Day 249 - The Lonliest Urinal, It's A Mystery Why Ewes Have No Tumors, Bridge To Adventure!, Only Aliens Or A Couple Contractors Could Ever Accomplish It, She's A Treasure, and Mr. Amethyst Is "Upaset" Over Minecraft

Mr. Brown

OK, is it bad that every time I’m in the bathroom, I see the middle urinal and a video plays in my head (slow zoom towards middle urinal, music playing in back ground) "All by myself"

1:45 PM Mr. Gray

Why are you singing love songs to yourself in the bathroom? Wait...never mind, I don't want to know.

1:45 PM Mr. Brown

I just feel that the middle urinal is a very lonely urinal.

(Note: I use the middle one all the time as an alpha display, if I know someone is coming in to use one behind me.  Oop oop. - Mr. Silver)

1:45 PM Mr. Gray

Uh huh....this is where you confess the urge to hug it, right?

1:45 PM Mr. Amethyst

Listen.

This is utter nonsense, Mr. Brown.

I demand you seek proper counseling.

1:46 PM Mr. Gray

Yes, before we need it.

1:46 PM Mr. Amethyst

Yeah. Some of your stories get me so confused I have the urge to beat my wife, and I don't like that.

1:46 PM Mr. Gray

I don’t think you would fair well in that fight, Mr. Amethyst.

1:46 PM Mr. Amethyst

Nope, she'd shoot me. Thus, I don't like it.

1:47 PM Mr. Gray

LOL

1:47 PM Mr. Brown

Well go beat the middle urinal so its not alone.

1:48 PM Mr. Amethyst

I'll give you $10, and a p38 can opener, to shit in the urinal.

1:48 PM Mr. Brown

How about I make a frowny face picture and put that on the middle urinal?

1:48 PM Mr. Amethyst

No

1:49 PM Mr. Brown

I don't feel like shitting in a urinal. I have witnessed it before.

1:49 PM Mr. Amethyst

I'll throw in some Tiger Balm.

1:53 PM Mr. Amethyst

Mr. Gray, do you have the number for Western Psychiatric?

Hmmm...then again... If we have him committed and he shows them these chat logs, we're going to be his neighbors.

1:55 PM Mr. Gray

Nah....we'll just tell them we were humoring the madman out of fear for our lives.

Its not like anyone would doubt us once they met him

1:57 PM Mr. Amethyst

True.

Mr. Amethyst

Was that thunder?

Yup, its thunder.

2:17 PM Mr. Brown

And the thunder rolls out of control.

OK, so Garth Brooks ruined thunderstorms for me.

2:19 PM Mr. Amethyst

Why? Thunder Rolls is a great song.

2:19 PM Mr. Brown

It is.

2:19 PM Mr. Amethyst

So... "ruined"?

2:19 PM Mr. Brown

Every time there is thunder and lightning, its in my head.

2:19 PM Mr. Silver

...while looking at the middle urinal...

2:19 PM Mr. Brown

LOL

2:19 PM Mr. Amethyst

Yup, 'cause the urinal has been cheating on you.

2:20 PM Mr. Brown

Like the song.

2:20 PM Mr. Amethyst

Yup

1:40 PM Mr. Amethyst

So this lady is talking about sheep balls.

Like sheep scrotum.

I'm so confused.

1:41 PM Mr. Silver

Like as a farmer?

1:41 PM Mr. Amethyst

No

1:41 PM Mr. Silver

She just likes them?

1:41 PM Mr. Amethyst

She was talking about how she thought they were tumors.

She started with "I took my kids to the farm show once, and they asked what "those" were. And I said “Must be tumors! They all have cancer!” Some guy corrected me."

1:43 PM Mr. Gray

LMAO

Yet somehow she had bred? Amazing!

1:43 PM Mr. Silver

Hehe

1:43 PM Mr. Amethyst

Right!

8:21 AM Mr. Silver

Morning

8:21 AM Mr. Blue

Morning

8:38 AM Mr. Silver

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/londons-next-bridge-will-force-you-to-stop-and-smell-the-roses/

8:40 AM Mr. Blue

Hopefully it works a littler better than the Millennium Bridge.

8:42 AM Mr. Silver

"Uh...it's an adventure bridge!  It's supposed to do that!  What?  Galloping Gertie?  Who's that?"

8:43 AM Mr. Blue

When I went, there were signs that discouraged synchronized marching across it.

