Saturday, May 9, 2015

339 - Dreams That Blow, Marvelous Accidents Of Science, All About Bass, Evil Is Easy With A Name Like Smith, and "Something Cheap Something Eww Something Awful With A One Star Review"

Mr. Brown
Howdy. I recorded that Big Swords show. Gonna have to watch it when I get home tonight.
6:57 AM Mr. Silver
6:57 AM Mr. Brown
Ok, it’s a hurricane over here.
Who the hell turned on the turbo engine?
6:58 AM Mr. Amethyst
LOL
6:59 AM Mr. Brown
I 'm actually starting to be annoyed by this vent running all day.
7:04 AM Mr. Silver
Speaking of hurricanes, I had a weird dream.
The lead-in I don't recall...the exit turned into a pirate thing I also don't recall.
But the middle, I was in a seaside town on a wooden bridge or wharf with a lot of touristy types during hurricane type weather for a "unique experience opportunity"
7:27 AM Mr. Silver
Anyway, about 30 people were lined up to grapple the bridge railings to try to hold on through the wind and storm surge to see the storm up close for the duration.
We took our positions...
And at the first burst of wind and splash most said F this and ran for it, leaving about 3 of us.
Someone way over there... (points)
An acquaintance of mine, and me.
And the storm is a’rollin’ in, at speed.
Big blast of wind...big splash. We're OK.
Another big blast, and we're actually washed up to chest level with a roller.
There is a moment of calm as stuff builds up. We're tense. There's a little nervous chat.
And we decide something is not right...there's a lot of noise but no water.
Now there are buildings and such off to the right of us, where everyone ran for their cars and shelter.
We look over, and coming from that way is a friggin' TSUNAMI, carrying 20-30 full CARS in it, coming right towards us!
“AUGH!!!!!!!”
WHOOOSH!!!!!
And we're underwater.
And it's not going down.
And I'm holding on and holding my breath.
There is more and more water and it's not going down.
About the time I can't stand it, it goes down enough to breathe.
We'd all made it through, holding on, alive, and not hit by any of the cars.
Then it just kinda changed to the pirate thing.
8:14 AM Mr. Blue
I have frequent dreams about tornadoes.
Like...several times per month.
8:18 AM Mr. Blue
They aren't scary, but they aren't exactly un-scary either.
8:18 AM Mr. Brown
I rode in a tornado in a dream once.
8:18 AM Mr. Blue
I’ve always wanted to see a tornado in person, just not around here



8:59 AM Mr. Blue
I saw a funny "prank" on YT that shows you how to forge a spoon out of gallium, which has a melting point of 85 degrees.
8:59 AM Mr. Silver
Hehe, a good one.
8:59 AM Mr. Blue
So it's solid metal, but when you hold it in your hand or put it in warm food it starts to melt.
8:59 AM Mr. Silver
Yup
I've seen it done using it just as a weld between handle and end too.
9:00 AM Mr. Blue
My brain doesn't have the capacity for all the little details of chemistry, but it's cool stuff.
Cesium is cool too.
Put it out in the rain and it explodes.
9:01 AM Mr. Brown
Some of the chemistry stuff, you have to figure they found out what it does by somebody dying or being maimed.
9:05 AM Mr. Silver
Oh heck yes. Definitely happened.
"We've done it! We've isolated sodium! This is a wonderful day! Isaac...wash the residue off the ingot please."
"Yes sir."
9:14 AM Mr. Blue
Heh



11:09 AM Mr. Brown
All about that bass.
Just saw Megan Trainor on TV. Now her song is in my head.
11:10 AM Mr. Blue
I hate that song.
11:10 AM Mr. Amethyst
^
11:11 AM Mr. Brown
Its catchy and I do like that bass.
11:14 AM Mr. Silver
"All about da bass, bout the bass, no bluegill...all about da bass bout da bass, no brook trout..."



