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- Fri May 17, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58
Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Wow. Once again, we seem to select the shortest path through the adventure.
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Nevermind- all that homework made me get it. Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys Had that song in my head for some reason. It was hard to pick verses to translate because many of them had names in them that wouldn't translate. I was hoping it would translate "Beastie Boys" into something cr...
- Thu May 16, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Well, I must kindly request that you refrain from urging me to smile, Should you choose to remain in my company, I shall endeavor to make it a rewarding experience for you. My contact information exceeds the capabilities of ordinary telephone dialing, Perhaps owing to our considerable adaptability ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:26 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
We hail from the lineage of traditional hip-hop,
Kindly remove your footwear and ease your stockings,
The verses are disseminated akin to an affliction,
For the melodies resound vigorously, akin to an electrifying jolt.
- Wed May 15, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
This is actually the first time I've used ChatGPT: We are engaged in conversation I find myself uncertain of what words to express Nevertheless, I shall articulate them This day presents another opportunity to encounter you You seem to be avoiding attention Fear not, I shall endeavor to pursue your ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58
Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Hmm. I'm inclined to meet the father. Right now we just have his word that he's a prince.
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:01 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Close to You, the Carpenters
On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
- Tue May 14, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58
Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Back to the wall so you can watch people.
- Mon May 13, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58
Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
What could possibly go wrong? I say we accept his offer.
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
It seems like Journey, Don't Stop Believing:
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
- Mon May 13, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58
Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Fine, to Paris it is!
- Sun May 12, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
- Replies: 80
- Views: 192
Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Jailhouse rock, Elvis Presley.
- Sun May 12, 2024 3:29 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
I think we just picked the shortest path to the ending.
- Fri May 10, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: [GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step
- Replies: 5
- Views: 34
Re: [GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step
You stupid f#@!ing p&%#! You broke my jar of pasta sauce!
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
Way to go, Mike! Now if we re-back out of this arrangement, we'll piss him off even more. We should have gone after Carlos.
I say we point out that it will not be possible. Let's see what happens.
I say we point out that it will not be possible. Let's see what happens.
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:25 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
You're going to cave in that easily? Fine. We'll make amends.
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:53 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
My inclination was to let him come along, but I'll go with Eliahad's tried-and-true method and decline his offer.
- Tue May 07, 2024 3:24 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
Yeti. And poor Carlos. Shoulda stuck to the plan, man.
- Sat May 04, 2024 4:02 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
- Replies: 25
- Views: 171
Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
Yeah, it's Carlos' fault for deviating from the plan. Let's keep the meeting.
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: This Happened
- Replies: 572
- Views: 106511
Re: This Happened
Active shooter situation at a small town middle school just a short distance southwest of us. Sounds like the suspect was "neutralized" before getting into the school and no kids are hurt, thank goodness.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: [GtGPL/S1E24] Danger Man!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 78
Re: [GtGPL/S1E24] Danger Man!
I don't think hanging the roll of toilet paper backwards counts as dangerous.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: The Gravel Pit
- Replies: 9
- Views: 120
Re: The Gravel Pit
I think it was a story for an audience of one: the guy who said he could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and he wouldn't lose any voters. But as much as he might agree with the feeling behind the story, he's savvy enough to know she'll now drag him down even further, so the VP p...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:28 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: The Gravel Pit
- Replies: 9
- Views: 120
Re: The Gravel Pit
And then she thought it was a good idea to brag about that in her book?! Like that makes her a good leader?!
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:25 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Omaha Tornado
- Replies: 5
- Views: 73
Re: Omaha Tornado
Glad y'all are okay.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: Talking 'Bout My Generation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 49
Re: Talking 'Bout My Generation
You're thinking with the benefit of 50-ish years of experience. When you were that age, you were just as full of horse pucky as those darn youngster are now. Incidentally, it hit home for me this week with the first verified case of what I knew was eventually going to happen. I started working at my...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:13 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Let's talk about Language
- Replies: 18
- Views: 147
Re: Let's talk about Language
Okay, what are y'all doing that you're going around saying "cotton" so often during regular conversations?! I'm lucky if I say or hear that word once a month.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: [GtGPL/S1E16] Monkey Business
- Replies: 5
- Views: 53
Re: [GtGPL/S1E16] Monkey Business
If so, there's hope for you yet.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:14 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Can billionaires be good people?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 63
Re: Can billionaires be good people?
