Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182

[MoonCat]

Wait for them to cool down?

I am not very fond of congealed butter, otherwise I might have gone for that after I realized how hot they are.

I...but...but snails are icky and gross. How could you eat them

How would you know unless you're had them? And have you really not heard of eating snails before?

...What? It seems like there are crucial parts of this sentence that are missing for it to parse correctly.

Also, snails are an excuse to eat garlic and butter. Which is silly because you need no excuse and mushrooms give a nearly identical experience in most cases and are more readily obtained.

Yea,h that's basically the whole thing.

Yeah, I find I prefer mushrooms to them, but for some reason, people kept offering snails, so I experimented.

A better question is, why would you voluntarily eat them? >.<

I hear they're rather chewy. Like most mollusks, I guess.

Sauteed mushrooms are amazing. Never used garlic in making them, though, now I'm curious.

What's the difference between snails and any other meaty thing? It's not like they're more slimy than certain seafoods.

I don't care for mollusks because of their flavor. And if they were chewy, I couldn't tell, they were all buttery and tiny, so I didn't really have to chew much.

It's very good. Go do it now.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Yeah, I find I prefer mushrooms to them, but for some reason, people kept offering snails, so I experimented.

What's the difference between snails and any other meaty thing? It's not like they're more slimy than certain seafoods.

I don't care for mollusks because of their flavor. And if they were chewy, I couldn't tell, they were all buttery and tiny, so I didn't really have to chew much.

It's very good. Go do it now.

Wow, Moonie, I didn't know you were into experimentation.

This is a fair point, though I'm made very uncomfortable with the idea of eating the viscera of an animal, truth be told. Also, I'm not a huge fan of seafood in general, although with fish, it's mostly due to the taste and flakiness.

Ah, fair enough. So, drown something you don't like in enough butter, and you'll eat it? I think I'll stick with my mushrooms. =3

And I would, except it's 3 in the morning, and I would most likely end up burning myself. You and your nows. You're very impatient, you know? I'm gonna end up trying to cook on a flight to Canada in order to try and obey you, won't I?

[MoonCat]

Wow, Moonie, I didn't know you were into experimentation.

This is a fair point, though I'm made very uncomfortable with the idea of eating the viscera of an animal, truth be told. Also, I'm not a huge fan of seafood in general, although with fish, it's mostly due to the taste and flakiness.

Ah, fair enough. So, drown something you don't like in enough butter, and you'll eat it? I think I'll stick with my mushrooms. =3

And I would, except it's 3 in the morning, and I would most likely end up burning myself. You and your nows. You're very impatient, you know? I'm gonna end up trying to cook on a flight to Canada in order to try and obey you, won't I?

I don't like seafood.

I never said that. I don't eat food I don't like, I just happen to like snails. Where did you get the idea I'd eat something I hated if it were buttery enough?

NAOW

[Cobra_Ikari]

I don't like seafood.

I never said that. I don't eat food I don't like, I just happen to like snails. Where did you get the idea I'd eat something I hated if it were buttery enough?

NAOW

I misunderstood, snails are mollusks, so I thought you meant you didn't like them. >.<

Ok, ok, I'm going! D=

...how long does it take to walk to Canada? >.>

[Elemental]

...how long does it take to walk to Canada? >.>

That depends on where you start.
If you're one metre away, then not very long at all. If you're in Australia, you'll die before getting there.

[Mynxae]

Just bought my Mists of Pandaria (aka MoP) supplies to grind to 90 for tomorrow afternoon at 5pm when it launches, so excited! Anyone else here play and looking forward to it?

[Teddy]

Oh, do! Of course, pics never show the interesting pitch-black parts, which is a pity. Unless your camera can see in the dark, but I doubt it. But the more Teddy pics the better.
(Please tell me if my Teddy-is-hawt jokes ever get annoying. )

I'll see to it in the evening. There won't be much of me in the pictures, however. For some reason, I was very rarely caught on film during that trip.

Also, I'm fine.

-y'know what? Let's just move on. As Teddy put it:

Never. Ever. Quote. That. Paragraph. Again. (And this applies to all of you.)

It's poorly worded, don't separate the two points well enough and doesn't bring the intents across especially good either. Also, as Rawhide pointed out, even though it wasn't intended as such, it works all too well as a cop out for when you don't actually want to concede. And on top of that, I don't think it fully applies to your situation (as it was). Finally it's what made everything go awry for me in the first place, don't repeat my mistake.

