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  2. Jokes

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    And one more for today...

     

    "Mister Luckless, before I pass sentence, do you have anyone you can present as a chartacter witness on your behalf?" asked the judge.

     

    "Yes, your Honor, I do." replied Mister Luckless. "Him, over there" and he pointed to a police officer.

     

    "But your Honor," sputtered the officer, "I've never met this man in my life."

     

    "Exactly," exclaimed Mister Luckles, triumphantly. "I've lived in this town for nearly twenty years and the police still don't know me. Now doesn't that show good character?"

  3. Jokes

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    A music hall entertainer is stopped by police for having a faulty break light, and on the car's back seat, is a large set of knives. The officer asks the man why he has them -- doesn't he know that it's against the law to carry knives like that.

     

    The man explains that the knives are usign in his act -- he juggles them.

     

    The officer insists that the man get out of the car to show him so he is soon standing on the side of the road performing his act. Just then, another car drives by and the driver of that car turns to his wife, saying, "Thank goodness I gave up drinking, just look how the police test you these days!"

  5. Jokes

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    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went on a camping trip to Dartmoor and as they lay down for the night Sherlock Holmes said, “Doctor Watson, my old friend, when you look up into the darkness, please tell me what you see.”

     

    “Well, I can see a very clear sky, there are no clouds and the stars are out in their millions. I can see the Milky Way and I believe that extra bright star over there is the planet Venus which you can see at this time of the year. I would also deduce that being such a clear night will mean that it will get quite chilly.”

     

    Watson laughed and said, “But knowing you, Sherlock, I’m sure there are many things I have missed. What have you deduced?”

     

    There was a moment’s silence and then Holmes replied, “Somebody’s stolen our tent.”

  6. Jokes

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    “Doctor, doctor, I’m so worried,” said the anxious man. “Both my wife and I have black hair, but our son’s just been born with red hair. Do you think something funny has been going on?”

     

    “Not necessarily,” replied the doctor. “How many times do you have sex?”

     

    “About 5 times a year.”

     

    “Well, there’s your answer then, you’re just a little rusty.”

  7. What Are You Listening To Right Now?

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    The opening credits...

     

    Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian Roulette

    by Toshiyuki Kimori, Meiko Nakahara

    from Dirty Pair (TV Series Soundtrack)

     

    The commercial break/intermission bumper (which I don't really have a title for at the moment)...

     

    And the end credits...

     

    Space Fantasy

    by Toshiyuki Kimori, Meiko Nakahara

    from Dirty Pair (TV Series Soundtrack)

     

    (Thought I'd play something different while I'm online updating a little info today.)

  10. What Are You Listening To Right Now?

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    As I'm still awake, a couple more tunes, brought to you by "Random Play All":

     

    More

    by The Sisters of Mercy

    from A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits, Volume 1

     

    And then (Whoops, next was actually a Doors song, but I wasn't paying attention):

     

    Rooms on Fire

    by Stevie Nicks

    from Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nicks (Disc 2)

     

    I first got this song when it was broadcast as a promo by WKGB in San Deigo, California. On my tape, the DJ mentions that the song is so new that he doesn't have the name of the song, nor the album.

  12. What Are You Listening To Right Now?

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    The Wizard

    by Black Sabbath

    from We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll

     

    (Both of us who'd gotten canned a couple of weeks ago are back on the job -- which means I'll still have to move. The lease is ending on this place and the new place is for only two people. Oh, joy.)

     

    Pressure

    by Billy Joel

    from Greatest Hits, Volumes 1 & 2 (1973-1985) Disc 2

  13. Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea...

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    I did that for a character who was "stumbling" or "staggering" forward in time. Phases she didn't activate were phases she missed because she moved direcly from a previous instant in time to a later one, without crossing the intervening moments.

     

    Lucius Alexander

     

    Activating a palindromedary

     

    Neat! I like that. Now if that idea had occured to me when the basic concept did back about 1983.... :sneaky:

     

    Good Idea: Creating a character using several of the Champions Minus items just for fun...

    Bad Idea: ...and showing it to your GM...

    Worse Idea: ...your GM approves the character and you start playing it next week in an "all fives" campaign. *

     

    * Campaign Ground Rules Sheet: Morality, Realism, Outlook, Continuity.

  16. What Have You Watched Recently?

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    Just saw all four of the Tremors flicks over the past few days. Even if the series took a dip in quality after the first two' date=' it still stayed incredibly well-written for a B-movie SF/horror/comedy series. I've seen the complete [i']Tremors[/i] Sci-Fi Channel series on DVD; I remember liking it and maybe I'll pick it up too.

     

    The set doesn't include any extras, but it does have the episodes in correct order -- I picked up a copy a couple of weeks ago.

     

    Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius

    Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (I'd not seen this yet, I got pestered into a viewing, but after having seen it, I don't really mind.)

    Doctor Who - The Lodger

  18. Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea...

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    Good Idea: Occasionally taking the Activation Limitation on a power to decrease the total cost.

    Bad Idea: Taking the Activation Limitation on an entire character to decrease the total cost. *

     

    GM: "Segment 4, Dex 16, Activation Man, you're up."

    Activation Man: [Rolling many dice of many colors] "Okay, my first roll...uhh...a 17...dang, I don't activate this Phase, sorry guys."

     

    * I came up with this idea in the long and long ago, but it has not yet been inflicted upon anyone. :whistle:

  19. What Are You Listening To Right Now?

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    Argh! I still haven't gotten to see BOC in concert. But I did get to see Blue Coupe: Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard, and Dennis Dunaway.

     

    Sorry to hear that your services are no longer required. :(

     

     

    Right now I'm listening to the TV in the background.

     

    Just Like U Said It Would B

    by Sinéad O'Connor

    from The Lion and the Cobra

     

     

    Oddly enough, I'll have that job again on Monday (21 June) -- It would appear that I cannot, in fact, be replaced by voicemail. So that has kind of turned into a couple weeks of unpaid vacation. Locally we're just past nearly 24 hours without power (Ick).

     

    Why Don't You See Me?

    by Concrete Blonde

    from Walking in London

  20. Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea...

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    the origi nal godzilla vs mechagodzilla good idea

    gionormica vs mechaginormica bad idea

     

    Would the theme for MechaGinormica be "Robot Girl" from Was, Not Was?

     

    Good Idea: Playing a character that is a small version of Gamera in a campaign based in Japan.

    Bad Idea: Playing a character that is a small version of Gamera in a campaign based in Japan, with a 20-point Code Against Killing when your only real weapon is your fire breath.

     

    (That was a fun campaign, that player racked-up a higher body count than my villains did.)

  21. Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea...

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    From the Grimiore, a magic spell: Organ Request. If your target fails its save, you get the organ you requested, causing 5d12 damage AND if it cannot survive without the organ, the target dies.

    IF your target makes its save, you get a different organ chosen at random, causing 5d12 damage and if the target cannot survive without the organ it dies.

     

    I've request the targets heart, ended up with the brain, and the target died.

     

    Or the two versions of the Red Death spell: the basic version turns the target inside-out and kills it, the demonic version turns the target inside-out and leaves the target alive.

     

    Good Idea: Playing a character modeled after Boston Blackie in a reasonably serious Pulp Hero / Justice Inc. campaign.

    Bad Idea: Playing a character modeled after Boston Quackie in that same campaign.

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