The Frying Pan

Jolenealaska

04:13

@ElendilTheTall It's even a legal Scrabble bingo! :)

ElendilTheTall

08:03

@Jolenealaska ooo

Jolenealaska

It comes between "aqualine" and "ar" in the OSPD. :)

@ElendilTheTall I obviously had you in mind when I posted my most recent question.

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska i thought so

Jolenealaska

The blow torch idea has possibilities. Maybe if I dredge in a bit of flour/cornstarch first.

ElendilTheTall

that was my first thought

FLAME IT!

man, I must've been in a bad mood yesterday

that answer to the microwave noodles question is brutal

DASAFSQ, essentially

Jolenealaska

08:20

Essentially. :) It was accepted though!

ElendilTheTall

some people need tough love

Indian culture ties food to health much more tightly than ours I think

they choose spices, for example, not just for flavour, but for their supposed medicinal effects

turmeric settles the stomach and so forth

I think that spills over into questions like 'Will my microwave kill me?!'

wow, 1000 views for the steak question

Jolenealaska

Yes! That whole Ayurvedic thing baffles westerners.

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska there's the whole 'absolutely no evidence for it whatsoever' angle

Jolenealaska

The steak question has been on the "hot list" all day. I won't mention that I wrote up exactly that procedure twice this week. ;)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska but you didn't write it up on this question

jealousy is a terrible thing

:P

Jolenealaska

08:25

Ok, well, I guess I'll mention it once. :)

I upvoted your steak answer. Yet there is my chicken question still at goose eggs. See how you are? And I wrote it with you in mind. tsk tsk

ElendilTheTall

there you are, ya big baby :P

Jolenealaska

Much better now!

I will try the blowtorch, with and without dredging. That might work!

I keep forgetting that I even have that thing.

ElendilTheTall

I'd try broiling too

anyway, are you getting your sweet ass into a Scrabble server or what?!

Jolenealaska

I've done that. It helps, but not a lot. Only the very tip top gets crispy before it burns, the blowtorch should give more control.

Sure!

pogo.com/friend/join.do?sn=AlaskaJolene

sourd'oh

09:10

boop

ElendilTheTall

boopadoop

Jolenealaska

09:24

Hey Sour! We're playing Scrabble, not ignoring you on purpose.

sourd'oh

09:51

I don't take offense.

Jolenealaska

10:09

Good! Tall is getting good at Scrabble, this could turn into quite the rivalry. Last game he played bauxites! What?? :)

Sent me to the dictionary!

ElendilTheTall

Named after Baux, the French village

We need to find an online trivia quiz...

failing that, you need to get a smart phone so we can play QuizUp

Jolenealaska

You would so soundly kick my ass that I would be afraid to show up again.

ElendilTheTall

oh, jeez, where have I heard that before?

Pogo has Trivial Pursuit!!

Jolenealaska

Oh crap.

ElendilTheTall

:D

i think it's multiple choice, that makes it easy!

@Jolenealaska ok, you had enough of a break?

Jolenealaska

10:17

Yep!

ElendilTheTall

fed, watered?

brushed down?

aquiver with anticipation?

Jolenealaska

pogo.com/friend/join.do?sn=AlaskaJolene

ElendilTheTall

11:22

ahhh, Subway

Jolenealaska

What's your fave?

ElendilTheTall

BMT

Peppers, lettuce, onions, olives, Southwest sauce

you?

Jolenealaska

Oh for Chrissake. S@B (but I add hot peppers too)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska we don't have those

it's like the Dark Ages

do you have the 6" or footlong?

as the actress said to the bishop...

Jolenealaska

Here jalapenos are required for that kind of thing. It would be better if they had Cascabel peppers, but it's best not to ask for too much.

ElendilTheTall

11:33

oh, we do have jalapeños!

I'm a fool

I'm not wild about jalapeños

Jolenealaska

OK, I want the punchline now.

