¿ question of the day ?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Cos Jack Flanders FVCKED THE RULES!

[Anna]

I give, why?

[brightpearl]

Question for thurs the 15th...

On Tuesday, it was so warm that I waded into the river up to my knees. The frye nibbled at my toes, the water hyacinths were blooming, there were bees. I felt the impulse to jump in.

Did I do it?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I say you were pushed.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Yes, with all my heart I hope you did.







:mad:

[lukkucairi]

just like brave sir robin, you did it in your armour :)

http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/Sir%20Robin.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

^ luku, have i told you lately that i love you?


pearly: i'm going to say no. i'm going to guess that a moment before plunging in you were distracted by a strange "hoo-hooting" off in the distance and you galloped into the woods in the hopes of tracking down its source. you galloped for days but never found it.

wait... you are a horse, right?

[brightpearl]

This is fun. :D

Just to see how it affects your thinking, I'm going to specify that I was fully clothed and there were a few people about. Total strangers, all of them.

[topcat]

i think you did it.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3620/opheliazr4.jpg

[zero]

On Tuesday, it was so warm that I waded into the river up to my knees. The frye nibbled at my toes, the water hyacinths were blooming, there were bees. I felt the impulse to jump in.

Did I do it?This is fun. :DJust to see how it affects your thinking, I'm going to specify that I was fully clothed and there were a few people about. Total strangers, all of them.

^attention whhttp://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=7162)res thread!!

[auntie aubrey]

^ i'm sure you would have remembered to say bread were you not so distraught over the inappropriate placement of BP's posts.

[zero]

breads are so last summer

[auntie aubrey]

now i'm distraught.

[zero]

^ http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gifgood toast

[Coffee]

You shucked your clothes (as a good oyster properly would) and plunged feet first into your native environment.

Please provide linky to You tube vid of the event taken by said complete strangers, por favor.

[Stephi_B]

Yeah, you did and looked kinda like
http://static.4players.de/premium/ContentImage/42/51/13372-bild.jpg
(You always go for a walk in nature dressed like Lara Croft? ;))

[craig johnston]

you slipped on some algae, and were saved by a bronzed adonis
with whom you proceeded to have rampant sex on the riverbank.

[brightpearl]

^:eek:
No! :D I'll have you know I can swim. Not that it's relevant to the actual event.

^attention whhttp://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=7162)res thread!!

better than pimping poor Hoyt. :p

....I know, I know...SUHT UP.

I wasn't sure of what the specifics would be, but the Python/Ophelia/Oyster thing that's resulting is pretty much what I was going for. :D

[Marcus Bales]

Did you do it? Hell, no. You thought about it, then you thought about how cold and clammy your clothes would be, and how uncomfortable it would be to drive wet, and you remembered that you had to get bread and milk at the store on the way home, though even then it flashed through your mind what a hoot it would be to go to the store still wet from an autumn plunge, but then you remembered that you'd worn the last bra in the drawer, the skimpy thin one, and you thought that perhaps the locals didn't deserve quite that good a look at you, and you refrained. But now you regret it.

[Anna]

I have to saaaaaay.... no, but I think you thought about it for a good while and experienced it in your mind.

[lukkucairi]

insomniac, dammit, so I get to set this question:

red or white?

why?

[madasacutsnake]

I have a wall of my loungeroom painted red. It looks toasty in winter.

[brightpearl]

white, because it contains red, although if we're talking clothes I almost never wear white.

Trollops can't wear white.

[craig johnston]

mostly red, but often white in summer.
always dry, never rosé (apart from cava).

[lukkucairi]

http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/king/304/redqueen.jpg

better red than dead :)

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Trollops can't wear white.
You can if it has a black hem.


Gonna say red here.
White is way too self-entitled and needy.

[T.I.P.]

red

because white tends to think too highly of itself

[Stephi_B]

Red's my passion,
though if Monet painted it, white is OK with me.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/images/ep/images/ep29.100.108.R.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

the question immediately makes me think of decor. so my choice is white because i've always wanted to do a really minimalist mid-century take on my environment with all white walls and furnishings.

like this oooooooh

http://www.2modern.com/site/ProductImages/modloft/worth.jpg

[craig johnston]

Trollops can't wear white.

rubbish! there's nothing sexier.

;)

[brightpearl]

The google image results for "white trollop" were very disappointing, but I got this from "white strumpet."
http://satirica.net/images/trf2003/strumpet.jpg

I guess he would go for white and red, then.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

http://images.allposters.com/images/130/009_220-314.jpg
White Strumpet, eeep!

