Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143)

[Cobalt]

I'll be honest: I don't know where I got that messed up image from, but I am using it for teh lulz at the moment because, why let a picture go to waste?

It seriously just appeared in my images folder. I'm actually slightly creeped out.

Looks awesome though.


So yes, if you were wondering; that is on purpose. I just have no idea where on earth it came from.

[Trobby]

There's a thin white bar below it. Might just be a corrupt file.

[Cobalt]

Probably. But hey, whatever works. Other images seem fine, so I'm not worried about it.

[Froogleyboy]

I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but I thought with a title like "random banter" it'd be fine, if not, ignore it. I just have to tell someone. In four days, my dad get's out of jail! I'm so excited! I haven't seen him in two years!

[Rawhide]

I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but I thought with a title like "random banter" it'd be fine, if not, ignore it. I just have to tell someone. In four days, my dad get's out of jail! I'm so excited! I haven't seen him in two years!

If you don't mind me asking, what was he convicted of?

[Coidzor]

If you don't mind me asking, what was he convicted of?

And here I was worried. phew.

Hope things go well with that, Froogley.

[FinalJustice]

I'll be honest: I don't know where I got that messed up image from, but I am using it for teh lulz at the moment because, why let a picture go to waste?

It seriously just appeared in my images folder. I'm actually slightly creeped out.

Looks awesome though.


So yes, if you were wondering; that is on purpose. I just have no idea where on earth it came from.

Your computer may be secretly plotting to kill you. Don't worry too much about it, they do that all the time.

[Froogleyboy]

If you don't mind me asking, what was he convicted of?

I don't mind you asking, I just don't know. He had been on a fight with some guy and he had called the cops on the man because he threatened to burn our house down. But when the cops got there, they said that he had a warrant out for him.

[Cealocanth]

OMG!!!!!!1!!!!! It spiked over 100 degrees Fahrenheit today. Thank God for air conditioning, I was nearly baking when I went out to get the mail today.

[KenderWizard]

I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but I thought with a title like "random banter" it'd be fine, if not, ignore it. I just have to tell someone. In four days, my dad get's out of jail! I'm so excited! I haven't seen him in two years!

That's good news! I hope everything goes well!

OMG!!!!!!1!!!!! It spiked over 100 degrees Fahrenheit today. Thank God for air conditioning, I was nearly baking when I went out to get the mail today.

I'm in Virginia right now and it's sooooooo warm. Not today, actually, today was a little better, but still warmer than anything you'd get in Ireland! I think the warmest it's been here was 40'C, which is 104'F or something.
<-- it's red because it's so hot!

[Deth Muncher]

That's good news! I hope everything goes well!



I'm in Virginia right now and it's sooooooo warm. Not today, actually, today was a little better, but still warmer than anything you'd get in Ireland! I think the warmest it's been here was 40'C, which is 104'F or something.
<-- it's red because it's so hot!

:O As a Virginialander, yes, it gets insufferable from time to time. Especially because of all the damned humidity. Not all of us get humidity in the form of rain. -glares at Irelanders/Britlanders-

[KenderWizard]

:O As a Virginialander, yes, it gets insufferable from time to time. Especially because of all the damned humidity. Not all of us get humidity in the form of rain. -glares at Irelanders/Britlanders-

It has its benefits and its downsides. No sunburn, yet also no picnics. Well, actually, we're pretty optimistic, so there does tend to be picnics. They usually happen in a car, watching the rain outside!

[Deth Muncher]

It has its benefits and its downsides. No sunburn, yet also no picnics. Well, actually, we're pretty optimistic, so there does tend to be picnics. They usually happen in a car, watching the rain outside!

When I visited Dublin/Cork/Blarney/Waterford two years ago, the first cabbie we came across summed it up well: "It only rained twice last week - once for three days and once for four."

[Eadin]

Ooooh, fancy new thread...

[Quincunx]

Froogleyboy: You didn't happen to have gotten your growth spurt in those last two years, have you? Would be weird (yet cool) (yet weird) if you were suddenly eye-to-eye with him now.

I'm in Virginia right now and it's sooooooo warm. Not today, actually, today was a little better, but still warmer than anything you'd get in Ireland! I think the warmest it's been here was 40'C, which is 104'F or something.
<-- it's red because it's so hot!

Bring Some of That Warmth Back With You! I am FREEZING here! It's July! Long sleeves after dark are unnatural!
(shakes KenderWizard by the lapels 'til someone pries her fingers open)
. . .oh, and since you're in Virginia and thus good food country, here's a list of foods you need to bring back and popularize here.

10:40. Sunshine. 10:43. Misty rain. 10:46. Rain hissing like a snake pit. 10:50. Misty rain. 10:53. Sunshine.

