YSaC, Vol. 788: Chim-chim cheree …
2010 September 13
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Wow, it’s amazing to finally find this site. I’d say I’m late in getting here, but I know I’m right…Decelerate Spoon on YSaC, Vol. 1243: A little hard of herring.
I thought this joke smelt, but this guy really knew how to drop the bass. And it flopped around everywhere…
Chim chimminy, chim chimminy, chim chim cheree
These bricks are two sawbucks and five, they’re not free
Chim chimminy, chim chimminy, chim chim cheroo
These bricks need to go, and they are all old but new
My brain! You are in it!
Oh no! I need to!
I need to, new comment, old memes but new. Bacontini.
Chimminy cricket, that’s the worse Lego set I’ve ever seen!
Yeah, these toddler safe legos just keep getting worse and worse.
(And I think, SJ, that gramatically speaking you should have used “worst” instead of “worse”.)
Speaking of Lego, this is my new favorite site:
http://epicwinftw.com/tag/lego/
Edit: ONE of my new favorite SITES; I have multiple favorite sites.
TM – I shall refer you to the works of the great philosopher LimeLolly – “pfffftt!”
Atta girl!
*note the name change… I’ve been having constipation of the mind*
Maybe you need some mind metamucil to go with the brain bleach.
Intellectual Imodium might also do the trick.
“Cranial Colace eases creative constipation!”
Chimminy Cricket – I was wondering if he was living in those.
[Corey] I think it’s Jiminy Cricket. [/Corey]
That’s the first time I’ve used corey tags. Go me.
NMN, it is. I just didn’t use my facetiousness tags. 🙂 Kudos for proper corey tag deployment.
And you used them on Lola, who was making an intentional joke. This should work out well…
**Beaten to the punch by Lola herself…
Welcome back, by the way.
BWAHAHAHA
Thank you, Bianchi. I’m glad to be back. It was not vacation, per se, that took me away. Plus, after Saturday’s experiences with An Airline That Will Not Be Named But Which Is A Greek Letter that got me home eight full hours after I was supposed to (all due to airline snafus, not any lateness or mistakes on my part) I am actually glad to be at work.*
*A relative term, since I’m doing this.
Welcome back Lola! You were missed, which may not be a comforting thought if you consider some of HamCan’s comments about such.
I hate Omega* airlines too. They are the last airline** I’d ever take.
*Joke
**Joke
I always try to take Alpha Airlines first when I can.
They make me feel like top dog.
Lola: As a recent recipient of airline management gone askew on our trip back east, I can sympathize. Hopefully, you had your flask handy…though I don’t know how 3 ounces of anything can do much. So glad to have you back in the YSaC commentary fold. *hug*
Edit: Interestingly enough, same airline.
Whatever you do, don’t use Zeta airlines. They are the last choice in my opinion.
I haven’t had a chance to check the posts I missed … hmm, maybe I don’t want to …
Archie, they took over another airline that used to get me around rather well and was usually the best option for going to that part of the country. I am now going to accrue enough points only to get another free ticket (if I’m not there, I’m close) and then after using that, begin regular patronage of other airlines, even if a little more costly or not scheduled as regularly.
I have no doubt you’re sturdy enough physically and mentally to check out the posts you missed. Fill your flask, put on your hip boots and wade right in. Oh, and don’t bother looking for the line. It has been determined that it is on an extended vacation. Good luck!
Flask still empty from Saturday’s experience, so I’ll get to that this evening … 8)
Lola, you’re back! 🙂
NMN: the last letter in the Greek alphabet is Omega (hence Bianchi’s joke). Zeta is the sixth.
Edit: [corey][/corey]
I flew Pi Air recently, but they were totally irrational, so never again. Psi Air is good. They called me before I even made up my mind to fly. Lambda Air was nice. The guy sitting next to me was very friendly. Don’t fly Gamma Air. My hair fell out after one flight.
jg, this is for you→ ♥
Lola’s back!
And Lola’s front!
J-Dog is very happy!
[avatar Corey] Technically, I believe that’s Christina Hendricks’s front. [/avatar Corey]
But I too welcome the return of Lola.
I havn’t said this, but I can’t stand it any longer. Taco, your avatar looks like a retro-style Mega Man. There, I said it. Does anyone agree with me? Or am I just slightly crazy?
Edit: Not so much looks like, but it reminds me of Mega Man.
Camille is correct, that’s Christina Hendricks. I decided to let C. Deneuve have a rest. But, glad you are glad I have returned, everyone!
*Waves to Lola* Hi Lola, so very glad you are back – you and your snark have been terribly missed!
Don’t forget the shoulder knees.
I have noticed that the flask made itself useful in my absence, Grampdaddy. The great part about that is that it was quite useful to me where I was as well …
Lola, I just hope you had the actual one with you, and not the virtual, YSaC, bottomless flask.
I also wish to thank you for trusting me as the caretaker of your flask while you were away from YSaC – even if you didn’t know I had stolen – er, borrowed it.
