Saturday, March 30, 2019

515 - Too Cool For School and Too Lazy For Vice

[8:04 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Last night Mrs McGreen gave me a movie trivia game and i got stumped on a Steven Seagal question
[8:04 AM] 
Oh yes?
What was it?
[8:04 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
which movie did Steven seagal serve as the cook?
[8:04 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Under Siege
[8:04 AM] 
The Cook
Have to caps it
"the cook"  Guy who cooks
"The Cook" - Guy who kills everybody
[8:07 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
After im finished with this turkey im going to baste you, scumbag...with your own blood
[8:09 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
The Simmer Man
[8:10 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
He makes his hairnets wear a ponytail
[8:14 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Steven Seagal is The Cook, in “Under Seasoned”
[8:14 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
lol
Fire Down Below the Grill
[8:19 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
heh
[8:19 AM] 
"bat man" guy in charge of baseball bats at the game. 
"Batman" - Guy who beats the crap out of bad guys
[8:20 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Batman. The hero who won't kill but will leave you crippled the rest of your life
[8:20 AM] 
[8:20 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
no
[8:20 AM] 
Penguin and Commissioner Gordon horrified to find out
(Sticks Baterang in thugs head)
Penguin - "AUGH!  Look!  Just like that!  What do you think happened to him???"
Batman - "Poor little guy...all tuckered out..."
[8:26 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
yeah i need to watch that now



[9:06 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i don't think I'd ever take an IQ test, I'd likely be depressed by my score
"You are....*drumroll*...a little below average"
[9:08 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
i took one in high school and it was 120, and another and it was 127
(Not sayin' any numbers, but I should have been an astrophysicist or something instead of this - Mr. Silver)
[9:08 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
so it seemed official
[9:09 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
You'd almost certainly be above average
[9:09 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
I'm borderline retarded at mathematics
literally
[9:10]
I'm smart enough to see what you did there...
[9:09 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
There are some real dumbasses out there, and you aren't one of them
of course there's also some question as to what IQ means, if anything
Possibly nothing
(but i like to think that's just something low IQ people say)
[9:10 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
what are questions like?  problem solving?
[9:11 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
I had an IQ test in elementary school cause i was doing bad
They found out in 1st grade i was actually smart enough to be in 5th grade
I just don't pay attention
lol
[9:13 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
ive always been ahead in English classes
id need a refresher on grammar
(And capitalization, spelling, and punctuation...you have no idea how much I fix, and I declared I'm on light editing duty. Here...tell you what...I'll leave most of the rest of the stuff I didn't fix yet alone. – Mr. Silver)
[9:14 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
I always seem to pick stuff up fast
[9:14 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
ive wondered lately if id be decent at writing
[9:14 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
just have to find my way to remember it and learn it
cause normally the way they are teaching it does not work for me
[9:14 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
i don't think there's much grammar in IQ tests since that can be dependant on the language you're using. someone could be taking the test in their 3rd language
you might suck at english but be fluent in russian and mandarin
[9:15 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
also I think grammar is not always a sign of inttellegence
[9:15 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
it's usually like visual stuff like spotting patterns and trying to figure out what would come next in something
[9:15 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
there are some dumb people out there that can figure out grammar
lol
outside the box thinking tests
[9:16 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
3, 5, 4, 6, 5, __  what number comes next?”
that sort of thing
[9:16 AM]
7
I still have math problems now.  I'm pretty convinced I'd test having dyscalculia.
[9:19 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
is that a form of vampirism
[9:20 AM] 
Given ample time I can figure out complex math.  World doesn't work on ample time.
[9:20 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
"BLAH, i am DYSCALCULIA!"
[9:21 AM] 
Silver Junior says he's terrible at it, but I've pushed him through stuff and he's easily better at a lot of it than I am now as a result.
[9:22 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i thought Junior was bad so we called his teacher and they said he's very proficient.  apparently at homework he's very lazy and needs "help”.
[9:22 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
all kids are
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
i hated homework and never did it
just on principle
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
My son is getting all good marks but fights homework
brain shuts off when you get home
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
school day is 6 hours, plus 2 hours on the bus or waiting for the bus... i wanted time to myself
if they can't teach me what they need to in 6 hours, that's on them, not me
[9:23 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
homework isnt teaching, its practice
[9:24 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
practice of what?
[9:24 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
what you learned
[9:24 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
that's what tests are for
[9:24 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
no, tests are to show what you've retained and how good you became at it
[9:24 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
homework is to reinforce what you learned that day
[9:24 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
so it should be voluntary then
[9:25 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i can see that
[9:26 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
All the smarties out there have learning disablilities
cause we look at the world diffrently
standards are not our forte
[9:27 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
problem is smarts don't equal creativity
[9:28 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
Depends on the kind of smart
you can put 5 book smart people in a room
and put the outside the box thinker smart guy in there
and he will find a way out
[9:28 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
we didn't start getting homework until 5th or 6th grade
but it doesn't prepare you for anything, except maybe college, which most kids won't go to anyway
you don't get homework at a regular 9-5 job
[9:30 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
you mean you dont go home and practice your Katzenjammer Talking Points?
[9:30 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
so i'd be invested in school for 8 hours...that's half of my waking hours...then if 4-5 of my classes had homework...even if each could be completed in 15 minutes that's another hour+ of my own time to do someone else's work. Plus any chores or jobs i had to do
[9:32 AM] 
Right. It prepares you for a dismal future job experience.
[9:32 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i was not prepared for this job. I shouldve done homework
[9:32 AM] 
Congratulations! You've graduated from lowly hourly to prestigious salary!  Now you get to take stuff home and work another 4 hours "for free" to keep up!”
[9:33 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
My cousin is a teacher and she has to do work at home
[9:33 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
it's the same principle of work. countries with shorter work days (france, germany) find higher productivity per hour. And the opposite (japan) finds lower productivity per hour
Kids need to cram in their 6 hours they're in classes and go and be kids the rest of the day.
homework seems like a way to perpetuate inequality
if you have a good home life you're probably more likely to do homework.
if your house is F'd up (mine wasn't but still) you're not going to be able to get the work done
maybe you have to go home and work on the farm or you're poor and you need a part time job
i don't doubt there's kids that just pass their homework off to their parent or sibling to do it for them, too
[9:36 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
or are 15 with a drinking problem because youre severely depressed and your parents dont care
[9:36 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
was that you?
[9:37 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
mayyyyybe
>.>
[9:37 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
if i have kids i'll just do their homework for them. it doesn't matter.  most of what you learn is not needed or ends up being BS anyway. like 1% of what you learn in school is actually ever applied in the real world
[9:38]
And yet...If any of us were forced to live among those lacking a foundational education...



