallbiggrin:

Jibar

2008-04-23, 01:57 PM

Oh, that reminds me.
Since I've stopped hurtin' physically now.

*BOOGIE!*

Stop.
It's Cat-Muffin time.

Da-nah nah nah. Nah nah. Nah nah.
Can't eat this.
DA-nah nah nah. Nah nah. Nah nah.
Can't eat this.
Ma-ma-ma-ma shelf life makes me so stale, makes we spec...ial offer...

<,< >,> <,<

I'll stop.

Ceska

2008-04-23, 02:00 PM

Three and a half week till final exams, one and a half week of final exams, then: Summer break!
Same, apart from having the oral part a month later. Then, after June 26th I'm out of school.
So, first time this year I need to start learning. <.< And last year was the first time in my entire school life I had to learn for a subject. Curse my laziness and the convenience of knowing worse grades mean nothing.

Also, I hate Disney. Completely and utterly. Worst form of animation, ever.

Ranna

2008-04-23, 02:49 PM

you know every time people say oral exam I really do have a chuckle...I am so very immature!!! I wish everyone the best with their exams when I was doing spanish I got well confused in my oral and started talking about cheese...It made sense but in the "oh dear heres another nutter talking about cheese" sense. My spanish was very good, my line of thought at the time wasn't as good :S

oh well im sure every1 will be jsut fine.

Eldpollard

2008-04-23, 02:54 PM

I really don't post much here any more do I? I shall endeavour to post more often here. Now if only I could think of something relevant to say...
So... how about that [sport team/weather/other nonsensical conversation topic]*? Pretty [good/bad/awful/fantabulous]*

*Delete as appropriate.

EDIT: Ah yes, oral exams. In my mock I proclaimed loudly that I was a library, and later on Napoleon. "Je suis Napoleon." Good times.

Dihan

2008-04-23, 02:56 PM

It's not really an oral exam, but I have my music practical next Wednesday. I'm not looking forward to the group piece... We should really get together to practice sometime. :smallsigh:

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 02:56 PM

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 02:57 PM

The Rose Dragon

2008-04-23, 02:57 PM

Yeah, that [sport team / weather / other nonsensical conversation topic] is quite [good / bad / awful / fantabulous]. Sure they are [better / worse / more awful / more fantabulous] than that other [sport team / weather / other nonsensical conversation topic].

Zakama

2008-04-23, 03:05 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-23, 03:20 PM

Like ohmagawd you are so right!
It's like so totally cool!![/end scary teen talk]

Ranna

2008-04-23, 03:37 PM

well I could always rant about the weather, stupid changeable weather sunny one min cloudy the next how is anyone supposed to dress for the day when the day cant make its mind up!!
oo and I could talk about sport liverpool vs Chelsea - baaaddd Riise
hmm and nonsensical stuff.. erm.. i bought a new toothbrush today but I think its given me a mouth ulcer...no good no good!

But anyway, desperate housewives is on soon so I gotta go prepare to watch that yay!

Was that nonsensical, current sporting and weatherish enough for a post?

Anyone else had a day worth mentioning? Cos I really havent unless getting upset over REM songs earlier on today...but less said about that the better.

Rockphed

2008-04-23, 03:45 PM

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

*Glares at Cobra and Zakama*

Jibar, you forgot the traditional boogie animated smilie. Now I am sad. :smallfrown:

Now I shall lament the weather:

Woe to be cursed with fair weather
Shame to be scorched by the sun!
Why can't it be raining and blustry!
Oh! Now I am undone!

Lyesmith

2008-04-23, 03:46 PM

Oh.
My.
GOD.

I just completeded my Drama Devised piece performance.
IT WAS SO VERY MUCH FUN

Basically, i'm DEATH and i'm a cheesy Game-show host.
It was so much fun to do, big cardboard masks.
And bullets flying across the stage.:smallbiggrin:
Really big ones (A5 size ish). Slowly.
And then i beat someone to death with it.

Haruki-kun

2008-04-23, 03:48 PM

OH! OH! PICK ME!

OK, so last night was the Graduation dinner. We haven't really graduated, but for some reason they decided to have it on a school night. Then, of course, the after party. I got home at 3:00 AM and woke up at 6:00 AM to go to school.

Went to school, realized that we weren't really going to have many classes, given that everyone was either asleep at home or asleep at the gym (those who were caught with a high alcohol-meter.... score?)

So I got on my computer, and it turns out I received an offline message from a girl, saying she needs to talk to me. I have my suspicions that it's THAT kind of talk. Which is bad, given that I don't know how I feel about her. Furthermore, I'm sure she'll get online today and start talking to me right away, when I have other stuff to do, most importantly 3 final projects.

3 Final Projects. "Talk" with a girl. Slept 3 hours in the past 34 hours. Man, things tend to line up on me.....

Rockphed

2008-04-23, 04:13 PM

Would this "talk" be the kind where you end up regretting things you said and did while drunk, or the kind where she expresses feelings that you don't want to deal with? I suspect the second, though considering the(appearantly rampant) use of alcohol last night, the first isn't entirely out. Either way, good luck.

Haruki-kun

2008-04-23, 04:53 PM

Thanks!

And yes, it's the second. The girl and I aren't in the same school, so she wasn't there last night.

Plus, I'm really not much of a drinker. I wanted to stay 'till 7 AM and get drunk like everyone else, but my conscience would never have let me live with it. :smallwink:

Raiser Blade

2008-04-23, 05:16 PM

Phase

2008-04-23, 05:24 PM

Oh those consciences, always trying to get in the way of doing cool stuff.

"No! Don't kill that puppy!"
"Piss off, conscience..."

That was a wierd day...

Anyway, CSK, how can you hate disney? They brought us Pixar! Pixar is perhaps the greatest movie producer in the world! And definatlly the greatest animators...

Haruki-kun

2008-04-23, 05:32 PM

Wow, how Ironic. I was supposed to give a speech tomorrow. A Tribute to Walt Disney, it's one of those 3 assignments.

..................... <.< >.>

I should get to it....

Nychta

2008-04-23, 05:36 PM

It's not really an oral exam, but I have my music practical next Wednesday. I'm not looking forward to the group piece... We should really get together to practice sometime. :smallsigh:

Really? What do you play?
Also, there's a common myth that you have to practise together to be good. You can be decent if you all play exactly on time, just not good. Trust me, I've had to try that.

Phase, I think Kaboose is down in Havelock North at the moment, probably without much internet access. And... he's forgetful, but don't worry, I will make him see it, and he will love it, 'cause its awesomesauce.

Also, what's this blessing thing I keep hearing about?

And on-topic, (kinda) I don't think there's anything wrong with Disney. I don't know much about them. But I liked the Lion King... okay pretty much every kids movie they've made.

Dihan

2008-04-23, 05:36 PM

Anyway, CSK, how can you hate disney? They brought us Pixar! Pixar is perhaps the greatest movie producer in the world! And definatlly the greatest animators...

