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Grace Note

22:00

They should be in public beta now.

Spare Oom

@RegDwighт I did a little while ago as well.

RegDwighт

I just thought @MετάEd and @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 and @Cerberus wanted to know. And perhaps @KitFox.

Grace Note

I think Kit has already been in there

RegDwighт

Hint: it's a running gag.

Grace Note

Ah

Spare Oom

22:03

I should have realized.

RegDwighт

Not your fault. No man can keep up with the speed here.

Jul 16 '12 at 13:52, by RegDwight ΒВB

This chat is moving at the speed of light. We are making supersonic persons out of us.

Spare Oom

I don't even bother reading to catch up.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Huh? Already??

RegDwighт

May 27 '11 at 19:30, by RegDwight

What, you didn't read the entire transcript????

Cerberus

It's only three years long. Better get started, then.

RegDwighт

22:06

Less than three. These prices won't last.

Spare Oom

I started from the beginning at one time, but after more than a few people joined, y'all got quite chatty!

Cerberus

Almost.

Yeah, sorry 'bout that.

Spare Oom

I'll have something to read when I retire.

:)

Cerberus

Hehe.

RegDwighт

@SpareOom Cerberus in particular. He's blathering day out, day in, in his sleep, out his sleep. Just check the numbers.

Cerberus

22:06

Possibly.

Spare Oom

Yeah. He even talks to me!

Cerberus

Even to you. Who'd have thunk?

RegDwighт

Most active user ever on the entire network.

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Cerberus

Thank you, room!

Spare Oom

Well forevermore!

Cerberus

22:07

You may stop clapping now.

Forevermore indeed!

RegDwighт

I only just lifted one paw.

Grace Note

@RegDwighт I'm amazed that I'm so close to the top 10, and relieved that I'm not in it.

Cerberus

This is funny.

What will it be...fitness model?

Fitness mocassin?

RegDwighт

@GraceNote just you wait till Jasper decides he doesn't like chat accounts, either. You are one step away from getting one step closer to no longer being one step away from where you could be then.

Grace Note

@Cerberus Too bad mine cuts off at the T instead of the I.

Kit's is cute, though

RegDwighт

22:10

Now look at Aarthi. And she did it in like 1/3 the time we had.

She's on your heels, Cerberus.

Cerberus

She's so far down I can barely see her.

I can handle her.

Split in three if I have to.

RegDwighт

Hades is not exactly high in the sky, either. Don't drop your cover just yet.

Plus from the numbers it looks like she got all that ~~reps~~ posts in the Teachers' Lounge, where you can't see her.

She could be posting fifty-twelve messages a minute right now.

Cerberus

Hades is so low that...les extrêmes se touchent.

RegDwighт

Ewww.

Keep your extremities away from me, willya.

Cerberus

Well. Eh.

RegDwighт

22:15

Is that the new movie from Pixar?

Cerberus

I said nothing about willyas.

Haha what?

RegDwighт

Oh right. I forgot you don't know what movies is.

Cerberus

Know what what is?

RegDwighт

WALL•E

WALL•E is de negende animatiefilm van Pixar Animation Studios. De regie was in handen van Andrew Stanton, die ook Finding Nemo regisseerde en de co-regisseur was van A Bug's Life. De film volgt het liefdesverhaal van twee robots in de toekomst. Opvallend is dat er in de film nauwelijks gecommuniceerd wordt met een menselijke stem, maar juist wel met lichaamstaal en stemachtige geluiden (ontworpen door Ben Burtt). WALL•E werd genomineerd voor zes Oscars, waarvan de film de Academy Award voor de Beste Animatiefilm won. Daarnaast werden aan de animatiefilm meer dan veertig andere prijzen to...

Robusto

will.e.lm

RegDwighт

22:16

That will.e.lm, that will.e.lm. I do not like that will.e.lm.

Cerberus

God.

Robusto

If negende means crappy, sure.

tchrist

Slain by Dutch Will-Elm Disease.

Cerberus

That sounds horribler than I could have imagined.

