LaLa's Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread - RB #158

[grimbold]

Mandess? This. Is. PLAYGROUND!

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! *kicks monitor off desk*

... ooops!

sigh
i suppose this is indeed the playground

[Thufir]

dear god
i went to sleep and we were on page 2
now we are on page 7?
what is this madness?

I went out to a rehearsal when we were on page 1, came back and we were on page 5. It happens.

[Archonic Energy]

wishing your old unrequited love happy birthday on FB for the 4th year running... yay or nay?

[polity4life]

wishing your old unrequited love happy birthday on FB for the 4th year running... yay or nay?

It isn't a bad thing to offer well wishes on their birthday. But for clarification, are we talking four years of unrequitted love or four years of saying happy birthday?

[LaZodiac]

I believe it is the latter, though either way it's ok, I feel.

[Teddy]

He could punch the asteroid as hard as he possibly can and shatter it into a bunch of smaller pieces. This is using his strength to its maximum power. The larger chunks of the asteroid would cause mingling sonic booms, which would be... messy.

You know, sonic booms will be the least of your problems in that case. Whereas a regular ordinary meteorite will hit the earth as a large, hard chunk of stone, a smashed meteorite will turn into an enormous pillar of fire that scorches the Earth and may turn the surface into glass (depending on the size of the meteor).

[Archonic Energy]

It isn't a bad thing to offer well wishes on their birthday. But for clarification, are we talking four years of unrequitted love or four years of saying happy birthday?

I believe it is the latter, though either way it's ok, I feel.

4 years of ONLY wishing them a happy birthday... we don't hang in the same circles any more. and haven't for 3 years or so...

[ZombyWoof]

So is she still an unrequited love? Have you ever asked her out?

Because if you've never confessed to her, the correct answer may be to wish her happy birthday by offering to buy her lunch/dinner.

[Archonic Energy]

So is she still an unrequited love? Have you ever asked her out?

Because if you've never confessed to her, the correct answer may be to wish her happy birthday by offering to buy her lunch/dinner.

maybe i do and that's part of the problem...

asked.
rejected.
4 year or so gap
she got married earlier this month.

you know what. the more my brain thinks about this the more it thinks i should quit this strange ritual of digging out a 4 year old message thread with yearly updates...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Suddenly I'm thinking of the RND mini episode "time"

Amy-Amy-Rory
*slap*

That would be amazing!
I'm such a pervert.

Don't know why, but after the Amy-Rory-Amy bit my favourite part was THE WIBBLY LEVER!!

There is no TOS...

But you can't have TNG being TNG without TOS. And if TOS didn't exist, TNG would be called TOS, and that means TNG!TOS doesn't exist at all!
You are now only left with VOY, ENT and DS9.
Poor boy.

ION:
Archie, love your sig quote. Loved that game.

IOON:
People, I have passed a landmark in nerdery today!
Ten(ish) months ago I played my first tabletop RPG, and today, I painted my first mini.
Oh yeah.
Problem is, I went to Games Workshop, so I was hoping to find some more DnD related stuff; but I still got a chat with a lovely man, a mini painting lesson in painting minis (plus a free mini) and a very quick game of Warhammer40k.
It's pretty fun actually.
My space marine is now standing guard on top of my books for my next essay.
And I got to see part of a fantasy Warhammer game played out.
This is is the closest I've come to gaming since December.

Now to actually find a DnD shop. That or get the Koorlykin into splitting the cost of a starter box of Warhammer. As it is the boys already have two or three armies between them.

I'm so proud of myself.
Four hours of the history of the English language, some girly-type shopping for girly things; and then hanging out with a bunch of dudes painting minis and playing tabletop games.
I love my life.

[polity4life]

This may have a better home in the relationship issues thread, but might I interest you in a machete with which you can use to cut that bridge?

[Pentachoron]

maybe i do and that's part of the problem...

asked.
rejected.
4 year or so gap
she got married earlier this month.

you know what. the more my brain thinks about this the more it thinks i should quit this strange ritual of digging out a 4 year old message thread with yearly updates...

I would recommend only doing so if you can actually do it as innocuously as a happy birthday wish should be. If the reason you're doing so is because there's still some feeling there I would let it go.

[LaZodiac]

Yay for land marks in nerdyness. I just walked an hour to get Mortal Kombat. I can't move anymore.

