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7:00 PM

@RegDwighт So it seems that Joshua admits that "abuse" was a very inappropriate term. He now says he was "confused".

Understandable. I am confused myself. And so will be everyone else in this room who don't even know what you're talking about. Complete incomprehensibility has been achieved!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@MattЭллен did you explode from a body to become that tiny crab?

RegDwighт

I can't even type incomprehensibility anymore. That's how incomprehensible I have become.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт Sadly that's off topic now, it seems.

Matt Эллен

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 makes crab like movements which might suggest agreement

RegDwighт

7:06 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Luckily everything that's off-topic is also on-topic now.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт phew. We dodged a bullet there, I think

RegDwighт

It wasn't easy.

Matt Эллен

ha! So I can finally ask about the best way to make a sandwich

RegDwighт

We had to use lots of lookaheadness and insight, as the Great Lenin taught us.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Step one. Marry the Duke or Duchess of Sandwich. Step 2. Have child with said person. Done.

RegDwighт

7:07 PM

@MattЭллен the best way to make a sandwich is not to make it in any of the ways that are not the best.

Try it. It will work. Guaranteed.

Matt Эллен

thanks! +1 would read again

RegDwighт

No problem. I can say it again.

In fact I will.

Matt Эллен

woo!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт You probably said it already anyway.

RegDwighт

I will quote it, and say it again, and then quote myself saying it again.

Cerberus

7:09 PM

@RegDwighт That is always our ultimate goal. Our hidden agenda, or our conspicuous agenda, rather.

RegDwighт

Apr 5 '12 at 14:08, by RegDwight Ѭſ道

Certainly.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт And you accuse me of litotae's!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт That seemed to take a long time. Looking for the right tab?

RegDwighт

No, for the Semmelknödel.

I'm making dinner.

Matt Эллен

time to go. CU!

RegDwighт

7:11 PM

@Cerberus how is an accolade an accusation? Get your acct together!

KitFox

cries

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 but now that you mention it, I am looking at the search results for guaranteed and not liking what I'm seeing. I should be talking way more.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт It starts with acc. You know I'm lazy.

@MattЭллен Bai!

RegDwighт

Here are thirty-seven sentences featuring the word "guarantee":

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox there there

Robusto

7:14 PM

Tween!

KitFox

ELL Beta is public now.

RegDwighт

Well people you suck. That's not 37 sentences, and not a single one mentions the word.

KitFox

starts wailing

RegDwighт

What do you think that colon was for? Thou shalt not use the colon of your God the Lord in vain.

Robusto

Welcome to [H]ELL!

Cerberus

7:15 PM

So ehm @Reg , are things OK now, or acceptable?

@Robusto Don't steal my lines.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus I am still cooking dinner and still thinking things over. I'm not in a rush. But thank you. Really.

Robusto

@Cerberus You're so like Apple. Gonna sue me for patent infringement now?

KitFox

hides under rock

offers apple pie to Reg

RegDwighт

@Robusto he will have to sioux you in English, in which case he has to pay you royalties for siouxing you.

It's a win-win.

Except for him.

Robusto

It's not enough that I win-win. @Cerberus must also lose-lose.

RegDwighт

7:18 PM

Full disclosure: I have just replaced both sues in that sentence with sioux only because I had no idea if the present participle should have an e or not. Curly Sue me.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт OK. Have new overtures been made to you from a certain direction? Because I got a reply from Shog saying everything was "under control".

KitFox

@RegDwighт Yes.

Robusto

Wow, everything is so not under control.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus Cooking dinner includes not having checked my mail just yet.

Cerberus

OK.

RegDwighт

7:19 PM

@KitFox yes as in you will sue me, or as in you will do so curly?

KitFox

@RegDwighт Yes as in with an e.

Cerberus

Are we in your stew at present?

KitFox

Curly.

RegDwighт

@KitFox Well I already knew that. I have never typed a yes without an e.

MετάEd

@KitFox That sounds a lot like pi with an e.

KitFox

7:20 PM

I offered him pie, but he didn't take it.

RegDwighт

Pineapple is pi with two Es.

KitFox

Apple pie with an n.

MετάEd

@KitFox So now we've come "full circle".

RegDwighт

@KitFox I ated it before you even noticed my taking it.

Cerberus

@Robusto Absolutely. I'm having you removed from the market this instant. You should have tried sharper comments when you had the chance, instead of your obtuseness.

MετάEd

7:22 PM

I've just been e-mailed that the ELL beta is now public.

Glad to see that's old news.

KitFox

7 mins ago, by KitFox

ELL Beta is public now.

Cerberus

Yay!

Robusto

@Cerberus Fine. But you failed to meet analyst projections, so your stock is dropping. Have fun.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Hey, I was just emailed that ELL is public beta

Cerberus

@Robusto I don't care...I am a bunch of lawyers, and all I care about is bleeding companies dry, preferably both companies at a time. I make policy.

RegDwighт

7:24 PM

Hey I still haven't checked my email. Has something happened in the last ten days?

Cerberus

I don't know. I wonder when ELL will go public.

RegDwighт

What is ELL?

Cerberus

FML.

RegDwighт

You do realize it has to go private first.

KitFox

Cerberus

7:25 PM

I didn't know it was already being publicly traded.

@KitFox Awww...

RegDwighт

OMG Kit is Martha now.