[9:17 AM] 
(Commercial...photogenic man who looks like he's never even held a cigarette and a 4 MO baby) "I tried hard to quit smoking."
("Sure ya did.")
"But once we brought our daughter home...that was it."
("Like millions of Americans, I tried the Smoking-Out-On-The-Porch method")
[9:18 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
lol
i quit cold turkey for like a year and the cravings didnt even get me, i just wanted to smoke again
[9:19 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
i'm too lazy to get addicted to anything
[9:19 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
just dont really want to quit
[9:19 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
stopping at a store to pick up booze or cigarettes? Not for me
[9:19 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
lol
the liquor store guys know me
[9:19 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
"The usual, Mr. McGreen?"
[9:21 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i gotta switch back to liqour. Beer is killing my guts

514 - Big Bare Boobs, Bombs, and Violence

[8:44 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
I'm gonna watch Blade Runner, i swear
I cant remember, are there sex and boobies in Blade Runner?
dunno if it should be a dad and mom only movie
[8:46 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
some boobs and some implied sex
[8:48 AM] 
Who in the house is afraid of boobs?
[8:48 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
nobody is afraid of them, but i'd like to limit my kid's boob exposure while he's still young
More of an issue in Mrs. McGreen's eyes TBH
i'm slightly more...European-thinking
[8:49 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
the boobs aren't shown in a sexual manner, it's just a lady getting changed
[8:50 AM] 
I think the violence is probably more of an issue than boobs
BLAM!  BLOOD SPLASH!  FLYING PARTS! 
"Close your eyes...boobs."
BOOM!
[8:51 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
We actually put our foot down on like, ultra violence
i wouldn't let him watch Robocop for example
little much
i think most people are under the impression if you let your kids see boobs and sexualized material they'll grow up to be sex fiends
Apparently once when i was little i was at a flea market and found a Playboy stash for sale, so i grabbed one and ran off to look at it and giggle
[9:09 AM] 
My hero!
[9:16 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
funny story.  my dad is a homophobe and my brother revealed a guy went down on him once and apparently my dad was utterly disgusted.  so my dad calls me to tell the story and my response was "well, ok.  i mean whatever he's into right?" and hes like "WHAT? you dont see anything wrong with that!? *click* "
[9:17 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
lol
also lol @ "revealing" such a thing to your dad
[9:18 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Haha, yea i guess.  Apparently he said "you cant tell the difference!"
[9:18 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
so your brother is gay? or just experimenting
[9:18 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
idk man, hes really into drugs so i mean, that may play a role
lol
truthfully idk
[9:19 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
ahh
[9:21 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
But “geez dad, its 2017”
i remember when i announced the news about my first kid. 
first words from his mouth "you're getting rid of it right?"
[9:22 AM] 
Ugh
To quote some gay friends who turned out to be irritated that I'm totally straight "Everyone's gay after enough drinks."
A phenom I half-witnessed in college (first half, fortunately...was gone for part 2)
[9:25 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
lol
[9:25 AM] 
Apparently breaking the gaydar of fellows with a solid detection record is a bad thing.
[9:29 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
i actually have a lot of respect for people who are openly and sometimes flamboyantly gay in places like (town)
i mean im sure its never easy coming out, but with a bunch of rednecks and bigots it would have to be harder
