Day 101 - Mr. Pink Is A Suspiciously Small Green Man, Socially Uncomfortable Names, Atari E.T. Is Best Left Unloved, They Say On Dark Nights You Can Sometimes See The Ghost Bridge Spanning The Water, And He's a Pat In The Hat In Es-Ki-Mo!

10:03 AM Mr. Silver

I've been saving the topic of the morning.

10:11 AM Mr. Silver

After the last 2 days, I've had a puzzle to ponder:

"Is Mr. Pink an Alien?"

Exhibit A - "What cherry soda like?  I've never had it."

The admission itself and the use of the word "soda" in Western PA.

(Colloquial is most commonly "pop" - Mr. Silver)

Exhibit B – Has never watched a Mel Brooks movie.  Asked if there are any good ones.

Exhibit C - "Who is Adam & Eve? I don't know anything about them."

(Exhibit C is a couple years old)

10:18 AM Mr. Silver

Exhibit D is merely cultural - http://www.google.com/search?q=bald+alien&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1229&bih=701

So, "Mr. Pink" (if that's your real name)...where are you from?

10:20 AM Mr. Pink

Mars, PA.

(Mr. Pink immediately throws in a comment on someone's name being Robert Robert – Mr. Silver)

10:20 AM Mr. Silver

Ah HA!!!

That little spaceship decoration they have in Mars is real, isn't it!  Eh?  Eh?!

10:40 AM Mr. Blue

Why did you call it soda?

I also noticed you just tried to instantly change the subject.

Where ARE you from?

11:05 AM Mr. Blue

Ran into a contact that lives on "Glen Rape Road".

So if you're named Glen, don't live there.

11:12 AM Mr. Silver

"Glen Rape...interesting name.  I'm sure there's a story and language trick to it, like “glen” for a valley and “rape” for the plant, right?" 

(Shakes head, wide eyed in horror)  "Oh no...it was MUCH worse.  Poor guy..."

11:13 AM Mr. Blue

I thought a rape could be a geographical feature, like a ravine.

I guess not.

Rape can be a last name too...another one that you should just change.

11:28 AM Mr. Silver

That one comes with a selection of awful parent choices for baby names.

"Randy Rape"

"Dick Rape"

"Bambi Rape"

11:29 AM Mr. Blue

"Barron (def "bear") Rape."

11:38 AM Mr. Blue

Gettin' some heat for not having ever played a Legend of Zelda game.

12:05 PM Mr. Silver

Hehe

Like what?

"You some sorta atheist?" 

12:05 PM Mr. Blue

C told me to leave right now.

12:08 PM Mr. Blue

I feel like I have some gaming cred though.

After all, I played E.T. for Atari, that's gotta count for something.

12:10 PM Mr. Silver

Well, it does put you into a fairly narrow experience base at your age. 

Did you like E.T.?

12:11 PM Mr. Blue

No. It was the worst game of all time.

12:11 PM Mr. Silver

Hehe

At least you are with the majority of the narrow experience base.

2:13 PM Mr. Blue

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11280/1180364-455.stm

2:45 PM Mr. Silver

Finally saw the bridge theft thing

Nice. Not the biggest such heist though.

Mr. Gray

Hehe...nice move tossing in the "you may have stolen a haunted bridge" part at the end to get 'em. LOL

2:53 PM Mr. Silver

"A beautifully dressed woman haunts the scrap iron in your shed on prom night."

3:05 PM Mr. Silver

Sadly we can't see the article on "The 7 Biggest Things Ever Stolen" here.  Good collection.

(http://www.cracked.com/article_17090_wheres-bridge-7-biggest-things-ever-stolen.html – Mr. Silver)

1:53 PM Mr. Gray

Was hoping to talk to Pat in the Hat tonight.

2:26 PM Mr. Silver

Every time he comes up I think of the song in the kid's cartoon and mess it up...

2:29 PM Mr. Silver

(kids and cat singing) "Pat...Hat...in French 'Pat in the Hat'...in Spanish he's a Pat...in a Hat."

2:29 PM Mr. Gray

LOL

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niXbnBectRM&feature=related – Mr. Silver)