Question The Micro-Scenes Discussion thread

Nope. Trolls did it.
But these sorts of groups sing a lot of covers from each other, so it's easy to make the mistake.
As for the video there are several dozen on YouTube, I just picked this one because of the face.

"Welcome to Internet Help Desk" vs. "Rippy the Gator", cage match this SINDAY SINDAY SINDAY!

(Not a typo, BTW.)

Ooh, busted, Petshop! How many times did we tell you, just because three things are cute, it doesn't mean that combining them will still be cute...

Well, you can't really blame Simone, now, can you? Boudicca graduated, and Hippolyta has a team already ("But she'd look great in green skin paint!" "SHUT UP, DYNAMAXX!"). So does Electrode, and besides, while her costume would fit, her power set wouldn't. The last time they tried to recruit one of the Tigers, Korrende had to spend the night in Doyle. Shrike just laughed in their faces, and none of the Russian students have ninja skills ("Oh, do they have to be Russian, maybe Erzabet would work out... I mean, she's got the whole creature of the night thing, right?" "Not going there, Pam, don't even try."). Most of the speedsters are more trouble than they are worth.

Anyone know a good archer in need of a team?

Cryptic wrote: “Grace, does that mean your kids qualify to be Bad Seeds, as their father is one of the biggest child support dodger in the world?” Katie asked before sipping from her mug of coffee.

HA! ... Who are these characters? They're your OCs, IIRC... I guess I need to catch up...

Miyet turned to Mr. Lodgeman, "I'd like to drop out now."

To be honest, I have never been certain if it is spelled 'by' or 'bye' in this case... basically, getting a by (or bye) means that you can opt out of a course/class session/test/whatever. It is usually given for students who test out of a course, but it is all too common for coaches to get teachers of required academic courses to give their star athletes them when they are having trouble with the course to ensure they maintain an official passing grade.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: To be honest, I have never been certain if it is spelled 'by' or 'bye' in this case... basically, getting a by (or bye) means that you can opt out of a course/class session/test/whatever. It is usually given for students who test out of a course, but it is all too common for coaches to get teachers of required academic courses to give their star athletes them when they are having trouble with the course to ensure they maintain an official passing grade.

I've tended to think of it as "by" as though part of the longer word "flyby" or to pass through something without participating... but a number of sources have it as "bye" such as here... Wikipedia Link

Fair enough. Still waiting for someone to see what I did there, though. A No-Pr... I mean a, uhm, cookie? Sure, a cookie for the one who notices and can explain it.

And another if they can explain the post I made here about it.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Fair enough. Still waiting for someone to see what I did there, though. A No-Pr... I mean a, uhm, cookie? Sure, a cookie for the one who notices and can explain it.

I'm fairly certain that Miyet would find a way to shed on the bed of anyone recommending she start going by "Greer Nelson", even if there are enough differences to avoid copyright issues with Tigra.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: And another if they can explain the post I made here about it.

What do I look like, Stan Lee?

Very good, but not quite complete. You forgot what she called herself before she was transformed into a humanoid feline.

Also, the last name isn't Nelson, it's Walker. Which, if you think about it, is even worse. Especially since she wasn't always Hellcat. Which also ties neatly back to the first point.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Very good, but not quite complete. You forgot what she called herself before she was transformed into a humanoid feline.

Greer Nelson, nee Grant, used to call herself "The Cat"

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Also, the last name isn't Nelson, it's Walker. Which, if you think about it, is even worse. Especially since she wasn't always Hellcat. Which also ties neatly back to the first point.

No, it's not. You're now confusing Hellcat (Patricia 'Patsy' Walker), with The Cat/Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson), who lent her one of her old costumes.

I was referring to the micro, and that was the joke - the alias is a mashup of those two names.

Um, Nalley... what did I just read?


Also: Would Jet be able to sustain herself with Sara?

Jet just needs to have sex to be maintained, it doesn't have to be Sara...

I'm sure Hippy and Paige and Gypsy are doing their parts..

Puns! Nice! ... In ur comment, you mean "with" > "without"...

Domoviye's Page would change the pun so much?

Iwasforger03 wrote: Um, Nalley... what did I just read?


Also: Would Jet be able to sustain herself with Sara?

You read awesome, that's what.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Um, Nalley... what did I just read?

This is what happens when a biodevisor dricks out so hard they forget basic epidemiology.
Also: "suicide by super".

@Kattsun - Nephandus is sorta obsessed with Kerry now? ... FoeYay ship, for some reason...

Oh. It's "three for one dollar", not "free"... That woulda been weird. ... He's betting on Tink having money and being impulsive on food. Well, the former's a given, at least...

Your *full mouth* distortion seems weird?

You used "perfect distraction" too often...

Iwasforger03 wrote: Um, Nalley... what did I just read?

You read a transcript of a broadcast that is, sadly, a common type seen in this universe. The relevance which Will be made more clear in the month of July.

Didn't I promise you fireworks?

I'm disappointed. Nobody commented on the names of the minions, in my latest Micro Scene?

Sir Lee wrote: I'm disappointed. Nobody commented on the names of the minions, in my latest Micro Scene?

They seemed to be just right: enough instances to poke fun at the naming pattern; not so many as to suggest equine pyronecrosadism.

I guess the source is not as popular in the U.S. as it was here...

Sir Lee wrote: I guess the source is not as popular in the U.S. as it was here...

I figured you were just poking fun at Iron Dragon.

Material Lizard.

The "reptile" part is surely poking fun at the Iron Dragon... but the "Material" part comes from a source. Let me spell it out... a villain named Duralumin with an underling named Nylon... see if it rings any bells...

E. E. Nalley wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: Um, Nalley... what did I just read?

You read a transcript of a broadcast that is, sadly, a common type seen in this universe. The relevance which Will be made more clear in the month of July.

Didn't I promise you fireworks?

Is this going to involve Bill Pullman giving an overwrought speech?

Sir Lee wrote: I guess the source is not as popular in the U.S. as it was here...

Sir Lee wrote: The "reptile" part is surely poking fun at the Iron Dragon... but the "Material" part comes from a source. Let me spell it out... a villain named Duralumin with an underling named Nylon... see if it rings any bells...

I had to search for it ... I guess you mean the anime? 'cause the manga was made ~middle of the century.

The anime about 5 yrs old now? I guess fans of his work might have heard of it, but not sure if it even got to the States? I only saw it in previous Wiki Walks 'cause I was researching the earliest Magical Girls and Anime-stuff.