Yeah! Pixar also brough us the cute little lamp thing that bounces around. I love that lamp. It's the light of my life. :smalltongue:

EDIT:
Really? What do you play?
Also, there's a common myth that you have to practise together to be good. You can be decent if you all play exactly on time, just not good. Trust me, I've had to try that.

I play the piano, we're playing something really easy (the Pink Panther theme, despite how much I hate that genre of music) so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Bag_of_Holding

2008-04-23, 05:36 PM

Plus, I'm really not much of a drinker. I wanted to stay 'till 7 AM and get drunk like everyone else, but my conscience would never have let me live with it. :smallwink:

Staying over midnight would be enough to knock me out, even without the drinks.

Honestly, I never had any kind of alcohol excess of a few mouthful of beer. I even had a hangover the next day! Definitely wasn't the brightest of my days, oh no. :smalleek:

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 05:41 PM

Well, what do you know? Nadia's awake! Slept well princess? :smallsmile: As luck would have it, now it's my turn to hit the sacks :smalltongue:

*looks at Nadia's skirt*

Naaah, too obvious :smallbiggrin:

Nychta

2008-04-23, 05:42 PM

*shudder*
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against pianists, it's just that it's a ridiculously easy instrument to play. You press a key, hey presto, music comes out, pitch-perfect. Annoys me a little when beginners can play, without any skill.

@^: Yeah, actually, when I stay up till about 2, I get a dreamless sleep. Hope you sleep well too. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to ride my moa to the dairy...

Flickerdart

2008-04-23, 05:44 PM

What? What have you done to the washing machine thread? *falls to his knees and cries*

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 05:46 PM

Staying over midnight would be enough to knock me out, even without the drinks.

Honestly, I never had any kind of alcohol excess of a few mouthful of beer. I even had a hangover the next day! Definitely wasn't the brightest of my days, oh no. :smalleek:

...really? Wow. *hugs*

...although beer is ick. *offers shot of tequila*...no hangovers from this, I swear! >.>

Mordokai

2008-04-23, 05:50 PM

Please, don't diss the beer :smallsmile: While I admit that tequila is a fine beverage indeed, nothing tops the taste of a cool beer on a hot day.

Dihan

2008-04-23, 05:52 PM

*shudder*
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against pianists, it's just that it's a ridiculously easy instrument to play. You press a key, hey presto, music comes out, pitch-perfect. Annoys me a little when beginners can play, without any skill.

Each to his/her own. I have no experience of playing in a group so we decided to keep it simple. The rest of my pieces are better. I also played the trumpet for a few years, but I didn't like my teacher so I quit. My piano teacher is more than qualified though... Let's see, what letters does he have after his name... "GRNCM PPRNCM FRCO(DIPCHD)", whatever that means. He's also a freelance concert pianist/organist and has done work for the BBC and other companies.

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 05:55 PM

Please, don't diss the beer :smallsmile: While I admit that tequila is a fine beverage indeed, nothing tops the taste of a cool beer on a hot day.

...umm...yes, there is. :smalltongue:

I hate the taste of beer. That, and for some reason, tequila is the only alcoholic thing I've had that doesn't give me a splitting headache. *shrugs*

Nychta

2008-04-23, 05:57 PM

Playing in a group is trickier, but you'll be fine seeing as you kept it simple, no worries.
Also, that's a lot of letters. I remember when I was about 5, I always wanted a lot of letters after my name... my dad told me that I could use my last name, and nobody would even know the difference.

Shraik

2008-04-23, 05:59 PM

I'm a RACECAR!!!
*RING-DING-DING-DING-DING-DING*

Dihan

2008-04-23, 06:00 PM

It's making my four solo pieces last 8 minutes that is really making me nervous, and making silly mistakes. Or injuring my wrist as I was leaving my house for one of my grade exams a while ago.

Something will go wrong though. It always does when I'm involved.

Uncle Festy

2008-04-23, 06:00 PM

Ah, piano. I really need to start playing again.
Oh, and playing in groups without a lot of practice is a pain in the nether reigons.

Raiser Blade

2008-04-23, 06:24 PM

Beer tastes disgusting. I would rather my acoholic beverages not taste like piss.

Strawberry daiquiri's on the other hand... :smallbiggrin:

Player_Zero

2008-04-23, 06:31 PM

You're all way off, nowadays it's cooler to be straight edge...

At least, I wish it was...

Haruki-kun

2008-04-23, 06:36 PM

Beer tastes disgusting. I would rather my acoholic beverages not taste like piss.

Strawberry daiquiri's on the other hand... :smallbiggrin:

I half-agree. I like Dark Beer, it tastes sweet.....er.

The fancy fruit mixes are always good, though. :smallsmile:

Nychta

2008-04-23, 06:56 PM

According to dubious blogthings quizzes, I'm a strawberry daiquiri!

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-23, 06:59 PM

Beer tastes disgusting. I would rather my acoholic beverages not taste like piss.You're clearly drinking the wrong beer.

I'm not going to advocate that everyone like all beers, it can definitely be an acquired taste, but I will say that there are so many hundreds of varieties that to lump them all together as "taste like piss" is wholly unfair. And if you've never had anything other than a macro brew (Coors, Budweiser, Miller) then you've only tasted the garbage anyway. It's like declaring all seafood is rehashed fecal matter becuase you ate at a Long John Silver's once.

:smallannoyed:

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-23, 07:03 PM

You're clearly drinking the wrong beer.

I'm not going to advocate that everyone like all beers, it can definitely be an acquired taste, but I will say that there are so many hundreds of varieties that to lump them all together as "taste like piss" is wholly unfair. And if you've never had anything other than a macro brew (Coors, Budweiser, Miller) then you've only tasted the garbage anyway. It's like declaring all seafood is rehashed fecal matter becuase you ate at a Long John Silver's once.

:smallannoyed:

*hugs*...now now, Zeb. Look at it this way. More beer for you. :smalltongue:

Raiser Blade

2008-04-23, 07:06 PM

You're clearly drinking the wrong beer.

I'm not going to advocate that everyone like all beers, it can definitely be an acquired taste, but I will say that there are so many hundreds of varieties that to lump them all together as "taste like piss" is wholly unfair. And if you've never had anything other than a macro brew (Coors, Budweiser, Miller) then you've only tasted the garbage anyway. It's like declaring all seafood is rehashed fecal matter becuase you ate at a Long John Silver's once.

:smallannoyed:

Well I guess what I mean by beer is a macro brew. I have never tasted a beer I liked so from my experiences beer recieves a general thumbs down. In the future this may change but I will wait to see if I can find any good tasting ones before changing my opinion.

Phase

2008-04-23, 07:25 PM

The only beer that I like is root beer!

I dislike alchohol in general...

In fact, short of a few sips of wine, no alchohol has ever passed these lips!