Also, I don't want to be reminded. Yesterday over dinner, we were talking about rhymes, and I brought up how utterly terrible rhymes online dictionaries suggest to your searchword. While talking about it, I noticed that I was starting to feel more and more uneasy (residual panic, it should go away in due time). Even that discussion caused me a bit of an emotional turmoil. Point is, I've learned what I need to and want to put this all behind me. It's kind of become a sore spot of mine...

What's wrong with just dropping a subject of conversation? Especially one that's gotten multiple people angry?

It doesn't say anything about why you dropped the subject. If you don't want to run the risk of everyone thinking that you just got angry at them and quit because you (unreasonably) think they're unreasonable, it may require a bit more.

From what I can gather, Pokemon-freak89 did not mean what he said. However, he has not said that clearly and apologised properly. In fact, he has used a line which is an absolute cop out, a way to not say something which I would deem very important in this situation.

If he does not accept the mistake and apologise properly, then it will leave open wounds and hurt. If he does, then any reasonable person could be expected to forgive or start to forgive.

On topic of apologising for mistakes leaving open wounds... No, scratch that. Just forget I said anything. I don't want to come off as demanding, or even think about it.

Sorry.

[Dimonite]

This is a fair point, though I'm made very uncomfortable with the idea of eating the viscera of an animal, truth be told. Also, I'm not a huge fan of seafood in general, although with fish, it's mostly due to the taste and flakiness.

Ah, fair enough. So, drown something you don't like in enough butter, and you'll eat it? I think I'll stick with my mushrooms. =3

I have no problem with sausage, and I've always wanted to try haggis, but I find fungus unbearably disgusting for some reason. I mean, by definition it grew from rot and decay...

Also: *hugs Teddy*

[AtlanteanTroll]

Just bought my Mists of Pandaria (aka MoP) supplies to grind to 90 for tomorrow afternoon at 5pm when it launches, so excited! Anyone else here play and looking forward to it?

Everytime I see a MoP thing I think "Hey yeah. This might be cool." Then I remember they're Pandas. Alas, I quit WoW 1.5 years ago after a mild 3 month addiction.

[Rawhide]

On topic of apologising for mistakes leaving open wounds... No, scratch that. Just forget I said anything. I don't want to come off as demanding, or even think about it.

Sorry.

If that was an apology for the earlier hoo-ha, then it is accepted. Also, you have my apologies for causing any distress - as I've already mentioned, nothing I said was to tell you off for anything. It was a friendly academic discussion, an attempt to find common ground, and an attempt to explain where things went wrong.

[Mynxae]

Everytime I see a MoP thing I think "Hey yeah. This might be cool." Then I remember they're Pandas. Alas, I quit WoW 1.5 years ago after a mild 3 month addiction.

Panda's were in Warcraft III, they've always been pretty cool. I'd always get the pandaren hero when there was a tavern.

I just can't wait. Not sure if I'll even be able to sleep tonight.

[Elemental]

Panda's were in Warcraft III, they've always been pretty cool. I'd always get the pandaren hero when there was a tavern.

I just can't wait. Not sure if I'll even be able to sleep tonight.

Bah! Frozen Throne ruined Pandaren completely*.
In Reign of Chaos they were just an another creature in the wilderness to kill so you could take their gold. And they looked like Furbolgs not keg carrying martial artists.

*I have no problems with Pandaren in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. I just really hate the direction they took everything in with WoW.

[Mutant Sheep]

Bah! Frozen Throne ruined Pandaren completely*.
In Reign of Chaos they were just an another creature in the wilderness to kill so you could take their gold. And they looked like Furbolgs not keg carrying martial artists.

*I have no problems with Pandaren in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. I just really hate the direction they took everything in with WoW.

I just don't like the slapstick Kung Fu Panda shtick they got. Nomnomnoming on your straw of bamboo while effortlessly kicking the two lvl 85's asses=me upset. (Chen was cool.)

[Mynxae]

Bah! Frozen Throne ruined Pandaren completely*.
In Reign of Chaos they were just an another creature in the wilderness to kill so you could take their gold. And they looked like Furbolgs not keg carrying martial artists.

