Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, Form smells a Random Banter #235

[DataNinja]

Will there goes my calm day off relaxation. I find out that, due to a lack of free days, my referral was cancelled between the initial call about an appointment and me being able to call back. So now I've got to wait another two days for a GP skinny and then another two months for another potential eye appointment.

Because being able to see certainly isn't important and degenerative conditions just get better on their own.

This wouldn't have happened if, like with every other major appointment I've had, they just told me when it was. But no, when it's actually urgent they expect you to book and kick you off the list if you can't.

Oh, yech. That sucks, man. :/

The last of the pain in my jaw from having my wisdom teeth pulled is about gone, so I can actually use my entire mouth again for chewing! Glad that's over with. Now I never have to worry about my wisdom teeth again. Shame about the -2 wisdom penalty, but I wasn't using that stat much anyway.

Glad it's over. I remember the relief of finally being able to eat properly again.

My job requires me to get a drug test. They gave me a deadline that was about an hour from when they sent me the request... and sent that deadline to me about 10 minutes before the office I needed to go to closed.

Eesh. Everyone getting screwed it seems like. :/

[Mystic Muse]

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New topic: Spooky undead children.

I like the idea as a trope. Can anyone think of interesting examples of them? Fictional or from your own imagination. Disclaimer: Things shared may be used as inspiration for some homebrew I'm working on.

Gauge from Pet Semetary.

Horrifying little thing.

[Anonymouswizard]

Side note: for the past four(?) days I've been feeling with a sore throat, and it's just driving me insane. Paracetamol kind of numbs the ancient soreness, but I can't use it during the day I'd I want to sleep at night, and swallowing is just painful (as is hiccuping). I might be getting better, I feel more and to speak than I did yesterday, but I'm still up at the in INR morning due to throat pains.

Just wanted to moan.

[Rater202]

So my grandma had an angiogram today.

She's been having trouble breathing lately and some tests found a blockage in her heart that might have been affecting her lungs, so they sent a camera in there to check it out and, if it was bad enough, take care of it.

They get the camera in her and that's how they learned that the tests gave a false positive. Not only is there no blockage but her heart is in perfect condition despite her being an obese elderly alcoholic chain smoker.

On the one hand... Yay? On the other, turns out the surgery wasn't necessary.

[Fyraltari]

Aren't they more zombies?

Aren't zombies undead?

You're assuming that they died at three same time...

Am not. It's said in the movie. During Jack's interview for the job at the beginning, they tell him that in the winter of 1970, a previous caretakers killed his wife and their two daughters, age eight and ten, with an axe.

[LaZodiac]

Nitpick: the ghost sisters are too far apart in age to be twins (can't remember if it's a two or three years difference).

... wait, really?

Aren't zombies undead?

Am not. It's said in the movie. During Jack's interview for the job at the beginning, they tell him that in the winter of 1970, a previous caretakers killed his wife and their two daughters, age eight and ten, with an axe.

Zombies are undead but I'm pretty sure the Shining doesn't have zombies in it, just ghosts.

Also someone really shoulda told the casting director that before casting twins. And calling them twins. And having them be creepy twins. Because I don't know how to tell you this, person who directed this movie, but... you can't be twins if there's an age gap. That's not how any of this works.

[Fyraltari]

Zombies are undead but I'm pretty sure the Shining doesn't have zombies in it, just ghosts.

The zombi discussion was about Doctor Who, not The Shining.

Also someone really shoulda told the casting director that before casting twins. And calling them twins. And having them be creepy twins. Because I don't know how to tell you this, person who directed this movie, but... you can't be twins if there's an age gap. That's not how any of this works.

The movie never calls them twins. The only reason people think they're twins is because they dress the same and speak in unisson, which is not a thing real twins do anayway.

[Tarmor]

The movie never calls them twins. The only reason people think they're twins is because they dress the same and speak in unisson, which is not a thing real twins do anayway.

I think people think of them as twins because the actresses WERE twins, and people forget what was mentioned at the beginning about their ages. You wouldn't have looked at them in the movie and thought one was meant to be two years older than the other.