Grampdaddy, I was in physical possession of the flask and, when necessary, it was replenished by people who love me. All was well. As for the virtual, bottomless, filled-with-whatever-you-like-including-nonalcoholic-if-you’re-underage-or-don’t-drink flask – I’m glad it was providing aid and comfort in my absence.
Hi Lola!
Hi, AR! New haircut?
Yup, I’d been thinking about it for a while, and finally went for it last Sun. There will be pics on FB sooner or later.
OMG, I thought I chased you away! Oh, how I’ve missed you!
*offers flask*
When stumped at YSaC, thank clothespin bejeebus that there’s always Haiku:
Chim-mini-me blocks
Seventeen old but are new
These need to what? what?
It’s YSaC MAD LIBS!
THESE NEED TO _____________(verb),ALL NEW ___________(noun), OLD
__________(noun) BUT NEW ___________(adjective) ___________(noun)
THESE NEED TO migrate,ALL NEW mailbox, OLD
potato BUT NEW flaming raincoat.
Makes slightly more sense.
I want a flaming raincoat. It would generate steam every time you went out in the rain so you would look like a monster forever cloaked in steam and smoke. Then again your hair would be really curly and pretty stinky.
My hair’s already pretty curly, but it’s not as stinky since I switched from using a guano-based shampoo called PooPoo.
Not kidding: There’s a sulfate-free shampoo for curly hair called No Poo. No one else in my office has read Harry Potter so my U-No-Poo jokes fall flat.
Is “flaming raincoat” a reference to a past ad that I don’t recall? No?
*runs to get matches, coat, and camera*
No, that’s just me being me.
“Flaming raincoat” suggesting an unfortunate specialization in flashing . . .
Sounds like a band name to me–or a new brand of spicy condoms.
Hmm, to be a band name, I think it needs something more… Like “SaraJean and the Flaming Raincoats” 🙂
That’s the name of my Cranberries cover band.
“Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to You Suck at Concert! Our line-up of the night includes Zen Red Table, The Amazing Shirt Man, and Lionel and the Flaming Raincoats, with special guest, Corey DeMatt! Have a wonderful evening!”
Note: At this point, the memes are coming naturally.
Sounds like a band name to me–or a new brand of spicy condoms.
Mudsy, are you writing the advertising promotions? I’m kinda thinking “Taco’s ‘Flaming Raincoat’ spicy condoms – for when you’re having more than one!” Picture that copy with a Tacothong draped enticingly over the corner of the package.
*Makes ya want to run right out and buy a T-shirt, doesn’t it.*
Don’t you girls think a “spicy” condom would cause just a little…umm…irritation…?
Actually, I’m trying really hard _not_ to think about that.
It shouldn’t even be spicy in the first place. You don’t wear one if it’s going in their mouth. You can’t get pregnant that way (despite what people posted on SotD think).
Was that too far past the line? Should I have matt or corey tags?
[Mama’s a nurse corey]If you don’t want icky yucky nastinesses (IYNs), you wear one (or its female equivalent) anytime you get near someone whose medical history you don’t know. IYNs can be spread through contact with any bodily fluid, including saliva, plus the human mouth is a horrifically dirty place. Another reason why sparklepires are so deeply unattractive to me.[/this is why abstinence-only sex-ed is munted corey]
Note: At this point, the memes are coming naturally.
Mmmm, no. No, they aren’t….
It’s mid-afternoon in the midst of September,
I’m commenting now, though my snark is no better,
The post’s kind of sparse, but we mock what it’s saying,
Anything’s fuel for YSaCers word-playing.
And I hear that you’re building a mad lib down deep in the thread,
You’re gathering doors, I hope you’re keeping some kind of record.
And SJ came by with a potato old,
She said that she’d just add it in,
On the space after ALL NEW in bold,
Could it be new but old?
Ah, the last time I snarked you, you looked so much older,
Your flaming blue raincoat was scorched at the shoulder
You’d been to the mailbox to meet every migrate,
And you came by without your flask’s taste.
And you treated our Sparky to a flake of the snark,
And the chimminy blocks’ status remained in the dark.
Well, I see you there with a pun in your teeth,
One more fine grammar thief,
Well, I see Llama-nun –
I send her some bees.
And what can I tell you, comrades, my snarkers,
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you,
For making the box every day.
If you ever come by here, for quip or for jest,
The line’s on vacation, it needed a rest.
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from my eyes,
I didn’t think dick jokes would do it, so I never tried.
And SJ came by with a potato old,
She said that she’d tuck it right in
On the space after ALL NEW in bold.
:sniff, sniff:
I don’t think I’ve even been in a poem before. Unless you count what’s written in the bathroom of that truckstop in Denver. (Which is a lie. I do not have a vestigial tail.)
Well, you deserve to be in this one, since it was “flaming raincoat” that triggered the cerebral ping that lead to a bunch of googling, youtubing and filking. Hopefully you like Leonard Cohen.