[topcat]

pinot grigio

[brightpearl]

^mmmmmm.


let's have a new one then....anyone?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://www.ordinarycomics.com/november2007/web/8november2007.jpg (http://www.ordinarycomics.com/)
^

[trisherina]

What fresh hell is this?

[brightpearl]

How did I let myself get there?

[Frieda]

where's my phone?

[Avalon]

How did I become a door man for my dog?

[Anna]

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[Coffee]

Will today be the day I get laid off from work?

[auntie aubrey]

How did I become a door man for my dog?

this.

[lukkucairi]

how do I get there from here?

[madasacutsnake]

Which agency pays more?

[T.I.P.]

should i stay or should i go ?

[Coffee]

oooh oooh...im up early enough...or yux all sleppin in l8.

My turn!

New ? of the day:

What are you all going to get me for my birthday? :)

[trisherina]

http://www.appliancist.com/krups-espresso-machine-combi-pump.jpg

[Frieda]

the usual, a postcard that's not going to arrive in time ;)


sent it out earlier today actually so maybe in 2 weeks :p

[Coffee]

^^^*Smootchies* :)

[auntie aubrey]

ENJOY!!

http://www.waynecounty.com/emd/imgs/emptyBox.jpg

[brightpearl]

mmm mmm good
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/folgers-simply-smooth-793720.jpg

[T.I.P.]

a thread that says happy birthday, with some ceiling cats

[Avalon]

<MARQUEE>Job Security! :D </MARQUEE>

[zero]

¿ question of the day? for 19th november

what do you currently have no intention whatsoever of doing?

[Stephi_B]

Answering your question of the day... oops I did it :o
Ah, then washing up the second half of the dishes.

[trisherina]

I currently have no intention whatsoever to pick up influenza.

[skip intro]

going on holiday to pakistan

[auntie aubrey]

buying a car strictly for aesthetic reasons.

[T.I.P.]

taking care of all the things i have left aside for the past 6 months

[brightpearl]

eating a big, juicy bug

[lukkucairi]

replacing the blown speaker in the honda

[craig johnston]

everything except finishing this bottle of plonk, brushing my teeth, changing attire and crashing out.

;)

[Coffee]

Ever voting republican.

[craig johnston]

new q - 20.1

who do you hug?

[auntie aubrey]

the spouse. my dad. his wife, if she makes the first move. my aunts and uncles. one of my cousins, although not frequently.

i'm not a big hugger. i chalk some of it up to sensory defensiveness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_defensiveness). i chalk the rest of it up to a reluctance to express intimacy with more than a few people. it's not that i don't love people. it's that it's difficult to touch them that intimately.

i have hug issues. or as i like to call it, hugssues.

[lukkucairi]

everybody.

except aubs - I respect her space :p

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Everybody & anybody.
I'm easy

edit: I would never ever hug Auntie since I know she don't like it none.
But I would hug lukkucairi because she sent me flowers when I was sick.
And Stephi_B because she needs one methinks :)

[T.I.P.]

i hug americans - family & friends

and "bise" frenchies - family, friends, and friends of friends

i'll even "bise" the occasional american if i can sense that do not have "bissues" :)

[auntie aubrey]

except aubs - I respect her space :p

thank you for respecting my hugssues.

[Stephi_B]

Grandparents, dad, brother, sisters, my fav cousin, Vanya, my best chica (in latter two cases it's the East European hug+bise thing - love it :)), my best buddy from Bavaria, some of the girlfriends/wifes of colleagues/friends, boyfriend (if I have one), and erm... my
http://www.pathus-reisen.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/foto-kamel.jpg
:o (mine looks better, but seems they don't sell that model anymore)

Eta: Forgot e-hugging Perla :) (...and anybody else who wants)

[Avalon]

My Hsb., my kids, my mom, my siblings.. my blood relatives; we are back slappers/rubbers and face holders in the Soprano tradition...big family, lots of hugs.
My BFF.
Oh, and my dog, Samson.

[zero]

♪in your arms♪

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♪in your automatic arms. your electronic arms♪

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♪so hold me mom, in your long arms♪.............,...........

♪in your automatic arms. your electronic arms♪
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♪in your arms♪

♪your petrochemical arms♪

♪your military arms♪.............,...........

[Tunesmith]

Pretty much anyone I know well: parents, sister, extended family, some of my oldest female friends, and one of my male friends.

[Frieda]

i'm not much of a hugger. family & friends get the normal 3-kisses greeting.. 1 kiss if we see each other every day. there's not much hugging going on in the NLs anyway, people find it weird and too intimate.

