NCVBCVBNVBNV
nvbnvnvbvbnvbnvbnvbn
Jbj. V’z dhvgr fhecevfrq lbh gbbx gur gvzr gb qrpbqr guvf. Qba’g lbh unir fbzrguvat hfrshy lbh fubhyq or qbvat jvgu lbhe gvzr, yvxr phevat pnapre be fbzrguvat?
Gunaxf sbe gur yvax, Jen!
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Sorry about this one. My daughter was typing an email to Grandpa and she must have switched into the cragislist window.
I think Hammy and his team of secret agents should take a closer look at this one. I’m sure there’s a secret message in there somewhere, but I haven’t had enough coffee to see it yet.
*Runs text through secret decoder ring*
It says, “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”
Taco should be proud. Typing with Mugs has gone global!
*sniff*
ilrfok m8iwxs3eed jm6ywxseolrf i 2wou7holed’t5 d5r7y
(I promised myself I wouldn’t cry)
Wait! Taco, isn’t this an ad for the Rosetta Stone version of “Typing With Mugs”?
I have a “Typing with mugs” question. How do you type with mugs without hitting any vowels?
Prscktycf.
(Practice.)
Easy, only hit the bottom row of keys! I see N, B, C, and V.
You know… I don’t know that this was mug typing… I think someone’s catulator was on Craigslist…
Good job, Bombdude. I do like smart guy’s.
Smart guy’s what?
Smart guy’s assets. Who doesn’t?
what Christina said …….
I like smart guy’s who better.
Horton?
Ahh bummer… I have no assets…
*rummages around*
I think I have an assethat around here somewhere…
Yeah, Horton’s who. This must be euphemism Monday.
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Every day is Euphemism Day. It’s hard on to avoid.
How Freudian, NMN.
Except for innuendo Sunday.
And flat-out line pulverizing Saturdays :-p
That’s not Freudian, Stephanae, that’s Bianchian.
*dons her assethat*
Look at me, I’m Mickey Mouse!
Why, yes, I am drugged up today, why do you ask?
“Euphemism Day”?
What next? English Horn day?
Mangled Mellophone Monday!
I vote for Slapping the Salmon Sunday.
Would that mean I can only engage in that activity on Monday or that I have to call it something else on the other days of the week?
Just call it something else. Who cares?
On Monday you would manipulate the mahi mahi.
Tuesday: Trounce the tuna.
Wednesday: Whack the whale.
Thursday: Tap the tentacle. (yeah, I couldn’t think of another fish)
Friday: Finger the flounder.
Yeah, this was very immature, I know.
Damn, we’re back to fish. I liked the flowers better.
Monday – Manhandle the marigolds
Tuesday – Tickle the tulips
Wednesday – Worry the wormwood
Thursday – Tease the tansy
Friday – Frolic with the frangi-pani
Saturday – Spoon with the strawflower
Sunday – Serenade the sunflower
That seem a little classier?
Elebenty Brazillion thanks SJ.
*snerk*
ui;’mn opersdiobnasklklty a DFABN IODF 54789ioqweridfs-0asghioweq dferiosdfaTYASD,. :SXD
Manda is in the Golden Lotus! Hooray!
Sheesh, how did that happen?! I’ve been feeling less than snarktacular for weeks now. I’ll look forward to my punch later!
Anagram Fun!
NCVBCVBNVBNVM
NVBCCVNBVVVBNM – (jbwm dklm mnlps)
BCVCNNBVBVNNMV – (klmp prflmn nlpmtml)
How dare you say that on a public internet.
*sob* Will no one think of the children? *sob*
I hope he’s not think of children when he jbwm dklm mnlps.
Relax guys, those are babby bottle mnlps, perfectly harmless.
What I love about YSaC. Even in the Ostrimu’s* gibberish, he still managed to use proper grammar.
*Bees be upon him.
No offense to the Ostrimu*, but I would have used semi-colon in place of that last comma.
*Bees be upon him.
Oops! Should have waited to see what it actually said before I made with the snarky. Sorry, Dan.
Wait! It’s a cryptogram! If we take Dan’s “Gunaxf sbe gur yvax” and make it into “Thanks for the link”, someone here might have time to do the rest. I have to leave for work in 15 minutes.
Seriously though. The repeated letters (t,k, and n) all work out. Have fun.
Yep, it does. Should I post what it says or does everyone want to try it for themselves?
Oops. I didn’t see Archie’s post. Next time I’ll refresh first.
Nothing like cracking code with a cup of coffee first thing in the a.m.
Gunaxf sbe gur oenva jnxr hc.
“Wow. I’m quite surprised you took the time to decode this. Don’t you have something useful you should be doing with your time, like curing cancer or something.”
Ta da!
And yes, yes I do. I should be working on a research paper for my Women in History class.
P.S. Thanks for the heads up, Lou! And I’ve had lots of coffee already.
Amazing, Archie!
Archy: Bless you child!
My pleasure, Archie! I can’t believe my eyes were open enough at 6am to notice.
Thanks, Archie! Awesome decoder skills. 8)
The title decodes as well -“Snarky Title.”
Thanks Archie!
