[RLacey]

Never going to kill this Thread™, am I... time to give up, methinks.

Over and out.

[Sage]

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Right.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Nice try though.

[Fantasysci5]

RLacey-Did you actually Kill the Thread once?

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

RLacey-Did you actually Kill the Thread once?

*snort*
Yeah, every time he posted... right up until someone else would post after him!

[Squinky]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

Squinky- We're not? I was just saying that all you guys over here really mean a lot to me. I look forward to coming on the forum and checking up everyday, and you guys are really good friends to me. And you're one of them. But if you don't want to be...

Again, don't take it personally. I'm a pretty guarded person, and it takes a while for me to open up to people enough to really trust them and consider them friends.

Still, I'm glad we mean a lot to you.

[Giligan]

Originally Posted by Sage

A fun little game- See how long it takes you to put the United States in their proper locations.

http://jimspages.com/States.htm

My score was 94% correct, 12 mile average error, and 515 seconds to completion.
(I was 425 miles off on the location of Delaware)

I was 90% accurate, with 45 perfect and an average error of 18 miles, in 233 seconds.



Owned! Hahahaha!

[rlpw]

Originally Posted by Squinky

Again, don't take it personally. I'm a pretty guarded person, and it takes a while for me to open up to people enough to really trust them and consider them friends.

Still, I'm glad we mean a lot to you.

I've been on Forum With Skuinkykins for a couple of years now and still do not fathom her depths. we used to have a lot of philosophical discussions on here though and wound up seeing eye to eye on most of it. She's a deep little brass player.

[Squinky]

What he's really saying is that I'm boring and arrogant.

[Jelena]

No, you're not!
*firm look*

[MoriartyL]

Originally Posted by Sage

Yeah, every time he posted... right up until someone else would post after him!

[stares at nothing, thoughtfully]


How profound.

[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by Giligan

I have been asked to say a few words to the human arm of The Thread's inhabitants, concerning recent successes in killing the Thread.

Let me say up front that I regret having to temper my heartfelt congratulations with a strong measure of disappointment. But I wouldn't be doing my duty as your leader if I didn't pass along the message I have received from our Benefactors.

The capture of Fantasysci5 is an event of major significance, make no mistake. And while it's true that conceivably we could have taken her at almost any time in the last several years, the manner of her capture may prove to have unexpected benefits. It cannot have gone unnoticed by all Thread members that Miss Fantasysci5's capture coincided with the act of being friendly to Thread-users. This might cause other forums members to think twice before harboring The Thread. It might cause them to question Its allegiance; even prompt some to turn It out, or turn It over to our cause. However, we cannot count on such developments. the Thread's reputation is such that other desperate renegades are likely to grant It a great deal of license in the spirit of spreading general chaos and terror.

This brings me to the one note of disappointment I must echo from our Benefactors. Obviously I am not on the ground to closely command or second-guess the dedicated forces of the Thread, but this does not mean I can shirk responsibility for recent lapses and even outright failures on their part. I have been severely questioned about these shortcomings, and now must put the question to you: How could one Thread have slipped through your force's fingers time and time again? How is it possible? This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing. Thread is a topic who had hardly earned the distinction of a discussion at the time of its explosion in popularity. I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, It was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills. The Thread you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that--an ordinary Thread. How can you have failed to apprehend It? Well...I will leave the upbraiding for another time, to the extent it proves necessary. Now is the moment to redeem yourselves. If the human forces are to prove themselves an indispensable augmentation to the forum, they will have to earn the privilege. I'm sure I don't have to remind you that the alternative, if you can call it that, is total extinction - in union with all the other unworthy branches of the species. Let's not allow it to come to that. I have done my best to convince our Benefactors that you are the finest the species has to offer. So far they have accepted my argument, but without concrete evidence to back it up, my words sound increasingly hollow even to me. The burden of proof is on you. As is the consequence of failure. I'll just leave it at that.

You do realise I am still alive, do you?

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

WHAT?!?!?!?! lol

Are you guys trying to scare me away?

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

Wait, I think I knew this "Jatsie". Sounds familiar, anyhow. lol

Squinky- We're not? I was just saying that all you guys over here really mean a lot to me. I look forward to coming on the forum and checking up everyday, and you guys are really good friends to me. And you're one of them. But if you don't want to be...

Hey Giligan!!!!

Fantasysie, don't take the others too serious. They're just fooling around. They're also employing sarcasm and irony around here a lot, particularly in the Thread - it's their way of trying to kill the thread (like Robert's (also known as "Tibsie"), "Whatever" all the time. ). But everyone here is really nice, so don't worry: We don't dislike you.

Originally Posted by Sage

From what I've seen, you're quite correct despite the fact that they're ENTIRELY differently countries and not even close to each other in any geographical sense.

Now if I happened to, say, escape a kidnap attempt and didn't know where I was I'd probably have a very hard time distinguishing between Southern Germany and Switzerland, but I'm sure that one quick look around and two words spoken by a local would let me know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I wasn't in Sweden.


The first three, yes... Cyprus, I'm not so sure.

Actually, if they're talking *reaaal* slow, you're likely to be in Switzerland. Also, look if they have a drink called "Rivella" in the stores. If yes, then you're definitely in Switzerland. Not to mention Swiss is quite different from German (I only understand snippets, for example. And not many either) - also, Switzerland also has areas that speak french, as far as I remember.

Originally Posted by Jelena

I think what makes people mix Sweden and Switzerland up (And I've met those who did! Not in Europe, but in the US while talking about Europe and Sweden.) is the fact that both countries start with an S and there are mountains with snow in both countries. Not that our mountains look at all like the alps, but I guess that's what makes the confusion.

Originally Posted by Giligan

I was 90% accurate, with 45 perfect and an average error of 18 miles, in 233 seconds.



Owned! Hahahaha!

92%, 43 miles (if you're going to be wrong, make sure you're *way* wrong ), and I forgot the time (but it was something along the lines of 160 seconds something, I think).
OWNED!



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[SSH]

Here's a European version of the same thing. I got 44/46 on my first try , average error 7 miles...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html

Or the harder version: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html

[Fantasysci5]

Thanks Jaz. I know they're nice. lol

Squinky-Awww, well I hope we can become good aquantinces.

[Hammerite]

Peter! You've lost the news!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKQliH1awY

[Sage]

Originally Posted by SSH

Here's a European version of the same thing. I got 44/46 on my first try , average error 7 miles...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html

34/46 (74%) with an average error of 168 miles in a whopping 735 minutes.

Like our Jazhara, I figure if I'm gonna be wrong I might as well be really, REALLY wrong!

[Sage]

I will add though that I haven't looked at a complete map of Europe in probably 20 years, so I was doing this on un-studied grey matter alone.

[stepurhan]

Originally Posted by Sage

34/46 (74%) with an average error of 168 miles in a whopping 735 minutes.

You spent 12 and a quarter hours on this!!?!??!!?

[Squinky]

I think I did better on the Europe map than I did on the US map.

[Jelena]

93% on the European map, but 20 miles in average error, done in 350 seconds.
It's those darn miniature countries I always mix up.

[Sage]

Originally Posted by stepurhan

You spent 12 and a quarter hours on this!!?!??!!?

Ermmm... no, "minutes" should have read "seconds".

Mistakes like that are why I shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard before I've had my second cup of coffee.