Page Ten: Remarks 451-500
(insert maniacal laughter here) - Pamela Basham & Lady Miss Tree
P: who can't do Mwahaha's either, really, much to her dismay
LMT: Yeah, that maniacal laughter does take a little practice. But if you keep reminding yourself about how you are going to take over the world, it becomes remarkably easy.
How "Fabulous" Is Your Footwear? - Loz & Lady Miss Tree
L: How do you tell if a shoe is gay or not?
LMT: It's less about whether it's gay and more about whether it's sensible. There is nothing worse than walking down the street in what appears to be a sensible pair of black mary janes and having them break out into hot pink satin stilettos with feathers.
Emergency Tuesdays - Karen McMurray, Lady Miss Tree, squeaks, Colt, Pam
K: But we have the power to declare emergency Tuesdays on other days of the week, don't we?
LMT: So does that mean we have ratings, like DEFCON? We're going to TUECON 2...
s: I think emergency Tuesdays can be called for international travel purposes. I mean, what happens if there's a traveling thingie and the only day for a meet up is a Saturday! I think that it's Tuesday as long as you're thinking like it's a Tuesday.
C: This is sort of like a Descartes-Tueday, eh?
P: We Thing(ie) therefore we art Tuesdayish.
K: Either that, or:
"One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another."-- Rene Descartes, 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637K: "Strange" and "implausible"? Yep, sounds like us.
I Miss... - Mary K., Librarian
Of all the things I've lost, I miss the little red doohickey for blowing up my enemies the most
The Entertainment Weekly photo - Reg & Karen McMurray
R: I think Neil knows we like him and I think he would be more comfortable with his fans making good-natured fun of the bad photograph than being obsessive worshippers who demand that the Louvre display it next to the Mona Lisa.
K: I, for one, don't think it's a bad photo at all. Quite the opposite: I think it's a fun -- and striking -- image.
K: Now, as to whether it's a good photo *of Neil*....
B: Of course, you can look at it as Monday, or you can look at it as pre-Tuesday.
C: Y'know, we could do the whole week that way.
C: Tuesday Eve, Tuesday, Tuesday Recovery Day, Second Tuesday Recovery Day, Tuesday Reminiscence Day...
would you do me a monstrous favor of sparkly cobalt shirt proportions??
Neil Does Vegas - the girl with the seatbelt
Oddly enough, I do wonder if Neil actually pulled off the shirt, and if he has the chest hair, and played here in Vegas, would he play the Stardust?
Recollections - Pamela Basham, Harvey Lee, Scott Conner
P: Plausible deniability?
H: I have no recollection senator.
S: It's the first collection that got you into trouble ;-)
Ivory's Carrot - Harvey Lee, Scott, Ivory, Reg
H: Snowy tuesdays should be spent gropeing snow men by their carrot... noses.
S: You should see where Ivory puts the carrot on his snowman.
I: Actually you should see where Ivory puts the carrot on Ivory... or maybe you shouldn't.
R: Which may or may not explain the enigmatic smile the Thin Red-Headed Duke frequently wears.
I: Yes, and for some reason my eyesight seems to benefit as well.
I: (maybe carrot bottom is more appropriate than carrot top?)
Neil As Prisoner - Maureen McCarty & tyg
M: Who's #14?
t: Gaiman: Where am I?
Number Two: In The Newsgroup.
Gaiman: What do you want?
Number Two: All Your Limited Edition Works.
Gaiman: Which side are you on?
Number Two: That would be telling. We want your limited editions, limited
editions, limited editions...
Gaiman: You won't get them.
Number Two: By hook or by crook we will.
Gaiman: Who are you?
Number Two: The new Number Two.
Gaiman: Who has Number One?
Number Two: You have Number Six.
Gaiman: I am not a limited edition! I am a Gaiman!
Number Two: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[A pale as Death white ball with a black smiley face on it bounces up and envelopes Neil]
And I'm not going anywhere near the topic of "Mousey-Slash-kitty" fiction except to say that I'll never be abled to watch Tom and Jerry cartoons in a state of innocence again.
L: Tuesdays be damned, that kind of talk get's me excited any day of the week!
B: *TWEEEEET*
B: Personal foul, #42 of the defense, improper use of the apostrophe. Fifteen yard penalty, and an automatic first down.
B: *TWEEEEET*
Where Does Neil Live?- hurm & Lance "squiddie" Smith
L: As far as I can tell, he lives in airplanes.
h: ...on a diet of small packages of peanuts.
