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| Apr-18-07 | | WBP: I can't tell if this forum is descending into chaos, or if I'm slowly losing my grasp on cyber-reality. P.S. I must say, however, as a proud owner of a Deformed Man Toilet, I take exception to some of the jokes and references to it that I've seen here. Granted, it makes certain hygenic procedures an adventure, and because it is a Man Toilet, the little misses has to fend for herself, but all in all, I've throughly enjoyed using it and would recommend it to anyone who finds that his day-to-day toilet activities have become merely standard and mundane. I. P. Standing
Yellow River, NM |
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| Apr-18-07 | | mckmac: <Domdaniel> Gentlemen make gestures towards me all the time but I usually take not the slightest bit of notice.I do make exceptions for policemen, and my bookie. I do understand that hand gestures can serve as a useful kind of <kurtzhand> as we go about our busy modern lives,but I don't believe,generally speaking,that they can ever adequately replace the handwritten note and nice bottle of duty-free. Best Wishes-Aunt Bob
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Apr-19-07
 | | Domdaniel: <Jess> This 'litter' is actually <cat litter> and is here to perform a useful service if any of our feline friends are caught, um, *short* in the vicinity. We have a deal with 'em. They can piss wherever they like but it won't count for territory-marking purposes. As deals with cats go, I assure you that this is better than most. So the litter stays, unless you can strike a better deal? Felix D. Toad
Frogs & Cats Friendship Society
"An insect shared is half an insect lost" |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <Aunt Bob> Thank you, that clarifies almost everything. Ah, the handwritten note, eh? Much loved by Aunties everywhere and often exchangable for cash. Those were the days. As we used to say (very quickly, in case Auntie was listening) "The Penismightierthanthesword" |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <WBP> In recent posts you've referred to your "wanderings" and even once used the name 'Melmoth'. Are you by any chance Melmoth the Wanderer? If so, despite your advanced age, I think you might be Maturin' ... don't worry, it happens to us all. I knew a guy once of whom it was said "Puberty hit him hard -- and missed". Unless you're the *other* Melmoth, of course -- Sebastian. But we know that was really just Oscar Wilde in banker drag. |
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| Apr-19-07 | | WBP: <Dom> <Are you by any chance Melmoth the Wanderer?>…Yes, I am he, he of the ancient suffering. My wanderings--from the shores of the Indian Ocean (btw: what a bizarre episode that was!) to the Spanish Inquisition (and as MPFC has shown, nobody escapes the S.I.) to even a ‘50s song (“Well I’m not the kind of guy/Who’s ever gonna to die…”--but that one dion really matter as much [nowhere near as good as your “Maturin’”])--have finally brought me here, to the eternal pages of <Frogspawn,> which for many has been a haven for peace, understanding, and a profound love, but which for me has been a kind of enveloping green ooze that has caused me some social problems with the ladies (as the lyrics from “Officer Krupke” make clear: “No one wants a fella’ with a social disease”); and trust me, showering doesn’t help. I know that right now <Frogspawn> is perched on the cusp of a great leap into international respectability, so my account of it here probably doesn’t advance the cause. Maybe I could be a part of a Before/After article with photos (I look like an aging Tony Bennett, except I have no hair or teeth), or a “Where Are They Now?” page. My wanderings nowadays are confined to the pages of Us Magazine and an occasional visit to the john. <Frogspawn> quotation of the day: “Every day I thank my lucky stars that there are people suffering severe mental pain and anguish!”