[madasacutsnake]

Please don't touch me.

[zero]

...not much hugging going on in the NLs anyway, people find it weird and too intimate.

i can relate to this. when i first left my homeland to live in the south of england, acouldnie be fvckken doing with all this superficial *HUG*ing that goes on between folk who hardly know eachother - it's sheer wankitude, so it is! however, i'm well used to it now and i even hugged my greengrocer today when he told me he'd got some <blink>NEW!</blink> biscuit varieties in stock. joking.

bollocks to *HUGS*, i shall embrace you or nothing at all.

ok, we can just shake hands maybe? yeh.. if you must okay then... *HUG* (private parts 3ft apart)





.

[lukkucairi]

hugz fer EVERYONE! (http://www.armory.com/~images/?s=bm1998&i=44)

[trisherina]

Please don't touch me.

Ha! Not true. Big embracer up there. ^^ :p

[Jack Flanders]

new q - 20.1

who do you hug?

WHO DO YOU HUG?

[trisherina]

Ahem. Pardon me. Turn down the capslock, please, ma'am. :)

I am quite the hugger. I embrace a wide variety of people. There are very few hugs I don't like, and quite a few that have changed me forever. I am keen to opportunities, and no one is safe. On a regular basis: family, close friends (probably ten?), and pets.

[Jack Flanders]

Sorry Ma'am. The ? was for CJ - but so a little defensive, hum?

HUG for you - girl. You need one!!! (So do I - shitty fvking thanx giving thing exploding.)

[Coffee]

I hug family, extended family, girl friends (with extra feeling), and my cats.

[madasacutsnake]

I read it wrong.


bollocks to *HUG*, i shall embrace you or nothing at all.
.

[brightpearl]

(So do I - shitty fvking thanx giving thing exploding.)

Oh noes!
:(
Mine is not going to be so great, either.
Let's split a pie.
Pecan?
http://home.snu.edu/~HCULBERT/pie.jpg

Apple?
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/students/studentcenter/images/january/pie.gif

Punkin?
http://www.bfeedme.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/pumpkin-pie-recipe-11-8-2006.jpg
I put Amaretto in it. :)

[auntie aubrey]

IS THAT THE NEW ¿QUESTION OF THE DAY? PEARL-O-RAMA?!

[Frieda]

pecan! :)

[Coffee]

Most Definitely PUMPKIN!!!

[seebe]

I'd have to say pumpkin.

[lukkucairi]

:( I am

1) allergic to nuts

2) wheat-intolerant

make it a pumpkin pie with gluten-free graham crust and you've got a deal :)

[Frieda]

^ glutafin! :)

edited to add: no wait-- that has wheat

you gotta have hämmermuhle.. or proceli (corn), they make nice ciabattas!

[T.I.P.]

pumpkin pie !

[auntie aubrey]

impossible to answer without more information about the occasion on which said pie will be consumed.

[brightpearl]

Ooops, I didn't even mean to make that the Q of the day, just commiserating with Jack.

As we covered early in my presence on this board, I really enjoy pie. Nearly any kind will do. My favorite, however, is the lemon custard pie my grandmother used to make. Pretty much just eggs, sweetened condensed milk, and a ton of lemon juice. Ahhh.

Oh, and buttermilk pie (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_12265,00.html). I know it sounds nasty, but it's unbefreakinglievable.

[madasacutsnake]

Ooops, I didn't even mean to make that the Q of the day, just commiserating with Jack.

As we covered early in my presence on this board, I really enjoy pie. Nearly any kind will do. My favorite, however, is the lemon custard pie my grandmother used to make. Pretty much just eggs, sweetened condensed milk, and a ton of lemon juice. Ahhh.

Oh, and buttermilk pie (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_12265,00.html). I know it sounds nasty, but it's unbefreakinglievable.

That recipe only has the grated rind of one lemon. Is that the actual recipe you use or one you googled? Cos I'd like to try it.

[brightpearl]

^Aw, you're asking for my grandmother's recipe?
*sniff*
:o
Nothing would make her happier.

Buttermilk Pie
The one in the link is similar, but this is hers:
9 inch unbaked pie shell
1/2 c. (one stick) room temperature butter
2 c. granulated sugar
3 heaping T of white flour
3 eggs
1 c. buttermilk (don't use the powdered kind and water)
1 tsp. vanilla (sometimes she used 1/4 tsp. of lemon or almond extract, but I prefer lemon zest and/or slivered almonds on top myself.)
dash of nutmeg

Cream soft butter with sugar, add flour slowly, then eggs one at a time, and beat well. Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, and nutmeg. The filling will be very watery and will look curdled, but that's normal. Pour into pie shell (you'll be less likely to spill it if you put the shell on a cookie sheet, fill it, and put the whole lot in the oven), bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes, or until center is set. I often have to put foil around the edges of the crust partway through, or it'll burn, especially if the oven has hot spots. You'll need to let this one cool thoroughly before serving so that it will cut well. Whipped cream is nice, but not absolutely necessary. It's also a nice foil for fresh fruit.