[9:31 AM] 
yes
I think their clinching clue (and final mistake) was me borrowing "Vegas in Space" 
[9:43 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
That looks like the opposite to "Gay N***ers From Outer Space"
which is hilarious
[9:43 AM] 
They didn't know of my love for terrible movies and my joy at finding an actual full copy of something that ridiculous I'd only seen part of on...like...Night Flight years before.
[9:43 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
that got rated higher than ROTOR
[9:48 AM] 
Which one...or both?
[9:51 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
ROTOR is lower on IMBD than Vegas in space
[9:52 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
did you watch ROTOR?
[9:53 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
no but i looked it up when you and Mr. Brown talked about it
[9:54 AM] 
Not seen it, no
[9:54 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
it has a Rifftrax
it's pretty, pretty, pretty, preeetttyyy bad
the riffs are good
[9:59 AM] 
Ed Wood bad?
WWEWF?
[10:00 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
what's the F?
[10:00 AM] 
Film
[10:00 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
ah
i'd say it's not quite Ed Wood level incompetency
awfully close
[10:00 AM] 
Wow



[1:57 PM] 
So
About once a year "Heavy Metal" rolls around on demand and I watch it. 
Had nothing to do the other night.
Poured a drink...
Queued it up. 
Got to the end of Harry Canyon...
And then woke up as Tarna was diving into the volcano.
"Hmmm...shorter than I remember..."
Doesn't count...have to go again. 
I think...but I'm not 100% sure, that Silver Junior quipped "That was quite a movie you were watching."
No idea how much he actually watched
[2:09 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
heh
[2:10 PM] 
Eh...he's 13 1/2 and I've seen some of his browsing he's forgotten to erase. 
Might just have him sit through it if he saw most already.
Some will say it's about his maturity level anyway.  :D
I think it's testament to the original that “Heavy Metal 2000” is never on.
NOT making an anthology film derived from an anthology magazine was just the weirdest decision. 
HM is a magazine of edgy/adult sci-fi/fantasy short stories.  They made an animated "issue" of the magazine. It made sense.
(HM-2000 brainstorming session - “I know! Let's fuck up the concept!”)
Like "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves".
If they'd changed the names and all that, it was an acceptable medieval adventure movie.
It was a terrible Robin Hood movie.
[2:25 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Yeah
[2:25 PM] 
Re-title "Heavy Metal 2000" to something else and they might have a lingering audience.
I think I remember actually liking it.  But...meh.
[2:36 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
I really hated the newer Robin Hood despite it's decent cast
(Not the 2018 one that looks like they copied the “Thief” games – Mr. Silver)
[I F-Bombed that one - out loud - in the theater the instant the title card popped in the trailer – Mr. Silver]
I remember seeing Prince of Thieves in theaters and thinking it was very dreary and at times grotesque
I never re-watched, maybe i should
[2:46 PM] 
Back to previous...I'm not sure I've liked a Robin Hood or King Arthur film that's been tried for ages.
Excalibur” is quite possibly as good as will be made. 
[3:13 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
That one's too weird
I guess studios and directors have to straddle the fence of showing realism but also being palatable to the masses
[3:29 PM] 
Excalibur”?
[3:30 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Yeah, it's good but weird
[3:30 PM] 
I liked it young because it was that kinda movie and they didn't make a lot. 
Over time...and reading...and an Arthurian Lit and Medieval Studies courses...
And a LOT of poor King Arthur films...
It doesn't actually do too bad of a job covering everything
Somehow packed into 140 minutes
[3:39 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
I think it's how they covered it that was weird
I think it was a limitation of the special effects / budget
or just Boorman's strange mind



