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Re: Jokes I'm told these are actual 911 Calls. Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why? Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich. Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it! Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one? Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid. Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What's the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart. Dispatcher: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband! Dispatcher: 9-1-1. Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster. Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: No. Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police.

Re: The cranky thread My throat has been really sore since early this morning. Sounds like a bad cold coming on. A few months ago, I lost one of my cousins to cancer. Last night I learned her father just died from cancer as well. He didn't linger on like she did, though.

Re: The cranky thread I hate the sound of construction work at 4 in the morning.

Re: "Your girlfriend works for VIPER!" Huh? Remember the scene in Batman Returns when Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle discover each others' identities during a party? It went something like this: Selina: Are we gonna have to start fighting now? Bruce: Let's wait until we go outside.

Re: Ship-to-Ship Combat ... Or "Shields, Keptain?" The Babylon 5 Game produced by Chameleon Eclectic tried the same approach. I don't know how well it went. Those rules were based on the Full Thrust system, since they were written by the same author.

Re: Another New Guy? Hello, and welcome.

Re: The cranky thread I have a toothache as well. On a side note, I still have most of my teeth. But they all have a different color.

Re: "Your girlfriend works for VIPER!" Huh? Or have the hero and his villainous girlfriend know each others' secret identities and have agreed to keep their professional and personal lives separate. They duke it out in the daytime, then they kiss and make up at night. Okay, it's highly unlikely, but that would be an interesting twist.

Re: The cranky thread I really need a vacation, but I can't afford it right now. And my sleeping problems haven't gotten any better.

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign It looks like we've pretty much covered it all, so I'll add a few concluding thoughts. I should at least state my sources: Popular Science: Space 2100. Published in 2003, after the Columbia disaster, but before Burt Rutan won the X Prize (it correctly predicted that Rutan would win it, though). OMNI (July 1991 issue). An old magazine, but still has some interesting ideas. The Guide to Space Travel, by Michael Freeman. Strangely enough, the date of publication doesn't appear (it was written as if it was published in 2061), but it had to be before the Challenger disaster, as there is no mention of it. Philip's Atlas of the Universe, by Patrick Moore. Published in 2000; updated in 2003. Here's a suggestion: If you play in more than one group, have one group roleplay the politics and another play the combat. What happens in one group can influence the situation in the other. And yes, I posted a lot of this discussion in nogadi, since there are members there who don't visit this place anymore. Thanks again for all the help guys. If I ever get to run this thing, I'll give you a rundown on the session. If someone tries it out, please let me know how it went.

Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About Living In Space Likewise.

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign Did I miss anything? I'll look at my notes again to see if there are more details.

Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About Living In Space I assume this is called the rear-view mirror? What?

Re: The cranky thread What a night! An apparent suicide at the train station shut everything down for 20 minutes. Then an earthquake struck the Bay Area a couple of hours later.

Re: The cranky thread Not verbally, but I've gotten that distinct impression.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos How many of you guys remember ?

Re: What kind of fantasy campaigns do you love? I've been more interested in low fantasy these last few years. The last FH session I ran had no magic at all. Even when I developed subsequent (unfinished) campaigns, magic was rare and not all that powerful.

Re: The cranky thread The door on my computer's DVD opens up by itself whenever I turn on the computer. It won't stay closed unless I manually keep the door from opening. I've had that problem for over a month now. What the heck is wrong with that thing? Or is it just haunted?

Re: Jokes A bald man with a wooden leg gets invited to a Halloween party..... He doesn't know what costume to wear to hide his head and his leg so he writes to a costume company to explain his problem. A few days later he received a parcel with the following note: Dear Sir, Please find enclosed a pirate's outfit. The spotted handkerchief will cover your bald head and, with your wooden leg, you will be just right as a pirate. Very truly yours, Acme Costume Co. The man thinks this is terrible because they have emphasized his wooden leg and so he writes a letter of complaint. A week goes by and he receives another parcel and a note, which says: Dear Sir, Please find enclosed a monk's habit. The long robe will cover your wooden leg and, with your bald head, you will really look the part. Very truly yours, Acme Costume Co. Now the man is really upset since they have gone from emphasizing his wooden leg to emphasizing his bald head so again he writes the company another nasty letter of complaint. The next day he gets a small parcel and a note, which reads: Dear Sir, Please find enclosed a bottle of molasses and a bag of crushed nuts. Pour the molasses over your bald head, pat on crushed nuts, stick your wooden leg up your @$$ and go as a caramel apple. Very truly yours, Acme Costume Co.

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Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Jack Bauer and the Beanstalk

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign Nyrath, thanks for the link to the site. It is pretty useful. I do have one question, though. I'll PM you. BTW, repped.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign Great ideas, guys. Thanks for the help.

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign Setbacks in colonization Earth space * Five people die when their vessel crashes on Clavius crater. * An engineering disaster while building a military station in L4 kills three people; the work continues nonetheless. Mars * The first attempt at colonization in Chryse Planitia fails; the colonists return to Earth. * Two thrillseekers die while attempting to scale Olympus Mons. Asteroids * One miner dies in Ceres when his space suit ruptures. * A fully automated mine in Pallas collapses. No humans are around. Jupiter * A supply ship gets caught in Jupiter's gravity well and crashes into the planet; all hands are lost. * A three-man sub in Europa's subterranean sea malfunctions; the crew barely escapes. Saturn * The power generators fail in Titan; the colonists are successfully evacuated. * A prison riot in Mimas kills seven guards and fifteen prisoners.