Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91

[The Bushranger]

Somehow I managed to resist the temptation to pop one (or two, or two dozen).

[Ego Slayer]

Somehow I managed to resist the temptation to pop one (or two, or two dozen).

Were I not Good aligned... I'd so do that.

[wadledo]

I just went shopping, what are you talking about?

Also, do flowers+truffels=Bones season 1 DVD for a girl who had her favorite disk scuffed up?

[Dragonrider]

Were I not Good aligned... I'd so do that.

We had one neighbor who put up an inflatable grinch one year. That I could almost handle for the irony of it...but then the next year they had Pooh Bear in a Santa suit, and I wanted to scream.

[Kaelaroth]

We had one neighbor who put up an inflatable grinch one year. That I could almost handle for the irony of it...but then the next year they had Pooh Bear in a Santa suit, and I wanted to scream.

OK, I can see why that'd be annoying, but from the sidelines:

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh.....

That's just so darned cute.

[CurlyKitGirl]

We have no garden so w can't do anything like that.

[The Bushranger]

And now for something completely different:

I used to love Chicken Kiev. I just discovered that I don't anymore.

[Kaelaroth]

I used to love Chicken Kiev. I just discovered that I don't anymore.

Meh. I never quite saw the appeal to start with, but my brother loves the stuff.

[ZombieRockStar]

Were I not Good aligned... I'd so do that.

I know what to get Ego for Christmas! A guard duck!

Lights are pretty, though. When we were younger, my parents took me and my siblings out for drives on Christmas Eve, right after church, to look at all the pretty lights. Of course, this was in the early 90s, before the coming of the tacky Disney decorations.

Also, Ontario-Quebec-Maritimes are due to get completely buried tonight. It was nice knowing you people, but if I don't dig myself out tomorrow morning, I'm done for. *salutes*

@V: "Sn-ow"?? o.O Y'all are crazy in the s'th.

[Bookman]

Someone broke a snow globe once and unleashed the wonders of snow upon the world.

S'that "ow" like "ouch!" If so, I'm going to start pronouncing "snow" like that.

..........THAT'S HOW I PRONOUNCED IT NOW

We had one neighbor who put up an inflatable grinch one year. That I could almost handle for the irony of it...but then the next year they had Pooh Bear in a Santa suit, and I wanted to scream.

Ya'll would want to stab your self in my neighborhood. I've seen an inflatable grinch, 4 snow globes, Nativity scene, inflatable Santas and that's just off hand. And sadly except for the grinch and snow globe.....it's one family.

The other families are relatively new

[jmaccabeus]

Were I not Good aligned... I'd so do that.

By this point, I think it could easily be considered a Good act without any stretching of the term at all. Unfortuately, I'm lawful, so I'm still out...

[WingedCheetah]

OH EM GEE!!! I'm here for like twenty seconds and then I'ma gunna go somewhere else! How is everyone are you okay I hope the weather's nice where you're at it sucks here I hate the cold.

I got the coolest gamer gift for my brother and his wife; it's a d20 within a d20 :-)

[Pyro]

Thankfully people around here haven't put up any giant plastic snow globes. Although......for every 50 houses that have good Christmas lights, there's about one that decides "brighter than the sun" is tasteful.

[The Bushranger]

There was one place near where we used to live in the mid-late 90s, that the entire freaking SUBDIVISION completely filled their yards with the most garish decorations and lights possible, going more and more Disney every year.

Needless to say, we stopped going there.

[Dragonrider]

I know someone who lived in Tucson, AZ, and apparently there was one neighborhood where you had to SIGN A CONTRACT that you'd decorate your yard for Christmas, and then when everyone had their lights up, you had to PAY FIVE DOLLARS to drive down that street.
How insane.