ElendilTheTall

the SW sauce gives enough heat

what, for "as the actress said to the bishop"?

Jolenealaska

Cascabels are much better.

Yes, actress and bishop.

ElendilTheTall

it's not the opening to a joke

it's like "That's what she said"

I said "Do you have the 6" or the footlong"

Jolenealaska

eheh

ElendilTheTall

11:35

Said the actress to the bishop

"Said the actress to the bishop" is an informal (and usually vulgar) exclamation, said for humour in the form of a punch line after an inadvertent double entendre. The equivalent phrase in North America is "that's what she said". History and background "Said the actress to the bishop" The term, or its variant "as the actress said to the bishop", may have been used as far back as Edwardian times, and is apparently British in origin. The phrase is frequently used by the fictional character Simon Templar (alias "The Saint") in a long-running series of mystery books by Leslie Charteris. Th...

wiki knows all

Jolenealaska

Wiki is smart

ElendilTheTall

actually it's only as smart as the last bumblefuck that edited the article you're reading, but I know what you mean

Jolenealaska

Well you should! It's a (vague) TNG reference!

ElendilTheTall

too vague for me I'm afraid

Jolenealaska

No way!

BRB

en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Samaritan_Snare_%28episode%29

ElendilTheTall

11:45

<shudder> Pulaski

Give me Gates any day

Jolenealaska

I didn't like her much either, I very much preferred Crusher.

Although, if I were Picard, I would have court-marshaled her for that proto-vulcan episode.

"Who Watches the Watchers"

ElendilTheTall

martialed

Jolenealaska

I knew thast

tghat

ElendilTheTall

sssssssssuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee

;)

Jolenealaska

thar

that

I can prove it...

ElendilTheTall

11:50

i know you like to have a celebratory whisky after winning at Scrabble, but considering how often you do win at Scrabble, perhaps lime and soda would be more appropriate? ;)

Jolenealaska

BAH! DON'T SCREW WITH ME!! :) chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/16514364#16514364

ElendilTheTall

Jolenealaska

:) Done eating?

ElendilTheTall

yeeeesssssss....

Jolenealaska

OK!

Ready to play?

ElendilTheTall

12:00

that depends on what game you're talking about...

Jolenealaska

pogo.com/friend/join.do?sn=AlaskaJolene

ElendilTheTall

noooooo

Jolenealaska

selective hearing is my friend

ElendilTheTall

humph

you're a big meanie who is just mean

meanie

;)

Jolenealaska

13:49

@ElendilTheTall you're up to 22 upvotes with my, um, your steak answer!

ElendilTheTall

yeah

Jolenealaska

:)

ElendilTheTall

it's all about the votes with you isn't it?! :P

votedigger :P

Jolenealaska

repwhore

ElendilTheTall

once one achieves the heady heights of 20k+, such things are beneath one

Jolenealaska

13:52

heheheh

All hail!

<you're in my sites, ya know>

ElendilTheTall

whew - at least I'm not in your sights

that would be scary

:P

Jolenealaska

Well, that too maybe, but we don't talk about such things.

22 and accepted! WooHoo! :)

ElendilTheTall

yeah, it was accepted a while ago

Jolenealaska

I have noticed that you have edged me out for week, month and quarter.Well! I may have to hit you now.

ElendilTheTall

jeez, catch up, grandma :P

that's my evil plan - distract you with Scrabble and kick your ass in SA :P

Jolenealaska

14:06

OOHHH Grandma!!!??

This means war.

ElendilTheTall

haha

Jolenealaska

You'd better!

ElendilTheTall

Jolenealaska

EEK! Which one am I?

ElendilTheTall

you're off camera

Jolenealaska

14:11

Good call.

ElendilTheTall

the two women are shocked at 'grandma'

I am grinning :D

Jolenealaska

HA!

Oh yes, I recognized you right away.