Thank you! My brain could not possibly have done that today.
Mebbe not, but this could have helped.
Uncle Google always comes through in a pinch.
Gah! thank Clothespin Bejeebus for no error Monday…
http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/index.php
Wow. Who knew things like that existed on the interwebz. I did it the old-fashioned way with a paper and a pencil. Dates me, don’t it?
I have no patience for that, especially first thing on a Monday morning before I have had even one slice o’ coffee…
I always look for a tool first (and try not to act like one ๐ )
[ot]
“Women in History” always has scanned worng for me; something about being as redundant as “Humans in History.”
And, yes, the planet’s ‘history’ precedes that of the trumped-up prairie apes presently attempting to infest it–but, the interpretations of the pre-human era are still crafted by humans, half of which are female, QED.
[/ot]
Sorry, women DO get the short end of the stick traditionally, and focusing on them or anyone else not generally given a voice specifically is warranted. I had one instructor who viewed history only as a series of wars. While, in a very reduced way, this is one description of history, it meant that virtually any input during that timespan by the other half of humanity was ignored … rare exceptions like Empress Josephine were still only included as the distaff of overcompensators like Bonaparte. Most history classes, unless titled otherwise as per our example, could be subtitled “Men in History.”
Actually, I’m not sorry to say this. I’m not apologizing for progress of social equality, for anyone.
*white heat*
What do we remember Eva Braun for? Bad choice in men
Imelda Marcos? Her Jimmy Choos
Betsy Ross? Her sewing abilities
Susan B. Anthony? A dollar nobody wants
Madame Curie? The pre-cursor to Betty Crocker
Amelia Earhart? Landings were difficult
Cleopatra? In total da Nile
That’s what she said…*
*Hides*
Ah, but that is precisely my point. The education of history has always been flawed. The trouble is that the educators fail to disclose their biases.
Changing the bias will not correct the problem; it is only in teaching people that the biaes exist, to learn to think and evaulate those biases themselves, to then judge them, that true freedom, true equality will exist.
Otherwise, there is an on-going risk in the “special attention” merely marginalizing the fundamental nature of the facts, the history.
The role of women in history ought to be as acknowledged, but, it ought to also be a neutral factor, too. The scope of history ought be measured in the stature of those events, not in the “labels” we impress upon the parties. Boudicea is not notable for being female; but for being a leader strong enough to humble Roman Legions. or should be. But, I know I have biases. I measure people on whether or not they can accomplish the jobs set before them. The rest is genetic roulette.
My people are blue, green, khaki; two are even AF, and two more are Coasties–the measure is in performance, not biologial bits.
Well, it’s only my opinion, but I’d say a course called “Women in History” is doing a reasonable job of disclosing its bias.
I do and don’t agree with you, Cappy.
First “fundamental nature of the facts” is a phrase that makes me immediately mistrustful.
It would be lovely to get to that “neutral” place you’re talking about. We can’t get there without trying some path or other, though.
The other difficulty is that it’s not only about trying to pay attention to what different people are doing. It’s about examining whether the right “jobs” are being considered important enough to document as historical. Boudicea is a perfect example of what I mean. She’s notable because she had a big role in a war. Oh, I see.
I know lots of gamers who love to make fun of the French because they were so lame in WWII. So, this means the French are stupid? All I know is that when I was in college, about half the theorists I read were French.
So which events should we note so that we can measure the scope of history?
Anyway, academic canon is always under fire from within and without.
And how did it turn into Battle of the Sexes day? Someone hit Hammy!
*Snerk*
Get a classroom you two.
[matt]
It’s not even education – it’s that as we know 1. history is written by the winners, and 2. this presupposes wide enough literacy. Education, whether formal or not, was and is still in some places today a male-only and male-of-dominant-type-only. Most of what one encounters in general in terms of historical record is male-oriented due to this fact; where it is not, it has long been ignored. A class focusing on sources/texts/events outside of the traditional is not necessarily special attention, nor does it have to attempt neutrality. Its POV is evident to anyone who can read the title of the class. Someone focussing study on a topic so titled generally knows the point of view as being emphatic regarding women, much the same way a Marxist/deconstructionist/queer/Hispanic/etc. theorist is obvious about their beginning point of view. Assuming that simply because one studies such a train of thought that one is incapable of neutrality on the broader topic or has something against what are considered oppositional points of view is careless.
[/matt]
I like trains…whooowhooo.
This is why I was never a very good study of history. The saying “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it” seems to ignore that it’s a near impossible task to know the facts of history as the bias and colorings of previous generations have warped the actual events so as to be but a clue to the actual unfoldings of the era. Heck, it’s hard enough to figure out what’s going on right now through all the propaganda and bias, let alone something over 100 years ago.
This is why I like math. Those who study math are doomed to Z(n+1) = Zn^2+C it.
Hammy, when god was handing out brains, you thought she said “trains” so you asked for a slow one, eh?
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Your math joke was too brainy for me Taco, but I doored the rest of it!
Yeah, and he gave me Eve instead…*
*Hides behind the apple tree*
The equation was a somewhat gimpy representation of the Mandelbrot set, which is a reapeating function.