Actually, it was the 1967-68 anime I was referring to. It was pretty big here in Brazil during the Seventies, along with several other Japanese productions - Ogon Bat/Phantaman, Speed Racer, Yamato, Kimba, Astro Boy, Marine Boy, the entire "Ultra" franchise (Ultraman, Ultra Seven, etc.), Spectreman... the trend actually began back in the sixties, with National Kid, and continued over the eighties with Jaspion, Changeman and others.

That contrasts interestingly with the US, where anime was a pretty low-key thing until the mid-1990s. While Astro Boy, Kimba, and Speed Racer were around in the early 1970s, and Gatchaman, Macross, and Yamato got imports in the early 1980s under the names Battle of the Planets, Robotech, and Star Blazers, all of these were pretty much one-offs, and many fans didn't even know they were from Japan due to the weird editing and the fact that they all went out under US distributors.

They were each mildly popular despite some truly atrocious translations, censorship, and even re-writing. Robotech in particular was such a mishmash that they spliced in parts of two other series, Mospeada and Southern Cross, into it for later seasons. The distributor, Harmony Gold, saw it mainly as a way of flogging their model kits of ships and other vehicles from Macross, Orguss, and DOugram, all rebranded with new names and stories (which they had already been importing before then); they would later tacitly admit that they didn't give half a damn about the stories themselves.


In the late 1980s, we also got Go Lion and Dairugger to make the first and second seasons of the original Voltron.

Ironically, while Akira gets a lot of the credit for spreading anime as a sort of underground following in the US in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the films that probably had the biggest impact at the time were... Project A-Ko and (no joke here) Urotsukidooji. More mainstream acceptance (if rather grudging) wouldn't come until Sailor Moon and the first Pokemon series reached North America circa 1995.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Ironically, while Akira gets a lot of the credit for spreading anime as a sort of underground following in the US in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the films that probably had the biggest impact at the time were... Project A-Ko and (no joke here) Urotsukidooji. More mainstream acceptance (if rather grudging) wouldn't come until Sailor Moon and the first Pokemon series reached North America circa 1995.

I have a major soft spot for Project A-Ko thanks to the SciFi (now SyFy) channel.

But Iria is definitely my favorite!

Grabbed some schools from the Whateley Wiki , professional certification requirements modelled on those for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) .

For some, that could be one beneficial use of a MID: as a de facto apprentice's or journeyman's license, in order to build up the hours of experience needed for the full professional certification.

What about Samoa?

Valentine wrote: What about Samoa?

In the absence of passing an Organic Act , American Samoa remains an "unincorporated and unorganized territory" vs the unincorporated territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (with its own special quirks).

null0trooper wrote:

Valentine wrote: What about Samoa?

In the absence of passing an Organic Act , American Samoa remains an "unincorporated and unorganized territory" vs the unincorporated territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (with its own special quirks).

The only problem I have with that Act is that I live in Illinois, and we are as unorganized as possible.

Why did she have to flick the Credit Card around so quickly? Doesn't she check for a signature on the Card? I do when I run a Credit Card.

Mostly for deniability and misdirection.
When they notice the fraud, if the marks remember her at all, they'll likely remember that she was too lazy to actually bother checking, so it couldn't be her.

Can someone explain the two hat Micro secenes to me? They appear to be comedy scenes but I don't get the joke.

Jarjaross wrote: Can someone explain the two hat Micro secenes to me? They appear to be comedy scenes but I don't get the joke.

in one of the stories, Razorback put Headrush on his head, and wore her as a hat to sneak up on the Kimbas.

Siblings and Savages Pt. 2

“Razorback… The Kimbas do not recoil from me… Find out why.” Jericho couldn’t help but grin as he realized that his friends a few tables over didn’t even blink as they’d waved over at him and his nightmare of technicolor fashion.

“Oh God,” Monica facepalmed as Razorback saluted, then crept out and low on all fours, grabbing Alicia from the Ghost-Walkers as he passed by their table and set her on his head like a hat as she protested disguising himself as an underdog as he crept forward as though everything were perfectly normal.

“What are you doing you great Okie Gator? Why you grabbin’ me?”

Kayda and the Ghost-walkers didn’t seem to know whether to laugh or to dogpile him as he quite obviously failed to sneak over to the Kimbas in disguise.

“Oh good lord,” Toni groaned as she shook her head, mimicking Anomaly’s facepalm. “Hi Alicia, how is the Ghost-Walking doing?”

“Be just fine if Dino-butt here would explain why he’s usin’ me as a hat!” She glared down at the Raptor.

-I’m not Razor, I am an underdog, see?- he pointed at his Alicia hat as he scanned the girls, Lancer and the table.

Nikki groaned and shook her head, as Razor looked over and saw that Jericho looked like a normal human being… Dressed in actual nice attire. This would not do.

“Are you two having fun?” the elf asked as everyone, once again, underestimated Razor’s powers of observation as he nodded, bobbing Alicia up and down rapidly.

“Stop that ya great scaly oaf! Ah am not a hat!”

Razorback set down Alicia gently, then shrieked triumphantly as he snatched the second crystal on the table that was next to the one they usually had, and darted away barking like a seal.

Rose Bunny wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Can someone explain the two hat Micro secenes to me? They appear to be comedy scenes but I don't get the joke.

in one of the stories, Razorback put Headrush on his head, and wore her as a hat to sneak up on the Kimbas.

Right, I remember that scene, yours makes so much more sense now.

The other one, by me? That was just a shaggy-dog reference to Oolong the Pancake Bunny , who was the subject of one of the earliest widespread image macros .

Valentine wrote: Why did she have to flick the Credit Card around so quickly? Doesn't she check for a signature on the Card? I do when I run a Credit Card.

With contactless payments being so common now, and with the general usage of chip'n'pin machines, not only do I never check a signature for a card at work, but my retail store's policy is that us base minimum wage retail slaves don't even touch the customer's card unless necessary.

It's certainly weird when we get a card that actually has to be swiped, and the till asks us to check for a signature. Pretty much only happens with foreign people.

This may be different outside of the UK, and even in the UK, there is a bit of a North/South thing going on, but chip'n'pin is so ubiquitous, I don't think most of my younger co-workers would know where to check for a signature.

