Kneenibble's Knack for Knightly Knickers: a Knell for Random Banter #184

[Socratov]

Recently, I learned that in some Germanic folktales, the Devil lives in the woods with his grandmother, who holds his head on her lap and combs his hair to put him to sleep at night. This is the most adorable thing I've ever heard about the Devil.

well, nobody can be evil 24/7, 356 days a year, we all need our days off...

[Elemental]

well, nobody can be evil 24/7, 356 days a year, we all need our days off...

Especially when one remember that the year is actually three hundred and sixty-five days! Those extra nine days can be murder...

[Dimonite]

Especially when one remember that the year is actually three hundred and sixty-five days! Those extra nine days can be murder...

Three hundred and sixty-six, this year! Leap years are extra hard to be evil all the time (not that that'll stop me)

[The Succubus]

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

[LaZodiac]

siiiiiiiiiigh

Lightbulb burnt out in my room light. Again. No lightbulbs are available. Again.

le siiiiiiiigh.

[Mercenary Pen]

siiiiiiiiiigh

Lightbulb burnt out in my room light. Again. No lightbulbs are available. Again.

le siiiiiiiigh.

This is why we keep a few spares at home at all times...

[Cobra_Ikari]

siiiiiiiiiigh

Lightbulb burnt out in my room light. Again. No lightbulbs are available. Again.

le siiiiiiiigh.

*keeps company in the dark*

I didn't think this would be that big a deal, but then I remembered, you live in the land of infinite night and winter. Am sorry. *hugs*

[LaZodiac]

The good news is that the sun isn't fully gone all the time, so it's still light out. To a degree, anyway.

And we totally usually do have lightbulbs. We just ran out XP

[Castaras]

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

Happy Birthday! *hugs*

[Kneenibble]

Oh dear... That is a story so unnecessarily and tragically common in this world. People take on a pet without knowing how to properly care for it. And they assume that it is simple.
And when it is an animal that is traditionally kept confined, they forget about them. I can forgive not socialising a fish as it is so rarely their nature to socialise, but birds are vital and intelligent.
This is why I do not wish to keep a bird. I always fear that I will not be able to care for them properly and am afraid I would unintentionally injure them as I have strong hands.

I apologise for my confusion. But now everything makes sense.

Yeah it is tragic. I don't think most people understand how much personality and intelligence budgies have, and how much they need an intimate companionship with their owner to be happy.

I'm sure you would make a lovely bird-keeper! Strong as your hands may be, you seem like you would be gentle.

Internet! Sweet, blessed internet! *breathes in interwebz like I haven't breathed air for two days*

Boyfriend and I decided to go to Ele's place 'cause of:

1. We're practically out of food because the person who was meant to buy food didn't and instead bought an electric guitar (including amp).
2. We had a small storm at our unit in Nundah, QLD - AUS. Which in turn cut our internet somewhere along the line, and Telstra said it may take up to two weeks to fix. Considering the morning of the day our internet got cut out (it died in the afternoon) I had just discovered Eve Online and wanted to try it... Yeah, I'm annoyed.

So yeah. #End rant.

P.S. And neither my boyfriend nor I have money for food until Monday/Tuesday next week either. We've been surviving on two-minute noodles, but just had enough of them today, so I called up Ele and yeah, here we are.

Can I come too? ;____;
I will bring auspicious foodstuffs, and a whole case of Internets for everybody; and Mabel will preen the eyebrows of all.

Although I have to say, the two weeks that I was without Internet back around Christmas were some of the most productive I've had in years...

How is your health, by the way?

Recently, I learned that in some Germanic folktales, the Devil lives in the woods with his grandmother, who holds his head on her lap and combs his hair to put him to sleep at night. This is the most adorable thing I've ever heard about the Devil.

I like when curious tales arise in folklore or myth that aren't institutionally canon. It's neat.

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

Happy Birthday, The Succubus!

Here is a cake for you.

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[Devmaar]

Odd, others have claimed it to be akin to duck or cod fish or muttonfish, but never seal. Which leads me to wonder what seal taste like and where one could legally acquire an edible amount of it...
Whilst it IS easy, ridiculously bad teachers and idiotic teaching methods lead it to be one of the most hated subjects, crammed with formulas for memorization and "tricky" theory problems.

