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Re: Musings on Random Musings I see that someone else listens to Chumbawumba for songs other than Tub Thumping. I believe that is an excerpt from "Amnesia". A very good song, I must say. I also heard that song on an NFL commercial once.

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Re: Musings on Random Musings I thought those were the high quality ones. How many foxes would it take to make one pubic hair coat anyway?

Re: Musings on Random Musings The communication thing will make it difficult to talk about the other things at first. When does the judgmental thing kick in? After you have been drinking all night with your band? The needy thing - yeah, I bring this one up to my wife as well. She has just now started making friends after being down in Florida for 4 years. Of course, when she goes out that means I watch the kids. Well...everything else is just icing on the cake. Although Dave, she DOES need those handcuffs back to do her job.

Re: Musings on Random Musings So, how many more issues does that leave?

Re: A Thread for Random Musings The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search: ass Figures...

Re: Musings on Random Musings Woohoo! I did it! Scream away Zornwil. Sorry, were you screaming about something important? Your screams were drowned out by my enthusiasm. I apologize.

Re: Musings on Random Musings I'm immature...I admit it, but I have more fun that way. I could be like the other engineers I know and sit back while the world goes by around them. I choose to give in to my inner child. My wife can't believe some of the words that come out of my mouth. My immaturity even came up on a recent performance review. I was told to be less humorous in serious design reviews, to which I replied, "Well, that's not going to happen. What's next on the list?" If they start docking my pay for my quips and stretching out meetings past their time allotted then maybe I will do something about it. Considering they still give me very good raises the chances of me changing are slim to none. So, in reference to the conversation you had, I would have replied, "Do you now? Well, I hear shrinkage can be a huge problem."

Re: Musings on Random Musings Speaking of which, try attending a meeting where ordering extra parts for spares is known as "shrinkage". Some people have no tolerance for someone adopting the George Costanza voice and quipping, "shrinkage" in a meeting in response to tallies of extra parts available.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Yeah, but I prefer a shoehorn for those situations. I like the gutter, it is very cozy and warm.

Re: Role play during combat I'm slightly surprised by this. Some of the best role-playing (in the non soap opera sense) has taken place during combat in my FtF games. It somehow seems more natural to have a tete-a-tete with the villain while you are fighting. My favorite GM allowed lenghty soliloquies during your phase as long as you were not giving combat orders to the rest of the team. Some of my favorite characters were very cocky during combat and taunted the villains incessantly. Taunts often kick off the role-playing since villains can't stand for the superhero to have the last word. Get it kicked off with some good taunting I say. "There's more where that came from." "Who's Laughing Now you little nancy boy!" "I would have chosen a different color spandex for your outfit. That color makes you look fat." "I hope you like the taste of brick because you are going right through that wall." "You may as well lie down now because that is where you will be when I get through with you."

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I sit here reading the "Musings on Random Musings" Threads and then realize I have no frickin' clue how to quote from one thread and put it into another. So, I lamely wait for someone else to start a string and then pounce on it. On another note - What, does everybody stay up late just to post?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Man, I have never heard of someone being fined for masturbation. Who were you masturbating to? A: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll

Re: Aberrant Hero! My GM for Aberrant liked a dark game, so the taint was a major factor in role-play. Temporary taint was almost non-existant and the only way to get rid of taint was to see a phychiatrist and talk out the problems you were having. Since we were a superhero team formed from a crime family, there was plenty of taint to go around. I can see adding disadvantages and quirks in the HERO version, but I still don't know how well that transfers.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Dave, didn't you have the most problems the LAST time she moved? It seems something about moving makes her on edge. Perhaps going on a "business trip" somewhere when it is time for her to move again is the answer. Or maybe moving time is when all the feelings that have been bottled up come rising to the surface. I know I am pretty cranky when moving heavy crap because I am hot, sweaty, and worried that at any moment my weak ankle will snap. (sadly, this is true - I have the right ankle of an 80 year old with osteoporosis (sp)) Anyway, I told this to China, who reminded me that last time you were thinking like this was when she was moving. I don't know if you put two and two together like my wife did. Just trying to help man. -Bill

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Re: Musings on Random Musings Is she acting like she did just before the last break that you two had? I remember you saying that she was going to work on things. Is she back to the same person that you wanted to leave before? Define Sometimes...

Re: Hero System women are all insanely attractive This is a concept that my wife carries throughout her character creation. If you look at comics you won't see ugly women, especially superheroes. Therefore, she makes all of her characters very nice to the eye. I know of at least one Maker of Worlds that can not stand the practice of having nothing but gorgeous women as superheroes. Most arguments are along the lines of comic book perception as you mention above, but it also goes further: Who really wants to play an ugly woman in their fantasy world?

Re: Answers & Questions Q. What is the quip of the new, improved, Terminator with more human feelings? A. My Kingdom for a Horse

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Are we so biased in this society to make pork the "other" white meat? Why can't pork be the white meat and chicken be the "other" white meat? Do chicken farmers control more lobbyists than pig farmers?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: How would you like Michelangelo to chisel your Statues of David oh great Wool Merchants? A: They should all be destroyed.

Re: At what point can HERO sue? I remember the first edition of AD&D, either PHB or DMG, had a bell curve listed for 3d6. It was one of the first few pages of the manual. Of course, everyone knows that PC stats blow the bell curve WAY out.

Re: Answers & Questions Q. I'm sorry Mr. Lewis, but I could not find anything on that last rectal examination. Would you like me to try again? A. The Thunder from Down Under

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why is it that when I think of Valentine's Day, I think of Hallmark and all the nice cards and gifts you can get for your S.O.? Then, the second thing I think of is a bunch of dead bodies in front of a wall that has just been "painted" with their brains. Are these two things so vastly different, or are they truly juxtaposed?

Re: Answers & Questions Q) Looks like P.J Barnum can't make it to the circus this year. Who is next on the list? A) Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels