Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts)

[Mr. Mud]

Ah don't give me that!

Everyone knows that the Big 12 is one of the finest conferences in the nation. We have the best quarterbacks, per capita, then any other conference, and I think our coaches are some of the best too.

True, but every game for the better teams isn't hard... Like in the SEC, every team and every game is tough. Instead of 3 giants of the Big 12, the SEC and AFC both are filled with great teams... It's more competitive, In my opinion. , but I mean that's not to take away from the Big 12, because as you said they're really well coached, and fans are probably 10000x as loyal as them Floridians .

EDIT: DRIDER: Hey... J-J-J-Jaded... . Drider, how could you ever be alone with everyone here at the playground .

[TwoBitWriter]

You're saying I'll end up alone and lonely? That skipping the whole 'dating' scene doesn't work? Even in the U.S., dating only came into vogue in the 1920s, you know. I'm skipping it.*


*Subject to change if the individual becomes less jaded!

Ironic that dating would come into fashion at about the time that women were given the right to vote in the US...

@Mrmud: That may be true, I don't particularly follow too many of the other conferences. I mostly cover the Big 12 and the PAC 10.

[loopy]

Being Australian, and not having Pay TV, I have little to no experience with Grid Iron, though I've had a lot of fun playing the beach variety.

My mate works in TV/radio, and he started barracking for the Philadelphia Eagles when he was over in the States doing a shoot. I've been watching games with him and ever so slowly picking up the sport.

Still not sure why you guys need all that body armour though.

Apologies if you are talking about a different 'league' or whatever than the Philly Eagles are in though.

[Cristo Meyers]

Ironic that dating would come into fashion at about the time that women were given the right to vote in the US... .

I've always found in funnier that prohibition was adopted shortly after that.

[Dr. Bath]

You're saying I'll end up alone and lonely? That skipping the whole 'dating' scene doesn't work? Even in the U.S., dating only came into vogue in the 1920s, you know. I'm skipping it.*


*Subject to change if the individual becomes less jaded!

There's a difference between dating and relationships, miss! You did specify avoiding relationships, not dating.

I'm helping! Also a pedant! =D

Is there a better method of removing unwanted cats from your house than hissing at them and slowly walking after them? It has worked thus far, but may not work in the future...

[TwoBitWriter]

I've always found in funnier that prohibition was adopted shortly after that.

Can we blame World War II and the Great Depression on them too?

[The Rose Dragon]

Can we blame World War II and the Great Depression on them too?

Hey, if it weren't for Pandora, the would would have had no evils.

So blame them all you want.

[Mr. Mud]

Philly Eagles are in the NFL which is the professional league over here in the states Loop. We were talking college, but yeah eagles games are always fun to watch...

TwoBit, Yeah I tend to follow the Big 12 more than anything else (save for Navy which is... different...). AFC and SEC are exciting, but way over hyped to be fun. Like the New England Patriots !

[Cristo Meyers]

There's a difference between dating and relationships, miss! You did specify avoiding relationships, not dating.

I'm helping! Also a pedant! =D

Is there a better method of removing unwanted cats from your house than hissing at them and slowly walking after them? It has worked thus far, but may not work in the future...

Tried using a water gun?

[Mr. Mud]

Doc: Buy a puppy... or throw a bit of raw chicken outside .

[Coplantor]

Or tried "marking" your territory?

[Dr. Bath]

Tried using a water gun?

In my room? no thanks. Also that could just chase them further into the house. See. This is my cat. This is a cat that has decided that my house is a lovely place that it would quite like to hang out in whenever possible. I don't even know how it gets in half the time. Stoopid cat!

It's also a reaaally ugly cat, if that helps at all.

None of these things are things I want! Funnily enough a house that smells like urine is not high on my wish list at the moment (that goes for both puppies and marking territory)

[TwoBitWriter]

The look on the cat's face the first time you spray them with water is always exquisite.

You get a similar effect if you haven't sprayed them in a while.

Priceless!