I hated physics in High School due to bad teachers and idiotic teaching procedures. University physics was much better and got me to like Classical Mechanics again.

There are still bad physics teachers at university. Really bad.

You could probably get it in Russia, or barring that, China.

Also, I wonder what cuttlefish tastes like. Those are some visually stunning creatures (if not particularly attractive), although they probably just taste like squid or octopus.

They do indeed, not that that's a bad thing

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

Happy Birthday!

ion, today the first year physicists had a team-building exercise, making bottle rockets
My team didn't lose!

[Mercenary Pen]

ion, today the first year physicists had a team-building exercise, making bottle rockets
My team didn't lose!

How sophisticated were the bottle rockets? Was it just a matter of getting a full bottle of coke and a pack of Mentos and combining the two, or was there more to it?

[Amidus Drexel]

Internet! Sweet, blessed internet! *breathes in interwebz like I haven't breathed air for two days*

Boyfriend and I decided to go to Ele's place 'cause of:

1. We're practically out of food because the person who was meant to buy food didn't and instead bought an electric guitar (including amp).
2. We had a small storm at our unit in Nundah, QLD - AUS. Which in turn cut our internet somewhere along the line, and Telstra said it may take up to two weeks to fix. Considering the morning of the day our internet got cut out (it died in the afternoon) I had just discovered Eve Online and wanted to try it... Yeah, I'm annoyed.

So yeah. #End rant.

P.S. And neither my boyfriend nor I have money for food until Monday/Tuesday next week either. We've been surviving on two-minute noodles, but just had enough of them today, so I called up Ele and yeah, here we are.

That's terrible! Anyone with any sense at all knows that guitars don't make money...

And on a more serious note, that sucks. Food is pretty important stuff.

Edit: I keep forgetting to look at the last page before I post when the page changes...

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

Happy birthday!

[AsteriskAmp]

How do you read the replies?

They are monogrammed into my weekly napkins.

Hooray, I got just what I wanted for my birthday today - a working frikking internet connection!

Now I'm going to head to my folks place for the evening because spending a birthday alone sucks.

Joyous Celebration of the Anniversary of your first sight of the World!

[Teddy]

Nothing a sufficiently big laser won't be able to handle.

Nothing a sufficiently high rate of fire won't handle. Powering a laser with enough power to destroy an artillery shell in flight should require a smaller powerplant (potential targets for pre-preemptive strike...), and doing it non-stop will probably turn vital components into plasma, so I could probably outlast you if it turns inot a battle of attrition.

It does, not in the traditional cannibalistic sense but at least taste a healthy human brain nicely grilled or something.

Sounds like an excellent way to contract spongiform encephalopathy. In my opinions, anything that needs to be examined through a microscope before ingestion shouldn't be considered food.

Never had an infestation, last time there were hints of them I simply had a entomology bent friend release his little ones on it and watched the wonderful ballet of nature.

That sounds like the sissiest silverfish in nature. I mean, they may not posess much killing power, but if they aren't outbreeding their enemies by a factor over the hundreds, they're doing something wrong.

I meant in terms of species. In terms of species I DO like, it's mainly some reptiles, arthropods and crustaceans, three or four birds, one or two fishes. Mammals I mainly see as food, or eventual oil sources.

So, you dislike... most insect species, but not all. You still like some insect species.

In all seriousness, if those are the only animal species you have any fond regards for, you should round your dislike percentage to 100. All 64 bit computers would.

ION:
The more time I spend on schoolwork, the less I can come up with to do in my free time, and the less satisfied I'll feel with just sitting around and doing nothing. Programming project is coming along nicely, things are pretty much working now without all too many bugs, and I think most of those that still remain in the code lie in the automated test scripts. So there shouldn't be any reason for me to feel stressed or anything.
...
And yet I do, and it's annoying. I want to relax, listen to some music, read something interesting or do something creative, but instead I'm tense as a strained rubber cord and cringe at the slightest sound (which is unfortunate, because I'm within line of sight from the TV). And as soon as I'm finished with the forums, I'm pretty much guaranteed to come up with just about nothing to do.
Frustration.


