Story from this past weekend: My brother and his family are in town (visiting from out of state) they're staying at his mother-in-law's house. He came over to do some digging around in our basement (where they'd had a bunch of their stuff stored when they moved out of state) and he gets a phone-call from his 11-year old daughter (M) asking what the wi-fi password was.
See, the night previous, he was needing to upload some stuff for his work but the Wi-Fi at his mother in laws was being ridiculously slow - like someone was hogging all the router power or something. He goes through the house, turns off everything he can find that uses the router or the wi-fi, but still the Wi-Fi light on the route is just going nuts like someone is on it. So he logs into the router to change the password (forcibly kicking off any additional devices hanging onto it). Instead of coming up with a whole new password, he just sticks "Not" in front of the existing password. So (naturally password altered for the purpose of this story) instead of being FluffyBunny734 it became NotFluffyBunny734.
So the conversation between him and his daughter on the phone is along the lines of the following:
M: Dad, what's the wi-fi password?
Dad: It's NotFluffyBunny734
M: I know FluffyBunny734 isn't the password anymore, so what is it?
Dad: I told you, it's NotFluffyBunny734.
M:You said that and I know FluffyBunny734 doesn't work. What's the new password?!
Dad: NotFluffyBunny734
This goes on back and forth for a while (a couple minutes), all the time my brother is just losing it the more M gets frustrated with him.... finally M seemed to get what he was saying, but it made for a pretty hilarious exchange until she did.
Lol, I bet next thing he was trying to explain to her Who's on first!
That actually came up on Sunday when we were having family dinner at my aunt & uncle's house and all the kids started playing a game of baseball (well... sort of baseball... you know, with kid plastic bats and really really soft squishy 'practice' balls not to mention a 3 1/2 year old playing that would run whichever way he felt like). Naturally... none of the kids got it. They should watch Animaniacs where they did an homage to Who's on first with Who's on stage...
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Maria Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.
Grant Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.
Maria Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.
Lol, I bet next thing he was trying to explain to her Who's on first!
That actually came up on Sunday when we were having family dinner at my aunt & uncle's house and all the kids started playing a game of baseball (well... sort of baseball... you know, with kid plastic bats and really really soft squishy 'practice' balls not to mention a 3 1/2 year old playing that would run whichever way he felt like). Naturally... none of the kids got it. They should watch Animaniacs where they did an homage to Who's on first with Who's on stage...
That was great! Didn't even know there was a band called "The Band". Not to be nitpicky, though, but aren't they called "The Who"?
Either way, I think it's hopeless!
"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."
Blah... for some reason the embed doesn't like this facebook post, go to the link. It's about a rescued beaver that's ready to be released back into the wild
Last Edit: Jul 11, 2017 20:56:06 GMT by nillindeiel
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Maria Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.
Grant Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.
Maria Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.
So, as has been the case almost every year (pretty much ever since we put the garden in), our vegetable garden is producing quite a bit of summer squash/zucchini. There's only so much grilling and sauteing with the same seasonings that we can take (we'll probably also make some zucchini bread as well), so me and my sister are trying to look into other things we can do with it. Zoodles/Zucchini noodles are one thing we haven't tried yet. Only thing, we don't have a spiralizer and we believe in the great Alton Brown's teachings that unitaskers (like said spiralizer) should stay out of the kitchen (unitaskers clutter). So I'm looking online for tips and tricks and other life hacks to create zoodles and I see things like "use a hand peeler to cut wide strips and then just stack and slice those into thinner 'noodles'", or "use a box grater or a mandolin" (though we don't have a mandolin either)....then I came across the below video. Have to say, didn't see that particular life hack coming but definitely made me smile...and extra points to him for mentioning Alton Brown's belief on unitaskers...
I will never understand how anyone is able to abuse or abandon animals in the first place, but my heart goes out to all the people working to help them!
"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."
"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."