I would like to point out to NMN that if a woman you don’t know the history of is putting her mouth on your genitalia than you may want a condom because you can get STDs that way. Its unusual but it happens. Just about all of the big nasty ones can be passed that way.
I feel like teacher
THESE NEED TO comment, ALL NEW snark, OLD ads, BUT NEW squicky cinderblocks.*
*I couldn’t think of anything sufficiently YSaC-related.
YSaC Meme Version!
THESE NEED TO misjay, ALL NEW nacho fountain, OLD red table BUT NEW descovering unblubler.
I don’t remember the ublubler ad….does anyone have a link, or do I need to search the archives?
Linky!
well clearly from Taco’s avatar he is a bit small. So surely any link size that is even a pixel is huge in comparison to his whole body.
THESE NEED TO bedazzle, ALL NEW fider warches, OLD
green prom dresses BUT NEW vintage Crisco.
There…much better
Taco — I thought you were not allowed to show your “link” anymore …
He must be cold. That link has suffered some shrinkage.
I hear that happens as guys get older – their massive links gets downsized until there’s nothing but a little nub left.
You are snarktastic today SJ!
Yup tis true, but then we turn to hard licker…
I thought hard lickers contributed to that problem?
I was actually thinking that when the downsizing happens, a good solution would be to hard lick her instead.
Tata, line!
I wonder how many miles the line has accumulated on Epsilon Airlines by now?
I hear that happens as guys get older – their massive links gets downsized until there’s nothing but a little nub left.
This almost made me tell something about some of the girls I knew a long time ago. They must really have been very old men because they only had a little nub left. I never would have guessed that….
Glad I didn’t say anything though, that would have been tacky.
Umm, well yeah that was the idea…I guess my innuendo wasn’t thinly veiled enough…
😉
Oh, HamCan, I read it as “hard liqueur” 🙂
THESE NEED TO avoid HamCan, ALL NEW catulators, OLD snark, BUT NEW YSaClopedia.
THESE NEED TO marinate,ALL NEW upholstery, OLD
wine stains BUT NEW shiny one-hour Martinizing.
(My new business: Recovering old furniture but transferring old stains to the new materials for sentimental reasons.)
Smily Dog, I initially read that as “seminal reasons” and assumed that you would be working with the $250 T-Shirt wacker to create a $5000 pre-stained sofa.
My cat just had to leave the room.
Sounds like a recipe for massive dehydration.
…and massive chafing.
And then the inevitable insurance claims.
“I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”
**will not be able to listen to Helter Skelter for at least a week.**
“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised!”.
OOOOOH Smedley, nice Deus Ex: Human Revolution* reference.**
*Video game. You should know this by now.
**Kinda.
Really? I thought that was Futurama :-p
I think that was a Futurama reference,NMN.
“Femputer sentences them to death…by snu-snu!”
EDIT :EB beat me to it!
LOOK!! Another video game link (if you want me to stop, just say so, I will listen):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-deus-ex/100908
Slight varaition: “The mind is willing, but the body is not so resilient.”
I feel like the girl in 14G.
Futurama FTW!
THESE NEED TO do the mashed potato , ALL NEW HamCan same OLD channel, BUT NEW vintage cereals.
It’s YSaC MAD LIBS!
THESE NEED TO amaze, ALL NEW t-shirt, OLD puppet head, BUT NEW slippery filling.
THESE NEED TO _____________(verb),ALL NEW ___________(noun), OLD
__________(noun) BUT NEW ___________(adjective) ___________(noun)
THESE NEED TO jazz run,ALL NEW brain bleach, OLD
hurricane BUT NEW hoopy Quintaped.
New Old Stack?
Why is that your avatar? It should be one of these:
Edit: Never mind. The link makes the page wider, for some reason.
Is that better? 🙂
Oooh now I want one of a person being attacked by a Leaper.
Chthulhu, just for you: http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Cthulhu-s-Day-Out-86330269?offset=30
Thanks be to the Llamanun for that post title. No, really. Total THANKS. Some serious reverence and genuflection here. I’m not being sarcastic AT ALL.
I mean, it’s not like I had to turn on Katrina and the Waves to get Julie Andrews’ voice out of my head. And it’s certainly not the case that after 10 minutes when it came back I had to resort to ABBA.
Hey, I have been earworm-tortured by the Cranberries since LAST WEDNESDAY. If Julie Andrews is what it takes to dislodge Dolores Riordan, I, for one, will be glad.
On the other hand, if while at work I break into the dance routine I had to choreograph to “Walking on Sunshine” in eighth grade due to your suggestion leading to undislodgeable earworm, I will hunt you down, Fracty. 8)
“Walkin’ on sunshine, woah-oh-oh, I’m walkin’ on sunshine, woah-oh-oh…..”
That’s all I know.
… damn …
You mean there’s more of it than that, NMN?
Is that a threat or a promise?
Depends. Is there lederhosen involved?