@Kaitha39:

He routinely gives people that impression. One of his friends once introduced him: "This is our mage. Please don't kill him. Other than that, he pretty much embodies the reason why Rule #1 is 'Geek the mage first'."

null0trooper wrote: @Kaitha39:

He routinely gives people that impression. One of his friends once introduced him: "This is our mage. Please don't kill him. Other than that, he pretty much embodies the reason why Rule #1 is 'Geek the mage first'."

I thought that Rule One was "Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men" ?


Although at Whateley, Rule One gets an addendum concerning little girls.

That feeling when you read something over, and can't believe you missed all those typos the first time.

They eat at you I tell you!

Katssun wrote: That feeling when you read something over, and can't believe you missed all those typos the first time.

They eat at you I tell you!

And that has nothing to do with why so many of my posts get eddied a few times.

I'm picturing Sam having to teach Home Ec.

NJM1564 wrote:

Katssun wrote: That feeling when you read something over, and can't believe you missed all those typos the first time.

They eat at you I tell you!

And that has nothing to do with why so many of my posts get eddied a few times.

Self-demonstrating posts are fun!

But...Eddy-current is how you find sub-surface flaws...in your forum posts.

/nerd!

I'll show myself back to the labs.

"It was the rider. Those clothes he was wearing... I-I can still picture them. Every time I close my eyes, there they are. Waiting."

Arcanist, that line is pure gold.

Domoviye wrote:

"It was the rider. Those clothes he was wearing... I-I can still picture them. Every time I close my eyes, there they are. Waiting."

Arcanist, that line is pure gold.

Thanks! I can't take all the credit, though.

I really need to find time to watch every Fire Fly episode.

That scene needs a little bit more added to it. Something about Jerico needing a rubber doughnut to sit on. Cause ouch his pore rear.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Thanks! I can't take all the credit, though.

Now it's time for you to do a Whateley adaptation of The Hero of Canton

Let me guess, Williams will be sympathetic about the dye, and will look the other way when they go after Teri?

Katssun wrote: Let me guess, Williams will be sympathetic about the dye, and will look the other way when they go after Teri?

Haven't decided yet.
My muse decided a prank war would be funnier.

I haven't thought of a codename for Darcy Gleason, and I'm very open to suggestions!

Katssun wrote: I haven't thought of a codename for Darcy Gleason, and I'm very open to suggestions!

She should just make it official and call herself Beautician.

Got to love how forum tangents can turn into wonderful micro scenes, I wasn't imagining it from the competitor's perspective, but that made me want to actually see it in canon... Though the only way I can see it working in any form is if the fair (the Jousting in particular) was set up in one of physical Whateley arenas... Then we could see all the students with mounts or bikes participate and possibly even a couple teachers too...

You know, a lot of fictional settings have a blind spot about haircuts. Take Harry Potter, for instance. For the first two years, students aren't allowed off campus at all. Where are they having their hair cut? There's no mention of any in-campus salon. Yes, they could be using magic... but then, you have to remember that the students who can't go to Hogsmeade are the most inexperienced ones, who shouldn't be trusted with any sort of cutting charm. So they still would require the help of an adult.

Whateley is less restrictive about weekend trips, so I can believe students would go to a Dunwich or Berlin salon about once a month. But there's probably enough demand in-campus for a barber to spend part of the week there. Hmm, let me see... 600 students, about half of them male, so about 300. One haircut a month on average? No, I think that's too much. Let's lowball it, taking in account guys who wear their hair long, guys who don't have hair as such, and just teenage male lack of personal grooming, and assume an average of one every two months. That's about five haircuts a day, I think -- IF somebody had a monopoly, which wouldn't be true. Not enough to warrant a full-time barber, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to spend a few hours per week in campus, to complement one's main salon in Dunwich -- as long as the school charged a reasonable rent.
Girls' salons are more involved, so it wouldn't be likely to be able to offer full service. But an in-campus presence could still make sense, even if they only performed the more basic jobs there, referring more complicated requests to the main address. The in-campus salon could even be time-shared among several haircare professionals, catering both to male and female students...

At least the Enterprise-D had Mot.

There's sure to be a few more JROTC students than just the grunts. That'll generate a minority of male students that will be hitting the barbershop every other week (or buying their own clippers and hoping the learning curve isn't too steep), and pulling the average back up a bit.

It also depends on the prevailing styles. A #4 clipper cut, "block taper, off the ears and off the collar" would have been noticeably out of place in the early- to mid- eighties. Not so much in recent years.

It wouldn't surprise me overmuch if the Whateley Store had a rudimentary salon area. They have everything else, after all.

Sir Lee wrote: Whateley is less restrictive about weekend trips, so I can believe students would go to a Dunwich or Berlin salon about once a month. But there's probably enough demand in-campus for a barber to spend part of the week there. Hmm, let me see... 600 students, about half of them male, so about 300. One haircut a month on average? No, I think that's too much. Let's lowball it, taking in account guys who wear their hair long, guys who don't have hair as such, and just teenage male lack of personal grooming, and assume an average of one every two months. That's about five haircuts a day, I think -- IF somebody had a monopoly, which wouldn't be true. Not enough to warrant a full-time barber, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to spend a few hours per week in campus, to complement one's main salon in Dunwich -- as long as the school charged a reasonable rent.
Girls' salons are more involved, so it wouldn't be likely to be able to offer full service. But an in-campus presence could still make sense, even if they only performed the more basic jobs there, referring more complicated requests to the main address. The in-campus salon could even be time-shared among several haircare professionals, catering both to male and female students...

At least the Enterprise-D had Mot.

There is a salon in Melville ...

Isn't that only for Melvillians?

Katssun wrote: Isn't that only for Melvillians?

Non-Melvillains have to use the servants' side door, and only in off-hours

Sir Lee wrote: You know, a lot of fictional settings have a blind spot about haircuts. Take Harry Potter, for instance. For the first two years, students aren't allowed off campus at all. Where are they having their hair cut? There's no mention of any in-campus salon. Yes, they could be using magic... but then, you have to remember that the students who can't go to Hogsmeade are the most inexperienced ones, who shouldn't be trusted with any sort of cutting charm. So they still would require the help of an adult.

Well, most of them do go home for Christmas, so they could get their hair cut just before the school year begins, again over Christmas, and then again at the beginning of summer so it's short during the hell months.