8:55 AM Mr. Silver

Nice

Roman legions used to practice a broken cadence to use to avoid bridge damage.

8:56 AM Mr. Blue

I've heard of that. I didn't know if it was true, but it makes sense.

8:56 AM Mr. Blue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxide#Use_as_a_weapon  How likely would this have been? Chemical weapons in the 13th century?

9:04 AM Mr. Silver

Sounds perfectly reasonable.  People knew chemical tricks to amaze/kill and build back in ancient days.

9:06 AM Mr. Blue

Cool

9:09 AM Mr. Silver

I'm not sure how practical some of it was.

Its not like you could be sure of purity, or even what you had in your flask, based on the alchemy of the day.

9:11 AM Mr. Silver

I read an article recently that ancient Roman concrete is better than the stuff we make now.

9:11 AM Mr. Blue

If it's true that the pyramid blocks are actually formed instead of chiseled/shaped, then theirs must be too.

9:14 AM Mr. Silver

And those were built LONG before the Romans were around.

Ancient people had geniuses too; people forget that. I'm sure they knew things we've yet to figure out, and may never figure out, due to divergent paths of thought/solution.

9:26 AM Mr. Blue

Yeah.

9:47 AM Mr. Silver

I read an author's interesting POV on researching ancient mystery tech, in particular when it came to Stonehenge.

10:00 AM Mr. Silver

He commented on a list of these scientists and amateur experimenters and their tests with ropes and teams and rollers and sleds and slicks, and this that and the other.

None of them knew anything about construction or engineering. They'd just come up with a theory and try it and struggle for little practical success or fail altogether.

So the author went to a plain old contractor he knew: "How would you move a 40-50 ton rock hundreds of miles cross-country, limited to these materials?"

In 20 minutes the contractor had drawn up a crane and had a relay method.

"Eh, easy job. If you only had a couple guys it would take a really long time, but they could do it.  Enough of these with teams and it wouldn't be that big of a deal."

10:06 AM Mr. Blue

Hehehe

I think what people don't realize is that Stonehenge didn't just spring up out of nowhere.

Nor did the pyramids.

There were smaller versions and simpler projects first.

Just like skyscrapers. We didn't go from 5 story buildings to 100. It was in small increments, and still is.

10:17 AM Mr. Silver

Yes. There are thousands of standing stones in Europe.

10:18 AM Mr. Blue

Lots even around Stonehenge.

10:18 AM Mr. Silver

It's a never-really-stated gag (that I know of) that Obelix made and set them all up.

10:19 AM Mr. Blue

Heheh

10:22 AM Mr. Silver

He carries the things with him everywhere in every book.  He always has one or two to "deliver", but he never says to where, who ordered them, and we never see where they end up. (With the exception of “Obelix and Co.”, but that's a special story – Mr. Silver)

10:25 AM Mr. Silver

Meanwhile... Menhirs

10:27 AM Mr. Blue

(reads wiki) Until recently, menhirs were associated with the the Beaker People.

They spoke in a dialect of various "meeps".

10:29 AM Mr. Silver

Heh

10:32 AM Mr. Silver

"Eventually exploited to their complete destruction by the more advanced Honeydew People."

Mr. Blue

I remember watching her in something that wasn't an actual porn.. it was like her and her BF at the time in a home video.

1:59 PM Mr. Gray

Andy San Dimas

1:59 PM Mr. Silver

Immediately thought "She made that name up from The Goonies and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"

1:59 PM Mr. Amethyst

lol

1:59 PM Mr. Blue

She's kind of alt, with dark hair and tattoos and stuff.

2:00 PM Mr. Gray

I prefer that, personally.

2:00 PM Mr. Amethyst

^^^^^^^^

2:00 PM Mr. Blue

And normal-sized breasts.

2:00 PM Mr. Amethyst

I prefer that too.

2:05 PM Mr. Silver

Ditto, though I'm not into ink so much. Define "stuff".

2:05 PM Mr. Blue

Piercings.

2:06 PM Mr. Silver

"Arr!  There be treasure in that there girl, me'lads!  Prepare to board!"

2:07 PM Mr. Amethyst

Mr. Silver, I started into Minecraft again last night.

I have 12 hours in...I'm kind of upaset

upset

I guess upaset works too.

2:09 PM Mr. Silver

What are you yoopassette about?

