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Started by Captain Brandsson, March 05, 2009, 12:41:19 AM

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Captain Lyerly

Sorry, but I am of course not at liberty to divulge that information.  Nice turn of phrase, that, so much nicer than "I can neither confirm nor deny".  And of course loads more polite than the direct "well, I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you," so beloved of the penny dreadfuls.

No, this is just simply allowing nature to take its course right now.  A black bag job would be almost superfluous.  Wetwork should be reserved for those instances where it really is the best solution.  Though I must say I have had a few sanctioned jobs where I really took pleasure in my work.  A couple of those, well, I would have done them "pro bono", but don't tell anybody.


Cheers!

Chas.
Captain Sir Charles A. Lyerly, O.B.T.
Soldier of Fortune and Gentleman Adventurer
wire: captain_lyerly, at wire office "Yahoo dot Qom"

"You'd think he'd learn."
"Heh! De best minions neffer do!"

Angus A Fitziron

Quote from: Captain Brandsson on March 05, 2009, 12:41:19 AM
The waitstaff is friendly...
Spoiler: ShowHide


Good evening my lovely, I'll have a pint of London Pride please...... Oh and someone has left the lights on, on their Zeppelin outside, the red one. Any idea whose it might be?
Airship Artificer, part-time romantik and amateur Natural Philosopher

"wee all here are much troubled with the loss of poor Thompson & Sutton"

The_Steam_Master

Quote from: Angus A Fitziron on March 06, 2009, 09:54:34 PM
Oh and someone has left the lights on, on their Zeppelin outside, the red one. Any idea whose it might be?

*slips out unnoticed and returns moments later to swiftly order a pint of ale*

Jennette Haber

*twiddles her thumbs by the door waiting for the 23rd*
damn close now!
[color=orange]I was beginning to think wishing on stars was just for babies and crazy people... [/color]
lottie(princess and the frog)
The Master List of Steampunk webcomics [/cener

Captain_Minty_Gearhertz

The Lambs is excellent. Mmmm I am delightfully squiffy  ;D
The music is reversable, but time...is not.

Pnakotus

Quote from: Captain Brandsson on March 06, 2009, 09:36:20 PM
Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 08:38:19 PM
I'll have a gin and tonic to try to get "All along the Watchtower" out of my head. Your post's title has had it going for a bit now trying to come up with a good steam parody.
I have been enjoying the "Battlestar Galactica" version of "All Along the Watchtower", as of late.
Me too. I love that version.
"Tie two birds together,
and although they have four wings,
they cannot fly."

Angus A Fitziron

Another pint of Pride please, looks like this might turn into a session.....
Airship Artificer, part-time romantik and amateur Natural Philosopher

"wee all here are much troubled with the loss of poor Thompson & Sutton"

The_Steam_Master

#57
Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: Captain Brandsson on March 06, 2009, 09:36:20 PM
Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 08:38:19 PM
I'll have a gin and tonic to try to get "All along the Watchtower" out of my head. Your post's title has had it going for a bit now trying to come up with a good steam parody.
I have been enjoying the "Battlestar Galactica" version of "All Along the Watchtower", as of late.
Me too. I love that version.

personally i like the MAB version the best

EDIT: TEH LINKZOR

Angus A Fitziron

I say chaps and chappesses, according to my teslacommunicator I seem to have been promoted - barmaid - drinks all round!
Airship Artificer, part-time romantik and amateur Natural Philosopher

"wee all here are much troubled with the loss of poor Thompson & Sutton"

The_Steam_Master

Quote from: Angus A Fitziron on March 06, 2009, 10:51:55 PM
I say chaps and chappesses, according to my teslacommunicator I seem to have been promoted - barmaid - drinks all round!

i think this is the celebration i was waiting for ;D

another tankard of ale :D :D :D

Pnakotus

#60
Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: Captain Brandsson on March 06, 2009, 09:36:20 PM
Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 08:38:19 PM
I'll have a gin and tonic to try to get "All along the Watchtower" out of my head. Your post's title has had it going for a bit now trying to come up with a good steam parody.
I have been enjoying the "Battlestar Galactica" version of "All Along the Watchtower", as of late.
Me too. I love that version.
"There's some kind of build-up here",
Said the coal man to the chief
"There's too much pressure
I gotta get some relief.
Tick by tock there goes the time,
of my life on this earth,
toiling in the filth and grime.
Really, what's it worth?"

"Don't be so broken hearted"
The chief he kindly spoke
"The cogs and gears around us
run with the fires that you stoke.
Without you and I, they won't run.
This is just our fate.
So lets use the hours of the sun
the day is getting late"
Hey

Hey

Welcome to the Clocktower
people look up to
while all the seconds tick on by
minutes, hours too, but huh

Outside beneath the gas lamps
a scoundrel's on the prowl
and two lawmen out hunting
their dogs sniff and growl

Hey
Oh
Welcome to the Clocktower
There's no escaping the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will ...
Yeah
Ooh baby
Welcome to the Clocktower ...

