Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146

[AtlanteanTroll]

I don't see how watching the episode with the Germans would in any way increase the possibility of you making an inappropriate comment, since you already know about the episode in question and have thought about it.

True, true. Have you seen Valkyrie? Surprisingly good movie.

My family made me eat cake.

Now I'm sad, because cake is the last thing I need right now.

B-But it's cake. How can you not want it.

[Lioness]

B-But it's cake. How can you not want it.

Because I'm attempting to not get fat. Also, it was ice cream and cream cake. And I don't like cream, and only like ice cream when it's not absolutely freezing!

[AtlanteanTroll]

Because I'm attempting to not get fat. Also, it was ice cream and cream cake. And I don't like cream, and only like ice cream when it's not absolutely freezing!

Then just eat the cake. Not wanting to be fat isn't a reason not to eat cake. Do exercise later and eat veggies, just don't skip on the cake. Unless the cake is a lie. Then you should skip on the cake.

[Teddy]

I woke up half past twelve in the afternoon today. That should be a new record for me. I feel like such a rebel.

A minor problem, however, is that school starts at Monday, and I need to kick back my sleep scedule at least 3 hours until then.

ION: Littlest brother came home from school due to illness and now he's making repeated trips between the couch and the toilet. Poor guy - I certainly don't miss being sick in my younger days.

EDIT:

Unless the cake is a lie. Then you should skip on the cake.

You know, I've always wondered what lies taste like. I've imagined it as licorice with a sort of sour aftertaste, but I'm not sure about that.

[KuReshtin]

True, true. Have you seen Valkyrie? Surprisingly good movie.

I actually haven't seen it yet.
I have it on DVD at home, just not got round to watching it.
I've got a whole bunch of DVDs that i've not got round to watching, and then they've started showing on TV, so I don't need to bring out the DVD to watch it.

I procrastinate a lot.

[Archonic Energy]

I procrastinate a lot.

yeah you d.... meh i'll finish that later

[CurlyKitGirl]

CONGRATS FRED!

Yeah, I got nothing else now, except you know, envy.

Oh, and this site is apparently the only thing I can access on the internet aside from Google's homepage and the MSN newspage.
Woo.

Here's hoping I can post, as I've tried restarting, I'm actually on MSN, so it's not anything MSN's picking up, I've tried everything.
I'mma go screem noaw.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I actually haven't seen it yet.
I have it on DVD at home, just not got round to watching it.
I've got a whole bunch of DVDs that i've not got round to watching, and then they've started showing on TV, so I don't need to bring out the DVD to watch it.

I procrastinate a lot.

Watch it. I mean, why waste your money on DVDs if you aren't going to going to watch them?

[PhoeKun]

Watch it. I mean, why waste your money on DVDs if you aren't going to going to watch them?

Drink coasters? Clay pigeons? Frisbees? Amusing stoned people? Really tacky chandeliers? Ineffective wind chimes? To microwave it and observe the plasma?

The list goes on. If I bought Valkyrie, the last reason would be so that I could watch it.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Watch it. I mean, why waste your money on DVDs if you aren't going to going to watch them?

Because sometimes there's always something else to watch, or do. Or maybe you're saving it for a special occasion.
There're always reasons why x can't be read or watched at this specifice moment in time.

However, Troll, I do recommend that you watch Fawlty Towers, especially the German episode.
ANd for the record, Fawlty Towers is very popular in Germany, so watch the frellin' episode!
Or use headphones. Put it on your laptop or computer and isolate yourself away from the world while you watch hilarious British comedy from the late 1970s.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Because sometimes there's always something else to watch, or do. Or maybe you're saving it for a special occasion.
There're always reasons why x can't be read or watched at this specifice moment in time.

Curses. Foiled again.

However, Troll, I do recommend that you watch Fawlty Towers, especially the German episode.
ANd for the record, Fawlty Towers is very popular in Germany, so watch the frellin' episode!
Or use headphones. Put it on your laptop or computer and isolate yourself away from the world while you watch hilarious British comedy from the late 1970s.

AtlanteanTroll to you. Billy Joel knows all, and then some. Also, I can't put it on my laptop. I'm far too stupid to know how.

EDIT: Am I the ony one scared of Mr. Popo?

[Kneenibble]

EDIT:
I also think that rust can harm books.
*headdesk*
Foxed. The book will become more foxed. And being foxed is a bad thing.
Plus eventually the decay will allow you to get high from the old books.

Foxing, unless I am badly mistaken, is the mysterious discolouration of paper over time -- I do not think a purely mechanical discolouration such as the slowly bleeding stain from a rusty pin would be called foxing. Am I wrong?

