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Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Kill This Thread XXII - 03/12/17 10:47 PM
Yet Another Kill This Thread!

The following rules were established by Kent at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:

The rules:

1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!

2. Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and responses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.

3. In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.

4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.



Okay, time to kill!

I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version)
II - none
III - none
IV - Quislet, Esq
V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version)
VI - Rockhopper Lad
VII - cleome
VIII - Rockhopper Lad
IX - Rockhopper Lad
X - none
XI - none
XII - none
XIII - Invisible Brainiac
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - Invisible Brainiac
XVI - Invisible Brainiac
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - cleome
XIX - cleome
XX - cleome
XXI - Jfposey
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/12/17 10:47 PM
Making his murderous debut - Jfposey!
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/12/17 11:21 PM
Thread killers seem to be picking up pace.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/12/17 11:45 PM
I started with string. Threads are harder to kill.
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/12/17 11:54 PM
Ah, so it takes practice to make others not practise posting.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 01:17 AM
That's the real basis of String Theory
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 06:17 AM
My personal String Theory: don't let strings soak for hours around a roast beef as it cooks, and then leave them on the counter. The cat will swallow one of the strings & you'll be charged $2000 to remove it from his gullet-- making for what's probably the most expensive cut of meat in the world.

sigh
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 08:26 AM
We had our male dog neutered. He still seems very un-neutered though.
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 08:29 AM
Lodger cat follows Roy Harper in the therapy group as a catnip addict.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 12:17 PM
Roy switches to catnip addiction. He becomes less violent.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 01:28 PM
I could use a catnap
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 03:47 PM
Just woke from my catnap in time to see I have a catnap scheduled at this time.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 04:59 PM
You are over-scheduled
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 07:52 PM
But can one really over achieve one's over-scheduling?
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 08:25 PM
Depends. Are you Duplicate Damsel?
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 09:25 PM
I wonder if the whole board is run by, and for, Duplicate Damsel. We could all be IDs of her various selves.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/13/17 10:20 PM
Who is our Bouncing Boy, then?
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/14/17 06:18 AM
Probably me, except not tonight. Stupid meds are really messing with my stomach again.

urk
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/14/17 10:31 PM
Hope the meds don't make you too queasy, cleome frown

Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 12:31 AM
Crackers (Saltines), dry toast (no butter) and unsweetened clear drinks are best options.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 12:36 AM
Mmm... I love saltines even when I'm not feeling crappy.

Much better this morning, thanks. Unfortunately, "gastric distress" is an expected side effect of this stuff, but at least it's not happening ALL the time.

Thanks, Guys. hug
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 03:03 PM
I prefer the unsalted tops crackers
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 03:34 PM
I am trying to cut down on my salt
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 06:21 PM
I like the little salt sachets that come with salt n shake crisps.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 06:28 PM
It's Shake-n-Bake and we helped!
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 10:46 PM
Shake-n-bake was a term used to describe the colony in the Aliens movie where they were terraforming. Still a little stunned that Bill Paxton died. frown
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/15/17 11:28 PM
I wonder if Bill ever had dinosaur a la Shake-N-Bake? Bet it don't taste like chicken!
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/16/17 10:47 AM
We could be surprised. Chicken can taste like a lot of things.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/16/17 02:19 PM
Whenever I have chicken at a restaurant, I take a bite, then say in a loud voice "MMMMM Tastes just like rattlesnake!"
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/16/17 03:24 PM
There's this baked chicken w/a balsamic vinaigrette-mustard marinade that I'm longing to try next week. The co-op doesn't sell chicken, though. So I have to go to the supermarket, and right now I'm too lazy.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/16/17 04:00 PM
I'll be joining the procrastination society - later
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 12:01 AM
I will get back to reading Quis' latest post tomorrow.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 03:17 PM
I will finish this post in anoth
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 05:40 PM
People tend to find my put-off tendencies off-putting. sigh
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 05:50 PM
I think I was put-off by that but I will decide if I was another time.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 06:19 PM
er post. I managed to put that off for 3 hours
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 09:27 PM
I have been putting many things off.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/17/17 11:55 PM
What other things have you "put" off? I bet you have no tan lines then.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/18/17 12:35 PM
Er... Blaze is the only one who can answer that.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/18/17 11:16 PM
"What's My Tan Line?" Game shows for our time.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 01:07 AM
Whose in charge of the theme song?
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 09:12 AM
Can't we all contribute to it?
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 12:59 PM
Will the theme song have lyrics?
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 01:06 PM
Will we have to sing the theme song?
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 01:13 PM
Have we confused this thread with the answer questions with questions thread?
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 01:30 PM
Can't we kill this thread with questions?

