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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 27, 2010, 07:06:09 am »

Isaac Asimov once published the ultimate collection of dirty limericks. I made it a point of trying to memorize as many as I could. Alas, my Swiss-cheese memory has let most of them dribble away, but I still recall one or two:

Said Enstein, I have an equation
That some may call Rabelaisan.
Let V be Virginity,
Approaching infinity,
And P be a constant, Persuasion.

Let V over P be inverted,
And the square root of P be inserted,
X times over T,
And the result, QED,
Is a relative, Einstein asserted.

 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 26, 2010, 04:46:38 pm »

Okay, this one's a bit my gaming group in college would do once in a while.

One of the group would issue the challenge to another. The one challenged had to rise and, in a loud voice, say the following as fast as he could:

"I am a pleasant mother pheasant plucker.
I pleasantly pluck mother pheasants.
I am the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker that ever pleasantly plucked a mother pheasant."

Go on. Try it. I dare you. 

Oh, and I will willingly demonstrate this when we meet at Gencon.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 26, 2010, 04:42:58 pm »

I've actually not made it to DragonCon yet. I can really only afford one con a year, and I've chosen GenCon each time.

From what I have heard, if gaming is your thing, then GenCon is the way to go vs. DragonCon.

BZ

Yup, that's pretty much my take on it, too.

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 26, 2010, 01:46:02 pm »

A pistol shot!

A shistol pot!

Oh s**t, I'm shot!

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 26, 2010, 11:28:31 am »

Shazbot!

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 26, 2010, 11:27:15 am »

Well, it's a 10-11 hour drive to Indy from Baltimore; that's counting stops.

Wow, do you attend DragonCon more frequently than GenCon?  Or actually how many times have you made the trip?  (I forget if you have said this was your first GenCon or not) -

BZ

This is my fourth or fifth GenCon. My first trip was to Milwaukee the last year GenCon was there; I (very foolishly) drove both ways solo. The next time I went, I flew to Indy, repeated that the next year, then drove last year (and will this year). My in-laws live in VT, so I'm used to doing ~9 hour drives for traveling.

I've actually not made it to DragonCon yet. I can really only afford one con a year, and I've chosen GenCon each time.

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 25, 2010, 08:58:01 pm »

Cleopatra Jalapeño

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 25, 2010, 08:57:03 pm »

I think we are closer to Baltimore than Indy   Please tell me you are not a Ravens fan....?

West VA is not real far from us either. We will look into that as well, thanks for the information.

I'm sorry. I thought I had mentioned this before.

With all due respect, I consider most professional sports in the US to be a disease, similar to compulsive gambling. Cities are spending billions of dollars maintaining these teams and stadiums while schools and fire stations are closing due to lack of funds. I mean, really, explain to me what the hell does a basketball player do that's important enough for him to be paid a salary greater then the President of the United States! 

If I woke up tomorrow to find the major leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) had ceased to exist, I would not shed a tear.

I understand that folks have a soft spot for their sports teams. I just don't share the appeal.

Sorry for being a downer; this happens to be a hot-button issue with me. Don't mind the crackpot. Carry on.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 25, 2010, 02:45:38 pm »

Well, it's a 10-11 hour drive to Indy from Baltimore; that's counting stops.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 23, 2010, 03:09:06 pm »

I know, I'll run my pickup game 8-12 in the same room you're in, then we can play a round of Cthopoly 12 - 1 (or 2 at the latest) - that way you can see us and still have time to help your friends  

What do you think?

BZ

Um, sure. Thanks!

If you need the location, the run is the Sunday 0800 session of The Nemo Diaries.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 23, 2010, 01:01:26 pm »

I am running a session in the morning 0800-1200, and traditionally meet up with friends in the afternoon and help take down their booth, but I'd be willing to spend the time with y'all instead, if that works for you.

After all, I wouldn't want to deprive Lady Z the pleasure of Squamous Blasting me to a quivering pile of jelly. 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 21, 2010, 02:24:05 pm »

I have a pair like these.

Maybe I should bring them along to the con, eh? 

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Forum Games / Re: Free Rice

« on: July 20, 2010, 08:46:40 pm »

The English language is foreign to me aparently, French is my new tongue   

I am soooo not going there. Uh-uh. Not me. Nope. No way.

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 20, 2010, 04:58:31 pm »

I am not touching that one 

Don't look at me. I'm still trying not to think about BZ walking around with slippers on, his feet bare for all to see. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Surgery :(

« on: July 20, 2010, 04:56:51 pm »

Well hand cuffs or not, it looks like I am gonna be limpin' around the city for 5 days loaded on painkillers and prayin' for the best

Seriously, Lady Z, don't be shy. If you think you'll need the chair, let me know.