Dragonrider

2008-04-23, 07:28 PM

Anyway, CSK, how can you hate disney? They brought us Pixar! Pixar is perhaps the greatest movie producer in the world! And definatlly the greatest animators...

I could be wrong (and I'm sure I will hear about it if I am :smallwink:) but I'm pretty sure that Pixar was originally independent but was bought out by Disney in the last few years. Unless you mean that Disney was the original pioneer in the field of animations, in which case, yes, I will agree with you.

Regarding piano: I wish it were still near the top of my priority list (:smallfrown:) but I barely practice anymore. I've played since I was six but now look at me...I've hardly touched the keys in months.....

Rockphed

2008-04-23, 07:41 PM

The only beer that I like is root beer!

I dislike alchohol in general...

In fact, short of a few sips of wine, no alchohol has ever passed these lips!

Here! Here! Although I can truthfully say that I have never imbibed alcohol.

As for piano, I wish I knew how to play. Then I could pick up chicks.

North

2008-04-23, 08:02 PM

Yeah theres a lot of different types of beer out there. Some tastes like horse piss, others like liquid heaven.

Mmm.....beer.

Haruki-kun

2008-04-23, 08:03 PM

You're clearly drinking the wrong beer.

I'm not going to advocate that everyone like all beers, it can definitely be an acquired taste, but I will say that there are so many hundreds of varieties that to lump them all together as "taste like piss" is wholly unfair. And if you've never had anything other than a macro brew (Coors, Budweiser, Miller) then you've only tasted the garbage anyway. It's like declaring all seafood is rehashed fecal matter becuase you ate at a Long John Silver's once.

:smallannoyed:

Still safe to say I only like Dark beer. I've tried several types of beers from around here, and the one I really like is "Indio", whose Wikipedia article seems to be missing. There is Corona, but......... meh.

I guess I just like stuff when it's sweet. :smallbiggrin:

Raiser Blade

2008-04-23, 08:11 PM

Still safe to say I only like Dark beer. I've tried several types of beers from around here, and the one I really like is "Indio", whose Wikipedia article seems to be missing. There is Corona, but......... meh.

I guess I just like stuff when it's sweet. :smallbiggrin:

The dark beer is a lie.

:smalltongue:

Uncle Festy

2008-04-23, 08:59 PM

The only beer that I like is root beer!

I dislike alchohol in general...

In fact, short of a few sips of wine, no alchohol has ever passed these lips!

Seconded!
Heck, I don't even like wine that much. The stuff is bitter like you can't imagine.
Or, you probably can, as most of you've had wine. So, forget it.

Kneenibble

2008-04-23, 09:11 PM

Beer tastes disgusting. I would rather my acoholic beverages not taste like piss.

Strawberry daiquiri's on the other hand... :smallbiggrin:

That was the gayest thing you could have said.
Pshaww, girl. Have some dignity. And another daiquiri.
*gives you mine*
*cracks a tall, dark, handsome beer with its label hanging half-off and beads of glistening condensation dribbling down its long, slender, graceful neck*

Nkay, while the subject is still remotely hanging in the air, I'm working towards a grade 8 piano exam at the end of summer. I haven't played an exam since I got too cool for lessons when I was 15.
...any advice?

Zakama

2008-04-23, 09:18 PM

I have wine all the time at church. Communion and all...

Recaiden

2008-04-23, 09:19 PM

Any beer that i've drunk? has tasted pretty bad. Root beer though, may be the best drink ever.

Zakama

2008-04-23, 09:25 PM

Any beer that i've drunk? has tasted pretty bad. Root beer though, may be the best drink ever.

QFT. Root Beer is AWESOME stuff.

Phase

2008-04-23, 09:37 PM

QFT. Root Beer is AWESOME stuff.

Here! Here!

If anyone knows how they make it, please post!

:smallbiggrin:

Nychta

2008-04-23, 09:42 PM

Kneenibble, I've only just started doing exams, at around the grade 5 level, so I don't know how much help I'm going to be.
But my advice would be to stand out. The examiners get really bored, listening to piece after piece - and there isn't much selection. Make it different. Shake it up. It's just another performance, really. Even with scales, play them dramatically - you'll think you're overdoing it, but your marks will say otherwise.

EDIT: Hang on. 'Mr. Cobra' isn't a 'real live person'? I've been virtu-hugging a thing? What??? Note the extra exclamation marks. I'm serious.

Leper_Kahn

2008-04-23, 09:51 PM

Here! Here!

If anyone knows how they make it, please post!

:smallbiggrin:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Root-Beer

I made it all the way back in 5th grade. To tell you the truth it's FAR better when you make it than when you get it from tap, or bottle.

Uncle Festy

2008-04-23, 10:00 PM

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Root-Beer

I made it all the way back in 5th grade. To tell you the truth it's FAR better when you make it than when you get it from tap, or bottle.

... awesome.
I'm totally doing that.

Zakama

2008-04-23, 10:02 PM

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Root-Beer

I made it all the way back in 5th grade. To tell you the truth it's FAR better when you make it than when you get it from tap, or bottle.

Wikihow pwns. It has like, everything.

Ceska

2008-04-23, 11:13 PM

Anyway, CSK, how can you hate disney? They brought us Pixar! Pixar is perhaps the greatest movie producer in the world! And definatlly the greatest animators...

Pixar was what again? Shrek, Nemo and that stuff? Because that was horrible.

Phase

2008-04-23, 11:21 PM

Pixar was what again? Shrek, Nemo and that stuff? Because that was horrible.

*Double takes*

What! Shrek! No! That was Dreamworks! I'm talking Monsters Inc., Toy Story, The Incredibles!

Have you actually looked at their stuff? Their animation is top-notch!

EDIT: Yes, I am a Pixar Fanboy...

Alarra

2008-04-23, 11:22 PM

What? Those are great movies! And so is Disney! (this refers to all mention in the post above mine, and the post above that..)

Ceska

2008-04-23, 11:33 PM

*Double takes*

What! Shrek! No! That was Dreamworks! I'm talking Monsters Inc., Toy Story, The Incredibles!

Have you actually looked at their stuff? Their animation is top-notch!

EDIT: Yes, I am a Pixar Fanboy...
Oh, that. Writing was horrible imo.

I'm not complaining about the animation. I'm complaining that it wasn't worth its budget, nor my time, because the writing is, as always with Disney, bland and unwatchable.