[Coplantor]

Try smearing a dog's nose with peanut butter, chocolate or something similar and watch them licking their own noses like desperate.

And yes, scared cats are priceless.

[Rutskarn]

Heh heh, terrified animals. Good times, good times.

[Dragonrider]

Ironic that dating would come into fashion at about the time that women were given the right to vote in the US...

I'm writing a paper right now about the correlation - but pet peeve: that is NOT IRONY. It's an amusing coincidence.

[The Rose Dragon]

I'm writing a paper right now about the correlation - but pet peeve: that is NOT IRONY. It's an amusing coincidence.

Quite right.

Irony would be if all the world's women died after being given suffrage.

[Coplantor]

The idea made me laugh, so it's probably irony. A horribly terrible and funny as hell irony.

[TwoBitWriter]

I'm writing a paper right now about the correlation - but pet peeve: that is NOT IRONY. It's an amusing coincidence.

No need to discuss ironic with me, dearest DeeRee. I spent a long time studying it.

I was using it in a more modern colloquial sense. While it may not be technically correct, is in wide-enough usage to be correct on a different level.

(I'm so proud of you for catching Daddy's mistake!)

[Quincunx]

The look on the cat's face the first time you spray them with water is always exquisite.

You get a similar effect if you haven't sprayed them in a while.

Priceless!

What? The "I'm inexplicably wet. Now what was I doing? Oh yeah, something FUN!" look? It's not as funny as the "OMG why is the sky wet, this green stuff under my paws feels funny, lemme back iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!" look.

[Dragonrider]

No need to discuss ironic with me, dearest DeeRee. I spent a long time studying it.

I was using it in a more modern colloquial sense. While it may not be technically correct, is in wide-enough usage to be correct on a different level.

(I'm so proud of you for catching Daddy's mistake!)

I LIKE its old meaning. What will we do when it's shifted completely away from that? We need a word to replace it!

[The Rose Dragon]

And I like the old meanings of fag and gay, but they don't use them anymore.

But don't worry, by the time it gets widely accepted, we'll all be long dead.

[Rutskarn]

You know, I'm the first one to open up a fresh can o' Language Is An Idiomatic And Evolving Entity, You Tweed-Wearing Pipe-Suckers, but I have to say that misuse of the word "irony" does tend to jangle me.

[TwoBitWriter]

I LIKE its old meaning. What will we do when it's shifted completely away from that? We need a word to replace it!

Dopomy.

"That twist at the end of the play was so Dopomatic!"

[Coplantor]

I have a friend that hates ehen people use the word "bizarro" in spanish to say that something is strange or wierd because the original meaning of the word was brave or courageous, buy that was about 200 years ago, seriously, I wonder if there's people out there complaining about how nobody speaks latin anymore.

[Rutskarn]

If I recall correctly, the original definition of "silly" was "holy".

It's since had about 3,531 different definitions.

[Rawhide]

It's great that they are introducing great string music to those that like rap, but the rap in that song ruins it.


This on the other hand is a great rap song, and thats saying a lot as I don't like (c)rap.

[Rutskarn]

Only rap song I've ever really enjoyed was this one, at the end of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.

I have a certain aversion to the genre, and not just because it tends towards unsavory content. I guess it's just not my bag.

[Recaiden]

It's great that they are introducing great string music to those that like rap, but the rap in that song ruins it.


This on the other hand is a great rap song, and thats saying a lot as I don't like (c)rap.

Is there anyone, anywhere who dislikes that song? I've seen lots of people say that it's a great rap song. That includes me. I've never heard one person dislike it. (now of, course, someone will). I like rap more than most people around me, but a lot of it is just so overdone.

[cycoris]

You're saying I'll end up alone and lonely? That skipping the whole 'dating' scene doesn't work? Even in the U.S., dating only came into vogue in the 1920s, you know. I'm skipping it.*


*Subject to change if the individual becomes less jaded!

Pfffffft. Nonsense. I don't do the whole dating thing either, but am neither jaded nor single.