[1:49 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Tom:  "I've been working my whole life and i don't know why criminals do what they do."
Really? You don't?
[2:06 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
chemical imbalances
and tom ate their food
gotta survive
[2:07 PM] 
(article title) "Porch Pirates" are ""quote"" "ruining Christmas" this year..."""""""
Ok I added a few unnecessary quote marks 
[2:08 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
plundering the Amazon gifts
soon we will have remote turrets and cameras
I see you stealing my package”
ZXZZZZZZZZz!!!!
[2:10 PM] 
I've been plotting a porch bomb. 
Pick up the wrong “delivery” and it goes off like those paint bombs they attach to shoplift targets or in bank bags
I'll wash my porch...that's fine.  But I want semi-permanent blue/green all over the perp for days. 
[2:11 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
make a box that people delivering can put it in and only you can take out
kinda like the puzzle box from Hellraiser
open at own risk of dying by cenobite
so far out where i live its not so bad yet
I have not had anything taken, but we are an area of farmland meaning more neighbors who will shoot them.
[2:17 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
i'm missing a package
USPS said they put it in my mailbox but i never got it
[2:17 PM] 
hehe...
Here we go: www.burglarbomb.com
[2:20 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
this was delivered 11/30 supposedly
[2:20 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
It prob was
[2:20 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
i filled out a case form thing on the usps website
i'm sure they're on it

Sunday, March 24, 2019

513 - All The Ingredients For Looking Good

[2:19 PM] 
Mrs. Silver "What do you want for dinner tonight?"
"No idea."
"I'll figure out something.  How about maybe meatloaf?"
"(swoon in my moronic language-loving way) That is an AWESOME name for a dish!"
"Huh?"
"Maybe Meatloaf"
"I don't get it."
"Like 'Polish Mistakes'.  They have nothing Polish about them, they look awful, but they're great, right?"
"Yeah."
[2:23 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
I like meatloag
[2:23 PM] 
"So we need to make a recipe for something called 'Maybe Meatloaf'.  if it's good we'll put it online."
[2:23 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
I like meatloag
specially with ketup with bgrown surgar in it crust
Mrs. Brown mixes browsugar into the ketchup then puts that on top then bakes it
[2:24 PM] 
Wow
I have some of my ingredients for Maybe Meatloaf now.  What are these things you mentioned?
[2:25 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
Makes a nice ketchup crust
[2:25 PM] 
(Martha Stewart) "For this meatloag, you'll need ketup, browsugar, and some bgrown surgar for in it crust... They're maybe ingredients... Not sure, really, but you need them."
[2:25 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
She recently made meatloaf cups
she used a cupcake pan
so a bunch of individual meatloafs
[2:27 PM] 
I've done that
Also done them as kinda hand-rolled sausage things
[2:27 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
Mrs Brown likes Ritz Crackers in it too
[2:28 PM] 
Usually oatmeal here. I haven't had a Ritz one in a long time. Hmmm.
"Makes 2 large hamburgers and a hearty breakfast, or a kind of sausage that'll feed 5." 
(which I assume was why meatloaf was invented...to make stuff go 'round.)
[2:29 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
Take all the stuff you got
Mix and shove it in a bread pan
lol
[2:39 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
And to drink... gravy
[2:39 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
Maybe your Maybe Meatloaf could be made with unrecognizable meats