[Fyraltari]

I think people think of them as twins because the actresses WERE twins, and people forget what was mentioned at the beginning about their ages. You wouldn't have looked at them in the movie and thought one was meant to be two years older than the other.

Fair enough.

[Bartmanhomer]

Today at my job, there's a poltergeist at the men's toilet. To clarity, the toilet continues to flush without stopping.

[Mystic Muse]

Today at my job, there's a poltergeist at the men's toilet. To clarity, the toilet continues to flush without stopping.

Do you mean that some unseen force is literally pushing the handle down repeatedly, or that it continues to flush well past the point it should stop?

If the latter, the little plastic nut/washer to the handle has probably gotten loose, so the plunger is probably getting caught on the chain. This causes the plunger to not seal in the reservoir, and the toilet to continue 'flushing' because it's essentially trying to fill a bucket with no bottom.

[Bartmanhomer]

Do you mean that some unseen force is literally pushing the handle down repeatedly, or that it continues to flush well past the point it should stop?

If the latter, the little plastic nut/washer to the handle has probably gotten loose, so the plunger is probably getting caught on the chain. This causes the plunger to not seal in the reservoir, and the toilet to continue 'flushing' because it's essentially trying to fill a bucket with no bottom.

The second one.

[LaZodiac]

The zombi discussion was about Doctor Who, not The Shining.


The movie never calls them twins. The only reason people think they're twins is because they dress the same and speak in unisson, which is not a thing real twins do anayway.

... my bad, I was tired oops.

I... also didn't actually know, as I haven't watched the film. And hey, twins can definitely do that sort of stuff (at least, the dressing the same).

[Keltest]

If the latter, the little plastic nut/washer to the handle has probably gotten loose, so the plunger is probably getting caught on the chain. This causes the plunger to not seal in the reservoir, and the toilet to continue 'flushing' because it's essentially trying to fill a bucket with no bottom.

In this day and age, its more likely an electronics error with whatever system it is they use to auto-flush when you get up off the toilet. Mechanically its probably fine, theres just something in its tiny little toilet brain thats telling it continually "flush flush flush flush flush flush!"

[Mystic Muse]

The second one.

Then yeah, it's normal wear and tear/failing parts.

In this day and age, its more likely an electronics error with whatever system it is they use to auto-flush when you get up off the toilet. Mechanically its probably fine, theres just something in its tiny little toilet brain thats telling it continually "flush flush flush flush flush flush!"

Fair, I was making a guess based off a similar issue with my home toilet.

[Peelee]

The only reason people think they're twins is because they dress the same and speak in unisson, which is not a thing real twins do anayway.

It sounds like you don't know any cool twins.

[Jasdoif]

Mechanically its probably fine, theres just something in its tiny little toilet brain thats telling it continually "flush flush flush flush flush flush!"

Maybe it's trying to play poker?

[Keltest]

Maybe it's trying to play poker?

Never make gamble with a toilet. No matter who wins, everybody loses.

[Rater202]

Grilled Cheese experiment. Guda cheese on "rustic rye."

Ran into some trouble with running out of cooking oil before both sides were coated and had some trouble getting it to hold together when flipping, but the end product was satisfactory.

[Mystic Muse]

Applied for new job. Let's see how it goes.

Some spots opened up Saturday for certification, so taking it then instead of Sunday.

[Rater202]

We had to put the dog down.

I don't know the details but it had something to do with his heart. He's been getting orse recently, they went in and apparently his condition deteriorated and...

He was old and sick and inbred all to hell so we knew this was coming but...

I'm just glad he didn't die in the house. He wasn't "my dog" but I wouldn't have been able to handle that.

[Form]

We had to put the dog down.

I don't know the details but it had something to do with his heart. He's been getting orse recently, they went in and apparently his condition deteriorated and...

He was old and sick and inbred all to hell so we knew this was coming but...

I'm just glad he didn't die in the house. He wasn't "my dog" but I wouldn't have been able to handle that.

*hugs*

My condolences. Losing a pet is always rough.

