VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100

[CurlyKitGirl]

After three hours of swearing on the life of my favourite authour that it was Sunday I was surprised when Mum actually insisted that it was Monday.
Fine.
I accept that.
Now I need to find out the date.

[Reinboom]

After three hours of swearing on the life of my favourite authour that it was Sunday I was surprised when Mum actually insisted that it was Monday.
Fine.
I accept that.
Now I need to find out the date.

7 - 21 - 2008? Is it not in the lower right hand of your computer?
Alternatively:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

[CurlyKitGirl]

7 - 21 - 2008? Is it not in the lower right hand of your computer?
Alternatively:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

My computer no has that.
Also: why do some countries put the month first?
It's 21st July 2008. Alternatively 21/7/08.

[Player_Zero]

Day-Month-Year seems more sensible to me...

Also, I spilt the shreddies down myself and all over the floor. So I've had to shower again and now my toast is cold. Conspiracy.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Curly, considering we´re in the same time zone. It´s monday.
There was yesterday and the day before that was Mystic Fair, which I went to. Mystic fair was on saturday.(Well, saturday and sunday, but I only went on saturday). Thus the day after Mystic Fair was sunday and thus now it´s monday. Plus, my brother went to work this morning. Meaning that it´s a week day and not weekend.

So now you must kill Terry Pratchett?

+ my pc says it´s monday, 21st of july, 2008.
But only if I hold my mouse over the time. If I don´t, it´l just say that it´s 13:19.

[Reinboom]

My computer no has that.
Also: why do some countries put the month first?
It's 21st July 2008. Alternatively 21/7/08.

I believe, but not positive, it is a shortening - a removal of "of".
That is, we do not say "3rd of February" (and 3rd February would sound strange), rather, we say "February 3rd".

Year was tacked on to the end.

Also, you must remember that not even DD/MM/YYYY (I don't like YY, there are 4 numbers there, and the turn of the century -can- happen in your lifetime a second time! ) isn't even always correct in a lot of countries where it is in a 'proper' order. A lot of east asian countries use YYYY/MM/DD.


Also, I just realized I said "lower right" of computer screen by instinct, even though for me it is the lower left of the computer screen and has been that way for a rather long time...

Back to the point, are you saying that your computer has no time format anywhere apparent?

[Tempest Fennac]

In refgards to dates being written differently, I think it's mainly down to cultural preferences. What made you think it was a Sunday?

[Dallas-Dakota]

In refgards to dates being written differently, I think it's mainly down to cultural preferences. What made you think it was a Sunday?

Because the weekend is always better?

[CurlyKitGirl]

In the bottom right corner it tells me the time. Right now it's 12:48. No day/month/year.

[Reinboom]

In the bottom right corner it tells me the time. Right now it's 12:48. No day/month/year.

Double click the time.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Cool.
But I still believe that once you're on summer holiday (or any other) you forget things like days and dates.
I know for a fact that last year for about a week we thought it was July when it had been August for a good five or six days.

[Player_Zero]

I've been on tour before, you know. When I was with Snori Snoriscousin And His Brass Idiots. Every night a different bed. You forget what day of the week it is after a while.

What day of the week is it now?

See? And we've only bee on the road . . . what . . . three hours?

[CurlyKitGirl]

Soul Music - Terry Pratchett.

And I love that book. "Are you sure you're not elvish?"
It also perfectly displays my point.

EDIT: Given enough time I think I could even tell you the page number.

[Player_Zero]

I don't really think I need it... 269-270

Paperback that is. Also, I've lost the front cover and couple of pages. It really is most upsetting.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Ouch. Front or back pages?
Fron't not as bad. And the cover depends. What'd be really good as a front cover would be DEATH playing the guitar.

[Rockphed]

Ouch. Front or back pages?
Fron't not as bad. And the cover depends. What'd be really good as a front cover would be DEATH playing the guitar.

How about death on that motorcycle? Or would that look too much like ghost rider?

Furthermore, I don't think I have ever not known which day of the week it is, but I frequently don't care about month or day of the month.

And my neighbor is making a racket by pounding rocks together so I can't get back to sleep. Any suggestions?

