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Post by Siryn on Jan 27, 2006 13:18:57 GMT 11
if youv'e ever watched futurama you'd know what anything was, -tell them to start watching futurama.
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Post by Elspeth on Jan 27, 2006 17:22:34 GMT 11
Hehe! Yes.
"But I can't swallow a pill that big."
"Well then, good news! It's a suppository."
You have to love Futurama.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 28, 2006 2:56:13 GMT 11
Very good question there Buneater, I just assumed everyone would know... Surely they wouldn't want to call a band that if they knew. Unless they're going for the eew-factor? Wouldn't such a name effectively kill everything? I.e. requests for concerts, possible sales, etc. They'll have to slap "Warning: Icky Name" on everything they do!  |
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Post by Squirt on Jan 28, 2006 3:16:33 GMT 11
According to the dictionary the word suppository comes from a latin word meaning 'to put under' and psychadelic means generating hallucinations, distortions of perception and altered states of awareness. So maybe they're trying to say that they're... Nope, I can't twist this, It's a yucky name that (as a support worker for people with physycal disabilities) makes me picture the worst part of my job, the yuckiest part of my job. You have to make them see sense xKaylanx!  But maybe I'm biased, I like pretty things like Carebears and FLuppy Dogs, so maybe I should stay out of this one. 
We should start a petition! Wait... I'm staying out of it now...almost forgot! 
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 28, 2006 4:12:46 GMT 11
Today's rant:
Could shoppers at my local supermarket PLEASE refrain from buying up all the good tofu? There are vegetarians like me who actually eat the stuff all the fricking time, not only when it's on special! This happened to me in NL as well, but I thought that the majority of Australians would shy away from meat-substitutes, especially when you have losers like Sam Kerovitch (or however you spell it) telling you it's un-Australian not to eat lamb!
GRRRR! LEAVE MY FOOD ALONE!
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Post by Squirt on Jan 28, 2006 11:53:06 GMT 11
Maybe you could go down there with little stickers and put your name on the shelf with a little note that says 'stay away from my tofu!' otherwise, how far away are you from the next closest Supermarket, surely two supermarkets wouldn't sell out all at once. How long does tofu last? Maybe, if it lasts long enough (I wouldn't know, I like my steak), you could buy it in bulk and go buy more when you still have enough to fall back on should the silly supermarket be out of tofu.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 28, 2006 12:40:01 GMT 11
I think it may have something to do with the fact that there was another supermarket about 20 mins walk from my one which just closed for renovations until the end of the year. Things have been pretty busy since. Still, I live in a relatively small and sleepy seaside suburb in Melbourne, so it remains a bit of an odd phenomenon. Tofu lasts quite a while in the freezer, by the way.  |
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Post by Siryn on Jan 28, 2006 21:40:16 GMT 11
i wouldn't know. i dont eat tofu, i'll tell ya what, i'll tell my non-vego friends NEVER to buy tofu that's on special.
I'm watching Jurassic Park III at the moment. I LOVE Sam Neil, he's an awsome actor but never seems to get any recognition!!!!!!!
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 29, 2006 1:22:00 GMT 11
Yeah, I like Sam Neill as well - but I believe he's the type of person who wouldn't really want the spotlight anyway. What did you think of Jurassic III? I saw it in the cinemas when it came out, and was really disappointed. The plot was so lame; perhaps that was because it wasn't based upon a Michael Crichton book, like the first two. Just milking it for all it was worth.
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Post by Siryn on Jan 29, 2006 15:23:52 GMT 11
i think one of my favourite cliff quotes applies here (have you ever seen 'Cheers'?)
"None of those women have what im looking for"
---"what?"
"Low standards"
more or less goes like that..........
........and i love that joke! and thats exactly what i have these days, low standards. Too many times lately i have gone to see a movie simply for the special effects/gore. Is it too hard to find a good script with so many talented writers out there?
