1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said:

But I grew up with the constant fear that the world could end in nuclear fire at any moment. We're still here. So I'm not willing to abandon hope in the power of reason.

In 1999 I put together a time capsule to be opened by my great-great-grandchildren (maybe great-great-great-grandchildren?) in 2101.  In it, I included a journal where, in addition to writing down what was going on in our lives at that time, I also recall writing some particularly optimistic opinions about the way things were going in the world at that time. 

I'm worried that my great-greats- and great-great-greats will read what I wrote, look back at our current history, and say, "Boy, was he a fool..." 

6 hours ago, Pariah said:

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”

― Albert Einstein

"Sit with a pretty girl for a minute, and to her, it seems like an hour."

On 10/23/2022 at 12:06 AM, wcw43921 said:

Wikipedia--Real Life Superheroes

 

 

I included Phoenix Jones in my Champions campaign - the San Francisco-based heroes contacted him about his interaction with a supervillain they were investigating.  In my campaign world, Phoneix Jones gained metahuman powers and became a low-level brick.  

3 hours ago, Cygnia said:

Lawyer Who Fought Helmet Laws Killed in Motorcycle Crash While Not Wearing a Helmet

Many years ago, I had a friend who had a motorcycle and did NOT like helmets.  He thought they were useless, they restricted your view, etc. and so on.  When Michigan enacted a law requiring helmets for motorcycle riders, he complained up a storm... but bought a helmet and wore it, because he hated being ticketed more than he hated wearing a helmet.

One day I stopped by his place.  When he answered the door, I was shocked to see his bruised face.  Of course, I asked what happened. 

"I was cruising down the road when a car pulled into the street right in front of me, too close for me to stop.  I ended up hitting them and flying over their hood.  Smacked into the ground face-first.  C'mere, you gotta see this."  He showed me his helmet.  The front visor was so badly scraped that you couldn't see anything through it, and the upper front looked like a hard-boiled egg that had been smacked on the counter.  "If I hadn't been wearing this thing, I have no doubt I'd be brain damaged or dead.  This thing saved my life."  He never complained about helmets after that.

The Klingons prefer their pancakes covered with live gagh.  Yum!

Stars and Bars are a couple out of south Alabama.  Bars is a good ol' Southern boy who becomes super-strong and nigh-invulnerable the closer he gets to his gal Stars.  She begins to glow and can project light blasts as she gets closer to Bars.  Their costumes are based on the Confederate flag.  

They have a running joke that Bars also becomes stronger and tougher (or at least thinks he does) as he goes into bars, particularly after he's had a drink or seven.  

On 10/23/2022 at 11:09 AM, L. Marcus said:

It's true! One bit my sister, once.

I thought it was:

A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"

Too subtle for me.  I still don't get it.

2 hours ago, steriaca said:

I agree. Have you actually read there Champions RPG page?

I just read some of it.  My favorite was:

Cloudcuckoolander: Foxbat. Dear god, Foxbat.

I also have allowed up to 5 1-point Quirks on my Champions' campaign player characters, and make it a point to have the same on all villains.  It add flavor and three-dimensionality to the characters.

Some of my favorites are:

• Calling Card - the character leaves behind something at many of their crimes.  It could be a card, or might be something like a gold candle.
• Loves (sea life / dogs / cats / small children)
• Smokes cigars
• Has a crush on (team member or PC
• Taylor Swift / Weird Al Yankovic / Kanye West fan
• Refers to himself in the third person
• Perpetually peppy
• Crazy hair

In case it helps, here is a link to a list of GURPS Quirks - it doesn't explain what each Quirk is, but the names will usually suffice to figure out what the deal is.

Quirks - GURPS Repository (wikidot.com)

7 hours ago, death tribble said:

Bolo, you missed Cancer's post we are dealing with this and there has only been one entry so far. See below

Ah, sorry.  I completely didn't see it.  Very weird that Cancer and I were on the same wavelength, though.  

On 10/10/2022 at 1:17 PM, Cancer said:

NT: Things caught in the kitchen sink's P-trap in the residence of your favorite supervillain.  (Other than Spider-Man, superheroes tend not to have home maintenance problems.)

A whole pear.  Because the apple went down without a problem last week.

8 hours ago, Pariah said:

What did the astronaut call his old girlfriend?

 

Space-ex.

6 hours ago, Bazza said:

or from the g/f’s pov: I will survive. 

And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key
If I'd known for just one second you'd be back to bother me..

Phantom of the Op-purr-a

On 10/8/2022 at 2:45 PM, Asperion said:

NT: Crazy places to be trapped in (don't need to be real).

In the box with Schrödinger's cat.  

NT:  You've just opened the box!  In addition to learning whether the cat is alive or dead, what other surprising things do you find?

18 hours ago, DShomshak said:

The failure to detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which would have worked so well as dark matter, is aggravating but perhaps should have been expected. For theists, the inability to find anything that fits the needed properties and observations might lead to this hypothesis: "God is just messing with us."

