Love Zhaoying Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said: I have air-conditioning, but I'm staying at a friend's house and they have it set to 79 F. I have half my house closed off, and on a hot day it gets up to 80 with the A/C at full blast. When it's not crazy hot, I can get it down to 75. I'll be taking hot showers or getting in the pool to cool off if this keeps up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Persephone Emerald said: Give 'em a hug Next Venusian thread, that's what I'll do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Emerald Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: I have half my house closed off, and on a hot day it gets up to 80 with the A/C at full blast. When it's not crazy hot, I can get it down to 75. I'll be taking hot showers or getting in the pool to cool off if this keeps up. Peeve: A warming climate. I got spoiled, renting with utilities included and keeping the house at 76 F during the day and lower at night. My friend has a big house, so he can't afford that. 79 it is then, and by midnight it's usually cooler outside than inside, so I can open the window in the guest room until a little after dawn. He has a pool, but also a grandson who pees in it, so I'll stick with baths or showers to cool off. 😆 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said: Peeve: 10 months of learning Dutch on one of those free laguage learning apps and all I got was: Clogs, sweaters, summer wear, but, just like a, meat, reading, walking, big. I'm trying not to use a translator, but I feel like I should be able to follow along better. So you didn't catch that I called Scylla a cow trying to hunt a hare while she threw a clog against Syd's nobhead ? Uh oh ... Peeve : Klingon dishes served as Dutch treats. Edited August 8, 2023 by Ted McGregor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: *Dat is niet hetzelfde als zeggen dat Nederlanders aliens zijn. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 10 hours ago, Orwar said: Fun fact of the day, the medieval Turkish term for the commander of an infantry battalion apparently translates into English roughly as "Chief Soup Maker". 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 10 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: /me waits for someone to post in High Elvish or Klingon. It's just a matter of time, folks. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul 😈 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Zalificent Corvinus said: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul 😈 And EVIL High Elvish, no less! This place is just going to Mordor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 12 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: Peeve: Most haven't seen the movie version of "The Canterbury Tales" where de Debil is literally pooping people into Heck. It's a funny, shocking, adult-themed movie (and has Tom Baker nude even). Anyway, I didn't get the adult humor bits when we covered it in English Literature. @Scylla Rhiadra, do teachers skip those adult bits, or are they "lost in translation"? How many people know about the obscene mis-translation joke in Bill Spokeshave's "Henry No. 5"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: This place is just going to Mordor. But... Buut... SL regions are SQUARE, building square places surrounded by off-sim impassable mountains comes naturally to us here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 18 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: This place is just going to Mordor. Mordor..Rodrom Murder..Redrum Coincidence? I think not! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Peeve: When the Forums are too quiet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Zalificent Corvinus said: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul 6 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: And EVIL High Elvish, no less! Black Speech is in no way related to Quenya, although Sauron did use Tengwar when inscribing the One Ring. Unfortunately Black Speech isn't a totally fleshed out language, but there's still sufficient enough a vocabulary and grammar to create simple phrases. Lat ti shêmatut golugârz. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Zalificent Corvinus said: Fun fact of the day, the medieval Turkish term for the commander of an infantry battalion apparently translates into English roughly as "Chief Soup Maker". 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Ted McGregor said: So you didn't catch that I called Scylla a cow trying to hunt a hare while she threw a clog against Syd's nobhead ? Edited August 8, 2023 by Sid Nagy 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Sid Nagy said: "Knob or "nob"? Getting one's knobhead unclogged sounds like a task for a plumber, but I only assume Ted meant a different "knob", so possibly a job for a urologist? Peeve: I have no idea what's going on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Peeve: I have no idea what's going on. Are you insinuating I called Syd a d***head in my own language ? You got some nerve .. Peeve : Nosey clueless bored lions. Edited August 8, 2023 by Ted McGregor Insinuation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, Ted McGregor said: 3 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Peeve: I have no idea what's going on. Peeve : Nosey clueless bored lions. I know that in some cultures, it is not uncommon to threaten others with a shoe ("clog").. In the recent Disney "Haunted Mansion" movie, the protagonist had an action figure of some hero that used his shoe as a weapon (could not find a picture online of it). So, I'm not TOTALLY clueless. I suppose the phrase "nobhead" is unfamiliar if it references one's "noggin'". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Peeve : Spellcheckers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: Peeve: When the Forums are too quiet. Must have been a down day. I had less than one page in this thread to catch up on. The past few days, every time I come here, the thread has grown by 4-6 pages. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Must have been a down day. I had less than one page in this thread to catch up on. The past few days, every time I come here, the thread has grown by 4-6 pages. It's because the Dutch seem to shut up today. 🙊 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Sid Nagy said: It's because the Dutch seem to shut up today. 🙊 Hou zelf je kop, klotskop .. Peeve : Assumptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, Ted McGregor said: Hou zelf je kop, klotskop .. Hopskotch! Assumptions! Peeve: When people use their native non-English languages, it's like when parents talk their own language so the kids don't hear. "Are mommy and daddy fighting?" "No, I think they are either cussing or talking about S-E-X." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: "No, I think they are either cussing or talking about S-E-X." Hmmh ... I either get Sid mad or excited. You might have a point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Ted McGregor said: Hou zelf je kop, klotskop .. One of our local Carnaval Societies is named De Klotsköp, so: "Alaaf!!" Peeve: people sometimes don't know where they are talking about. So for your information: klotsköp (the plural of klotskop) were wooden beams used in the coalmines to support the ceilings against collapsing. They were made out of pine wood, because pine makes cracking noises when the pressure of the tunnel ceilings mounted, so the miners could escape on time in those cases before a collapse. In later times these support beams where made out of much stronger iron. Miners between klotsköp: So if you call me a safety device from the former mining industry, I'm neither excited or offended..... 😎 Edited August 8, 2023 by Sid Nagy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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