I know there have been studies that having extreme amounts of wealth actually changes the way the brain works. I've always been a fan of the theory that having a lot of money makes you more of what you already are. If you're an ass, it makes you more of an ass. If you're nice, it can make you more n...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: [GtGPL/S1E12] A Moose in the Hoose
- Replies: 5
- Views: 51
Re: [GtGPL/S1E12] A Moose in the Hoose
He says he wants to know the password for the WiFi.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: [GtGPL/S1E8] ZZZ
- Replies: 6
- Views: 61
Re: [GtGPL/S1E8] ZZZ
I'm in a lasagna-induced coma.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:59 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Happy birthday!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 127
Re: Happy birthday!
Belated happy birthday to Eli!
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:20 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Happy birthday!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 127
Re: Happy birthday!
Belated happy birthday! May your days be filled with family and gaming!
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: Paranoia on Roll20!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 81
Re: Paranoia on Roll20!
Yeeeesssss???
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: Lego D&D
- Replies: 0
- Views: 34
Lego D&D
There's now a Lego D&D set!
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:09 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Grandfathering Socialist Programs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 32
Re: Grandfathering Socialist Programs
Do they realize that a large number of libraries in the late 19th and early 20th century were actually funded by Andrew Carnegie, a wealthy capitalist?
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: Paranoia on Roll20!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 81
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: How are your knees?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 61
Re: How are your knees?
I exercise, run, and stretch regularly, so my knees are okay. I have a tendency to get some pain in the tendons at the side of the knee during some of my leg workouts, but subtle adjustments to the positioning of the knee usually fix that. The thing that's been bothering me recently seems to be burs...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:16 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Why ban Tik Tok?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 49
Re: Why ban Tik Tok?
If the end result is that another right-wing billionaire snatches up another prominent social media company, during an election year no less, and allows propaganda to run rampant in the name of "free speech", this will be another self-own by the D's.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: I've been posting more
- Replies: 4
- Views: 78
Re: I've been posting more
My oldest, trans son recently got married to their trans boyfriend, and will finish school in a couple months for early childhood development. My daughter has a job decorating cakes at a Whole Foods north of a Denver and seems to be enjoying Colorado. Our youngest transferred to UW-Madison, had a ro...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:13 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: My Self-Driving Car
- Replies: 10
- Views: 95
Re: My Self-Driving Car
Love the automatic cruise control and self-steering features. They make long road trips much more pleasant. Another nice feature we like is heated and massaging seats. Heated seats are almost a necessity in Wisconsin winters, but even on long summer road trips, it's like having a heating pad for you...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:38 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: I'M ON A BOAT!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15571
Re: I'M ON A BOAT!
I have 91 days until our flight departs for Scotland.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:43 am
- Forum: The Gaming Table
- Topic: Skyrim
- Replies: 3
- Views: 39
Re: Skyrim
I used to play Skyrim and some of it's earlier Elder Scrolls siblings (Oblivion, etc.). Even had a VR version of it on the PS4. But something about the graphics always made me nauseous and gave me a headache, so I had to stop.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:20 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: This Happened
- Replies: 572
- Views: 106511
Re: This Happened
Oh yeah! My trans child officially got married to their trans partner! They legally married a few months ago in order to get their partner on their insurance through work. But this weekend they had an "elopement" and had a ceremony to make it "official". It was just the two of th...
Re: RIP
Carl Weathers, 76.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: This Happened
- Replies: 572
- Views: 106511
Re: This Happened
By the way, it's Wisconsin other than Milwaukee, so the jury was all white. I recall the pool of people that showed up on Monday morning for possible jury duty, and it was overwhelmingly white.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: This Happened
- Replies: 572
- Views: 106511
Re: This Happened
The trials is done and I can talk now. Scene: A laundromat. A homeless black man (English is not his native language) who has been using the facility's restroom was told earlier in the day that he was not welcome to return to the facility. Later that evening, said gentleman returns to the facility. ...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:44 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Pharma Phrustration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 120
Re: Pharma Phrustration
I had an inhaler I've been using for years to prevent sinus polyps. Turns out the manufacturer decided to discontinue the inhaler at the end of 2023 because of some enforced price reduction that would have taken effect in 2024, and the replaced it with a very expensive name brand medication that's n...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Nerd Babble
- Topic: This Happened
- Replies: 572
- Views: 106511
Re: This Happened
I have to serve on a jury at a trial on Thursday. It's supposed to be just a one day trial, so I only miss one day of work. I've always been a bit curious what it's like, so I'm kind of looking forward to it. But details will have to wait until after the trial concludes.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:17 am
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Kyle!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 271
Re: Happy Birthday, Kyle!
Happy B-Day, big guy!
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Nerd Talk
- Topic: Do they make this?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 210
Re: Do they make this?
You could just text her.