Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[ghost-angel]

People get weirded out when life it's boringly mundane I have discovered.

I once performed a waltz down the chip aisle at about 0200 when shopping with my wife (sadly, she did not join in so I had to pretend I was dancing with a partner).

I got applause from 2 stockers and 3 other customers when I stopped. So at least there are some people out there that appreciate a little random.

[Greywind]

Usually those that work graveyards...

[lemming]

"Were you just in the IGA reciting Shakespeare?"

"Yes, I was."

"...well, we got called by the night manager. Don't do it again."

And the cop car pulled away. No explanation as to why he couldn't do it again, there was nobody in the store to disturb, but J decided not to bother reciting Shakespeare in the IGA again.

Everybody's a critic.

[Manic Typist]

Hey, at least they recognized it was Shakespeare....

[Shadowsoul]

A thought for AA's Things That Go Bump Campaign. Must remember never to send Louise food shopping with Penny. As a psychologist she'd have to report that kind of behaviour to someone.

[ghost-angel]

Louise is a stick in the mud

[Major Tom]

We began creating characters for the new campaign. No exceptionally funny quotes, but it did remind me of a previous character creation situation with the group's munchkin.

The GM reviewed the munchkin's first draft...
GM: "You have Clinging, Energy Blast, Entangle, Force Field, Force Wall, Running, Stretching and Summoning in your Elemental Control. What is the common special effect that they all share?"
munchkin: "They're mucous powers."

(Long pause....)
GM: "I am not letting you run Snot-Boy as a superhero."

The battle cry for that character would most likely have been the following:


Booooger!!




Major Tom

[Shadow Hawk]

"...well, we got called by the night manager. Don't do it again."

And the cop car pulled away. No explanation as to why he couldn't do it again, there was nobody in the store to disturb, but J decided not to bother reciting Shakespeare in the IGA again.

Maybe he's just not a fan of the classics?

[input.jack]

My friend "J" was wandering around town late one night, and while meandering through the 24 hour grocery store, noticed an empty pallet in the produce section. It was there to eventually support a box of watermelons or somesuch, but he just saw a raised area...and since all the world's a stage, he hopped up and recited Mark Antony's speech from Julius Caesar to an empty store. He then hopped down, and wandered back out onto the streets. A couple minutes later a cop car rolled up to the curb.

"Were you just in the IGA reciting Shakespeare?"

"Yes, I was."

"...well, we got called by the night manager. Don't do it again."

And the cop car pulled away. No explanation as to why he couldn't do it again, there was nobody in the store to disturb, but J decided not to bother reciting Shakespeare in the IGA again.

Isnt that a violation of your friend's First Amendment rights? Freedom of (Shakespearean) speech!

[matrix3]

Isnt that a violation of your friend's First Amendment rights? Freedom of (Shakespearean) speech!

Perhaps, but maybe the IGA could qualify as private property. The case with stores is always iffy to me, whether it qualifies as public or private property, where people can be to protest, or this case of free speech.

[Peregrine]

Perhaps, but maybe the IGA could qualify as private property. The case with stores is always iffy to me, whether it qualifies as public or private property, where people can be to protest, or this case of free speech.

Private. There is a legal, non-governmental owner who holds property rights.

[ghost-angel]

Isnt that a violation of your friend's First Amendment rights? Freedom of (Shakespearean) speech!

Not even remotely.

The shop owner has the Right Of Refusal Of Service. Which means he can kick you off his property for no reason at all - or for reciting shakespeare on a pallet.

The cop went as far as he could "hey, the shop owner says stop that. Thanks."

No rights were violated. No laws were broken.

The right to free speach does not mean you can say anything you want anywhere you want. It just means the government can't censor you.

[Egyptoid]

more than likely the officer questioned the person to determine if they were drunk, high, or escaped from the psych ward.

[matrix3]

Not even remotely.

The shop owner has the Right Of Refusal Of Service. Which means he can kick you off his property for no reason at all - or for reciting shakespeare on a pallet.

The cop went as far as he could "hey, the shop owner says stop that. Thanks."

No rights were violated. No laws were broken.

The right to free speach does not mean you can say anything you want anywhere you want. It just means the government can't censor you.

This is what I thought, although there are also some provisions for picketing and protesting under certain conditions and in certain areas, and those rules are what I'm always confused about.

[jkwleisemann]

After the characters on Elements of Change reacted poorly to meeting Count Carl von Cosel's wife...

Luzingu: Is there something wrong with keeping your loved ones around after they die? What if I need to ask my Great-aunt Nellie for advice? If she's not in the basement in her jar, how would I find her?

And how could Communism With Chinese Characteristics survive without the continued presence of Mao? Ah, Waxy Mao they call him.

Red no more that he has paled
This ardent warrior who assailed
Clench-ed fist of Capitalist Hand
Freed the peasants of Asia's Land

And don't get me started on Lenin!

.oO(Just tossing their relatives in the blender, I bet. Keepin' the best parts fer the dogs. Ingrates!)