;D
"Tie two birds together,
and although they have four wings,
they cannot fly."

The_Steam_Master

^ THAT!!!!!!!!

*collapses from his 15th ale*

Jemima Annabelle Clough

Quote from: Angus A Fitziron on March 06, 2009, 10:51:55 PM
I say chaps and chappesses, according to my teslacommunicator I seem to have been promoted - barmaid - drinks all round!

*looks up from talisker*


You've been promoted to a barmaid? Ummm.. congrats?
Remember: Stressed backwards spells desserts
---
Fellow of the RS
Botanist and sometime adventurer
Wife of A E Clough
---
Flame throwing priestess of the really hot fire

Jennette Haber

[color=orange]I was beginning to think wishing on stars was just for babies and crazy people... [/color]
lottie(princess and the frog)
The Master List of Steampunk webcomics [/cener

Angus A Fitziron

Quote from: Jemima Annabelle Clough on March 06, 2009, 11:50:25 PM
You've been promoted to a barmaid? Ummm.. congrats?
Yeah..... that wasn't quite what I had in mind, but now I've tried the uniform, I can see an upside.......  :-[
Airship Artificer, part-time romantik and amateur Natural Philosopher

"wee all here are much troubled with the loss of poor Thompson & Sutton"

Captain Lyerly

OOOOOh, it is painful to pass up a perfect straight line... But here are early good wishes for your happy birthday, Miss Jennette.  Enjoy, be safe, and many happy returns of the day.

Oh, well DONE, Pnakotus.  Well done indeed.

Now, has anybody seen Harold's feet?


Cheers!

Chas.

Captain Sir Charles A. Lyerly, O.B.T.
Soldier of Fortune and Gentleman Adventurer
wire: captain_lyerly, at wire office "Yahoo dot Qom"

"You'd think he'd learn."
"Heh! De best minions neffer do!"

Sir A Poiselamppe

Quote from: Captain Lyerly on March 06, 2009, 09:41:45 PM
Sorry, but I am of course not at liberty to divulge that information.  Nice turn of phrase, that, so much nicer than "I can neither confirm nor deny".  And of course loads more polite than the direct "well, I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you," so beloved of the penny dreadfuls.


Cheers!

Chas.

My preferred phrase I stole from house of cards "You might think that... I couldn't possibly comment"

Dont worry won't tell a soul, except possibly the new barmaid in the strangely alluring uniform...

btw a further whiskey mac if you would be so kind..... has anyone seen the dodo? I seem to have misplaced him... :o

Captain Brandsson

Quote from: Pnakotus on March 06, 2009, 11:41:21 PM
"There's some kind of build-up here",
Said the coal man to the chief
"There's too much pressure
I gotta get some relief.
Tick by tock there goes the time,
of my life on this earth,
toiling in the filth and grime.
Really, what's it worth?"

"Don't be so broken hearted"
The chief he kindly spoke
"The cogs and gears around us
run with the fires that you stoke.
Without you and I, they won't run.
This is just our fate.
So lets use the hours of the sun
the day is getting late"
Hey

Hey

Welcome to the Clocktower
people look up to
while all the seconds tick on by
minutes, hours too, but huh

Outside beneath the gas lamps
a scoundrel's on the prowl
and two lawmen out hungting
their dogs sniff and growl

Hey
Oh
Welcome to the Clocktower
There's no escaping the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will ...
Yeah
Ooh baby
Welcome to the Clocktower ...

;D
Would you like a job, here, sir?
- Maximilian

Pnakotus

Welcome to the Watchtower: ShowHide
"There's some kind of build-up here",
Said the coal man to the chief
"There's too much pressure
I gotta get some relief.
Tick by tock there goes the time,
of my life on this earth,
toiling in the filth and grime.
Really, what's it worth?"

"Don't be so broken hearted"
The chief he kindly spoke
"The cogs and gears around us
run with the fires that you stoke.
Without you and I, they won't run.
This is just our fate.
So lets use the hours of the sun
the day is getting late"
Hey

Hey

Welcome to the Clocktower
people look up to
while all the seconds tick on by
minutes, hours too, but huh

Outside beneath the gas lamps
a scoundrel's on the prowl
and two lawmen out hunting
their dogs sniff and growl

Hey
Oh
Welcome to the Clocktower
There's no escaping the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will ...
Yeah
Ooh baby
Welcome to the Clocktower ...

;D

Quote from: The_Steam_Master on March 06, 2009, 11:49:04 PM
^ THAT!!!!!!!!
Which that? This that, or some other that? If this that, then thanks :)
Quote from: Captain Lyerly on March 07, 2009, 12:11:28 AM
Oh, well DONE, Pnakotus.  Well done indeed.
Thanks :)
Quote from: Captain Brandsson on March 07, 2009, 12:15:31 AM
Would you like a job, here, sir?
;D Thanks, but ...
1) This song is a fluke, and subjecting our fellows to my attempts at further songs would probably not be appreciated. Feel fortunate that you can't actually hear me play (read: fumble clumsily with and attempt not to break) an instrument or sing. ;)
2) According to my CDI contract this portion of the timeline is my designated "vacation zone", so although I can frequent as many steamy establishments as I like, I am not allowed to actually work for them.

