The Frying Pan

3:00 PM

@Jay Girls night, of course. Or probably anyone up to a manicure and discussing male actor's looks. Had a gay friend who was always happy to chime in. (skipped the polish, though)

Jolenealaska

that's missing half the fun

Stephie

@Jolenealaska by ignoring the female actresses or skipping the glitter?

Jolenealaska

I didn't realize that it was either/or.

Don't skip the glitter and don't ignore anyone.

Jay

@Stephie main reason i asked was because you said itd be awkward with hubby. Why would it be awkward if you had female friends over?

ElendilTheTall

@Jay Stephie's one of those prudes that finds sleeping with another woman and her husband awkward

go figure

Jolenealaska

3:10 PM

go figure, indeed

Jay

oh awkward because hubby cant sleep in his own bedroom

ok nvm

Stephie

Jay

All you have to do is move the slumber party to the living room and make a sheet/pillow fort

problem solved

Stephie

Yeah, it's just not as easy as it used to be. And that kind of kills the fun. Well, another twenty years and we'l meet on the front porch or start scouting retirement comunities. Another kind of girls' club.

Jay

Oi! Its too early to think such things. You are still a lovely young lady.

Stephie

3:18 PM

Says the youngster.

Jay

I'm not THAT young anymore. Theres this new intern at our office

and I feel so old whenever i see him

I think he's 20 y o

Stephie

If I put the appropriate numer of candles on my cake, I'll have to de-activate the smoke alarm and have the fire departement on standby. So stop complaining.

Jay

@Stephie Haha you are such a drama queen :P

I made chicken burritos last night

it seems every time i use cumin, the oil likes to splatter everywhere

Stephie

why?

Jay

not sure. perhaps cumin just reacts funny with oil

maybe it was the paparika though. I usually use cumin and paprika together

ElendilTheTall

3:22 PM

maybe your spices are damp

moisture makes oil spit

ARE YOUR SPICES DAMP JAY? ಠ_ಠ

Jay

well its basically a dry rub on the chicken last night

it was cubes of chicken so i didnt wipe it dry

maybe that was it

Stephie

I think we need more details - that's what we'd tell our posters ;-)

Jay

cumin, paprika, salt pepper, cayenne, onion and garlic powder spice mix on the cubed chicken

Stephie

Yep. Sounds like water from the chicken.

Jay

bah, so i have to wipe the damn cubes of chicken dry first?

Stephie

3:24 PM

Splatter guard and live with it?

Jay

@Stephie fortunately i do have one of those

but didnt realize until getting several painful splatters on myself

my roommate ordered one a while back but had put it in a weird spot so i never noticed it

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie too late, I saw that. I knew you loved me ;)

Jay

awwww, she retracted her statement :'(

Im so sad now

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall didn't want that for posterity...

ElendilTheTall

@Jay only because she knew you would star it for being vulgar

Jay

3:27 PM

haha

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie the message remains in my heart ;)

Jolenealaska

I was in the bathroom :(

Jay

ahahaha you missed it. it was great. highlight of my whole life

:D

user116848

Hi.

user116848

How are we all today? :P

Stephie

3:27 PM

Hi @Arrowfar!

user116848

Hello @Stephie.

Stephie

@Arrowfar see the transcript...

Jay

The weather here have been dreary the past few days

Jolenealaska

Hi illuminati

Stephie

@Jay Darn. So I know what to expect in the next two weeks. (btw.: have?)

Jolenealaska

3:31 PM

You beat me and Tall to it.

shame

Jay

lol

Stephie

<blush> That's a first....

Jay

in my head it makes sense to differentiate the weather of each day separately

and i dont think weathers is a word

Jolenealaska

The subject is weather

sorry

Jay

but perhaps it is

Jolenealaska

3:33 PM

channelling Tall

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska hey, stop that, it tickles

Jay

I wake up in the morning and the sun is hiding behind clouds

and when i get off from work the sun is gone

user116848

@Stephie I have watched some Vampire Diaries myself. I was a big fan of Beauty and the Beast series for a while. These days I only watch Arrow and the Person of Interest series.