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 12:32 AM

Meh. I enjoy a lot of them. There's also a lot of things about them that I dislike, but I can still generally enjoy most of them. As a business, I'm suspicious of Disney, but their works on their own, I like. For Fantasia alone, they deserve credit.
Also, Dali was working on something with them. How awesome is that?! :smallbiggrin:

On root beer: Is that just the US equivalent to ginger beer? :smallconfused: Also, I hear tell that US beer is to Australian as Australian beer is to German (that is, substantially weaker), and also that Australian "light" beer has as much alcohol as US "full strength" beer. All this supports the idea that American beer is like making love in a canoe :smalltongue:
Personally, I haven't found a beer yet that I can drink and enjoy a whole bottle of, but I'm still looking. I've recently discovered Strongbow cider, though, and that's tasty... I've become addicted to the smell of red wine, and quite like to have a bit of that, though I still don't like white wine. Champagne's nice. Daquiris are yummy, Toblerones and other chocolate-based cocktails are awesome, and, of course:

VIVA EL TEQUILA! :biggrin:

Nychta

2008-04-24, 12:37 AM

Aw, CSK.
Sure, I'm happy to admit that the plots were predictable. But it's the element of whimsy, the sense of fairytale, the very real sense of grief and the naive way hope and love are portrayed that make Disney tales for me.
I guess they're bland in that the plotlines are similar, but they've mostly managed to stay sweet and childish without being unwatchably cheesy. You have to have Disney fairytales! They're so cute and sweet and light, and somehow perfect.
(I can't really comment on the budget. How they spend their money doesn't usually concern me.)

Also, everyone, I'm going for 2-3 days to a friend's bach, then school starts, so I won't be as active. Miss me lots! :smallbiggrin:

Raiser Blade

2008-04-24, 12:41 AM

Pixar rocks.

Great stories (So what if they target a young audience) and top notch animation.

Rockphed

2008-04-24, 12:45 AM

On root beer: Is that just the US equivalent to ginger beer? :smallconfused:

After some wiki-ing, Ginger Ale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_ale) is the analogue of Ginger Beer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_beer), though Ginger Beer has more ginger flavor. Root Beer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer) on the other hand is flavored with sassafras. Root Beer is generally dark brown like cola, and VERY foamy. Both Root Beer and Ginger Ale are used to make Ice Cream Floats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_soda).

*Goes glassy eyed at all the wonderful food articles*

Glaivemaster

2008-04-24, 02:29 AM

On root beer: Is that just the US equivalent to ginger beer? :smallconfused: Also, I hear tell that US beer is to Australian as Australian beer is to German (that is, substantially weaker), and also that Australian "light" beer has as much alcohol as US "full strength" beer. All this supports the idea that American beer is like making love in a canoe :smalltongue:
Personally, I haven't found a beer yet that I can drink and enjoy a whole bottle of, but I'm still looking. I've recently discovered Strongbow cider, though, and that's tasty... I've become addicted to the smell of red wine, and quite like to have a bit of that, though I still don't like white wine. Champagne's nice. Daquiris are yummy, Toblerones and other chocolate-based cocktails are awesome, and, of course:

I can agree with you on most of those, but cider for me is yuck :smallyuk: I think it's because I drink too fast, and so most of my experiences with cider are: almost down it/drink way too fast, feel sick from drinking it so fast, continue doing it, move onto something else (like lager, great plan), get drunk very quickly, wake up in the morning wishing I hadn't. Drinking slower might improve my disposition towards it I suppose, but still, don't like it over smoother, bitterer drinks

Ceska

2008-04-24, 02:39 AM

I guess they're bland in that the plotlines are similar, but they've mostly managed to stay sweet and childish without being unwatchably cheesy.
I disagree, they are unwatchably cheesy to me.
Also, if I want to read fairytales, I read 19th century ones. At least they can hold my interest.
But animation and television are a medium I demand a lot of. I usually only watch artsy movies or intelligent series, and will complain about things that go out of this line. Apart from that, I can watch documentaries, but that's of course nothing animation can do.

On the topic of Dali working with Disney, that only makes me lose respect for Dali. :smallwink:

banjo1985

2008-04-24, 03:47 AM

Dali worked with Disney?! I guess that explain Fantasia :smalltongue:

I can't say as I'm a fan of Pixar's stuff, I don't think I've ever watched a movie of theirs all the way through. Animation is impressive though. Unless they made Ice Age, that was decent.

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 04:16 AM

I think it was around the time of Fantasia, but they never actually finished the project :smallfrown: I think Walt had some interest in Surrealism.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-24, 04:30 AM

You only [I]think[/\i] he was interested in surrealism?
Disney is surreal. Pink Elephants.

Pixar is okayish; give me DIsney any day. I know DIsney corrputs the hell out of the poriginal stories; but they're good as they are.

On alkyhol: I'm only allowed two drinks per wedding. And the only drink I'm allowed is martini and lemon. Beer is okayish - but I'm not a fan, And I detest wine.

@Drider: I know you're very interested in linguistics and I just stumbled across a site I know you'll love and/or enjoy. Want link?

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 05:16 AM

My parents were teaching me how to drink wine at age 15 >.>

I just found this... on the Darwin Awards site. Surely, surely, someone posted this upon Gygax's death! Well I didn't see it :smallannoyed:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ultimate_game.png

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-24, 05:24 AM

@Serp - indeed, someone did post it. I remember seeing it and I don't frequent xkcd like I used to.

T'ze'hai

2008-04-24, 05:59 AM

About beers/alcohol: I know the alcohol percentages differ per country. Our light beer is normal in some other countries (but actually I don't know if it is also the other way around...).
I guess it depends on laws (minimum age you may legally drink, maximum alcohol contents of your blood when driving...) and may be also cultural history?

wadledo

2008-04-24, 06:19 AM

@Serp: I love that comic, though I always wondered how your supposed to win at D&D.

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-24, 07:01 AM

I watched "Horton Hears a Who!" yesterday.
I loved it.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-24, 07:22 AM

Any Dr. Seuss story terrifies me.
Any.

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 07:24 AM

=O But... they're awesome! Hmmm... I thought I had one, but now I think about it I can't think what it'd be. I did translate Green Eggs and Ham into Indonesian once, though! :smallbiggrin: (no I totally do not mention that too much :smallannoyed:)

Castaras

2008-04-24, 07:47 AM

Any Dr. Seuss story terrifies me.
Any.

=O!

Dr. Suess is awesome!

*wub it*

We like to walk
We like to talk
We like to hop
We like to hop on top of pop
Stop!
You must not hop on pop.

<.< >.>

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-24, 07:55 AM

It had an anime scene. Really funny.:smallbiggrin:

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 07:59 AM

Saya tidak suka telur-telur dan daging babi hijau, saya tidak suka itu, Sam Saya Ada :smallannoyed:

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 08:00 AM

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 08:12 AM

Well, as you can see from that snippet I posted, there's a fair bit of difference between "eggs and ham" and "telur-telur dan daging babi". I quite like "Sam Saya Ada", though.

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-24, 08:20 AM

Hey, Serp!

*points at last pages of previous RB*

Nadia and I did some talk and figured out you have a magic car.

Dragonrider

2008-04-24, 08:26 AM

@Drider: I know you're very interested in linguistics and I just stumbled across a site I know you'll love and/or enjoy. Want link?