Aunt Bob, Despair Columnist, <Frogspawn> |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> -- <Tom Cruise as Miss Piggy> ... yes, that has real possibilities. And Paris Hilton as the Marquis de Sade. Their onscreen chemistry should be something else -- especially in the scene with the bunsen burners and witty retorts. |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <Frogspawn> Coming soon ... a major innovation in chess theory ... the most important conceptual breakthrough since Nimzo ... yes, it's "spare room" theory. A "spare room" is an area of the board which you control, but where nothing much is going on -- like the space behind Black's advanced queenside pawns in some types of French Defence. The most obvious use of a "spare room" is for maneuvering -- you can make mysterious rook moves, you can hide a bishop in there, you can send a knight on a trip in and out again. But a "spare room" also has a more insidious purpose. You can invite people to stay -- ie, allow 'enemy' pieces to invade, and totally waste their time. Let your opponent's pieces think they're on holiday, and staying with a friend... More fiendish details soon. Also: anterooms, utility rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and more... La maison des grenouilles |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: Evening all. Not a single run-in with the law to report today, I'm afraid. Got to say, 'Richard McBeef' has got to be the best named play written by a mass murderer. Well done, Cho! |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <mack> You think? I once thought about writing one called MacBetamax, about a Scottish video tape which becomes king of the video formats. But I never bothered to take it further. That's what separates folk like us from the mass murderers, I think. Ambition, will-power, dedication, lunacy, etc. |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: <Ambition, will-power> Yeah, I think that's what would stop me becoming a mass murderer. I mean, I *could* get a gun and kill a big bunch of lads... or alternatively, I could just sit around on chessgames all evening drinking Adnams Broadside. Nuff said. |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: Your theory of spare room sounds exciting. Frogspawn certainly is proving to be active in the theory department - I've not yet fleshed out my theory of 'incorrect' development, because I've got a book to write and other work to do, but it's getting there and I think you'll dig it. |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: <But a "spare room" also has a more insidious purpose. You can invite people to stay -- ie, allow 'enemy' pieces to invade, and totally waste their time. Let your opponent's pieces think they're on holiday, and staying with a friend...> Tsk, have you learnt nothing from yourself?
<You cannot take man into space. You cannot take language into space.> |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <mack> Heh. I was young then. Different conception of space, when you're young. |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <Frogspawn> Quote of the Day: "I would have a trial run at home, and let them know if I thought it was possible. One long-suffering girl-friend with twenty four chess sets on the floor later, I concluded that it was." - Tony Miles |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: <"I would have a trial run at home, and let them know if I thought it was possible. One long-suffering girl-friend with twenty four chess sets on the floor later, I concluded that it was."> Someone's clearly enjoying their Miles book. For those with active imaginations - or even inactive imaginations - this is in reference to a blindfold simul, by the way. |
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Apr-19-07
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> re: your spirited defense of "litter." When we litter, we make the Baby Jesus cry.
Am I the only one who can't stand all this clutter? Maybe cuz I'm a broad, but my room is messier than here. Still.
WATCH IT!
Driven mad,
Heathcliff? I'm a freekin ghost!!
AHHHHHHHHHH
gday, gday sputter
Mrs. Whinesalot
Behind the "offy"
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Apr-19-07
| | jessicafischerqueen: Hey <dom> I got that chess book about the "match" between <Kurtz and kasparov> I got it outta the liberry.
Favorite line so far:
GMNS: "If I lose badly I will feel like committing suicide." LOL What an empty boast that turned out to be!!
<samikd> "What the Hell is a GMNS?" It's a soap, <samikd>, it's a soap. Sunshine
Brand
Back Off!! |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: <Dom>, you still planning on going to your nearest Circle Saw Chess Club tomorrow? |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Hmm. Must be that female tidiness gene-hormone thing what all women have. Or maybe the male squalor tropism, inherited from cavemen who left bits of woolly mammoth lying all about the cave. They become invisible after a while, if you keep your mind on higher things like, uh, chess. |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <mack -- Tomorrow> Ah. Thanks for reminding me. Actually I'm going to Dublin tomorrow, so chess club adventures will have to wait another week... |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: No chess clubs in Dublin? |
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Apr-19-07
| | jessicafischerqueen: Off to Dublin!! Off to Dublin is it!!
Cork not good enough for you eh?
Mrs. Insane Old Batte
Have a fun weekend Division |
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Apr-19-07
| | Domdaniel: <No chess clubs in Dublin?> Lots, many of which expelled me during a previous incarnation. Ssshhh ... I'm trying to sneak back into chess incognito, y'know. Just wait until I win the club championship for toddlers and beginners. |
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| Apr-19-07 | | mack: <club championship for toddlers and beginners> You mean... that children's amusement performed in a dead language? Erk. I'm signing off for the night, kids. A salty salute to you all. |
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