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Aug-23-2006 22:01

I have created a sleuth miracle!

IT IS THE UNHIJACKABLE THREAD!

Go ahead and try, but this thread is about anything and nothing, all at the the same time!

This is the place where Al can talk about world domination, Crunch can worship David Hasselhoff, SS can try and find even more complicated questions for his pub quizzes, Nikkie can advertise for Tim Tams, cfm can troll for more Sharpie victims, JR can beg for the chance to win Bobo back, and bedazzling can be a way of life!

So go off, rant and rave, talk about anything, i don't care, I just wanted to see my avatar on the page (when its actually me anyways)

So go ahead, I dare you all to try and hijack me :)

Aug-24-2006 00:44

She was a tall glass of bourban standing there in the doorway. I said, "What can I do for you sweetheart?" She sighed and stepped into my office. "It's my husband. He's been murdered but the police won't help me. Please tell me you'll take the case." She broke down sobbing as she sank into a chair in front of my desk. As long as I'd been a detective I'd been having pretty dames like this walking into my office. Sometimes thier tears were sincere, othertimes not. I wondered which way this was going to break as I handed her a handkerchief. "There there. Why don't you start by telling me what happened." Between sobs the story spilled out, "My husband Earl was a real estate developer. I found him with a knife in his back on the steps outside out door when I got home from shopping today." I leaned back and looked her over. The water works had stopped and she had calmed down a little too fast for my liking, but that was something to remember for later. "Did your husband have any enemies?" I asked as I watched her face closely for signs of deception. "Well, his friend Michael Brown and him have been fueding for years. You see, Earl forgot Michaels birthday two years in a row." I fought back the urge to laugh, barely maintaining my composure. Two birthdays in a row? Now that's one hell of a motive for murder. "Uh-huh," I answered trying to figure out what game she was trying to play. "Two birthdays in a row? You know, I don't often here that as a motive for murder. Can you think of any other reason or anybody else that would want to hurt your husband?" The waterworks started again as she replied, "no. He's the only one I can think of." "Ok, ok. I'll take the case." I said as I escorted her to the door of my office. Her story stunk up to high heaven, and I intended to find out what really happened to Earl.

Aug-24-2006 00:50

Just to harp back onto Justin's funny facts...

* If the population of China walked passed you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
but
* There are more chickens than people in the world.

Now if you think about that for too long it'll do your head in.

(there you go ferret err I mean biggie ;) )

Aug-24-2006 00:58

nonsensical [non-sen-si-kuhl]

adj 1: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous] 2: having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a)]

Aug-24-2006 01:13

21 things not to forget on a day hike:
(Apparently compiled by Captain Obvious)
1. Backpack and rain cover
2. Food
3. Boots
4. Gaiters
5. Socks (2 pair)
6. Liquids
7. Foot repair
8. Extra pack straps
9. Rain jacket
10. Fleece jacket
11. Watch
12. Maps and compass
13. Knife
14. Pen and paper
15. String
17. Rubber bands
18. Reading material
19. Aspirin
20. Flashlight
21. Clothes to wear back home

Aug-24-2006 03:23

I am a selling a used 1987 Dodge Dakota Hub Cap, any takers? :)

Aug-24-2006 03:30

Must be picked up at my house, won't be delivered. No service. No return policy.

Aug-24-2006 04:15

LMFAO you guys are great!

*wonders how many of Justin's fun facts came from the pub quizzes*

Aug-24-2006 04:46

My kid gave me pink eye.

Aug-24-2006 07:35

Reading through this more carefully now....

Hey roadkill why did you call me a ferret? ;)

Aug-24-2006 07:55

I was 14 when I'd heard the words that would change my life forever.
The guy's name was John, he wore this cream jersey.. with what I always thought was a cable knit pattern. He had blond-ish hair that I think was curly-shaggish and when he wanted our attention, he'd go silent and look down at his hands.
"Hey, everyone, John's looking at his hands." And with that we'd all settle down instantly. No mean feat for a young drama class fill of energy.
He had written the words on the board but while I remember them clear as day, I can't remember if it was a white or black board.

What I do remember, was the class room lacking a door, it was in the new block of a new school.
But that was no worry for us, we just used what I'd later find out was the magic "as if" pioneered by a Russian by the name of Stanislavky-( we just thought we were using our imaginations and thought we were acting) t0 build one. Later that day, Paddy came bounding in through the door. Paddy was one who bounded everywhere despite appearing quite centred.
"Paddy!" "Hey! You broke the door!" "Ow, that has to hurt!" "Paddy, are you ok?"
Quickly realising that he'd actually bounded through a "door" , Paddy rubbed his head, "took" some "aspirin" and put the door back. Years later this incident was to get me an "A", in my Thea 211 Truth and Representation paper on Stan and his magic "as if."

We came into the class one day after lunch and on the board, John had written,

"Those who say 'no' are awarded by the safety they attain. Thos who say 'yes' are the adventures they have."

This was a quote from Keith Johnson's book, Impro. The book that basically invented Theatre Sports which lead to Whose Line is it Anyway?

I instantly choose then that I would be a 'yes' sayer. That I would have adventures and *&^% any safety. I was going to live my life and not just survive it.