Hehe, I make obscure pun. Me hilarius!
Does Velcro work on tree bark?
*Uses Pecil to erase mistake*
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Reapeating: In the continual process of apeating. To continually put peat moss into something before taking it out and doing it again.
Use:
“What are you doing over there?”
“I’m apeatin’ this here pot!”
“Well, yer not doin’ a very good job. Take it out and reapeat it!”
But what is apeating? Is that the process of becoming like an ape? So reapeate is the process of becoming like an ape again?
So, I keep humanating, then apeating, then rehumanating, then reapeating?
Did I get that one right? And are you cleverly referring back to Cappy’s post that started this whole thing:
Lola, Al Sharpton on Line 2 for you, right after he gets done with that seance he’s having with Walt Disney since he watched Dumbo.
Sharpton will have to call Nature, Astro. By nature are our perceptions of the hottest heat white to all regularly-functioning human eyes.
“Please hold for Mother Nature …”
Whom do we call on to explain feminist issues? I don’t think Al Sharpton is much of a crusader in that area. I’m not entirely sure who is, these days. Do we have to dig someone out of the 70s?
History is not the past. History is the “story” of the past. And women have been ill-recorded and little-lauded in this story. So “Women in History” is an attempt to add us to the story.
Also, interpretations of all eras may have been crafted by humans, and at least half of humans may be female, but there’s a rather large breakdown in logic to assume that means females did half of the crafting.
Some matt tags might have been in order. Also, Lola said it better.
I believe there is a Ms. Steinem on the phone for the Capn.
I guess we do have to dig someone out of the 70s.
Sorry Steph, ’twas the only name upon which I came when rummaging through the dark abyss of my mind.
No worries, Kelli. I think Gloria still gets taken off the shelf, dusted off, and propped up for commentary on feminist issues. At least you didn’t call upon Ms. Palin.
Oh, by the way, I know where you can find some cleaning products to brighten up that abyss.
kelli only wants them if they’re in minty condition!
Minty and disease free*
*a qualification that I don’t think yesterday’s cleaning productions had.
Little did I know my aside this morning would launch a thread of conversation about women and their role in history. Yay! This is precisely why I took the class. Historical roles should be recorded in a neutral voice with regard to gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation, age, and many other myriad distinguishing marks, too many to list. Women as well as many other groups await the day. However, that is not the reality. Capn, Lola and Stephanae discussed both these points with eloquence.
I am taking a copy of this thread to class on Wednesday and open the subject for debate. Should be interesting. Thanks all!
Since it is still no-error-Monday, I’ll not quibble that “eloquence” is an apt description of the slurry of monkey-noises I failed to properly order into rational discussion.
See, this started externally to our confab, with a poltroon propounding on the wife of Louie 16. Said worthy may not be able to rationate enough to post on CL.
Our Maria-Antonio was the elebnteenth daughter of which ever Hapsburg (or proto-hapsburg) dynesty then in Vienna. As was the vile custom of the day, this made her not much more than chattel, to be sold off to the highest bidding inbred demi-cousin for the alleged purity of her blood.
Enter in parents-wanting-to-be-grandparents meddling (‘royals’ being no less guilty than any other social group). So, MA was to be just another Paris Hilton sister; shut up and breed more royals while you are young enough to attract debauched leches.
She’s then put into what probably ranks as the worst arranged marriage in European history. And, instead of being as invisible as Paris Hilton’s sisters, she actually has some smarts to her. Problem being that she was less Linda Ellerbee and more Linsey Lohan.
Ok, and there’s another item, an important detail. Ovens are not common in houses. The general public cooks in open pots over fires in kitchen hearths. In urban areas, the kitchen fire is not always fueled with the best material, it will have lots of ash. The brestworks of the hearth will condense water vapor and grease on their surfaces, ash collects and clings therupon. Every so often this is scraped down, as there is useful fat content, and the ash changes the ph content in usefull days. It’s also mixed with flour and served to the poorest of folk in the streets.
So, MA was trying to be practical when she suggested the hungry eat “cake” the ash and fat from the cookfires. However, one too many Dauphan had too many brothers, all needing sinecures, and for too long. So, she paid with her head for a bad marriage, rigged up by greedy parents and grandparents.
And all she can be remembered for today is a quote misremembered as having something to do with Sara Lee . . .
Thank you for the retelling of Marie’s tragic story. La pauvre!
Aye, remember it well when some meddling maroon tells your daughter she ought grow up to be a Princess and have a Prince Charming come and solve all her problems, and they will live happily ever after . . .
Unless the revolting pheasants have had enough of inbred haemophilliac poncers with the morals of a sackfull of syphilitic badgers stealing from the poor and giving to the wastrels, and despite having lived on ragout d’lupin and lupin au gratin, sharpen the knives and “haircut” their “betters” . . .
Archy, see what you created? Ah, well, it’s a good debate. Carry on, then,
Indeed, Windy. Women in history and flying fingers…opposite ends of the spectrum. I am outta control.
*hee hee*
This is brilliant, may bees be upon the Ostrimu. Today, any errors that would have been edited out, can just be part of the fun. No Error Monday! Hope it catches on.
