Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107

[Neko Toast]

There. Made a baby hedgehog. It's a little small, but meh.

[RabbitHoleLost]

So, had my HPV jab today.
Medium sized needle; stinging going to turning going to numbness. I'd advise Cassie to not look when she gets it done if she hasn't done so already.

Ugh. I cried all three times I had to go get it. It hurt more than the chicken poz vaccination, which I only had to get because my pediatrician never documented me having the pox =/

But I got my Earl Grey when I got home. I've fallen back in love with it; and it's such a Britlander tea, you can just imagine Stephen Fry sitting down in his sitting room somewhere in Norfolk supping his Twinings' Earl grey from a thinly delicate china cup and saucer.
I like my tea now.

I had a nice English lady come into my grocery store the other day. We had a long conversation about how its impossible to get any good British tea in the US.
We have every kind of Asian tea you can imagine, but nothing decent from England

[Dr. Bath]

We have every kind of Asian tea you can imagine, but nothing decent from England

pssst! All our tea comes from Asia too. But shhh! It's a secret

*taps nose knowingly*

[Dragonrider]

I drink a lot of herbal tea in the winter. I don't like it all that much, but it keeps my hands warm.

Also, I HATE ketchup. A nightmare foot.

[TwoBitWriter]

Need some advice. Is beer bad for a sore throat? Or should I be drinking tea instead?

[UncleWolf]

Ugh. I cried all three times I had to go get it. It hurt more than the chicken poz vaccination, which I only had to get because my pediatrician never documented me having the pox =/


I had a nice English lady come into my grocery store the other day. We had a long conversation about how its impossible to get any good British tea in the US.
We have every kind of Asian tea you can imagine, but nothing decent from England

You're lucky, I've had the chicken pox twice. Yes, it is possible.
The problem with trying to find any food/drink in the US is that it is too Americanized. You'll always have trouble finding decent International food unless you visit the produce markets that are usually found in some of the larger cities.
After living in Seoul for two years, I find it hard to like any Asian cuisine that is found in the US. So far, there is only one authentic place that I have found. That place is my only source of Kimchi.

[Dr. Bath]

It's not hot, so not as good as any other hot bevarage. And I don't think it has all that much in the way of numbing your throat.

It'll keep your mind off things though.

Lemon and hunny in hot water is best though. It is both hot and uh... other word I can't think of at the moment, numbs your throat, like strepsils.

[RabbitHoleLost]

pssst! All our tea comes from Asia too. But shhh! It's a secret

*taps nose knowingly*

My world...
Has just been flipped upside down.
I don't know who I am anymore

You're lucky, I've had the chicken pox twice. Yes, it is possible.

I have too, for that matter.
And had the mumps

[Neko Toast]

Need some advice. Is beer bad for a sore throat? Or should I be drinking tea instead?

Beer isn't bad for a sore throat. Hell, when I have a bad cough and cough medicine doesn't work for me (and it usually doesn't), my mom gives me a sip of beer. It really helps.

... Don't tell anyone I use beer for medicine, though. I'm underage. Shhhhh.

[UncleWolf]

My world...
Has just been flipped upside down.
I don't know who I am anymore

It really is true. Almost all of the tea that is produced the world comes from Asia.

And luckily I have been vaccinated against the mumps. That must suck.

[Cristo Meyers]

I actually had the best success with using vodka for a sore throat. A single shot usually helped clear it up pretty well.

[Dr. Bath]

Has just been flipped upside down.

And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air...

Don't blame me, you walked right into it...

[RightHandless]

And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air...

Don't blame me, you walked right into it...

i think Dr. Bath is a pretty cool guy. eh posts memes and doesn't afraid of anything.

You beat me to the punch on the rapping, I had to post some sort of meme. >.> <.<

[mangosta71]

A nightmare foot.

What's a nightmare foot? Is it one of those things that I'll have to look up on Urban Dictionary, only to be disgusted that there are enough people so depraved to give something like that a name? Please tell me it isn't...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Tomato sauce and pizza rolls (from the sound of them) are both hideous. Then again, the only condiments I actually like are salt and vinegar. I'll have salad cream with boiled taties, but only because I'm not a fan of them plain.

What book would you recommend me?