Also, they don't necessarily have to wield cutting charms to get magic haircuts. The wizarding world is chock full of nifty magical items, after all. There's probably a small hair-eating wind-up goat that you just place on your head for a trim, though perhaps the less wealthy students use a trimming turban, which would be a bit more involved since you'd have to wrap it yourself before it activates, and it would induce a temporary Indian accent for a duration proportional to the size of the trim. Best to use it just before bed so it can wear off before morning.

Or they might just bypass the whole issue by using a potion to keep it the same length.

null0trooper wrote: (or buying their own clippers and hoping the learning curve isn't too steep)

I don't know about military regs, but a simple buzz cut is dead simple. I bought my own clippers in 2011 and never looked back. The only part I find tricky to do by myself is the neckline. If I had a roommate I'd get them to do it. Still, I manage alright on my own with a pair of mirrors. (What makes it tricky is that my own head gets in the way, so I can't look at the neckline dead-on, only from the slightly off to either side. That makes it hard to judge whether it's even.)

I'm sure more than one Gadgeteer or Devisor has built an automatic hair cutter. (Hazmat's was a little extreme) Delta Spike surely has, of course blowing your hair off with an explosion probably isn't a good idea. Compiler's nano-haircare products aren't great.

Someone could have a barbershop setup and just open on weekends, and maybe Friday Afternoon & Evening. One of the Were's maybe.

I was thinking about the legal aspects, but being on Tribal Lands changes that.

Valentine wrote: I'm sure more than one Gadgeteer or Devisor has built an automatic hair cutter. (Hazmat's was a little extreme) Delta Spike surely has, of course blowing your hair off with an explosion probably isn't a good idea. Compiler's nano-haircare products aren't great.

Someone could have a barbershop setup and just open on weekends, and maybe Friday Afternoon & Evening. One of the Were's maybe.

I was thinking about the legal aspects, but being on Tribal Lands changes that.

OK, what bizarre American laws make it illegal to cut hair under the age of 18???

Astrodragon wrote:

Valentine wrote: I'm sure more than one Gadgeteer or Devisor has built an automatic hair cutter. (Hazmat's was a little extreme) Delta Spike surely has, of course blowing your hair off with an explosion probably isn't a good idea. Compiler's nano-haircare products aren't great.

Someone could have a barbershop setup and just open on weekends, and maybe Friday Afternoon & Evening. One of the Were's maybe.

I was thinking about the legal aspects, but being on Tribal Lands changes that.

OK, what bizarre American laws make it illegal to cut hair under the age of 18???

First of all realize that every State and Territory has their own set of Laws.

www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXX/313-A/313-A-9.htm

TITLE XXX
OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 313-A
BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, AND ESTHETICS

Section 313-A:9

313-A:9 Licensure Required. –
I. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for any natural person, and a felony for any other person, to engage in any practice regulated by this chapter without the appropriate license.
II. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to:
(a) Operate a barbershop, salon, or school unless such establishment is at all times under the direct supervision and management of a professional licensed under this chapter.
(b) Hire or employ any person to engage in a practice regulated by this chapter, unless such person then holds a valid license or a temporary permit issued by the board to practice the respective profession.
(c) Operate a school, unless it has been licensed by the board and is operated according to rules adopted by the board.
(d) Engage in the instructing of any activity licensed by this chapter without holding an appropriate license issued under this chapter.
Source. 2000, 118:1. 2006, 76:3, eff. July 1, 2006.

www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-XXX-313-A.htm

Some weird things are very severely regulated in the US, and other are not. It's easier to get a Driver's License than it is to get a license to cut hair.

Valentine wrote: I'm sure more than one Gadgeteer or Devisor has built an automatic hair cutter. (Hazmat's was a little extreme) Delta Spike surely has, of course blowing your hair off with an explosion probably isn't a good idea. Compiler's nano-haircare products aren't great.

Someone could have a barbershop setup and just open on weekends, and maybe Friday Afternoon & Evening. One of the Were's maybe.

I was thinking about the legal aspects, but being on Tribal Lands changes that.

it's been done.

automated haircut machine

(having problems getting embedded video working. might be pain meds)

elrodw wrote:

Valentine wrote: I'm sure more than one Gadgeteer or Devisor has built an automatic hair cutter. (Hazmat's was a little extreme) Delta Spike surely has, of course blowing your hair off with an explosion probably isn't a good idea. Compiler's nano-haircare products aren't great.

Someone could have a barbershop setup and just open on weekends, and maybe Friday Afternoon & Evening. One of the Were's maybe.

I was thinking about the legal aspects, but being on Tribal Lands changes that.

it's been done.

Valentine wrote: Some weird things are very severely regulated in the US, and other are not. It's easier to get a Driver's License than it is to get a license to cut hair.

Word. And I bet that in some states it's even easier to get a gun.

But the reason why the hairdresser and beautician professions are so regulated is probably to cut down on the competition, by making it harder to get into it.

Sir Lee wrote:

Valentine wrote: Some weird things are very severely regulated in the US, and other are not. It's easier to get a Driver's License than it is to get a license to cut hair.

Word. And I bet that in some states it's even easier to get a gun.

But the reason why the hairdresser and beautician professions are so regulated is probably to cut down on the competition, by making it harder to get into it.

Much easier. Montana's for example is, "Be 18 and have lived in the state for 6 months." Wyoming and Missouri are less restrictive than that. It's way harder in my state, so it varies.

I think hairdresser restrictions have more to do with health and hygiene licensing. Preventing the spread of lice, using potentially harmful chemicals on someone else's head, OSHA stuff.

Sir Lee wrote:

Valentine wrote: Some weird things are very severely regulated in the US, and other are not. It's easier to get a Driver's License than it is to get a license to cut hair.

Word. And I bet that in some states it's even easier to get a gun.

But the reason why the hairdresser and beautician professions are so regulated is probably to cut down on the competition, by making it harder to get into it.

Its a way for cities and states to make money. In New York a taxi driver license can be as high as 1 million dollars. That's why Uber and other new services are being fought so hard, the state and the city can't charge them obscene amounts of money.
Hair styling, while it should require licensing because of the chemicals involved is very similar.

@Kaitha39 - OMG. Right. Soifra. That got dark. But, everything makes sense! Congrats!

Astrodragon wrote:
OK, what bizarre American laws make it illegal to cut hair under the age of 18???

Businesses in the US Found out VERY early how to use the government to decrease their competition and create barriers to market place entry in the name of 'public safety'.

You don't want some yahoo to cut your hair! You want a trained (fees) Licensed (Fees) expert (Jacked up price).

