Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them...

[FdL]

This is probably good ^^ I could do without the (gummy) snakes though. What do they add?

But still my salivary glands like this idea, so who am I to censor them?

Rawhide, can you mail me one to Argentina? .RAR it so it takes less space.

[Midnight Son]

Go figure. Wikipedia tells me that snakes are native to Australia.

Here is a picture:

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Those'd be gummy worms here. Thanks for the clarification.

[Rawhide]

The snakes are really mostly there for giving the rum balls a Christmas theme (ie. the red and green), though they do add flavour.

They can be left out if you prefer, also the white chocolate can be substituted with milk chocolate or possibly dark chocolate.

[Penguinizer]

Why do I feel throgoughly confused. Gummy worms do rule.

[Serpentine]

WOK, anyone who didn't already know about this, raise your hands.

>keeps hands firmly at sides<
So cute >.<

[SDF]

>keeps hands firmly at sides<
So cute >.<

Same, and that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.

[Lilly]

BOOK!!!!! BOOK!!!! BOOK!!!!

*has finally gotten her nose out of it long enough to post*

*does the happy jumping book dance*

[Vonriel]

We've had ours for.. going on 3.5 hours now. And I haven't read a single page of it.. Hmm. Odd. Ahh, well, I blame it on the fact that it's waay past when I should be asleep, and I'm not tired. Yay.

[Serpentine]

Same, and that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.

I've been meaning to talk to you about that... you shoudl really think about getting it removed.
And when did I ever claim to be tactful?

[SDF]

@^: No, no, I was talking about keeping the relationship on the DL.

BOOK!!!!! BOOK!!!! BOOK!!!!

*has finally gotten her nose out of it long enough to post*

*does the happy jumping book dance*

Ooh, what kind of book? School books, comic books, books for clowns, horse bookie got you down, booking on leaving town, book worm making you squirm?

[Rawhide]

I do believe Lilly will be unavailable for moderating until she has finished a book she reserved in December.

[Serpentine]

DL? Down Low?
This morning at work my coworker pulled me aside and informed me of the library's new policy that there would be no reservations taking for the new [refuse to add to the number of times the title will appear on the internut] book until they actually get it. Waddayano, sometime later a little girl came in asking if she could reserve it...

[Lilly]

I'd had the book for two whole hours when I posted .

And seriously I wasn't the first to reserve it. I had a friend who reserved it 3 days before I did.

[SMEE]

Same, and that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.

Were we being, like, this obvious?

I thought my small hints were being quite subtle.

* devises daring plan to move to Europe to be closer to her Khan.

[bosssmiley]

BOOK!!!!! BOOK!!!! BOOK!!!!

Ah, the victory call of the one-legged bibliophile Emu, a rare species native to the bookstores of New Zealand...

*has finally gotten her nose out of it long enough to post*

*does the happy jumping book dance*

Would This be the new *shudder* HP book perhaps?

[Sean92k]

Would This be the new *shudder* HP book perhaps?

No dont fall under the books spell Its a terrible pun I'm sorry

[Dispozition]

WHEEE!!!!

Harry potter, read whole book in 8 hours...Fun fun!!!! I should have done it quicker...I blame tiredness...

Anyway...Did you know that *spoilers and such here*!!! I mean...come on!!!

Yeah...Ermm...Don't talk to me unless you want spoilers...Or at least warn me if you don't.

[JellyPooga]

Hey, it's been a while since I posted in Random Banter...ooo, it's all shiny and new...[stares at the pretty lights]....

...Anyway, to my random-ness, I did one of those silly "What Class are You?" and "What's your D&D Stats?" tests last night and apparantly I'm a True Neutral Halfling Sorcerer..."Hey! That's kinda cool" Thinks I...Sorcerers are my favourite Arcane caster, Halflings are my favourite Core race and you can't complain with being True Neutral. Groovy. Than I did the "What's your stats" one and turned out the following: Str: 15, Dex: 18, Con: 14, Int: 15, Wis: 14, Cha: 9. I Can't even cast 0-level spells! So, according to this test I am the most useless thing on the planet, except maybe a Commoner...Great, wasn't that just a kick in the teeth? I'm so multiclassing to Rogue next level...

[Incidentally, truth be told, the test also said that I was only, like half a point off of being a Monk or a Druid too, so maybe I'm actually a Monk/Druid/Sorcerer...it might be lacking in B.A.B, but at least I'll be able to do something...who knows?]

[Zeb The Troll]

Wow, that's one helluva point buy you got there, JP.