Well, I don't know you well enough so I'd prolly just go with some stock fantasy or sci - fi or fiction. Or my perennial recommendations: Pratchett (especially the Discworld); The Book Thief; Jostein Gaarder (especially Sophie's World and The Solitaire Mystery) and some others.
If you've read and enjoyed Pratchett I recommend Neil Gaiman and possibly Tom Holt to you as authors.
If you like murder/mystery I recommend the authors Karin Slaughter and Lee Child. Also: Sherlock Holmes
For horror: [insert name of the guy who wrote Rats]
Other straight fantasy/fantasy - like books/authors: A Song of Ice and FireTrudi Canarvan's quite good, but maybe a bit 'young' (if you believ in that sort of thing) . . .
'Classic' literature wise: Dracula, Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame/Notre Dame de Paris are your four given horror novels; Ivanhoe; The Canterbury Tales

I could go on; but I know very little (in comparison) about you.

@RHL: I think it's more the atmosphere and 'style' of tea and serving it that makes it a change. I mean, 'French' Earl Grey and 'Britlander' Earl Grey (from the Co - op) taste nothing like and I prefer what I drink here.
On average, every Britlander drinks three cups of tea a day.
We set great stock by a cuppa.

[TwoBitWriter]

I actually had the best success with using vodka for a sore throat. A single shot usually helped clear it up pretty well.

You think Rum would work? I finished off my vodka supplies last week...

[UncleWolf]

You think Rum would work? I finished off my vodka supplies last week...

I'd think so.

[Cristo Meyers]

I'm not sure, never tried. I always used either whiskey or vodka, with vodka working somewhat better...

I figure try it, what's the worst that could happen?

[TwoBitWriter]

At the very least, I could use a good buzz right now... Get my mind off of how crappy I feel.

Edit: Hey, the rum worked pretty good. And it made me remember I picked up some Braum's EggNog last night, so I decided to mix myself a drink

[mangosta71]

Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame/Notre Dame de Paris are your four given horror novels;

Those are intended to be horror novels? Frank was a guy that just wanted to fit in. Phantom strikes me more as a tragic love story. And I don't recall any "scary" bits in Hunchback. And I find Lovecraft to be more disturbing than frightening. *shrug* Guess I just don't get what makes a novel a "horror story".

[CurlyKitGirl]

Those are intended to be horror novels? Frank was a guy that just wanted to fit in. Phantom strikes me more as a tragic love story. And I don't recall any "scary" bits in Hunchback. And I find Lovecraft to be more disturbing than frightening. *shrug* Guess I just don't get what makes a novel a "horror story".

Dr. Frankenstein was the name of the man who made the nameless monster. And it's a horror.
Phantom can be seen as a kind of psychological horror what with the whole disfigured stalker obsessed with the young (under 18?) singer. And the murders and things.
Hunchback, well, have you read the end? Scary. And it's just often classed under horror.

[wadledo]

Dr. Frankenstein was the name of the man who made the nameless monster. And it's a horror.
Phantom can be seen as a kind of psychological horror what with the whole disfigured stalker obsessed with the young (under 18?) singer. And the murders and things.
Hunchback, well, have you read the end? Scary. And it's just often classed under horror.

Curly speaks truly in her smartness.

[Dragonrider]

What's a nightmare foot?

I read the quote and I was like.

"...
I didn't write that.
I can't have written that.
Why would I have written that?"

Then I went back and read it in context.

Stinker.

[Jibar]

Hey, guess who had a fun idea?



Cat-Muffinnominicon: Catmology

The Sun
According to recent human science reports, this is a giant ball of eternally burning gas. Geese, they're gonna be pissed when they find out.
Alien Life: None noticable.

Mercury
Originally considered as a possible landing point by the Original Batch, it was dismissed as "Resembling Australia too much." Nobody really understood this reference at the time, and the Original Batch never settled in Australia so they could never deliver a well deserved "Told you so."
Alien Life: Hats With Corks On Them. Vegetation. Harvested by one plucky Catmonaut and cultivated in Australia to please the human populace who had sprung up overnight. Originally it was hoped the Hats would eat them. They didn't.

Venus
It was discovered in the first attempted landing by the Original Batch that Venus is in fact a planet made of dragons, and the atmosphere is filled with them. Subsequent attempted landings only served to antagonise the dragons, and when they launched an attack the Chinese built a giant wall to keep them out. For some reason, it worked.
Alien Life: Dragons. Mineral. Yes, they're minerals. We found it as strange as you do. Also, not the home planet of Fing Fang Foom. Unfortunately.