How much training is needed to properly use a pair of sissors?

Beat it, boy, ya bother me! Never mind that man behind the curtain! Safety! For the Children! THE CHILDREN YOU HEARTLESS BAST...!

Katssun wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Word. And I bet that in some states it's even easier to get a gun.

Much easier. SNIP!

Ok, let me try yet again put this undying piece of liberal myth to its grave.

In ALL 50 STATES the BARE minimum needed to purchase a firearm from a FFL Dealer is Two Forms of Identification, one of which MUST be photo based, issued by the State or Federal Government, both of which much be valid and in date. The purchaser must be 18 to buy a long arm (Rifle or Shotgun) or 21 to purchase a pistol or revolver. (Active Duty Military members may buy a pistol or revolver before age 21). They must fill out a BATFE form 4473 under penalty of perjury, and pay for and undergo an FBI Background check.

And the dealer must feel like you won't misuse it. (All FFL dealers can deny a sale for any reason, so he had a hunch, you ticked him off, anything and you can't buy.)

The background check determine if you have ever:

Committed a felony (No Sale)
Committed misdemeanor domestic assault (No sale)
Are wanted in any state (No Sale)
Are currently under indictment in any state (No sale)
Are in the country illegally (No Sale)

In any of the above cases, the buyer has just committed a felony and the dealer is told "Detain" and the dealer draws his weapon (Yes they are ALL wearing pistols, wouldn't YOU?) places you under arrest and calls the sheriff to come take you to jail.

Some states require MORE than this (Licenses, specific training or higher age limits) but the above is the minimum.

That's all fine and dandy, but the relevant part in the above is "...from a FFL Dealer." That accounts for most of the transactions, but it's not the only way to legally get a firearm.

Right, any gun shop, retail outlet or person engaged in the business of buying and selling firearms MUST be an FFL license holder.

Can I sell you one of my guns without all that? Sure. Just like I can sell any other item of my property without regulation. Just like a criminal can go find 'a guy' on the street and buy without all that too, but its much more likely to be a crime of some flavor. But that's the thing, our jurisprudence is innocent until proven guilty.

Is it safe? Well, as Mrs Carson would point out, safety is an illusion. You can never be safe. You can preform the best risk management your knowledge and training allows and no more. But, Freedom isn't safe, and that's not a bug, it's a feature.

I have four rifles, all are at least twice my age, all in loving working condition, two are cherished gifts from family no longer with us.

I've filled out that form...just once.

So reading about all these freshmen high schoolers with handguns at the ready is a bit...surreal at times. But an energizer is no different I suppose. Oh no, I'm starting to side with the MCO!

^ Well, it's not like the MCO are totally wrong... They're... just fanatical?

@Rose Bunny! ... I wonder how slow I was... I was a bit surprised at the "Jensen"... 'Cause it seems connected to Null0Trooper's stuff. ... It took me I think until this to realize what was likely going on:

Oh Malady, one would think it was some sort of ...bad idea.

^ Well yes, I've been following. That's how I know what was going on. Hmm... Your Scene was Unknown time, unknown era... I wonder if a sequel will happen... Is the other side any different, or just more of the same?

Edit: OMG. I'm an Old One!

Lucy and her brother are certain to pop up now and again...

^ Puns! ... Popping up in the showers or something would be one of the most unpleasant times... It's at least scheduled or predictable to not be too irritating?

@Katssun - Woah. What a windfall! ... Dumping them on the market or something would bring the attention of some unsavory characters, and devalue, perhaps?

They're synthetics and Darcy knows it. It's why her friend Maggie wants them redone once a week. Maggie considers it her primary gadgeteering focus and she may or may not be very interested in the Masterminds. Fran? She just likes to have envious nail art.

But that's the next story in the Darcy mini-set.

yay! You used Beautician!

Katssun wrote: I have four rifles, all are at least twice my age, all in loving working condition, two are cherished gifts from family no longer with us.

I've filled out that form...just once.

So reading about all these freshmen high schoolers with handguns at the ready is a bit...surreal at times. But an energizer is no different I suppose. Oh no, I'm starting to side with the MCO!

Hay now! My atomic powered death ray is perfectly safe. As long as it's not pointed at you. Or near you. Or if you are near it. Just.. just. The armored has-mat suit I ware while firing it, remotly, in a sealed test chamber, is completely optional.
As long as you don't mind not having kids.

Rose Bunny wrote: yay! You used Beautician!

+1 to be the next class A supervillein.

Malady wrote: @Rose Bunny! ... I wonder how slow I was... I was a bit surprised at the "Jensen"... 'Cause it seems connected to Null0Trooper's stuff. ... It took me I think until this to realize what was likely going on:

In 1990, it was the #259 surname in the USA: about 102k people.
In 2014, there were 261,432 Danes with the Jensen surname.

It's almost as good as being Mr. Johnson for anonymity.

Yes, I was unaware of any other uses of the name, specifically Null's, but being Minnesotan, and putting Lucy on a farm, I picked a suitable name that's fairly common here.

Ebola: I don't think Jericho's usual tactics would work in Austin. However, a Men's Wearhouse polyester business suit and a cheap clip-on rayon tie would get him run out on a rail. At least, that would have been the case with Berserkeley, when I was living there, and or in Amherst from the times I visited, so I'm pretty sure it would work there, too.

Not sure what would work in Athens, as I see plenty of both around here, though more of the business casual than the wild. However, he would surely be stymied by the fact that passenger rail - like all other sorts of mass transit - is a NIMBY topic for pretty much the whole state outside of Atlanta and the Perimeter. Especially if it stops anywhere where someone who isn't affluent enough to not need mass transit might be able to get on it. To be fair, San Hose-Job was the same way about BART (I don't know if that's still true or not).

Emily Perez sat at the kitchen table with her daughter, sister and niece.

The two of them were having a very lovely evening together...




I'm sorry. My brain goes in strange directions sometimes.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Emily Perez sat at the kitchen table with her daughter, sister and niece.

The two of them were having a very lovely evening together...




I'm sorry. My brain goes in strange directions sometimes.

If that's the case wouldn't that mean the daughter was the niece and the niece was the daughter? That or there's only 3 people at the table. Or maybe something really weird happened.

Angeldude wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Emily Perez sat at the kitchen table with her daughter, sister and niece.

The two of them were having a very lovely evening together...




I'm sorry. My brain goes in strange directions sometimes.