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Community Conversation / Re: Surgery :(

« on: July 20, 2010, 06:40:32 am »

I also happen to have a pair of handcuffs... um, never mind. Forget I said that.  

Fur-lined? 

BZ

Leopard-fur lined, to match the speedos he has.


or so I heard..

Hey! How did you...? Er, I mean, I have no idea what you're talking about...

Heh. We went from foot surgery to fur-lined handcuffs in less than twenty posts. That's gotta be a record somewhere.

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Community Conversation / Re: Surgery :(

« on: July 19, 2010, 08:45:11 pm »

Well, let's see. I just so happen to have a wheelchair. Actually, it's my mother-in-law's (we keep it for the times she visits), but I'm sure she won't mind if I borrow it.

I also happen to have a pair of handcuffs... um, never mind. Forget I said that.  

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Community Conversation / Re: Surgery :(

« on: July 18, 2010, 06:46:57 pm »

I guess the question is, if you have the surgery, would you be recovered enough to walk by GenCon (two weeks from now)?

Don't sweat the wheelchair; the fun is in running over the feet of all those mouth-breathers clogging the halls talking about their 20th level half-Drow rangers. 

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Forum Games / Re: Free Rice

« on: July 17, 2010, 08:35:03 pm »

Grrr... I can't get above 50... 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 16, 2010, 06:37:04 am »

Staring to get antsie 

BZ

No excrement, Sherlock. I was handed a half-finished adventure to run at GenCon. I have to somehow get my butt in gear and finish the damn thing up, and I have chronic mogigraphia (damn, the FreeRice site does come in useful!) when it comes to writing adventures. 

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Forum Games / Re: Free Rice

« on: July 16, 2010, 06:33:29 am »

You bastich! As if I needed another reason to waste time on the Internet! 

My best level was 50 before I was able to tear myself away. Not too shabby for an ESL.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 14, 2010, 05:24:31 am »

Ow. You actually made my stomach hurt.

True story. Back in college, I stopped at the local drugstore the day after Halloween and picked up two bags of mellowcreme pumpkins and a gallon of milk. That evening, I did a marathon study session where I went through both bags and the whole gallon. Talk about stomach-turning. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 13, 2010, 03:29:57 pm »

Ohhhh, yes. Nestor, we can distract her during the games of Ctholpoly with Cheezy Poofs!

YES! Victory is at hand! Go forth, my orange-dusted puffed-corn minions! Soon I shall once again smite my enemies and lord the Netherworld! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! 

Ahem... sorry. Got carried away there a bit. Don't mind me. Carry on.

<whistles innocently>

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 13, 2010, 10:34:02 am »

LMAO Lady Z!!

Help pareesh!

I know what to get you for your birthday then.

Yeah. Lots and lots of wipes. Them cheezy poofs leave a nasty stain on the fingers. 

At least now I know what to use to bribe the GM with if Lady Z runs another game. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 12, 2010, 02:47:20 pm »

Simmer down, Cartman!

 

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Community Conversation / Re: Who Goes Camping?

« on: July 09, 2010, 07:11:31 am »

Naw, sorry. I'm a city boy, concrete under my feet.

My idea of roughing it is having a picnic at the park. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 07, 2010, 08:33:54 am »

I think I would like to bring my Cthopoly game (it runs about an hour to an hour and a half per game) on Wednesday.  Think I would get any takers?

BZ

It may have competition with other activities, but unless I'm dragged away I'm up for giving Lady Z a chance to pwn me.

Oh, and in related news, my GenCon badge arrived in the mail yesterday. Soon, my pretty, soon...

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Media & Mayhem / Re: 24 Hour Club

« on: July 07, 2010, 08:31:19 am »

Yes, I have no life. 

"...and thank you so much for bringing up such a painful subject. While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?"

- Miracle Max, The Princess Bride -

 

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Community Conversation / Re: Happy Hollidays ^v^

« on: July 06, 2010, 04:24:38 pm »

... Did anyone else enjoy boom- booms in the sky?

Better 'boom booms' in the sky than in your pants I always say 

BZ

Ah, nope. Not going there. Nosirree, Bob. Not me. Uh-uh. I ain't touching that. No way. 

 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 02, 2010, 05:54:56 am »

Yep Nestor! I am a proud member of the KFG. I am running a Conan d20 game on wednesday at Scotty's from 1-5pm.

So perhaps I will see you there.  I am the only female GM at Scotty's (so far) so stop by and say hi!

Will do. And I should be equally identifiable, sporting my nifty red fez.



 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 01, 2010, 10:08:28 pm »

Ooh! Ooh! I found episodes of the Penguins show on Hulu.com.

It's... RESEARCH TIME!!! 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 01, 2010, 09:38:17 pm »

Just to let everyone who may not know in on the fun....