2:10 PM Mr. Amethyst

That game sucks my life away and makes me enjoy it!

2:10 PM Mr. Silver

Ah

So you're PO'd that its good.

2:11 PM Mr. Amethyst

Yeah

LOL

I’m reinforcing my fortress tonight. I was peaceful for long enough.

2:18 PM Mr. Silver

Mr. Amethyst "You're not paying any attention to me or your daughter because of that stupid game!"

Mr Amethyst "Nonsense!  I made a skin for both of you!  Look, I even built you a house."

2:20 PM Mr. Amethyst

LOL. Mrs. Amethyst plays too, and we're baby-free this week.

2:21 PM Mr. Silver

"Where's Miss Amethyst? She's not in the playpen." 

"I dunno."

"Eh, she'll be back."

2:21 PM Mr. Amethyst

LOL

She has Army till next Friday so Miss Amethyst is staying with her mom.

2:22 PM Mr. Silver

That reads all funny.

2:29 PM Mr. Amethyst

Yeah, it does.

2:32 PM Mr. Gray

Miss Amethyst has Army? Wow...taking them young!

The 401st Infant Brigade!

2:32 PM Mr. Amethyst

Airborne

"Semi-stealth combat"

No I meant she's staying with her grandma.

Day 248 - Another Name For The 'Just Change It Li-'...Oh He Likes It, What Doesn't Kill Mr. Brown Makes Him Immortal, Killing SCAdians With 100% Accuracy, Big Banging For Science And Entertainment, Rjukan Populace To Go Into The Light, and You Must Be This Tall To Ride 'The Death Trap'!

8:24 AM Mr. Silver

Heh...Username "dickshuck"

But wait...

7:48 AM Mr. Green

There's more?!

Mr. Silver

"I think the PW is "manman1"."

(which it was)

7:51 AM Mr. Green

Wow... I hope he has a fire extinguisher... because his house is flamin'!

9:06 AM Mr. Brown

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2363956/Apple-launches-probe-Chinese-air-stewardess-23-dies-massive-electric-shock-answering-iPhone-5.html

Hmm. Well, I will not answer any phone that is plugged in now.

LOL

Honestly, it's probably smart not too.

9:06 AM Mr. Silver

She was cute.

I didn't read the article, but the guys below seem to be celebrating her death.

9:08 AM Mr. Brown

Hmm

That’s not nice.

But on the subject of answering a plugged in phone, I would say, like above, that answering any phone that is plugged in is probably risky.

9:35 AM Mr. Silver

Morning Mr Gray

9:44 AM Mr. Gray

Morning

Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Brown. Grats on not dying for another year. Keep it up.

9:49 AM Mr. Brown

Yeah, really.

I’m the exact kind of person that lives til 100.

The type that has all sorts of things that almost kill you all the time, but still lives to 100.

Meanwhile a perfectly healthy person dies suddenly at 25.

Mr. Amethyst

Anyone in here know how to separate methanol from ethanol with 100% accuracy?

9:47 AM Mr. Blue

The boiling points are 30 degrees different, so I’d use heat.

148 for methanol, 173 for ethanol... heat it to 150 and capture the steam

9:48 AM Mr. Amethyst

As it would seem, that’s correct; but it doesn’t entirely separate them.

9:48 AM Mr. Blue

Ahh

9:49 AM Mr. Silver

Are you going to kill everyone at the Pennsic War?

9:49 AM Mr. Amethyst

Exactly the opposite.

LOL

9:49 AM Mr. Silver

Good luck.

Mr. Brown

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2366087/Expert-claims-massive-tilting-universe-admit-NO-idea-is.html

Oh great, now we have Dark Flow to worry about.

LOL

Lets just look up say: “Wow! That's beautiful!” then stop there.

9:33 AM Mr. Brown

I like how it always has to be something bigger for the reason.

Mr. Silver

Ooooo...I just had a nasty thought in skimming this Dark Flow thing.

10:17 AM Mr. Brown

Lol

10:17 AM Mr. Amethyst

LOL

10:18 AM Mr. Brown

“If everything in the bathroom is tilted to the right, don't mind, its just my dark flow”?

10:20 AM Mr. Silver

No...the Big Bang. It started as a ultra-massive singularity.

What the flow is because there was more than one singularity floating out there, and this near one hasn't gone off like an omega-nova yet? (Alpha-nova? Alpha-omega-nova?)