If that's the case wouldn't that mean the daughter was the niece and the niece was the daughter? That or there's only 3 people at the table. Or maybe something really weird happened.

I like to think that something really weird happened. Either that or Emily got remarried several times to very close relations.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Angeldude wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Emily Perez sat at the kitchen table with her daughter, sister and niece.

The two of them were having a very lovely evening together...




I'm sorry. My brain goes in strange directions sometimes.

If that's the case wouldn't that mean the daughter was the niece and the niece was the daughter? That or there's only 3 people at the table. Or maybe something really weird happened.

I like to think that something really weird happened. Either that or Emily got remarried several times to very close relations.

When I said "really weird," I meant there's only one person but that may require time travel... or Jade. A more reasonable case could be that her daughter is also her sister and her niece is her second daughter, with her sister/first daughter.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Emily Perez sat at the kitchen table with her daughter, sister and niece.

The two of them were having a very lovely evening together...

I'm sorry. My brain goes in strange directions sometimes.

"Sister-niece" is how Wyatt will refer to the daughter of Kayda and Debra that he assisted in bringing into the world, and manifested as an avatar to host the spirit of Kodiak's sister.

Since it could be misleading: The initial double post I edited is now a micro-scene where Ceilidh is waking up in Doyle three weeks after Teri provoked her with the alarms and gadgets in the night. Since Ceilidh sleeps like the dead, to actually manage a noise loud enough to wake her up is to basically instigate a rage.
Melissa's detention for it all is to be a helper for Doyle.

Kaitha39 wrote: Since it could be misleading: The initial double post I edited is now a micro-scene where Ceilidh is waking up in Doyle three weeks after Teri provoked her with the alarms and gadgets in the night. Since Ceilidh sleeps like the dead, to actually manage a noise loud enough to wake her up is to basically instigate a rage.
Melissa's detention for it all is to be a helper for Doyle.

I thought both the micros were cool.
Although I was really confused this morning at 5am at how I missed the second story. Then I realized what was going on.

TBH, the first one just flowed out as I imagined what would actually happen if an entire cottage was subject to those pranks. A sad fact of teenager-aged protagonist fiction is the amount of idiot-ball "Adults are useless" plot armour necessary for the responsible adults to not be constantly slamming the disciplinary hammer down. For Whateley in particular, well, we've seen multiple cases in canon where ragers can be weapons of micro destruction, almost verging on weapons of mass destruction. They ought to have a lot more oversight put on them.

To explain my perspective: The only thing I was ever surprised about the Section-33 thing was that more kids didn't have it. Tennyo gets it in 2006, but the last one was, IIRC, 1995? The guy who was a walking mass of poisonous gas or something?
Eleven years is a long time for NOBODY to be bad enough to say "Do NOT engage" when you consider how some powers would interact with ragers.

Kaitha39 wrote: TBH, the first one just flowed out as I imagined what would actually happen if an entire cottage was subject to those pranks. A sad fact of teenager-aged protagonist fiction is the amount of idiot-ball "Adults are useless" plot armour necessary for the responsible adults to not be constantly slamming the disciplinary hammer down. For Whateley in particular, well, we've seen multiple cases in canon where ragers can be weapons of micro destruction, almost verging on weapons of mass destruction. They ought to have a lot more oversight put on them.

To explain my perspective: The only thing I was ever surprised about the Section-33 thing was that more kids didn't have it. Tennyo gets it in 2006, but the last one was, IIRC, 1995? The guy who was a walking mass of poisonous gas or something?
Eleven years is a long time for NOBODY to be bad enough to say "Do NOT engage" when you consider how some powers would interact with ragers.

It makes sense, that's why despite my initial thought being "that got dark quickly" after a few seconds I had to nod my head and agree.

Domoviye thinks I went dark quickly.

....

...

I think I'm actually proud about that.

Kaitha39 wrote: Domoviye thinks I went dark quickly.

....

...

I think I'm actually proud about that.

Domo likes everything dark. Throw an exploding student in front of him, and he'll giggle like a schoolgirl.

Hey Teri is funny!
And I don't want an exploding student in front of me, do you know how hard it is to remove the blood and bile stains?

Domoviye wrote: Hey Teri is funny!
And I don't want an exploding student in front of me, do you know how hard it is to remove the blood and bile stains?

*plots to put you and Lucy in a room*

...
Rose Bunny, how long ago did you last watch any of the Aliens franchise movies?

It's been quite a while. I like poor Lucy and her brother though. And you have Domoviye to blame.

I call shenanigans, Jade has seen and done a lot worse than what happened there. I can see the rest of Wondercute fleeing, but not Jade. Heck, Jade is likely to do the same thing at dinner, twice.

perhaps she has seen or done worse, but usually there were circumstances or reasons. To have someone just suddenly explode and cover you with their innards for no apparent reason... that's unexpected.

I imagine Lucy is going to get a confetti bomb in an act of revenge.

Rose Bunny wrote:

Kaitha39 wrote: Domoviye thinks I went dark quickly.

....

...

I think I'm actually proud about that.

Domo likes everything dark. Throw an exploding student in front of him, and he'll giggle like a schoolgirl.

I thought Lucy didn't "explode", just have a womb-burster. I was wrong?

... Where's that guy who revives and kills themselves repeatedly? ... That was Canon, wasn't it. ... Like Gen2 Canon. :facepalm:

Mal, she doesn't explode on her own, so much as gets blown apart from the force of her little brother exiting.

Ah. ... Also, when you said "exploding", I thought you meant the fire-and-flames type of explosion.

... We haven't seen much of her brother, actually... I wonder how long that'll last... ... Are they in Poe? Or what?

Malady wrote: Ah. ... Also, when you said "exploding", I thought you meant the fire-and-flames type of explosion.

... We haven't seen much of her brother, actually... I wonder how long that'll last... ... Are they in Poe? Or what?

story said:

She had arrived early to check in with the medical staff and the house mother over at Hawthorne.

All right, Rose, you and Mel Brooks have made chest bursters funny.

The brother and sister really should come to an agreement on when he can come out so she can save on shirts and not freak everyone out.

Domoviye wrote: All right, Rose, you and Mel Brooks have made chest bursters funny.

"Hello, my baby; hello, my honey; hello, my rag time gal..."

And I agree that Jade wouldn't be freaked out. I'd almost expect her try try shaking her brothers hand after severing her own.

Dance number Oh you mean this?