[ZombyWoof]

IOON:
People, I have passed a landmark in nerdery today!
Ten(ish) months ago I played my first tabletop RPG, and today, I painted my first mini.
Oh yeah.
Problem is, I went to Games Workshop, so I was hoping to find some more DnD related stuff; but I still got a chat with a lovely man, a mini painting lesson in painting minis (plus a free mini) and a very quick game of Warhammer40k.
It's pretty fun actually.
My space marine is now standing guard on top of my books for my next essay.
And I got to see part of a fantasy Warhammer game played out.
This is is the closest I've come to gaming since December.

Now to actually find a DnD shop. That or get the Koorlykin into splitting the cost of a starter box of Warhammer. As it is the boys already have two or three armies between them.

I'm so proud of myself.
Four hours of the history of the English language, some girly-type shopping for girly things; and then hanging out with a bunch of dudes painting minis and playing tabletop games.
I love my life.

... how would one go about finding a girl like you?

[Thufir]

... how would one go about finding a girl like you?

According to legend, you must first read the entire Discworld series. Then you must undertake a quest for the 7 great tomes of myth, befriending any cats you meet along the way. By this means, you may enter the Plane of Books.

If you wish to get any further than just finding her, there is a complicated gauntlet of trials involving literature, nerdery, and duelling each other for her amusement.

Alternatively, I hear a number of similarly nerdy girls hang out on this forum.

[HalfTangible]

... how would one go about finding a girl like you?

You trace their IP address, then buy a plane ticket and a telescope and-

...

Oh, one LIKE her...

Hang around a shop for miniatures. Also roll a natural twenty on your survival check for tracking

Or find a girl who seems receptive to tabletop and introduce her to the game.

...

And finally, take no advice from me i don't have a clue what im talking about

[Archonic Energy]

This may have a better home in the relationship issues thread, but might I interest you in a machete with which you can use to cut that bridge?

I would recommend only doing so if you can actually do it as innocuously as a happy birthday wish should be. If the reason you're doing so is because there's still some feeling there I would let it go.

Thanks... damn didn't check Gender signs... if i say "Guys" you'll understand right?
Thanks Guys.

resuming "normal" Archonly self...
Mark.

That would be amazing!
I'm such a pervert.

Don't know why, but after the Amy-Rory-Amy bit my favourite part was THE WIBBLY LEVER!!

But you can't have TNG being TNG without TOS. And if TOS didn't exist, TNG would be called TOS, and that means TNG!TOS doesn't exist at all!
You are now only left with VOY, ENT and DS9.
Poor boy.

ION:
Archie, love your sig quote. Loved that game.

the thing i thought they should have done is when the Doctor ran through the door shouting "The Wibbly Lever" is the doctor by the controls then work out WHY it was the wibbly lever, so that there wasn't a "thought paradox" his future self gave himself the clue he needed to solve the problem.

you can probably scratch Ent too... DS9 TNG & Voy were cool.
like a Fez!

as did i. good times.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Yay for land marks in nerdyness. I just walked an hour to get Mortal Kombat. I can't move anymore.

That's a pretty good landmark in nerdiness, certainly devotion to a franchise.
Next stop on my nerdiness metre: attend a con. Probably.
I've already got the 'cult sci-fi' sticker, the 'internet meetup(s)', 'tabletop RPGs', 'anime (subbed; dubbed)', 'cult fantasy', 'internet forum', 'webcomics', 'in-depth knowledge of obscure things (books; English language; mindless trivia) and 'internet reviews'. . . . Fine. And 'fanfiction'.
Yeah. A con of some sort would be next wouldn't it? That or running my own campaign or taking part in a long-lasting one.
But here, where I am currently, the only campaigns that seem to last more than one session are LARPing ones.

... how would one go about finding a girl like you?

Hang out on this forum?
Go to college (Trogland) or uni (Britland)? People are more willing to be 'odd' there than in a secondary school (Britland) or high school. Um, ask at local hobby shops?
Mostly sheer luck though I'm guessing.

Now I wish to gloat and complain at exactly the same time.
Just watching the series three opening episode of Doctor Who, it's fun. Martha looks interesting already.
I am armed with a chicken salsa tortilla wrap, a quarter of cherry bonbons and a quarter of milk bottles. And my first fizzy pop four months.
Sadly, I dropped some salsa on my calf and had to lick it off. And it stained my bedspread.
Luckily, it washed off quick.
Double luckily, I'm marathoning Who and have nummy things, and no work to do until tomorrow because my main book for the next essay has to be hauled out from the depths of the Bod.
There're only three copies of this book in the entire university! And one of them's been taken out, one can't be accessed except by members of a specific college; and the other one's . . . in the Bod. Which is very big.
Point is: I can gloat.
Today has been awesome.
You know, except for getting salsa on my leg. And that annoying person I was stuck behind in a queue for five minutes.
:biggloat:

[ZombyWoof]

According to legend, you must first read the entire Discworld series. Then you must undertake a quest for the 7 great tomes of myth, befriending any cats you meet along the way. By this means, you may enter the Plane of Books.