I deny all obsessive behavior. Especially my denial of said behavior.
s: And once again, I forget to include Tom!
s: I think my problem is that I think of Tom as one of those people like Neil that you don't count at conventions or in the journal because they're kind of *supposed* to be there.
s: Feh, it's a lame excuse and one of these days Tom's gonna punt me in the backside for leaving him out, I'm sure!
t: Nah. I figure I've made up for it by living in your apartment for the last two months.
t: What do you mean you didn't notice I was there? :-)
Zen Thingie - mattjb & Lady Miss Tree
m: So in the multiverse you're really a forest? :)
LMT: No, but you'd better believe that if a Tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear her, she'll bitch and moan about it anyway.
afn-g Addict - Sheri Francis & Scott Conner
Sheri,
who should so not be typing any more but you people just won't let me be...afng is a vortex, a maelstrom, a magnet, a drug dealer who knows he's got you hooked and gets you at your weakest...it's the irresistible force against the object that will probably go ahead and move for the hell of it...Scott: And we haven't even told you about all the neat new stuff yet....
Monkey Crisco Twister - Lady Miss Tree & Ivory
LMT: I'd suggest bringing your parents along! I've not met a non-thingie who hasn't found thingies more fun than a barrel of monkeys. And once you get the Crisco and the Twister involved, well, the sky's the limit!
I: Monkey? Crisco? Twister? Do not invoke these words lightly, or else be wary the wrath of the elder god of Tuesday....the almighty, Ivory the skinny white boi!! The invocation ceremony commonly involved a twister mat in the shape of a pentagram with mystic runes drawn upon it in fresh, virgin crisco (the butter kind please, Ivory has spoken), and the sacrificing of 12 naked monkeys (do they come any other way?). Be careful with these words, lest the earth be consumed in an orgy of nekkid monkee crisco twister...all will be lost...
M: Well, actually . . . we have multicolored twenties now. They look like they've contracted some strange disease, and they have Al Pacino on them.
C: NB: Al Pacino only -usually- looks diseased.
I still contend we need to hold a sleep over party, watch lots of non-educational television, eat food with no known nutritional value, and cuddle with our plushies for a few days. Anyone with me?
Evil and/or Nice - squeaks, Maure, Jouni, Reg
s: Damnit, I was going to link Jouni's art pages TWICE today and I can't find them. =( Does anyone have them bookmarked?
M: here, gorgeous:
http://www.jounikoponen.com/J: Ta. You are way ahead of me ;-)
M: Only because I am awake when you are not. ;)
R: And because you are the evil one, or so I've heard.:-P
M: *sputter*
M: You do realize that originated from a man paid to lie for a living, right? Right?
M: The Nice One.
Fruity Colours - Cassie, Scott Conner, squeaks
C: Fruit isn't cool! They need to start putting it in bright wrappers.
S: I suppose those yellow things than bananas come in don't count? ;-)
S: --Scott-- (with a banana)
s: Or the orange things that oranges come in?
s: -squeaks
orange you glad I didn't say banana
Ms. Gothic Manners - Tree & tyg
LMT: black and grey stripy worm thing. With teeth.
t: Dear Ms. Gothic Manners:
t: I just received a wedding invitation which included a drawing of a black and grey stripy worm thing. With teeth.
t: My question is, is this a symbolic way of stating that formal morning codpieces are required of the male quests? And if so, is the cummerbund also expected to have teeth to match?
t: Regards,
Perplexed in Podunk
Swirly Thingies - mattjb & Bill^2
m: Wooo... swirly things. Can I have one?
B: *dunks Matt's head in the nearest loo and flushes*
B: Victory!
Sandman Jeopardy - Maureen McCarty & tyg
M: Sandman Jeopardy (very fun!)
t: Damn you! :-)
t: [I'm assuming a fair number of folk here know of my trivia obsession and desire to get on the real J!; sigh, 11 passes of the tryout test and counting...I would've really enjoyed playing Sandman J!, possibly even dressing as the little known eighth Endless, Dailydouble, aspect of trivia :-)]
PS: Misstree and I already planned to take over the world - so please wait in line till it's your turn! ;-)
Great Picts - Anja, Scott, Reg
A: Great picts, by the way! :)
S: Man.....I need to brush up on my European history. When'd they come back? :-)
R: And what's their angle? >:-)
S: Well if you wait long enough, it'd be an Angle-Saxon.
Long story about the Hugos, mostly surrounding me being uninformed about Worldcon's guest list in general. I got asked to go, last minute, and all I knew was that Terry Pratchett was guest of honour and I was all, "Well, gee, I can get him to sign my copy of Good Omens. I didn't find out that Neil was going to be there too, until I got there. Then I was, well, gee, I can get the set, now can't I? Clueless as always, I didn't realise Neil was MC-ing the Hugos until I walked into the auditorium.
Okay, so maybe it wasn't such a long story. It took two days to actually live it out. Er.
I'm not sure which was more omgwoah, the Hugos or Chapter One of Anansi Boys. Could be a tie. With matching handkerchief, of course.
