The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144)

[Dogmantra]

At any rate, I've changed it back, sans the apostrophe, feel free to do with it what you like.

Well now that's bad grammar! I thought we agreed it was the thread that thwarted the thread belonging to Twenty Ten Ton Tuna (a supervillain).

[SaintRidley]

Just so it's known, thwarted does not alliterate with anything in the title.

[Dogmantra]

Just so it's known, thwarted does not alliterate with anything in the title.

Yes it does. Thwarted.

[Rawhide]

Just so it's known, thwarted does not alliterate with anything in the title.

There , hows that?

[YPU]

Well now that's bad grammar! I thought we agreed it was the thread that thwarted the thread belonging to Twenty Ten Ton Tuna (a supervillain).

exactly, the thing being thwarted was a (random banter) belonging to ten twenty ten ton tuna.

Right now its more a the topic that kept changing names.
And hats, but nobody but me knows that.

There , hows that?

Even less understandable? I like it!

[SaintRidley]

Yes it does. Thwarted.

Usually, alliteration refers to initial consonants or, in Anglo-Saxon verse, where the stressed syllables start with the same phoneme. I'm absolutely terrible at scansion, but I'm pretty sure the "thwar" part of "thwarted" is the stressed syllable.


The new title is quite nice, though. Double alliteration is better than boring old single alliteration.

[Coidzor]

So, I go away to hack at a bunch of downed limbs (I'm-a need a ladder or a tool I can use to extend the reach of my cutting power to fix the problem in toto), and the thread title changes so completely that it even changed the titles in the posts we made.

Wiggy-woo-whack.

ION: Dear Lord am I sweaty and I was only gone for about 30 minutes, meaning I started at 6 in the evening thereabouts.

Nope. *scuttles off to make an account*

Silly cute ones.

[YPU]

and the thread title changes so completely that it even changed the titles in the posts we made.
.

No, it has just changed multiple times, so much in fact that almost every other post has a new name above it.

Really its like rawhide is playing solo pong with my title.

[Trobby]

It makes my Silly Sealions seem a little less silly.

[EmeraldRose]

I have to admit I was wondering about all the changes. Fortunately, it only required looking at the last page. Now I wonder no longer...

[Dragonrider]

have re-read all seven harry potter books in the last six days

(including a thirteen-hour straight stint yesterday that covered books five and six)

brain is broken from emotionally draining finish

have lost all capitalization and pronouns

also apparently full stops

will resurface if therapy is successful

otherwise

am off to diagon alley

goodbye

[Coidzor]

People can have emotional reactions to things they've already read more than once?

Strange. Almost makes me wonder if I'm missing out on some kind of emotional schema.

[Player_Zero]

People can have emotional reactions to things they've already read more than once?

Assuming you don't have a photographic memory you do this as well.

You just appear to think you don't.

Welcome to NHK is still sad no matter how many times I watch it...

That and the suicide episode. Every time...

Spoilers. Not that I believe anyone is interested. Or will even click them for that matter.

Anyway, a matter of some curiosity of mine: do people typically make any noise when they cry or is it commonplace to shed tears without a sound?

[Dogmantra]

Dudes and dudettes, we are looking for two more for scrabble. Lexulous.com, multiplayer room. Be there, or be geometric!

[Coidzor]

Anyway, a matter of some curiosity of mine: do people typically make any noise when they cry or is it commonplace to shed tears without a sound?

Depends on whether there's anguish or just sorrow going on.

Typically a fair number of people cry out from the raw pain of the experience of such deep anguish. If it's just sorrow though, it sorta depends upon personality and training for lack of a better word.

As a young boy, for instance, I learned to choke down the gasping for air that accompanied my tears, especially because I mostly cried out of anger. Still do, actually. Is when I'm at my most dangerous because I've all but lost control of myself. And then I crash and crash hard and feel like I'm about to die from the utter loss of energy.

[ForzaFiori]

Anyway, a matter of some curiosity of mine: do people typically make any noise when they cry or is it commonplace to shed tears without a sound?

Depends on how hard you are crying. If it's a slow gentle cry, usually it is silent. If you are bawling, usually your nose will stuff up, causing you to begin gasping for air, which (combined usually with drainage from your nose) causes the really nasty sound some people make when crying.

Of course, this is all from second hand experience. Guys don't cry.

[CurlyKitGirl]

have re-read all seven harry potter books in the last six days

(including a thirteen-hour straight stint yesterday that covered books five and six)

brain is broken from emotionally draining finish

have lost all capitalization and pronouns

also apparently full stops

will resurface if therapy is successful

otherwise

am off to diagon alley

goodbye

Poor DeeRee, having to read such abominable books, those being any book after three or possibly four.
Four was good, but not worthy of the greatness of three.

Don't worry sweetie, I'm here for when you need to talk LotR again. Hehe, there's a thought, maybe I should try to beat my LotR record. It'd be good for gits and shiggles. And for burning my poor weak eyeballs out.
But I have run out of Sherlock Holmes, so what else've I got to lose?