Hmmm... perhaps not.
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 01:34 PM
We could try killing it with... Answers!


... Gas Mark 3 for 25 minutes.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 03:48 PM
I was looking at new gas ranges at the appliance store yesterday.

Everything's chrome now. Also, one line of ranges had X-shaped stove-top grates for you fans of the Food Network's Cooking The Mutant Way With Alex Summers.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 04:23 PM
I know of a convention oven but never heard of a concussive force oven.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 04:48 PM
Concussive force is more for cracking open coconuts without having to look around for a hammer.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/19/17 06:03 PM
I don't particularly like coconuts. I prefer mangoes and pineapple.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 01:29 AM
So the song is wrong and you do not have a lovely pair of coconuts. Just a headdress like Carmen Miranda.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 10:39 AM
some people say my coconuts are nice
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 12:56 PM
Sometimes you feel like a nut
Sometimes you don't
Almond Joy's got nuts
Mounds don't

Almond Joy's got rich milk chocolate
Coconut and honey nuts too
Mounds got deep dark chocolate
Chewey coconut ooh
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 02:27 PM
mmmm, honey. good for soothing the throat
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 02:45 PM
I'll be lucky if I'm not completely nuts after this interview I have in a couple of hours. sigh

Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 02:49 PM
They would be fools not to hire you cleome
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 06:01 PM
[bows]

Let's all keep telling ourselves that, Sir. Real world be damned.

This recruiter specializes in IT stuff, apparently. Not sure why they contacted me, since I've never worked that kind of post before. Maybe it's a customer service thing or (more likely) they just need to compile more data to look busy.

shrug

Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 06:22 PM
Regardless of the post, they can't do better than you Cleome. Only their low intelligence and serious mental flaws could possibly blind them to this patently obvious fact. I don't use the word "patently" lightly. You've been registered as the ideal interviewee at the patent office. smile All the very best Cleome!
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 07:04 PM
I am not sure if one could patent light, even for Cleome.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 07:16 PM
cleome is better than light. i should know.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 07:39 PM
What if I have irrefutable proof that I invented light?
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 09:59 PM
Can I verify that with Kronos?
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/20/17 10:57 PM
But did anyone register their invention of light? That's what *really* counts.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 08:21 AM
light was likely invented by a cosmic being. do they need to register?
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 01:39 PM
I did mail a letter to myself describing my inventing light. That's the poor man's copyright
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 03:16 PM
Could the mail man see to deliver it to you?
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 08:56 PM
it doesn't pay to be selfish with light.
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 08:59 PM
I am of the opinion that there is good selfishness and bad selfishness. The good kind is the old airplane instruction of putting your air mask on before helping a child put their on. The bad kind is taking food away from hungry kids when you aren't hungry
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 09:14 PM
Selfishness when hungry is overindulgence.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 09:29 PM
Gluttony!
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/21/17 10:02 PM
Sloth!
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 01:35 AM
Envy!
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 12:50 PM
a few of the seven deadly enemies of mankind. According to Shazam. (the old wizard, not Captain Marvel)
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 03:27 PM
i wonder which one has killed the most.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 04:25 PM
J'accuse you IB with 5! Cleome isn't the next worse killer.
Posted By: thoth lad Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 05:16 PM
Will Ibby evade the LW authorities? Will he prove that it was all a stitch up by accuser JPops? No for it is true. Ibby is Threadkiller! Coming soon to LWTV!
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 06:14 PM
I was talking about the deadly sins. Nice segue, though, guys. Bringing up my wrongdoings to hide yours... wink
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 06:18 PM
Ah, so you admit to wrongdoings. We have a confession!
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 06:22 PM
Well, it is well-documented that I have killed many threads...
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/22/17 08:35 PM
That is not a crime.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 10:14 AM
i'm safe!
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 01:19 PM
That's a call for the umpire to make.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 02:02 PM
I call for delicious breakfast pastries, fresh coffee, and maybe a string quartet to play some Haydn.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 04:18 PM
Cleome is hosting a brunch so we will be distracted and he can score another thread kill.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 04:29 PM
[studies watch]