[zero]

.

¿ question of the day ? for thursday nov 22nd


what compliment do you think i would most enjoy hearing about myself?

thanks in advance!!

[auntie aubrey]

i think you would enjoy hearing that you're a s (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=7162)eeker of all things.




;)

[T.I.P.]

you are significantly less buggy since your last upgrade

[craig johnston]

rzoe is good at speling

[xfox]

zero is aesthetically and intellectually correct

[brightpearl]

excellent judge of poetry

[trisherina]

eventually less annoying than in the beginning

rarely blootered before sundown

not that often peaks too early

less frequently mistaken for chester the molester

future friend of a border collie

[seebe]

you're funny

[12"razormix]

.

¿ question of the day ? for thursday nov 22nd


what compliment do you think i would most enjoy hearing about myself?

thanks in advance!!have you been drinking?! :mad:

[zero]

¿ question of the day ? for 23rd november



have you been drinking?! :mad:

i wisnie a minute ago but am urr noo


http://www.neublack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/wobbly-cognac-glasses-02.jpg


slainte!

[12"razormix]

i wisnie a minute ago but am urr noo
yeah right

[zero]

bathwater

[lukkucairi]

yes, I have been drinking.

have some red. it's nice. sonoma.

[Coffee]

? of the day for November 24th:

If you were to design your own "hero cards" (similar to sports trading cards) who would be on yours?

[auntie aubrey]

here are the first five cards, what i call "series 1" MIP:

brian eno, thomas jefferson, lucille ball, epicurus, my mom.

[craig johnston]

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/craig%20johnston.jpg

[lukkucairi]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/11/25/books/cover-190.jpg

[trisherina]

The guy I sleep with, our daughter, my sister, and Nola. Bonus cards: a series of border collies.

[β cyg]

¿ question of the day ?


where am i?

[Bman]

Funkytown.

[auntie aubrey]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/57658311_508928ad09_o.jpg

[Avalon]

Somewhere in the world with Carmen Sandiego.

[brightpearl]

you're in a parallel universe with me, and we're sharing Thai noodles and laughing over that time we tried to tag a bridge in high school, and fell in stagnant water instead

[lukkucairi]

you're hanging out with this guy:

http://whereintheworld.blogs.com/life_on_a_bike/images/montreal_halloween_033_3.jpg

[Mik]

you're only where you feel

[auntie aubrey]

¿ question of the day ? for monday, nov 26th:

imagine, if you will, that the total membership of this forum joins together to create a super-band. musicians, singers, performance artists, filmmakers, an artist collective in the fashion of gus gus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Gus), if you will. who is the singer? who plays tambourine? is there room for interpretive dance?

what is your role in this super-band?

[brightpearl]

I run the laser light show.

Normally I would say there is no room for interpretive dance, but this is an unusual group, and I can think of several people around here who would totally rock it.

[auntie aubrey]

you're in my head again. i was going to claim the light show. but i'll settle for being director of the children's choir.

i nominate trisherina for the role of costume design guru.

[Frieda]

hmm. nice question!

actor/director of a play or musical or something, or i'll be the standup-comedy act.


and i play some mean air guitar on my crutch!

[β cyg]

director of the children's choir.


i want to be in that choir. i've been told by my music teacher that i make a "really disharmonious, disruptive racket" :)

[lukkucairi]

set designer!

http://entimg.msn.com/i/LiveEarth/venues/uk/UK_SpinalTapDwarf_400.jpg

[zero]

hair

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

I'll walk around looking annoyed and carry a clipboard.

[auntie aubrey]

we seem to have all of the auxiliary roles covered. so far our only performer is β cyg, lone member of the children's choir.

[Bman]

I'll be that merchandise guy that sort of wrote part of a song once so I'm kind of in the band...but in reality all I do is follow you guys around.

[zero]

when tunes gets here somebody tell him to reacquaint himself with his react-o-table.

shouldn't take long.. it's pretty intuitive.

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^ and tunes, we fully expect you to get a better tune out of the bloody thing than this rank amateur, don't we everybody?

