Sunday, May 10, 2015

340 - Ampersands Et Al, "Back To The Restroom II", and Ancient Weapons For Killing Ancient American Explorers

2:31 PM Mr. Silver
The ampersand...turns out to be much more interesting and much stupider than I ever imagined.
2:36 PM Ms. Rose
The 'modern' ampersand ( & ) looks like a stick figure dragging his butt across the floor.
2:39 PM Mr. Blue
vely intelesting.
2:41 PM Mr. Brown
Cool cool.
2:46 PM Mr. Silver
I use et al the time (snerk).
(misspelled it by mistake and thought it funny enough to leave there)
2:47 PM Mr. Brown
So you went there et done many things.
they're , their , there
Et & and
2:54 PM Ms. Rose
The uses of i.e. and e.g. and et al and etc. are all very specifically different. Would love to have a big enough brain to remember them all and use them appropriately all the time.
2:54 PM Mr. Amethyst
Et tu Brute?
2:55 PM Ms. Rose
Where a fancypants Latinist would use e.g., a Valley Girl would use "like." And where the Latinist uses i.e., the Valley girl goes with "I mean." Like: "I love going out with Todd. He has, like, a really nice car. I mean, it cost a lot of money."
I love going out with Todd. e.g., he has a nice car...?
2:56 PM Mr. Silver
I put QED in for a lot of completed tickets where there was simply nothing to write after the description.
I heard Speck bitching about it once.
2:57 PM Ms. Rose
Quod erat demonstradum!



3:00 PM Mr. Brown
I was just thinking about the whole "I gotta piss like a race horse" thing. Was there some dude that pissed a big puddle on the ground and thought “wow, that’s just like what I saw that horse do at the race track yesterday; I'm pissing like a race horse!”
3:03 PM Mr. Blue
I thought it was like: they need to get to a restroom fast because they have to pee really bad.
“Racing to the bathroom.”
3:04 PM Mr. Brown
I like mine better.
3:05 PM Mr. Blue
I do too
I didn't put much thought into it.
3:06 PM Mr. Brown
Well I was pissing in the restroom, then I thought of it. LOL
3:06 PM Mr. Blue
You made that big of a puddle?
3:06 PM Mr. Brown
No, I hit the urinal.
3:06 PM Mr. Blue
Oh, congrats.
3:06 PM Mr. Brown
Sometimes too well: get the back splatter.
3:07 PM Mr. Blue
Urinals should be spiral shaped, like a large funnel.
3:07 PM Mr. Brown
We need to design one that does not back splash no matter how you pee.
3:07 PM Mr. Blue
A large funnel would not splatter.
Like those things at Walmart where you put a coin in for charity and it goes around and around.
3:14 PM Mr. Blue
What say you Ms Rose?
3:21 PM Ms. Rose
Um...sure. Sounds great. Pee splatter is bad. Especially if it gets on your manspread.
3:21 PM Mr. Amethyst
LOL
3:22 PM Ms. Rose
You guys can get your magic funnels when we get a device that allows for easy hovering.
3:23 PM Mr. Amethyst
LOL again!
Good job!
3:24 PM Mr. Silver
Who needs hoverboard technology, eh?
“Back to the Future II” got it wrong.
The Hoverseat!
3:28 PM Ms. Rose
Even a sanitary trapeze-style bar to grab on to for balance would be a vast improvement.
Injuries happen when hovering goes wrong. Usually because we visit bathrooms in packs and giggle too much.
3:32 PM Mr. Silver
BTW, boys...that was an example of what my "chat room" at Jatzenkammer was like as the rare male agent surrounded by women.