Earth
We so called dibs on it. See? It's etched here. Dibs. That means it's ours.
Alien Life: Timelords. Humanoid. Were discovered to hang out here an unfortunate amount. Cocker Spaniels. Canine. Also discovered, apparantly having fled the bloody war that destroyed their home planet. Muppets. ...Puppets? Their leader Jim Henson ended up being a source great entertainment to Cat-Muffins and after his passing Muppets were placed under protection in Cat-Muffin Law.

Mars
It's big and it's red and despite what any of you humans believe it was always this way. Stop kidding yourselves. The only thing that has changed about billions of years is the fact that the locals got bored and moved. Yes. It is that dull. Notable features include the Face of Mars, which seems to feature some sort of broken control system, and a giant broken glass fortress, apparantly crashed deliberately. Bloody tourists keep littering.
Alien Life: Originally Martians, though they have since vacated. Creatures attacking at the end of the 19th century were originally identified as Martians, though further study has proved this not to be the case.

Jupiter
It's a big ball of fart. You'd expect something more interesting or clever, but no, it's called a gas giant for a reason. Whoever created the universe was a fan of fart jokes apparantly. It's basically just one big proof that Nietzsche and all the other existentialists were right.
Alien Life: Oh God I hope not.

Saturn
Home of a giant disco party, it was originally considered for possible colonisation by the Original Batch who felt a connection with the partiers and their "Boogieing." As soon as ABBA was put on, they promptly decided against this and ran. This days the party is over, and nobody wants to clear up the rubbish they left behind. Maybe someone will turn it into a trendy Space Night Club soon.
Alien Life: Only one alien was ever met, Steve, the janitor, who we left to his own devices as we considered it rude to bother him.

Uranus
Exploration of this planets service uncovered in giant writing a simple message. "L-O-L". After some further surveying, it was decided the planet was a waste of space and we're just waiting for somebody to finish the Death Star already.
Alien Life: Heard of Sporn? This planet's lovely ecosystem came first and came out worst.

Neptune
This planet was discovered to contain all the usual landscape until we found the field of melting clocks. Then we stumbled across the four oddly coloured soup cans and the gentleman with an apple for a face and got super freaked out and legged it. Nobody dares return.
Alien Life: Only one was discovered to possess any form of understandable language, and it identified itself as a "Crit-Ik" before promptly consuming one of the malnourished and dead eyed creatures who followed it unquestionably and promptly shouting fire from its nostrils. It is the expressed opinion of the entire Catmology Board that this creature should be exterminated or else the entire planet should be cornered off.

Pluto
Discovered to be the resting place of many various aliens, it is believed that the planet may just be the elephants graveyard of space. The corpse of a Space Whale was discovered at the bottom of a crater, lending strength to the theory that all these creatures came here to die. The corpse of a Them Elder Rubber Plant Thingies With The Eyes That Sang In A Man's Voice But All Had Girls' Names And Ate That Guy Carl. We Liked Carl. He Was Cool. Had A Beard... Damn Rubber Plant Thingies was discovered, discouraging Catmonauts from ever exploring further into spce. Who knows what other terrors lurk out there? Maybe Space Otopuses?
Alien Life: None living, though the sheer number and diversity of creatures means that possibly millions of new Life could be Catologed.

[Dragonrider]

Pluto's not a planet anymore.



But, Jibar....

You're brilliant.

[wadledo]

Jibar, some day, some organization is going to kill you and put your brain in a jar so your awesome stops spreading in a direction they don't want.
I hope not to be alive when that day comes.

[Oregano]

Arr! I'm stuck on Infinite Undiscovery!!!

I forgot where it told me to go and either way I go from the place I am I've already been there and I can't talk to any of the NPCs except the guy who
sells stuff.


It's still a fantastic game though.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Jibbers; you are a god.

Catmology should be a new Science! taught in schools. It'd certainly make things more fun.

[Phase]

Jibjab!

...

You rule!

[Felixaar]

Though it seems fairl rhetorical to point it out now, yes, Jibar is damned awesome.

But Australia isn't that like Mercury...

...We're more like the Sun. Or the largely ignored 'Planet of Sexy'.