Hermit Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Put down that mango back away slowly from the iguana make no sudden moves beyond the confines of the Safety Dance Be the ball tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Eldest Boy has been thoroughly infected with the Pokemon virus, and we finally broke down and got him a 3DS for his birthday. He has always been obsessed with whatever his current interests are, and this is no exception. We try to control his 3DS usage, and we hate to be those parents, but sometimes it is just easier to let him bring the damn machine with him when we go out, especially if things are likely to get boring. So now we are those parents, and he is that kid, hooked into Pokemon Alpha Sapphire in public. And now he is a chick. Magnet. The waitress at the restaurant. The college girl at the library. The young lady at the supermarket. "Oh, is that Alpha Sapphire?" "Wow, you have Gyarados?" "How did you get so many megastones?" These pretty young women are falling all over themselves to find out more about the Pokemon exploits of Eldest Boy. The girl at the driving event not only tried to strike up a conversation, she whipped out her own 3DS to link up and trade Pokemons with him. And Eldest Boy... could not care less. "So, who was that?" Shrug. "Did you get her name?" Headshake. "What Pokemons does she like?" Shrug. "Did you trade her any?" "Couple." "Kid... we gotta work on your game." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Not funny. Not neat. Not creepy. But a pic. tkdguy, Old Man, Cancer and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Athas has two moons. Barsoom has two moons. Coincidence? tkdguy and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 In the last few years, I've attended one or two shows at the Opera. Now I'm getting fliers from the Symphony, the Ballet, and even about a lecture on the Humanities. I attend a couple of shows a year, and suddenly I'm a patron of the arts (not that I mind, of course)! L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 The purpose of slippers is not keeping your feet warm, though that is a pleasant side effect. The purpose of slippers is foot armor, specifically for those occasions when the cat barf blends in on the wood floor. tkdguy and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised if commenters on Yahoo articles post there because they've been banned everywhere else. Pariah and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 We seem to be having a rather large infestation of Western Conifer Seed Bugs over the last couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I recently watched Rock of Ages. Not a great movie but I'm seriously tempted to change my name to Joshy Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 It just struck me. We have a 'neat' pictures thread. Shouldn't we have one over ice as well ? Cancer and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I don't mind a bit of snarkiness, I'm guilty of it myself often enough and in this forum most people are pretty good natured about it. But lately I've noticed a trend of people saying something "clever" and when someone asks for clarification because your oh-so-clever comment was vague, to respond with more jokes/snark, and often condescendingly, without ever answering the question/clarifying their original point. That isn't conducive to having a conversation or even to making a joke. Language is used to communicate, if you aren't capable of making an understandable point at least don't mock the people trying to figure out what the hell you are trying to say. I know the line between snark and jackassery can be pretty thin, but some people just seem to dive across it and act like anyone that doesn't get the "joke" is stupid. It gets old. tkdguy and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Delivered daughter and most of her stuff to the dorm today, as she enters college. Wonder when we'll hear from her again. And I say that with full acknowledgement that she's a student at the university which employs me. Bazza and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Hey, new bills are introduced today. Astrid Lindgren on the twenties, Ingmar Bergman on the twohundreds ... tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm thinking of creating a modern-day pulp setting. It sounds good, but I don't have a regular group, so the setting will probably be added to my list of ideas that will never see the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Survey question: "What would help you most in addressing problems of correctness (sentence-level errors) in your teaching of writing?" My response: "In my opinion, these are concerns for "Grammar Nazis", and I am not a Grammar Nazi." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Searching for a particular string in a folder full of .docx files is unreasonably difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Within the space of a week two ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer have died, Dennis Healey and Geoffrey Howe. These things come in threes so Norman Lamont, Nigel Lawson, John Major, Kenneth Clarke, Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling and George Osborne must be worried as these things tend to come along in threes....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 21st Century Signs of the Apocalypse, # 419: A contractor is on time for a meeting with an ongoing client. 21st Century Signs of the Apocalypse, # 420: A contractor actually completes the work he was contracted to do by his originally estimated delivery date, even in the absence of any change orders to the project. L. Marcus and Burrito Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I have Psychological Limitation: Cannot leave post count alone when it ends in 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I was reading a book about Greek mythology and realized that "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard was probably inspired by Apollo and Daphne. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Another royal pregnancy? Ho hum. What was that you said about a Republic ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 You are not clever. You are not edgy. Your opinions are no more golden than those you pick fights with You're not interested in discussion, just yelling at the top of your internet lungs the same things over and over. You're as unique as everyone else. - The commenter daily affirmation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 I listened to Genesis' "Duchess" and "Guide Vocal", and concluded that they're essentially Phantom of the Opera. "Duchess" is Christine's rise to fame; "Guide Vocal" is Phantom's reaction to her 'betrayal'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 So she ends her text with "Choose your moment to act and never stop dreaming." What does that mean? Is it a good sign? A bad one? Argh! Does it mean "Ask me out already, you idiot!" or does it mean "Dream on, pervert!"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 CONCEPT: In the new Feng Shui 2 campaign that's starting up ... ... have the fortune cookies in Yip Chen's restaurant be an actual oracle. Ambiguous and unreliable, but an actual oracle. Then print out the fortunes and cut proper-size paper slips. Insert to into actual fortune cookies. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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