KitFox

Have been for ages.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox angry birds blanket?

Cerberus

Maybe...but she still wins.

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yup.

Cerberus

7:25 PM

So cute.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox of course it features that useless boomerang bird

KitFox

That's Duck Duck McDuckens with my little one.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Actually it features the big red one.

Elmo is probably crushed beneath him as usual.

MετάEd

Elmo has fallen and he can't get up.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

so @Kit today you're crying and your avatar is a sad panda. is everything okay?

KitFox

No.

pouts

It's not all about me.

RegDwighт

7:30 PM

Oh, I have a sad panda in a tab somewhere.

KitFox

Of course you do.

RegDwighт

Jan 10 at 11:46, by RegDwighт

Oops.

Disregard.

Robusto

Jackass.

RegDwighт

That's a live stream of me looking for the tab.

KitFox

That looks like an Anja I know.

Robusto

7:31 PM

@RegDwighт What makes you think your wife has it?

RegDwighт

WTF where iz panda.

I only found Snoop Dogg.

Sep 28 '12 at 20:13, by RegDwighт

Cerberus

Haha.

I remember that one.

RegDwighт

Twice.

Sep 28 '12 at 20:09, by RegDwighт

Robusto

@RegDwighт That's from @Cerb's trip to Russia, no?

Cerberus

Yeah.

RegDwighт

7:34 PM

It was a trip alright.

Cerberus

It was cold.

RegDwighт

Not sure about the Russia part.

Cerberus

Sure, it was in Russia.

We were dropped off at this souvenir-shop-cum-vodka-bar at 11 in the morning.

This actually happened.

And I bought that hat.

RegDwighт

Aug 23 '12 at 21:13, by ЯegDwight

Cerberus

This did not actually happen.

@RegDwighт Haha I also remember that one...I think. Or was it something else.

RegDwighт

7:35 PM

It was something else, and its name was nothing.

Cerberus

I love the last two reasons, though.

RegDwighт

You don't even remember how you remember nothing. That's a record.

Cerberus

I can meta that as many times as you like...

RegDwighт

@Cerberus I don't think you were around for that particular discussion. It was me and Matt goofing off, I think.

Cerberus

Hmm.

I do remember laughing about a silly reason why certain Balrogs did not elect to fly.

Robusto

7:37 PM

I still don't get Inception, even without balrogs.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto It's just a balrog within a balrog

Cerberus

I don't get conception...but I guess people get bored or something.

RegDwighт

Aug 23 '12 at 21:14, by Jasper Loy

A strange thing happened with rep today. Rep is supposed to be correct like within 5 minutes. But it was not so and I had to do a recalc to find I lost 5 points.

The problems of the days of milk and honey.

And anyway. Where is panda.

I even found Michael J Fox looking exactly like Al Pacino.

KitFox

Are you thinking of polar bear? I stole polar bear.

RegDwighт

No. Panda.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

7:38 PM

Hey, I just got an email saying that ELL is in public beta.

RegDwighт

There is no polar panda. Zoology.

Cerberus

Perhaps it spotted some fresh bamboo shoots, and accidentally fell asleep on the way?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт There is no panda, only zool (-ogy)

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 again? Or still? I'm getting confused. Hopefully someone will send me an email with a link to the ELU question on the difference between the two.

Robusto

Were you looking for the Soviet panda?

Cerberus

7:39 PM

16 mins ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Hey, I was just emailed that ELL is public beta

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт actually, again

Cerberus

17 mins ago, by KitFox

7 mins ago, by KitFox

ELL Beta is public now.

RegDwighт

In Soviet Russia, the only panda was proPAgaNDA.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus that was a different email. Or the same email in a different account. I deleted it too fast to be sure.

KitFox

Robusto

7:40 PM

May 2 '12 at 14:50, by Robusto

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

►

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Maybe you should report that line in slightly different words a couple more times, just to be sure.

Robusto

May 2 '12 at 14:49, by Robusto

> I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species.

RegDwighт

@Robusto That's not a sad panda. That's a red panda.

Better sad than red.

Cerberus

@KitFox Awwww stop it!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

7:41 PM

@Cerberus It was two different emails. I wasn't repeating myself.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт I thought all pandas were raised to praise the Great Leader?

They all grow up red.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Just to be sure, come on.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт No, this is a red panda

Oh, cute.

Awww I SAID STOP IT!

7:43 PM

@KitFox Hedgehogs are tricky though. I had one once that ran around my house stealing all my gold rings.

Robusto

Apr 30 '11 at 1:08, by Robusto

Why can't they find the freakin' image?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto the original link is broken

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Maybe you shouldn't build ramps everywhere.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus lesson learned, I guess

Cerberus

Great.

Robusto

7:44 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 How did it get broken? It was working before. Also, it was an upload.

KitFox

Apr 28 '11 at 12:11, by RegDwight

That's the one.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto It looks like it wasn't an upload?

Robusto

Apr 30 '11 at 14:10, by Vitaly

Ask Josef Reginald Dwight.

Cerberus

Haha.

KitFox

@Robusto The original was taken down.

Robusto

7:47 PM

May 1 '11 at 21:26, by F'x

KitFox

RegDwighт

Well it's official. For the second time in history I can't find something in this room. My only consolation is I can still find the first time I couldn't find something in this room.

Fck it, we'll do it live.