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I was greeted this morning with an epic tale. To awaken our 14 year old, who if left alone would get up at the crack of noon, she walked in, kicked on the keyboard and started crooning Barry Manilow's "O Mandy." Several local cats were reported to have died. Evidently he jumped right up "what is THAT?!?"
I was informed by a co worker her dad would take an electric shaver to his throat and croon Kumbaya.
Any other tales of waking teens?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Ah sounds like my parent's method. That or "get your own self up dammit" which was Dad's method.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
On weekdays, I have this horrible alarm clock that's made me fall out of bed a fair few times in an attempt to stop it beeping at me (I sleep on a raised bed, like the top half of a bunk bed with a workspace instead of a second bed), and on weekends, my mother quietly opens my door and holds my dog up so it can shove its cold nose in my mouth.
People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
Ah the wet nose effect! Yes, I had a dog who would do that of his own volition if I didn't get up. As his next step if that failed was to leap upon me (he was a 90 lb pit bull) I would heed the warning.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
When I was working the 2pm to 10pm shift and staying up until about 4am and then slept all day, my family would ignore the fact that I needed sleep for work, and wake me up for every little thing. "You need to take the trash out." Which was quickly followed by the nearest thing I could grab being thrown at them and telling them to get out.
Since I also lived downstairs and you can hear footsteps on the floor above, they would pretty ignore this fact and do whatever. Ignoring the fact that I needed to sleep at all.
This is why I stopped paying them rent. That, and I live in a basement. (Moving this Saturday, I WILL BE FREE)
How come all you turkeys don't have your own alarm clock?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.
Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..
2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.
Order of St Ursula (Sisters of Battle): W-2, L-1, T-1
Get of Freki (Space Wolves): W-3, L-1, T-1
Hive Fleet Portentosa (Nids/Stealers): W-6, L-4, T-0
Omega Marines (vanilla Space Marine): W-1, L-6, T-2
Waagh Magshak (Orks): W-4, L-0, T-1
A.V.P.D.W.: W-0, L-2, T-0
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bringing 40k Events to Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Oh. Ask me for more info!
porkuslime wrote:Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.
Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..
I'm sure the 8 year old objected strongly to having to do that...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
It was my responsibility to wake my younger brother up for school. I would do things, horrible, horrible things. I'd drip ice water in his ear, play industrial music with the speakers an inch from his ear, put q-tips in his nostrils, throw the beagle on his bed, jump on him, etc. Everyday was something different.
-Loki- wrote:
40k is about slamming two slegdehammers together and hoping the other breaks first. Malifaux is about fighting with scalpels trying to hit select areas and hoping you connect more.
porkuslime wrote:Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.
Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..
I'm sure the 8 year old objected strongly to having to do that...
Yeah, right. Gave her ALL sorts of ideas on how to wake her sister up.. play-doh, teenager make up application, and tabasco in her mouth (teenager snores)
Although.. nothing beats my youngest at age 2, using the ol "banana in the ear canal" method to tell me she was hungry, whist *I* was sleeping..
2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.
Order of St Ursula (Sisters of Battle): W-2, L-1, T-1
Get of Freki (Space Wolves): W-3, L-1, T-1
Hive Fleet Portentosa (Nids/Stealers): W-6, L-4, T-0
Omega Marines (vanilla Space Marine): W-1, L-6, T-2
Waagh Magshak (Orks): W-4, L-0, T-1
A.V.P.D.W.: W-0, L-2, T-0
www.40korigins.com
bringing 40k Events to Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Oh. Ask me for more info!
I just let my daughter sleep. It's summer, she's a good kid.
But when I do have to get her up I just jump on her bed and sing and dance until she actually sits up. She hates it but admits it works when necessary.
"And what is wrong with their life? What on earth is less reprehensible than the life of the Levovs?"
- American Pastoral, Philip Roth
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed - knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags.
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Well my parents usually come in and tell me to get up, failing that they get real close to my ear and scream real loud while pulling my covers off.
Not such a hot idea the latter part. I mean, you're a pubescent teen male. What transpires from unplanned cover removal could scar both parties for life.
Fed up of Scalpers? But still want your Exclusives? Why not join us?
When I was a kid (middle/high school):
Spray bottle full of Ice Water... (set to stream)
Then a cup of coffee. (I got to drink that, as opposed to the ice water.)
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Well my parents usually come in and tell me to get up, failing that they get real close to my ear and scream real loud while pulling my covers off.
Not such a hot idea the latter part. I mean, you're a pubescent teen male. What transpires from unplanned cover removal could scar both parties for life.
My parents learned that with my older brother. They have become quite adept at removing one cover while at the same time placing another one on.
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