Jay

@Arrowfar I liked Arrow at first but i feel like its gotten stale. The Flash I <3 though

Stephie

@Arrowfar Guilty pleasure?

user116848

3:35 PM

@Stephie I read the transcript but got scared.

ElendilTheTall

@Jay is that some kind of loop?

user116848

;)

Stephie

@Arrowfar of what?

Jay

@ElendilTheTall loop?

user116848

@Stephie Nothing, just kidding.

Jay

3:36 PM

loop = UK version of spinoff?

Stephie

Ok, while you are all untangeling this mess, I'll go and get minor 1 his antibiotics. Infected wound. Bleach.

user116848

@Jay I see. Yeah Flash is good too.

Jay

if loop does mean spinoff then yes, the Flash is a spinoff from Arrow

@Stephie BLEACH!?!

user116848

@Stephie Yes that. But I love Arrow and Person of Interest.

Jay

Please tell me you mean peroxide

ElendilTheTall

3:38 PM

@Jay while I < 3...

;)

user116848

I had to Google "Guilty pleasure" though. I knew the phrase but was unsure of its meaning.

Jay

@ElendilTheTall ohhh lol

user116848

You guys have very good English.

user116848

Chatting has improved my English a lot I think.

ElendilTheTall

I should hope so, most of us are native speakers

user116848

3:39 PM

I mean making correct sentences and all.

Stephie

@Jay No, I mean "disgusting". Didn't want to leave you alone with a typo.

ElendilTheTall

jay's Chinese roots show unfortunately ಠ_ಠ

;)

user116848

@ElendilTheTall Yes that's why. +1

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie 'bleuch' would be better ;)

Jolenealaska

Tall's pedantry is showing.

Stephie

3:40 PM

@ElendilTheTall Igitt!

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska what's new?

Jolenealaska

Not much tonight!

ElendilTheTall

is that a complaint?

user116848

@Stephie Do you speak English in your daily life too or just in chat? I only speak it with some colleagues sometimes. But these days only here in chat.

ElendilTheTall

are we clowns to you? are we here to amuse you?

Jolenealaska

3:44 PM

probably not... tonight.

Jay

Yes im here to amuse everyone

juggle knives

Jolenealaska

Oh Tall! I promised to ask you something:

Jay

balances a ball on my head

Stephie

@Arrowfar not in daily life, no. It will probably different when I'm back at work in a few months, but then I'll trade Tall's precision for Indian mumbling. (Sorry, no offense, but combined with a bad phone connection some accents are really a challenge.)

Jolenealaska

2

A: Any reason I can't use popover batter to make one huge popover without separating into little cups?

You absolutely can do that. Brits call it Yorkshire Pudding, and the technique is actually fairly forgiving. You can make them muffin sized, or you can make one big popover. Just don't mess around, popovers get their "pop" from steam. A medium cast-iron skillet (9 inches or 23 cm, roughly) is per...

Stephie

3:47 PM

@Jay now clap your hands backwards and make those funny noises. And I'll throw you a fish.

Jay

@Stephie Trust me, I completely understand. ~75% of my coworkers are Indian and their accents range from understandable to "is he speaking English or Hindi right now?"

user116848

@Stephie Hehe.

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska is there a further question?

Stephie

@Jolenealaska @ElendilTheTall, note that she officially called you "best friend" in a comment!

Jay

Even worse is when they speak in monotone. that makes the accent 100% worse

Stephie

3:49 PM

@ElendilTheTall I think she wants a recipe.

user116848

So when I speak English it is in American accent (sorta) but I'm pretty sure I don't sound like shit ;)

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie 'one of', 'on this board'

Jolenealaska

"a" best friend

"on this board"

Stephie

Stop nitpicking. Read the compliment, not the limitations.

Jolenealaska

but...

ElendilTheTall

3:50 PM

@Stephie my point is it's not that much of a compliment... :P

Jay

@Arrowfar record and post your voice and we can judge whether you sound like shit or not :D

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall If I were you, I'd take what I can get ;-)

(Or what I can get away with...)

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie the story of my life

user116848

@Jay heh.