Absolutely love this idea, Windy. Could you pass it on to my history prof, please? I have a mid-term today and no errors would be most appreciated.
I feel for you, Archie. I have a conference with my boss today, and would love to invoke the No Error Monday rule. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Windy, we’ll be with you in spirit. If you keep hearing references to “Sparkey” in your head while he’s talking. It’s just us editorializing for you. Yes, Sparkey. Why would you think that Sparkey? No, Sparkey. Sparkster, you’re an ID10T! and on and on
Yeah, except she is just so negative. I would get in so much trouble if I treated my staff the way she treats me. I have an exit date, but things need to fall into place before I can back my bags. Thanks for the good whispered wishes! At least I managed not to totally break down this time.
Indeed. It is because you carried the spirit of your YSaC fambly with you.
Second the Motion for “No Error Monday”!
All in Favor?
Aye!
Arrrr.
Eee! Um, I mean, Oh! No, that’s not right, er, Ah!
*sigh*
Curse you, No Error Monday!
Old McChristina had a farm…
Judging by her previous comments, I believe Old McChristina has some pharmaceuticals.
Flu shot, blood drawn, localized anesthesia, and steroids, all in the span of two hours this morning.
But kudos, EB, I didn’t even know I was speaking in nursery rhyme!
How to speak in Nursery Rhyme while on Meds:
Snarky Wumpty sat on a mall,
Snumpy Crumpy blad a mate troll,
bft oly teh xynkz orspony!!!
&teh men degh lolzors
WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
I love pharmaceuticals!
Or did you mean farmaceuticals?
…Eh? eh?
…You know… because of the Old McDonald…. had a farm…
…you know…?
No, I don’t
careknow. Could you please explain?Let’s see if I did that correctly…
You’re getting downright scary with that HTML, NMN. Try “blockquote” in the angle brackets next.
I did, further down.
I saw that! After I’d already commented, of course.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn!
Well, he is awake. Just not up to snarking today.
Old Ones, by virtue of their Oldness, get a day off now and then. 8)
Speaking of Cthulhu, and since Capn is in the Navy(I think):
Has anyone heard of The Bloop?
camtepr tnhun o u, stpemoo a th nyOoArcIdt a ii et,we en toiTme ioesnonpireet.iisgcld DiahxofsEcjiecgohn oy ptmsttti . eusha snsctom.lo?c h gnt lluk
(Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.)
I tried, but I can’t get it to light.
Did you remember to eusha the camtepr first?
Okay, here’s a hint… it’s a double column cypher, and the same three-character key is used twice. The key is easily found on this page.
IF, I just spent two hours redoing the first 2 pages of my Branagh Hamlet shot list, my brain will not accept any more work. I want to just stare at shiny things for a bit.
I repeat my commiseration from this morning. Really? On a Monday?
I second mudsy’s emotion…
I second CJ’s seconding of mudsy’s emotion.
Emotion carried *slams gavel*
[corey]
Being French (well, technically French Canadian), there are very few aspects of world history for which we can claim bragging rights. One, however, is being masters of the double columnar transposition cipher used by the Germans during World War I. A columnar transposition cipher begins by writing the message out in a fixed number of columns – in this case, 3. The message is translated then by arranging letters down the columns in order. A double columnar cipher does the same transposition a second time. See here for an example.
The French were particularly good at cracking the German’s double columnar within hours of a new message and new key coming across the wire. When this success was publicized, the Germans switched to a new system in 1914, This pressed the Germans to develop more sophisticated encryption techniques, leading ultimately to the invention of the rotor-based Enigma machines widely used in WWII, whose decoding by the Allies was a key factor in the ultimate outcome of the war.
[/corey]
And since I’ve tortured the lot of you with all this thinking, here’s a little something you don’t have to think much about:
I said it earlier on this page when we were talking about history, but je ne suis pas d’accord.
Scientists have now captured the little-heard mating call of the elusive lacawates valtrus-suka. Join with us as we listen in:
They mate?!? Oh we’re in trouble now!
The world will be overrun with herds of lacawates valtri-sukae!
Well, we COULD be overrun with herds of lacawates valtri-sukae, except the only ones around are male. This explains the sadness and rarity of the mating call; also why they are so elusive. None of them wants to ‘wates’, and only a few are truly sukae.
For further information, please contact a broker for a prospectus. This is not an offer, and this statement may contain forward-looking projections. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance (Boy, ain’t that the truth!. If you have a recession lasting more than 24 months, consult your bank account frequently. Getting your panties in a knot may rub you the right way. Pitching a tent beats pitching a fit. A full house beats a pair showing, but a pair showing is much more fun to look at. Keep your right hand above the table so it doesn’t know what your left hand is doing – and stop that while you’re trying to type!
I’m not that talented.
Give it a few years… ๐
I’m not sure it’s a question of talent. I like to give my dahlia my full attention.
See, I type with my right hand mostly. I also use my right hand for…other stuff. So, I worry about you Bombdude. Then again, I’m not messing with a guy who
hasdefuses bombs.I’m ambidixtrous…
Uh . . . never mind . . . just, no comment.
