Day 168 - I Fear These Fears Are More Irrational Than Most, Yen For Yeast, Give Me More Of The WORST EVER, and "Hel-LOOOOO Waitress!"

8:24 AM Mr. Brown

Is it strange that, at night when the curtains are open, I have a fear of a Bigfoot staring in the window at me?

LOL

8:36 AM Mr. Silver

Do you dance for him in the window? 

8:36 AM Mr. Brown

No!  LOL

8:37 AM Mr. Brown

Gigantopithecusphobia

8:38 AM Mr. Silver

There's a classified phobia of a huge extinct hominid?

8:39 AM Mr. Brown

I guess.

lol

8:40 AM Mr. Silver

Is there one for dinosaurs?

8:48 AM Mr. Brown

It might be this:

Ornithoscelidaphobia

8:51 AM Mr. Brown

I love this one: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - fear of long words.

8:55 AM Mr. Silver

"It's Greek for 'dork'."

8:56 AM Mr. Brown

Mmmm… Marmite and apple butter sandwich.

8:58 AM Mr. Silver

"Carefully crafted by our chefs and then pitched in the trash for you, to save our busboys the task."

"Or, for a new taste-to-bin sensation, try our Nutella and Cappicola on black rye bread."

9:00 AM Mr. Brown

Its sooo good.

Bitter sweet.

This sandwich will cure anything.

LOL

9:06 AM Mr. Brown

It says on the Marmite bottle that it’s good on toast with cottage cheese.  LOL

9:10 AM Mr. Silver

"Liberally cover with cottage cheese and hold nose while consuming for best effect."

9:11 AM Mr. Brown

If you like a salty savory taste, you’re fine.  You are either going to love it or hate it, which is their slogan.

LOL

9:12 AM Mr. Silver

Honestly, I only had it once and don't recall liking it.  My tastes may have changed.

9:12 AM Mr. Brown

Yeah, I might not have liked it a while back, but I love it now.  Tastes do change.

It’s good with cinnamon and sugar on toast, too

I just read you can make a drink with it.

9:29 AM Mr. Silver

They already did.  It's called beer.

Marmite is the stuff left over.

10:00 AM Mr. Brown

Yeah, I would like some yeast with my yeast.

LOL

10:03 AM Mr. Silver

Are there any other yeast-based products besides the bread, beer and Marmite we can throw into this microbe-meal of yours?

“What are you eating?”

“Marmite on bread, with beer.”

"What's that smell?"

"I'm changing into vinegar and alcohol.  Want some?"

10:33 AM Mr. Brown

I want a beer now.

I bought some Bud last night.

I was craving beer.

11:01 AM Mr. Silver

So you bought Budweiser instead?

11:01 AM Mr. Brown

I’m liking Bud now.  I think they changed the recipe, or my tastes really changed.

11:05 AM Mr. Blue

“Bud” = marijuana

“Bud Light” = watered down urine

11:06 AM Mr. Gray

LMAO

11:06 AM Mr. Brown

Yep, Bud Light sucks

11:06 AM Mr. Gray

Oh, let’s not forget the new Bud Platinum.

11:06 AM Mr. Blue

According to commercials, the instant you take a sip of Bud Platinum, you get laid.

11:08 AM Mr. Gray

It doesn’t say by what though, does it?

LOL

11:08 AM Mr. Blue

Heheheh

11:09 AM Mr. Gray

"Dude...is that a moose?!"
"Dont ask..."

11:19 AM Mr. Silver

I’m bringing back a story from lunch.  Yesterday, I impulse-bought two “Peanutbutter Snickers” for us Silvers to try.  They come divided for some reason...two chunky squares.  I walked into the house for lunch, and Mrs. Silver walks up to me and declares its “The WORST candybar EVER!”

"Hey...just wanted to try one, you know?"

11:20 AM Mr. Gray

Those are one of my favorites, honestly. LOL

11:22 AM Mr. Silver

She rattles on and on.  I pick up candybar #2, because I have to have my taste of it. 

"So what did Silver Junior think?"

"He didn't have any."

"But there are two pieces in a wrapper.  Where's the other piece?"

(silence)

"Wait...it’s the worst ever and you ate both anyway?"

11:23 AM Mr. Gray

It was so bad she had to eat both pieces!  LOL

11:23 AM Mr. Silver

LOL

Perhaps she was protecting Junior...heh.