IOON:
It was UTNARM (our (pseudo-)student union's job market fair) today. I'm still too young (or rather, uneducated) to be of much interest to the prospective employers, but at least I managed to get some free swag (tote bag, quality keychain bottle opener made from actual steel, reflector, post-its, pencils en masse and two bottles of water (but I stayed away from the energy drinks on virtue of not wanting to build up a resistance)) out of it. And fika. And sweets. So much sweets.

There is one kind of bonbons that you only can get on fairs like this one that I just love, and while I (to my great disappointment) didn't find any of it today, I found some that were almost as good. And they had so much of it that they basically were pouring it into my tote bag. I feel a bit saturated right now after an intense afternoon hacking session, so I won't indulge in eating more of it for the rest of the night, but I should have enough to last me the whole next week.

IOOON:
The view from the top floor of our campus is stunning. Uppsala is incredibly flat, especially on the east side of the boulder ridge, and our buildings lie right on top of the latter, overlooking our main industrial area and the plains south of the town. In the evening, the sunset colours the industries red copper, and in the night, the whole area lights up like a christmas tree. I could spend hours just admiring the beauty, but I usually lack the time to do so. Perhaps I should bring a camera so that you all could help me admire the show at distance...

[AsteriskAmp]

Nothing a sufficiently high rate of fire won't handle. Powering a laser with enough power to destroy an artillery shell in flight should require a smaller powerplant (potential targets for pre-preemptive strike...), and doing it non-stop will probably turn vital components into plasma, so I could probably outlast you if it turns inot a battle of attrition.

Assuming I have any intention of a battle of attrition and wouldn't use the escape tunnel to get out while you remain in bombardment of a decoy while someone sneaks behind with a kit full of syringe wonderfulness.

Sounds like an excellent way to contract spongiform encephalopathy.

The amount of things that should have killed me already is big enough for me not to care about prions. What doesn't absolutely makes sure I'm dead makes me stronger it seems.

In my opinions, anything that needs to be examined through a microscope before ingestion shouldn't be considered food.

And yet McDonalds is still in business

That sounds like the sissiest silverfish in nature. I mean, they may not posess much killing power, but if they aren't outbreeding their enemies by a factor over the hundreds, they're doing something wrong.

RELEASE THE SPIDERS!!

So, you dislike... most insect species, but not all. You still like some insect species.

In all seriousness, if those are the only animal species you have any fond regards for, you should round your dislike percentage to 100. All 64 bit computers would.

In all fairness, the line: "I abhor animals in general and would much rather have them as food or test subjects than pets." garners quite a bit more of an adverse reaction than: "I abhor most animals with certain exceptions and intend to consume each one of them as a culinary experience." Mainly due to allowing people to think their pets and/or favourite animals are certain exceptions.

[Qwertystop]

Yay power's back!

[Teddy]

Assuming I have any intention of a battle of attrition and wouldn't use the escape tunnel to get out while you remain in bombardment of a decoy while someone sneaks behind with a kit full of syringe wonderfulness.

Attrition in this case means a full minute at most, and of course you won't get behind me. I'll be flying my private long distance aeroplane, coordinating the attack from afar. I mean, why rely on the human factor

The amount of things that should have killed me already is big enough for me not to care about prions. What doesn't absolutely makes sure I'm dead makes me stronger it seems.

Or brings you one step closer to death if you take the pessimist's viewpoint. Luckily enough for you, I'm an optimist.[/IMPLIED_OMNIPOTENCY]

And yet McDonalds is still in business

Who said I consider McDonalds food?

In all fairness, the line: "I abhor animals in general and would much rather have them as food or test subjects than pets." garners quite a bit more of an adverse reaction than: "I abhor most animals with certain exceptions and intend to consume each one of them as a culinary experience." Mainly due to allowing people to think their pets and/or favourite animals are certain exceptions.

Meh, I know enough mathematics to see through that.

[AsteriskAmp]

Attrition in this case means a full minute at most, and of course you won't get behind me. I'll be flying my private long distance aeroplane, coordinating the attack from afar. I mean, why rely on the human factor

Nothing AA-Guns won't take care off

Or brings you one step closer to death if you take the pessimist's viewpoint. Luckily enough for you, I'm an optimist.[/IMPLIED_OMNIPOTENCY]

Every day and action actually brings us closer to our death if properly considering that it is a fixed future state until we find a way to prolong life until actually immortality is found.

Who said I consider McDonalds food?

A large enough subset of the population does considering it is called fast "FOOD".