[Thufir]

It has its benefits and its downsides. No sunburn, yet also no picnics. Well, actually, we're pretty optimistic, so there does tend to be picnics. They usually happen in a car, watching the rain outside!

Weather in the UK, and I assume Ireland as well, works according to sod's law. The easiest way to make it rain is to declare you're going to have a picnic, and a barbecue, on the beach, and play cricket.

[Dallas-Dakota]

*Note: There actually is not a sport called cricket, the English just use Cricket as a word for their favorite outdoor sport.

[Dogmantra]

Weather in the UK, and I assume Ireland as well, works according to sod's law. The easiest way to make it rain is to declare you're going to have a picnic, and a barbecue, on the beach, and play cricket.

Silly three man cricket in the rain on the beach is great fun. Of course, a proper game of cricket isn't but "whatevs".

*Note: There actually is not a sport called cricket, the English just use Cricket as a word for their favorite outdoor sport.

Who would name a game after a horrible intergalactic war anyway?

[CurlyKitGirl]

Originally posted by DeeRee
But a house on fire indeed. We really must one day arrange a meeting.

Well, in two years it's highly likely I'll be going to Trogland (around about the end of June/beginning of July (or both)) because History Friend'll be twenty-one.
Is two years a long enough notification of a potential meetup?

Something highly unusual happened last night.
For the first time in a couple of months it rained at home. Properly. Not just a minute or two of mist, but actual, proper Britlander rain.
I'd actually forgotten how noisy it could be.
And the temperature's back down to summer normal too. All is right with the world.

[Phase]

Where is Trogland? I've never figured it out...

Also, my legs are so riddled with mosquito bites that they feel like a pair of cobblestone pathways straight down to hell.

[Recaiden]

And in an equal case of inexplicability, I endorse and participate in this party!



#o.o# I hope I haven't started a bad trend, in my very first Random Banter. *Eeep!*

What naked avatar trend?

Where is Trogland? I've never figured it out...

Also, my legs are so riddled with mosquito bites that they feel like a pair of cobblestone pathways straight down to hell.

It's the middle part of this one, Phase. You can see it out of the corner of your eye right now.

[Phaedra]

Something highly unusual happened last night.
For the first time in a couple of months it rained at home. Properly. Not just a minute or two of mist, but actual, proper Britlander rain.
I'd actually forgotten how noisy it could be.
And the temperature's back down to summer normal too. All is right with the world.

I know, wasn't it lovely? I could actually wander around without my skin burning on a level usually only seen in creatures of the night. About 3/4 of the students in my office are from abroad so I've been dealing with comments about missing the sun all day, but they are FOOLS because grey drizzle is the proper way of the world. I miss winter, winter doesn't fry my skin.

[Dogmantra]

I miss winter, winter doesn't fry my skin.

Everyone knows that if your breath doesn't freeze the moment you exhale, it's too hot. And I'm not talking about the water vapour.

[Thufir]

About 3/4 of the students in my office are from abroad so I've been dealing with comments about missing the sun all day, but they are FOOLS because grey drizzle is the proper way of the world.

Damn right. Proper British weather. Love it.

[drakir_nosslin]

Uff, I'm working abroad this summer, much because the summers here tend to be better (read: hotter/sunnier) than back at home. What happens? Cloudy with a chance of meatballs every single day. And in Sweden? Heat wave that makes the tropics envious... MLIA, ha!

[Rawhide]

Thufir, I felt the need to provide you with this little fable.

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There was a baby owl and a daddy owl. The baby owl was learning how to live in the world, he was starting to develop his call.

The baby own cried out "Wot. Wot wot. Wot wot wot wot wot. Wot."

"No," said the daddy owl, "it's not wot, you know, it's who-whoooo-whooooooooooooo, you know."

[Dogmantra]

Thufir, I felt the need to provide you with this little fable.

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There was a baby owl and a daddy owl. The baby owl was learning how to live in the world, he was starting to develop his call.

The baby own cried out "Wot. Wot wot. Wot wot wot wot wot. Wot."

"No," said the daddy owl, "it's not wot, you know, it's who-whoooo-whooooooooooooo, you know."

Doctor Who?
Otherwise I don't get it. In fact, even if it is Doctor Who, I don't get it.

[Rawhide]

Doctor Who?
Otherwise I don't get it. In fact, even if it is Doctor Who, I don't get it.

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It's not what you know, it's who you know.

People who know powerful people get jobs easier than people with qualifications.

[Dogmantra]

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It's not what you know, it's who you know.

People who know powerful people get jobs easier than people with qualifications.

Oh I get it now. I thought it was replacing the English stereotype of saying "wot" all the time with the English stereotype of liking Doctor Who more than is perhaps healthy. I sort of thought it was one of those anti-jokes that are funny by virtue of being completely absurd and not actually funny, like "How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?"
Answer: Fish.

[Eadin]

I have the feeling I should start watching Doctor Who...