Apple Pi - Ceilidh, JAC, Harvey Lee
C: Oh, and if one uses an iBook when working with pi, is it then by its very usage apple pi?
JAC: a la modem, even.
H: Be sure not to chew more than you can gigabyte. (later) Hmmm, that should be the other way around. o_O
M: I operate on "ish" time. One-ish, Two-ish (I know someone will fill in the rest)
JAC: you mean ...Three-ish, Blue-ish?
Yoda Thingie - Maureen McCarty & Reg
M: I dsylexically scribbled:
>>My friend us drove up to MNM: I'm either
1. brain-fried or
2. I've read too much Nigerian spam lately or
3. (open to suggestions....)R: Chanelling Yoda, obviously are you. Mmm, yes, your problem this is, I think.
Kissy Face - Ivory & NightWalker
I: Oh dear god! You put the tongue kiss picture on the web which is linked in his journal listing.
NW: Er...
Wait...
<looks>
Holy...
DAMMIT IVORY...
You weren't even looking into my eyes. Hmph.
Rocky (who was once know by the handle Morgana) is the official Diva of Thingiedom. Without a doubt one of the finest people I've ever known and she also serves wonderfully as my token black friend :P
Ivory (who needs a dark to his light if only for ebony and ivory jokes)
Nail Head - Matthew Berryman & Ivory
M: I think Ivory hit the nail on the head,
I: No officer, I never nailed him or gave him head! He didn't even buy me dinner!
My internet moniker over the past few years has invaded my personal life. At my old job, everyone there knew me as and referred to me as "Pug". I'd usually hear "Oh! You're Pug! I've heard Stories."
Sheesh. Take a sexy pic with a wig and people will assume anything about you.
Anyway, I'd gotten so used to hearing people call me "Pug" that one day taking my son to the park, the Dog Convention nearby holding some kind of "Pug Competition", drove me nutty trying to figure out who the hell was calling my name."
"Now there's a pretty pug!"
"This pug is a good breeder!"
"Now there's a classic pug face."The ego boosts were nice until I realized what was going on.
Porky Tim Tams - Lady Miss Tree, squeaks, PugUgly
LMT: And just when you thought it couldn't get sinful enough, you can now get chocolate chilli, chocolate truffle and blackforest Tim Tams.
s: So the first thing I thought of? Black Forest HAM. Yes, ham flavoured Tim Tams. Suddenly, I'm not so hungry for them.
P: I dunno... it has a certain porcine charm to it.
Deadly Sins - Colt & Lady Miss Tree
C: Uh, so how many deadly sins does that make all together?
LMT Let's see...
- Regular
- Double dipped
- Dark chocolate
- Caramel
- Mocha
- The elusive White chocolate
- Tia Maria
- Chilli chocolate
- Black Forest
- Chocolate Truffle
One Of _Those_ Fans - Kali Nichta
Even though it's Tuesday, it would still be terribly inappropriate to divulge details of any of my Neil dreams.
- Kali Nichta - yes, I'm one of _those_ fans...
Thingies As Cooties - Anja & Ivory
A: 3. In 20 words or less, why is Neil the Chosen One? Cause he writes (good stuff). Cause he's the only writer with thingies.
I: Rather makes him sound like he's got crabs or cooties or sumfin. Dunno whether he'd like that description or not!
M: You rang? ;)
I: Was it the talk of "packages" and the maleness there of that brought you galloping out of hiding? If so, I'll drop trow more often and act as bait :)
I: Ivory, it does rather look like a worm
C: What kind of worm? They come in all shapes and sizes. A tapeworm? Earthworm? Flatworm? Planarian worm? Perhaps like a leech? Or more like a wyrm?
Knock Knock. Who's There? - Kali Nichta, Ivory, squeaks
K: My mind is now all aflutter with thoughts of squeak's knockers.
I: Damn! Ya know I had intended to riff on that too! It's the old age I tell ya. That and the prerequisite obsession with my penis.
s: See, now if you'd just get you're head outta your pants, there might be room for other things... or thingies... er, on a Tuesday.
I: Hey, if I could get my head in my pants I wouldn't need other things! Kevin Smith was very prophetic, any man who says they haven't at least tried is lying.
Thanks to you, Icknik the Will o' the Wisp Tickle-Mimic can now wander about executing crippled Dopplegangers and collecting dwarf drawers, all without any help from me.
Neil's purty and all, in a shaggy, vampire-rocker, writer kind of way but I'd take a woman over him any day. You made the right choice. Always go for the nookie. It's what keeps the species going.
On Topic on afn-g - Ivory & ingrid
I: Fuck topics, nothing is too off topic if it is being discussed by true members of this forum. We are the topic. That Gaiman guy is just a flimsy excuse to come together.
i: Hee hee I love that, and it is true. we are the thingies :)