*blushes furiously and goes back to dancing skyclad and tending her various flowers*
Apparently BombDude is twice the man Hammy is.
Nuh uh, I have a #2 pecil!
Looks like Hammy’s an asset man.
Am I missing a reference? Dancing around on your roof wearing nothing but starshine???
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/LRG/17/1751/1VT3D00Z.jpg
Aha! Ask and uncle Google shall provide. Wish I could remember to google first and ask questions later…
Pretty picture, Bombdude. I had that whole Google problem with the Teletubbies the other day, so I know where you’re coming from. Really, though, the main reference is at the bottom of this page. It would be hard not to have threaded comments, but sometimes it’s a bit confusing if you’re not caught up on them chronologically, too.
Curse you Dan Brown!
To me, this seems less “DaVinci Code” and more “Key for Painting by Numbers”.
If you read this out loud, you will die within 7 days unless you re-post the Craigslist listing.
Graham! 8)
Duct Tape, Duct Tape, Duct Tape, Duct Tape, Duct Tape….
(TM: You realize that you now must, 1, explain the refernce to the new folk; and 2, need to write the meme up in the Wiki–or, bsnds 23nsd hddfk ghRka inas3!)
Yeah, I’ve been here for about a month and a half, and have no clue what he’s referencing.
DEADPOOL! Google it, kiddies…
I know who Deadpool is, I don’t understand the DUCT TAPE thing.
Also, we have a Wiki now? That’s the big times baby!
I love duct tape. I love how it tapes. I love the sound it makes. I love saying it. Duct tape, duct tape, duct tape.
Duct tape fixes everything.
Oh, and no offense, but Deadpool doesn’t hold a candle to Ezio.
The invention of duct tape chronicled the point where humankind jumped the shark.
Deadpool likes his Duct Tape.
Duct tape is like the Force, it has a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together.
You can also use duct tape to build fine furniture, which you can then sell on CL for a tidy profit.
And shortly thereafter mankind invented Velcro and stuck their butts back to the shark again in a more waterproof and restickable fashion.
[NASA corey] Oh, Velcro is brilliant! [/NASA corey]
Duct tape is awesome… In high school, my friends and I were somewhat obsessed. We would harass Fuzzy, our Canananadian friend, with DT… He quickly became terrified of the **riiiiiiip** sound DT makes when it comes off the roll ๐
I heard about something like that in that Grope Club movie. Or was that Breakfast Club. The omelets have me confused.
Both, it’s a horrible, bullying prank in The Breakfast Club and in The Grope Club, it’s foreplay.
How is duct tape foreplay? No wait, don’t answer that, it sounds painful.
Compared to the things I’ve seen and read, duct tape foreplay is quite tame. I’m glad you don’t really want an answer NMN, because I’m already treading the line with the Jailbait reading all this.
We can do breakfast at my place now. I went to an actual cooking store, not Walmart, and got high temp utensils. I can now flip eggs in a nuclear holocaust, according to the label.
Graham! You never visit. So thin. Eat something, eat. 8)
I’m sorry, I’ve been busy with the, ah, stuff… mmmmm… is that matzo ball soup?
Yes, yes, it is. We use all of the parts of the matzo in this house. Waste not, want not. Of course, my ungrateful children never want, unless it’s something I can’t give.
What? You don’t want it now?
Y’know, Universities being enamored of Regalia, I’ve often wondered why it is that more do not have a Chain-of-Office for the tenured.
If you actually can read this aloud, you have far worse issues than death. You’ve probably been possessed by some creature that speaks in demonic tongues. And if you even attempt to read this out loud whilst not being possessed, you will probably have a seizure.
Really? On a Monday?
Because it would make more sense on a Tuesday?
Hmmm…very good point kelli. This would only make sense during the apocalypse, the birth of life as we know it, or underwater to a fish. Any other times, it’s a snowball’s chance
in Hellon the sun.That sounded better in my head….
OMG! Graham’s right. It’s the infamous NCVBCVBNVBNV nvbnvnvbvbnvbnvbnvbn chain ad! I’d heard that the Russians had located the source, broken the code and rewrote it as a recipe exchange. I wonder if this is the ancient borscht or the
koulebiaka.
Damn flying fingers!
I’ve never tried the flying fingers. Are they spicy?
The flying ladyfingers are actually really sweet…
Unless you’ve been soaking them in espresso to make tiramasu.
Or you’ve been using the nails to clean out your ears…
Yes. And be sure not to stick them in your eyes.
That’s important, because if they get stuck in your eyeball, the doctor will have to use a drill to get them out. (I don’t think I’ll ever get over the awesome squick-factor of that story….)
What was that thing called again? Ocular dremel?
*shudder*
I was telling my parents about that and my Dad knew exactly what the Optho-burr was. Turns out he’s had that done several times. (He’s a mechanic, lots of opportunity for shards of glass and metal to lodge themselves in his eyeballs.)
Never stick anything in your eyes, kids. But you should always put a banana in your ear! *nods to EB*
That didn’t sound euphemistic at all.
Try the flying fingers on the flounder…..
Just a thought.