Jay

OH you guys

so ridiculous

Stephie

3:55 PM

yeees?

Jay

So to volunteer at the local library, I have to have 2 references AND go through an interview process...

Idk... that seems excessive

All the other ones just asked me to fill out an application

Jolenealaska

That reminds me of a small story!

Earlier this week I was standing by a befuddled young man chatting on his phone.

Jay

i think theres only one f in befuddled

Jolenealaska

He looked right at me, and asked the meaning of IKR.

Jay

lol thats a pretty common text acronym

Jolenealaska

4:05 PM

Hmm, my speelll cheeck is tiits up.

Jay

lol

I can imagine you saying those words in a exaggerated way to test Dragon

Jolenealaska

So, I said, "I know, right?"

He said, "No, that's why I asked"

user116848

heh :)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska was there a question related to the yorkshire pudding thing?

Jolenealaska

Hmm, I'm glad one of us got it.

In the comments, Tall. I just promised to ask you.

It's not a recipe request, he didn't ask. I offered.

ElendilTheTall

4:12 PM

ah

well, for future reference, 2 eggs, 120g plain/AP flour, 150ml milk, 150ml water, salt and pepper, beat it all up, leave it to stand for a while if possible.

hot hot hot fat, 250C oven for 20 mins

makes 12 in a muffin pan

or enough for one Toad in the Hole

Jolenealaska

got it. Done

How do you feel about GdD's comment that they aren't the same thing?

(I defer to you here, I have no actual opinion)

ElendilTheTall

I've never made popovers, so I don't know

I seem to recall they might contain butter

Jolenealaska

4:27 PM

Yeah, I seem to think that is the difference.

But what do I know? Two sides of the pond, and all that.

ElendilTheTall

it's usually a safe assumption that American food contains either butter or some kind of box mix

Jolenealaska

oh shut up

ElendilTheTall

you see it on Pinterest: MINT FUDGE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE ICE CREAM CAKE! YOU MUST TRY THIS!

Jolenealaska

FFS

ElendilTheTall

Recipe: Take 1 box of mint fudge chocolate brownie mix and follow instructions

Jay

4:31 PM

lol

Catija

@ElendilTheTall Well, if you simplify that to simply "butter" you can say the same of French food ;)

ElendilTheTall

Layer with ice cream

@Jolenealaska rowrr

Jay

there are also ridiculous amount of caramel apple recipes asking you to unwrap 100 caramel candies

ElendilTheTall

@Catija yes indeed

Jay

x.x

Jolenealaska

4:35 PM

There is either a ridiculous amount or there are ridiculous amounts.

sorry

I should go to bed

ElendilTheTall

there is no more Sisyphean task than correcting Jay's textual slip ups

even I don't bother any more

Jolenealaska

Yes, that's why I mention bed.

I don't normally do that (glass houses and all that)

ElendilTheTall

well, I won't do my usual thing and shoo you that way, because I will probably get bitten

Jolenealaska

yes

ElendilTheTall

I will just stay here behind the upturned coffee table and eye you warily

Jolenealaska

4:39 PM

wary is good.

ElendilTheTall

yes dear

Jolenealaska

:)]

what is that? A beard?

ElendilTheTall

my head on a platter?

Jolenealaska

That's an Amish smiley

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska still with us?

Jolenealaska

4:49 PM

Barely

ElendilTheTall

sounds good

oh, I see what you mean

Jolenealaska

I'm watching the end of... Guess What?

ElendilTheTall

gran torino again?

Jolenealaska

No. That made me a bit misty, so I went full bore

ElendilTheTall

Les mis

Jolenealaska

4:52 PM

"do you hear the people sing?"

ElendilTheTall

so les mis

Jolenealaska

yes

And it just ended

I am mostly loving my new video card.

ElendilTheTall

you need to get some shiny new games to take advantage of it

Call of Duty, Fallout, that kind of thing

Jolenealaska

games??

probably not.

ElendilTheTall

that was something of a joke

Jolenealaska

5:05 PM

I haven't finished Balder's Gate

Ah

Jean Valjean is nothing now; another story must begiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin.