Though you do have to appreciate the naming of those particles, having the acronym WIMPs.  I'm reminded of Grant Ward:  "It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out "S.H.I.E.L.D."."

Played in the Battle of Detroit.  We beat Destroyer's low-level minions pretty handily, had a harder time with his lieutenants but we won in the end, though Detroit still ended up getting a few billion dollars' worth of urban renewal.

I played Solitaire - no surprise that I got KO'd, as everybody knows that you "first kill the mentalist."  Some great roleplay from most of the other players.  The bits with characters snarking at each other gave it a good feel like an stablished superteam, even though I don't believe any of the players had played with each other previously.  A few of them hadn't played Champions in decades (I'm not sure, one may not have played Champions at all before), but gmGM did a great job explaining how things worked in Hero and I think it went pretty smoothly.  All in all, I believe a good time was had by all.

Having grown up in the suburbs of Detroit, though, I was a little disappointed that Destroyer didn't get mugged as soon as he crossed the city limit. 

3 hours ago, Pariah said:

Susan Ivanova, Aeryn Sun, Leia Organa, and Kira Nerys battle in a ring of Jell-O for fun and prizes. Judges include Jack O'Neill, Malcolm Reynolds, and Zaphod Beeblerox.

I would like to volunteer as a judge.  Or to clean any Jell-O residue from the contestants.  Just trying to be helpful, y'know.

3 hours ago, Pariah said:

New Topic: "RELEASE THE HOUNDS!" "Uh, sorry, sir, but we're all out of hounds." "Fine, then, RELEASE THE _______." (Bonus points for humorous and/or mind-blowing explanations.)

"Fine then.  RELEASE THE CRACK-HEADS!"  (Never really knew what a Kraken was, and my hearing's not as good as it used to be.)

19 hours ago, Duke Bushido said:

I remember that one!  That was inarguably,my,fisrt expoaure to "dark" humor.

 

Not only did I laugh like a maniac for far longer than I should have, but I tried do show it to everyone, none of whom reacted with anything less than quiet distaste and most with overt contempt.

 

I learned a lot about my sense of humor that afternoon.

 

Another one I remember reall enjoying a few years later was a Don Martin cartoon where Batman walked into a public toilet and "took a seat."  Then there is a "FLOOOSH! Panel, then chocking noises, and we pan into the stall to see him choking as the toilet tries to swallow his cape (Cue Edna Mode if you must, but this was maybe three devades before The Incredibles).

 

 

One that I always remember was a Don Martin cartoon with a guy dancing and "Singing in the Rain"... while on the rooftop above him they're holding a spitting contest.  

(quick search)  

Here it is!

I'm in the Saturday evening Battle of Detroit.  Looking forward to it!

On 9/30/2022 at 7:35 PM, death tribble said:

Night of the Living Dead

The classic George Romero when the dead are suddenly returning to life and killing the living. Creepy as all in. The dead are referred to (correctly) as ghouls several times. Worth seeing but genuinely scary and disturbing. The film will stay with you.

Heh.  When I was a kid, our mom made us watch this movie, mainly because it had been filmed at (IIRC) her uncle's house, and he had a cameo as one of the sheriff's deputies at the end.  It was actually a bit surreal watching it with her, mainly because she would inject nonsequitors into the movie.  (Please forgive any mis-remembrances about the movie - it's been over 40 years since I saw it.)  For instance, as a woman is trying to escape from the zombies at the graveyard and (IIRC) was driving over a small bridge, mom started commenting how her and her siblings would play on that bridge, tossing stones into the stream, etc.  At another point, someone is looking at a mirror, and you *know* a zombie is going to pop up behind her, and mom starts talking about how she loved that mirror, it was in the entry hall, blah blah blah.  Kinda takes all the suspense out of the movie, y'know?

On 9/29/2022 at 11:34 PM, Pariah said:

New Topic: What kind of crazy uniforms will the Oregon football team wear this week?

Orange, Red, Eggplant purple, Green, Olive green, and Navy blue.  Hopefully the reason for this color combination is obvious.

On 9/28/2022 at 12:05 PM, Cancer said:

NT: Non-standard croissant fillings.  If you can work in something relevant to a superhero campaign, so much the better.

Kryptonite Kroissants, now with extra glowy bits!

Are you building the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle?  Or maybe a mobile TARDIS (bigger on the inside that it is on the outside)?

We have no idea how many asteroids the dinosaurs managed to deflect before failing to stop the one that caused their extinction.  For all we know, it was Dinosaurs 17, Mammals 1.

21 hours ago, Cancer said:

NT: You're a supervillain who consumes things: what's your villainous identity, and what you eat/drink/inhale/absorb, etc.

"I am the Astounding Cornholio!  I consume candy corn!  Bow down in fear before me!"