11:23 AM Mr. Gray

Suuuure

12:24 PM Mr. Silver

Wow!  Nice burgers!  And she brought food with her!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/15/man-has-heart-attack-while-eating-triple-bypass-burger/

Plus she's got some “Barbara Eden in a nurse costume” retro-crush stuff going for her.

12:25 PM Mr. Blue

Is that him in the background?

12:25 PM Mr. Silver

That may be the guy collapsing in the background, sure.

12:29 PM Mr. Brown

Hey, I put that in yesterday’s chat I think.

12:50 PM Mr. Silver

Yes.  You did put up the story yesterday, Mr. Brown.  But I ran onto it today during a quiet enough time to examine the waitress's “menu”.

So it was worth the repost.

12:52 PM Mr. Brown

Ahh.

12:53 PM Mr. Silver

What a niche fetish...People into waitresses dressed as nurses...

Interviewer - "Did you have the theme in mind when you decided to open the restaurant?" 

Restaurateur - "No...just the sort of women I wanted to hire as servers...I had to build a theme off of that."

I - "I see..." 

R - "Nobody understood the restaurant-themed medical clinic I tried last year.  The nurses hated the little aprons and carrying around the coffee pots."

12:54 PM Mr. Gray

I bet they do a ton of business.

1:07 PM Mr. Blue

“Over 350 lbs. eat for free”!

Retro Post 3 - Only The Shadow Knows The Shadow Doesn't Work Here, NObody Expects The Weather Report To Be Accurate, [This Next One Is Important Folks -->] The Secret Of "Oop oop & Ahh Ahh", and Faux French Mac Muck

Mr. Silver

Morning.
What horrors await?

7:07 AM Mr. Green

Only the Shadow knows... and he's smart enough not to work here.

7:10 AM Mr. Silver
Wouldn't know if he did…
Heh...double joke:
"He would no longer know if he worked here" and "We wouldn't know one way or the other if he was working here or not."
7:28 AM Mr. Silver
"Wait...I know you.  Aren't you the Shadow?" 
"I am not The Shadowwwww." 
"You are not The Shadow." 
"You have never seen nor heard of The Shadowwwww." 
"I have never seen or heard of the Shadow." 
"Mwahahahaha!" 

7:29 AM Mr. Green

LOL

7:29 AM Mr. Silver
"(Shakes head)  So how's it goin'?"  
"Eh...just taking support inquiries..." 
"Yeah..."



8:08 AM Mr. Silver
I was just looking for you.  Good timing.

8:08 AM Mr. Gray

I was running late.  I didn’t expect the freezing rain until later today.

8:09 AM Mr. Silver
(Jarring horn blast!  Cardinals rush in!)  "Noooo-body expects the Freezing Rain!"
8:10 AM Mr. Silver
"Our chief weapon is the ice.  The cold and ice...  Our two weapons are the cold, ice and obscured vision.  Three...our three weapons are cold, ice, obscured vision and...  Oh bugger we'll come in again..."



       (On overhearing wedding talk - Mr. Silver)

8:33 AM Ms. Amethyst

Morning.

8:36 AM Mr. Silver
I have this sudden urge to hassle bridal shops with declarations that "our colors" are things like Canary Yellow and Orange.
Or Hot Pink and Peppermint Stripes.
"We went with Zinc and Teal…got anything in lamé?"
8:41 AM Mr. Silver
I used to work at a place where I was one of the few men with about 200 women.  I overheard "my colors are" and wedding dress and etc. chats a lot.
Mr. Silver
I've heard things I’ve not told other men simply because they wouldn't believe me...
9:10 AM Mr. Silver
It helped that I went to school for anthropology - I got accepted by "the tribe" as safe to talk to.
9:19 AM Mr. Silver
Have I told you the "Oop oop,  Ahh ahh" story?
AKA "The day they remembered I was a man"?

9:52 AM Ms. Amethyst

LOL

No, you never did.

9:52 AM Mr. Silver
Once upon a time...
One of them, Sue, was practically weeping one day, totally baffled by her man. 
"I just don't understand him!"
10:35 AM Mr. Silver
"He shoots this deer, and hangs this corpse in the garage.  And then he calls all his buddies over and they stand around all afternoon looking at it and drinking beer and poking it and talking about it."
"And he kept dragging ME in there, like I cared, and making me look at it, and I JUST DON'T GET IT!"
"Hugh, you're a man...What the hell was that all about?"
"Well," I said, "It makes perfect sense to me, so I'll explain it.  It has to do with basic male communication, and how they think."

