Day 140 - But Do You Recall the Most Famous Punctuation Mark Of All?, Clifford The Big Red Dog Meets The Russian Satellite, And 18-Karat Steel

8:09 AM Mr. Silver

(Nook user) "I just don't get it.  There's no period to put in the email.  You know, there's dashes." 

(me, singing in my head) "and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen..." 

(her) "and commas" 

(me) "and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen..." 

(her) "and semicolons and stuff  but I can't find a period on this thing."

(You have no idea how happy I, as a trickster, was when she said 'commas' at the right moment - Mr. Silver)

11:27 AM Mr. Gray

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month

The agency said the unmanned Phobos-Ground spacecraft will plummet to Earth between Jan. 6 and Jan. 19, and the rough area of where the fragments could fall could only be calculated a few days ahead of its plunge.

As of now, it said only that the probe's fragments could rain down anywhere along a broad swath between 51.4 degrees north to 51.4 degrees south, which would include most of land surface.

51.4 degrees north is friggin Indiana.

11:27 AM Mr. Gray

So basically, without saying it, they indicated it COULD hit over the Midwest.

11:29 AM Mr. Silver

Or South America...

Between 51.4 degrees North and South = "Basically anywhere".

11:30 AM Mr. Gray

Pretty much.

As long as its not my new house! LOL

"Hey nice place...glad you got all moved in...hey, whats that in the sky?! AHHHHH!!!''

11:31 AM Mr. Green

LOL

11:40 AM Mr. Silver

"The insurance covered the impact but not the toxic spill."

"I want a reassessment!!!"

"Ok...the toxic spill was covered but not the impact."

11:40 AM Mr. Gray

LOL

“Your dog is slightly...altered. That Cobalt 57 can be a real game changer.”

11:41 AM Mr. Gray

I'd walk out back to find a 900lb mutant puppy gnawing on a car.

11:57 AM Mr. Silver

"Feeding isn't too much of a problem if you don't worry about the missing neighbors...I didn't know any of them anyway.  The problem is when he comes home to take a crap."

11:57 AM Mr. Gray

LMAO

OMG talk about an issue with cleaning up after your dog; I'd need a bulldozer!

11:57 AM Mr. Silver

"Thank God he's house trained."

11:57 AM Mr. Gray

"Doesn’t go in or ON the house"

9:00 AM Mr. Silver

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-swiss-unscratchable-gold.html

9:02 AM Mr. Blue

Now I want my teeth capped in unscratchable gold.

9:05 AM Mr. Silver

"Gold car panels are finally practical!"

Day 139 - My New Favorite Magic Spell, More Proof That Mr. Pink Is Not From Earth, The USA Needs To Give Some Props To Santa's Lesser Known Crew, And Some Dong Owes Me A Million Dollars

2:08 PM Mr. Gray

LOL

Cable guy finds bear in basement of New Jersey home.
December 14, 2011
HOPATCONG, N.J. - Animal control officers tranquilized a large black bear Wednesday afternoon after a cable repair man found the animal in the basement of a home in Hopatcong, N.J., about 40 miles (64km) west of New York City.
The cable guy said he heard a growl when he entered the basement of the home and turned around to see the bear staring back at him. He then scampered out of the basement and called the authorities.
Bear problems are common enough in Hopatcong that the Police Department has a section of its website dedicated to bears. More than 400 bears were killed in a bear hunt in New Jersey last week that was held to thin the population.

2:17 PM Mr. Gray

Break

2:23 PM Mr. Yellow

What?

Anything in particular, or you have a target in mind?

2:26 PM Mr. Silver

Not sure, but I think he said he wanted to have 400 bears break it.

2:26 PM Mr. Yellow

Hmm...that is a good idea.

2:35 PM Mr. Gray

LOL

2:36 PM Mr. Silver

It would be a very high level Druid spell, but well worth learning.

2:45 PM Mr. Silver

"The ultimate manifestation of the low-level 'Summon Swarm', the 'Summon Swarm of 400 Black Bears' spell is likely the most devastating mass assault spell in a Druid's arsenal."

2:46 PM Mr. Gray

I know I sure wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of that!

D&D bears can be nasty with that improved grab/bear hug attack.

"Ok...the swarm hits you and paws reach out hugging you tightly and crushing your ribs...again...and again...and again..."

2:48 PM Mr. Silver

"Duration is Concentration plus 3 rounds, which honestly isn't enough for any but the swiftest land-bound humanoids to get away, and many druids choose to shift to bear form or fly away long before it becomes an issue."

"The druid can direct the path of the enraged bears but can't control who they attack...including himself...just like any other swarm."

2:50 PM Mr. Gray

LOL Hence the bear form - "Move along brothers....I'm just one of you!!"

