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by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Still nothing. Anyone?
by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

I agree. I'd let y'all make a different choice, but I didn't leave my finger on the page of the last choice, so under CYOA official rules- this is the ending we have to accept.
by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

I'll start another book next week.
by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

Too bad!
by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

Whelp. I was hoping Eli would come along and talk you out of this clearly dangerous choice. But no. Obviously, this was going to happen:

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by Kyle
Fri May 17, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Mike wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Consider how often I have stumbled. Spirits guide me, with more profound voices calling. The bond that heaven forged between you and me is indelible. I have traversed the globe.
Easy- Baby Got Back! Am I right? Did I get it?

Okay- no clue.
by Kyle
Thu May 16, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

It is! You go!

By the way, I tried doing it with a "Rootin Tootin Cowboy from the Wild West" and a "1920s Gangster" but both of those options yielded dialogue that was way to close to the lyrics, often using the key words verbatim from the lyrics.
by Kyle
Thu May 16, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I emerge from slumber, somewhat disheveled, I confess, and make my way to the kitchen in a state of slight disorientation. Upon arrival, I pour myself a cup of...ahem...enthusiasm, a stimulating brew, if I do say so myself. Following this, I indulge in a gentle yawn, rather like a refined stretch, ...
by Kyle
Thu May 16, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Nevermind- all that homework made me get it. Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys:

Well, now, don't you tell me to smile
You stick around, I'll make it worth your while
Got numbers beyond what you can dial
Maybe it's because I'm so versatile
by Kyle
Thu May 16, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I'm stumped. It's clearly more than a single rapper- but it could be credited to a single rapper with featured rappers on it. Here's what I've got: We're the OG rappers Take off your shoes and socks [a BB King call out?] Our rhymes are sick and our beats [?] like lightning. Don't make me laugh If yo...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 5:38 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Okay, I think this is a hard one without another verse- but it's doable: I managed to navigate the uncharted territories, old chap. Miraculously, I emerged unscathed, having traversed the wilderness, as it were. I must confess, I was utterly bewildered and lost, until, fortuitously, I chanced upon y...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Goddammit. I thought it was Insane in the Membrane, but I couldn't remember the band. But now I do. Cypress Hill. Is that right?
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Do you know that I know the song? That will narrow it down a bunch.
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

No clue. I don't know rap.
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

So I'm guessing rap...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Nerd Talk
Topic: Present Tense Literature
Replies: 0
Views: 7

Present Tense Literature

Is it just me or has there been a concerted movement in fiction to write in the present tense. It seems to me that when I was a kid that almost all fiction I read, whether in the first or third person, was almost always written in the past tense. And that was a give-away when you were reading a shor...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

I get it- this might be one of those "Nabooti Prince" scams that I keep reading about on the internets.
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

AHA! Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard. I got it from "living akin to an ardent admirer equipped with communication apparatus" and suddenly I could hear the melody in my head as I was translating it. Love is like a bomb, baby, come on, get it on Livin' like a lover with a radar phone Lo...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I was convinced this was Jet with Are You Gonna Be My Girl, but that doesn't fit. And Google just tells me it's an Oasis song I've never heard called Love Like a Bomb- both of those are wrong.

Don't give me the other lyric yet. Let me cook here.
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Try this: The venerable artworks adorning the sepulcher, I dare say, execute a most intriguing sand-inspired choreography, if you will. Indeed, should they hasten their movements excessively (oh dear me!), they risk tumbling to the ground in a manner reminiscent of a row of dominoes, if you catch my...
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Damn it! I looked up the lyrics to Dirty Laundry and only checked out the first verse and said, "Nope. Not it."
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

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by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 6:44 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I think we cross-posted.
by Kyle
Wed May 15, 2024 6:25 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Again an easy one just for fun: "I must confess, I never intended to bring you any distress or anguish. My sole desire, on one occasion, was to behold you experiencing joy and merriment, surrounded by the majestic beauty of a purple-hued precipitation, if you will." (Note: I've rephrased i...
by Kyle
Tue May 14, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Okay, while I wait for an answer on my potential cheating, I'll offer two- the first is easy but here because the last line killed me. What I possess, you ought to bestow upon your mother. What I have, you must present to your father. What I possess, you ought to give to your daughter. Then, one per...
by Kyle
Tue May 14, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Got it: Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant. Now in the street, there is violence And, and a lots of work to be done No place to hang out our washing And, and I can't blame all on the sun Question- I need to know if I cheated. I searched Duck Duck Go for “now in the street there’s work to be done.” I feel...
by Kyle
Tue May 14, 2024 5:55 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

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by Kyle
Mon May 13, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Too easy- I'll let you do another one. I don't want to hog all the fun.
by Kyle
Mon May 13, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