10:40 AM Ms. Amethyst

LOL

10:40 AM Mr. Silver
(The Amazons all leaned in)
"You ever catch one of those nature shows about chimps?" 
"Yeah, sure...what about it?"
10:44 AM Mr. Silver
"Well, chimps don't have a really complex language going on, but it's there.  And if you watch the male chimps, they spend their days stumping around and playing with stuff and posturing for the females, and their main language is 'oop oop'.  They say it constantly."

10:45 AM Ms. Amethyst

Ohhh, ok.

10:57 AM Mr. Silver
"What 'oop oop' means is: 'Look at me!  Look at what I'm doing!  Look at what I can do!  Look what I got you!" 

10:58 AM Ms. Amethyst

LOL

10:58 AM Mr. Silver
"Your man...and the guys in the garage...are all 'ooping' together.  It's what they do."
"So the next time you are trapped by your man and his friends, and confused by all their male posturing and such, just hear the 'oops'.  You'll understand them then, and the rest is easy."
Well....
Several days later...

11:01 AM Ms. Amethyst

LOL

11:01 AM Mr. Silver
Sue comes in all smiles "You've saved my marriage!"
"He started up with a couple of his buddies, and I did what you said and listened for the "oops", and my God!  It was like I could really hear them!  And once I could, we all had a great time because I understood, y'know?"
All well and good, right?
I was put off my guard...
11:20 AM Mr. Silver
The group's alpha female, shortly after, asked me in an oh-so-special tone that I sort of picked up on, but didn't register as dangerous –
"Hey Silver...if men say 'oop oop', what do women say?"
11:37 AM Mr. Silver
(Enjoying the story so far?)

11:38 AM Ms. Amethyst

Yes!  Then what happened?

LOL

12:16 PM Mr. Silver
I said, "Well...remember the chimp example?  It's just a matter of looking at the females.  Again, the language chimps use is awfully limited but it's there."

12:16 PM Ms. Amethyst

Yup

12:21 PM Mr. Silver
"And, generally, you see the females gathering, doing stuff together, being calm and nurturing.  And they gently say 'ahh ahh'."
12:30 PM Mr. Silver
"And what does 'ahh ahh' mean...in your opinion?”
I didn’t hear the silent “you male?" at the end of the question.
I was still under the delusion I was safe...even though there was a psychic cloud of menace in the circle.
12:38 PM Mr. Silver
I said, "Ahh ahh means 'Listen to me.  Listen to what I’m telling you.  Listen to what I think.  Listen to how I feel."
And...
This led to a lesson in the 3rd element of chimp language:
“Shrieking at each other when furious”.

12:39 PM Ms. Amethyst

Yup

9:27 AM Corn     Anyone want a Macintosh user from marketing?  She wants a different tech.
9:27 AM Cup      Ouch!
9:28 AM Corn     I’m not taking offense.
9:30 AM Silver    Put her on hold and then come back on with a funny accent.
9:30 AM Sarc      That’s a perfect plan.  I second that suggestion!
9:33 AM Silver    "Ah meh oui!  Vee weeel 'ave la email avec Le MAC set uppe tut suite, madam!"
9:33 AM Sarc      I’m impressed.  That’s some good French, Silver.
9:34 AM Silver    Hehe

Day 167 - Mr. Gray's Ailment Spells Doom For Us All, A Rough Translation Of The Bigfoot Language, Mr. Brown Is A Feather In Captain Kirk's Cap, Wanna Smoke Some Mothman?, and My Experience As A Space Colonist Allows Me To Handle A Venti Latte As Easily As A Tall

8:12 AM Mr. Silver

How's the zombie virus Mr. Gray?

8:12 AM Mr. Gray

Ugh

Still not 100% but I'm here.

8:13 AM Mr. Silver

Always thirsty?  Shambling gait?  Muscles stiff?  Starving for something but just not sure what it is yet?

8:14 AM Mr. Gray

No....more like The Exorcist.

8:16 AM Mr. Silver

"I'll need an old antibiotic and a young antibiotic."

Oh. Well that's less contagious at least.  Just want to stay in bed, feeling of levitation, pea soup barfing and swearing a lot?

8:17 AM Mr. Gray

That about covers it.

8:18 AM Mr. Silver

Not to, you know, type over you like you aren't here...but how many of you are inside Mr. Gray right now? 