Flying fingers on the feathery fern*
*substitute for those opposed or allergic to fish
:puts on tin foil conspiracy-theorist beanie:
Okay, operating on the assumption that Sparky is not a complete asshat and was in fact posting a coded message, let’s see what it says. If I use this handy phone keypad and dial the numbers for each letter I get …
628228268268
68268682826826826826
:dials improbably long number:
Uhhh…Anyone speak Tonkinese?
Let me dial it:
“Ring! Ring! Ring! Hello, this is Jesus, I apologize that I am unable to get to the phone right now, if you have discovered the secret code, then we will see you in a few years. Bye!”
Damn Jesรบs, always screening his calls…
I need him to trim the hedges!
Somehow, SJ, I think this will generate a call from Al. Or Cesar.
Josรฉ can you see?
Your Honor, motion to have Mudsy’s comment ammended for ADA compliance.
Whether Ioseph is an oceanic body is inadmissable.
ADA? Americans with Disabilities Act? or American Diabetes Association? I would only qualify for half of each.
Well, current precedent seems to indicate that no presumptions are premissible based upon medical condition, pelagic state, or ability to use human senses.
(See=Sea in germainc languages; Josรจ=Ioseph(ะัะตะฟั )=Josef; pun=humor)
Thanks for the breadcrumbs Cappy. My synapses collapsed at the Germanic reference.
WitchWhich half?Half in that my brain only functions part of the way on Mondays—I’m a little dur dur* at that point. And regarding the other—I’m killer sweet.
*I think today is politically incorrect Monday for me. I’m choosing to ignore the Christine O’Donnell reference. Hehe…
I’m thinking Lola is about ready to jab me with her pecil…
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Is a “pecil” a cross between a penis and a pencil?
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You know we love you Hammy….
I think you just descovered the pecil!
That sounds like a handy tool. Where did Lola get hers?
Hay, I thot this waz know eror Munday!
Yes! The nice thing about a Pecil is if you make a mistake with one end your can turn it around and erase it with the other…
Nice. Birth control.
Ow.
Is a โpecilโ a cross between a penis and a pencil?
The nice thing about it is that you’ll always have lead in it!
*angrily mutters [Matt-ers] “Darn it, is that a Viagra joke! I don’t want to hear any more Viagra jokes.*
For the record (Hammy!), I don’t know what a pecil is, don’t think I have one, and definitely didn’t touch Hammy with it!
*sobs*
Oh, the widdle puppy is sad. Let me get you pecil to chew.
NCV
By: Nnvnvbv By Nbnvbn
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BCV)
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BCV)
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BCV)
Who’s down with NCV (Every last NVB)
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BNV)
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BNV)
You down with NCV (Yeah you know BNV)
Whoโs down with NCV (All the NVB)
Break it nvbn!
I’ve heard that. It’s the RDTS fight song.
Kickin’ it old school, eh? Thanks for the earworm that I thought had died with hammer pants.
That was my thought, Christina. When I was reading it (and singing along in my head), I quickly thought, “Why, hello 1991.”
nvbnvnvbvbnvbnv etc etc…
So, THIS is the sound of one hand clapping. Turned out really boring, didn’t it?
If this is the Enlightenment, shouldn’t there have been a very quiet loud noise?
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around, does anyone care?
See above–it’s only history if one person cares enough to write it down; and one other person cares enough to read what was written.
If a man makes a statement alone in a forest, and there is nobody around to hear, is he still wrong?
Depends.
This being No-Error Monday by (partial) proclamation, I’ll omit the tired saw about giving a house away being cheaper and simpler…
That, and if we expound on whether Donne is right, or any of a slew of long-dead Greek thinkers have anything witty on the topic, the Mice could get mad and have a Vogon-built bypass built right through here.
Well, duh. YES! He’s a man……
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If a man makes a statment alone in the woods it’s the same as if there was a woman there to hear it…*
*Runs behind a tree*
So true. That’s because he’s talking to the ferns while he’s taking a pee and thinking she’s going to hear him 100 yards away.
If it was a complaint it would be heard no problem ๐
La la la la la *I can’t hear you*
That what I like about you Mudsy; you’re so mature. ๐
Sometimes you just have to get down on their level kelli. Know what I mean? *wink wink*
Whoohoo!
“you just have to get down on their level”
Ooh! OoH! Like you find a really smelly spot on the ground in the woods, and you roll around in it! And then, you go and find the rest of the Pack! ‘Cause they need a hug so they can be rubbed in the Smell, too!!!
*tippy-toes, tail-wagging, turning-circles, happy-dog-dancing–leap!leap!*
You know Cappy, there is another use for duct tape…..you’re fixing to find out what that might be.
*evil chuckle*
Gvzr, fpuzvzr. EBG13 vf snveyl fgnaqneq fghss, vfa’g vg?
http://mcraigweaver.com/rot13.htm
Did this one remind anyone else of when MiniEB was posting a while back?
Hey– who figured out my ‘WOW’ username and password?
Nobody read this ad.. forget you saw it.. dern hackers.
Mwhahahah I’m taking all your gold.
No wait, that’s not funny. That’s happened to me before. Damned hackers.