*I have no problems with Pandaren in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. I just really hate the direction they took everything in with WoW.

They were still pretty awesome though. But then, so was the Dark Ranger... Makes me want to make an Undead Hunter! Ack, evil horde!

Also ~ I can't stop listening to Girls Generation (KPOP)! So addicting! Gah!

I just don't like the slapstick Kung Fu Panda shtick they got. Nomnomnoming on your straw of bamboo while effortlessly kicking the two lvl 85's asses=me upset. (Chen was cool.)

It would've been something similar to DK's. Or Holy pallies, have you tried to kill one of those damn things before? Once it took a whole 10 man group just to down this one annoying Holy pally in WSG.

[Mutant Sheep]

It would've been something similar to DK's. Or Holy pallies, have you tried to kill one of those damn things before? Once it took a whole 10 man group just to down this one annoying Holy pally in WSG.

Holy pallies are just priests with less dps. They just hide behind their uber-bubbles.

[Elemental]

I just don't like the slapstick Kung Fu Panda shtick they got. Nomnomnoming on your straw of bamboo while effortlessly kicking the two lvl 85's asses=me upset. (Chen was cool.)

I am in complete agreement. One I could tolerate and in fact, he was awesome, but they didn't have to design a whole expansion around it!

[Mynxae]

Holy pallies are just priests with less dps. They just hide behind their uber-bubbles.

They have like four or five cooldowns they can rotate, plus heal and own and urgh. Hence why I now have a level 40 pally who has an OS Holy.

I am in complete agreement. One I could tolerate and in fact, he was awesome, but they didn't have to design a whole expansion around it!

Chen Stormstout is amazing.

[Elemental]

Chen Stormstout is amazing.

Yes, but he was an optional character in an optional campaign!
Do I have to do all three missions of that campaign without him to prove it to you?

[Mynxae]

Yes, but he was an optional character in an optional campaign!
Do I have to do all three missions of that campaign without him to prove it to you?

<.<
>.>
No.

[Elemental]

<.<
>.>
No.

Good. Because this computer doesn't have Warcraft on it.

[Mutant Sheep]

<.<
>.>
No. Yes. Yes you do.

*Never played WCIII*

*Once had his math teacher tell a long story about how he had trouble getting baack form a LAN session with buddies*

I SCARED OF THE COMIC RELIEFY PANDAS. AUGH!

[Devmaar]

So the introductory lecture for my first maths module could be summarised as 'If you did A-level further maths with any mechanics at all, this should be a stroll in the park'.

Which is nice


Then I had two hours on error analysis which made me

And now I'm in the middle of a 2 hour lunch break.

I am seriously loving university guys!

[LaZodiac]

How would you know unless you're had them? And have you really not heard of eating snails before?

I've heard of eating snails before, I'm just astounded that people do it. It just sounds so gross

[Mynxae]

So the introductory lecture for my first maths module could be summarised as 'If you did A-level further maths with any mechanics at all, this should be a stroll in the park'.

Which is nice


Then I had two hours on error analysis which made me

And now I'm in the middle of a 2 hour lunch break.

I am seriously loving university guys!

Wish I could do decent maths.. I have trouble doing subtraction and I'm 18!

I practically own one of my ex's.. I'm so mean, but it's fun.

[The Succubus]

I've heard of eating snails before, I'm just astounded that people do it. It just sounds so gross

Is it the texture, the taste or the glistening silver trail they leave on your tongue as they slither down your throat that squicks you out?

Also, mushrooms sprinkled with crushed garlic on hot buttered toast = yum. It only takes about 10 mins to make too. =D

[Heliomance]

I've heard of eating snails before, I'm just astounded that people do it. It just sounds so gross

I've tried it. Mostly it was like eating garlic flavoured rubber.

[LaZodiac]

Is it the texture, the taste or the glistening silver trail they leave on your tongue as they slither down your throat that squicks you out?

Also, mushrooms sprinkled with crushed garlic on hot buttered toast = yum. It only takes about 10 mins to make too. =D

I've never tasted one myself, but those other two things are what make me squick my pants at this.

[Heliomance]

He's joking, they don't really leave a silver trail down your throat. Stop being mean, Succubus!

[The Succubus]

I'm sowwy, Zodi. ^_^

[LaZodiac]

It's quite alright. Still though, the slimy texture of the snail would instantly put me off.