There should be. And raspberry jam.
Lola, are you sure you want to suggest leather shorts to an 18 y/o male?
I assure you, dear Captain, my 18th year is far behind me.
And the lederhosen are only by special request.
I think they were talking about me….in the meantime…..
*Frantically runs away*
I’ve got lederhosen and raspberry jam!
And Vodka.
Ugh, thanks Lola! Why couldn’t she suffer the same fate as those of us here who try to say zomb-
IF, where do I, ahem, submit my request for die lederhosen?
(Yes, it could be der or das, I don’t know. Or care.)
You needn’t submit a request. When I’m needed, you’ll catch the faintest scent of sauerkraut on the wind and find me floating in on an umbrella made of leather.
<3's for Grampdaddy's vodka and raspberry jam
Nothing for the lederhosen? Oh, well….
Isn’t the “Lederhosen” the fire chief in Germany?
Silly Hammy – you’re thinking of “Longerhosen”.
Oh, I thought that’s what Numz-it was for.
*Think I’ll just tiptoe quietly away from this conversation*
I’d steal those blocks, but that would be a criminy.
Bianchi, you’d have to be hard up to steal those, especially all 17.
Yes, Grampdaddy, it would definitely be a hard on to steal. *grins at Bianchi*
*Giggles like a schoolgirl*
NEW!! In that never before have these blocks been stacked quite like this! OLD!! In that I have had said blocks for centuries, but stacked differently. THESE NEED TO!!
These Need To!!! ?
Sell? Be smashed? Burn?!
Be built into a palace? Be built into a building then smashed?
What do they need to???
Did you forget what we were talking about NMN?
A paradox, a paradox, a most disingenuous paradox…
Isn’t that two wharves?
Nah, Hammy. “Paradox” – an OB-GYN and a Proctologist walk into a bar….. (stop me if you haven’t heard this one before)….
No, stop. Just stop. 🙂
Hee Hee
No, stop. Just stop.
OK. How about this? Paradox: A drake and a hen walk into a bar and the bartender says,”Hey, glad you’re here – you quack me up…..”
*Look, just untie the funny sleeves on the jacket and I’ll go quietly.*
Wow, you are pretty talented to have typed all that with your tongue…Paradox indeed.
If Grampdaddy typed all that with his tongue, then Grampmommy is truly a lucky woman.
My, this took a turn that I had not suspected. Perhaps I’ll ask Grampmommy if she believes she is truly lucky.
Question: we aren’t going to get into a comparison of tongue versus TacoMug typing, are we?
I blame Hammy for the way it turned. He’s a terrible influence. That’s his best feature 🙂
*Whistles innocently*
Hammy, are you like a dog I used to have? When I whistled, he came.
(Don’t you even THINK of going there, Mr. H. Can)
How could you NOT go there?
Wow, you must look just like Angelina Jolie.
Are you suggesting these blocks are palpable? Perhaps even Danish?
Is somebody’s mom going to get a pearl in a sow’s ear of wine?
Actually, I thought Kae was headed in a more Gilbert and Sullivan kind of direction. In the direction of Penzance, to be specific.
I’m suggesting these bricks are Palpatine. They look like a great hidout for an evil senator-turned-wrinkley-emperor.
You mean Dick Cheney*, right?
* If the name is spelled wrong, oh well. I don’t like him.
I swear the current Pope is Palpatine. It freaks me out.
Kae….what the heck is your avatar? Why do I get the feeling it will eat my soul?
No!! Don’t answer this actually.
I’ve been trying to figure out what yours is, NMN. Given past comments I will assume it’s gaming-related, but I am distinctly non-game-savvy.
Mine? Mine is the skull of an enemy from this game (you’ve probably at least heard of the other games made by this company; think of a small purple dragon*):
http://www.insomniacgames.com/games/resistance/fall_of_man
*original Playstation games, not PS2 or PS3.
Baby Barney?
I thought it was from the movie 9. Weren’t those rag dolls running around looking for #2?
PLEASE tell me you are kidding EB.
And uhhh Mudsy? No, not even close.
Well, I’m not familiar with a lot of video games–small purple dragon sounds vaguely familiar, so I just went for the snark 🙂
COME ON…..Spyro the freaking dragon.
Nope, I never heard of him either. Some of us don’t spend much time in the video game universe.
Have you heard of Pacman at least?
My best friend and her husband went as Pacman and Mrs. Pacman for Halloween last year… their costumes were awesome :-p
Hey…that movie looked alot like your avatar. I was thrown off by the number 2. My guess was either 9 or Planet of the Apes.
😉
I’m saddened…
Astro, please tell me YOU know who Spyro is?
I know who Spyro is … My six year old niece likes to play that game.
The old Spyro, done by Insomniac, which is superior? Or the Spyro series that’s being tossed around from company to company?
Ok enough about Spyro. Anyone heard of Ratchet and Clank (FAVORITE VIDEO GAME SERIES EVER)?