If you are coming to Indy early, there are FREE games being run pretty much all day Wednesday. Organized and sponsored by the Kentucky Fried Gamers. With the fantastic support of the restaurants - Ram Brewery and Scotty's Brewery.

Check out the GenCon forums, under the KFG for a listing of all the games/times/locations. Sign ups begin this weekend on the forums. There will be a separate thread for each game, simply make a post that you would like a seat. Games typically take 6 - 7 players. Once all the seats have been claimed the game is full.

You do not need to be a member of the KFG to join in the fun. All we ask is that if you sign up for a game YOU SHOW UP!! You WILL BE HEXED if you are a no show. If something happens that you can not make it please post so that someone else can take your seat.

Do ye happen to be a member of said KFG? I ask because I'll be trying to make the get-together at Scottie's on Wednesday (albeit late that day) as part of the Exile Games' GM troupe. Perhaps we'll meet there! 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: July 01, 2010, 04:20:51 pm »

Nestor... you'd better not pull out of Penguins... I'm playing along with Nathan (your 1 boy fanclub) and we'd both be dissapointed if you werenm't at the table.

I am suitably chastised and motivated to be there.

I shouldn't need much to get into the role:



"Skipper!"

 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: July 01, 2010, 06:49:44 am »

My sympathies. I'm not especially phobic, and that picture gave me the willies. 

If I have a phobia, it's weightlessness. Don't ask me how I got it, but the sensation of free-fall freaks me out. Roller coasters are definitely not my cup of tea, and I can't go into the deep-end of the pool without something to hold onto. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 30, 2010, 12:59:41 pm »

Well, I got my paid seat for the Penguins run at GenCon, but if it gets down to it, I'm willing to rassle Bill for the ticket. 

I was hoping to get into one of the Dresden Files runs at GC, especially since the Evil Hat bunch are almost local boys (just one town over in Frederick) and the campaign is set in my own town (Bawl-mur, as it's called by the natives), but the furshlugginer tickets sold out quicker than Viagra at an AARP convention. 

Re: my kids. Yeah, it helps that gaming is a very visible thing in our household, what with us hosting games on a weekly basis and my gaming books taking up one-quarter of the dining room space. It's only one-quarter 'cause the rest are either in the other bookshelf in the finished part of the basement or in boxes in the unfinished part of the basement.

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The Solar Frontier / Re: 'The Scarlet Sabre'

« on: June 29, 2010, 06:34:54 pm »

Oh, and I have to ask - Why 'No Cats' 

BZ

Isn't it obvious? The guy who owns the place is allergic to cats, and once the dander gets in the air circulation system, it's a total b**ch to clean the filters out.

Either that, or he found out what the Korean take-out shop was really serving and wanted to make a stop to that. 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: June 29, 2010, 06:28:53 am »

Definitely a gun unless your knife is a really cool sword.

Heh. I'm definitely in the "guns are for show, knives are for pro" camp. Knives don't jam or run out of ammo.

Sweet or sour?

I go for both. Story of my life.

Or a big question...... Origins or Gen Con?  I am curious to hear the reasoning for this one 

Ooh, this one requires thought. I'd love to go to both, but finances dictate otherwise. Ironically, the same factor would point to Origins as the choice (it's closer to me, for one thing) but GenCon has always stood as the gaming mecca to me, all the way back to when I was a young man stuck in a small tropical island, reading about this cool place in Wisconsin where people got together to talk and play games. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 29, 2010, 06:23:46 am »

Nestor do you have 4 girls as well? 

Yup, 4 kids all girls. This is where I usually pause for the inevitable sympathy noises from the audience.

Ages range from 25 (she just had her b-day last weekend), 20, 17, down to 11. The only males in the household have been me and the cat. And the cat's been fixed. Why do they call it "fixed", anyway? It's not like anything was broken. 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: June 28, 2010, 01:55:50 pm »

Dungeon or Wildweness Adventures?

BZ

Neither. I was born in the city, baby. That's where the action always is.  

In honor of my avatar... Gun or Knife?

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 28, 2010, 01:54:05 pm »

You sound like a good husband Nestor. I am proud of you.   That sounds like a good idea" the gaming group". Your wife is not interested in the Con? She sounds like a wonderful lady Our kids think BZ and I are nuts.  They take us for who we are and love us anyways   We took them to Con on The Cob to show them what we do and try to involve them and all I have to say is thank goodness we brought the computer so they could chat to their friends for 9 hours. One of our girls played in a game but the other ones, they just liked the family time Bonding experience, you know  

The main hold-up for both of us going to GenCon is, as it is for most parents, What To Do With The Kids. She would probably enjoy coming along, but not if she just ends up running herd on the brood while I run stuff.

As for the kids' interest in gaming, it's been a mixed bag. My oldest is the artist and mostly does diary-type games, where she can write to her heart's content. My second likes more strategic stuff; her preferred games are ones like Talisman and Descent. Daughter #3 is the social butterfly; she games because it's fun to be with other folks.