<That's a smart ass Tall if I ever saw one>

ElendilTheTall

:D

Jolenealaska

I laughed myself stupid when I played "wuss" and "ass" on the same turn after you had talked smack. That one will live in my memory.

Forever.

ElendilTheTall

you need to get out more missy

Jolenealaska

14:21

Of this there can be no doubt.

I can still get in trouble though. Damndest thing.

ElendilTheTall

23

Jolenealaska

23?

ElendilTheTall

23

Jolenealaska

??

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska 23

:)

Jolenealaska

14:25

Oh! LOL, but who's counting?! :)

ElendilTheTall

the stack exchange backend

then it tells me

then I, in my generosity, tell you

making you feel all warm and fuzzy inside

Jolenealaska

<snort>

4

A: Can I use extra virgin olive oil for cooking steak?

No. Steak needs be seared at a high, high temperature. Not only would extra virgin olive oil lose everything that makes it special at such a high temperature (so not worth the expense anyway), it would also burn. The smoke point of EVOO is 350F, 180C (give or take). That's simply way too low for ...

ehem

But I will still pat your head for a job well done.

Learning from your elders...it's a good thing.

Now go play

ElendilTheTall

pfff

4 votes? Yeah, you knocked that out the park...

:P

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall LOL, just funnin. Although it is kind of weird....

What the hell?

ElendilTheTall

14:41

wha?

Jolenealaska

I call shenanigans.

How dare they?!

Rat bastards!

I'm going to take my toys and go home!

ElendilTheTall

explain damn it!

Jolenealaska

what??

ElendilTheTall

what are you calling shenanigans on?

you just went off on a rant with no explanation!

Jolenealaska

Well,shit, I've moved on. damn.....OK

ElendilTheTall

14:48

lol

Jolenealaska

I was funnin about 23 upvotes vs 4 upvotes.

ElendilTheTall

right...

go on, do

Jolenealaska

not much, really

ElendilTheTall

ah

whisky again?

:P

Jolenealaska

that's it, my big joke for the day

ElendilTheTall

14:51

how do you make a turtle run?

Jolenealaska

Nope, but am considering that for tomorrow

ElendilTheTall

it's a joke, jackass

how do you make a turtle run?

or are you saying you know it in some strange way?

Jolenealaska

Jackass! I was was responding to the message above!

ElendilTheTall

ah

well, for the third time

how do you make a turtle run?

Jolenealaska

Yet, I still don'tknow.

ElendilTheTall

14:53

liquidize it!

Jolenealaska

turtle run...turtle run

ElendilTheTall

How do you make a duck sing soul?

Put it in the microwave until it's bill withers

Jolenealaska

<groan>

ElendilTheTall

Have you heard the one about the two old friends who meet, and one invites the other to his apartment?

Jolenealaska

I was really trying to get that too.

Oh crap

Holdon

Ok

ready

ElendilTheTall

14:57

Stop me if you know it

Two old friends meet and one says to the other, "Hey! Come and see me some time!"

So the friend says, "Sure, where do you live?"

The first guy says "I'm on 59th Street, 2 blocks from the subway. Come up to the front door, press the buzzer with your right elbow. Kick the door open with your left foot. Go to the elevator and press the button with your nose. I'm on the twelfth floor. Hit the 12 button with your right elbow. When you get off the elevator, turn right and press the doorbell with your nose."

The friend says, "Ok sure - but why all the elbows and noses?"

First guy says "What, you're not bringing gifts?"

Jolenealaska

Gads

Where do you get this shit??

ElendilTheTall

that's a classic!

Jolenealaska

Googlejokesareus.com

ElendilTheTall

What do you get hanging from banana trees?

Sore arms!

What's E.T. short for?

Because he's only got little legs

Guy goes to the doctor, says "Doc! I've got five penises!". Doc says "Good god man, how do your underpants fit?" Guy says, "Like a glove!"