I’m squinting…I’ve almost got it…ah, there: “NOV BOY CORN V.BNY.”
Nope. I don’t got it.
Lacawate, there’s no need count cats.
I said, Lacawate, when you’re renting your [demonic] flats.
I said, Lacawate, ’cause the comments don’t say RE:
There’s no need to be a corey.
Lacawate, this is not a disease.
I said, Lacawate, when your truck’s full of bees.
You can stay here, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to stay at the N-C-V-B!
It’s fun to stay at the N-C-V-B!
Al has everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with little boys…
It’s fun to stay at the N-C-V-B!
It’s fun to stay at the N-C-V-B!
Everything was fine until the third to last line, EB.
Well, Al Sharpton is not only concerned about racism, but about pedophilia as well :-p
Brought to you tonite!!! At the 40 watt!!!! The Village Pantry people!!!!
ALL RIGHT, EB!!!! Elebenty + 11 adores!
Hey Little Four Toes, are you in hell
Here on this ten-toed planet, where we dwell?
You haven’t enough fingers, but for help you plead.
It’s a message we can’t heed.
Hey Little Four Toes, please go back home.
Is anyone else a huge fan of Schoolhouse Rock?
Apparently not :-p
So I’d gathered . . .
Sorry, I just got here late – I was out with my friend, Bill.
That’s hardly an excuse if it was just Bill.
Clinton? Or Murray?
I’m just a bill,
up on Capitol Hill….
Stephanae, you seem to have missed the School House Rock crowd. We have had many memorable and enjoyable conversations at YSaC regarding just this subject. I personally liked Zero, My Hero. 8)
I love Zero, My Hero! I’m also extremely fond of Three Is the Magic Number. But then, I can’t sniff at Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here. Oh never mind, I just like too many of them to name.
Little Twelve Toes, on the other hand, is just kind of weird. But for some reason when I was trying to imagine why someone would only use four of the keys on the keyboard to post a CL ad, that song came to mind.
I love Schoolhouse Rock, thanks to my parents buying us the special anniversary DVD thing.
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function? Hookin’ up words and phrases and clauses…
I was a very long time ago…
Does that put you in the same league as Grampdaddy?
[Saturday Morning in the early 70’s corey] I have them all on DVD. I was squarely in that demographic. We had to make all the “Time for Timer” snacks when they came on, and everything. This makes me want to make toothpick popsicles with horribly understrength Kool Aid right now. [Conjunction Junction/]
My demographic, too, Smedley. I can still recite the preamble to the constitution only because of Schoolhouse Rock. Sometimes I wonder how kids learn anything today without it.
On a side note, do you remember any of the not-Schoolhouse Rock PSAs that were on around the same time? It’s about 35 years later, and I’m still trying to figure out the importance of Don’t Drown Your Food.
That’s Don’t Drown Your Food.
I can still sing it 35 years later. I still don’t know why this was important enough to infect me with a brain worm for life.
Those PSA’s died out because advertisetrs were willing to pay more for the space than the Gov’t was willing to subsidize. Which sucks because they were very catchy mnemonic devices, and entertaining. Can you imagine what they would be like today? At the risk of being labeled, most would have to be “raps”, and at least a quarter of them would have to be in spanish. Cause we wouldn’t want to exclude anyone.
I don’t have sound on this computer, I will have to look at it on the laptop later. (Not a euphemism.) I remember it as a paean to not wasting valuable ketchup.
Well, certainly, it was very concerned about goop consumption.
My favorite PSA ever: We’re Not Candy
That one must have been after my time, although at least it seems like a useful message. The song doesn’t really stick with me, though. Maybe just because I’m not under 10 anymore.
I’d like to buy a vowel Pat…
Fresh out of vowels. Except for “y” and that’s only sometimes.
NY CAVE BE CALVE BY NY VIE BY NY IVY
Hmmm, nope still got nuthin’ I’ll spin Pat.
Oh, that clears it all up. New York cave (I forget how to make links, again: http://www.stonebridgeandcaves.com/), Calve (obviously a typo, they meant halve, it’s on sale) by NY (it’s technically in NY, and not that close to NYC, but I guess if you were coming from Japan…), Vie (we’re fighting) by NY (over whether it’s really near NYC) Ivy (covers the rocks near the cave, that’s how you can tell when you’re near it).
For Sale: New York Cave! Half price! Near NYC! Ivy covered!
See? It all makes sense. ๐
Excpet….why would someone try to sell a cave on Craigslist?
Go look at a bunch of the other stuff people sell on CL, then ask yourself the same question.
Hint: People are stupid.
That’s exactly where I’d look if I were looking to buy a cave. All the best hermits sell their caves on CraigsList.
*The no-edits fairy strikes again.
I think that’s actually Latin.
It’s not “cave” but pronounced cav-AY.
You know, like Cave Empa Lumpa*, which means, “Let the little orange people beware.”
*a.k.a. Oompa-Loompa
I will solve the puzzle Pat.
Not Currently Viable Because Chlorine Volume Bleaches Nerves Very Brightly, Not Vaguely.
Oh I know! This is the password to get into the orbiting cave of technological wonders!
