Hellish weekend.

[Gravekeeper]

And I think this is the first post you've ever made in one of my topics. I think. Huh.

Is it? I can't idle on here from work anymore, so I don't get to lurk as much these days. I read a lot but don't tend to post much unless I have something to say. -.-

[Metody]

Wow, considering that the average person would need 2'X2' to stand comfortably (ie. 6 people max) they were really cramming themselves in there. Who want to be packed so tightly with strangers even if they are from the same conference as you?

Not everyone has the same idea of personal space as Americans; by some country's standards, we're extraordinarily standoffish. I've seen this in action at ran event here at Large Urban University.

An American grad student was at one side of the conversation, and a Chinese grad student was at the other. They'd been having a friendly (if linguistically awkward) conversation while sitting, then had gotten up to get drinks. Someone took their seats, so they talked standing up. The Chinese guy kept moving forward, because to him, it looked like he was standing wierdly far away. The American kept moving backwards, because to him, the other guy was standing too close to him. They migrated all the way across the room, until the American's back was to a wall, and then they talked there. I don't think either one was aware of what they were doing, either.

And I've had it happen to me. The only solution is to stop backing up and try to ignore the feeling of 'tooclosetooclosetooclose', while keeping a book or something in between you as a kind of shield. People don't mean it to be rude - it's just that not everyone needs five square feet of space around them.

[scroob]

[QUOTE=Gurndigarn;36530 TWO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UNITED STATES ($200,000,000,000)
that's actually 200 billion dollars.
possibly the highest amount ever mentioned on cs. hmmmmmmm
can i get some of that?

[Sliceanddice]

This post made me want to cry with you...




Im glad vodka makes everything better.....

i cried too but i was teary already

[RayvenQ]

EQ, Know how you asked me to be your neighbour? Would you also like me to be your personal bouncer?

I'm schooled in the art of Ecky Thump, a dab hand with a black pudding (Hell, for most people, telling them the contents of it alone would set them running) and I have a knack for beating people with their own logic

[Gurndigarn]

TWO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UNITED STATES ($200,000,000,000)

that's actually 200 billion dollars.

I'm not the one who writes the 419 scam letters. Blame them for having extra zeros.

[Evil Queen]

EQ, Know how you asked me to be your neighbour? Would you also like me to be your personal bouncer?

I'm schooled in the art of Ecky Thump, a dab hand with a black pudding (Hell, for most people, telling them the contents of it alone would set them running) and I have a knack for beating people with their own logic

Sure! Yay! The Queen has a bouncer!

[RayvenQ]

I come prepackaged with a Black Pudding too Avast! *Does some Errol Flyn type moves witht he black pudding*

I also come with slang, accent and ways of speaking that will befuddle even the most dimwitted of people

Sadly, I'm not quite as beefy or hunky as my avatar

[Evil Queen]

Who cares! You have me hooked!

*feeds cookies to her new bouncer*

[RayvenQ]

*Suspiciously eyes the cookies then defensively brandishes black pudding* You aren't just trying to fatten me up now are you?

(You do know what's in black pudding don't you? )

[Evil Queen]

Me? Fatten you up? Honestly now, what ever makes you think such a thing? *pours a big glass of milk with the cookies and offers ice cream*


Yes I do. Why would I be afraid of blood sausage?

[RayvenQ]

Oh trust me, you haven't seen me when I'm drunk and pretending that the Black pudding is alive and wanting to tear out your throat and the only thing stopping it is me holding onto it

Sadly, your plan to possibly fatten me up will never work thanks to the logic defying-ness that is my metabolism, I swear, I haven't changed weight at all except for minor fluctuations in the last 7 years no matter how much or little I eat

[Evil Queen]

You just wait. I managed to fatten up many a man on my artery clogging cooking (Comfort food at it's finest).

[RayvenQ]

You just wait. I managed to fatten up many a man on my artery clogging cooking (Comfort food at it's finest).

As long as you promise to include black pudding now and then

Two reasons that I just can't actually move out of my county and country

1. Black pudding
2. Lancashire cheese.

[crazylegs]

You just wait. I managed to fatten up many a man on my artery clogging cooking (Comfort food at it's finest).

I spy a challenge!