Jolenealaska

Oh Chrst.

ElendilTheTall

15:09

Well, it's time I quit my job at the helium factory. I won't be spoken to in that tone.

but sheriously

I'm offski

catch you later, Alaskanator

Jolenealaska

Cya later Polarater?

:)

Have a great weekend, sweetie. Think of me once while hugging your lovely wife and darling child. :)

Jolenealaska

17:31

I can't sleep. I'm watching Fiddler on the Roof. Awesome stuff.

Topal doing If I Were a Rich Man is worth the price of admission right there.

ElendilTheTall

19:14

@Jolenealaska good grief, the lack of sleep must have addled your brain

:P

Jolenealaska

You are soo missing out.

ElendilTheTall

I've seen it

bits of it

Jolenealaska

hmm

ElendilTheTall

in between blacking out to save my sanity

Jolenealaska

maybe you didn't have the maturity?

ElendilTheTall

19:18

I think I was in my twenties

Jolenealaska

to understand?

ElendilTheTall

Don't forget, I HATE MUSICAL THEATRE

Jolenealaska

Yeah, that means nothing.

There is that.

ElendilTheTall

i just cannot reconcile normal dramatic performance with frequent musical interludes

AFAIC it's just, like, really stupid

but hey ho

if you're happy i'm happy

Jolenealaska

Then Les Mis will unconfound you.

At no point does the music interrupt the story.

I promise.

ElendilTheTall

19:24

i'm aware

Mrs the Tall likes it

Jolenealaska

Good for her!

ElendilTheTall

yes. but not for me

:)

so how come you can't sleep?

Jolenealaska

I'll try again

I did make the calls I needed to make.

ElendilTheTall

meditate for a bit

Jolenealaska

19:39

Gee, I've never imagined a solution like that before.

ElendilTheTall

:P

have you done the whole sequential muscle tension thing?

Jolenealaska

Is that the the one where you start with convincing toes that they are relaxed?

ElendilTheTall

no, you tense your toes up as hard as possible for a count of ten

then relax

then you do the same with your feet

Jolenealaska

Been there.

ElendilTheTall

then your ankes

have you tried sacrificing a goat by the light of a full moon?

Jolenealaska

19:50

Not this month.

ElendilTheTall

oh, well no wonder

no goat sacrifice and off she swans to bed like she's just going to drop off to la la land!

Jolenealaska

:) Fiddler is singing a great song right now.

ElendilTheTall

ooo, Amazon are doing Kindle Unlimited

9.99 a month for unlimited books

that is my idea of heaven

naturally it's US only atm :/

wow, this is amazing

an eggshell with 2000 holes drilled in it

Jolenealaska

Wait, wait, what??

9.99 unlimited..what???

ElendilTheTall

amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b/…

it's not all books unfortunately

but there over 600,000

Jolenealaska

20:02

But still, how on earth does that work for them?

ElendilTheTall

for every person that reads 5 books a month, there will be a hundred that read one

it's a guaranteed ten bucks a month

Jolenealaska

But, they don't have a kindle.

ElendilTheTall

who?

Jolenealaska

The ones that don't read!

I get it

don't get me wrong.

but

holy crap!

ElendilTheTall

At the moment I spend about £5/month on books

Jolenealaska

20:05

9.99?

ElendilTheTall

which is about $10

but not every month

some months I don't buy a book at all

Jolenealaska

gee, glad you cleared that up for me.

ElendilTheTall

I'm just thinking out loud,

I'm not trying to explain anything

I'll leave you to Fiddler, I think. Have a good one.

Jolenealaska

Wow, I don't buy books that cost anything 'cause I have to ask permission (it's Dad's account)

$10 per month?

shit

I do more than that in a week

That's asking first!

(my rule is $5 without asking)

Hmm, I'm their money loser. Fine. We all have crosses to bear.

Have you really left?

@ElendilTheTall I was only reacting to this:

That's it.

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