*shrugs* Sorry, NMN…. We’re not gamers here, for the most part (besides geekily awesome stuff, like Portal). Also, you’re making me feel old :-p
My post is “awaiting moderation.”
See, I’m so old that I remember when Pacman was an arcade game.
I’m also so old that I remember when Pong was an arcade game, back in the dark ages.
I’ve heard of Spyro, but that’s about it.
Also, NMN, that means your links were either so massive or so abundant as to be suspicious.
=> EB — “Baby Barney”??? That is just plain terrifying. Please don’t ever do that again. Please?
*crawls off to hide in corner behind couch, whimpering piteously*
*offers Grampdaddy the key to the Brain Bleach sauna* Here ya go, I’m done with it…
I thought of the movie 9 too. I figured it was a skull from a video game though. I like the idea of baby Barney. Particular if the game allows me to shoot him.
Because I get the feeling that my links won’t pass moderation until 3 weeks from now, I’m going to repost them in four seperate posts, starting….now:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/playstation-3-ace-combat/702677
Number two:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-assassins-creed/101248
Number 3:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-star-wars/101181
Last one:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pax-10-vanquish/704041
Also, I’m requesting the deletion of the original multi-link post so as not to have the links on there twice.
Edit: I just realized I can’t. Crap.
My nephew would probably love that first one. Unfortunately my idea of gaming involves a legal pad, a player’s handbook, and a small fortune in dice.
I would like to introduce a new kind of mathematics, courtesy of Cracked. Ignore the expletives, it’s an ADULT humor site.
Go here:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18735_6-insane-foreign-memes-that-put-lolcats-to-shame.html
Go down to number 3. Look at the third picture, and the caption under the picture.
Enjoy Horse Math!
Actually, Cracked is what lead me here. They did an article that had a link to Search of the Day, and guess what site is on SotD’s “blogroll?”
Oooh, I love guessing games!
Was it Cake Wrecks?
I think it was this one:
http://www.frnz.de/
WTF was that?!
Thanks for that, Mudsy – I think my eyes are bleeding.
It’s got a cute jingle though doesn’t it?
I think that one was either from the Epileptics Anonymous website or the More Has Got To Be Better blog.
Luckily my work computer has no sound. The “Laura Ashley decorates Hell” background was quite enough, thank you.
Oh…then try this one. It’s got lots of blinky lights and such*.
http://www.aiseikai.or.jp/
*according to Miss South Carolina
You are evil, Mudsy. My eyes have imploded slightly.
One can only be glad that the second site has a plain black background…
I am only trying to help with the mid-afternoon low-energy window. It’s better than a Red Bull!
I now know what German Hell looks like.
It is apparently composed of clip art flowers and a freakishly large number of puffy hearts.
I think there’s one for each heart attack brought on by viewing the site.
Ok I wasted my time reading that and I say minus elebenty doors for you.
Oh no, I lost doors. What shall I do? I know! I’ll use my new but old chimminy bricks to make new ones! Woo hoo!
Cracked is second only to tvtropes for sheer time wasting potential.
That’s why I read it. Plus it’s interesting sometimes, like their “looks like photoshop but isn’t” series. But, it’s my vice. I can like what I want, and you can like what you want; I’m not going to force you to read it.
Oh, I wasn’t trashing the sites; I ♥love♥ them. Time-wasting nonsense is a good thing. And not in a creepy Martha Stewart way.
Hmm, lets see…
Anagrams=already done
Song=already done
HamCan=not needed today
*Pout*
Don’t worry Hammy, I’m sure we will need you for gratuitous amounts of innuendo later.
Cute puppy. Worth posting anything just for that mug.
You are always needed HamCan. Especially…everywhere. You need to! Now!
:hands HamCan a tub of margarine:
That should keep you busy.
Pam please, margarine is so day before yesterday.
Mayonaise, darlin’. Especially now that the poncho is back.
I’m an extra virgin olive oil fetish girl myself.
Mayonnaise comes after Pam…
What?
You get turned on by Popeye’s girlfriend…?
Her last name is Oyl. Know your homonyms Hammy!
*snerk*
😀
“Mayonaise comes after Pam….”
My lunch is officially ruined now, Hammy. Thanks a ton.*
*Not thanks a lot, because Hammy is not a lot, nor am I thanking one.
Wouldn’t that be lesbianyms?
I’m an extra virgin olive oil fetish girl myself.
That’s good to know, Mudsy, we can always use an extra virgin around here. (You know, for the late Saturday-night sacrifices).
Does anyone else think that basement looks creepy? I wonder if Sparky uses his old but new blocks to lure victims down there because he needs to…something
I feel I have seen this basement before, although it has been quite a while since I have seen “The Burbs”, so I’m not sure.
Welcome back Lou!
I didn’t want you to think that happy little trees weren’t missed as much as shoulder knees.
Yeah, where were you last week when we needed you and we were up to our brown eyeballs in poo “soup servers”…?
