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@Cerberus half of the Netherlands used to be some exotic Caribbean islands. But then you decided that cold rainy European islands with windmills are just as fine.

oerkelens

4:57 PM

You know I don't do typos

Cerberus

Half?

The islands come to us now!

RegDwigнt

Well or three quarters.

The better three quarters.

Cerberus

@oerkelens I know. I don't do them either...if I spot them in time.

@RegDwigнt We never had that many islands there.

Only a few small ones, like now.

oerkelens

@Cerberus My keyboard on the other hand... has a mind of its own and an eager space bar

RegDwigнt

@Cerberus Look under the rug.

Cerberus

4:58 PM

@oerkelens OMG is it the same as mine?

@RegDwigнt There isn't enough space under the rug.

RegDwigнt

Also, don't take the Caribbean part literally, you bozo dog.

oerkelens

Those are your hands on my keyboard?

RegDwigнt

The idea is you had nice but then you gave up and now you only have mills.

oerkelens

@RegDwigнt Indonesia was nice :)

RegDwigнt

Is wut Im sayin.

Cerberus

4:59 PM

Oh, so by that you meant "half of the Netherlands used to be some exotic Caribbean islands" I should have read, "another part of the Netherlands than described used to be some exotic islands somewhere else than described"?

oerkelens

But we really tried to keep 'em

Robusto

@RegDwigнt I took the Caribbean part literally last week. I wasn't disappointed.

RegDwigнt

@Cerberus You should have read whatever you wished because in three seconds you'll forget it anyway.

Cerberus, the Ruinor of all Jokes, Master of None.

oerkelens

@Cerberus Well, d'oh. Wasn't that the only obvious way to read it? :+

Cerberus

@RegDwigнt We tried to kill as many people as we could. We raped lots of women there and slaughtered whole villages. But it didn't work.

RegDwigнt

5:01 PM

Well did I say "good times" or did I say "good times"?

Now they just kill each other for the love of Allah.

oerkelens

@Cerberus Indeed. Even after all that, they still wanted us out :(

Cerberus

Good times.

MετάEd

New Orleans used to be an exotic Caribbean island.

Cerberus

@oerkelens Unbelievable.

MετάEd

Or I could say southeast Louisiana, with New Orleans as its capital.

Robusto

5:01 PM

@MετάEd When it wasn't under water.

oerkelens

@RegDwigнt Well, last terrorists from there we had over here were actually Christian...

Cerberus

@MετάEd You mean the part of NO that wasn't under water during Katrina.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto good to know you weren't disappointed, but are you disappointed now?

Cerberus

Oh, are the Molukken Christian?

MετάEd

@Robusto You could say that about any exotic Caribbean island ... so no.

Cerberus

5:02 PM

I didn't know that.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Don't you have anything to do besides being equivocal?

RegDwigнt

@oerkelens you know anyone can call himself Christian, right. You know anyone does call themselves Christian.

Cerberus

@Robusto NO!

oerkelens

@Cerberus At least a whole bunch of its inhabitants, yes. The island itself, that would be a theological question :P

Cerberus

@RegDwigнt I don't!

Robusto

5:02 PM

@MετάEd Jamaica has mountains. Also, the ABC islands are outside the hurricane track.

RegDwigнt

The only real Christian has been nailed to a cross. Eat that.

Cerberus

@oerkelens What percentage?

RegDwigнt

The rest are just impostors.

oerkelens

@Cerberus Dunno

Cerberus

OK.

RegDwigнt

5:03 PM

@Robusto YES!

KitFox

The only real Christian was Jewish.

Robusto

Well, excuse me. Gotta go wash the feet of some apostles. Then it's suppertime!

KitFox

What are we discussing?

Cerberus

@oerkelens Hey, you forgot to correct you typo, should be "I don't know.".

RegDwigнt

@Robusto Supper Mario Galaxy!

oerkelens

5:03 PM

@Cerberus Almost half, says nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molukken

Cerberus

Galaxy?

oerkelens

And it was one of the main issues in their independence thingee

Robusto

Samsung Mario Galaxy.

oerkelens

For which they hijacked a train

RegDwigнt

@KitFox we are not discussing. We are moving the chat up the screen. It's like backwards Tetris.

Robusto

5:04 PM

When the Dutch got to Africa they became too boering for words.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto who is Sam and why did she sing?

