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scottobearI went to read a book I'd lent to my brother and he'd returned to me about a year ago...once I opened the pages, the thick, but stale stink of cigarette smoke filled my nose, and possibly the rest of the room. He must've read the entire thing while chain-smoking... the scent was incredibly horrid. I don't mind a little cig smoke, but this was something else. It amazed me that the tome managed to hang on so tightly to that aura ... I had to close the book and put it back on the shelf. I find myself wondering if it'll smell that way forever, until it's aired out somehow. If an archaeologist found it in a hundred years and opened it up, would it still blast that scent in a billowing cloud of century-old particles?
The book was Great American Ghost Stories, by the way.
GrayPumpkin (Who will be in town with Katt starting Wednesday) reminded me of The Surrealist Compliment Generator - Your face is like an imperfectly shaven tennis ball. And yes... in some ways, it is. However "The ocean's foam matches the froth of hair streaming through your lips." is a bit much.
Two cool case mods - Habitrail & Easy bake oven
A Brit is waiting in line to be knighted by the Queen.
He is to kneel in front of her and recite a sentence in Latin when she taps him on the shoulders with her sword.
However, when his turn comes, he panics in the excitement of the moment and forgets the Latin.
Then, thinking fast, he recites the only other sentence he knows in a foreign language, which he remembers from the Passover seder: "Ma nishtana ha layla ha zeh mi kol ha laylot."
Puzzled, Her Majesty turns to her advisor and whispers, "Why is this knight different from all other knights?"
I picked up the vampire power thievery from one of my most friendly childer in the vampire game
Current stats -
drunk 26699 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight, Suction, Celerity(1), Thievery(1)
Money: 14 coins Possessions: Scroll of Turning (3)
You are sire to 54 other vampires, including: LdySaphyre (11834 pints), Silenciador (7196 pints), night_flyer (6198 pints), aatak (6181 pints), MissV (4877 pints), wchmum (4609 pints), FreakJonn (4454 pints), jerseydevil (4164 pints), King of Ice (3610 pints), nECKjOCKEY (3148 pints)
You are a second-generation vampire. Your sire is RavenBlack (170795).
Wow, 54? so many have gone dormant since my push for 200 active kiddies last Halloween.
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Date: 2004-04-06 07:06 am (UTC)I think that compliment must have been meant for Frank the Goat.
On reloading, I got this: "Ceci n'est pas un compliment." I'll have to go off to a translation site to find out what it means.
The one after that was in Italian!
Oh, the Passover joke is funny, too.
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Date: 2004-04-06 07:10 am (UTC)Poor Frank... his crumbly fleece. At least he's ambivilant about it.
Thanks! It's the only Passover joke I know!
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Date: 2004-04-06 12:23 pm (UTC)now i'm thinkin it's fake again. ack! help!
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Date: 2004-04-06 12:24 pm (UTC)The EZ bake oven has to play heck with cooling, too.
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Date: 2004-04-06 12:29 pm (UTC)THIS one is for real, though. that's pretty cool, too. http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6169/
the cigarette lighter is pretty fly, too.
sigh.
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Date: 2004-04-06 12:31 pm (UTC)It'd confuse poor newton!
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Date: 2004-04-08 03:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-08 03:45 pm (UTC)