[JellyPooga]

Wow, that's one helluva point buy you got there, JP.

Why thank you! I do my best

[Khantalas]

Same, and that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.

You know, I don't do tact. That's why I never tried giving any hints at all. It's all SMEE's fault. I told her she should have just said it earlier, but noooo, she never listens to me. OK, she does, but not when it comes to subtlety.

So, personal life. I have me one of those. Really nice thing, you all should get one too.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Would This be the new *shudder* HP book perhaps?

I agree. Bk 5 and 6 wre absolute tosh. I've seen better books (with far less filler written in the story by authors I've never heard of. They subsequently changed my whole perception of literature.
To be honest I loved 1-3, found 4 above average. 5 and 6 were terrible. Subsequently I read those two the day they came out. Haven't since.
Today I read the last 2 pages of the book. It was cliched, tacky and I'd preicted nearly three-quarters of this stuff already. To sum up: HP7- die hard fans only. And those who want to collect the series. Cliched nonsense. And it was such an innovative series, too bad it succumbed to poopularity and lost it's freshness and originality.
That's my thoughts on the matter.

Aside from my rant: I'm thinking of starting a thread about; there's no easy way to sum it all up so, conditions. Autism, terminal or genetic disease, people whose lives are made difficult or different by being what people class as 'normal'. For people who have one, know people or just want to vent their feeling on the topic.
Do you think I should?

[bosssmiley]

I agree. Bk 5 and 6 wre absolute tosh. I've seen better books (with far less filler written in the story by authors I've never heard of. They subsequently changed my whole perception of literature.
To be honest I loved 1-3, found 4 above average. 5 and 6 were terrible. Subsequently I read those two the day they came out. Haven't since.

Oh bless you CurlyKitGirl. I'm not *shuddering* at the new book being bad or not, I'm shuddering at the whole 'HP as cultural phenomenon' thing that seems to go along with the release of each volume in this - otherwise unremarkable - children's fantasy series.

I don't hate the books; I do hate the hype.
I also hate J.K.Rowlings uncanny resemblance to a particularly smug horse.

Aside from my rant: I'm thinking of starting a thread about; there's no easy way to sum it all up so, conditions. Autism, terminal or genetic disease, people whose lives are made difficult or different by being what people class as 'normal'. For people who have one, know people or just want to vent their feeling on the topic.
Do you think I should?

I think we had a gamers with autism/Asperger's thread a few months back. Ditto a depression one more recently. Search option is your friend here.

I've nothing against more of the same; I just wonder whether a gaming forum (where we come to escape the hardships and limitations our meatworld lives impose on us) is the most fitting place to discuss such things.

[Madmal]

*enters with a gun/silence wand combination, holding the book on the other hand*

Just got it a few minutes ago.
Reserved it since yesterday.
Already know who dies.
let me flavour it.

*goes across the house, and sits on his usual spot in the garden*

OK, anyone who didn't already know about this, raise your hands.

*keeps there reading, not raising any hand*

[Scorpina]

Oh bless you CurlyKitGirl. I'm not *shuddering* at the new book being bad or not, I'm shuddering at the whole 'HP as cultural phenomenon' thing that seems to go along with the release of each volume in this - otherwise unremarkable - children's fantasy series.

I don't hate the books; I do hate the hype.
I also hate J.K.Rowlings uncanny resemblance to a particularly smug horse.

I agree whole-heartedly. When The Philosopher's Stone came out, I read it and didn't like it, and that was just fine. Sure, other people liked it, but meh. Since then, however, with subsequent books and the films, it's like they're constantly rubbing Harry in my face. I don't like that. I don't like that at all.

[zeratul]

I liked the books okay. But I'll be damned if any of the characters dying could make me more sad than when Marvel's Captain America died . I'm not invested enough in HP

[wojonatior]

has any body played kingdom of loathing?

[Penguinizer]

Yep. Anyways, went to a market today. Found a guy who had a bunch of old/new cd's. I bought Blind Guardian's "Somewhere Far Beyond".

[Dispozition]

Is reading a 600 page book in 8 hours healthy...With about 30 minutes to have dinner and get more pepsi and that's the only break...I should have read it faster...Like...6 hours tops...Goddamn non reading mood >.<

[Vonriel]

Hey, folks? Try to keep HP7 talk in the thread in Media Discussion. Quoth the rules of RB,

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well.

Normally, I probably wouldn't say anything, but considering the number of people who don't share your opinions on how horrible the series is, I felt the need to mention it.