[auntie aubrey]

this is the first piece i expect the children's choir to tackle:

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β cyg, you're to cover bass. pearly, your job is to highlight the correct performers without blinding anyone with the lasers. frieda, you're in charge of the comedic choreography. lukku, we need set theme. might i suggest tubes? zero, we're going to need a lot of spikes and mullets and thick, luxurious mustaches. bman, the shirts should say something like, "ba da da dum da da dum de dum de dum." work on it and let me know.

all right, BREAK!

[zero]

^:mad: i HAT the polyfvckkenphonic spree


no way am i giving them hairdos


SLAM

[lukkucairi]

too bad we lost zroe - he'd have liked the ceiling I designed:

http://www.bassind.com/prodimg/colorflow_tubes58.jpg

goes with the lasers, don'tcha think?

I'm still working on the other bits. I'll also play some pipes to back up the choir if you want...

http://www.aberdeenpiper.co.uk/images/bagpipes.jpg

[Tunesmith]

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^ and tunes, we fully expect you to get a better tune out of the bloody thing than this rank amateur, don't we everybody?

Rank amateur?! That's me at the latest reactable promotion!! :mad:

...but I'll drag it out here if I can also be the songwriter who spends hours a day crooning to his guitar.

Maybe you could accompany me on the hang, orzo:

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[T.I.P.]

Does this piece have the budget for a forty foot drum and a helmet ? Cuz i know how to do this thing where i get fired out of a cannon onto a forty foot drum. The kids love it !

The tempo needs to be slow enough so i have time to run back to the cannon between shots though.

[trisherina]

I'll sew Frieda this gown for her stand-up comedy routine (I think she should be master of ceremonies):

http://www.iatwm.com/200607/QueenElizabethGowns/13B_100037.jpg

And I hereby strongly encourage Brynn to choose a dramatic soliloquy (for performance between two equally dramatic drum solos).

P.S. Gown guaranteed to hide all hints of broccoli.

[Master_Jedi]

i call lead kazoo, personally, i think it's more awesome than the bag pipes =D http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h245/Suicidal_Catastrophe/goldbox2open2.jpg

[Frieda]

^^ oooOOOOOooooo pretty gown :eek: :) :)

that will definitely hide all the broccoli! :)

[madasacutsnake]

I'll make the food for the after show party.

[brightpearl]

I think I can double-duty as pie-taster.

It'll be a lot of work, but I think I can handle it.

[craig johnston]

smoke machine

[auntie aubrey]

^ careful not to hyperventilate. this collective doesn't offer health insurance.

[Frieda]

how about bubble blower, mr Johnston?

[zero]

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^thank your for your kind assistance in this matter of the beautiful, dreamy drummy noise that man's making

also, i notice that not only does he sport a bandanna like auntie aubrey's old avatar & but also that his drum strongly resembles her new one ...coincidence? i think not.

[Stephi_B]

the cable girl
http://www.photocase.com/de/upload/08/2sni7pdo/photocase915935933.jpg

and I will try to steal Hoyt's clipboard ;)

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

and I will try to steal Hoyt's clipboard ;)

*Issues Stephi_B her own clipboard.*
*Makes note of issuing the clipboard on my own, slightly more important clipboard*
*Suggests that maybe some cables need rearranging somewhere.*

[brightpearl]

query for Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007

Can you do this?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2071552462_04a113a765_m.jpg

[Frieda]

no

but my shoulders are cracking and popping so maybe in another minute i will be able to :eek:

[Frieda]

yep, it worked

so yes, i can!

[auntie aubrey]

i can come close. i can put my palms together but not quite that high.

i can, however, stretch my left arm up, wrap it around the back of my head, reach around under my chin, and grab my left earlobe.


...oh. no wait, i guess i can't quite grab my earlobe anymore. WELL I USED TO!

[T.I.P.]

yup

not nearly that high though !

[zero]

oh god yes!!! i'm a nerd of that. of course i can that!! no problem!!! i could do that and i was a nerd of it before i was even born - it's easy for us contortion nerds - hahaha!!

i'm such an anjali mudra nerd!!!

AND yes!!! i'm also a TOTAL nerd of stretching my arm up, wrapping it around the back of my head, down around across my arse and grabbing my left bollock

there's nothing i'm not an nerd of - i'm a nerd of everything - THIS IS GREAT i am so nerdy :D

[brightpearl]

^yes, but can you stretch enough to pull your head out of your...

*twinkle*
:p

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

I could if i wanted to.
But I don't want to.
So I won't.

[Coffee]

Not even with your arms...

[auntie aubrey]

and like opening a plug hole, all the fun drains away.