Where are the shots of her busting out of him? Or does she just regen around him?

NJM1564 wrote: Where are the shots of her busting out of him? Or does she just regen around him?

I suppose that they just crawl on back into place, and she's got enough regen to patch over any of the pieces that end up in a stew pot or down a garbage disposal.

Same with bro (tested out with the garbage disposal and that's why they don't talk much now?)

they don't reverse. he is a little 6-inch long ...thing that looks like the cross between a fetus and a worm.
She is an otherwise normal exemplar/regen with severe depression over always getting blown up and hurt.

Razorback after one of the chest bursting incidents.
"Are you going to eat that."
Jerico smacks him on the head. "No spikyhead. No eating the new kids. Or the things they splode. You don't know where they have bin."

I had a Razor and Lucy scene planned

NJM1564 wrote: Razorback after one of the chest bursting incidents.
"Are you going to eat that."
Jerico smacks him on the dead. "No spikyhead. No eating the new kids. Or the things they splode. You don't know where they have bin."

Ewww, can you... no never mind DON'T picture the results of their regens hashing it out for dominance in one body...

Cryptic wrote:

NJM1564 wrote: Razorback after one of the chest bursting incidents.
"Are you going to eat that."
Jerico smacks him on the dead. "No spikyhead. No eating the new kids. Or the things they splode. You don't know where they have bin."

Ewww, can you... no never mind DON'T picture the results of their regens hashing it out for dominance in one body...

Two headed Razerback. Twice the snark 3 times the apatite.

I think people don't understand how my two characters work...

Rose Bunny wrote: I think people don't understand how my two characters work...

Less that and more like the jokes are funnier like this.

Though making a profile in the characters section might help. Nothing there stating that the characters have to be only from the main works. Though you might want to mention in it that it is for now only in the micro world.

well, she'd be a regen 7, and Jack is a lower regen, which ups to 5 when he rages. so he would lose in a battle of regen.

Don't mind me, but the 'explodey-chest-bursty thingy" isn't exactly my cup of tea. Others like it, so have fun. To me it's a "funny once" (and a bonus point to anyone who can name that place the phrase "funny once" came from (at least the one I'm thinking.)

"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"?

I've always been partial to the phrase, "It's good if you like it."

elrodw wrote: Don't mind me, but the 'explodey-chest-bursty thingy" isn't exactly my cup of tea. Others like it, so have fun. To me it's a "funny once" (and a bonus point to anyone who can name that place the phrase "funny once" came from (at least the one I'm thinking.)

It's funnier if her exsplody bits had a effect or interesting taste.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: I've always been partial to the phrase, "It's good if you like it."

Variety makes the world interesting. For example, I love good military docu-movies (by that I mean accurate to the history, even if a few liberties are taken). Others like musicals (god knows why). Still others like splatter movies. Plenty of different things to go around.

Sir Lee - right book. Who said it, to whom, and under what circumstances?

elrodw wrote: Sir Lee - right book. Who said it, to whom, and under what circumstances?

Mannie, explaining to Mike that there are two types of jokes- those that are "funny once", but don't hold up to repetition, because they rely on surprise to be funny; and those that are funny repeatedly.

I should pull it down and re-read it, it's been a few years.

OtherEric wrote:

elrodw wrote: Sir Lee - right book. Who said it, to whom, and under what circumstances?

Mannie, explaining to Mike that there are two types of jokes- those that are "funny once", but don't hold up to repetition, because they rely on surprise to be funny; and those that are funny repeatedly.

I should pull it down and re-read it, it's been a few years.

The first time you're a wit, the second time you're a half-wit. The progression may be worse than geometric.

But if you want to continue with it, why not?

Psst. Does OtherEric get a cookie?

Valentine wrote: Psst. Does OtherEric get a cookie?

When it comes to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", I got my cookie years ago. I actually found a first edition, with dust jacket, not a book club copy, for a dollar at a library book sale. It still has a place of pride on my bookshelf.

Because
a) It's been too long without mention of "Mrs. Hair Lady."
b) The entire thing came out of "The bane of workers everywhere, paperwork."
OMG CULD MA JOB STAP WIT THE PAPERWORK! PLZ! I JUST WANTS CHEEZEBURGER! PLZ! (sic)

Kaitha39 wrote: Because
a) It's been too long without mention of "Mrs. Hair Lady."
b) The entire thing came out of "The bane of workers everywhere, paperwork."
OMG CULD MA JOB STAP WIT THE PAPERWORK! PLZ! I JUST WANTS CHEEZEBURGER! PLZ! (sic)

It was good. And having a young kid get revenge on her bully like that is perfectly justifiable.

Beautician vs. the ultimate challenge? Ophelia Tenant's impatient hair.

I think that Darcy would take one look at her and ask her how often she conditions given how much the doctor must have to wash her hair. Then she'd meticulously remove any split ends she has, and ask if she wanted a manicure.

Darcy has a lot of hair herself, she's used to it. Though it might be a bit more tricky hunting down those split ends. Nothing Darcy can't handle with a lot of patience!

Interestingly enough a hunk or two of that guys story was true.

NJM1564 wrote: Interestingly enough a hunk or two of that guys story was true.

That's what I noticed too. A lot of parallels to the Sundering.

Katssun wrote:

NJM1564 wrote: Interestingly enough a hunk or two of that guys story was true.

That's what I noticed too. A lot of parallels to the Sundering.

Same.
Unfortunately for sanity, these same arguments are being made in reality.
The whole, mountains used to be trees and volcanoes and deserts are the waste product are the big new thing for flat earthers.
The Washington monument was done by masonry so it's a symbol for the Masons, came from a video about how Spider-Man Homecoming, is a propaganda piece for 'something'.
And it goes on.

Domoviye wrote:

Katssun wrote:

NJM1564 wrote: Interestingly enough a hunk or two of that guys story was true.

That's what I noticed too. A lot of parallels to the Sundering.

Same.
Unfortunately for sanity, these same arguments are being made in reality.
The whole, mountains used to be trees and volcanoes and deserts are the waste product are the big new thing for flat earthers.
The Washington monument was done by masonry so it's a symbol for the Masons, came from a video about how Spider-Man Homecoming, is a propaganda piece for 'something'.
And it goes on.

With a sufficient dose of paranoia, a wyrd enough sense of humour, a suitably broad base of knowledge, and, a deadpan expression, you can prove almost anything if you can play to the audience's pre-conceptions.