[Thufir]

Of course, this is all from second hand experience. Guys don't cry.

Real men are not afraid to show their emotions.
And tenors may have difficulty controlling theirs enough to not show them.

[SpiderMew]

Real men can cry. The test of a real man is how you handle your rage.

[Coidzor]

But I have run out of Sherlock Holmes, so what else've I got to lose?

Do you really want to know?

Mmm, stirfried noodles and veggies with a topping of boneless asian-style wings isn't a bad combination, surprisingly.

Bow saws are hard to learn how to use though. Then again, they might not be the right tool for dealing with removing downed and partially attached limbs from a tree.

[Thufir]

Oh yeah, Curly, did you see the new BBC modern version of Sherlock Holmes that just started today? My parents neglected to tell me it existed, but I walked in partway through just after scrabble, and it seemed pretty good to me.

[Dragonrider]

Poor DeeRee, having to read such abominable books, those being any book after three or possibly four.
Four was good, but not worthy of the greatness of three.

Okay, confession here m'dear: I LOVE Harry Potter.

Maybe it's just the nostalgia effect, given that I started reading them when I was eight years old and have re-read all that were extant at the time at least once every year since then.

But

I love them.

People can have emotional reactions to things they've already read more than once?

See above. I've read the first four books at least fifteen, twenty times. 5 and 6, ten-ish times. 7 I just finished for the fifth time.

So sue me.

[Kneenibble]

If emotional experiences were not repeatable, method acting would be naught.

Real men can cry. The test of a real man is how you handle your rage.

Well said.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

If emotional experiences were not repeatable, method acting would be naught.



Well said.

The second real test is punching a charging bison in the face. With your fist.

Edit: I just googled 'Man punching bison/buffalo in face', and didn't come up with anything. I'm disappointed. Someone needs to do this, and take photos for teh interwebz.

[Cobalt]

The second real test is punching a charging bison in the face. With your fist.

As opposed to your foot, which is what you usually punch with.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

As opposed to your foot, which is what you usually punch with.

Nobody told me that it was frowned upon to headbut in a fistfight until just yesterday, mmk? I'm still getting used to this.

[ForzaFiori]

Nobody told me that it was frowned upon to headbut in a fistfight until just yesterday, mmk? I'm still getting used to this.

It's perfectly fine to headbutt in a fist fight. The only rules for a fist fight are no weapons, and no shots to genitalia, unless your loosing really badly, and have to run away.

[Cobalt]

Nobody told me that it was frowned upon to headbut in a fistfight until just yesterday, mmk? I'm still getting used to this.

You'll get there.

In other news, this song at full blast makes my shed tears.

And not just because my eardrums are exploding. From awesomeness.

[Kneenibble]

Anyways, the correct test is punching a charging bison in the fist with your face, you pheasant plucker. Any milk-livered sherry drinker could do yours.

In other news, this song at full blast makes my shed tears.

And not just because my eardrums are exploding. From awesomeness.

Do you think the electric piano is being played and recorded, or simply programmed in? I wouldn't put it past a Japanese player to be able to handle those whip-fast chords.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Do you really want to know?

You are a crude, crude man.

Oh yeah, Curly, did you see the new BBC modern version of Sherlock Holmes that just started today? My parents neglected to tell me it existed, but I walked in partway through just after scrabble, and it seemed pretty good to me.

I have been uninformed!
What?
Channel?
Also, which story?

Okay, confession here m'dear: I LOVE Harry Potter.

Maybe it's just the nostalgia effect, given that I started reading them when I was eight years old and have re-read all that were extant at the time at least once every year since then.

But

I love them.

Oh dear. But don't you worry my bird, I still have an undying affection for every one of Enid Blyton's mysteries and school books. Been reading them since I was six and they're still as enioyable as ever.
Maybe it's the lashings of ginger beer, or the nostalgia, but I'm unretentant in my love for the wonderful Enid Blyton.

Aaaaaannnnnd for the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew (but only their original case files). I don't know why, but I like them despite the fact that they're fairly repetitive in certain areas and that Nancy is a Mary Sue - and yet I still collect them.
Currently the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and the Three Investigators share the same box as Paradise Lost, my collection of Sherlock Holmes books, Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, my two copies of both the Iliad, Odyssey (it's all about sex on the beach! I hate Odyseus) and various Ancient Greek plays. Oh, and The Three Musketeers and Magician by Feist - despite the latter having another - much smaller box - all to himself.
Paradoxical and unmatched in quality, genre, publication and every other way I use to organise my books.
I blame meddling siblings.

See above. I've read the first four books at least fifteen, twenty times. 5 and 6, ten-ish times. 7 I just finished for the fifth time.

So sue me.

*sues DeeRee*
I can understand the first three and even the fourth. Given anything I'd probably reread the first three - the third was bloody good, but the later ones angered me.

The most memorable part of book the fifth was that a girl got spots and I genuinely forgot everything that happened in book the sixth within five minutes of closing the book for the first time.
<.< After reading it cover to cover on the day of its UK release in a tad over five hours. >.>
And book the sixth was meant to be shocking!