Mr. Brown
Smiliackitazipanishkastika
11:39 AM Mr. Brown
Zeegiligantis
11:55 AM Mr. Silver
I think I’m going to give my hero character that name, and make people read it all through my book.
"So, Mr. Zeegiligantis. I hear you're into spelunking."
"Please, call me Smiliackitazipanishkastika. My father is Mr. Zeegiligantis."
11:57 AM Ms. Rose
LOL
11:58 AM Mr. Silver
"Heh, sure! By the way, I'm Ted."
"Nice to meet you Ted. Yeah, I love spelunking. Have you used any of the equipment I've designed?"
"Oh! See I was hoping you were that Zeegiligantis! Your piton design is brilliant!"
"Ah ah ah! Smiliackitazipanishkastika."
"Haha...right, sorry!"
11:59 AM Mr. Blue
Give someone the last name Website and don't explain why.
Cliff Website
11:59 AM Ms. Rose
When I encounter difficult and recurring character names in books, I train my brain to call them something else in my head when I'm reading. I forced myself to learn it while reading 'Crime and Punishment' at a young age. That book's main character was 'Randy' (for Raskolnikov). And the book was written by Fred Doe, of course. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky.)
12:00 PM Mr. Brown
I read those in a Russian accent, Ms. Rose.
Massapitampon
Conifericantis
Raskolnkov
Snufalalemonistiketry
12:11 PM Mr. Silver
I'll make all the villain names and stuff easy.
12:12 PM Mr. Silver
"Oh my God... Snufalalemonistiketry! Get over here. I finished the scan, and I got a match. Look..."
"Jim Smith? Damn. All we needed was a global criminal mastermind like Jim behind this. Good work Smiliackitazipanishkastika."
"Bio terror, drug running, weapons smuggling. They never proved it but Jim's "Bad Guys" organization might have been behind the flight 67 bombing."
"We have to move. Call up Slapstikywikiflicky at the R.T.F.P.K.F.U.B.V.E.F.C Corps office and let him know we need Team Massapitampon."
"I thought it was Massapitemlikevitritonicam? Oh...heh...I see what you did there. Funny."
12:28 PM Mr. Brown
Professor Punny.
12:34 PM Mr. Silver
(seethe)
So you're going to set up a premise and then mess with it, eh, Mr. Brown?
12:37 PM Mr. Silver
"Uh oh. There's more, Smiliackitazipanishkastika. Security photo from London 2 days ago. You missed the guy in the white coat at the table. Zoom in."
"Oh man. Tom Miller of the Black Hats. Snufalalemonistiketry, if the Bad Guys and Black Hats are together on this...."
"Pete Jones isn't far behind."
12:40 PM Mr. Silver
I rather like this.
It's deliciously awful.
12:42 PM Mr. Brown
"It think they planted a bmob."
12:42 PM Mr. Silver
Why should all the bad guys get the cool names and foreign accents?
12:45 PM Mr. Silver
"A nuclear bmob went missing 3 weeks ago in Russia. Pete was known to be in Moscow at the time."
"A bomb?"
"No, bmob."
"Oh, shit..."



12:57 PM Mr. Blue
These are very good:
12:58 PM Mr. Brown
She must have checked “lacy leprechaun”.
12:59 PM Mr. Blue
I like the ones further down.
"I want a dress that looks like I’m bleeding out of my pits."
1:00 PM Mr. Brown
Most of these look like they got what they paid for.
1:00 PM Mr. Blue
Yeah. Buyer beware, etc.
1:00 PM Mr. Brown
You spent 100 bucks for a knock off of a 1,000 dollar dress; I used a hot glue gun and some sparkles. Here you go.
That’s like what happened when Mrs. Brown tried to go cheap on the wedding cake, and a mass of I-don't-know-what showed up for the reception.
LOL
1:01 PM Mr. Blue
Nice
I’d never skimp on the cake.
1:01 PM Mr. Brown
We had to go buy a pre-made cake at a grocery store. It was 100x better.
1:02 PM Mr. Blue
Cake is the only good part of getting married.
1:02 PM Mr. Brown
It was still edible and everybody ate it, but it looked nothing like what she thought she was paying for.
1:02 PM Mr. Blue
So you served both?
1:02 PM Mr. Brown
We displayed the one, but served both.
She didn't even ask for her money back. She just let it go. She was too mad and felt that it was partly her fault.
Which is was.
LOL
1:03 PM Mr. Blue
Yes.
1:07 PM Mr. Blue
I’ve learned: 1. always read online reviews. And 2. you get what you pay for.
1:10 PM Mr. Brown
Always read more than one online review.
Like if there is 10, read all 10.
LOL
1:16 PM Mr. Blue
Right, and consider that if something has only a small number of reviews and they're all good, they're probably all bogus.
1:16 PM Mr. Amethyst
“Mr. Blue -- Cake's the only good part of getting married”
I disagree.
Sex.
**Without much work.
1:16 PM Mr. Amethyst
Added a disclaimer
LOL
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