Robusto

To keep a drowsy emperor awake?

RegDwigнt

►

MετάEd

@KitFox The blood moon maybe.

Robusto

I am Sam. Sam I am.

RegDwigнt

5:05 PM

@Robusto Mission accomplished, then.

@Robusto no Sean Penn in this chat.

KitFox

@MετάEd October?

Robusto

No Pennzoil?

RegDwigнt

Pennzo the clown.

Sorry, Penzo il clown.

Robusto

Penne pasta.

oerkelens

Isn't that clear? :)
No really, if you do find out, please share :)

RegDwigнt

5:06 PM

Se pasta se una buona calzone.

MετάEd

@KitFox The moon falling on/after the ecclesiastical equinox.

Robusto

If the moon is falling, you better duck. Christian, Jew or Muslim.

RegDwigнt

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's religion.

Robusto

Actually, ducking probably won't help.

Religion is a moray. Or a moré.

RegDwigнt

Nonono, you mean a Moiré.

oerkelens

5:07 PM

What's the difference between a Christian, a Jewish and a Muslim duck?

MετάEd

csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0413/…

RegDwigнt

@oerkelens all of them are duckers.

MετάEd

@oerkelens Tell us.

RegDwigнt

Feb 9 '11 at 21:45, by Kosmonaut

My officemate is Russian and he swears constantly, and I always know if he is IM'ing me from his iPhone because suddenly he will use the word "ducker".

Robusto

Gives "duck and cover" a whole new meaning.

meer2kat

5:08 PM

@kitfox i'm here to discuss the poetry room

oerkelens

@MετάEd I'm asking. I don't know!

KitFox

@meer2kat I'm listening.

Robusto

@meer2kat We are the Incomprehensible Room. We can't help you.

RegDwigнt

We can help you, but you won't comprehend.

Robusto

Same difference.

meer2kat

5:09 PM

@KitFox I'm curious as to why it was deleted. There was quite a bit of poetry there.

@KitFox Further up

KitFox

Because you were misbehaving.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto I don't comprehend.

Robusto

See?

I told you.

meer2kat

@KitFox We were?

RegDwigнt

@Robusto Baikal?

KitFox

5:10 PM

@meer2kat Buncha flags.

oerkelens

There was life in the poetry room, and I missed it? sad

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Let's not say things we can't take back. Oh, wait . . .

meer2kat

@KitFox I don't understand why. The one kid was cursing. Beyond that I didn't see anything inappropriate about the conversation in that room

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Wait, isn't that a lake?

RegDwigнt

@oerkelens There was life and I missed it? God

Cerberus

5:11 PM

@oerkelens Now I'm stuck in a Wikipedia chain, thankyouverymuch.

Robusto

There was God and I missed it?

RegDwigнt

Baikalsee

Der Baikalsee ( osero Baikal; von burjatisch Baygal nuur „reicher See“; im Deutschen wie im Russischen oft nur Baikal genannt) ist ein See in Sibirien, Russland (Asien). Er ist mit 1642 Metern der tiefste und mit mehr als 25 Millionen Jahren der älteste Süßwassersee der Erde. Sein einziger Abfluss, die Angara, fließt über den Jenissei in die Karasee des Polarmeeres. 1996 wurde die Baikal-Region von der UNESCO zum Weltnaturerbe erklärt. Geographie Lage Der Baikalsee befindet sich in den Südsibirischen Gebirgen auf der Grenze zwischen der Oblast Irkutsk am westlichen und nördlichen Uf...

Robusto comprehends nothing. Nothing!

oerkelens

@Cerberus You're welcome >:)

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Yes, cognate in German. I get it. But the Deutschers call all their lakes See.

meer2kat

@KitFox May we make another one? My goal for the poetry room was to have the opportunity for people to make my favorite poetry. Collaborative poetry. To allow people to work in a group to make really awesome poems. I've had the pleasure of writing collaborative poetry on many chat rooms and it's been an amazing experience.

RegDwigнt

5:12 PM

@Robusto but See is what you said.

Robusto

I see.

Cerberus

@oerkelens And now I'm researching whether Molukken (from Arabic muluk "King") could be related to Malaysia and Malacca (probably not: Malacca is probably from a certain tree, melaka, while Malaysia is from the language Malay, probably after some hill).

oerkelens

> God is dead
*Nietzsche_*
> Nietzsche is dead
*God*

Robusto

using German pronunciation You don't See.