I do, however, have access to a lot of old books until September: please instruct me how to get high from them.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Foxing, unless I am badly mistaken, is the mysterious discolouration of paper over time -- I do not think a purely mechanical discolouration such as the slowly bleeding stain from a rusty pin would be called foxing. Am I wrong?

The reason it's called FOXing is because of Ferrous Oxide - rust. So I'm assuming concentrated foxing would be bad as it discolours the paper and can lead to damage being easier to cause.
WHile the rusting pin damage isn't technically foxing, I don't think I'm too wrong in assuming that it would be similar.

I do, however, have access to a lot of old books until September: please instruct me how to get high from them.

QI says that when books et older, discoloured and a bit tatty there are certain spores that can be given off by the books.
These spores are hallucinogenic.
It would probably take a fair amount of exposure, but it is theoretically possible. It's another theory for the weird and tippy poetry and literature some writers end up producing.

[Kneenibble]

The reason it's called FOXing is because of Ferrous Oxide - rust. So I'm assuming concentrated foxing would be bad as it discolours the paper and can lead to damage being easier to cause.
WHile the rusting pin damage isn't technically foxing, I don't think I'm too wrong in assuming that it would be similar.

I don't think it's that simple, if you'll please pardon my making an issue of it:

Two significant differences between foxed and clean areas of a paper are the higher proportion of acid and iron in the former, although there does not seem to be any clear and definitive relationship between iron and foxing. (Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books)

However, since you'll likely find me face-first in some ratty centenarian accounting ledgers in the next few days trying to catch a buzz, my credibility is pretty low.

[SpiderMew]

I don't think it's that simple, if you'll please pardon my making an issue of it:


However, since you'll likely find me face-first in some ratty centenarian accounting ledgers in the next few days trying to catch a buzz, my credibility is pretty low.

Dude if you really want a good trip, i can hook you up
You got to come down here though lol.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Down here being Australia, Mexico, or somewhere else?

[Kneenibble]

Dude if you really want a good trip, i can hook you up
You got to come down here though lol.

I do not doubt you for a minute, sweet SpiderMew, but I have a feeling I would burn out like a star down there, or at least get eaten alive.

[SpiderMew]

Los Angeles.


You would get plently of opportunities to pratice self controll

[Phase]

Oh, hey, Curls, I found something at Princeton that I thought you'd enjoy.

Apparently they have six libraries on campus, the main library being Firestone, which is three stories high, has three sub-basement levels, spans underneath the whole campus for about 500 meters, and contains 6.8 million books.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I don't think it's that simple, if you'll please pardon my making an issue of it:

Originally Posted by foxing
Two significant differences between foxed and clean areas of a paper are the higher proportion of acid and iron in the former, although there does not seem to be any clear and definitive relationship between iron and foxing. (Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books)

However, since you'll likely find me face-first in some ratty centenarian accounting ledgers in the next few days trying to catch a buzz, my credibility is pretty low.

Well, I'm certainly not known for my skills in science, in fact, I'd call them mediocre at best.
And yet there's this show called The Big Bang Theory that I've only iust started watching; it's supposedly very geeky, especially when it comes to science and math etc.
I can understand more than seventy-five percent of the science/math based iokes.
But I digress, that's a lovely site and I shall be nicking it. Wish my course offered that kind of thing, they kind of almost do, but not really. Which is a shame. A crying one.

Oh, hey, Curls, I found something at Princeton that I thought you'd enjoy.

Apparently they have six libraries on campus, the main library being Firestone, which is three stories high, has three sub-basement levels, spans underneath the whole campus for about 500 meters, and contains 6.8 million books.

^_^
I love places with big libraries; how'd you find out about it?
Also, I know Princeton is on the east coast of Trogland, and apparently somewhere near the home of a certain kind of cheesecake, but I know not exactly where.
So where is it?

When I come to Trogland for whatever reason I intend to visit some libraries or universities.
Heh, I'm tempted to do some silly.

[AtlanteanTroll]

T-Trogland? WTF is Trogland.

[CurlyKitGirl]

T-Trogland? WTF is Trogland.

Trogland is Trogland.

It's where Trog lives.

It is the land in which Trog has lived.

That is what Trogland is.

Trogland is where Trog may be found.

[KuReshtin]

Watch it. I mean, why waste your money on DVDs if you aren't going to going to watch them?

Who said I wasted money on it?

When I buy DVDs, I tend to buy three or four at a time, often trawling through bargain bins for older films that I liked before DVDs weren't available, and that have now been released on DVD.

Then I maybe watch one of them, and leave the other lying about for ages.

T-Trogland? WTF is Trogland.

Also, mind your language, please. There are minors about.

