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Post by julie on Apr 8, 2011 14:00:26 GMT -5
It's raining. Again. They are gathered in the front hall. Guests 1 and 2 hold FlyingCowOfDoom by the arms. FCOD has already announced that he is scum and unmasked to reveal a man no one has seen before. A loud pounding starts on the front door. Everyone jumps. Fred opens the door, revealing the Sheriff.Sheriff: So, you called me again. What is it this time? Fred: This time, we're sure we've caught a troublemaker. Scooby: Ruh huh! Sheriff: Your dog talks? Shouldn't he be in a circus or something? Scooby: Ruh roh! Scooby hides behind Daphne. FlyingCowOfDoom begins to struggle.FCOD: Sheriff, it was just a joke. They all know me. I came here with them! He rips off another mask to reveal that he is Shaggy. Everyone gasps.Velma: Why, it's Shaggy! Shaggy: And you're supposed to be the smart one? Scooby begins to sniff at him and discovers a stash of Scooby Snacks and an electric dog collar in Shaggy's pockets. Scooby whimpers.FCOD: Oh, shut up, you stupid mutt! Everyone gasps again.Sheriff: Abel Strangeways will be glad to know they've found you. I'll take you down to the station and you can tell me all about it. The sheriff handcuffs Shaggy and drags him, shouting, out the door. Scooby whimpers and covers his eyes with his paws.Shaggy, Scum Dog Catcher, has been arrested.Night 2 will end Sunday, April 10 at or around 7 pm EDT. Note: The Greene/Green error was mine. I am sorry for the error and I hope it was not instrumental in swaying anyone's vote. Please be aware that while I attempt to double check everything I send, I can and do make mistakes. I do not use templates, so mental errors and typos can creep again. Again, sorry, and if you want to poke me with sharpened sticks, I'll... well, I'll run away. But in theory I'll support it!
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Post by Renata on Apr 8, 2011 14:03:54 GMT -5
I promised I'd stand Septimus a drink. In honor of his avatar, it will consist of only rainwater and pure grain alcohol. Salut!
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Apr 8, 2011 14:04:13 GMT -5
Yay for catching scum, but wow, Shaggy is scum in this game. There goes any reliability of a mass name claim.
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Apr 8, 2011 14:05:31 GMT -5
NETA: Sorry if the above is taken as strategizing..I posted before I thought. :headsmack:
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Post by BobArrgh on Apr 8, 2011 14:06:12 GMT -5
Well, poopy analysis on my part, but the result was pure gold! Apparently, even a blind squirrel stumbles across a nut every now and then.
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Apr 8, 2011 14:08:37 GMT -5
Shaggy? what has the world come to?
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Post by The Real FCOD on Apr 8, 2011 14:10:52 GMT -5
Like, zoinks!
--FCOD
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Post by julie on Apr 8, 2011 14:10:26 GMT -5
NETA: Sorry if the above is taken as strategizing..I posted before I thought. :headsmack: I'll use you as a human shield if the pointy sticks come out.
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Post by LightFoot on Apr 8, 2011 14:14:00 GMT -5
@ Idle after my EDucation on gloating yesterDay I had a thought that might look bad.
** tiptoes off to do payroll before they come after me with pitchforks IRL
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Apr 8, 2011 14:22:23 GMT -5
Hahaha, EDucation...that's a good one, I like it. Look what she did there, Ed. See that? EDucation. Special Ed can seem like a bit of a harsh person to new players, but he's a nice guy, in general. His bark is worse than his bite.
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Post by septimus on Apr 8, 2011 14:23:35 GMT -5
I promised I'd stand Septimus a drink. In honor of his avatar, it will consist of only rainwater and pure grain alcohol. Salut! You're thinking of General Jack D. Ripper. I'll order for you what I wanted: A glass of Loch Dhu, neat, rainwater on the side. I hope psychopathgame (what kind of a customer-friendly website name is that? ) doesn't bill me for this Loch Dhu ... Googling I see it's rather more expensive than it was the last time I bought a bottle.
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Post by Renata on Apr 8, 2011 14:24:26 GMT -5
He wears you down by sheer volume. (I've been taking notes.)
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Post by Renata on Apr 8, 2011 14:25:50 GMT -5
I promised I'd stand Septimus a drink. In honor of his avatar, it will consist of only rainwater and pure grain alcohol. Salut! You're thinking of General Jack D. Ripper. Oh, I know, just watched it the other day. It was the only thing I could think of associated with the movie. We can trade, if you like.
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 14:37:44 GMT -5
I just finished helping my son build a trebuchet. I'd be careful what you say about me.
Or at least say it from more than 100 feet away. We can launch tennis balls that far at least 2 per minute
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Apr 8, 2011 14:39:05 GMT -5
Did you forget the footnote?
Now, Ed, you know it gets everyone excited whenever you talk about nuts...
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Post by septimus on Apr 8, 2011 14:40:48 GMT -5
Oh, I know, just watched it the other day. I wish I'd watched it too. I've got enough DVD's that my wife keeps threatening to destroy them, but I don't have Strangelove, one of my favorites. We can trade, if you like. Alternate sips from alternate glasses? Or would that be too lovey-dovey with each of us wondering whether the other is one of the Psychopaths doing Strange Things in the Night-time?
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 14:43:10 GMT -5
Did you forget the footnote? Now, Ed, you know it gets everyone excited whenever you talk about nuts... My filters from Monty Python are still on... that was supposed to be tennis balls*
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Apr 8, 2011 14:49:48 GMT -5
good night to all! it's nearly 4am in my part of the world.