I will have another gin and tonic though. Double lime, please ... :)
"Tie two birds together,
and although they have four wings,
they cannot fly."

The_Steam_Master

Quote from: Pnakotus on March 07, 2009, 01:15:06 AM
Welcome to the Watchtower: ShowHide
"There's some kind of build-up here",
Said the coal man to the chief
"There's too much pressure
I gotta get some relief.
Tick by tock there goes the time,
of my life on this earth,
toiling in the filth and grime.
Really, what's it worth?"

"Don't be so broken hearted"
The chief he kindly spoke
"The cogs and gears around us
run with the fires that you stoke.
Without you and I, they won't run.
This is just our fate.
So lets use the hours of the sun
the day is getting late"
Hey

Hey

Welcome to the Clocktower
people look up to
while all the seconds tick on by
minutes, hours too, but huh

Outside beneath the gas lamps
a scoundrel's on the prowl
and two lawmen out hunting
their dogs sniff and growl

Hey
Oh
Welcome to the Clocktower
There's no escaping the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will ...
Yeah
Ooh baby
Welcome to the Clocktower ...

;D

Quote from: The_Steam_Master on March 06, 2009, 11:49:04 PM
^ THAT!!!!!!!!
Which that? This that, or some other that? If this that, then thanks :)

*picks self up* that that is indeed the this that that you said

...

ill sit this round out with a glass of lemon please

...

not lemonade, just lemon... all the crunchy bits removed however

Mercury Wells

Quote from: Jennette Haber on March 06, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
*twiddles her thumbs by the door waiting for the 23rd*
damn close now!

*Enters and leaves hat, cloak with the cloakroom maid, walks to bar and says to Miss Heber*:-
Ahem...! I think that you ought to know Miss, that as this is a "Virtual Pub", you can drink no matter you where you are. :)
*To the barperson*:- 2 pints of Brains SA in dimpled glasses please and put it on my account thank you. There you go Miss Heber enjoy, but do take it easy though.
Oh...my old war wound? I got that at The Battle of Dorking. Very nasty affair that was, I can tell you.

The Ministry of Tea respectfully advises you to drink one cup of tea day...for that +5 Moral Fibre stat.

Vienna Fahrmann


     I'll have a Cherry Marnier & watch the show.  Lilli has always been one of my favourite acts.

     Vienna

The Kernel

#72
Quote from: Mercury Wells on March 07, 2009, 01:40:28 AM
Quote from: Jennette Haber on March 06, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
*twiddles her thumbs by the door waiting for the 23rd*
damn close now!

*Enters and leaves hat, cloak with the cloakroom maid, walks to bar and says to Miss Heber*:-
Ahem...! I think that you ought to know Miss, that as this is a "Virtual Pub", you can drink no matter you where you are. :)
*To the barperson*:- 2 pints of Brains SA in dimpled glasses please and put it on my account thank you. There you go Miss Heber enjoy, but do take it easy though.

Agreed, we also haven't established a location or national jurisdiction (do we need to?) and here in the UK anyone of any age can enter a pub if they serve food and they don't approach the bar. If no fodd then entry at sixteen (just no alcohol), and alcohol at eighteen.
So come on in and enjoy yourself (in moderation of course) just stay in the UK zones ;)

Sean Patrick O-Byrne

Quote from: Mercury Wells on March 07, 2009, 01:40:28 AM
Quote from: Jennette Haber on March 06, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
*twiddles her thumbs by the door waiting for the 23rd*
damn close now!

*Enters and leaves hat, cloak with the cloakroom maid, walks to bar and says to Miss Heber*:-
Ahem...! I think that you ought to know Miss, that as this is a "Virtual Pub", you can drink no matter you where you are. :)

She can drink with me. Where I come from, drinking age is eighteen. She's well within the limit.

Oh, Alberta.

Cheers!
Well I've worked among the spitters and I've breathed the oily smoke
I've shovelled up the gypsum and it neigh 'on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
Been working rough, I've seen enough, to make your stomach turn


www.doctorsteel.com

The Kernel

Quote from: Sean Patrick O-Byrne on March 07, 2009, 06:52:42 AM
Quote from: Mercury Wells on March 07, 2009, 01:40:28 AM
Quote from: Jennette Haber on March 06, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
*twiddles her thumbs by the door waiting for the 23rd*
damn close now!

*Enters and leaves hat, cloak with the cloakroom maid, walks to bar and says to Miss Heber*:-
Ahem...! I think that you ought to know Miss, that as this is a "Virtual Pub", you can drink no matter you where you are. :)

She can drink with me. Where I come from, drinking age is eighteen. She's well within the limit.

Oh, Alberta.

Cheers!

In some circles that could be viewed as a "chat up line"
and why not, enjoy yourselves