Saw this video linked to on facebook by one of our local news sites here in Utah. Hogle Zoo, Zuri, (who is currently almost 8 years old... she turns 8 in a couple of days, though I think this video actually might be a couple years old (at least 2?) given her size compared to now) gets into battle with a Canadian Goose (if you look at the video closely, there's another goose at the bottom of the frame - looks like the geese may have made a nest behind that rock and so the goose is feeling a bit protective, and Zuri gets frustrated at the interloper at her pool). Note: Zuri is not alone at Hogle Zoo, she is there with her mom, Christie (who was born in 86? sheesh, Christie is almost as old as I am) and at the time of this there was probably a 3rd older elephant as well (her name escapes me and she passed away a while back). Also, I'd be surprised if the keepers didn't become aware of the geese, but if they had established their nest it might have been too dangerous (for the keepers and/or for the geese) to try and relocate them at this point, they probably just had to wait it out while keeping a close eye on the situation. I've been to this zoo, it's one of the good zoos - they've done a lot of remodeling over the past several years to improve their enclosures for the animals, and the keepers do care a great deal about their animals.
ayanami: Also, yes, Iain deserves constant praise, always! And for the Doctor in particular. Chilling role!
Nov 24, 2024 23:07:48 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Right? I always think the same thing when I see a movie that was adapted from source material but has been changed so much that it's unrecognizable.
Nov 24, 2024 23:08:46 GMT
ayanami: I gotta admit that "World War Z" is an incredibly cool name, but still, seems a bit pricey if you're just gonna ignore the whole rest of the novel.
Nov 24, 2024 23:10:42 GMT
ayanami: The book sounds really cool btw. It's about one guy 10 years after the zombie outbreak gathering different perspectives from a bunch of survivors, so you have like a dozen different stories/settings in the novel. Plus, the author is actually Mel Brooks'...
Nov 24, 2024 23:12:58 GMT
ayanami: ...son and apparently there's an audio book version of the novel featuring a bunch of Hollywood talents! (Gotta have connections in life! )
Nov 24, 2024 23:13:41 GMT
Jemma Simmons: What?! That's wild! I'll have to check into it!
Nov 24, 2024 23:14:18 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Sounds way more interesting than the movie, anyway!
Nov 24, 2024 23:14:32 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Oh, just FYI, next weekend is a holiday weekend here, so I won't be able to be around.
Nov 24, 2024 23:15:41 GMT
ayanami: Absolutely! Which makes it even more bewildering that they went with such a lame clichéd Hollywood story instead. Which, btw, is actually getting a sequel next year. Who'd have thunk it?!
Nov 24, 2024 23:17:08 GMT
ayanami: Ah, alright, thanks for the heads up.
Nov 24, 2024 23:18:07 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Yeah, that's something I've noticed lately too. Why the sudden need for sequels for 20-30 year old movies? Most of the time they're crap and I'd definitely rather see new material.
Nov 24, 2024 23:20:11 GMT
ayanami: I think I'm gotta call it a night now, though. I've got kind of an early morning coming up tomorrow and it's getting late over here.
Nov 24, 2024 23:20:18 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Alrighty! You have a good couple of weeks then! I'll be spending next weekend with some family I like and trying to avoid any remotely controversial conversations with others that I spend the rest of the year avoiding
Nov 24, 2024 23:21:10 GMT
ayanami: Tbf, World War Z is "only" from 2013, but yeah, I get your drift. Answer: Hollywood producers are all a bunch of chicken sh*ts, who only want to invest money into stuff with a recognisable name and a good track record, so only sequels, prequels and reboots
Nov 24, 2024 23:22:41 GMT
ayanami: From now until eternity!
Nov 24, 2024 23:22:53 GMT
Jemma Simmons: Heh, yeah that sounds about right!
Nov 24, 2024 23:23:16 GMT
Jemma Simmons: I will make an exception for the new Gladiator movie. I've heard it's actually pretty good!
Nov 24, 2024 23:23:33 GMT
ayanami: Yeah, I hope you have a fun few weeks and a nice family time. And don't choke on the turkey! I'll see you around, bosslady!
Nov 24, 2024 23:25:01 GMT