*stumbles in late, having only just woken up*

:smallbiggrin: that would be awesome!

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 08:27 AM

I saw :smalltongue: It has a name and everything!

Mildred.

...It has "MIL" on the license plate. Blame my sister v.v It belonged to my grandmother - it's older than me, seriously! :smalleek:

I'm da Rogue!

2008-04-24, 08:30 AM

Mine is a 1989 model. I love her.

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-24, 08:36 AM

It belonged to my grandmother - it's older than me, seriously! :smalleek:Heh, my first car* was older than Bor.

*1964 Chevy Corvair Monza

Fin

2008-04-24, 09:53 AM

I would just like to let everyone know that I have just handed in my last ever essay for my university degree! This means that aside from the two exams I have next month, I'm free!!

*does freedom dance*

But what am I gonna do with all my free time?

Ah crap, I'm going to have to get a hobby...

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 09:56 AM

"Hobby", not "job". I like your priorities :smallwink:

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 09:58 AM

Dragonrider

2008-04-24, 10:11 AM

every time I think about getting a hobby, I end up in the Playground.

Funny how that happens. :smallamused:

Jibar

2008-04-24, 10:12 AM

Ever hit something so hard your hand goes numb?
Yeah. I just did.

Jibar, you forgot the traditional boogie animated smilie. Now I am sad. :smallfrown:

Considering I've been doing this since, like, thread 6, I question your definition of traditional.

Phase

2008-04-24, 10:55 AM

FREEDOM!
http://www.traditio.com/comment/com0503n.jpg

I just couldn't resist the Braveheart reference.

How It Should Have Ended (http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/Divx%20links/Braveheart.html) FTW!

:smalltongue:

(Seriously, click the link, it's hilarious...)

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 11:03 AM

That is a travesty to a fantastic movie. But it's damn funny.

Phase

2008-04-24, 11:10 AM

That's the best kind of travesty!

Seriously, I love paradies, and if it's funny enough, I can overlook anything that isn't bigotous(sp?).

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 11:32 AM

Hmmmm, is bigotous even a word?

InaVegt

2008-04-24, 11:32 AM

I just got my list of grades with which I'm gonna enter the final exams.

First come the subjects I won't have to do final exams in:

German 1: 7 (American B)
Sociology 1: 8 (American A)
General natural sciences: 8 (American A)
Literature: 8 (American A)

Now, the ones I have to do final exams in (which count for 50%):

Maths B 1,2: 6,6 (American B)
History: 7,5 (American A)
Biology: 7,5 (American A)
Physics 1,2: 7,6 (American A)
Dutch: 7,7 (American A)
Chemistry: 8.4 (American A)
English: 8.5 (American A)

Fin

2008-04-24, 11:32 AM

"Hobby", not "job". I like your priorities :smallwink:

Oh Noes! The 'J' word, runaway!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! *SLAM* ow!

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-24, 11:59 AM

Woofsie

2008-04-24, 12:07 PM

Phase

2008-04-24, 12:28 PM

:smalleek:

Wow Gezina, you must have studied a lot.

Or you're an alien!:smalleek:

Stop mining my lunar ore! You extra-solar bastards!

bosssmiley

2008-04-24, 01:01 PM

How It Should Have Ended (http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/Divx%20links/Braveheart.html) FTW!

Eggy votes that be made the official ending of "Braveheart: the Director's Cut". The film should have ended that way all along! :smallbiggrin:

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 01:07 PM

Or you're an alien!:smalleek:

Stop mining my lunar ore! You extra-solar bastards!

But it's so useful!

InaVegt

2008-04-24, 01:31 PM

:smalleek:

Wow Gezina, you must have studied a lot.

Not really, I'm just good at remembering stuff, as well as having the necessary insight.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-24, 01:35 PM

I hate today.
I hate tomorrow.
I detest French.
But I get very good marks in it.
I hate speaking.
I hate speaking.
And I have a french oral. Mock. Tomorrow.
Percent learnt: 1%
Percent facts learnt for spontaneous Q&A: 2%
I hate speaking.

Heck; I've said 120 words today. Five of them at home.

wadledo

2008-04-24, 01:39 PM

I wonder how you say defenestrate in french?:smallconfused:

Dragonrider

2008-04-24, 02:34 PM

History of English Language (http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html) - contains cool articles and proto-Indo-European stuff (in part).

Found this one this morning during a 'free' 'cos my leacturer was on strike.

That link is SO going in my "awesome stuff" folder! :smallbiggrin:

You know...the one that makes you wish you never had any homework again, ever... :smalltongue:

Glaivemaster

2008-04-24, 02:50 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-24, 02:59 PM

I learned something new the other day - apparently Geoffrey Chaucer was the first ever person to write in the English language.

Someone's probably gonna come along now and say that's common knowledge, but I thought it was cool anyway (and vaguely relevant to the conversation at hand). I mean, I studied Chaucer and no-one told me that

You seriously didn't know that?!
I've known for a fair bit. But to be more precise, he's the first person to have written in an easily underdstandable way - well, to modern readers. As in, I could read it in original Middle English right now and understand about three quarters of it.

@Drider: It's in one of mine too. I spent my frees today reading it instead of doing my homework.
and it teaches you Old English! Even if that section's not totally complete yet.

InaVegt

2008-04-24, 03:01 PM

@Glaive: That is contested, actually.

You see, there is this piece of very old text that linguists are discussing which language it is.

"Hebban alla vogela nestas hagunnan, hinase ic enda tu, wat unbidan we nu?" (All birds have began nests, except you and me, what are we waiting for)

Which is definitely a west germanic language which isn't German or Frisian, it has most in common, looking at the histories of the languages, with English and Dutch. Traditionally speaking, it's said to be very old Dutch, but recently, more linguists are saying it is in fact very old English, which would then be the first english ever to be written down.

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 03:04 PM

I wonder how you say defenestrate in french?:smallconfused:

Défenestrés? Or something like that.

Jibar

2008-04-24, 03:04 PM

A moment ago (by moment, I mean roughly half an hour ago) I was going to make a post along these lines.

Crap crap crap.
I just banged my head on the desk and and now the lamp has gone all bright and it won't stop being bright crap crap crap.

Except I'd turned off the lamp so I couldn't see the keyboard.
This was a bad idea.
When I attempted to switch the lamp on to see, it promptly flashed once and everything electrical in the house turned off.
A nice panic was had by all, scared mobile phone calls were made to people who should take their bloody phone to the gym, until eventually the kindly elderly relatives who live a merciful distance away promptly drove over and showed me how to fix all this.
I have had my first circuit trip thingy ladies and gentlemen.
It was terrifying.

Today has been a horrible, horrible day.

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 03:06 PM

*hugs Jibar*

Phase

2008-04-24, 03:09 PM

Aww, poor Jibar.