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Post by Kaylan-R on Jan 29, 2006 15:39:02 GMT 11
thankyou squirt. I am definately starting a petition. I am very cranky!
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Post by Siryn on Jan 29, 2006 15:42:33 GMT 11
dont bother, just tell Ray Martin it has people in it, they'll soon stop buying it.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 29, 2006 16:17:19 GMT 11
It's so *bleep*ing humid in Melbourne at the moment! When did this place become sub-tropical? I can hear the Big Day Out with the window open ... and I don't think I'm missing out on anything!
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Post by Siryn on Jan 29, 2006 16:35:30 GMT 11
Awwwww, sounds like you need a pat on the back....
....someone, pat Arctic Firefox on the back.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 29, 2006 17:04:07 GMT 11
LOL - no don't, my t-shirt is drenched in perspiration! I need a temperature drop of about 10 degrees more than anything else; can someone organise that for me please?  |
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Post by Squirt on Jan 29, 2006 20:27:12 GMT 11
*points fan in the direction of Melbourne*
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 29, 2006 20:36:13 GMT 11
It actually has cooled down here with a nice breeze! Thank you! |
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Post by Squirt on Jan 29, 2006 21:18:19 GMT 11
No problem! Always willing to help a fellow obernettererer!
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Post by Siryn on Jan 29, 2006 21:31:24 GMT 11
WOW, so that's why the power keeps going out in Adelaide!!
And where do we buy these extraordinary fans from, huh?
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Post by Squirt on Jan 29, 2006 21:50:20 GMT 11
$15 from K-Mart two years ago, it's my magical powers that make the air go so far |
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 30, 2006 0:25:11 GMT 11
I'm beginning to like this rant thread. A lot.
Tonight, I will be up until dawn for work-related reasons. I happen to work as a freelance Dutch-English translator for a semi-university institution, and one of the smartalecs in the department has decided to push me into finishing off a 14-page, annoying (lots of stupid hyperlinks) manual by tomorrow morning. Never mind that I had other things to do today, and that I was working Fri and Sat, and that they never, ever pay me fast enough because I'm a freelancer - no, when they need something done, it has to be done now now now. A few are sympathetic to my cause, but not this one.
Of course, this means I'll be doing a half-rate rush job, but I'm sure she won't notice.
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Post by Squirt on Jan 30, 2006 14:55:57 GMT 11
14 pages of translation in one night? Goodluck with that, I'm leaving tonight for a week and a half at our beach house that's just metres from the sand where I'll be drinking beer (coopers ofcourse, only the best for moi!), lazing on the beach and maybe watching some cricket. Have fun with that translation thing though, Mwa ha ha!
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Post by Dark One on Jan 30, 2006 23:06:30 GMT 11
Speaking of Sam Neil; has anyone seen either of the folloing that he starred in? Event Horizon, which is a really creepy Sci-fi film, and Merlin, which was a mini-series produced for Channel 4 in the UK
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Post by Siryn on Jan 31, 2006 0:41:57 GMT 11
i LOVE 'Merlin'
i've seen Event Horizon a few times......coulda been better. And ive winged about this before but if more time could be spent on developing a great story thats enhanced by its special effects instead of an ok-ish story that relies on its SFX to sell tickets...........
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Jan 31, 2006 11:13:51 GMT 11
14 pages of translation in one night? Goodluck with that, I'm leaving tonight for a week and a half at our beach house that's just metres from the sand where I'll be drinking beer (coopers ofcourse, only the best for moi!), lazing on the beach and maybe watching some cricket. Have fun with that translation thing though, Mwa ha ha! I ended up going to bed at 5am with a few pages left. I had to get up again at 8am and spent most of yesterday feeling in a strange world of my own. Completely rested now, and finishing off the translation! I did manage to see the movie "Keeping Mum" yesterday, which was pretty good, though the black humour might not be to everyone's tastes. |
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But maybe I'm biased, I like pretty things like Carebears and FLuppy Dogs, so maybe I should stay out of this one. 