I love the foreman.

It was with him that I was first (known to me) plagerized.

I feel certain that I (and only I) called him an impotent little pipsqueak with a Napoleonic complex (in that day, anyway).

yet that line showed up on IMDb.

well

ElendilTheTall

5:22 PM

Well

One more and we have three holes in the ground...

Jolenealaska

WoW! It really that late?

Damn!

I wasn't actually referring to your last line, but to the clock. Am I supposed to know what "three holes in the ground" is supposed to refer to? I'm pretty clueless, but it is late.

ElendilTheTall

Well well well

3 holes in the ground

Jolenealaska

FFS, it had better be fucking Shakespeare

I was about to go to bed but now you've got me intrigued

ElendilTheTall

That's it. 3 wells = 3 holes in the ground.

That's as exciting as it gets I'm afraid. Go to bed, by all means.

Jolenealaska

5:38 PM

the witches in Macbeth?? Probably not. I probably should go to bed.

As much as I would love to toil with the cauldrons, I probably should not tarry further.

although, I restarted Les Miz.

ElendilTheTall

Oh jeez. I will risk it. GO TO BED.

<brandishes whip and chair

Jolenealaska

you are so sweet to me

ElendilTheTall

Jolene, my darling, my sweet ear of Iowan corn, light of my browser, might I humbly suggest that your time would be better served in the sweet embrace of Hypnos?

Jolenealaska

you like it when I do that roweeeeer thing.

Who is this "Hypnos" SOB?

never heard of him

ElendilTheTall

The God of sleep.

Jolenealaska

5:47 PM

Yeah, because sarcasm is never lost on the likes of you.

Okay

here I go

ElendilTheTall

Sleep well

Jolenealaska

after one more scene of Les Miz

ElendilTheTall

No.

Go now

Or I'll delete my account and never darken this room again!

Go on, shoo

Jolenealaska

OK, but only because I have this new video card. I can restart the movie with one pluck of my index finger.

ElendilTheTall

Go on then

Jolenealaska

5:52 PM

Goodnight Sweetie.

ElendilTheTall

Good night trouble.

Jay

Ahhhh my wisdom tooth operation is looming closer and closer

Im dreading the week after the operation where i cant eat solids rather than the operation itself right now

What are some good food choices I should make?

I'm thinking ill be bored of fruit smoothie after 2 days

if not sooner

ElendilTheTall

6:11 PM

Souo

Soup

Porridge

Pho

Jay

I cant do pho. there are solids

I'll probably do a lot of savory rice porridges

Hmmm i wonder how the vietnamese restaurant will react if i ask just for their broth lol

I usually dont like warm blended soups

maybe ill just make chicken soup and drink the broth

user116848

@ElendilTheTall I have played Call of Duty, it is very good.

user116848

I only played till Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 . I don't play video games these days otherwise I'd definitely try its 'Black Ops' series.

user116848

6:28 PM

The last game I played was Assassins Creed. I don't remember which part though.

user116848

Also Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider series are quite good.

user116848

I haven't played any video game in like five years now.

Jay

7:31 PM

So i started doing christmas shopping

I figure i might as well get it out of the way

I ordered my little brother Gunnar gaming glasses. Its suppose to block the harmful blue lights and UV lights that cause eye strain and head aches

My 10 year old female cousin is getting a jewelry making kit. She is going to be so ecstatic when she opens her present!

Her older brother is getting a nice drawing pencil set plus accessories. He likes drawing and is pretty decent at it

I dont know what to get my older sister though

She makes a lot of money but she doesnt really spend much on herself

It's kinda tough buying a present for her

Jolenealaska

wow...@DebbieM., French??

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska what are you doing here?!

@jay Gunnar?

Jolenealaska

umm...gee...i dunno

I fell asleep at the computer

ElendilTheTall

I ought to put you over my knee

Debbie M.

No Facebook in support of France.

Jay

7:45 PM

amazon.com/gp/product/…

Jolenealaska

YAY! We have so lacked French influence here.

ahem

big Hugo fan here

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska she's not French, calm down :P

Jolenealaska

dammit

ElendilTheTall

@jay ah.

