Lord Liaden Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 3 hours ago, Ockham's Spoon said: Try having parents who grew up during the Great Depression. You can't get sympathy for squat. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ternaugh Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 22 minutes ago, Clonus said: Wait until he uses Backstab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Cancer, Tom Cowan, slikmar and 3 others 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 6 hours ago, Ockham's Spoon said: In my day ice axes hadn't been invented yet Ockham's Spoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Try having parents who grew up during the Great Depression. You can't get sympathy for squat. True, dat. Though my mother tells stories about how her grandfather came from Norway as a teenager and crossed the country to Washington state, unattended, penniless and not speaking a word of English... Though her great-aunt came from Norway, on her own, when only nine. That or starve, doncha know. Yeah, during the pandemic I couldn't muster much sympathy for people who complained they couldn't go to a bar, a barbershop or the gym. History is a great supplier of perspective. Dean Shomshak Edited February 3 by DShomshak Pariah and Trencher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 59 minutes ago, Old Man said: In my day ice axes hadn't been invented yet We had to ice-fish by chopping through the ice with our fingernails! And we didn't have fishing poles, we caught the fish with our teeth! And then used the fish as clubs to fight off the polar bears! AND WE LIKED IT!!! wcw43921, Pariah, slikmar and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Duke Bushido, slikmar, Rails and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 This is not the first time it came up. It was a challenge regarding a secret reveal. And the secret reveal in this case was that Mystique is a Smurf. It is still extremely funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Obviously a mutant smurf. So that still applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 (edited) 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Try having parents who grew up during the Great Depression. You can't get sympathy for squat. I'll second Dean's "True dat." My dad told me how some winters, the snow was so bad that they had to get out and push the school bus up hills. (I was nice and didn't point out that at least they had a school bus. But in rural Nebraska, with the only high school in the next town...) Edit to add: Also, one of the few times I saw my dad lose his temper, was when a much younger guy told him, "Bill, you've never had to do without..." I could hear him quite clearly from outside the building they were in. "I'VE never had to do without?! YOU didn't grow up during the Great Depression! YOU didn't have to WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE during the end of the Depression! YOU didn't have to interrupt your education to fight A WAR!" I ran inside, afraid he was going to have a stroke, he was so angry. Edited February 3 by BoloOfEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, Starlord said: Oh, _thank you_! For the first time _ever_, those wierd tiny skulls make sense! Lord Liaden and Starlord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 21 hours ago, Clonus said: Ah, Tunnels and Trolls Wizard, where your magic was based on physical strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Duke Bushido Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, slikmar said: Ah, Tunnels and Trolls Wizard, where your magic was based on physical strength. Same for TFT, which is what I thought of when I saw this. I had actually forgotten that about T and T. Wierd, since way back when, I played a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Ockham's Spoon, archer, Old Man and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 16 hours ago, wcw43921 said: I've long told new parents that an ounce of distraction is worth a pound of cure. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Old Man and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 21 hours ago, wcw43921 said: My favorite version of this particular scam: Kid: "What are you eating? Is it pie?" Me: "No, it's a fruit casserole." Kid: "Ugh. I hate casserole!" Me (to myself): "I know." wcw43921 and Ockham's Spoon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Liaden Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Honestly, that's the typical French reaction to a great deal of foreign culture that isn't Jerry Lewis or Sharon Stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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