[Marcus Bales]

No, I can't do that -- but it makes me wonder what she can do with her legs ...

[Avalon]

Just the thought of trying that now makes my back hurt...I used to be able, but now I can't get my arms angled high enough. It's like the way little kids sit with their legs spayed..makes my knees hurt to watch that too. :p

[Tunesmith]

ergh...ehnn...yeah, but I can't get my palms together.

well, I won't ever try and do that in a crowded library again. :o

[madasacutsnake]

Yes. I didn't know I could until I tried.

[brightpearl]

^flexible bunch!

well, I won't ever try and do that in a crowded library again. :o
:D

[trisherina]

It's not wise for me to attempt to do that; I'm trying to avoid cortisone injections.

New question for Thursday November 29th MST:

Do you wear a watch daily?

If YES, tell the story of the watch you wear.

If NO, tell the story of what else you use to check the time.

[skip intro]

i use a sundial. i am often unpunctual due to living in the u.k.

[β cyg]

i don't wear a watch nowadays now that a cellphone can do all time-telling better

besides, time is never time at all

[Coffee]

I always wear a watch (and I always carry a lighter ftr), a cheep rugged practical watch with at least these functions: Time, Date, Chrono, and an Alarm. Currently I have a
Timex Expedition (it has a magnetic compass too) on a canvas webbing and leather buckle style strap...cost 30 bucks on sale.

[12"razormix]

Do you wear a watch daily?

If YES, tell the story of the watch you wear. yes. it's shiny. i saw it, liked it, ordered it and put if on my left wrist.

[zero]

in the dead of night there's a button that makes the whole face of it glow green (but not so bright as to hurt ma peepers in their state of unaccustomed half-shut ness). i had one exactly the same but it packed up and i got this one exactly the same. it wasn't expensive or anything.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

I don't wear a watch, there is no clock in my car & the only clocks in my house are on the stove and by my bed.
Interestingly, I am never late & rarely feel rushed.


and like opening a plug hole, all the fun drains away.

Who you calling a plug hole?

[T.I.P.]

i thought Frieda's watch was so cool that i bought another one off the tokyoflash site, back in June:

http://www.tokyoflash.com/pics/TWE007_m.jpg

It's the "B version Gunmetal" (http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/twelve5-9/bversiongunmetal/).

the little leds light up in different patterns and then settle on the hour every time you activate the button to check the time.

I'm wearing it right now, with GREEN leds that look way cooler than the orange or red ones. Yesterday someone asked me if what i was wearing was a watch and I answered "No, it is a teleportation device". I try to come up with a different response every time.

[Frieda]

^ you also got it with green stitching??

i love those-- i would've gotten this orange new B-version if it had orange stitching.


edited to add: i have this one:
http://www.tokyoflash.com/pics/TOK004_m.gif

[Frieda]

i have this one (http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/tokyo_time_evolution/barcode_ss/) in clear or blue on my wishlist.. it's about 100 euros over my current budget :rolleyes: but it sure is cool

[T.I.P.]

^ you also got it with green stitching??

i love those-- i would've gotten this orange new B-version if it had orange stitching.


aye, green stitching :)

[brightpearl]

I used to wear a Soviet cosmonaut's watch (they sold them off for dollars after the Cold War ended), but the band broke and I just never got another one, even when I didn't have a cell phone. I kept it in my pocket for a while when my son was a baby...after a couple of months of being up at all hours of the day and night with no predictability, I realized I had to know what time it was in order to stay lucid. :)

I wonder from time to time why I don't wear one any more; I used to really like watches, and Frieda's and TIP's are so cool. Dunno.

When I was in first grade I had a Peter Pan watch. It had Tinkerbell on the end of the second hand. If I could find one of those, I might wear one again.

[Odbe]

I have a fairly ordinary gold watch that I've had for longer than I can remember. I haven't lost it yet, it survives me doing the dishes while wearing it, it survives the occasional cycle of the washing machine in my pocket and it does its job, so it passes the test for me. I prefer reading analog time, but I think I'll get a digital eventually so I can have a watch with some more features like the temperature and an alarm.

[trisherina]

I used to be quite the watch junkie, but I've whittled it down to a half-dozen. They all have stories, but the least tawdry/revealing one I suppose is the Wittnauer I won along with $750 cash and a microwave oven about ten years ago as second place in a Hold 'Em tournament. First place beat me fair and square in the short game.

[Frieda]

^ pictures! pictures! :)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://lotitoctoc.rootl.whoismall.com/shop/data/0/0069_00009.jpg

guy meets watch story: saw it, liked it, bought it

[trisherina]

Sorry, I couldn't find any photos. Here's one of the microwave though!

http://www.microwavecooking.com/images/Panasonic.jpg

And a new question of the day:

Are you having a good hair day?