7:09 AM Mr. Brown
"Big Giant Swords" is a neat show.
7:19 AM Mr. Silver
(loosens up, shakes out, clears throat) What's it about?
7:19 AM Mr. Brown
HA HA
The first episode, he made a lightning bolt sword and a 2ft wide chakram-shiroken mix.
7:23 AM Mr. Silver
2 feet? That's double-sized for a chakram.
Like 15x for a shuriken.
7:23 AM Mr. Brown
Yep.
The customer requested it be that large.
He wanted something different than the norm.
7:24 AM Mr. Silver
That's pretty different.
I can't imagine trying to hurl something like that.
7:25 AM Mr. Brown
Oh, they did it many times.
It looked like a lot of fun.
They said it was like throwing a small bowling ball.
7:25 AM Mr. Silver
A hat of throwing blades because why not?  
Sure, belt clips would hold more and be infinitely more practical, but let's make a fashion statement!
Beautifully ridiculous.
7:28 AM Mr. Brown
Yeah. The only issue I saw with chakrams was seeing pictures of the people wearing them around their neck, how do you get that over your head fast enough to use it?
7:30 AM Mr. Silver
Like in a surprise situation?
7:37 AM Mr. Brown
Correct.
As a assassin-type deal its great. You'd be the one who was ready.
7:37 AM Mr. Silver
Would this be any slower than pulling a bow, arrow, fitting, aiming and shooting?
7:39 AM Mr. Brown
Well, I didn't think of it that way.
7:40 AM Mr. Silver
Ex-medievalist and RPG designer.
I've wasted months on mechanics.
7:46 AM Mr. Brown
I would say I wouldn't want a sharp thing around my neck. I still believe on the top of my head would be faster.
7:49 AM Mr. Brown
In a straight up duel, I think on top of the head would win over around the neck.
7:49 AM Mr. Silver
Well the inside edge isn't sharp.
7:51 AM Mr. Brown
Right, I know that part, but I still would not want it around my neck.
7:52 AM Mr. Silver
To be honest, most of that kind of weapon was not considered a manstopper.
They are largely short range suppression/minor injury stuff to help you close in or get away.
8:09 AM Mr. Silver
On the other hand, the serious stuff has real heft to it, and often has a launcher. The Frankish axe...memory rusty here...was a 1 handed hurler intended to blow through a light shield or stick in a heavy one so you'd have to drop it. Heaven help you on a direct hit.
8:17 AM Mr. Brown
Run in, whip throwing axe, keep running at person you threw it at, and hit them with whatever other weapon you've got.
8:23 AM Mr. Blue
I think that rifle they found may not be as old as they think.
Never mind, they checked it.
8:24 AM Mr. Silver
?
8:25 AM Mr. Blue
It said it was a Winchester 1872, and thus it must have been 140 years old.
But they manufacture 1872s even today.
But apparently they checked it and it dates to 1882.
8:25 AM Mr. Brown
Where are you seeing something about a rifle?
8:27 AM Mr. Blue
8:30 AM Mr. Brown
Some idiot lost it.
LOL
He set it down, walked away to do some other stuff, came back to the wrong place, scratched his head “Where the hell did I put it?”
8:31 AM Mr. Blue
They think maybe it's been there all this time.
8:32 AM Mr. Silver
(Ghost, 3 trees over) "Damn it! It was brand new and I know I leaned it right here! Its getting late. I'll look tomorrow morning. Oh, look! Indians! Hi guys!"
8:32 AM Mr. Blue
Heh
What if they found a Roman spear leaning up against the tree?
8:45 AM Mr. Silver
In Nevada?
8:46 AM Mr. Blue
Yeah. Anything anachronistic.
8:46 AM Mr. Silver
Authentic?
The archaeological community would go berserk.
8:46 AM Mr. Blue
What about a forgery, but one that can't be detected?
8:47 AM Mr. Silver
Half of the experts would be saying that it was anyway.
8:50 AM Mr. Silver
I'm not sure I've ever heard a Romans in America theory.
Celts, yes.
8:50 AM Mr. Blue
I’ve heard Welsh
King Maddog, or whatever.
8:50 AM Mr. Silver
Chinese: verified or practically so.
8:51 AM Mr. Silver
Egyptian: verified doable but rather ridiculous.
Viking: known
I've not honestly seen any Celtic argument that sticks, but never did serious digging.
Cross shaped scratches on rocks just isn't anything Celtic...Every other culture has discovered scratching two lines across each other.
"White" Native Americans? Maybe there were some before they were wiped out. Fair-haired, light-eyed people are born in Asia, and every species produces albinos, thank you.
8:52 AM Mr. Blue
This dude got pretty far: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He
8:55 AM Mr. Brown
Yes, the Vikings were here for sure.
8:58 AM Mr. Blue
They had a town.
8:58 AM Mr. Brown
I would think if you had a boat that could go across the ocean, North America would be hard to miss.
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