RegDwigнt

I mean I am literally helping and you are literally not comprehending!

It's like we're driving someone home whose name is A. Point.

Robusto

5:13 PM

@oerkelens Wah, wah — comic trombone effect Last time I heard that one I fell of my dinosaur.

@RegDwigнt Pointillist.

KitFox

@meer2kat I understand your desire. I feel that our moderation is insufficient to allow you to have an ongoing separate chat room. I'd like to suggest that you use the Writer's chat room for the purpose. I visit there regularly and that kind of activity would be very welcome, and encouraged even.

oerkelens

@Robusto Mine got stolen

RegDwigнt

@Robusto that's point-neuf-tillist to you.

meer2kat

@KitFox Could you link me to it?

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Such a bridge would make me in Seine.

KitFox

5:14 PM

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RegDwigнt

Seine, meine, weine.

KitFox

Yes, I was just finding it.

meer2kat

@KitFox Thank you, Kit.

Robusto

@oerkelens You need to keep dinosaurs locked up overnight in this neighborhood.

KitFox

@meer2kat You are welcome. I hope you understand.

oerkelens

5:15 PM

@Robusto Can't afford the hangar :(

Robusto

I thought the Dutch could afford whatever they wanted.

RegDwigнt

Beware of little red riding neighbors in this hood.

KitFox

@meer2kat I can help you recover some of the poetry in that room if you want it.

Cerberus

@meer2kat So what misbehaviour was it that happened in the poetry room?

Robusto

Poetasters getting unruly—and I missed it?

RegDwigнt

5:15 PM

@Robusto see above. They can't even afford the Caribbean.

oerkelens

@Robusto The Dutch used to think so too :)

meer2kat

@KitFox Of course. And that would be great. I had planned to go home sometime this weekend and save the poems I'd left there

RegDwigнt

@Robusto you say poetasters, I say poetasters. Things could use some calling off.

meer2kat

@Cerberus there was a 14 yr old gone wild in there.

Cerberus

Oh, was he annoying?

RegDwigнt

5:17 PM

@meer2kat there's a subreddit for that.

meer2kat

@Cerberus I did not find him so. But I guess one of the guys did. It's fine. It was not achieving my goal for the room anyways

@RegDwigнt i bet there is lol

Robusto

14-year-olds should be banned from chat. They're a bad influence on the immature adults among us.

3

Cerberus

Okay.

@Robusto We don't want to bad you.

RegDwigнt

Aug 13 '12 at 14:31, by RegDwight АΑA

@ΜετάEd Besides, age verification is not that hard. If you can name three Justin Bieber songs, you are too young to chat here.

Robusto

It's true.

Cerberus

5:18 PM

I assume from your behaviour that you are about 14, right?

oerkelens

@Robusto I've had a 15 year old complaining about immaturity on another board indeed. Average age was 30+ :X

Cerberus

Heh, sure, some kids are really mature, like Mahnax.

Robusto

A young sage.

Cerberus

I'm sure we were, too.

oerkelens

@Robusto I prefer a young Rosemary :P

Robusto

5:18 PM

I used to be mature, but I guess it wore off.

RegDwigнt

I will relocate to the general proximity of the piano. CU lators.

Robusto

Wow, speak of the devil.

Johan Larsson

Does mature have a positive ring to you?

oerkelens

@Robusto ditto :D

Robusto

@RegDwigнt If you have a choice, go for the keyboard side.

RegDwigнt

5:19 PM

Finnland, Finnland, Finnland, the country where I want to be.

Cerberus

@oerkelens Rosemary's Baby?

Robusto

@RegDwigнt No Russian takeovers of Finland in chat.

Cerberus

@RegDwigнt Bai. By the way, I got my colleague addicted to Threes today.

oerkelens

@Cerberus Not that Rosemary

Sage always reminds me of Simon and Garfunkel

RegDwigнt

@Robusto I dunno, how unoriginal is that.

meer2kat

5:20 PM

I feel like I might be the youngest in this room lol

RegDwigнt

What's next, Russia going for the Crimea side?

Cerberus

@Robusto Only on the battlefield?

Robusto

Maybe we can distract Russia with pianos.

Or shakhmat.

5:21 PM

@meer2kat stop using "lol" for punctuation and you'll age by ten years on the spot!