[Veruki]

No, not really, but at this point it doesn't surprise me.

[brightpearl]

If by "good" you mean no more mousy brown and limp than usual, I guess yes. :D

[T.I.P.]

not at all, matter of fact i need to go to the coiffeur :mad:

[Stephi_B]

No cos it's to moist outta there, makes straight thin hair hang more straight, plus I need a better fringe soon, it's enervating to have to plug out the hair from my eyes all day.

[zero]

are you having a good hair day?


i'm glad you asked this trish. actually it so happens that i've been receiving compliments throughout the day with regard to my hair. to name but a few:

- from the train driver
- from the grocer with no name - he's a zombie flesh-eating alien sex vampire
- from doreen dalrymple of the fish and chip van ...or should that be at the fish and chip van? i'm never sure.


it must be the NEW! NIVEA dshevelledhead i've ben using!

[trisherina]

(and the flask in your inside pocket)

[zero]

nah hip pocket maintains the NEW! VSOP at the critical temperature at which the fumes can be inhaled

[madasacutsnake]

Not really. I'm growing it out and it needs some serious layering. I also have roots showing but I will be remedying that with this:

<img src=http://www.consumer.schwarzkopf.com/uploads/pics/brillance.jpg>

[Frieda]

no

but still better than yesterday

[lukkucairi]

WONDERFUL.

I took a shower and then slept with a wet head, and now I look like Yahoo Serious :)

http://www.yahooserious.com/graphics/thumbmedia/fanfair.jpg

[Stephi_B]

Q for Dec 1st:

¿ Which word ?

[Stephi_B]

dream

[Frieda]

relief

[brightpearl]

love

[Avalon]

Chaos

[Odbe]

delicate

[trisherina]

align

[T.I.P.]

barbaric

[Bman]

visceral

[Frieda]

question of the day for december 2nd:

which shampoo do you use?



edited to add:
i use this one:
http://www.garnierzorgvoorjezelf.nl/img/our_products/prd_haircare/FRUCTIS/P41019_pack.jpg

[madasacutsnake]

<img src=http://www.regotrading.com/images/TresGroup.jpg>

[Marcus Bales]

http://www.judithjamessalon.com/images/Alterna_ten.gif

[trisherina]

http://images.northamerica.lush.com/zoom/614.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

http://images.northamerica.lush.com/zoom/614.jpg

http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Stephi_B]

http://www.rateitall.com/itemimages/10812.jpg

[zero]

http://www.infomat.net/infomat/rd741/rd1/database/nivea/logo.gif

a logo from heaven
the typeface...

o the stylistic unity of it

[Marcus Bales]

Question for today: What famous person or persons would you like to meet, get to know, and become friends with?

Me: Clive James, Stephen Fry, and Jon Stewart.

[Stephi_B]

Stephen Hawking, Nina Hagen, Vladimir Putin, Daniel Craig

[trisherina]

Maybe Jon Katz, the dog writer.

[brightpearl]

Do they have to be alive? If not, Cary Grant and Richard Feynman. Both Hepburns -- Audrey and Katharine. And Ryokan.

Otherwise, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Yevegeny Yvtuschenko, and Jane Goodall. Oh, and all the Pythons, but especially Michael.

[Frieda]

the hoff, bruce willis, tom jones, stephen hawking, john cleese

[Marcus Bales]

Do they have to be alive?

Yes, they have to be alive -- otherwise there's just nf hope, is there?

[lukkucairi]

Oliver Sacks

[T.I.P.]

Terry Pratchett, Bill Murray, Aphex Twin, Lou Reed, Steve Buscemi, Jamie Lee Curtis

[Frieda]

ooh yes

oliver sachs and terry pratchett

i'd like mr sachs to investigate my weird disappearing leg and mr pratchett to make me laugh my broccoli off




read the latest pratchett yet, tippy?

[brightpearl]

^dang, my list is getting longer now that I've seen everyone else's. Surely Jaime Lee counts as one of the Pythons in an honorary sense, though, given that she made out like a mad bunny with both Michael Palin and John Cleese.

[zero]

quite while aghttp://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=258820&postcount=4) but it still holds

[craig johnston]

a couple of beers with nelly mandela and des tutu would be fun

[T.I.P.]

read the latest pratchett yet, tippy?

not sure...which one is it ??

