Topic: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless. (Read 725226 times)

Akima · « **Reply #952 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 15:35 »

Is it bad that I thought: "There have never been any tigers on the prairie."? They do live on grasslands in Asia though, and on the taiga, naturally...

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #953 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 19:35 »

hedgie · « **Reply #954 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 20:41 »

Quote from: Akima on 21 Sep 2015, 15:35

Is it bad that I thought: "There have never been any tigers on the prairie."? They do live on grasslands in Asia though, and on the taiga, naturally...

I guess there, they can still burn bright in the forest of the night. And no, I shan't continue.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #955 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 22:52 »

A tiger on the taiga? That's just lazy naming.

LeeC · « **Reply #956 on:** 22 Sep 2015, 11:25 »

Kugai · « **Reply #957 on:** 22 Sep 2015, 16:43 »

Well, interesting morning

ISP was down for two and a half hours, so decided to run a full Offline Virus Scan

Malware

Wound up having to do a Boot Scan

Oh well, at least I'm back and that's gone.

I hate Malware.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #958 on:** 22 Sep 2015, 22:18 »

Some people...

LeeC · « **Reply #959 on:** 23 Sep 2015, 12:09 »

Pope's in town, no one is in the office. There is stuff I could do but...

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #960 on:** 23 Sep 2015, 17:22 »

Method of Madness · « **Reply #961 on:** 23 Sep 2015, 18:28 »

GET THAT FOUL CONTRAPTION AWAY FROM M-oh, never mind, that's quite nice

LeeC · « **Reply #962 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 04:42 »

Ask Jilly:

osaka · « **Reply #963 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 09:41 »

That's one thing, actually. How come that wizards never replicated lightsabers? Maybe the only one working on it was Mr. Weasley?

LeeC · « **Reply #964 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 09:47 »

Loki · « **Reply #965 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 13:59 »

Quote from: osaka on 24 Sep 2015, 09:41

That's one thing, actually. How come that wizards never replicated lightsabers? Maybe the only one working on it was Mr. Weasley?

They did in "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality".

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Daphne heard a soft sigh from beside her, and when her head turned she saw that Hannah's lips were parted, and the Hufflepuff girl's eyes were huge, and she was staring at -

It would have been hard to describe the jumble of thoughts that flashed through Daphne's mind as she realized that Hannah was staring at Neville rather than Harry, which in turn seemed to trigger some part of her into noticing that in point of fact Neville had been getting pretty interesting lately as boys went, in fact right now the Last Scion of Longbottom was seeming downright cool, and something woke up inside her and her own lips parted and everything the Lady her Mother had ever instructed her about demure demeanors and flattery and scented shampoo blew straight out of her mind so hard it should have fluffed her hair about her ears, because she'd watched Hermione and Harry and she knew how she wanted her own courtship to go -

Her Lady Mother had also recently instructed her on a few spells it might be embarrassing not to know if you belonged to the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass.

Daphne's wand swung to point to her left, and she shouted "Tonare!"

The wand went over her head, and she spoke the incantation "Ravum Calvaria!"

And finally she grasped her wand in both hands and shrieked, "Lucis Gladius!"

The huge magical drain almost sent her to her knees, but she bore it, and when the blazing shape had fully formed and stabilized the drain was a little less.

Still, she had a feeling she'd better not try to fight with this for long.

That everyone was staring at her went quite without saying, and she should have leaped forward to confront Neville with her hair billowing around her, but it was all she could do to walk forward steadily to level her Most Ancient Blade at Neville Longbottom. That everyone moved aside and made way for her also went without saying.

"I hight Daphne, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass!" she cried. "Greengrass of Sunshine!" The dueling forms had gone completely out of her mind, she'd seen enough plays to remember death challenges and blood challenges but she couldn't remember at all what was appropriate for this, so she just pointed the incandescent sword toward the object of her crush and yelled, "Let's see what you got, Nevvy!"

Once again Harry's voice shrieked "Stupefy!", and later on, when she was remembering this, she could never quite believe she'd managed to do it, but she slashed out with her blade of light like it was a Beater's bat, and hit the stunbolt back at Harry who just barely managed to twist out of the way.

"Tonare!" shouted Neville, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Longbottom. "Ravum Calvaria, Lucis Gladius!"

Kugai · « **Reply #966 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 14:02 »

Quote from: LeeC on 24 Sep 2015, 09:47

Forgot to have a lunch break I think.

osaka · « **Reply #967 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 15:39 »

Quote from: Loki on 24 Sep 2015, 13:59

Quote from: osaka on 24 Sep 2015, 09:41
That's one thing, actually. How come that wizards never replicated lightsabers? Maybe the only one working on it was Mr. Weasley?
They did in "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality".
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Daphne heard a soft sigh from beside her, and when her head turned she saw that Hannah's lips were parted, and the Hufflepuff girl's eyes were huge, and she was staring at -

It would have been hard to describe the jumble of thoughts that flashed through Daphne's mind as she realized that Hannah was staring at Neville rather than Harry, which in turn seemed to trigger some part of her into noticing that in point of fact Neville had been getting pretty interesting lately as boys went, in fact right now the Last Scion of Longbottom was seeming downright cool, and something woke up inside her and her own lips parted and everything the Lady her Mother had ever instructed her about demure demeanors and flattery and scented shampoo blew straight out of her mind so hard it should have fluffed her hair about her ears, because she'd watched Hermione and Harry and she knew how she wanted her own courtship to go -

Her Lady Mother had also recently instructed her on a few spells it might be embarrassing not to know if you belonged to the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass.

Daphne's wand swung to point to her left, and she shouted "Tonare!"

The wand went over her head, and she spoke the incantation "Ravum Calvaria!"