8:19 AM Mr. Gray

It does feel like someone else is crawling around in there....beyond that can't say.

8:20 AM Mr. Brown

Oh God! I know! A facehugger got him!

Get ready for the alien hatching. I have a sharp implement ready.

8:20 AM Mr. Gray

THAT is how I felt! I even posted it.

9:28 AM Mr. Silver

So Mr. Brown...”Finding Bigfoot”.  I don't think I ever got to tell you the family "Bigfoot Call" experiment.

9:28 AM Mr. Brown

Nope.

9:31 AM Mr. Silver

We were watching the show and during a pause, Mrs. Silver said: "OK Junior, don't scream really loud or anything, but let's hear your best Bigfoot call...wait...let's skip that since you still have a sore throat...it'll probably hurt."

Me "I'll have a go at that.  Everyone ready?"

(they nod)

Me  "Ok...here we go.  (cup hands around mouth...breath deep a couple times)  Iiiiiiiiii'm a BIGFOOT!   Iiiiiiiiiii have BIG FEET!"

This and "Yooooo hooooo!" are still running gags at home.

9:34 AM Mr. Brown

LOL

You should have yelled “BIGFOOT CALLLLL!!!!!”

9:36 AM Mr. Brown

I watched the new Star Trek last night again.

I still like the idea of an alternate timeline.

9:37 AM Mr. Silver

I considered watching it, but I didn't want to invest the time versus other stuff.

So...you had a romantic Valentine's evening with “New Kirk”?

"Quiet woman!  I paid attention to you earlier.  This is STAR TREK."

9:38 AM Mr. Brown

LOL

She was working; I was at home alone.

11:08 AM Mr. Brown

http://www.viewzone.com/mothman.html

So this article explains that “Mothman” comes from a type of moth that ate from a plant used as happy drugs for the natives. Jimsonweed. LOL

11:09 AM Mr. Blue

A nerdy teen was bitten by a radioactive moth.

11:09 AM Mr. Brown

LOL

11:12 AM Mr. Silver

"Picture #2 depicts a headless Greek harpy with glowing red nipples...is there a possible connection?"

11:13 AM Mr. Blue

It looks an awful lot like an owl to me.

11:23 AM Mr. Brown

“Hmm. Ever since we put that statue up we have been getting sightings calls.”

11:27 AM Mr. Silver

"The Iroquois name, interestingly, seems to come out as 'A squatch that has wings, I guess'."

1:46 PM Mr. Brown

http://www.viewzone.com/event99.html

1:48 PM Mr. Silver

My! What extremely Earthling English-phonetical-sense "alien" names for things.

1:57 PM Mr. Brown

Mr. Silver, what would happen to a human living on a planet with 5% more gravity?

Get stronger, or just denser?

2:01 PM Mr. Silver

Both, but it wouldn't be apparent to him until he came home.

2:02 PM Mr. Brown

So if you came back to regular gravity here on Earth, you could probably pick up a car.

LOL

2:02 PM Mr. Blue

What about 50% more gravity?

5% more gravity wouldn't do much to someone's strength. It would basically make them 5% stronger, I’d imagine.

2:04 PM Mr. Silver

I can tell you from game design experience that reasonable numbers are a lot harder to figure out for that than you might expect.

2:07 PM Mr. Silver

Say you could lift 100lbs.

You go to Mr. Brown's planet and you get used to the place, and eventually get the same feeling lifting 105 lbs as you did on Earth lifting 100.

Then you go home, and the gravity is 5% less than what you got used to.

And you lift 100 lbs...

It will feel like...

99.75 lbs!

Would you even notice?

Hey, it's 5% less than the 105 you were used to!

To you 100 lbs now feels 5.25 lbs lighter with the same weight marked on it!

It's not much...

Okay, maybe a smidgen...

Eh...

2:11 PM Mr. Blue

I wouldn't notice

5 lbs is no thing

*nothing

2:13 PM Mr. Silver

It ain't no thang.

2:14 PM Mr. Brown

But a 5 pound thang.

2:19 PM Mr. Blue

OK, anyway...

Let's say you can bench press 100 lbs. before you leave. You go to this planet for a while, come back. I think your bench-pressing muscles probably aren't going to be able to lift much more than before, because your chest & triceps aren't going to be affected much (if at all) by gravity. It would mostly be your legs & core, I would imagine, unless we're assuming that you'll be doing some kind of weight training thing on this planet.