[T.I.P.]

quite while aghttp://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=258820&postcount=4) but it still holds

you'd have to go through Barney, and he's a slightly disturbed (and disturbing) ex-football player...

(or did someone already mention that in the other thread??)

[Frieda]

making money!

another post office story with moist von lipwig :)

[T.I.P.]

making money!

another post office story with moist von lipwig :)

i have an amazon order going off tomorrow, i'm going to add it illico presto ;)

[craig johnston]

a slightly disturbed (and disturbing) ex-football player...

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1073878022473_2004/01/16/0116_thepig1,0.jpg

[Anna]

God, no particular one.

[topcat]

morgan freeman and sean connery, also deniro , pacino and jack nicholson.

[Avalon]

Sir Paul, Bruce Willis, Nelson Mandela, Billy Crystal

[auntie aubrey]

brian eno, jodi foster, michael palin, karl hyde, zach galifianakis, tim heidecker & eric wareheim

[madasacutsnake]

james may

[trisherina]

^^aww that's sweet

[trisherina]

New kvetchion of the day:

What's the kindest thing you did all year to date?

(Santa reads this thread)

[daverbee]

Too many to list here.

[trisherina]

1. stole cookies from a girl scout
2. moved a grape before someone stepped on it

[Stephi_B]

Dunno, am quite kind (some people say too kind) in general... plus one would better ask the people I was / tried to be kind to, because at times the outcome / perception of my kindness at the receiving end is different to my intention.

[Frieda]

um?? :confused:

[lukkucairi]

gave trish a big fuzzy HUG :D

[topcat]

trish, i think you got your answer.

[madasacutsnake]

It's probably not that kind if you're getting paid to do it but.....I made two old ladies cups of tea. And then I watched while they did a tandem grateful sip. :)

[brightpearl]

^You might be mad, mads, but you rack up serious good karma all the time. There aren't very many people who can be good at your job.

[brightpearl]

Awrighty, new q for Wed the 5th

What's something you like that doesn't jibe well with the rest of your persona, something your friends are surprised you like? Don't be shy. I know someone on here owns all the Britney Spears albums.

I'll bet it's Brynn.

[Stephi_B]

Woah, that's a hard question, my interests/likings have no certain line so I couldn't say one really sticks out somehow.
But I confess here openly and quite ashamed that I been on a Take That concert in '94 :o but I still think Robbie Williams tremendously hot :D

[Marcus Bales]

I like country and western music

[T.I.P.]

i watched seasons 1, 2 & 3 of desperate housewives

[brightpearl]

^you once threatened me with ninjas if I revealed that on this board. :D

I like to watch golf. :o

[lukkucairi]

OK, I do like Britney, but unfortunately I don't have all her albums so I'll have to defer to Brynn :p

I also know all the words to 'Run To The Hills' by Iron Maiden. We should sing a duet sometime, Beryl.

[brightpearl]

^you know, we should. I'll do my best to make it to Utah soon and we'll record it for posterity. And then Mik can put it on Space Adventure.

[Stephi_B]

i watched seasons 1, 2 & 3 of desperate housewives

Me too :) not so worse as a guy (hetero&married) from our work group who always went home at 5.30 pm on Tuesdays to have time for mental preparation. My ex-roommate Vanya (hetero&married likewise) can't stand DHW, he's a Sex and the City devotee :D

[Frieda]

well, i like gardening.

most people think i'm really weird and therefore do weird stuff like walking around with a transformer helmet or being able to quote from all series of star trek or eat mandarins all day, or play air guitar on my crutch and do a silly dance, or beat everybody in a car drag race, or sing the llama song..

i do that too. AND i like gardening :)

[T.I.P.]

OK, I do like Britney, but unfortunately I don't have all her albums so I'll have to defer to Brynn :p


"Toxic" never fails to get the girls dancing in a party. And in my experience, when the girls start dancing, the guys follow.

Incidentally, anyone who's been to a french party knows that the french can't dance to save their life, unless they have taken formal salsa or rock n' roll classes. Americans are way more eccentric in their dance styles - don't be surprised if you are invited to a french party and you find the dance styles boring.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

I'm a freakishly good baker.

Based on my appearance and personality, people generally assume that I have a refrigerator filled with ketchup packets and old pizza boxes and that my kitchen is outfitted with only a microwave and a stack of paper plates, when in fact I have two Kitchenaid mixers and enough assorted bake-ware to start a small pastry shop.

[brightpearl]

^oooh, I like baking too. 'Specially bread. Food is a big part of my life, so it's not really out of character for me, tho'.

and btw TIP as long as there is Tomme de Savoie at this party, I will endure any manner of boring dancing.