And finally she grasped her wand in both hands and shrieked, "Lucis Gladius!"

The huge magical drain almost sent her to her knees, but she bore it, and when the blazing shape had fully formed and stabilized the drain was a little less.

Still, she had a feeling she'd better not try to fight with this for long.

That everyone was staring at her went quite without saying, and she should have leaped forward to confront Neville with her hair billowing around her, but it was all she could do to walk forward steadily to level her Most Ancient Blade at Neville Longbottom. That everyone moved aside and made way for her also went without saying.

"I hight Daphne, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass!" she cried. "Greengrass of Sunshine!" The dueling forms had gone completely out of her mind, she'd seen enough plays to remember death challenges and blood challenges but she couldn't remember at all what was appropriate for this, so she just pointed the incandescent sword toward the object of her crush and yelled, "Let's see what you got, Nevvy!"

Once again Harry's voice shrieked "Stupefy!", and later on, when she was remembering this, she could never quite believe she'd managed to do it, but she slashed out with her blade of light like it was a Beater's bat, and hit the stunbolt back at Harry who just barely managed to twist out of the way.

"Tonare!" shouted Neville, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Longbottom. "Ravum Calvaria, Lucis Gladius!"

That sounds more like "light broadsword", but I guess that not all light blades can be sabers.

LeeC · « **Reply #968 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 16:33 »

Method of Madness · « **Reply #969 on:** 24 Sep 2015, 18:16 »

We are all of us dudes

Akima · « **Reply #970 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 15:52 »

Quote from: osaka on 24 Sep 2015, 15:39

That sounds more like "light broadsword", but I guess that not all light blades can be sabers.

Since sabres generally have curved blades, and are generally used with a one-handed grip, lightsaber® was a curious name-choice in the first place.

osaka · « **Reply #971 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 16:25 »

You're absolutely right Akima. The thing is, the Spanish dub went with the generic "Espada laser" (Laser Sword) so I never put too much thought into what kind of sword it should be. What is true is that I picture the spoilered bit as something akin to the Holy Sword on Shining Force, which is much broader (think battle spatula, but longer) than the lightsaber.

Akima · « **Reply #972 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 17:52 »

Similarly, it is 光剑 (guāngjiàn) in Chinese, which is literally "light-sword", and jiàn refers to the classic straight-bladed sword, not the sabre-like dāo.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #973 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 18:33 »

Lightsaber just sounds cooler than lightsword.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #974 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 19:27 »

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why is that pine cone drinking
to forget

Method of Madness · « **Reply #975 on:** 25 Sep 2015, 20:16 »

LeeC · « **Reply #976 on:** 26 Sep 2015, 10:07 »

Method of Madness · « **Reply #977 on:** 26 Sep 2015, 13:25 »

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #978 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 02:52 »

LeeC · « **Reply #979 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 11:45 »

Kugai · « **Reply #980 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 12:38 »

Quote from: SubaruStephen on 27 Sep 2015, 02:52

What the hey??!!!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #981 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 15:02 »

Why does the driver get out of the car?

Kugai · « **Reply #982 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 16:08 »

Just a warning for you guys, I may disappear Offline for a while due to a fruckup with the billing of my ISP Account. For some reason, I'm $300 in arrears and that's gonna take a while for me to clear as I'm an Invalids Beneficiary here

I'm hoping to clear this as quickly as possible, but I may be gone Offline for at least a month until I do.

I'll try and get on every so often via Public Access at the Library, but I may be unavailable for full time until I get this cleared

Sorry.

94ssd · « **Reply #983 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 17:57 »

Quote from: Kugai on 27 Sep 2015, 16:08

Just a warning for you guys, I may disappear Offline for a while due to a fruckup with the billing of my ISP Account. For some reason, I'm $300 in arrears and that's gonna take a while for me to clear as I'm an Invalids Beneficiary here

I'm hoping to clear this as quickly as possible, but I may be gone Offline for at least a month until I do.

I'll try and get on every so often via Public Access at the Library, but I may be unavailable for full time until I get this cleared

Sorry.

Hope you get it sorted soon

Kugai · « **Reply #984 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 21:04 »

A month at most if it all goes the bad way

Metope · « **Reply #985 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 21:24 »

Let's hope it goes the right way, good luck!

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #986 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 22:03 »

#putoutyourlugwrenches for Kugai

Seriously though I hope it all works out man

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #987 on:** 27 Sep 2015, 23:50 »

... well, that wasn't pointless ...

LeeC · « **Reply #988 on:** 28 Sep 2015, 04:46 »

Welu · « **Reply #989 on:** 28 Sep 2015, 13:08 »

Silly person pouring hot water like that while barefoot.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #990 on:** 28 Sep 2015, 19:28 »

LeeC · « **Reply #991 on:** 29 Sep 2015, 05:08 »

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I bet it has a stupid name like Eeyurope.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #992 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 03:59 »

LeeC · « **Reply #993 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 04:31 »

LTK · « **Reply #994 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 06:31 »

Quote from: LeeC on 29 Sep 2015, 05:08

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I bet it has a stupid name like Eeyurope.

The fuck did they do to Iceland?

jwhouk · « **Reply #995 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 07:07 »

Ohhhhhhhh. I thought that island down at the bottom looked familiar.

LeeC · « **Reply #996 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 10:13 »

there's a NSFW version which is the original but I don't dare post it here. Even though it is on youtube

Kugai · « **Reply #997 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 13:15 »

Ever think that that might be it's actual size in comparison to Europe LKT?

LTK · « **Reply #998 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 13:32 »

I wasn't commenting on the size, but on the location and orientation.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #999 on:** 30 Sep 2015, 20:05 »

Pretty sure this is an old one, but eh.

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