RegDwighт

It was phantabulous until like one half into the movie when they added the plasticine people for no reason.

Cerberus

22:16

Ugh.

Negen = nine.

RegDwighт

And nine is German for no, so what wiki is saying is that that movie is not from Pixar.

It makes sense.

Cerberus

Or it is the non-movie.

RegDwighт

Man. It really was so good. And then it stopped being so good. Why?

Cerberus

Or it is a movie where all the cute little cartoon fish say NEIN! all the time.

Robusto

It's really just a remake of Herbie, the Love Bug, but updated for, you know, technological and eschatological reasons.

RegDwighт

22:18

@Cerberus No. Them's gulls, not fish. And they say mine, not nein. And you have just blown your cover.

Robusto

@Cerberus You mean narwhals?

Cerberus

Rats.

RegDwighт

You know way too much for not knowing nothing.

Cerberus

God no. Not the narwhals.

I try to know as little as possible.

TRiG

@Cerberus Swimming in the ocean.

Causing a commotion.

Cerberus

22:20

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

TRiG

'Cos they are so awesome.

Cerberus

Silence!

TRiG

MWA-HAH-HAH!!

Cerberus

howls

RegDwighт

My wife has the narwhals song on her playlist. The chicken on the raft, too. She listens to them regularly.

Cerberus

22:20

Hahaha.

RegDwighт

Ohai Trig.

Spare Oom

Fun movie: imdb.com/title/tt1034314

TRiG

@RegDwighт Hi.

RegDwighт

I have to apologize to you.

Cerberus

My wife doesn't have the narwhals on her playlist.

TRiG

22:20

@RegDwighт ?

Cerberus

Beware.

RegDwighт

Last time I was cracking jokes about your posting, um, gay porn, I wasn't aware that it was supposed to be, um, gay porn.

TRiG

@RegDwighт Ah.

That's rather funny, actually.

RegDwighт

So I kind of thought I was being funny and then a day later I thought that was rather tactless.

Robusto

Like that time you thought @Cerberus was his gay porn name, and then found out it was?

TRiG

22:22

@RegDwighт And I just wondered what you were talking about, actually.

Cerberus

When was that?

RegDwighт

@Robusto Now you're just being cruel. Nobody is called Cerberus. What kind of name is that.

Cerberus

growls

Robusto

Mondo cane.

RegDwighт

Jan 4 at 19:45, by TRiG

TRiG

22:23

@RegDwighт It honestly didn't occur to me you were talking about those pictures.

Robusto

@RegDwighт It's not gay porn, it's a rebus. Meaning: hung like a horse.

Cerberus

@Robusto Mondo mio buwahaha!

TRiG

@RegDwighт I was actually asked to post that.

Jan 4 at 19:43, by KitFox

Pix or it didn't happen.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Comedy Central has reruns of that Hung thing. I am always afraid to tune in by accident.

imdb.com/title/tt1229413

Door bell.

Cerberus

At this hour?

@TRiG You know she always says that.

RegDwighт

22:25

24 hours ago, by RegDwighт

Door bell.

30 minutes earlier than yesterday.

Cerberus

Haha wtf.

Who is it?

RegDwighт

Wife.

She demands a croissant, too.

Robusto

The Chinese used to refer to westerners as hung mao fan, meaning "red-haired devils." My response: at least we were hung!

RegDwighт

We're fresh out of croissants, though.

Cerberus

She doesn't have a key because...otherwise you can't lock her up when needed?

tchrist

22:26

Forgive me, for I have duped. But I cannot find it.

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Q: Correct use of is/are in a list of pronouns

My company's website recently received an E-mail stating there was a grammatical error in our greeting message. The sentence in question is as follows: "If you, a family member, or a friend is physically or mentally disabled, unable to work, and needs help navigating through the Social Security d...

Multiple subjects in disjunction. Where is the canonical answer?

TRiG

@Cerberus It could have been worse.

tchrist

I have answered this too many times.

@Robusto Way!

