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Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:06 pm

The ironic thing (though maybe just in an Alanis sense) is that they are from nowhere near Montréal.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:24 pm

Shm Jay wrote:The ironic thing (though maybe just in an Alanis sense) is that they are from nowhere near Montréal.

Montreal River Ontario?

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:38 am

It's rare when a Finn says something funny, but he did say something funny.

Nae wrote:
Neek wrote:(I mean, English. After all, the bible is written in English, amirite guys?)

This joke was already old when I told it to St. Paul.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:20 pm

Tropylium wrote:
Mbwa wrote:I was trying to get a slightly Finnish-sounding langauge. Do you notice any similarities? Is it too Finnishy?
On a scale from 0 to Suomiii puukko perrrkele!, I'd grant it one whitefish (ie. not much).

Pogostick Man · Post by **Pogostick Man** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:06 pm

From page three of the "Alternative Mounts" thread (where, incidentally, my mention of the war elephants used in Greater India and by Hannibal spawned off a bunch of posts composed of complete awesome, but these are not them) comes this little exchange:

HandsomeRob wrote:How about a War Snail? A snail with a shell the size of a house, hollowed out to hold a few dozen soldiers, complete with cannon emplacements and armor plating. Yeah, it'd be slow. Slow and Awesome.

-Rob

Wycoval wrote:How about a War Scorpion? With a laser on it's tail? Arthropodically Awesome.

HandsomeRob wrote:I have the feeling I'm being made fun of.

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:21 am

A few from the flags thread:

Chuma wrote:
Serali wrote:I desperately need some flags.
Especially one for the Land of Boingies.
I think you should have a flag with an animated boingy on it. That would be really original.

Elyndian wrote:Then my appy polly loggies.

(note: the two are unrelated)

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:07 pm

Torco wrote:and the boinging in my mouth is strangely tasty.

Raluv · Post by **Raluv** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:18 am

Elyndian wrote:
rickardspaghetti wrote:
bricka wrote:If boingies are immortal, and they can breed, then sooner or later the entire known universe will be full of them. When is this projected to happen?
December 21 year 2012.
This explains so much.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:00 pm

daryush wrote:A few from the flags thread:

Chuma wrote:
Serali wrote:I desperately need some flags.
Especially one for the Land of Boingies.
I think you should have a flag with an animated boingy on it. That would be really original.

You forgot the funnest part:

Tengado wrote:.... and difficult to sew

dhok · Post by **dhok** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:39 pm

linguoboy wrote:
FinalZero wrote:
You mean sex is not a need?
But lust is an emotion.
And Cherry Garcia is an ice cream flavour.

Grey · Post by **Grey** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:20 pm

Qwynegold wrote: Sweden = gay, high-pitched = gay, therefore Swedish = high-pitched.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:15 pm

OMG I got quoted. Here's a new one:

dhokarena56 wrote:
Azucar wrote:
Serali wrote:
rickardspaghetti wrote:What is the average life span of a boingy?
They're immortal. They live practically forever and you can't harm them in anyway. This is the first thing you must understand.

...snip...

[/img]
Why do they reproduce if they're immortal?
Well, Azucar, when a mommy boingy and a daddy boingy love each other very much, they share a very special type of bouncing...

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:03 pm

In reference to Brits:

schwhatever wrote:
Etherman wrote:We're Americans, we don't follow their rules.
Fixed.

schwhatever · Post by **schwhatever** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:54 pm

(It had previously read "we don't follow rules").

jmcd · Post by **jmcd** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:36 am

Best Monty Python sketch not made by them:

Salmoneus wrote: Really, the government approach to data security is like a drug-addicted vagrant telling you why you shouldn't give drug addicts money:

"Can I have some money?"
"Oh, sure..."
"Thanks. You know, you shouldn't give out money to drug addicts. They'll just go buy drugs."
"Oh! Good point. So can I have that money back?"
"No."
"Oh, ok. Well, thanks for the advice."
"No problem. Can I have some money?"
"What? No!"
"Awh, but you're just going to give it to undeserving drug addicts... why not give it to me instead?"
"Because... what...? What are you... No, sorry, just go away."
*snatches at wallet*
"Money! Mine! Give me money!"
"What? No, go away!"
"If you don't give me your money, somebody might steal it!"
"Nobody's going to steal it. Look, it's secure!"
"It's not secure! If you keep it in your wallet, any madman could steal it at any moment. Look!"
[*tries to steal wallet*]

EDIT:add explanation part to quote

Mbwa · Post by **Mbwa** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:50 am

^Was that actually some kind of philosophical lecture?

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:05 pm

Mbwa wrote:^Was that actually some kind of philosophical lecture?

An explanation of the British government made simple, in an nutshell.

And I agree with jmcd.

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:07 pm

Dewrad wrote:
Pthug Complaining about capitalisation wrote:.
Why do you go through weird phases of ignoring capitalisation of any sort yourself?

Mbwa · Post by **Mbwa** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:29 pm

Oh, I thought Dewrad said capitalism, and I was like WTF?

dunomapuka · Post by **dunomapuka** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:23 am

Viktor77 wrote:I have always dreamt of running the Port Authority in Rotterdam and just smoking the competition to the south in Antwerp! Ports are amazing, all the trade, all the stuff! Too bad Falgwia has no sizeable ports on the Baltic. Nothing like Rotterdam, anyways.

wtf

Aszev · Post by **Aszev** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:25 pm

Miekko wrote:protip: no one wants to learn your conlangs. if they claim different, it's just to be friendly.

this is true for all conlangers.

Delthayre · Post by **Delthayre** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:39 am

I was amused by Schwatever's elaboration upon Pthag's dismissal of a question about why the long mark used in IPA is a, "triangle colon," instead of a, "dot colon."

schwhatever wrote:
Pthug wrote:They are different symbols.

That is why they have different shapes.

That is why they mean different things.

That is why they are used in different contexts.

One looks like the other.

As a consequence, they can be confused easily.

This is sometimes convenient.
And they have a plan.

rickardspaghetti · Post by **rickardspaghetti** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:27 am

I'm quoting this:

bricka wrote:
Sippan wrote:Wikipedia makes it sound awesome
Beware: Wikipedia would no doubt make the anal trill sound awesome.

Bricka, you're a genious!

alice · Post by **alice** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:53 am

rickardspaghetti wrote:I'm quoting this:
bricka wrote:
Sippan wrote:Wikipedia makes it sound awesome
Beware: Wikipedia would no doubt make the anal trill sound awesome.
Bricka, you're a genious!

A genious what?

rickardspaghetti · Post by **rickardspaghetti** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:11 am

bricka wrote:
rickardspaghetti wrote:I'm quoting this:
bricka wrote:
Sippan wrote:Wikipedia makes it sound awesome
Beware: Wikipedia would no doubt make the anal trill sound awesome.
Bricka, you're a genious!
A genious what?

Whatever genious you want!

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