Nasty idea. I like it! LOL

8:03 AM Mr. Silver

So Mr. Pink is an alien. More evidence is in.

8:03 AM Mr. Gray

How so?

8:03 AM Mr. Silver

Pink - "Who's Boba Fett?"

8:03 AM Mr. Gray

Ok, that can't be a serious comment. Even aliens would know that.

8:04 AM Mr. Silver

Planet-wide, one of the most iconic and (oddly) popular characters in the current era of history.

Pink - "Is he that rat-like one?"

8:05 AM Mr. Gray

I think he is just trying to pull a fast one and dodge conversation by playing ignorant. He cant be serious.

8:10 AM Mr. Silver

Pink - "E.T. is a more popular character, anyway."

I propose that he was instructed not to study Star Wars or Star Trek in an effort to remain inconspicuous. 

But then he got a geek job. 

8:11 AM Mr. Gray

LOL

8:16 AM Mr. Silver

I propose that he be tied to a chair and made to watch the original Star Wars films, as well as the original Star Trek episodes, so that he can instruct his overlords about how real alien cultures behave. 

"And we're supposed to go around with laser guns and stuff." 

"Interesting.  Remarkable that our culture has been so backward all these millennia...go on..."

8:26 AM Mr. Brown

I found his species http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Quermian

8:32 AM Mr. Brown

What if he goes back telling them “Hey, there is a Force out there that you can choke somebody with, without touching them.”

8:32 AM Mr. Silver

Quermain – AKA The most popular "fun" lightsaber target species.

8:34 AM Mr. Brown

Yeah!

“Ooo! I can take his head off easily!”

8:34 AM Mr. Silver

Plus 4 arms!

Lightsaber users love taking off arms.

8:35 AM Mr. Silver

And there's a spare brain...so it's not like it won't live.  It's a mauling, but not murder!

Win!

12:26 PM Mr. Blue

In Belgium Saint Nicholas is followed around by black slaves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

12:31 PM Mr. Silver

Wasn't aware Piet was a slave...hmm...(reads)

12:35 PM Mr. Silver

The only time the character was a slave, apparently, was when he was the devil.

12:50 PM Mr. Silver

(Isaac Hayes) "Who's the black page servant of Sinterklaas who gives presents to all the kids?" 

(girls) "Zwarte Piet!" 

(Hayes) "You're damned right...I hear Zwarte Piet is a bad mutha-" 

(girls) "Shut yo mouth!" 

(Hayes) "I'm just talkin' about Zwatre Piet!" 

(girls) "We can dig it!" 

12:51 PM Mr. Brown

Wow! Krampus is crazy!

12:51 PM Mr. Gray

Krampus is cool!

12:51 PM Mr. Silver

Yay Krampus!

12:51 PM Mr. Gray

Krampus needs better PR. Santa is a chump.

12:51 PM Mr. Brown

“Son, you will not get a lump of coal but you will be a lump in Krampus' stomach.”

12:52 PM Mr. Gray

Yep!

Better be good!

1:39 PM Mr. Brown

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Zwarte_Piet.jpg

1:40 PM Mr. Silver

Hmmm...I like to see the “Piet” on the right out of makeup.

And possibly completely naked.

1:43 PM Mr. Blue

I wonder if there's Zwarte Piet porn.

1:43 PM Mr. Silver

Considering he's traditionally a small black boy, I hope not.

1:44 PM Mr. Silver

You'll have to stick to buxom “Santa's Helpers”, I’m afraid.

(http://www.rockthelist.com/girls/10-sexy-santas-helpers/ You're welcome – Mr. Silver)

9:01 AM Mr. Gray

Hehe...email address....
“oolatech2”

Someone is a “Heavy Metal: The Movie” fan.

9:05 AM Mr. Silver

Hehe

I always giggled, after the formal supplication, at Ard simply saying "Throw her in."  

9:07 AM Mr. Gray

LOL Yeah, that whole sequence with Den I liked. John Candy's dialog was great LOL

9:08 AM Mr. Silver

"There was no way I was gonna walk around this place with my DORK hangin' out!" 

I won a million dollar bet on that line, actually.

9:09 AM Mr. Gray

Really? What did you do with all the money?

9:09 AM Mr. Silver

He never delivered...something about us being broke teenagers.

9:10 AM Mr. Gray

Bah...excuses!! I'd send him an email and tell him you are still counting interest and to pay up.

9:10 AM Mr. Silver

Hehe

9:10 AM Mr. Gray

Verbal Agreement!!

9:14 AM Mr. Silver

"I see you're rather successful these days.  I also recall a certain million dollar bet where you insisted that Den of Earth used the word "dong" instead of "dork".  Well, in the interest of fairness and perpetuating the concept of a gentleman’s wager, I’m writing to you today to..."

9:15 AM Mr. Gray

LMAO

Perfect!