*Hugs*

Everyone has those days...

wadledo

2008-04-24, 03:16 PM

Awww, poor jibar.
.....
I know!
If pain is funny, as show by many golden age comedians, then horribly hurting myself should make it so that jibar is happy again, at least for a moment.
......
The plan: Exactly 1 hour, 5 minutes and 25 seconds after I post this post, I will walk into traffic and cause myself immense pain.
Thus, in exactly 1 hour, 5 minutes and 25 seconds jibar will be happy again.
Now all we need is for a series of people to cause themselves gratuitous harm in order to make a person we've never met possibly happier.
........
How many Canadians do we have on the fourm?:smallconfused:

Rockphed

2008-04-24, 04:10 PM

*hugs Jibar*

:miko:You! Go read the rules! They apply to you just as much as to everyone else!:miko:

Jibar, just remember to always toggle the circuit breaker to the "off" position before trying to put it into the "on" position. My GF spent 2 hours in the dark because she didn't realise that.

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 07:10 PM

The rules? What rules? :smallconfused:

Alarra

2008-04-24, 07:18 PM

The rules on the first post of the thread.

DraPrime

2008-04-24, 07:20 PM

Ahh, those rules. My mistake.

Recaiden

2008-04-24, 07:21 PM

As a reminder, for some reason we can't have posts that are just like this
*something*
Anyway, at my house, we have 2 main circuits, so usually only hal of the house's power will go out at once. I'll be typing something, and the lights and computer go off, but no one else's stuff will.:smallfrown:

Jayngfet

2008-04-24, 07:43 PM

Hmmmm, is bigotous even a word?

bigoted, the word you're looking for is bigoted. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrammarNazi)

Phase

2008-04-24, 09:36 PM

usually only hal of the house's power will go out at once.

Ohhh, a freudian slip, perhaps?

"I can't let you plug in that toaster, Dave."

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 10:12 PM

I learned something new the other day - apparently Geoffrey Chaucer was the first ever person to write in the English language.At least you didn't say that Chaucer invented half the English language (and Shakespear the other half), just wrote it down. He wouldn't go very far towards getting read by people, if the people can't understand what the Hell he's going on about cuz he's using made-up words :smallconfused: Only one man, to my knowledge, has succeeded in this, and he only really did it for one poem. Which, I might add, is awesome.

I have had my first circuit trip thingy ladies and gentlemen.
It was terrifying.My house for a while was blowing a fuse any time there was so much as a vague hint of a storm coming (and sometimes not even that). And the circuit box is outside. Not under any cover or shelter. And it usually happened at night. And we don't have a torch :smallsigh: So yeah, we've had some experience with that. The last time, I think, it wasn't a storm that caused it, and the fuse wouldn't switch back on. We unplugged everything - everything - that we could, in case something was causing it, and nothing worked. It was Friday night. I called almost every electrician in the phone book - starting with the one listed by our freaking real estate agent - and of the few who answered, none would help. One of them said he would, but he wasn't signed by the real estate agent :smallmad: The most helpful guy there? An ex-electrician, wasn't even working any more, just hadn't quit before the phone book was put out. He listened to the problem, gave some suggestions and advice, and even offered to come lend us some extension cable so we could plug the fridge into the electricity in the studio out the back (it was fine, just the house went out). When we finally got someone out the next morning, of course, the circut went back on first try :smallmad: Turned out to be the sparker on the stove that caused it :smallsigh:[/out-of-date rant]
Soooo... I feel your pain? Kinda surprising that you don't know about circuits, Jib.

RandomLogic

2008-04-24, 10:44 PM

At least it was just a circuit breaker. Those you can reset. Its worse when its expensive electronics that you've fried, also its a little scarier when its in the middle of lab!

Also its worse when you are cutting wires and you expect the circuit to be off and there is a huge arc across your cutting tool! F!!! yeah that'll make ya jump. But then the good side is you know you turned the breaker off then!

Serpentine

2008-04-24, 10:58 PM

I had a light bulb explode at me yesterday >.< When we first moved in, that light was out, so I tried to get the bulb out but the bulb came out alone, leaving the base of it behind. I ended up getting my electrician cousin to come get it out, I think. Anyway, this time it did it again... but it turned out I hadn't actually turned the light off >.< I tried to get the lightbulb out, but somehow I just unscrewed the bulb itself from the base. There was a *CRACK*, a bright light, and the bulb was in my hand (for a moment - I threw it on a blanket on the floor cuz it startled me :smallredface:), charred and blackened. Bloody scary... Bleeding house and its bleeding homemade wiring :smallannoyed:

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-24, 11:26 PM

A trick to get the base of a light bulb out of the socket when the glass comes out seperately for some reason....

Make sure the light switch is turned off then cut a potato in half and use that to unscrew the base that remains in the socket.

I've had that happen because I used to have a tendency to overtighten the bulbs when I was installing them.

Glaivemaster

2008-04-25, 01:26 AM

Wait - do American/Australian bulbs use screws? Or is it the same as here which is just sorta slot and twist

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 01:55 AM

A light bulb is threaded.

Like so (http://career.4thd-group.com/images/Bulb.jpg)

V - Ohhhh....

Charity

2008-04-25, 02:10 AM

The potato works on bayonet fittings too Glaive...
Sounds like a lot of you guys need to check your RCD's and you earth loop impedance, unfortunately you are supposed to get a qualified electrician to do this sort of thing these days, stupid 17th edition...
If your RCD's trip regularly you have almost certainly got some earth leakage current going on.

^ we have threaded bulbs with bayonet fittings
http://www.ecozone.co.uk/images/Bayonet%20Bulb.jpg

Glaivemaster

2008-04-25, 02:57 AM

I figured the potato thing would still work, I was just thrown momentarily by the ability to screw a bulb too tightly. It all makes perfect sense now

Zar Peter

2008-04-25, 03:38 AM

SDF

2008-04-25, 03:42 AM

Those are the new fluorescent lights that are replacing incandescent lightbulbs. Which is really, really, really stupid. Now instead of a less efficient light you have one were, if you break it, you are supposed to open all the windows in the room, vacate said room, then call the EPA for removal and disposal because it contains toxic carcinogens. BRILLIANT!

dish

2008-04-25, 03:59 AM

A trick to get the base of a light bulb out of the socket when the glass comes out seperately for some reason....

Make sure the light switch is turned off then cut a potato in half and use that to unscrew the base that remains in the socket.

That's a fantastic idea, and much better than attacking the entire fitting with a hammer as I was once reduced to doing.

Those are the new fluorescent lights that are replacing incandescent lightbulbs. Which is really, really, really stupid. Now instead of a less efficient light you have one were, if you break it, you are supposed to open all the windows in the room, vacate said room, then call the EPA for removal and disposal because it contains toxic carcinogens. BRILLIANT!
Is that the energy-saving lightbulbs, or the fluorescent tubes and such-like?