2:23 PM Mr. Silver

Well, my model implied continuing lifting exercises to get back to "normal".

2:24 PM Mr. Brown

I would do it as just pushups and sit ups. Running and squats. No weights, just body weight.

2:30 PM Mr. Silver

What kind of space colonist are you? 

No weights?!?

Why do you think NASA included them, you slacker?

Day 166 - The Illusion Of Wit, You Might As Well Be Walking On Sunshine...Woah-Oh, "My Middle Name Is Schlong", "I Think It Was Mr. Blue...On The Field Of Honor...With The Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale", "And This Is The Latest Drawing Of Our Mars Base.", It Slices & Dices & Makes Julienne Germans, Diamonds Are Forever Overpriced, There Are Jewelry Stores & There Are Stores Of Jewelry, and Lead Pipe Knee Surgery

8:11 AM Mr. Silver

I’m reading old conversations.  We seem brilliant.

8:12 AM Mr. Brown

LOL

8:12 AM Mr. Silver

Mr. Blue succumbed to that illusion too, a while back.

He forgot that 90% of the rest of a day's conversation was bitching, stupid crap, or dead silence.

8:26 AM Mr. Brown

https://imgur.com/gallery/pDqxa

I don't understand how someone could be so stupid.

8:27 AM Mr. Silver

Hehe.  This from the fellow who spent a few days wondering if life could evolve on it, or if you could shoot planets through it.

But yeah...30 degrees?  Riiiiiight....

8:30 AM Mr. Brown

Well see, I know it’s really hot all the time.  It’s common knowledge.  My stuff was theory based on facts; not saying “let’s walk on the Sun in winter time!”

LOL

I’m not that stupid!

LOL

8:31 AM Mr. Silver

I don't think you're stupid.  A bit loopy, but no one's allowed in here who isn't.

9:53 AM Mr. Blue

Client name: RICHARD RICHARDS

That poor bastard.  I tried to get him to say it…I asked him his name and he said "Mr. Richards" and I asked for the name on the order and he said "R.S. Richards"

9:56 AM Mr. Silver

Dick Dicks

I wonder what the S stands for.

10:19 AM Mr. Blue

I never played Risk, but I think I would have liked it.

10:20 AM Mr. Silver

It's a good game...some of the variants too. 

10:23 AM Mr. Blue

There a way to play it here?

10:25 AM Mr. Silver

Not in any traditional way, no.

10:38 AM Mr. Silver

There's a big map, cards, 5 dice in 2 colors, and about a thousand army pieces.

There are some decent online versions.

10:45 AM Mr. Silver

But nothing beats getting angry and frustrated at a live ex-friend gloating at the table though.

11:24 AM Mr. Silver

So Mr. Blue...you haven't played Clue?

Mr. Brown, you have?

I had this idea from the other day.

11:25 AM Mr. Blue

Clue?  I’ve played it.

11:25 AM Mr. Silver

Ah...must have been someone else.

11:25 AM Mr. Blue

I demand an apology.

11:26 AM Mr. Silver

Apology?  Can't we just duel to the death like civilized men?

11:26 AM Mr. Blue

*sigh* I suppose.  I DO demand satisfaction.

11:27 AM Mr. Silver

Dawn, swords, at that field at the park by the pool?  Tomorrow OK?

11:44 AM Mr. Silver

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/midst-budget-woes-nasa-contemplates-manned-space-station-near-moon

"The new 'Vaporware Station' plan will be crowd-sourced as NASA just got a big paycut."

"We have top scientists drawing pictures now.  They are the most advanced drawings of their kind."

"With a bit more funding we believe photo-realism of the new station pictures can be achieved by the end of the decade."

11:56 AM Mr. Silver

"Drawings of the SLS, or 'Space Launch System', have been tested by review boards, experts and the public for several years now, and we're still making exciting edits." 

12:07 PM Mr. Silver

"We actually have a full-sized mockup or "prototype" of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle that a steampunk artist put together for us from the drawings and some old Gemini parts.  It's currently in "ground testing"...meaning it's on the grounds for photo-ops and tours to get reaction data."

12:11 PM Mr. Blue

Heh..

12:20 PM Mr. Silver

Want one

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-01/german-physicist-flies-first-manned-electric-multicoptor

What's the German for "Flying Woodchipper Accident Machine"?

12:44 PM Mr. Blue

Das Fallbeil

12:51 PM Mr. Silver

Needs "whirling" added, or something. 