Cerberus

@TRiG Oh God...I think you have posted that one before too.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus she does have a key. It's a copy that doesn't fit the lock well, though. (She wanted to have Maggie from the Simpsons on it, which was only available in some weird size.) So she prefers to ring.

tchrist

@Robusto Why are shirtless men always “gay” porn? Do female androsexuals have a problem with shirtless dudes?

RegDwighт

22:29

She will also not lock up the door when leaving, quite often.

Because it takes her ages and she misses the bus.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Of course. That makes perfect sense. Maggie from the Simpsons, and now your doorbell rings every night.

RegDwighт

Well it's still before midnight.

Cerberus

Why didn't I think of that?

Robusto

@RegDwighт If she misses the bus, does she have to take the rebus?

RegDwighт

@Robusto yes, but this much be spoiled: it's not a gay rebus.

TRiG

22:30

@tchrist But women aren't visually stimulated and don't enjoy porn. Everyone knows that. (It's complete bullshit, but everyone knows it anyway.)

Spare Oom

@tchrist Depends on the dude.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Is your life one big French movie?

TRiG

Jan 23 at 0:15, by TRiG

Cerberus

Abounding in eccentric characters?

tchrist

Oh my.

TRiG

22:30

Didn't think I had, but you're right.

RegDwighт

@TRiG Thank you for quoting what I failed to quote just five minutes ago.

I thought one was enough.

TRiG

@tchrist I still prefer the GIF of him taking his clothes off ....

Cerberus

@TRiG ...aaaand there he is again.

Robusto

@tchrist I'm going to have to plead ignorance on this one. I don't get to do it often, so I intend to enjoy it this time.

tchrist

There’s more where that one comes from, I’m sure.

RegDwighт

22:32

@TRiG I still prefer to play that GIF backwards, with eyes closed, with my back facing the unplugged monitor, while cuddling a Bible.

tchrist

@Robusto Not as much as I will. :)

Cerberus

Athletes-cum-porn-stars...what's next? Hookers-cum-MPs? Oh, wait, Berlusconi already had those...

tchrist

@RegDwighт More dry figs, eh?

TRiG

@RegDwighт It would actually be even more impressive backwards. A rolling tumble with good enough aim to get into your pants would be quite a skill.

Robusto

@Cerberus You got the cum part right.

Cerberus

22:33

Gosh.

RegDwighт

@TRiG I actually saw people do that.

I am certain there's videos on YouTube.

tchrist

Where is the helicopter gif?

Cerberus

@TRiG Sounds like the overture of a porn flick.

RegDwighт

Not videos of people doing that, mind you. Just videos.

Cerberus

Of course.

Robusto

22:34

It's kind of like Hit Girl doing the running double mag load. Best send-up of gratuitous violence ever.

RegDwighт

Though RIAA is on a crusade to prove me wrong.

Cerberus

Don't forget GEMA.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Ars gratuitous artis.

Not to mention arse and arctis.

tchrist

Cut that out.

RegDwighт

I don't have pliers handy.

tchrist

22:36

Don’t need no bare bear asses.

RegDwighт

When was the last time a bare bear asked you what you needed?

TRiG

Unicorn chaser!

Robusto

►

There it is.

tchrist

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a plant species of the genus Arctostaphylos (manzanita). Its common names include kinnikinnick and pinemat manzanita, and it is one of several related species referred to as bearberry. Distribution The distribution of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is circumpolar, and it is widespread in northern latitudes, but confined to high altitudes further south: *in Europe, from Iceland and North Cape, Norway south to southern Spain (Sierra Nevada); central Italy (Apennines) and northern Greece (Pindus mountains); *in Asia from arctic Siberia south to Turkey, the Caucasus a...

RegDwighт

@Robusto not enough sax and violins.

Robusto

22:38

Hey, back off. She's, like, 10.

tchrist

RegDwighт

Hard to tell with the mask on.

@tchrist I actually used that gif in an answer once.