[HalfTangible]

We had to put the dog down.

I don't know the details but it had something to do with his heart. He's been getting orse recently, they went in and apparently his condition deteriorated and...

He was old and sick and inbred all to hell so we knew this was coming but...

I'm just glad he didn't die in the house. He wasn't "my dog" but I wouldn't have been able to handle that.

I'm so sorry, Rater. It sucks when a dog dies.

[Bartmanhomer]

We had to put the dog down.

I don't know the details but it had something to do with his heart. He's been getting orse recently, they went in and apparently his condition deteriorated and...

He was old and sick and inbred all to hell so we knew this was coming but...

I'm just glad he didn't die in the house. He wasn't "my dog" but I wouldn't have been able to handle that.

I'm so sorry Rater.

[Rater202]

Having gotten the details... He was basically drowning in his own fluids due to end-stage heart failure and wouldn't have made it through the night. It's better this way.

I'm fine. Little concerned about my stepfather—the old man was "his" dog and if my stepfather has one redeeming quality it's that he loved that dog. But he seems to be doing okay.

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Unrelated, so I slept for a cole of hours and when I woke u the idea of being cast as Satan in a stage adaption of the South Park movie was stuck in my head.

I don't know if that's what I was dreaming about but I have to wonder what the hell is going on in my subconscous.

[Form]

I've parted with the 2 plushies that I've had for ~25 years. In the end it wasn't as hard as I imagined it to be considering they had a lot of sentimental value. It probably helped that I had about 2 weeks to think about it, had a friend with me when I put them into the textile bin and taken a few more good looks at them before parting with them, so they had a proper sendoff. Any kind of repair would not have been a repair as much as remaking them from scratch. They were so badly torn up, discolored, kind of dirty, inside and out. They deserve better than to just waste away in that state on my shelf. This way, they get to be recycled into new plushies and their souls can go to plushie heaven*.

*Which is totally a thing, shut up.

[LaZodiac]

Having gotten the details... He was basically drowning in his own fluids due to end-stage heart failure and wouldn't have made it through the night. It's better this way.

I'm fine. Little concerned about my stepfather—the old man was "his" dog and if my stepfather has one redeeming quality it's that he loved that dog. But he seems to be doing okay.

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Unrelated, so I slept for a cole of hours and when I woke u the idea of being cast as Satan in a stage adaption of the South Park movie was stuck in my head.

I don't know if that's what I was dreaming about but I have to wonder what the hell is going on in my subconscous.

I'm sorry for your loss; even if you were not personally close to the dog, there is comfort in animals and the absence will be noticed.

I mean what the hell is going on in your subconscious is a lot of stress and sadness. These things happen, and sometimes lead to weird places.

I've parted with the 2 plushies that I've had for ~25 years. In the end it wasn't as hard as I imagined it to be considering they had a lot of sentimental value. It probably helped that I had about 2 weeks to think about it, had a friend with me when I put them into the textile bin and taken a few more good looks at them before parting with them, so they had a proper sendoff. Any kind of repair would not have been a repair as much as remaking them from scratch. They were so badly torn up, discolored, kind of dirty, inside and out. They deserve better than to just waste away in that state on my shelf. This way, they get to be recycled into new plushies and their souls can go to plushie heaven*.

*Which is totally a thing, shut up.

It's sad, but also a beautiful thing indeed. They will go on to bring joy to others, and while their spirit passes on, the feelings will linger with you forever. From the sounds of it, these were very well loved, and that matters.

[Form]

It's sad, but also a beautiful thing indeed. They will go on to bring joy to others, and while their spirit passes on, the feelings will linger with you forever. From the sounds of it, these were very well loved, and that matters.

This helps too. Thanks, Zodi.

[factotum]

I'm of the understanding that most Europeans consider Turkey to be extremely hot and dry. Well...

Istanbul is on the coast of the Bosphorus (the channel between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea), so it's most definitely not the hottest and driest part of Turkey by any stretch of the imagination.

[Peelee]

True, but it's still part of Turkey.

Istanbul was Constantinople.