Back Alley Eddie failed out of both med and vet school, but I'm sure he could give a frontal lobotomy a shot. Just let Parker know you have an eight ball handy.
Ok going back in time what is the oldest relative whose first name you know without looking it up and how old would they be if they were alive. Example: Grandpa Fred 110
Ok going back in time what is the oldest relative whose first name you know without looking it up and how old would they be if they were alive. Example: Grandpa Fred 110
Hesitant to answer this one...
...Uncle Adolf. 101.
Technically I could say my great grandfather Julius, but I don't know how old he'd be today.
Edit: Pursuant to Nik's follow-up I see he may have meant oldest you've met.
Ok going back in time what is the oldest relative whose first name you know without looking it up and how old would they be if they were alive. Example: Grandpa Fred 110
Hesitant to answer this one...
...Uncle Adolf. 101.
Technically I could say my great grandfather Julius, but I don't know how old he'd be today.
Edit: Pursuant to Nik's follow-up I see he may have meant oldest you've met.
Edit: Pursuant to Nik's follow-up I see he may have meant oldest you've met.
anyone you can remember an important life's lesson from.
Mine is Grandpa Bob 120 or so and "Don't take any wooden nickles"
Which he mentioned on one occasion when he got deep in his scotch
The point being that we (the royal we as in all of us gathered here today) are already pretty *** stupid.
In my case, the collected wisdom of 50,000 years of my human ancestors evolving over the centuries, the grand sum of all the wisdom gathered and gleaned from this world.... is some old drunk muttering about a An American adage, ("Don't take any wooden nickels" is considered a lighthearted reminder to be cautious in one's dealings. )
which of course he never explained. Thanks a bundle grandpa... >.>
Our influence in this world will span about a hundred years or so.
If we're lucky... and then nobody will remember us or anything we ever said or did or thought or believed was important....
Everything grandpa bob's dad may have told him about life and the great mysteries therein were lost... in a bottle of scotch on a couch in akron... I have no idea how he got there or why and kinda don't even care....
And so whatever we tell our kids and grandkids will one day also be forgotten and while our decisions SEEM to impact greatly those around us unless you do something truly horrific, nobody will ever remember us.
Tldr: Nothing we say or do really matters which is probably good because we're idiots
I think what grandpa bob was trying to tell me was that, even then nearing the end of his long brutal life... he didn't have a clue wtf the point of any of it was....so why bother trying to pass on any "wisdom" when I was just as dumb as he was I would probably never understand it anyways....
Nobody ever did offer me any wooden nickles...But I did learn to appreciate good scotch... so in the end it's warmth will cradle me in death like a blanket like all my ancestors before me....
presumably.... who knows... maybe they were all abstainers...
I can't remember their names let alone anything else.
anyone you can remember an important life's lesson from.
Well, Grandma Lil taught me a lot, but one of the biggest things wasn't spoken as much as something learned over time by observing her. She was a genuinely wonderful person with some glaring flaws viewed through the lens of modern times and that's just how some people are.
The kind of person who could admire the hell out of a black person -- she was a huge Colin Powell fan, for instance -- but still drop a casual N-bomb without a thought in the world. She also was absolutely loathe to believe women could be equal to men in a lot of ways. She would not believe my aunt, mother, or cousin ever knew better than her, but if my uncle, my stepfather, or myself told her the same thing, she'd defer and then just assume our female counterparts must have gotten their information from us...
But all at the same time, she didn't have a single malignant bone in her body* thought in her head. Things just were the way they were and she wasn't about to change what she had always done or worked for her for you or anyone else.
*Crossed-out portion done so because despite being a common idiom, it's literally inaccurate, she had a bone-related cancer at one point in the distant past that she managed to beat. :x
Grandma Buzzy's (turned 88 in May) best advice, inversely, has ever been, "This too shall pass."
Because ***happens. It passes or you expire. One or the other. That's just how it is.
I'm not sure there has ever been a greater satirist than Frank Zappa, in part because not only did he create scathing satire of society that people didn't quite get, it was doubly poignant because he was at times also a satire of himself. Even better than Andy Kaufman, imo.
I keep seeing all these Ancestry commercials and these dopey people that have no idea who their family is or even what nationality they are or in some cases their race...
one example
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we're a nation of foot slapping idiots dancing around in lederhosen because it's octoberfest and there is beer...
then in mid march we all put on green and pretend we're irish..
so...we'll pretty much pretend to be anyone you want... if there's beer
We're a ridiculously young country in the grand scheme of things that's sole claim to fame is that we have no history. We're a melting pot of everyone else's rejects.
So we appropriate what culture we can if it makes us feel a part of something older or greater than us.
And then we drink beer to emphasize those good feelings before we remember that we're just appropriating our genetic ancestors' histories because we've got nothing of the sort here. It's technically ours, but we know we're forcing it...hence the beer.
we're a bunch of drunken idiots that were kicked out of every decent country on the planet...so much so that we can't even collectively even remember from which one any more.
Edit: As of 2010-10-05 14:48:06 CST, Ni reached 10,000 pages.
Since we all can't be on the same linkshell in game, this can be our cross server linkshell thread.
Like most linkshells, it can be pretty dead at times. Other times it's full of intense conversations about either rl, gear, goals, pokemon or anything else you want to contribute.
We can cover any sort of topic at all, within reason of the forum rules. No real main topic, just a bunch of FFXIAH friends/people coming on and discussing random things.