There's the Chinese "Flying Guillotine" but it's a different design.

1:14 PM Mr. Blue

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/4575/

1:21 PM Mr. Silver

Yes...just pretty rocks...about it

1:23 PM Mr. Blue

What is unfortunate is the process of extracting the diamonds.  People die or get seriously maimed.  Those that don't are paid unfairly for their labor.

1:24 PM Mr. Silver

I believe I read this article a very long time ago. 

1:26 PM Mr. Blue

It must be old.

I don't know about you, but the banner ad at the top of my window is for diamond rings.

1:29 PM Mr. Silver

Yup!

That’s funny.

“Nothing tells your woman you love her like a valuable ring with a valueless chunk of glasslike material stuck on."

1:32 PM Mr. Blue

You never know.  Diamonds are valuable in industrial processes; perhaps your lady needs to cut through steel or something.

1:32 PM Mr. Silver

(sings) "Every grinding-wheel begins with Kayyyyyyy"

         (USA jewelry chain's advertising jingle:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltA50HKyM14

           Mr. Silver)

1:36 PM Mr. Blue

Apparently the cartel pays people in diamond-rich parts of Africa to not  pan for diamonds to eliminate the possibility of a black market with more competitive prices.

1:42 PM Mr. Silver

Well, they can't have people out there with diamond-soled boots out there, y'know.

1:56 PM Mr. Silver

There was talk of thin-sheet diamond growing for use in portable electronics a while back...that never seemed to get anywhere.  I suppose because of the conspiracy.

1:56 PM Mr. Brown

I’ve been so busy I have no clue what you are talking about.

LOL

1:56 PM Mr. Silver

Diamonds are low-value shiny rocks, artificially inflated in value through propaganda and control of production and trade.

They are also not particularly hard to make anymore.

1:59 PM Mr. Silver

My last allusion was to two articles...one saying a team made thin sheets of diamond suitable for display screens and windows.

And another team talking about using such surfaces for electronics. 

There's a third I recall about using them for holographic data storage

And a fourth team that found out that low-grade diamonds in a microwave turns them into high-grade diamonds.

1:59 PM Mr. Blue

How much did you two spend on your engagement rings and all that?

1:59 PM Mr. Brown

About $3000

2:00 PM Mr. Silver

Wow...

About 1/3 of Mr. Brown...but in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

We'd never have afforded them up here.

2:10 PM Mr. Silver

I was trying to get some sort of comparison pictures of a jewelry store here and one there....apparently jewelry stores don't take pictures of that sort of thing.

2:13 PM Mr. Silver

Well...hmm… You've seen a department store jewelry department, right? 

They have the islands of good stuff with attendants in the middle, and the tables and racks around for lesser stuff.

Picture that...

But twice as big...

With little to no space between the items...

Staked up the building walls in places...

And no costume jewelry section.

And that's one shop...

And I couldn't count how many there were downtown.

2:16 PM Mr. Blue

Why is it cheaper?

2:16 PM Mr. Silver

Supply should be apparent for one.  There's no tax either for either party in the transaction.

Technically you can declare it in customs and they might want to levy something...but it's US to US and no one really asks.

2:18 PM Mr. Silver

Going in knowing full well how much competition there is, and with prices inflated for tourists, you can bargain down a lot too.

2:18 PM Mr. Blue

Cool.

So you're technically a Caribbean pirate & smuggler.

2:18 PM Mr. Silver

I'd be a pirate only if I'd come by boat and didn't pay.

A smuggler?  Yeah.

My pirate/privateer past life was SCREAMING!

“GIMMIE!!!!!!”

But my modern life was thinking: "I’ll bet there's an automatic shotgun or SMG under every one of these counters, with a tactical vest beside it.”

2:51 PM Mr. Brown

I hate paying hospitals.

3:06 PM Mr. Brown

Dang it! And now my step dad is back in the hospital.

3:07 PM Mr. Blue

That's how they get ya.

If you don't pay your bills, the hospital will take it out on your relatives.

I once skipped out on a bill for x-rays, so they broke my mom's legs.

3:12 PM Mr. Brown

LOL

3:25 PM Mr. Silver

"Honey!  There's a Doctor Lepipe at the door about your son's hospital bill."

"It's Lead Pipe...Doctor Lead Pipe.  Actually if she's busy I'll talk to you.  I'd prefer inside with none of the neighbors eavesdropping though."