[9:21 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
I'm still upset that McGreen thinks Robocop 2 is better than 1
[9:22 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
lol
idk, i could be wrong, i most recently watched 2
i'll rewatch them both again
3 was best!
[9:22 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
it's kind of the problem with the Search for Spock in that Spock now has to relearn his humanity so they're back to square one
robocop has to relearn his humanity again
[9:23 AM] 
Spock had the advantage in that he uploaded everything (that would fit?) to McCoy
[9:02 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Robocop is a national treasure
[9:03 AM] 
Meh
Just read recently they cut a scene for being too violent from 1.
But based on the description, they couldn't have made a cyborg if they left it in anyway.
So
Good cut.
Can't really have a cyborg that recovers memories if the guy's brain was destroyed.
[9:06 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Logical
[9:08 AM] 
"And in this part of the programming process, we put the cyborg in the pentagram and summon the dead cop's soul into it."
"Why?"
"... (aside to fiendish-looking scientist in booth) Why are we doing this part again?"
[9:08 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Yeah they cut the part of him getting shot up
it was too violent
but it was so over the top that it wasn't the least bit believable.. the cuts made it more realistic and thus more disturbing
Weller has a doctorate in Italian Renaissance art history
[9:34 AM] 
Peter Weller IS "Renai-Cop"
"(draws smallsword) Forsooth! Thou art in violation of Her Majesty's sumptuary laws.  Please remove the plume from your hat, goodly Miller.  Thou hast but a moment to comply."
[9:37 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Demised or extant thou art coming with me.”
[9:38 AM] 
"Nay!  The plume was a gift from the Lord Mayor.  I have an indulgence for service rendered, Renai-Cop!"
"Hist!  Time is fleeting.  Un-don yon plume or shalt be punished.  You have but half a moment to comply."
"S'trewth I am in violation.  See I have removed the feather that so offendeth thee." 
"(sheathes smallsword) Have a good day, stout fellow."



[3:15 PM] 
"Representative Lon Chaney Jr. II will force the vote on impeachment and a second on lycanthrope rights"  https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/05/al-green-impeach-trump-house-vote-281132
[3:20 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Jesus
Think of his shower drains
[3:22 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
lol
[3:25 PM] 
(King Julian) "Who showers?"
[3:26 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Must be half Italian and half tamarin
[3:29 PM] 
"A spokesman for the representative replied 'ook' to our followup questions."
(Feels guilty about making fun of the guy forcing an impeachment vote on our buffoon-in-chief)
[3:32 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
I still like when you said “Well its been a week. There are no aliens.” because trump could not keep it quiet
Sometimes you wonder if he is trying to act stupid on purpose
[3:34 PM] 
Natural talent...



[10:47 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
This wasn't very advanced notice for our “dress up day”
[10:53 AM] 
Considering the listed rules are basically my regular daily clothes and is what used to be called Business Casual. 
"Traditional" to me is dress pants, shoes, button shirt and tie
[10:53 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Well you're an upstanding member of society
i am "the dregs"
Us trailer dwellers lack the sophistication to understand public decency
[10:55 AM] 
"Attire is to be Business Traditional - cover up any facial tattoos, limit visible piercings to 4 pieces, and a maximum of 3 rips in your jeans."
[10:56 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 
My friend who tattooed got a job temporarily with X and he has more tattoos than me. When upper management came into the office he get a paid day off
His boss was like “look, we like you hear but the upper management may invent some reason to fire you. Will you not put up a fuss if we just give you the day off?”
[10:57 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
lol
That's awesome 



[12:26 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
[12:29 PM] 
"...citing the American 'Shriners Pileup' of 1978 that claimed 50 old guys in miniature Chevys..."
Not actually sure the last time I saw a Shriner mini-car parade.
[12:32 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Why did they buy such little cars?
[12:33 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
The Shriners are just massive
The cars are normal sized
[12:33 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 
OMG i never thought of that
[12:34 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
I'm not real sure who or what the Shriners are
and i know one
[12:34 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 
Ask him
I like the hats
[12:34 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
i think it's just like the Masons or Knights of Columbus or Elk Lodge type thing
[12:34 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 
I want to join a charitable society
not for the charity
For the hats
[12:37 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Fez hats are poised for a comeback
[12:37 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 
I think we could start a pretty awesome society if we could find some good hats
[12:37 PM] 
OK!  I'm in!