5

A: Word for the sound made while vomiting

Blech or blarg(h), with extra Hs for extra effect. Some Google Image Search results for blargh:

Robusto

How did that not hit the MC?

tchrist

Sounds Irish.

RegDwighт

Chibs is in Ireland. DUH.

@tchrist the bear grape?

Did I just understand two consecutive words of Latin?

What has this world come to.

tchrist

22:41

@RegDwighт Yes, and double-beared: note the Latin and the Greek both have the same thing.

No, you understood Spanish.

RegDwighт

I know uva from Spanish and Urs from Schwitzerdütsch.

I don't need no Latin, let the dead language burn.

tchrist

@RegDwighт You should ask @Cerb to instruct you in re Arctostaphylos.

RegDwighт

There's also Ursula, obviously. How's that for a crappy name for a girl.

tchrist

Le Guin has class.

Cerberus

Hmm what?

Robusto

22:44

@Cerb puts the cock in staphylococcus.

Cerberus

Uhh...

RegDwighт

He also puts the staff in staphylococcus.

Robusto

It's a compliment, dummy.

@RegDwighт But does he put his cock in the staff?

Cerberus

Thanks?

RegDwighт

And he also puts the feel in staphylococcus.

Robusto

22:45

Just as long as he don't put no cock in us.

RegDwighт

@Robusto uh. You do know there's that thing called, um, cockstuffing?

Or perhaps cockstaffing, I never checked.

And I don't want to.

Robusto

Is it anything like spotted dick?

tchrist

This is way too staphylorrhaphic for me.

Spatchcocking is something you do to fowl when you’re in a hurry.

Cerberus

@tchrist Triple aspiration? I don't think so...

Robusto

I am the walrus.

Cerberus

22:47

Of course.

tchrist

@Robusto Goes in tight.

Robusto

I am the walrus.

Cerberus

How come you can say the same line twice?

tchrist

Moscow has Walmarts?

Cerberus

It never lets me.

RegDwighт

22:47

@Robusto at the danger of derailing this room to the point of no return, cockstuffing is the sexual practice of inserting things into urethra. I was told some people widen it to the point of inserting other male's genitalia in it. I never checked.

tchrist

I can say the same line.

I can say the same line‪.

I can say the same line‪‪.

I can say the same line‪‪‪.

RegDwighт

Probably because it is not the same.

tchrist

I can say the same line‪‪‪‪.

I can say the same line‪‪‪‪‪.

RegDwighт

CCCCCOMBO BREAKER

Robusto

►

RegDwighт

22:50

@tchrist Moscow has MEGA, where certain users' wives buy cigarettes for them.

@Robusto I never noticed the HD sign in that scene.

TRiG

Can I repeat myself?

No.

Robusto

@RegDwighт It doesn't translate.

TRiG

The second line got swallowed up.

tchrist

Can I repeat myself?

Can I repeat myself‪?

Can I repeat myself‪‪?

RegDwighт

►

tchrist

22:52

@TRiG That’s because it’s not polite to talk with your mouth full.

Cerberus

@Robusto How very...coherent.

Robusto

Too highbrow for you?

tchrist

@Robusto said, supersilliestly.

RegDwighт

@Robusto gotta love the top comments.

> "Yeah, well, that's just like... your opinion, man."

> Yeah, well, you know, that's like... uh... just your opinion, man.

Neither of that is what he actually says.

How fucking hard can it be.

It really is too highbrow.

Robusto

They don't do their research.

I had a dream the other night that I found out how Joel Cohen thought of the whole idea for The Big Lebowski. He was out at the beach and he saw some spaced-out hippie trying to scatter ashes from an urn into the sea and getting them blown back in his party's faces. And the whole movie just came to him in that moment.

tchrist

23:01

Opium again, eh?

Robusto

Weed.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Could be. Still mad kudos to him for coming up with the other 99.999999%.

And with that I'm taking my leave for today.

Buenos nachos.

Robusto

Same. gotta do the dinner thing.

RegDwighт

¡Abierto y alto!

TRiG

@Robusto Piss.

Cerberus

23:07

G'night!

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