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 04:10 AM

I love the new fluorescent bulbs. They put off far less heat, use WAY less electricity, give off a much more pleasant light, and last forever. In my last apartment, where I lived for four years, I put one in every light in the place and never replaced one of them. Most of those lights came to the new house too, and we're replacing all the fixed lights there with them too.

SDF

2008-04-25, 04:20 AM

Is that the energy-saving lightbulbs, or the fluorescent tubes and such-like?

One and the same.

I guess the light is okay if you like the look of a sterile hospital :P

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 04:24 AM

Maybe we're experiencing a different brand, but the ones I use definitely don't have a sterile hospital feel to the light they put off. It's more like the "soft white" that somebody used to put out a while back, I don't remember who.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-25, 05:02 AM

We use the energy saver lightbulbs too. Cheaper and last longer.

Serpentine

2008-04-25, 05:10 AM

We have both bayonette and screw-in bulbs. In the one house. And I can't remember which are which. :smallsigh: I think this annoying one is a bayonette one... Also, it was actually an energy-saving bulb I was trying to put in >.<

Charity

2008-04-25, 05:43 AM

One and the same.

I guess the light is okay if you like the look of a sterile hospital :P

Many varieties of colour are available (in flourescent bulbs it is the temperature that denotes the colour)
also
http://www.lyco.co.uk/prodimages/prod/9122a.jpg
http://www.lyco.co.uk/prodimages/prod/9123a.jpg
http://www.lyco.co.uk/prodimages/prod/9124a.jpg
http://www.lyco.co.uk/prodimages/prod/7596a.jpg
yup it's one bulb
http://www.lyco.co.uk/prodimages/prod/7635a.jpg
Disco woo

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 05:55 AM

Heh, looks to me like it's the paint the determines the color. :smallamused:

Charity

2008-04-25, 05:58 AM

Wheres that rolly eye smillie when you need it
Tri-Phosphor tubes
Numeric Color Code Color Color Temperature (°K)
827 Warm White 2700
840 Cool White 4000
865 Cool Daylight 6500

dish

2008-04-25, 06:04 AM

However the colour is determined, I can get 'soft daylight' here in Shanghai, (Philips brand) so it should be available pretty much anywhere.

Haruki-kun

2008-04-25, 07:45 AM

We also have the fluorescent lightbulbs, except on nightstand lamps. I don't know why. I guess reading at night isn't so easy without traditional light bulbs for me.

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 07:51 AM

Currently the power is out (I'm using a laptop with a good battery) so I'm using candles. None of those new fangled lightbulbs for me.

Skippy

2008-04-25, 08:17 AM

We also have the fluorescent lightbulbs, except on nightstand lamps. I don't know why. I guess reading at night isn't so easy without traditional light bulbs for me.

I have a fluorescent lightbulb on my nightstand lamp... You just have to look a bit harder for them...

Edit: @^: So... a lightbulb is newfangled... Then what's a laptop? :smallconfused:

Serpentine

2008-04-25, 08:18 AM

Quick, everyone, I need a word! I'm trying to get across this:

Resigned to their fate, apathetic, out of hope, have given up, don't see the point in trying to run or fight because they're all doomed anyway. You know, like that one guy in every horror, slasher, thriller and monster movie.

but in substantially fewer words. I keep thinking something like "morbid", but that's not right...

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 08:20 AM

Despair? Hopeless? Doomed? Imminent defeat?

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 08:29 AM

Are you thinking 'morose' maybe?

Recaiden

2008-04-25, 08:32 AM

Maybe defeatist or something.

Also, "No, the toaster!"

Serpentine

2008-04-25, 08:35 AM

Thank you Rec! Defeatist wasn't what I was looking for, but I put that into the Word thesaurus and got "fatalistic", which is :smallbiggrin:

Jibar

2008-04-25, 10:09 AM

Soooo... I feel your pain? Kinda surprising that you don't know about circuits, Jib.

There's a secret that few people know about me.
I'm incredibly incompetant.
I look intelligent, and I look like I should know exactly what I'm doing all the time.
This is a lie.
I'm clumsy, inept, and pretty much useless when it comes to basic things.
I can't cook anything but toast, I can't wash clothes. The only thing I can really do in terms of skills is clean, and that's because my OCD kicks in whenever I have to.
When I tripped the circuit I literally had no idea what had happened. I thought there had been a power outage until I found out the lights still worked, and then I decided I had fried all the electricity in the house and really started panicking.

It doesn't matter anyway. Today went so much better.

Serpentine

2008-04-25, 10:14 AM

Lyesmith

2008-04-25, 10:14 AM

I am watching ym dad's girlfreind play Mario Kart.

She is hilariously inept.:smallbiggrin:

RtBT

2008-04-25, 10:18 AM

Heh heh. My mom played tLoZ:TP. It was funny! :biggrin:

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 10:19 AM

Parents have some incredible ability to suck at video games.

RtBT

2008-04-25, 10:22 AM

Makes you wonder how they do it...

Dragonrider

2008-04-25, 10:24 AM

My dad's pretty good. But he gets mad if he starts doing badly and once he threw a pencil against the wall and it snapped in half....:smallbiggrin:

Thus, he does not play video games very often.

RtBT

2008-04-25, 10:26 AM

My dad's good at Brawl only because he doesn't no what he's doing.

Jibar

2008-04-25, 10:29 AM

ur mutha failz :smalltongue:
Seriously, before you move out, learn some of these things. Next time your mum (or dad!) is doing a load of washing, help her and ask her why she does things, how much stuff to put in, what to do for that sort of stain, etc. Help in the kitchen, starting with getting whoever's cooking to get you doing the little jobs.
Srsly. I die a little inside everytime I hear about one of these useless guys (or girls, for that matter) who live on noodles and take their washing to their parents' because they were always too lazy/daft to learn how to look after themselves >.<

Don't worry. I'm going to learn how to do it all when I've moved out by a process I like to call failure failure failure failure success failure crap failure success success failure success success don't touch that dial success success success success got it.
It's worked for everything else.

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 10:32 AM

I once tried to teach my dad how to play halo. He successfully blew him self up with his own grenades. Three times. :smallsigh:

Death, your friend the Reaper

2008-04-25, 10:40 AM

I once tried to teach my dad how to play halo. He successfully blew him self up with his own grenades. Three times. :smallsigh:

My brother played against a friend who is 21. I didn't see the game, but in the end I came back and after 42:46 minutes the scored were 25 to my brother and 0 to the friend.

I told him I couldn't believe that he didn't let him kill him once, yet, he said he had tried to let the friend kill him.

....Can someone really be that bad at halo they get killed 25 times in 42 mins and can't even kill someone who wants to die?

I mean, I find that level of failing difficult to believe.

Archonic Energy

2008-04-25, 10:45 AM

I mean, I find that level of failing difficult to believe.

our cricket team.

need i say more?
:smalltongue:

good to see you again D.

wadledo

2008-04-25, 10:46 AM

My brother played against a friend who is 21. I didn't see the game, but in the end I came back and after 42:46 minutes the scored were 25 to my brother and 0 to the friend.