It is! Here's another- and look, I know this is easy, but it made me laugh so much: Good gracious, those individuals, I daresay, possess physical attributes that are, shall we say, somewhat diminutive in nature. They have tiny hands, tiny peepers, and a propensity for propagating falsehoods of a mos...
by Kyle
Mon May 13, 2024 5:48 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

Re: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

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by Kyle
Mon May 13, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Oh that's good. Down with the Sickness by Disturbed. "Descend into the grip of ailment" finally clicked for me: Drowning deep in my sea of loathing Broken your servant, I kneel (will you give it to me?) It seems what's left of my human side Is slowly changing in me (will you give it to me?...
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I'm at a loss. I'm going to guess Lightning Crashes by Live, but I know that's wrong. I'm guessing the parenthesis are in the original lyrics. But I'm stumped. I need help from the others or another line.
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order? I know that's not right.
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: The Gaming Table
Topic: [GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step
Replies: 5
Views: 33

Re: [GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step

Points for everyone! And this is the end of Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2 real soon!

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by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn't.

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia?
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Exactly! Okay, I know this one is super easy, but it made me laugh so hard: "Good heavens, my dear chap! If you were afforded a single chance, a solitary opportunity, to grasp everything you've ever desired in one fleeting instant, would you, indeed, seize the day, as it were, and take hold of ...
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Yes! I thought that would be tougher. Let's try this: Dear fellow, I daresay it must have been a decidedly chilly existence, dwelling in the shadow of my presence, as it were. To never have had the warmth and radiance of the sun's gentle rays upon one's countenance... well, it's a thought that fills...
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:46 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti
Replies: 22
Views: 57

[CYOA] The Lost Jewels of Nabooti

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by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:31 am
Forum: Nerd Talk
Topic: Books we read in 2024
Replies: 27
Views: 494

Re: Books we read in 2024

Don't Fear the Reaper - Stephen Graham Jones. This is the sequel to one of my favorite books from a couple of years ago, My Heart is a Chainsaw. And while I loved that book, this one... not so much. I just can't figure out who this book is for. Quick premise: we're back in Proof Rock, Idaho where t...
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:18 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Now I'm going to try to get a little more difficult. Hopefully this will take more than one lyric. Upon arising from slumber, my dear, I am filled with the utmost certainty that I shall be the fortunate gentleman who has the unparalleled pleasure of finding himself beside the lovely lady that is you...
by Kyle
Sun May 12, 2024 5:14 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Yes! Jailhouse Rock - "The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there, and they began to wail"
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Good fellow, it appears that the warden, in a moment of uncharacteristic bonhomie, decided to host a social gathering within the confines of the local correctional facility. And, by George, the prison band was in attendance, and they commenced to play with a level of enthusiasm and vigor that could...
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

It is! "Here comes the rain again. Falling on my head like a memory."
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Goddamn it! I'm still laughing!
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 6:27 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Re: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

Proper English Gentleman wrote:Ah, dear chap, it appears that precipitation is imminent, and, by Jove, it's descending upon my cranium with all the subtlety of a nostalgic recollection. In short, reminding me of times past, and, no doubt, stirring up a spot of melancholy.
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 6:25 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric
Replies: 77
Views: 185

Guess the Proper English Gentleman Lyric

I'm sitting here alone in my home office (a/k/a... my bedroom) laughing out loud at this. So I'm going to make a game out of it. So here's the rules: I'm going to take a famous lyric and ask Meta AI to restate the lyric as a proper English gentleman would, and then you have to guess the song title t...
by Kyle
Sat May 11, 2024 6:18 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
Replies: 25
Views: 168

Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman

https://i.postimg.cc/6pMbxFX5/image0-1.jpg Meanwhile, Carlos update: https://i.postimg.cc/nhWKkxx7/Frozen-Jack-Nicholson-e1514501933828-1149075326.png Thank you for playing Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman! I've got three more books (some of which we've done before- but I bought a ...
by Kyle
Fri May 10, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Nerd Babble
Topic: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman
Replies: 25
Views: 168

Re: [CYOA] The Abominable Snowman

WWCD? What would Carlos Do? Y'all wouldn't know. You left him to freeze to death in snow or something. Monsters.

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by Kyle
Fri May 10, 2024 6:31 am
Forum: The Gaming Table
Topic: [GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step
Replies: 5
Views: 33

[GtGPL/S1E32] Watch Your Step

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 31 of the long-running and very famous thread idea called: Guess the Garfield Punchline. MAIN GAME: Here's how it works. I'll post a Garfield strip with the punchline missing. Everyone try to guess what it is. One guess per person. Whoever is closest wins a point. If no ...