Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.

'Never Leave Me'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Feb 03, 2009 10:31:25 am PST #4881 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Calli, I'm sorry for your loss.


Jesse - Feb 03, 2009 11:01:40 am PST #4882 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Calli, I'm so, so sorry.


Gudanov - Feb 03, 2009 11:05:04 am PST #4883 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

So sorry for your loss Calli


Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:12:45 am PST #4884 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Condolences, Calli.


Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:28:14 am PST #4885 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

We say "janken pon" for rock paper scissors. Then if there's still a tie, we say "ai kode sho."

I won the tournament in our Japanese language class, beating my later-to-be boss, and playing the Japanese teacher as a result. I think people do have a tell. Generally, if I don't get put out on the first throw, I can win.

Although I haven't played in some time, so this may just be leftover arrogance.


Burrell - Feb 03, 2009 11:33:51 am PST #4886 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

WRT roshambo: When I was younger I always heard it used to describe the kicking game, but some time after I graduated college things changed and I mostly heard it used to describe rock-paper-scissors.

One of my friends has a brother who plays competitive roshambo (the hand game, not the kicking game). Went to a roshambo convention in Las Vegas one year, and won or something.

Also? Loving Liese's boast.


Typo Boy - Feb 03, 2009 11:45:03 am PST #4887 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

You know this is making me wonder whether there is any chance that "Irish Stand-down" in Zelazny's "Lord of Light" was real. (In the book the game was one where characters took turns punching each other. No defense. You take a punch. If you don't fall or if you can get up, the other waits and does not defend themselves, and you punch.) I always assumed it was invented for the book, and was called that as a snarky comment on the way truces tended to work in Northern Ireland at the time. But now I wonder if there was a real turn-taking punching contest that worked that way.


Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:46:09 am PST #4888 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Also? Loving Liese's boast.

Hee. I can take you all. Bring it.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2009 11:49:54 am PST #4889 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Hee. I can take you all. Bring it.

OK, but how are you at Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard?

  • Rock crushes lizard.
  • Scissors decapitate lizard.
  • Lizard eats paper.
  • Paper disproves Spock.
  • Spock vaporizes rock.
  • Spock bends scissors.


Barb - Feb 03, 2009 11:55:15 am PST #4890 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

My condolences, Calli-- here's hoping you have some peace in the coming days.