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Post by septimus on Apr 8, 2011 14:57:35 GMT -5
good night to all! it's nearly 4am in my part of the world. Singapore? Hongkong? It's only 3 AM in Thailand, but I'll also sign off. Thanks for the drink, renata !
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Post by BobArrgh on Apr 8, 2011 15:26:34 GMT -5
Your part of the world? I used to live in Indonesia, oh so many years ago. Anywhere close to that?
Septimus, are you in Thailand?
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Post by BobArrgh on Apr 8, 2011 15:28:12 GMT -5
@Ed: That is so cool about building a trebuchet. How big is it? Do you have pictures? How heavy is the counterweight?
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 15:36:24 GMT -5
@ Ed: That is so cool about building a trebuchet. How big is it? Do you have pictures? How heavy is the counterweight? the side supports are 23 inches. The are is 40 inches. The base is just several 2x4s with linear wheels on the bottom. That puts the axle at 24 inches above the ground. We've used 4 10lb weights on an axle 2 inches from the end of the arm. The axle comes in about 7 inches above that. The sling is about 32 inches long. I do have pictures, but they aren't uploaded yet. it's for his Advanced Seminar class. basically a class where kids can go and do projects and get honors credit. He's written a report on the Spanish Inquisition which his teacher actually liked, and he'll also be doing one on Rommel. He wants to study history in college. (He's a junior now.) I wish he'd pick something more lucrative, since it looks like my pension will be sold so that Bank of American and GE can continue paying no taxes, and I selfishly agreed to take a thankless job with the government apparently so that I could sponge off them with a pension when i retire. At least my oldest is in Aerospace Engineering. He'll have a lucrative job until NASA gets shut down.
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 15:42:01 GMT -5
hmm, my apologies for the rant. This really isn't the place for that.
but the trebuchet is pretty cool.
I was most amazed by the difference the wheels made. They added over 5% to the total distance.
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Post by BobArrgh on Apr 8, 2011 15:58:13 GMT -5
I majored in History back when colleges were first invented. However, I minored in Computer Science and have made my living as a systems analyst/programmer.
My History degree taught me how to write well and communicate to a broad audience, regardless of subject. It also taught me how to see the big picture when analyzing things.
My CS training taught me how to implement abstract ideas into functional products and systems. Interestingly enough, when I graduated way back then (quills and papyrus having just been invented), the Computer Science department realized they were churning out Systems Analyst wannabes that couldn't write a decent specification, implementation plan, or user guide, so they contracted with the History Department to teach their basic Research Methodologies course to the CS folks. Full circle and all that.
Our History Department was far-seeing in that they realized they would be doing us a disservice if they allowed us to graduate with a History or Political Science degree without something tangible to augment it, so we were required to "specialize" in an area that complemented our "concentration". (We had to "concentrate" on World History, American History, or Political Science. A "specialization" might be something like two years of a foreign language, economics, accounting, or something else that would make us employable while we were writing the Great Historical Tomes of Our Time and waiting for a tenured position at a University.
I became a programmer.
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Post by Renata on Apr 8, 2011 16:55:03 GMT -5
Alternate sips from alternate glasses? Or would that be too lovey-dovey with each of us wondering whether the other is one of the Psychopaths doing Strange Things in the Night-time? I like to live dangerously. Lovey-dovey it is.
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 17:05:30 GMT -5
I majored in History back when colleges were first invented. However, I minored in Computer Science and have made my living as a systems analyst/programmer. My History degree taught me how to write well and communicate to a broad audience, regardless of subject. It also taught me how to see the big picture when analyzing things. My CS training taught me how to implement abstract ideas into functional products and systems. Interestingly enough, when I graduated way back then (quills and papyrus having just been invented), the Computer Science department realized they were churning out Systems Analyst wannabes that couldn't write a decent specification, implementation plan, or user guide, so they contracted with the History Department to teach their basic Research Methodologies course to the CS folks. Full circle and all that. Our History Department was far-seeing in that they realized they would be doing us a disservice if they allowed us to graduate with a History or Political Science degree without something tangible to augment it, so we were required to "specialize" in an area that complemented our "concentration". (We had to "concentrate" on World History, American History, or Political Science. A "specialization" might be something like two years of a foreign language, economics, accounting, or something else that would make us employable while we were writing the Great Historical Tomes of Our Time and waiting for a tenured position at a University. I became a programmer. He's actually thinking about History and then law school. I could get along with that so that he can put me into a nice retirement community when the time comes.
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Post by Sister Coyote on Apr 8, 2011 18:03:50 GMT -5
As I am now dead in Ed's game, I'll have more time to make stupid mistakes in this one, I guess.
History and then the Sciences wouldn't hurt, either -- Lord knows we could use more scientists who can write coherently.
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Post by special on Apr 8, 2011 18:05:41 GMT -5
As I am now dead in Ed's game, I'll have more time to make stupid mistakes in this one, I guess. History and then the Sciences wouldn't hurt, either -- Lord knows we could use more scientists who can write coherently. Don't be so sure. If Red was just asking questions and not volunteering to sub, I might still need you on Giraffe ;D
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Post by Sister Coyote on Apr 8, 2011 18:09:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I was wondering about that. And yes, if you need me to, I'll sub in, again.
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Post by Renata on Apr 8, 2011 19:27:02 GMT -5
My laptop just died. I'm posting on our desktop computer, but for various reasons this one is a PITA for me to use on a regular basis. I'm not sure if/when/how much I'll be around in the near future.
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