Debbie M.

Lol - I'm about as French as an American mutt can get.

Jolenealaska

7:48 PM

I was sleepy, and there was that French flag thing.

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska I can act more French if you like. Excuse me while I take a three hour break.

Jolenealaska

:)

ElendilTheTall

@jay in support of France after the attack...

Debbie M.

@Jay in support of the french people and victims - not the terror attack!!!

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska sleepy... I wonder why...

@DebbieM. You'll have to excuse Jay... He's a bit special.

Debbie M.

7:50 PM

I understand his type :)

Jay

haha sorry thats a pretty big typo there

Or is it... perhaps I'm a part of the French Secret Service...

Debbie M.

I actually stopped in to see if I remembered seeing something. Is there a place we can set up pre formatted comments?

Jolenealaska

shall I quote some Hugo? lighten the mood?

I have Waterloo memorized from Les Miserables

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska let's not and say we did.

Jolenealaska

spoilsport

at least I recognized the flag

maybe 20% of Americans would actually recognize that

pfffthththt

ElendilTheTall

7:55 PM

Truly you are an statesman par excellence

Debbie M.

2 brownie points for @Jolenealaska for Flag knowledge

Jolenealaska

and I plan to make macarons this weekend

Jay

@Jolenealaska colorful macarons?

Jolenealaska

only one color

I tried to do two colors last time and failed spectacularly

Jay

@Napoleon Wilson thank you good sir for removing that

Jolenealaska

7:58 PM

blueberry!

ArtOfCode

What a typo.

Jay

Haha sometimes im quite daft and dont read over what I type

ArtOfCode

@Jay thanks for brightening my day up, that flag made me laugh :)

Jay

@ArtOfCode Haha np. I'm glad to be of service :D

Debbie M.

Any help on my question?

Jolenealaska

8:00 PM

I'm sorry, what question? (I was asleep at the keyboard)

Debbie M.

I actually stopped in to see if I remembered seeing something. Is there a place we can set up pre formatted comments?

Jolenealaska

there is supposed to be an app for that.

I'm sorry. I woke up and started singing La Marseillaise, and quoting Les Miserables and Hunchback.

Debbie M.

I thought I had come across something on the desktop site. Maybe I'm imaging things, it's been known to happen.

Jolenealaska

It's a tick.

No, it's a thing.

I just don't think it works

Debbie M.

Okay. If it didn't work maybe they killed it in the recent update, I'll stop looking for it.

Jay

9:02 PM

lol kinda silly so I subscribed for Men's Health on Amazon for only $15/10 issues

This gives me both digital and physical copy

But i just saw that the physical only option cost $20/10 issue

and the digital only option also cost $20/10 issue

Cerberus

Well done.

What will you use it for?

ElendilTheTall

Masturbatory purposes I suspect.

Jay

lolol

hardly

I dont know. I want to be healthier

Cerberus

9:20 PM

I used to think it was gays who bought Men's Health.

Then I found out it was actually bought by straighties wanting to get sixpacks.

Now sure how a magazine would help them, but eh.

Jay

What about gay men who want to get sixpacks

they have nice workouts in the magazine

Catija

@Cerberus Yeah... sitting around on your arse reading a magazine is probably not one of the ways to get a six-pack ;)

Jay

and generally looking at really fit men or your "goal" is a motivator

its also has nice articles about health in general, not just to get fit

ElendilTheTall

If you want to lose weight, burn more calories than you consume. If you want to build muscle, lift weights of a mass that allows you to perform an exercise 8-12 reps at a time, 3 times, with a 1 minute break in between.

Everything else is fluff.

Cerberus

@Jay They, too, probably!

@Catija What, huh, why not?

Next thing you're telling me watching football on the telly doesn't count as exercise.

Catija

9:28 PM

@Cerberus ... well I mean, I suppose if they made the mag weigh 50 pounds it might work.

Cerberus

@ElendilTheTall Agreed. However, placebos work.

@Catija So perhaps Jay should buy the Oxford English Dictionary instead.

Catija