Meh, I know enough mathematics to see through that.

Here, have some galvanised frog.

[Teddy]

Nothing AA-Guns won't take care off

You're clearly not putting the word "afar" into a sufficiently large perspective.

Every day and action actually brings us closer to our death if properly considering that it is a fixed future state until we find a way to prolong life until actually immortality is found.

Yes, but every step can have a different length. At least I'm not in any hurry.

A large enough subset of the population does considering it is called fast "FOOD".

Well then clearly, I'm not a part of that subset.

Here, have some galvanised frog.

By "galvanised", I hope you mean "shocked with electricity" rather than "covered with zink through electrolysis". Not that it matters much, I won't eat it either way. The concept of frogs just doesn't work with my idea of attractive food.

[AsteriskAmp]

You're clearly not putting the word "afar" into a sufficiently large perspective.

You underestimate my connections.

Yes, but every step can have a different length. At least I'm not in any hurry.

If we are all to become dust eventually, why not make the most of such time instead of prolong it through unnecessary precautions?

Well then clearly, I'm not a part of that subset.

Is the Olive Garden closer to acceptability then?

By "galvanised", I hope you mean "shocked with electricity" rather than "covered with zink through electrolysis". Not that it matters much, I won't eat it either way. The concept of frogs just doesn't work with my idea of attractive food.

Of course, I could galvanise a cat or a chicken if those are more fit to your tooth.

[Teddy]

You underestimate my connections.

You underestimate my ability to stay hidden.

If we are all to become dust eventually, why not make the most of such time instead of prolong it through unnecessary precautions?

Why not make the most such time instead? Saves you a word and makes planning less stressful. "Live fast, die young" is a horrible motto for the strategist.

Is the Olive Garden closer to acceptability then?

That depends, is it just as lacking in quality as it is in proximity, or does it make up for the latter through the former instead?

Of course, I could galvanise a cat or a chicken if those are more fit to your tooth.

With or without zink?

[AsteriskAmp]

You underestimate my ability to stay hidden.

I know where you live, where you study, several subjects which you take, your diet, the place you previously studied, mode of transportation, real name, city of residence, vacation habits and there is access to images of your family. Granted, you made all of them accessible but it seems hidden is perhaps not the most correct denominator for your personal tendencies.

When taking in consideration that one needs not target a "hero" just those close to him, perhaps it is not you whom you should be concerned about. -Evil Mastermind Laugh goes here-

Why not make the most such time instead? Saves you a word and makes planning less stressful. "Live fast, die young" is a horrible motto for the strategist.

Alexandros would disagree.

That depends, is it just as lacking in quality as it is in proximity, or does it make up for the latter through the former instead?

Both quality and price are most excellent. Though I may be misguided by it being my last resort after a week in burgerland.

With or without zink?

Without.

[Teddy]

I know where you live, where you study, several subjects which you take, your diet, the place you previously studied, mode of transportation, real name, city of residence, vacation habits and there is access to images of your family. Granted, you made all of them accessible but it seems hidden is perhaps not the most correct denominator for your personal tendencies.

But you've never seen me when I'm trying to stay out of sight, have you? Hiding in plain sight is something of a speciality of mine, and I'm even better at hiding out of plain sight. I know a few tips and tricks, and programming skills are weirdly applicable in the broader perspective when you know how to use them.

I may not seem like the scheming and surreptitious kind, and why should I when honesty brings me so much further? But that doesn't mean that I can't be underhanded when the situation calls for it.

When taking in consideration that one needs not target a "hero" just those close to him, perhaps it is not you whom you should be concerned about. -Evil Mastermind Laugh goes here-

The assumption is that I couldn't survive the trauma. And that I would deal with such a threat through inaction, rather than hastened and intensified action. And I could always turn the gamble on you, would you be willing to harm them if you knew it spelled your own doom as well?

Alexandros would disagree.

Nah, nothing "die young" about him. He just was efficient.

Both quality and price are most excellent. Though I may be misguided by it being my last resort after a week in burgerland.

Andrew Hussie makes it sound like a pure hell of grease and bad taste (all interpretations), but his reputations is quite peculiar, so I think the answer is "perhaps".

Without.

Boring. Also, I distrust your cooking as a whole. Nothing personal, but when you try to feed your bonsais blood, you might as well be trying to feed me... umm... perhaps your bonsais' blood. Or strychnine.