Thanks! So happy to be back. And don’t worry, I’m sure there will be plenty of scat-tastic ads in the future.
Happy little tree?
I think the happy little trees were from the past two Saturdays. Two Saturdays ago, the tree gets dressed up happy, and last Saturday, it’s happied… and then happied… and then happied….
OT: I’m trying to compile the You Don’t Suck list to post in for forum, because nobody stepped in when Addicted Reader took off for holidays…. Does anyone remember if this comment was the one that got in the box for the costume day? I know it was one of christina’s, and I thiiiiink it was that one…
I ODed on brain bleach that day, ask someone else.
Yes, that was the one.
Thanks!
Also, was this the comment from the champer pot day?
Yes! That was me, me, me, me and my shroud.
😉
Christina’s “Woody from Toy Story” comment just above the one you linked to has me cleaning herbal tea off of my MacBook’s screen this morning.
😀 Thanks J-dog! Um…hope the monitor’s fine, I can’t afford a Mac anything.
Would somebody mind going into the forum and making sure I got all the right comments? I’m about 98% certain that I did, but that leaves a 2% chance that I was wrong 🙁 I’m pretty sure this will take you to the right page in the forums.
Thanks for stepping in, EB. I’m only here for a couple minutes most days, and it’s hard enough to keep up w/ the comments in that time!
Awww, thanks. Just for that, I’ll try.
Dangnabbit, that’s supposed to be a reply to AR inviting me to drop by more frequently. Dunno what it’s doing here.
Reminds me of back in the day when I was a realtor. Walked into an agents’ Open House with a friend and the host realtor said “I’m glad you ‘girls’ are here. How do you spell chimmany?” I told him and he said “Are you sure?” My retort was “Marcel. If you’re not going to believe the answer, don’t ask me the question. I was an English major!!!! Of course I’m sure”. Ignorant creep!
“Chimney’?
My snark appears to be broken. Or it ran away with the line. Anyway, just wanted to say hi. Welcome back, Lola! Carry on, folks!
Hey dider dider,the warch needs a fider,
The snark ran away with the line,
The cheese head ate vintage cereals OBO,
And the unblubler was minty and fine.
You are in fine form today, Ww, you should come by more often!
Manda, anyone with (one or more) rugrats is excused most anything including the ability to make coherant snark. As I recall, there were days when I was just glad to remember my name (that would be the one on my birth certificate, not the “Mom” screamed at excrutiating decibal levels by said rugrats) let alone anything else.
17 Old Chimney Blocks But New. Use for and also great for. Unintended consequences.
When acquiring a degree, my mom learned that in the olden days in [location], chimley was a common colloquial variant of chimney. To our chagrin, our mom adopted chimley as her preferred variant. Feel free to adopt for YSaC as needed.
These blocks need to chimley!!!!
Dr Seuss wasn’t making that up to rhyme with nimbly?
Another childhood belief shattered.
We’ve always said “chimbley” in my house. Then again, we also say “ellyopter” for helicopter, “bisketti” for spaghetti and “oppital” or “host-a-bull” for hospital. My fambly’s weird.
I have a question from http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=3091 .
Was Freedom Fred before or after Corey? Because if he was after, then I don’t think Corey actually left.
Unfortunately, there are a large amount of UnFun people on the intertubes. But, he didn’t stay and argue his point, and he didn’t link to his previous comment, corey gets the prize of being immortalized in meme 🙂
Ooh! Question time!
In which post was drmk first called “Llama-Nun”?
In which post was Dan first labeled “Ostrimu”?
I think the official Ostrimu title came from here –
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=3494
The Llama-Nun moniker showed up a little before but I’m not sure exactly where.
[construction corey] There is a wide and varied variety of pre-cast concrete blocks out there. And using about every composition of concrete from heavy structureal to made with lighter weight cinders to even perlite-lightend gypcrete blocks.
What Sparqi has there are “breeze blocks” they are meant for screening walls, and to be mortared together on edge, not flat. “Breeze blocks” have a number of patterns of solid and void for decorative effect. This is handy when one wants to create shade but allowing a breeze through (hence the name).
A person building either a furnace flue or a chimney with these blocks. Hopefully when the Building Inspectore slaps the Stop Work restraining order on the job part-way through. Next best for Sparq would be a failed Certificate of Occupancy inspection. But, Sparq could wind up disappointed later, after the carbon monoxide poisoning slaughters him and his family, leaving them as orange as a Oompah-Loompah. Or, if Sparq is as lucky as he his dense, then only his house and all his belongings burn down some cold night.
Sorry about ranting on about this, and in an ill-humorous way; but, really, some of the things I had to go to school and learn in practice over all these years and decades are important, they do have immediate concerns for the public’s health, safety, and welfare.