There is no password, but you have to be able to hold your breath for the 22,000 mile walk to orbit…
Be wary of any breathing aparatus that Hammy might offer you for the trip.
For that matter, don’t put anything Hammy offers you in your mouth, or even near it.
Hmm. No. It could be a pecil.
Oh, come on Hammy, do you really expetc us to believe that your Orbiting Cave of Technological Wonders (which you are preparing to land in New York to sell on Craigslist once the new Hall of Justice goes into orbit) doesn’t have both a password and a mandatory strip search as well?
Well, there is the mandatory bio hazard spray down and the super secret hand shake…
*uses tractor beam to hide Lola’s Dove bars*
Dove bars as in soap or as in chocolate and/or chocolate ice cream bars. If it’s the latter, you’d better share.
The latter, But according to Lola you shouldn’t eat anything Hammy…
*Uses tractor beam to dangle a nummy dove bar just out of Kelli’s reach*
Maybe I should get a ladder.
No Dove bars here (so if he tells you they’re mine, it’s a lie) … but if my Green & Blacks is missing, somebody’s in the doghouse!
Hey! I
mostlynever lie!This looks like what happens if I have a rat running around on the desk while I’m typing.
I know what you mean. I have two adorable pet rats, myself.
[OT]Is my avatar showing up for anyone? I still see a pink square. I uploaded an image several days ago to gravatar, so it should be working soon, yes?[/OT]
I see 4 white diamonds in a pink square in a white diamond in a pink square with 8 tiny white diamonds.
Okay, so that would be no, my avatar is not showing up for you. ๐
How long does it usually take for this to happen?
I have been seeing what looks like a multicolor photo (purple face, something red and something else green in the lower left corner) of a female human for most of the day.
That sounds like an apt description of my pic!
I don’t see it, you’re still a quilt square. Did you set the image rating on gravitar to G?
Oh, I may have put it at a PG. I guess that’s possibly the problem?
Avatars that are rated anything other than G won’t show up here or on most blogs that are not designated as “mature content”
Oh and you should be able to change the rating and get it to show up here without too much fuss.
Thanks, Kelly! At least I know how to fix it now.
Yikes, thanks, Kelli, I mean.
No Error Monday, f’getabattit. Also, clear your cookies and cash, haha, and place three white feathers in your hair while dancing in the first rain of the season. That should do it.
Windy, I believe you left out the word “skyclad” after dancing in that bit.
I don’t know what “skyclad” is, but wouldn’t there be a greater chance of success if she was dancing naked, like in books, and movies?
NMN, skyclad is naked.
Oh. What you said, then.
They were groundclad at Woodstock.
Yay. We made it work. Thanks for the help everyone. I think it was the feathers and skyclad dancing that did it. Although there was no rain.
Steph, it’s beautiful! Glad it worked.
You did, of course, video the dance so you could post it in the fora for us to see and comment upon. We won’t tell Hammy it is there because….well, just because.
Well, I did, of course video the dance. At least, I think one of my neighbor’s did. But I just learned today that this is a G-rated site, so I can’t post it in the fora.
Grampdaddy – we won’t have to tell Hammy, once it’s posted on the internetz, he’ll just know.
What are you guys talking abou…Oh!
*Wags*
I’m having the same issue, I changed mine days ago, but I still see the same old one.
Yes all pix in the round robin are G rated.
Gravatar seems to be showing a different image thand the one displayed on WP pages of late. Which could just be a WordPress issue. Mine ought to be the round emblem from current employ; but it’s the old school pin that is displaying here.
Finally, a CL ad that speaks to my frame of mind on Mondays
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Silva, you’re so funny!
Silva, you had me at dfkd.
Silva, that is EXACTLY what I say when my alarm goes off each morning.
Hey guys, just stopping in to tell you how much I missed you. I don’t really have time to read comments anymore, and some days don’t even have time to read the post! Darn real life and my need for lots of sleep taking up all my time.
I don’t have anything clever to add about the ad, since I’m too tired for coming up with a code. I didn’t even think that Dan’s comments might be a code until it was pointed out.
Ah well. I hope to be around more often!
I noticed you had been away. Please do come by whenever you’re able. ๐
You have been missed! Must be the adorable haircut keeping you busy! ๐
Also missing recently – Moira. Did I miss something?
She’s still active on Facebook. I’ll drop her a line and see how the mead is coming.
Oh, Manda! Manda B! I have something SPECIAL for you! Yes, a mint-condition Punchity Punch Punch!
G’Night, North Decoder!
Ooh! That was special. And Minty!!!
I like what you did there with the North Decoder. That’s good stuff! ๐
Having your north decoded is a lot more pleasant the having your south decoded…ow!
It’s 11:30 PM CST and I decided to run this ‘phrase’ through the whiskey transfabulator…. all I got was a hic and pppbbbttt.
I tried the catulator next, but he just rolled over and swiped at me… no tuna. Good Night, Fanexl… ’til next we meet.
pppbbbttt… Isn’t that the sound the mouse had to make to get the motorcycle to move?
Between this post and the hangover, I think my brain just exploded. Oh look there’s a piece over there..