By pre-seeding "lost" confidential documents on the local subway trains, and re-writing the headlines on newspapers that i left on the trains, i then spent 45 minutes convincing a group of born-again-Christians that the theory of evolution was a Jesuit plot to discredit the Protestant churches by converting the faithful towards secular atheism.

Last i heard they were still quoting some of those memes 25 years later.

Everything that that guy in that story was quoting was entirely true.

"Next he'll be talking about demons infiltrating society, instead of just killing everything and driving the survivors mad."

"But they are!"

Too bad Sara wasn't present to confirm that bit. And was that lizard Thuban? Come to think of it, he controls much of the campus not unlike how people claim that lizard people control the world.

Domoviye wrote: The whole, mountains used to be trees and volcanoes and deserts are the waste product are the big new thing for flat earthers.

WHICH IS INCONTRIVIRTIBAL PROVES THAT THE HAPPYOLOGISTS ARE INFLITRATERING GOOD CHRISTEIN GROUPS LIKE THE FLAT AERTHERS! IT'S A COMPSIRACIEY!

Mister D wrote: By pre-seeding "lost" confidential documents on the local subway trains, and re-writing the headlines on newspapers that i left on the trains, i then spent 45 minutes convincing a group of born-again-Christians that the theory of evolution was a Jesuit plot to discredit the Protestant churches by converting the faithful towards secular atheism.

Last i heard they were still quoting some of those memes 25 years later.

Nice joke, there. Unfortunately, it wasn't so funny when the Happyologists got the same result from planting copies of Brain-Washing in the Library of Congress (which, regardless of what role if any LRH had in writing or editing it, is known to have happened as at least one of them was caught at it in the mid-1950s - though whether it was an independent move or something he was ordered to do isn't clear). A number of fringe-right (and even some fringe-left) groups like the Birchers picked it up, republished it, and circulated it as factual, which a number of them still do (though in the case of the JBS, they may or may not have already been circulating it anyway - some debate exists as to when it was actually first published and by whom).

I actually had a copy which was given to me around 1992 by a manager who was a Bircher, and he believed it whole-heartedly. It was both amusing for its idiotic claims about the book's origin, and chilling in its accurate depiction of certain brainwashing techniques. Aside from the whole matter of a church member getting caught by librarians at trying to slip the book into the LoC, a lot of the reason why people connect it to LRH (even before his disowned son started promoting the connection) was that several of them were rather similar to 'training' techniques attested to by ex-Happyologists.

The copy I had was one that had the references to Dianetics and the allegedly LRH-isms, but that doesn't say much, as it was definitely a contemporary imprint - whether those were added to later editions (or conversely, removed from other versions by other groups), and if so when and why, I couldn't say.

^^ Proof that the sanctioned brain-washing is still going on! ^^

But if anyone does want to reach the Wikipedia article , taking the "l" out of the link helps

Boloks.

Domoviye wrote: The Washington monument was done by masonry so it's a symbol for the Masons,

Mmm, not so much with masonry. Mostly it was done by blasting with dynamite.

Cryptic wrote:

Domoviye wrote: The Washington monument was done by masonry so it's a symbol for the Masons,

Mmm, not so much with masonry. Mostly it was done by blasting with dynamite.

You might want to check your dates on that. In this universe, construction of the monument started decades before dynamite was in wide production for use in mining.

null0trooper wrote:

Cryptic wrote:

Domoviye wrote: The Washington monument was done by masonry so it's a symbol for the Masons,

Mmm, not so much with masonry. Mostly it was done by blasting with dynamite.

You might want to check your dates on that. In this universe, construction of the monument started decades before dynamite was in wide production for use in mining.

Made by basting with dynamite? You weren't perhaps thinking of Mount Rushmore were you?

null0trooper wrote: ^^ Proof that the sanctioned brain-washing is still going on! ^^

But if anyone does want to reach the Wikipedia article , taking the "l" out of the link helps

I have no idea how that happened. Fixed now, or at least I hope it is.

NJM1564 wrote: Made by basting with dynamite?

Sounds spicy!

(Turnabout is fair play...)

Washington Monument:

Mount Rushmore:

i honestly don't know how the Washington Monument was made, the crazy YouTube guy just said "the Washington monument was made without cement, its masonry. George Washington was a well known Mason."
At that point my brain decided to go for a walk.

We need more free masons, the ones that charge cost too much.

Domoviye wrote: i honestly don't know how the Washington Monument was made, the crazy YouTube guy just said "the Washington monument was made without cement, its masonry. George Washington was a well known Mason."

Has anyone pointed out to this bozo that - among other things - in Freemasonry the 'masonry' is purely metaphorical? While it is likely that (contrary to their 'secret rules' and the hogwash about Hiram the Tyrene) the earliest forms of Speculative Masonry did indeed start as some kind of 'frat hazing' at a Stonemasons' Guild, it hasn't involved any actual, you know, stone working since the late 17th century.

Oh, and he might want to look up the words 'mortar' and 'grout' some time. Just a thought.

Personally, I prefer Robert Anton Wilson's explanation: that the 'monument' is the sole exposed digit of a huge, subterranean, abstract statue of a hand. Wanna guess which finger he says it is?

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Wanna guess which finger he says it is?

Its America, its gonna be the forefinger, they're just waiting for God to make good on his promise and shake it for them.

Valentine wrote: We need more free masons, the ones that charge cost too much.

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably-priced Masonry!

@Rose - Awww! So heartwarming! And the clothing's time limit works well, 'cause that's just a bit longer than she needs it to last!

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Personally, I prefer Robert Anton Wilson's explanation: that the 'monument' is the sole exposed digit of a huge, subterranean, abstract statue of a hand. Wanna guess which finger he says it is?

I hope someone doesn't pull it.

Ok, leave off, I could barely see when I replied to that and misread

Muahahahahah!!!! Worst part is I rather like Simon.

Woah, The Old Man. ... Makes sense. Harry Potter was based off RL after all.

Old Man Henderson.
He's an eldritch being already, and now you're putting him into a younger body at Whateley.
The world is coming to an end.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Personally, I prefer Robert Anton Wilson's explanation: that the 'monument' is the sole exposed digit of a huge, subterranean, abstract statue of a hand. Wanna guess which finger he says it is?

When presented with a choice where it's a relevant answer, "Personally, I prefer Robert Anton Wilson's explanation" will probably be my reaction about 95% of the time.