[Keld Denar]

Koorly, Big Bang Theory is amazing! I'm glad you like it. Jim Parson (the guy who plays Sheldon) is up for a couple awards. Plus, the gal in it is HAWT! Almost all of the humor is math/science/engineering/comic/videogame based, with all of the lovely subcultural steroetypes that comes with them. Nearly all of the characters, despite being rather over-the-top, are still endearing and relatable.

Also, huge libraries are awesome. Getting lost in the stacks with a special someone is a great way to spend an evening!

[CurlyKitGirl]

Who said I wasted money on it?

When I buy DVDs, I tend to buy three or four at a time, often trawling through bargain bins for older films that I liked before DVDs weren't available, and that have now been released on DVD.

Then I maybe watch one of them, and leave the other lying about for ages.

Wheeee! We do the same. We've got so many weird films lurking around that it's a wonder you can find the film you wanted to find.

Koorly, Big Bang Theory is amazing! I'm glad you like it. Jim Parson (the guy who plays Sheldon) is up for a couple awards. Plus, the gal in it is HAWT! Almost all of the humor is math/science/engineering/comic/videogame based, with all of the lovely subcultural steroetypes that comes with them. Nearly all of the characters, despite being rather over-the-top, are still endearing and relatable.

Also, huge libraries are awesome. Getting lost in the stacks with a special someone is a great way to spend an evening!

I swear Sheldon has Aspie's. Or something similar to it.
But he is funny anyway, especially his Spock technobabble speech. And he has a fun singing voice.
Penny is pretty hot, I recognise her from that 8 Simple Rules show I've seen once or twice. I like the contrast between academic smarts and normal smarts.
And a comedy about geeks is a fun thing. Especially the humour. And the stereotypes.
Stereotypes are good fun.

I've never been lost in a large library, I've iust never been able to. Plus the stacks are veyr hard to find.
Can't see the stacks for the books.

[Phase]

^_^
I love places with big libraries; how'd you find out about it?
Also, I know Princeton is on the east coast of Trogland, and apparently somewhere near the home of a certain kind of cheesecake, but I know not exactly where.
So where is it?

When I come to Trogland for whatever reason I intend to visit some libraries or universities.
Heh, I'm tempted to do some silly.

Princeton is in New Jersey. The tour guide I had said the only concern for her own safety she ever had on Princeton's campus was getting lost in the basement of Firestone.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Who said I wasted money on it?

When I buy DVDs, I tend to buy three or four at a time, often trawling through bargain bins for older films that I liked before DVDs weren't available, and that have now been released on DVD.

Then I maybe watch one of them, and leave the other lying about for ages.

Genious.

Also, mind your language, please. There are minors about.

*Opens and closes mouth like a fish*

I. Who. What. But. Thats why it's an abbreviation.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Princeton is in New Jersey. The tour guide I had said the only concern for her own safety she ever had on Princeton's campus was getting lost in the basement of Firestone.

. . .

This university has tours. It has a large, large library.
Hello Princeton.
Hello Princeton Tour Guide.
What? This camping set? Well, I'm going camping with some of my friends, I hope you don't mind me carrying it around.
Oh, so this is the library is it? It's very big isn't it.
What's that over th-


Goooooodbyyyyyyeeeee Princeton Tour Guide.


So do all unis offer tours then? Because only some of the older ones offer them in Britland.

[Keld Denar]

I've never been lost in a large library, I've iust never been able to. Plus the stacks are veyr hard to find.

You obviously haven't been trying hard enough, or with the right company!

EDIT: The funny thing is, I've seen interviews with the guy who plays Sheldon (Jim Parson), and he said he barely understands any of the stuff, either physics related or geek culture related. Most of it her just memorizes. Which is pretty remarkable acting, if you ask me. Really rediculously remarkable acting, considering how well he pulls it off!

[CurlyKitGirl]

Genious.

Genius is not that. Clever thinking yes, but genius no.

*Opens and closes mouth like a fish*

I. Who. What. But. Thats why it's an abbreviation.

A very common one which is easily understood.
I also think you might need to be taught that understated Britlander humour.
It's understated.
And Britlandish.

And shut your mouth before you swallow a fly.

EDIT:

You obviously haven't been trying hard enough, or with the right company!

I no has girlfriend. I has no boyfriend.

And down here I has no friends with whom I can get lost in a library with. And the libraries are pants.

EDIT EDIT in response to Keld's EDIT:
That is very good acting then. I'm more impressed with the meorisation skills though as some of the things he has to say at CrAzY Sheldon paces are very complicated.
Plus his looks and acts of condescension and derision are gold. As are his attemps at social acting.
Also painfully embarrassing in a way that has you cringing.
*nodnod*