The thing about quests is that there's always a back door. "Accidentally" shoved your sword up Vivec's nostril for arresting one of your friends? That's ok! Just head down the corpusarium and talk to the last remaining dwarf about activating Wraithguard. Sure, it's risky and might end up killing you but hey. Such are the risks in life

If you wish to get any further than just finding her, there is a complicated gauntlet of trials involving literature, nerdery, and duelling each other for her amusement.

Just as long as I don't have to like The Great Gatsby

Alternatively, I hear a number of similarly nerdy girls hang out on this forum.

I've had no luck conversing with most of them Besides they tend to be, well, on that forum and not, say, in my general geographic region

[CurlyKitGirl]

According to legend, you must first read the entire Discworld series. Then you must undertake a quest for the 7 great tomes of myth, befriending any cats you meet along the way. By this means, you may enter the Plane of Books.

If you wish to get any further than just finding her, there is a complicated gauntlet of trials involving literature, nerdery, and duelling each other for her amusement.

Alternatively, I hear a number of similarly nerdy girls hang out on this forum.

Also L-Space. Prior knowledge of at least five hundred years of literary history would help in the Riddle Section. Also grammar nazi.

You trace their IP address, then buy a plane ticket and a telescope and-

...

Oh, one LIKE her...

Hang around a shop for miniatures. Also roll a natural twenty on your survival check for tracking

Or find a girl who seems receptive to tabletop and introduce her to the game.

...

And finally, take no advice from me I don't have a clue what I'm talking about

That's some good advice there.
You may need a good Bluff skill too.

The thing I thought they should have done is when the Doctor ran through the door shouting "The Wibbly Lever" is the doctor by the controls then work out WHY it was the wibbly lever, so that there wasn't a "thought paradox" his future self gave himself the clue he needed to solve the problem.

Well, it was a Comic Relief special, so it's not like you needed sanity - remember 'The Curse of the Fatal Death'? I think the only way you could work out the Wibbly Lever Paradox would be to assume that the first Doctor in the sequence pulled the wrong one, ran through the Inner TARDIS, shouted at that Doctor "Not the X Lever!", then when that TARDIS started to blow up Eleven!2 ran through to the Inner TARDIS shouting "Not the X or Y Levers!" and so on until it got right?
That or call it magic.

You can probably scratch Ent too... DS9 TNG & Voy were cool.
like a Fez!

ENT doesn't exist. Never has. After DS9 ended there was no Trek until the reboot. Which was okay.
And I couldn't stand most of VOY. Argh.

as did i. good times.

*awaits the next meetup with glee*
Will there be more bikini wearing Wookies? More insanely complicated 'simple diplomatic meetings' involving poisonings and a country and species that never existed?!
Tune in next time for!:
UK Meetup VII!!
Awesome.

Just as long as I don't have to like The Great Gatsby

Can't stand that book, so you're in luck.

I've had no luck conversing with most of them Besides they tend to be, well, on that forum and not, say, in my general geographic region

Pretend they're all guys.
Seriously.
Even I pretend I'm a guy. Because I am. Actually, I'm an amalgam of all the other Britlander Playgrounders who are male. Like Cassie.
She's not a she either.
All female Britlander Playgrounders are actually run by males. It's like a massive RP session.
Disclaimer: I am probably not male or female. The above may or may not be a joke. And I may or may not be talking rubbish. Anything you take as serious is your decision, and yours alone.

[ZombyWoof]

I was actually joking about the "no luck" thing myself, so we're even

I think I'm finally going to finish off Fallout: NV. This game is... amazingly fun and I've put it off for so long because I just wanted to keep playing.

You can tell when I hate a game: I finish it as fast as possible. You can also tell when I love a game: I put off finishing it for as long as possible, even taking a few-month sabbatical from playing it to savor it.

ZombyWoof is one odd duck...

[Archonic Energy]

I think I'm finally going to finish off Fallout: NV. This game is... amazingly fun and I've put it off for so long because I just wanted to keep playing.