[Player_Zero]

Would sorta' be a spoiler though.

I'm missing the front cover and page at the front which tells you about the previous story, how DEATH had a granddaughter an' that. The front cover wasn't amazing anyway... The artwork has a certain style, but it doesn't really fit the book. But I've got the first scene in the Ramtops though so should I ever care to read it for the bazillionth time then I wouldn't have any particular problem.

...I have no clothes to wear... Much too shreddy-dirtied... This is a problem.

[Dallas-Dakota]

When I forget the date and day, it is vacation for real for me.

[Phase]

So P_Z? Just go in the nude! I don't know about you, but that's what I do, should I run out of clothes. I don't have to be embarrased, everyone who sees me goes blind for some reason. Maybe I'm radioactive?

[Player_Zero]

Nude you say? Interesting... I think people who saw me might go blind as well. Blind due to seeing perfection itself.

Which reminds me, the moon stopped me from sleeping again last night. Damn creepy moon... Watching me sleep...

[Dallas-Dakota]

I howled to the full moon on saturday/sunday night. Then I fireballed it.

[Thufir]

My brother always used to say that there were in fact eight different days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday. Holiday has no specific place in the week, it just appears repeatedly during summer holidays when you have no regular events to use as points of reference for what day of the week it is.

EDIT:

Which reminds me, the moon stopped me from sleeping again last night. Damn creepy moon... Watching me sleep...

How did it watch you sleep if it stopped you from sleeping?

[CurlyKitGirl]

My brother always used to say that there were in fact eight different days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday. Holiday has no specific place in the week, it just appears repeatedly during summer holidays when you have no regular events to use as points of reference for what day of the week it is.

*adopts that idea*
Today is now and always (until September sometime) Holiday.

[banjo1985]

Beloved forums!

*kneels down and kisses the playground*

Sorry....don't know what came over me...

Anyhow, I am now back from my trip to Paris. We took in the Eiffel Tower, La Louvre, Notre Dame, La Obelisque, and many other places, and at some point I may even get a photo or two uploaded, though I somehow doubt it. We also went to the Arc de Triomphe, as it was like 150 yards from our hotel, and interesting things happened there.

It seems that when I got there it was rather quiet and that their was a rather spiffy sunset from where I sat down. It also turned out I had a ring in my pocket. A proposal later....

Banjo is engaged!

As you can tell he's rather happy about it.

[Thufir]

Congratulations Banjo!

[Cristo Meyers]

Banjo is engaged!

As you can tell he's rather happy about it.

This is the part where I, as one of the married folk on the playground, usually makes some wise-acre remark about that being the worst decision of your life.

However, it is a quarter 'til 8 in the morning, Monday, and despite me having this Monday off, I'm too tired.

Congrats, my English counterpart.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Beloved forums!

*kneels down and kisses the playground*

Sorry....don't know what came over me...

Anyhow, I am now back from my trip to Paris. We took in the Eiffel Tower, La Louvre, Notre Dame, La Obelisque, and many other places, and at some point I may even get a photo or two uploaded, though I somehow doubt it. We also went to the Arc de Triomphe, as it was like 150 yards from our hotel, and interesting things happened there.

It seems that when I got there it was rather quiet and that their was a rather spiffy sunset from where I sat down. It also turned out I had a ring in my pocket. A proposal later....

Banjo is engaged!

As you can tell he's rather happy about it.

My congrats to both you and Lute.
One more time I congratulate you and wish you much happiness and many little ukeles running around strumming up a storm in later years.

[Player_Zero]

How did it watch you sleep if it stopped you from sleeping?

I was in a quantum state since I was unobserved by The Observer. It wasn't that slow a news day.

Congratulations Banjo. I will refrain from making any embittered statements out of respect.

[Reinboom]

Congratulations Banjo. Very much so. Was this whole trip leading up to this?


Also, I wonder if maple syrup tastes good cooked on to chicken.

[banjo1985]

Congratulations Banjo. Very much so. Was this whole trip leading up to this?

Well I'd always wanted to go to Paris...but yeah, pretty much

I will now hand you back over to your usual program...it's too early in the morning for some people to deal with too much hopeless romance.