Yeah Chuu. Bringing you up to speed, Ludoggy is the LS pedophile. I'm the fountain of random and useless knowledge that makes you go "Hrm" with the occasional side of "holy shit he said what?"
Kungfu is the LS nutjob, spouting super random things that are usually sexist, until Savvy or Alyria comes into the room. Then he's a classic case of sexual harrassment. Rumaha is also true to the second part; we're wondering about his sexuality though.
Daj is Ludoggy's gay lover. Not much else is known about this Asuran. Tairo is kinda new, but since is a female and Alyria's lesbian lover, she fit right in real quick.
Celene(F) and Rowland(M) are more of the shyer members, but often say things that are witty, have a good pun and sometimes cause three page discussions. Celene hates when people hit on her. It doesn't stop them from trying.
Krizz is just social and likes to kill time here during work Tbest is about the same, except tends to be a douche to guys and affectionate toward girls.
Alyria is the most social female, gets groped a lot without provoking it by others, and Tairo ends up stabbing people for it. Cai is just a barrel of lols, I might be gay for him. If I wasn't straight.
Not sure about Citag, s/he's new. Kiriyu is just an in-out kinda person. Says one thing every three days that every guy makes a big fuss over. Ludoggy gets really defensive since she's asian and underage (might be 18 now).
Artem is the wayward soul that makes you ponder the meaning of life by constantly reminding us life can suck. But he deals, and so do we. About the same for Savannah, except people are more "AWH!" to her because of a vagina involved.
Dasva is the ex military man (as is Krizz but this doesn't apply to him) who hates the world and plots a way to destroy most of it.
Number2 is kinda like a mix between Cai and I; never bashes, likes to laugh and has odd avatars. His current suits a lot of the convos this LS gets into. Barti is most well known for his moustache. He gives mousatche rides for a fee. I'm missing a few people but whatever. CARRY ON!
Luelle Smells.
Roster of FFXIAH Ni (as of April 1st, 2010 Pocoyo avatar craze)
Happy b-day ls.
Heres my lame gift to AHLS, since Row is lame and took away the OP, I made my own!
Haseyo/Bignose: He's got a bigass nose, Leader of the RL avi revloution or some junk no one gives a crap about...crazy about his asian pop/rock bands and is a closet pedo. AKA LAME
Dameshi: wont level his sam sub and is a lolblu, LAME
Citag: Doesnt put out, Really lame
Dasva: Uses Chu as a cover up for his desire for me greased up and naked on his bed, Lame.
Rydiya/Bra+Panties: Secret lesbien, doesnt wear bra+panties, like to knit and other old people stuff (bingo)
Pikachu/Chu: Hi Chu, I love chu
Kryee/Socks: Noms on socks, wears the sam red pair everyday and frequently sniffs her arm pits.
Cheyne: Domo origoto, Mr Roboto...I think he's gay.
Urial: SOCCER IS LAME AND YOU'RE LAME.
Thundars: LOLCANADIAN
Spence: LOLFRENCHCANADIAN
Enterius/ghost: He's a ghost...he'll say something witty to me later.
Ixe: Ducky face and cant seem to get a straw in her mouth (can get other things in there though)
Mairah: She cool...lame
Bart: Full times OPO-OPO, free mustache rides otherwise LAME
Sav/Mango: Field trips, yay!
Aly/thatgreenmodthatwillbanmeifIsayanythingbad: *tapes*
Woody: You're not Italian...no tea for you.
Sectum: My apprentice...loves asian girls, loves to cook...he's awesome. put me in a story where I wasnt a pedo and that'd cool
Rum:STOP RAIDING MY BASEMENT AND TAKING AWAY MY GIRLS GAWD. Long Islander...lame
Valencea:Wont tell me the color of her undies, you lost the bet...no we cant get married...NO MEANS NO
Kojo:Open pedo...he likes scat, ewww
Tohsou: I think he's a pedo with a girlfriend as cover up, lame.
Kiriyu/strawberry: Lurk Less post moar! I see you what you are doing!
Krizz: Mohawk guy #1
Triet: Mohawk guy #1...wait
Bloodbathboy: The Hulk
Kungfuhustle: AH%DUE%$JNSRGHSRHHEYHEHSA Y%HEDHGSR EAT AHUYY DONKEY NUTS
Celene: Quit...Canadian...who the hell quits?
Tbest: MIA
Eternaltriumph: Where the hell has he been? Is he gone cause he got pussywhipped or something? Whatever...
#2: GOD...I miss him /cry
Luelle/otherlu: The Other Lu.
Zekky: Quit, kicking ass, raped me :\
Krystale/Girlwithpiercing: Magnets stick to her, Toke Canadian, hawt...she's 15 right?
Marzbarz: NINJA
Rowland: All your Pocoyo are belong to...him
Weewoo/Tool: He liked Asura and wont admit it.
Miemo: Has a mithra avi c.c
Kalyna: is a girl right? right? oh...lame
Gimmeurselables: TOO MUCH BOUNCE...TOO BIG, EWWWW
Sagittario: Lame elf whu runs around in a diaper subligar
Ludoggy: Faggot
Edit: The Family Ni Tree
Luelle's (And Citag's too!) birthday present
[h1]H1[/h1]
[h2]H2[/h2]
[h3]H3[/h3]
[figlet]Figlet[/figlet]
[spoiler="Custom spoiler!"][h1]Yay[/h1][/spoiler]
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/matas/hobnotropic[/soundcloud]
Will try to get to more stuff when I can.
Disclaimer: Your Feelings May Get Hurt In Your Stay Here.