You can tell when I hate a game: I finish it as fast as possible. You can also tell when I love a game: I put off finishing it for as long as possible, even taking a few-month sabbatical from playing it to savor it.

ZombyWoof is one odd duck...

new DLC is soon...

can't wait. i hit something of a wall in my long term time sink and till i figure it out it's kinda off limits

[Pentachoron]

Am I the only person that didn't think ENT was bad? As far as the other Trek series, TOS and TNG were okay, I don't care much for watching either of their shows but their movies were good. DS9 and Voyager I hated though.

I'm more of a Star Wars and other Sci-Fi (love me some cyberpunk) nerd, though.

[ZombyWoof]

I loved TNG. TNG is, was and will probably always be one of my favorite TV series of all time. ENT was ok. I liked good chunks of it. VOY sucked, DS9 was boring, and TOS was too hokey for me.

[HalfTangible]

That's some good advice there.
You may need a good Bluff skill too.

Alternatively you can start confusing your dreams for reality

[Zaydos]

Am I the only person that didn't think ENT was bad? As far as the other Trek series, TOS and TNG were okay, I don't care much for watching either of their shows but their movies were good. DS9 and Voyager I hated though.

I'm more of a Star Wars and other Sci-Fi (love me some cyberpunk) nerd, though.

I liked what I saw of ENT except for the Temporal Cold War. I've been watching TOS, the 3rd season is meh but the acting was actually good through most of the first 2 seasons. Spock's Brain is the big ham episode for Kirk of the ones I've seen, but seriously that episode hurt my brain (it contradicted itself). Haven't seen TNG or DS9 and only ever saw 1 or 2 episodes of VOY. I've seen the movie with the borg attacking Zephram's time and Wrath of Khan, haven't watched any of the other movies.

I've read most of the Star Wars books that take place within 10 years of Endor. Love Aasimov, Heinlein, Philip K **** (could be said to have inspired cyberpunk), and I could list more but those are probably the top 3. Oh and fantasy, (good) cosmic horror (not Derleth, not Derleth), and myths (especially the Norse kind, but those read pretty close to Sword and Sorcery).

[Teddy]

Alternatively you can start confusing your dreams for reality

This doesn't sound especially hard. I do it all the time (or rather, I get confused because I dream alot, and my dreams are not the reality)

ION:
Die, Soviet, die! I finally got bored by not doing anything with my nuclear power Sweden, so I built a smaller army, invaded Finland, nuked Moscow and anexed the previously invaded Finland. After fending off constandly growing Soviet armies and nuking Leningrad, I did a tactical withdrawal back to Torneo and Kiruna, where it's easier to defend. Now I'm aiming to retake Rovaniemi and starve out the Soviet troops that are positioned in northern Norway, whereafter I can try and move the front forward again.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Huh. 'Smith and Jones' just finished.
[spoilers]How does a bendy straw break skin?
How did CPR bring someone back to life after complete and total blood loss?[/spoiler]
Wonderful technobabble though. And nice characters, especially that anonymous doctor dude. Not the Doctor, just a doctor. Good CGI too.
Also, isn't Martha's actress the same person who was upgraded in Torchwood the previous series? They even lampshaded it.
I like Martha. SHe's cool. Even if she reacted to the kiss kind of goofily. But then again, Tennant's a pretty handsome Doctor, and it looked like it was a good kiss.
Then again, I'm judging it from one's who's never kissed or been kissed.

Also: funny parts:
"Crossing into established timelines is never to be done. Except for cheap tricks."
Mouthing along to the 'it's bigger on the inside' thing.

Oh my giddy aunts no!
That whiny little female Rose was mentioned. Ugh.
At least Martha's said she doesn't do humans. Wonder how long that's going to last.

o.O
'The Shakespeare Code's' next! How many in-jokes can I detect?!
Double o.O!!
This series has 'Blink' in it doesn't it?!
Happy days! No Rose, amazing theme tune, a fun appearing companion, Billy Wobbledagger, the Weeping Angels.
Sweeties and fizzy pop and laziness. What more could a girl ask for?
And I've only seen barely the last half of this series. And I know who's coming up later.
Cadfael.
Oooooh yeah.

[ZombyWoof]

I love Old Republic star wars stuff. Rule of Two is the dumbest thing ever.

[LaZodiac]

Holy crap, Mortal Kombat is a completly legitimately difficult game so far, and I'm only on chapter 3 of the game.

Of note, Scorpion is awesome as heck.