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Started by Dr cornelius quack, August 08, 2008, 11:21:55 PM

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Commander Obadiah

I hope you brought enough for everyone.

Commander C. Obadiah

Post Script: Sod you, Shoggy!
The Steampunk code: 'To delicately dismantle the system from within, if it's not too much trouble'

lilibat

I'm the queen of France!

neon_suntan

Quote from: elShoggotho on August 09, 2008, 10:23:42 AM
The cake might not be a lie, but my spoon is too big.

There is no spoon

Sir Nikolas of Vendigroth

It won't get better if you picket.

JennyWren

Quote from: Sir Nikolas Vendigroth on August 09, 2008, 12:40:34 PM
It won't get better if you picket.
???  Arthur Scargill   ???

If you are calm when all about you is chaos, you dont understand the situation

There are always two sides to a argument, mine and the wrong one


I don't suffer from insanity, I revel in it.                            To die would be an awfully big adventure
"Viagra Chapstick" - For that stiff upper lip                         I dont have an anger management problem I just like to solve my problems with violence

Zwack

A friend is someone you call to help you move.  A real friend is someone you call to help you move a body.

Youth and Skill can always be beaten by Age and Treachery.

Z.
"At least those oddballs are interesting" - My Wife.
I'm British but living in America.  This might explain my spelling.

Vienna Fahrmann


     "when in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout"-I forgot who wrote that one.

     "Find a way or make one"-Frank Hurley

     Vienna

qubehead

Quote from: Vienna Fahrmann on August 09, 2008, 05:50:26 PM"when in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout"-I forgot who wrote that one.

I first saw it in R. Heinlein's 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls".  Don't know whether he originated it.

Shooting the messenger always helps, both as an emotional release and a way to buy time to think.

Sir A Poiselamppe

If your not part of the problem - you're not a manager...

If at first you don't succeed, you're not the eldest son...

Now back to the Flak...

elShoggotho

Quote from: neon_suntan on August 09, 2008, 10:45:29 AM
Quote from: elShoggotho on August 09, 2008, 10:23:42 AM
The cake might not be a lie, but my spoon is too big.

There is no spoon
Yes, there is, but as I already told you, it is TOO BIG.

The Kernel

Quote from: Sir A Poiselamppe on August 09, 2008, 08:56:20 PM
If your not part of the problem - you're not a manager...

If at first you don't succeed, you're not the eldest son...

Now back to the Flak...

If at first you don't succeed - cheat

or

If at first you don't succeed - give up completly

if only it was really so simple

Hikaro Takayama

Quote from: Sir Nikolas Vendigroth on August 09, 2008, 12:40:34 PM
It won't get better if you picket.

That was one of my favorite quotes from The Fifth Elephant by Terry Prachett. ;D

Here's one that's paraphrased from Doc Emmet Brown:

"If you're going to build something, you may as well do it with style!"
"It is by steam alone that I set my contraptions in motion.
It is by combustion of coal and boiling water that the engines acquire speed.
For protection, the eyes acquire goggles,
The goggles become a warning.
It is by steam alone that I set my contraptions in motion."

Sir Nikolas of Vendigroth

Quote from: Hikaro Takayama on August 09, 2008, 09:36:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Nikolas Vendigroth on August 09, 2008, 12:40:34 PM
It won't get better if you picket.

That was one of my favorite quotes from The Fifth Elephant by Terry Prachett. ;D


Top marks, that man!

:D

Quote from: The Kernel on August 09, 2008, 09:27:27 PM
Quote from: Sir A Poiselamppe on August 09, 2008, 08:56:20 PM
If your not part of the problem - you're not a manager...

If at first you don't succeed, you're not the eldest son...

Now back to the Flak...

If at first you don't succeed - cheat

or

If at first you don't succeed - give up completly

if only it was really so simple

"If at first you don't succeed: You fail, and the test is over."

Dr cornelius quack

If at first you don't succeed, freefall parachuting probably isn't for you.
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

The Kernel

#39
Quote from: Dr cornelius quack on August 09, 2008, 10:02:46 PM
If at first you don't succeed, freefall parachuting probably isn't for you.

From the Royal Air Force

If you can walk away its a good landing

If your aircraft can be used again, its a very good landing

And from the British Army - only two things fall out of the sky, Paras (Paratroopers) and birdsh*t

Sir Nikolas of Vendigroth

"Contact with the floor will result in an unsatisfactory remark on your test record, followed by death"

And, my all-time favourite:

"It's probably not a problem.....probably."

The Kernel

Death is natures way of telling you that you've failed (I won't go into too many details where I heard that one)

JingleJoe

#42
Quote from: The Kernel on August 09, 2008, 10:28:41 PM
Death is natures way of telling you that you've failed (I won't go into too many details where I heard that one)
I cant begin to describe how very much and why I disagree with that :P

By the by a peice of "distilled wisdom" I implemented recently;


If you can't join them, beat them!
Green Dungeon Alchemist Laboratories
Providing weird sound contraptions and time machines since 2064.

Hikaro Takayama

Just because something is a superstition, doesn't mean that it's not true.
"It is by steam alone that I set my contraptions in motion.
It is by combustion of coal and boiling water that the engines acquire speed.
For protection, the eyes acquire goggles,
The goggles become a warning.
It is by steam alone that I set my contraptions in motion."

Marrock

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head

Commander Obadiah

Quote from: JingleJoe on August 09, 2008, 10:32:34 PM
Quote from: The Kernel on August 09, 2008, 10:28:41 PM
Death is natures way of telling you that you've failed (I won't go into too many details where I heard that one)
I cant begin to describe how very much and why I disagree with that :P

By the by a peice of "distilled wisdom" I implemented recently;


If you can't join them, beat them!

Format?

Commander C. Obadiah
The Steampunk code: 'To delicately dismantle the system from within, if it's not too much trouble'

CapnHarlock

From Mr. W.C. Fields:

"If at first, you don't succeed, try again. If you still don't succeed, try something different. No sense being a damned fool about it."
Jeremiah Cornelius Harlock
At Your Service

"It's so hard to know if you're bound for a fall,
But better to have tripped than never danced at all."
"Dancing Under The Rose" - The Albion Band.

Zwack

Quote from: Sir A Poiselamppe on August 09, 2008, 08:56:20 PM
If your not part of the problem - you're not a manager...

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Z.
"At least those oddballs are interesting" - My Wife.
I'm British but living in America.  This might explain my spelling.

von Corax

If at first you don't succeed, you need to use a bigger hammer.
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
By the Beans of Life do my thoughts acquire speed
My hands acquire a shaking
The shaking becomes a warning
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
The Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics is 5845 km from Reading

Dr cornelius quack

Beware of Geeks bearing .gif's
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.