[AsteriskAmp]

But you've never seen me when I'm trying to stay out of sight, have you? Hiding in plain sight is something of a speciality of mine, and I'm even better at hiding out of plain sight. I know a few tips and tricks, and programming skills are weirdly applicable in the broader perspective when you know how to use them.

I may not seem like the scheming and surreptitious kind, and why should I when honesty brings me so much further? But that doesn't mean that I can't be underhanded when the situation calls for it.

Again, there is so much one can acquire in terms of weaponry before it becomes notable; on does not wait until he is in danger but waits in preparation.

It is easy to find someone gone into hiding when you have been following said person before it disappeared. I now have a reason to do so, the possible benefits will outweigh any potential costs it seems.

The assumption is that I couldn't survive the trauma. And that I would deal with such a threat through inaction, rather than hastened and intensified action. And I could always turn the gamble on you, would you be willing to harm them if you knew it spelled your own doom as well?

Do you assume I'm another classical villain?

No, there are ways more prosperous then killing, hostages are perhaps the best security one can have against another, specially when said another relies in area of effect artillery.

Nah, nothing "die young" about him. He just was efficient.

He lived 23, I would consider that dying young.

Boring. Also, I distrust your cooking as a whole. Nothing personal, but when you try to feed your bonsais blood, you might as well be trying to feed me... umm... perhaps your bonsais' blood. Or strychnine.

You mean sap? Which the Canadians have been feeding to the world for quite a long time (granted, not bonsais, but still...).

My cooking is oddly enough not actually lethal (and also lacking in Strychnine) and surprisingly palatable according to acquaintances and family despite what they saw went into the food.

[Dimonite]

C-C-Combo breaker!

Played Nerf wars in a suit. It was a good night. Pics may be forthcoming - depends on whether someone who actually knows me reposts from the person who was actually taking the pictures.

[AsteriskAmp]

C-C-Combo breaker!

Played Nerf wars in a suit. It was a good night. Pics may be forthcoming - depends on whether someone who actually knows me reposts from the person who was actually taking the pictures.

That sounds fantastically fun. I take an extension of Halloween partying?

[Elemental]

Yeah it is tragic. I don't think most people understand how much personality and intelligence budgies have, and how much they need an intimate companionship with their owner to be happy.

I'm sure you would make a lovely bird-keeper! Strong as your hands may be, you seem like you would be gentle.

Perhaps. But I am too much of a cat person. And it would be wrong to bring an animal they consider prey into the house for they are both much too old to adapt to the constant presence of food-but-not-food.

Can I come too? ;____;
I will bring auspicious foodstuffs, and a whole case of Internets for everybody; and Mabel will preen the eyebrows of all.

I would not advise it at this time. Firstly, my cats would terrorise Mabel like the vicious predators they are. Secondly, my brother has decided to take objection to seemingly everything and make unreasonable demands, and without the presence of my Mother, there is nothing to keep him in line.
I sorely wish he would find employment and move back out. I quite enjoyed the year in which he didn't live at home. So much more peaceful.

[Mynxae]

Can I come too? ;____;
I will bring auspicious foodstuffs, and a whole case of Internets for everybody; and Mabel will preen the eyebrows of all.

Although I have to say, the two weeks that I was without Internet back around Christmas were some of the most productive I've had in years...

How is your health, by the way?

I kind of have nothing else to do though. Except catch up on my re-reading of various books, or clean up the house.

Much better now, thank you. The hospital gave me maaaaagic pills which made me all better!

That's terrible! Anyone with any sense at all knows that guitars don't make money...

And on a more serious note, that sucks. Food is pretty important stuff.

Edit: I keep forgetting to look at the last page before I post when the page changes...

Yerp. It is a very important stuff. Thankfully, Ele has food.

[Dimonite]

That sounds fantastically fun. I take an extension of Halloween partying?

Nah, it's just a thing my dorm does every now and then. I didn't actually go to a single Halloween party; I just changed the sign on my door that usually says whether I'm here or not to say that I was WATCHING and drew a creepy face. Heck, even back home I'd just hand out candy and write down all of the costumes for statistical analysis (last year there was a strangely high incidence of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

...I'm rambling, aren't I? I'll stop now.