L. Marcus Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Surely not Shirley Temple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'm pretty sure I'd be one of the tapdancers. Being forced to tapdance, with my coordination, can't be good for anyone in the vicinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . With my luck, I'd be among the Male Strippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Would that really be THAT horrific a sight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . Well, it might be . . . I'm used to the sight . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Besides, I thought Dream had all sorts of sneaky and powerful ways of escaping the netherworld? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . It's not that hard -- the Netherworld is just wall to wall with some extents of the Dreamlands. Secret passages, ma'am . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, see? So you wouldn't get stuck there for long, anyway. Just long enough for the grimacing to still be entertaining. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word If I got a job as a tormentor in Hell, I'd be the excrutiatingly boring lecturer whose class you always slept through and woke up remembering you had a test that day. I have that gig down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Ah, but that in and of itself wouldn't be torturous. Maybe if you were speaking Mandarin Chinese . . . (Of course, your torturees would have to be American.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Sure it would. Pass my test, and you get a Get Out OF Hell Free card. It's the raising and frustration of hope that makes it Hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Oooh, how diabolic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Hey, my old chatroom handle used to be Dr. Satan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: The Last Word Seriously? That's kinda cool. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word It time-shared with some others, but if I was talking about teaching or students, I put on the Dr Satan persona. It wasn't originally my idea; one SO of mine referred to her calculus prof that way, and later on I adopted the tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, I'm sure it's better to be talking about them as somebody else than as someone who they could recognize, and therefore recognize your opinion of them. Anonymity does have its perks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . Is what? Don't leave us hanging! I haven't forgotten, I didn't get a chance to write a follow-up. Sorry. Oh. Well, one can't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway. This is what I was saying, everybody can get out alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word Now I'm off to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word I haven't forgotten, I didn't get a chance to write a follow-up. Sorry. This is what I was saying, everybody can get out alive. True, but not alive in the literal sense. The fact that we have to take it on faith scares a lot of people, thanks to the physical evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word There was an exchange in Eyebeam between the title character and Hank the Hallucination about whether the latter existed and what implied, that concluded with something like: E: You don't exist! You're a figment of my imagination! H: That does not mean I do not exist! E: Look. For the same of argument, suppose you don't exist. H: Fine. [vanishes] (pause) E: Oops, I forget I have to be careful with stuff like that when dealing with a strict literalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word One must ALWAYS be careful when speaking to a strict literalist. That's why my character with Asperger's was so much fun to play. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word You play those too, eh? My wife does those a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word Only the one, but she was a delight to play. The game dissolved, unfortunately, but meanwhile, such fun! ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word I think she has two going, but one of those campaigns is on indefinite hiatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: The Last Word Interesting. I don't like reusing character concepts; each of my characters is insane in a totally new and interesting way. If I'm completely lost for a character concept, I leaf through our copy of the DSM-IVTR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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