Quartet must be stuck in traffic. Time to call for backup.

Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 05:27 PM
Originally Posted by Jfposey
Cleome is hosting a brunch so we will be distracted and he can score another thread kill.



I did not know that cleome had the operation. I assume Mr. cleome was OK with it
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 05:52 PM
mr_cleome's at the office so much these days, he hasn't even noticed. shake
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/23/17 06:37 PM
As long as you are happy... wink
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 01:41 AM
Happiness better then ignorance since I assumed a gender. Apologies.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 07:15 AM
No worries, J. These things happen.

ColorKid
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 01:08 PM
When I worked as a teller, if a guy came in with a check made out to Mary, we knew to ask him to endorse the check also. (ditto for a woman presenting a check made out to John) But then we would get checks made out to someone with a foreign name and we couldn't tell the gender of the person based on the name. So, we would have to ask "Is this you?"
Posted By: He Who Wanders Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 05:40 PM
This reminds me of the episode of MASH when several locals came into the MASH clinic and claimed to be Kim Luk. Hawkeye asked one, "Do you have any verification?" The man pointed to his chest and said, "This is me." Hawkeye, with characteristic disbelief: "I suppose you wouldn't lie to me about a thing like that."
Posted By: Quislet, Esq Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 06:08 PM
M*A*S*H the TV series lasted longer than the actual Korean War.
Posted By: He Who Wanders Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/24/17 08:10 PM
As I recall, they had four Christmas episodes. The actual Korean War spanned only three Christmases: 1950, '51, and '52.
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/25/17 09:23 AM
I have a classmate from South Korea. She misses spicy food.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/25/17 04:10 PM
BTW, a pal on another board recommended The Mission Chinese Cookbook to me, because I grumbled about how many Chinese food recipes I find online are underwhelming. (Never enough seasoning, and always so much damn cornstarch you could make paper mache' from them, I swear.) Alas, most of these recipes aren't practical to make in the average kitchen. You need way more space, stamina, and gear then I'm likely to ever possess. However, Danny Bowien's memoirs about growing up as about the only Korean dude in small-town Oklahoma, then his misadventures as a stoner, culinary school dropout, and whipping boy for egotistical chefs in fancy restaurants on the coasts is a fascinating read. Nice graphics, too. His restaurants specialize in modernized Chinese cooking with many flourishes from elsewhere in the world.

More about the book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062243416/the-mission-chinese-food-cookbook (I got my copy from the library, but it'd be nice to own one day.)

I could probably handle making a few of the sides and condiments... maybe. hmmm
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/26/17 10:20 AM
Thanks, cleome! When I visited China (Beijing, Xian, Guilin...) I noticed the same thing, found the food too bland. The Chinese-style food in the Philippines (brought by Chinese immigrants) tastes a lot better than much of the food in mainland China, IMO.
Posted By: Jfposey Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/27/17 01:31 AM
I believe IB has committed another kill.
Posted By: cleome57 Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/27/17 04:47 AM
Darn. Now I'll never learn more about Philippine cuisine. shake
Posted By: Invisible Brainiac Re: Kill This Thread XXII - 03/27/17 12:28 PM
I can teach you about Philippine cuisine in the next thread we plan to kill wink
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