Which can be depressing when a potential paying customer asks if ther eis any way “around” all these “expensive” things required by the building code. Or the national fire safety code. Even worse, we cannot simply let the Sparkies out there practice eveolution by ignorant misadventure–all too often their burning down house will fall on ours. Or our neighbor the First Responder gets injured or killed in Sparq’s deathtrap when Murphy deliveres up “yet” eventually.
Ugh, this is not at all helped by the present economy in residential work, which has fallen past 35 year lows, lower than when I entered the business. So many contracting are hurting , there’s an impulse to just do what the customer will pay for and hope for the best. But, that is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong–and it kills me that it might be happening out there (as much as it hurts to go hungry rather than take those jobs myself).
Ok, I’ll wipe my heart off my sleeve and belay ranting.
[/corey]
[bad Australian accent] And here we see the “CapnMac” in his natural habitat. Isn’t he a beaut’? Now, he’s an expert on many things, and tends towards coreys when the discussion leads to one of the things he’s an expert in, but this is an exceptional display of corey-plumage! Just look at the length of her! Take note of the gorgeous technical terminology, and especially the personal opinions at the end! This is one of the largest displays of corey-plumage that we’ve seen in a while. CapnMac is sure to attract some Doors with this one! [/bad Australian accent, with apologies to both Jen and Steve]
IRWIN??? You apologized to Jen and Steve Irwin?
Oh saints preserve my Nicole Kidman/Keith Urban/Mel Gibson heart.
Bless you EB… *there there*
I’m confused… Why do I need to be blessed? Jen, the commenter here, for doing a bad version of a down-under accent, and Zombie!Steve Irwin, for doing a bad impression of him :-p
Does.Not.Have.Ozztraaaahleean.Accent. Aussie accent, Koiwoi accent.
Ozztraaaahleean accents are ripe for mocking at all times, especially when Zombie!Steve is involved.
Ack, sorry Jen. I remembered when posting the second comment that I thought you weren’t from Australia… Isn’t it New Zealand? (Edit: Duh, looked up the flag…) But my non-discerning ears can’t really tell the difference between accents anyway–my bad Australian accent in my head was probably more like a bad British/Southern accent :-p
Hehe, it’s actually fine, and I can’t tell the difference between Aus and NZ flags at a glance (one less star and different outlining. Originality fail). The Steve Irwin accent, though, is something most Koiwois (and about half of the Aussies I know) consider bone-chillingly awful. ‘Course, lots of NZ accents are awful too, which is why I deliberately try to retain a more Received British Pronunciation (traditional radio accent. Sounds ‘posh’) sound.
Though I still feel silly when I mix up Canadian/American or Irish/Scottish.
*tired* What can I say? I’ve spent thirty working years having to defend every invoice, every bill, every submittal, agains charges of being mendacious, coniving, collusive, crooked, or just sharp (in the non-complimentary way).
Almost always the Sparkies want to cut dangerous corners on the health/safety/welfare items, and then be willing to geometrically overpay for purely cosmetic items.
Itemize out the work, document it, have a printed record that would lower the house insurance premiums even, to get a “Do we hafta?” When my answer is “Yes.” a week or two later there’s some fly-by-nite crew slapping together exactly as little as Sparki wanted (and then some).
Like the porch on my neighbor’s house that will eventually kill or maim a group of students innocently partying. The guilty part for this will go scot-free, being totaly undocumented. Which wil lbe scant solace to those who care for the injured and dead.
Even our inane building codes have a basis of being “written in blood” as the term-of-art goes. But, the sparkies know better. Same way they are convinced that a person who might buy 12 cars in a life can out-deal a guy who sells 12 a month.
Capn, I love learning all the building/electrician/gardening/engineering/first response/etc stuff in the comments. We’ve got an old house, so I’ve got to learn all kinds of random tidbits anyways, I might as well learn from here what breeze blocks are (seen them before, didn’t have a name to put to them) than wander around Home Depot asking about “those blocks with the pretty holes in them for patios” and learning what kinds of things can and can’t be cheaped out on. It’s just that my first response to your post was “Holy Wall of Text, Batman!” 🙂
With apologies to the Cap’n, EB, you win the internet! I’m sure my “hard at work” cover is blown now.
Well said, thanks, Capn. I didn’t do a great deal of construction work, but was involved with a lot of contractor oversight and contract compliance on industrial work. You probably would have enjoyed the electrical contractor who ran all his neutrals in 16 or 18 gauge back to the first junction before the panel, then switched to the required 12 wire into the panel. figured no one would know, and he’d make a tidy extra profit. He was wrong – 40,000 sq.ft of office area all got ripped out and re-done at his expense – and we made him tear out EVERYTHING.
Can I play devil’s advocate for a moment? Is it possible that the round part in the middle is where the vent pipe from a chimney would go and the square part would be the concrete foundation around which the decorative bricks would be mortared? I can’t really tell how big those are so they could be a lot bigger than decorative wall bricks.
I don’t actually have any masonry experience so I’m talking out my butt, but “chimminny” blocks seemed plausible to me until I read Cap’n;s explanation.
