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by Varda » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:54 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:My teacher said to seize the day; so I did. Now, I gawp at the frozen people and I ponder. How can I get the day started again?
Coffee usually works!

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by Varda » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:55 am
His tinfoil hat blocked Their probes, but Hal baked a potato in it. That's how They found him.
At least the potato's safe.
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by tbaker2500 » Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:02 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:My teacher said to seize the day; so I did. Now, I gawp at the frozen people and I ponder. How can I get the day started again?
Nice one.

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by ROU Killing Time » Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:48 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:My teacher said to seize the day; so I did. Now, I gawp at the frozen people and I ponder. How can I get the day started again?
Hit the space bar. That usually works.
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by strawman » Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:07 pm
It seemed to me yesterday that I was getting too old to seize the little buggers. Days were like little Roadrunners dashing between my Wile E. Coyote legs. Grab at 'em all you want, but "Meep!" you always end up

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by tbaker2500 » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:48 pm
Sweet. Graphical Twabbles. Although, I think we may need to count the pic at 1,000 words, which average out to how many characters?
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by ROU Killing Time » Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:52 pm
tbaker2500 wrote:Sweet. Graphical Twabbles. Although, I think we may need to count the pic at 1,000 words, which average out to how many characters?
I see what you did there. Perhaps we can settle on pixel count to determine validity.
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by Varda » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:51 am
She's the woman for me: Smart. Cute. Thighs strong enough to break a man's neck. Now she's insisting on a demonstration.
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:26 am
Varda wrote:She's the woman for me: Smart. Cute. Thighs strong enough to break a man's neck. Now she's insisting on a demonstration.
Yowza!
I think we're
all gonna have to insist on a demonstration.

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by Varda » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:48 pm
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Varda wrote:She's the woman for me: Smart. Cute. Thighs strong enough to break a man's neck. Now she's insisting on a demonstration.
Yowza!
I think we're
all gonna have to insist on a demonstration.

I think we have our first volunteer! Smart man. There are worse ways to die.
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by strawman » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:41 pm
Varda wrote:
I think we have our first volunteer! Smart man. There are worse ways to die.
But none more fitting the individual. It's Willie Wonka time.
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by ROU Killing Time » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:54 pm
Varda wrote:Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Varda wrote:She's the woman for me: Smart. Cute. Thighs strong enough to break a man's neck. Now she's insisting on a demonstration.
Yowza!
I think we're
all gonna have to insist on a demonstration.

I think we have our first volunteer! Smart man. There are worse ways to die.
Death by Snu-Snu
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by Varda » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:29 pm
strawman wrote:Varda wrote:
I think we have our first volunteer! Smart man. There are worse ways to die.
But none more fitting the individual. It's Willie Wonka time.
"Duuuuumb waaaays to diiiie, so many dumb ways to die!"
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:56 pm
Varda wrote:I think we have our first volunteer! Smart man. There are worse ways to die.
Jeesh. Yet
another woman out to kill me! But for that MO, you can probably skip a few slots in line.
Fun video until the end and the logo appears.
Over/under on how many tax dollars were spent on that? $1,000,000? (US or Australian)
♪"Dumb ways to spend...
Nanny state's loco again."♫
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by Varda » Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:35 pm
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:
♪"Dumb ways to spend...
Nanny state's loco again."♫
Okay, tell me how to make the little music notes appear, and I'll call off the thigh-neck-breaking woman?
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:33 pm
Who says I want you to call her off?
The notes are just characters, just like ۩ is. You can copy and paste them.
Or,
if you speak Unicode (and who doesn't), then you can type them with
+266a and/or
+266b.
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by Varda » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:52 pm
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Who says I want you to call her off?
Would it make a difference if I say her name's Oasis? (A guy with your avatar better get that reference!)
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:The notes are just characters, just like ۩ is. You can copy and paste them.
Thanx! Am Luddite. Less Luddite now. Feel much better.
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:46 am
You're welcome.
Varda wrote:Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Who says I want you to call her off?
Would it make a difference if I say her name's Oasis? (A guy with your avatar better get that reference!)
Of course! I know how to manipulate Oasis, I might even live through the experience.
I was afraid you might say "her" name was "Divine" or somesuch...
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by DireCari » Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:46 am
Hi! Interloper here. Pardon the amateur exuberance.
Extending the drabble "nagging" theme to twabble-dom:
Later, lizard-woman gave her errant husband such a strenuous tongue-lashing, that it went in one ear and out the other.
Do hope I haven't shoved anything where it's not supposed to go. Or dug up old potatoes.
Leaving the field, promptly, without being asked.
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by ROU Killing Time » Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:52 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:
Or,
if you speak Unicode (and who doesn't), then you can type them with
+266a and/or
+266b.
Uh, most people that aren't alien AI twabble-bots?
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