On a related note, my uncle Neil decided to decorate his house a couple years ago, and because he's a total geek (but a freakin' awesome geek, not to mention a genius) he programmed the lights to flash to a soundtrack. They sent us a video, and it was amazing. I think it was half an hour of choreography

My family, we're grinches. We don't decorate for Christmas. (But if you gotta do it, Uncle Neil's way is definitely the best)

[The Bushranger]

Hm. They just issued a tornado watch...

[Endeavourl]

We usually just put wreaths on our door, and leave it at that.

I like minimal icicles or border white Christmas lights the best, though if done right multicolor lights outlining trees and deer can be very nice as well.

Agreed with the giant snow globes. There's a town near us that'll always put up huge inflatable nutcracker soldiers each December...

[wadledo]

What?

What?
filler eco

[The Bushranger]

Sorry 'bout the double post. The server seems to be acting up.

[Dragonrider]

Sorry 'bout the double post. The server seems to be acting up.

You CAN delete your posts.

[Ceska]

You CAN delete your posts.

Fortunately the forum software here allows it. You can't believe how annoying it is to be admin at a forum where even the admins can't. Stupid software... *Grumble grumble*

Actually, the double post of two posters posting at the same time making it a b a b a was quite nice to see.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Anecdote time!
One of my friends (who isn't a forumite here) is with another forum where they can't delete posts too. And someone once made a nontuple (?) - nine posts in a row, exactly the same due to a glitch and couldn't get rid of them. Noone could. It was very funny to see, then annoying because it happened to a lot of people that day.

[Quincunx]

. . .On a related note, my uncle Neil decided to decorate his house a couple years ago, and because he's a total geek (but a freakin' awesome geek, not to mention a genius) he programmed the lights to flash to a soundtrack. They sent us a video, and it was amazing. I think it was half an hour of choreography . . .

What soundtrack? Not the infamous Trans-Siberian Orchestra display, surely?

*****

Try being a moderator on a forum where the moderators have power over individual posts, but none over the posters. An anarchy can function. That one did not.

[Amotis]

Probably.

I saw them last month. Hehe, so cheesy and fun.

[Dragonrider]

What soundtrack? Not the infamous Trans-Siberian Orchestra display, surely?

*****

Try being a moderator on a forum where the moderators have power over individual posts, but none over the posters. An anarchy can function. That one did not.

I don't remember what the soundtrack was...it was some time ago and I don't think I was familiar with it - but whatever it was, it was cool.

I'm glad I'm not a moderator. Really glad. But if I were, I'd probably pick this one. We're the best-behaved group of forumites ever to set finger to keyboard... *shakes head in amazement*

[Bookman]

Anecdote time!
One of my friends (who isn't a forumite here) is with another forum where they can't delete posts too. And someone once made a nontuple (?) - nine posts in a row, exactly the same due to a glitch and couldn't get rid of them. Noone could. It was very funny to see, then annoying because it happened to a lot of people that day.

That's the curse of nine. Next their left pinky falls out and they grow 7 more eyes. Given to them by Egypt (cause they have pyramids)

It's the TRUTH!

[Dr. Bath]

You tell it, brutha!

You gotta be careful of those Egyptian blighters. Always sneakin' around with their 'traps' and 'astronomy' and 'slave labour'

[Ceska]

Anecdote time!
One of my friends (who isn't a forumite here) is with another forum where they can't delete posts too. And someone once made a nontuple (?) - nine posts in a row, exactly the same due to a glitch and couldn't get rid of them. Noone could. It was very funny to see, then annoying because it happened to a lot of people that day.

I started to edit the posts (since I can do that, just not delete) and sign with my name. It's fun to see conversations by one poster until you realise one is a mod.

V: No, others made double posts, I edited them to say something instead of posting myself (using moderating colour and signing it), then got a response of said poster. Simply said, three posts of a poster, still a conversation. We've got longer ones too.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Huh? I'm confused. Were you editing posts and chatting with yourself? *is confuzzled*

[Dragonrider]

Huh? I'm confused. Were you editing posts and chatting with yourself? *is confuzzled*

I suspect that was the intent...

(to confuzzle them, not us)