Hey, I just realized that my hair today is pretty much exactly the hair from the South Park avatar! With the two sticky-uppy bits and everything :-p (Not that you can see them well, with the weird background… but they’re there :-p)
I hope I never look like my avatar….
I would prefer to look like my avatar. I would also prefer to have her life. I wake her up with a bowl of homemade soup (which she loves) every morning, then give her a treat and let her out to play for the next twelve hours, then give her more soup and tuck her into a cozy fleece hammock with a treat at bedtime. Beats my life hands-down.
WHAT IS IT?
It’s a ferret, right?
It’s adorable!
SJ, my avvie is indeed a ferret. Specifically, she’s 7 years old, her name is Elise (short for Furry Elise, I expect you to get that), and she achieved a modest bit of internet fame after Cute Overload featured a picture of her in her clown costume.
I need to get a good picture of her in her pirate queen costume before she crosses the rainbow bridge. In my opinion, that costume was even better than the clown one.
EB, you’re absolutely adorable! And a lot younger than I thought, or at least you look younger, either way, that was meant as a compliment.
Aw, thanks 😀 I’m relatively young-ish… I’m turning 24 next month. I think. Yeah… that’s what the math says :-p
Yikes! – 24 next month. My youngest is older than you are, so I’m not sure the “relatively young-ish” is apt. I think I may have shoes older than you.
In any case, christina is correct. You are adorable. I had to wait until she said it so I wouldn’t look too much like a stalker. 🙂
Young according to me, but not young enough to be my child so I don’t feel quite as geriatric as I do when Astro’s age shows (which, honestly, isn’t very often). Although when you get to my age, mini-EB will be almost Astro’s age.
I say relatively young-ish because I’m older than at least 3 regular commenters, I’ve got a bachelor’s degree, and a Mini. But, I’m not a quarter-century yet, so there’s that :-p
“…that’s what the math says…”
Be sure it’s not cat math. You may be turning kidney maraca.
Being a quarter-century was fun. I had a huge party and got great pleasure out of writing my name as Jen [redacted], QC, for a few weeks until people started asking me if I was serious. *sigh* Yes, one year out of Uni and I’m a QC. Nothing to do with that massive Quarter Century party I threw last week. I’m also Queen of Everything and Empress of the Awesomesauce. Genuflect appropriately.
Edit: Bianchi, that’s an awesome idea! Next year instead of turning 27 (shudder) I’ll turn elebenty tuna sammiches!!
Mr turns 25 in December, and I’m planning on planning something awesome. I just haven’t decided what yet :-p
Catulators calculate age? Sweet! So when people ask me how old I am I’m telling them 4×12 banana Dr. Peppers.
Eww, banana Dr Pepper? I’ll stick with Dr Pepper with lime, no ice 🙂 (That puts me born, what, 1932? Wait, I forgot to integrate the mastadon…)
Holy crap, I just got a call from the following number:
1-000-000-0000
I’m not kidding. Caller ID said Number Unavailable.
Did you take your Ritalin today NMN?
I don’t take Ritalin, I take Zoloft. They’re/there/their/theyer different.
Yes, they’re.
Thank God we cleared that up
I’ve gotten that number before. They specifically do it to mess with yer head.
You should have picked up. That’s Santa’s home number.
Refresh. Sigh. Refresh Sigh. Refresh. Sigh…..
So, here’s a NSFW video on proofreading that I quite enjoyed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ
Two funny! I’m serial! Spank you!
Wow. What a day here in the Snark Lounge. The place is littered with used corey tags, lederhosen, and at least four massive links. I better get this cleaned up before the web bosses, who are wise and wonderful, take away my club card privileges.
*hangs Closed for Fumigating sign on door*
*cough* *cough* Ack! Gasp!
Hey! you could have let me out of the box first! Besides, I’m all cramped and people have been throwing peanuts at me all day hoing I’d do tricks!*
*Not those tricks, Hammy!
Magicians do illusions, christina, tricks are something a prostitute does :-p
Also, I’m not 100% sure what your new avvie is, but I definitely keep thinking it’s kittyshark when I’m scrolling quickly.
Especially when the people throwing peanuts are ‘hoing’, too.
And I agree with EB, the new avvie is mildly creepy. It looks like a Yeti-spider holding onto a table because… it’s on a boat and the rolling motion upsets it?
I was going for pet tricks like, “sit”, “shake”, “roll over” and the like. Or is calling them tricks insensitive to the plight of animals and we should now call them “skill sets”? 😉
The avvie is the spider my husband made for our anniversary. I’m proud of it so I thought I’d show off for a while. We are un-normal. 😀
Well then stop “hoing” around!
😛
Sorry, sorry! I thought the place was empty. I couldn’t see you under all the peanut shells! Okay, here’s what you have been waiting for! Punchity Punch Punch!
G’Night, Bavaria!
well this explains the dream about cinder blocks I had earlier.
But it doesn’t explain the one about the plastic bowl toliet dream.