Walsingham

ALL young women are attention seeking monomaniacs, dear boy. My friend termed this 'King of the World syndrome'. Ask a 17-21 year old girl any question and the answer you will get, when decoded, is "I'm Lord of the Freaking Universe, baby!" 25+ ftw.

*Dr Walsh* Could you be developing a lactose intolerance? I think he meant he's drinking the milk to sooth his stomach. BTW, almost everyone over 5 yo is lactose intolerant. Ah. Yes. That would make more sense.

I agree with the wascawy looking wabbit.

Redheads don't actually exist. I've never seen one. Have yu considered a tertium quid? They could all be Canadian.

*Dr Walsh* Could you be developing a lactose intolerance?

I once went out with a girl who had hair like black gold, curly as a gipsy, and a smile that would make angels cry. But I still prefer brunettes.

what on Earth was that?

I downloaded ArmA, and boy was I unimpressed. It's like playing a shinier version of Op Flashpoint. I mean I love Op Flashpoint, but this sucks.

Wow. Sounds like you've got MacGuyver there.

A litre of home made iced tea

I think it is a ... not a straw man... what's the word? I dunno... bronze goblin. I think it's a bronze goblin to suggest that freeform is more possible in pnp. With the exception of a very few, players in pn like things even more formulaic than in a game. They bitch far worse when they die.

I still haven't completed the dowload, but I'dve gots ome more feedback: Firstly, through the ArmA site I find: http://www.simhq.com/_land/fps_021a.html And secondly I found this review of ArmA itself: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=73025 This suggests that the AI realy isn't that smart, or rather it may be clever, but its inhuman. It is also still capable of spotting you thousands of yards away and shooting with ridiculous accuracy.

I had the exact same thing happen. It didn't look awful, but she did look very much worse than she started out.

This would make a great round in pub quizzes.

Salty liquorice? Dear sweet mother of Mary... Enough with the Finn bashing, btw. I'd like to see any of you fight Soviet Russia in conventional warfare and win.

It seems I'm not not the only one who can't quite grasp the fullness of yor position.

*equally slowly and clearly* USELESS TO WHOM? To an unscrupulous politician or queasy homophobe some traditions may seem quite handy.

I'm struggling at present with these mutated creatures in Far Cry. My reaction speeds are very slow, so I tyically trade distance. But I'm now in a bunker and these damn beasts keep jumping me, and at teh difficulty I'm at they can kill in three punches. And there are many of them. I don't know if I will keep coming back indefinitely but I am likely to. I hate quitting.

I mean you came on strong talking about how you hated people guiding their lives by ancient principles, when what you really meant was that you hate people guiding their lives by any principle you dislike. Democracy, equality, habeus corpus, honour, chivalry are all old. I'm just saying you should be clearer in your targets, and not blame either tradition or religion. Your beef is with the violent and the ignorant, not the religious.

Far Cry is hella fun, i'll give it that, but Hollywood fun. I haven't downloaded ArmA yet. Probably give it a try tomorrow.

You mean like honour and chivalry, patriotism, anarchism, egalitarianism... Help me out here, Meta. I am thinking more along the lines of bigotry and hatred based on traditions/scriptures, arrange marriages, stupid dress codes, God, and the like. You mean simply you disapprove strongly of things you disapprove of.

OK, so I'm hearing ArmA and Red Orchestra? Using my bargain bin capital I just picked up Full Spectrum Warrior, and Far Cry.

You mean like honour and chivalry, patriotism, anarchism, egalitarianism... Help me out here, Meta.

I remember being in a class with a chap from Oman, and we got on pretty well. He even made an effort (unlike his colleagues also from Oman) to get to know the Indian and Pakistani students. Which I guess was something of a culture shock. Sadly there was some actual violence between the groups. Some of these skinny pimped up Omanis actually fancied themselves as gangsters and got handed their own asses when they picked on the much tougher guys from further east. Anyway, I got talking to this chap about his views on women, and he said words to the effect of "I wouldn't allow my wife to be in a room with another man. They'd obviously get up to no good." I laughed far too loudly out of surprise, and asked if this was inevitable. He said "Yes, women are like that." I asked if it was entirely the woman's fault, and he replied it was. So i asked if he would permit me to be in a room with his mother, and of course he went very quiet, knowing full well that I could be trusted, and so could his mother. He saw quickly tht teh notion that all women were hussies and couldn't be left alone was nonsense, and the very notion insulting to all parties. [Athough now I think on it, maybe thi sis a sad comment on how things work in the region] I must say that while I used to pick holes in many of the ideas he came to the UK with he was a tremendous gentleman, and never quit talking about things. Generous with his time, and attention. Sadly he wound up having to return home to take part in an arranged marriage to his cousin. No fooling. You've never seen anyone look so ill, but he had to do as he was told.

Pinecone sounds good to me. The third one looks like a carpet cross-section.