But I'm really not here.

meer2kat

@Robusto pianos being launched by trebuchets? that could be fun

Robusto

@oerkelens Yes, yes, we all got the reference.

oerkelens

@RegDwigнt OMG, QFT!!!! ROFKLMAO!

meer2kat

@RegDwigнt that would make me way too close to my parents age. no thanks

oerkelens

@Robusto Sowwy

meer2kat

5:22 PM

@RegDwigнt nah, 29 wouldn't be too bad. i feel like my life would be less chaotic and there would be less ramen involved :)

Robusto

@meer2kat More fun if they were being played by Russians at the time. See who could complete some Scriabin or Tchaikovsky sonata before coming to rest.

oerkelens

@meer2kat That is probably what I thought 20 years ago

meer2kat

@Robusto That's quite the mental image

Robusto

@oerkelens LOLSPEAK FTW!

meer2kat

@oerkelens I think my main goal would just be the ramen. Did you accomplish that by 29?

oerkelens

5:25 PM

@meer2kat More or less. I moved to Greece for that. Substituted meat for noodles

meer2kat

@oerkelens Well that's exciting. Did/do you enjoy it there?

oerkelens

@Robusto Tried LOLCODE the other day at work. Didn't pass code-review :(

Mahnax

Hello hello.

oerkelens

@meer2kat I did. Then went back to the cold :P

Cerberus

Talking about youngsters!

meer2kat

5:26 PM

@oerkelens Where's that?

Cerberus

@Mahnax I am listening to Stromae btw.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Oh, do you like his music?

oerkelens

@meer2kat Netherlands :)

Cerberus

@Mahnax Yeah, well, some songs.

meer2kat

@oerkelens Oh cool. I dated a guy in the Netherlands a couple months ago. It's very beautiful there

Robusto

5:27 PM

►

Mahnax

@Cerberus Ah. I like most of it.

Cerberus

My friend happened to show me another song a few days after you had mentioned them.

Papa Oùtais.

Mahnax

Which?

Cerberus

(Spelling?)

meer2kat

@oerkelens very quaint looking :)

Mahnax

5:28 PM

@Cerberus Papaoutai.

But yes, that's a good one.

Cerberus

Right!

Mahnax

(Papa où t'es?)

oerkelens

@meer2kat Well, when you have enjoyable company :)

Cerberus

And I managed to understand what that meant without looking at the lyrics.

@Mahnax Yeah I got that.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Nice!

@Cerberus Mhm.

meer2kat

5:29 PM

@oerkelens I bet :) He taught me a little Dutch and laughed at my horrible pronunciations. Good times!

Robusto

Meh, we lost our Russian before we got the chance to load him into a trebuchet with his piano.

Cerberus

As to the song you posted, I managed to understand the entire first couplet or what do you call it, after a few plays.

oerkelens

@meer2kat That is the main reason we have the language. We don't really use it much ourselves, but it is a great gimmick for the tourists :P

In general we prefer to speak terrible English

meer2kat

@oerkelens Hahaha so I've noticed. His English is near perfect, actually.

Robusto

@oerkelens @Cerberus speaks the King's. He prides himself on not being terrible.

Cerberus

5:31 PM

@oerkelens Stonecoal English.

Robusto

Except his typing is for shit.

Cerberus

@Robusto hangs heads

oerkelens

Fluid stonecoal English!

Cerberus

Quite!

meer2kat

ahahaha

Cerberus

5:32 PM

sees bee, forgets about bad typing skills

Robusto

Later for now. Wait, that's a paradox. I must go ponder it.

Cerberus

Ponder!

Matt Эллен

Stibbons!

Cerberus

@oerkelens I must do bodeships now.

@MattЭллен Lo!

Matt Эллен

And behold!

Cerberus

5:40 PM

beholds

oerkelens

@Cerberus Fit on for the hole in your hand!

Cerberus

Ahh haha.

I head to think really hard on fit.

This is perhaps the best way to speak in code in a way that blocks Google Translate.

oerkelens

:D

It's all fun in jest, but some people don't even realize those things are wrong :(

Cerberus

Sadly.

Ich hol dir mal einen runter.

Is what a Dutch woman said when her plumber asked for a certain tool...

Wrong tool.

Will Hunting

5:55 PM

Hey @meer2kat I just read the transcript in the other room, now I know why you are here lol

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