Exactly what happened to my brother, except he had never played halo 3 before, and it was essentially 2 on 1.
The entire 30 minutes were nothing but
*head shot*
*head shot*
*head shot*
*head shot*
*head shot*
"Come on, you guy's can't be this bad."
*head shot*
*head shot*
*head shot*
*head shot*

Death, your friend the Reaper

2008-04-25, 11:01 AM

our cricket team.

need i say more?
:smalltongue:

good to see you again D.

No, not really, I just wish I had thought of it before:smallwink:

Good to see you as well ol' AE, how are you going?
Still rooting for motherland and the good ol' Protos?
Keeping Charity in line I hope? :smalltongue:

And yeah wadledo, playing against people who have never played before can be cruel (and fun *shifty eyes):smallwink:

Dallas-Dakota

2008-04-25, 11:03 AM

Me and my brother got or mother addicted to this text-based game. (http://www.kingsofchaos.com/).

May I note that this (http://www.kingsofchaos.com/stats.php?id=4008424) is her account. On a second note, check the amount of players.

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 11:03 AM

playing against people who have never played before can be cruel (and fun *shifty eyes):smallwink:

So true. I was once playing Gears of War against a friend. I think I managed to kill him with my chainsaw about 25 times in a row.

Skippy

2008-04-25, 11:51 AM

My dad used to be fairly good when we played NES. He even managed to finish the games before us...

And now for something completely different:

I saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a few moments ago. Did anyone notice that Deep Thought is a Mac?

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 12:00 PM

Yeah. Product placement is the most shameless thing ever.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-25, 12:21 PM

Huzzah! :smallbiggrin:

I've handed in my last piece of coursework for this year! All on time! :smallbiggrin:

Freedom has never felt this good. Too bad I'm only in a slightly larger cage. After this comes the oral. Then it's just exams.

Freedom rocks.

wadledo

2008-04-25, 12:23 PM

Freedom is nice.

Tell me how it feels?:smallfrown:

Am I an idiot for running 3 19 level Gestalt games at once, two of which are triple gestalt?
And am I a bad person for advertising them here?:smallsigh:

Cristo Meyers

2008-04-25, 12:25 PM

Freedom, I remember what that was like, kinda.

Anyway, congrats CKG.

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 12:31 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2008-04-25, 12:37 PM

Nah.
'Twas Augustus. Funny guy.

Phase

2008-04-25, 12:47 PM

Uh oh. I sense a braveheart reference coming. Brace for it!

Oh I stab and chop and punch at will,
I wear a skirt that's called a kilt,
Don't have a beard but I'm scottish still,
Cause I'm the William Wallace.

Madmal

2008-04-25, 12:51 PM

Well, on the topic of parents and videogames, mom doesn't play videogames, she always said se was too busy with her work anf such...specially now that she has customers from China..who woke us all up at some times...:smallannoyed:

Dad..is good at videogames where he doesn't need to react that fast. he was able to kick my ass at Pokemon Stadium (at some days i miss that game...:smalltongue: ), and managed some parts of Ocarina of Time nicely.

last time he played was when i introduced him to Guitar Hero... he was kicked halfways through Smoke on the water (Easy mode).

hthe few times he has played, he has been improving a little, ut he spends most o his free time watching tv or reading (i managed to introduce him to Terry Pratchett, and he is now reading Guards! Guards! every night and then.)

DraPrime

2008-04-25, 12:55 PM

Clearly being born at any time earlier than 1985 puts you at a serious disadvantage when playing video games.

Skippy

2008-04-25, 12:57 PM

That's why it's awesome to have been born 22 years ago. In 1986 video games were still hot from the oven...

Zeb The Troll

2008-04-25, 01:02 PM

Clearly being born at any time earlier than 1985 puts you at a serious disadvantage when playing video games.I disagree. My brother and I were born in the early/mid 70's and we video game just fine. I'll kick your butt at Asteroids or Tank! :smallcool:

Just kiddin'. But I do have and enjoy the heck outta Rock Band and GHII/III. I'll admit that I'm not playing as well on hard as some other folks, but I'd rate myself a solid 'average' at them. I don't twitch as well, but that's got more to do with my reflexes than my age. My brother does it just fine.

The Rose Dragon

2008-04-25, 01:05 PM

OK, no one kicks my ass in Tank. I consider that a challenge to my 1337 7/-\|\||< skillz!

Mordokai

2008-04-25, 01:37 PM

Clearly being born at any time earlier than 1985 puts you at a serious disadvantage when playing video games.

Ahem! 1983 here and not to be too modest but I consider myself at least decent player.

Cristo Meyers

2008-04-25, 01:38 PM

Yup, '83 here too and I can still game with the best of 'em.

Well, maybe not those kids on Starcraft or Brawl, but still...

SMEE

2008-04-25, 02:11 PM

Hey, Mom was ace at River Rider. :smalltongue:

That reminds me that I must get them a Wii so they can have a nice digital entertainment now that they're retired.

InaVegt

2008-04-25, 03:33 PM

So, just 'cause I'm from the ages before mankind doesn't mean I can't play videogames.

Ranna

2008-04-25, 04:33 PM

Cobra_Ikari

2008-04-25, 04:39 PM

I was born 87 and i am rubbish at games!!!

I can shoot things ok just i can never tell when they are dead and pepper them with bullets as they hit the ground..

from Timesplitters 2 my most often quote thingy was "I shoot dead people"

Perhaps it's not a matter of games and more a matter of observance?

To recap: Dead things no movey. *thumbs up*

The Rose Dragon

2008-04-25, 04:41 PM

In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.

If you quit now, cake will be served immediately.

"I don't blame you."

Phase

2008-04-25, 05:04 PM

If you quit now, cake will be served immediately.

Well, if you were a gamer, you would know the cake is a lie...

The Rose Dragon

2008-04-25, 05:06 PM

Well, if you were a gamer, you would know the cake is a lie...

If you were a gamer, you would know that, in fact, the cake is a truth. In fact, Weighted Companion Cube is there, but you aren't, cause you blew the place up.

Raiser Blade

2008-04-25, 05:59 PM

Well, if you were a gamer, you would know the cake is a lie...

Actually the cake is a form of food that is usually sweet and often baked. Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetening agent (commonly sugar), a binding agent (generally egg, though gluten or starch are often used by vegetarians and vegans), fats (usually butter, shortening, or margarine, although a fruit purée such as applesauce is sometimes substituted to avoid using fat), a liquid (milk, water or fruit juice), flavors and some form of leavening agent (such as yeast or baking powder), though many cakes lack these ingredients and instead rely on air bubbles in the dough to expand and cause the cake to rise. Cake is often frosted with buttercream or marzipan, and finished with piped borders and crystallized fruit.*

*From wikipedia