10:22 AM Mr. Brown

Hmm. Like another Bang approaching?

10:23 AM Mr. Silver

Potentially.

10:23 AM Mr. Brown

Well, that would be a very massive object, as required.

10:23 AM Mr. Silver

Right.

10:24 AM Mr. Amethyst

If it goes off, we won't know about it. Call Morgan Freeman and ask him about it.

10:24 AM Mr. Silver

No. Not for long anyway.

10:24 AM Mr. Amethyst

*BANG* "Wha......" (cut off because we're all dead)

10:24 AM Mr. Silver

That depends how close it is to our own epicenter, of course. The edges could merely crash together in less than a second and we'd be fine.

10:24 AM Mr. Brown

Well, one question about this singularity.

10:24 AM Mr. Brown

How are we to know if the effects we are having now are related to it having already banged, or about to bang?

10:25 AM Mr. Silver

The galaxies aren't expanding in 2 directions.  Next question?

10:25 AM Mr. Amethyst

Kinky

Teen porn star got naked, pleasured herself with crucifix on school grounds

10:26 AM Mr. Gray

Whoa....now that’s a story I want to read!

10:26 AM Mr. Amethyst

Right! LOL

10:27 AM Mr. Silver

I see we've officially moved on to other “Banging” subjects.

10:27 AM Mr. Blue

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366073/Town-Norwegian-valley-set-winter-sunlight-time-history-using-giant-MIRRORS.html

10:40 AM Mr. Blue

"Residents of Norwegian Town Found Burnt Like Worms on a Hot Sidewalk."

Mr. Silver

So...on to more pleasant things: any of you go ever on the Skyrocket at Kennywood?

12:56 PM Mr. Blue

I haven't been to Kennywood in a long time.

12:56 PM Mr. Silver

Well, it looks smooth and gentle.

This illusion is perfect.

"I have to try it. It looks fun."

12:57 PM Mr. Blue

I don't like roller coasters

I like some of the old wooden ones, I guess.

I prefer the old school rides, like the one where you spin around and the floor drops (does Kennywood still have one of those?), or Noah’s Ark or the Raging Rapids.

Anyway, go ahead.

1:01 PM Mr. Silver

Well, Silver Jr. wasn't tall enough, thank God.

And Mrs Silver doesn't do “fast and high”...so I went alone.

AUGH!!!

It was OK for about 5 seconds.

By 6, we hit 50MPH and were going straight up.

Then there was a pause of a 1/2 second, and then straight down.

I managed to not scream (or laugh insanely), and kept my eyes open for about 20% of the whole thing while hoping not to die.

(seeing me walking out the exit) Mrs. Silver "How was it?"

"You would have killed me by now if I'd tricked you onto it."

1:15 PM Mr. Amethyst

LOL

1:15 PM Mr. Silver

I think I’m reaching my age limit for such things...fear of heart explosion is likely a hint.

I took Malcolm on The Racer though. He loved it.

I smashed my shin on it.

1:16 PM Mr. Brown

I road The Racer in the front car in 30 degree weather once.

1:17 PM Mr. Amethyst

I hate The Racer

1:18 PM Mr. Silver

Poor Racer.  What did it do to you?

1:18 PM Mr. Amethyst

My mom put me on it against my will at age 6.

1:18 PM Mr. Silver

Eee!

1:18 PM Mr. Amethyst

Nothing bad happened, unlike The Jackrabbit.

1:19 PM Mr. Amethyst

That same day, she put me on The Jackrabbit. It went over the double hump and I slid out of the safety belt and under the seat. I love that ride! It seems I have thrill issues.

1:19 PM Mr. Amethyst

Racer, nothing bad = hate it. Jackrabbit, almost fell to my death = what a fun ride!"

I LOVE THE THUNDERBOLT!

1:19 PM Mr. Silver

I swore off the Thunderbolt in the mid 80s.  My neck hurt for days after a ride.  I expect that thing to fly apart any moment.

1:23 PM Mr. Blue

That's why I also don't like the fair rides. Too sketchy.

1:23 PM Mr. Blue

They're assembled and disassembled so frequently that there seems like there has to be a higher likelihood of oversight.

And I worked at the fair once in the summer, and half the carnies were drunk.

1:24 PM Mr. Amethyst

Fair rides seem to be held together with duct tape.

Pass.

LOL

1:24 PM Mr. Blue

Yeah.