The youngest... ah, she's the blossoming GM. She spends most of her time gaming with her friends over the phone! She discovered MMO's at an early age and now I have to fight over the computer with her. She wants me to run games for her and her friends, but I'm frankly intimidated by her level of imagination. I don't think I could keep up with her! 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: June 27, 2010, 03:18:44 pm »

Cthulhu or Aazathoth?

Umm, gezundheit?

Yeah, I know. Old joke.  

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 27, 2010, 06:46:48 am »

We saw BaboonBill. It was cool. Did not get to play with him yet til Gen Con because his wife is not a gamer and he had birthday obligations to her. Wifes come first, always.

I was watching a game BZ was running and I was approached by a typical gamer geek who said to me " you must be a spouse ( cause I looked bored at the moment, and I was  )" and I replied " I am".  I informed him that I had nothing to do at this time and proceeded to pull out my stack of gaming tickets for future fun I planned on being involved in. He said he was jealous and my husband was a lucky guy to have a gaming wife. I did not realize what a precious commodity that was to a gamer. 

Indeed it is, but just as important is having a spouse who not only understands the gamer lifestyle but is willing to support it. For instance, GenCon falls right around our wedding anniversary, but my wife is willing to see me go away for four-five days during that time regardless.

But the biggest thing she's done lately is organize a RPG night for her home-school group to help teens, and their parents, get introduced (or for some, re-introduced) to gaming. She calls the event Roleplaying: Exploring the Worlds Beyond Dungeons and Dragons. We had our first get-together last Friday,where I ran a demo for Hollow Earth Expedition that was well-received.

Did I mention I love my wife very much? 

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The Solar Frontier / Re: Exclusive Sneak Peek Art!

« on: June 24, 2010, 06:53:35 am »

I look forward to it. Are you signed up for one yet?

Nope. I was just hoping to show up at a BZ Game with a generic in hand and find a spot at the table.

Cheeky, I know, but I have an 'in' with the GM; we've done some work together.. 

"Man, the groupies keep getting uglier every day."

"Dude, that's my mother."

- overheard at a concert -

 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 23, 2010, 01:19:49 pm »

We made it - We're here 

And such a cozy little place with (oh yeah!) internet access 

BZ

Well, don't be shy about updating us homebound folks as to what shenaningans y'all get up to while you're out there, y'hear? 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread

« on: June 22, 2010, 07:15:05 pm »

Depends. Are you referring to bags? Or money?  

Here's one for the guys.

Boxers or Briefs?

And if your answer is the same as the one I used above, I do not want to know.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 22, 2010, 07:12:24 pm »

Have fun, guys. Don't mind me, I'll just sit here. All alone. In the dark.

 

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Media & Mayhem / Re: RPGs You Play

« on: June 20, 2010, 09:00:10 pm »

Yeah, the fact I had to dig through the rulebook every time someone wanted to use a spell was kinda why my SR game fizzled, badly. I'm so glad the most badass member of the group was a largely cybered-up dwarf with twin shotguns and shock-pads in his hands. The guy who played him is planning on doing his own campaign, although seeing as he's mostly just done D&D before I'm a little cautious.

It's a shame really; WoD (old or new, I love them both) is a really good example of a quick, simple dice pool-driven game, despite a few flaws. The similar mechanic is what drew me in to start with, actually... XD

It's one of the reasons Hollow Earth Expedition, the RPG I run at GenCon, grew on me. It also uses a dice-pool mechanism; the author formerly worked at White Wolf.

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Media & Mayhem / Re: RPGs You Play

« on: June 17, 2010, 10:04:10 pm »

Shadowrun seems to be a popular game. I never played it. I would be interested perhaps, with the right GM 

Not a game for the faint-hearted, and I certainly wouldn't use that system to introduce someone to roleplaying.

Shadowrun sits firmly in my personal "great setting, lousy rules" category. 

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 16, 2010, 11:03:29 pm »

Careful with all this tattoo business - you'll go blind! 

BZ

Can I just stop when I need glasses? Oh wait, too late.

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Community Conversation / Re: Origins and GenCon 2010

« on: June 16, 2010, 11:01:11 am »

From Down Periscope:

Rear Admiral Yancy Graham: Now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his penis.

and...

Adm. Winslow: What do you think, Mr. Dodge?
Cmdr. Dodge: I think I'm gonna get my ass kicked, sir.
Adm. Winslow: Aw, don't think like that! Damn it to hell, don't go by the book! Think like a pirate! I want a man with a tattoo on his dick! Have I got the right man?
Cmdr. Dodge: By a strange coincidence, you do, sir.

and...

Lt. Emily Lake, Diving Officer: So what's that tattoo that I've heard so much about?