OK, I've got karma on the brain again.

This time, I've noticed that it is next to impossible to properly scroll back and forth when typing in the 'Comment' that is associated with the Karma given to someone. Makes me, sometimes, want to cut short my (well-thought?) comment. However, others have not been so deterred!

So a question to all those that have received lengthy comments, ....What is the lengthiest comment, in terms of number of lines of text, that you have received?

In my case, there is a tie for the lengthiest karma comment; it is 4 lines and both from the same person (hint: she resides in Paris and uses an ebookwise 1150 :eek:).

Does this really need to be a Poll? Let's see...

I have a 6-liner from Queen Zee. A 7-liner from her, and a 7-liner from VR. Several 4-liners.

Be not deterred. Terred's are smelly, for one thing. Much better to be alert. The world needs more lerts.

holy cow, 7 lines ??? how is that even possible ? there's a limit on how many characters you can use in those things. are you sure you counted right ? here's a tip : fingers on one hand, or fingers on both hands ? (i can't remember what i could have said, but now i wish i could read all everybody else's comments...).

i have several 4 line ones, and 3 line ones, and my longest is 5 lines (ex aequo nekokami and cthulhu).

I have one 7 liner from Taylor, one 4 liner, and three 3 liners.

...(i can't remember what i could have said, but now i wish i could read all everybody else's comments...)...

Somehow I have the feeling that the 'time stamp' on that Karma
would have been, I don't know, say about or around 3:00 AM... :nana: :rolleyes:

8-liner from NatCh. But it also includes a smilie (without it, it'd be 7 lines). ;)

Somehow I have the feeling that the 'time stamp' on that Karma
would have been, I don't know, say about or around 3:00 AM... :nana: :rolleyes:

what are you trying to say ? i ramble more at 3 am ? i'll admit to being frequently incoherent and finding nothing amiss in non sequitur land at 3 am, however many many people have commented that my usual mode is verbose : on, whatever the hour. (not everyone appreciates that. *snif*)

what are you trying to say ? i ramble more at 3 am ? i'll admit to being frequently incoherent and finding nothing amiss in non sequitur land, however many many people have commented that my usual mode is verbose : on. (not everyone appreciates that. *snif*)

No, the rambling (verbose: on) seems pretty much a given at any time. :p :thumbsup:

I was trying to hone in on your comment "i can't remember...", but in retrospect, when "you (meaning *I*) have to explain yourself, you probably shouldn't have gone there".

Luv 'ya just the way you are... :sweethear:

Zee, your comment began "How ironic..." and ended "...for YOUR idea!"

Zee, your comment began "How ironic..." and ended "...for YOUR idea!"

well, that's cryptic...



actually i have 2 ideas of what that could have been about, although it's pure speculation. and there could be more.

I think my max was 15 lines when someone leaned on the repeat key. Seriously, 2 lines is the max that I remember. I'm not saying that the comments make me feel like a strolling musician at a restaurant that is tipped to go play at a table on the other side of the dining room (although one a while back did sorta strike me that way. :D)

I have a six-line comment, several four-line comments and a fair number of people who didn't leave any comment at all. Doubtless they reasoned that actions could speak as loudly as words.

I've got a 7-liner from Madam, and two sixes, from T and Zee.

What I find odd is when people so nicely PM me a quick thanks for the Karma, and I think to myself, "Okay...umm, sure. No worries" while desperately trying to remember what I gave them karma for. My short-term memory is not good.

Cheers,
Marc

I have a six-line comment, several four-line comments and a fair number of people who didn't leave any comment at all. Doubtless they reasoned that actions could speak as loudly as words.

i have a few without comments as well but they're in the minority, which i'm glad of. after the karma fortunes, my favorite part of karma is the comments. even if actions *do* speak as loudly as words, i still appreciate a good narrative.

yvanleterrible sent me the "longest" karma containing four lines. ;)

I didnt even know you could read them so does that take me into the negatives??

I didnt even know you could read them so does that take me into the negatives??

you can read the comments people leave when they give you karma by clicking on "User CP" in the blue menu bar (top left), then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

All I've got is a three liner. From Queen Zee, of course.

maybe i should get a prize for being the most consistently hyper-verbose in karma comments. :rolleyes:

maybe i should get a prize for being the most consistently hyper-verbose in karma comments. :rolleyes:

Indeed. I have an 8-liner from Queen Zee. I think Zelda deserves an award for Most Enthusiastic Giver of Thanks and Hugs and Kisses. Or maybe she should be ordained Queen Heraldress of Heraldry and Thanksgiving. So be it! Release the Gibbon of......okay, maybe that's over the top.

8 lines ??? are you sure ???

...or have y'all been playing witht the font size on your browsers again ?

i've already been ordained Queen of Unutterable Silliness, and i'm pretty sure you can't accumulate those mandates, so i don't think i can be Queen of anything else, but an award for Most Enthusiastic Giver of Thanks and Hugs and Kisses would be fine with me. :smiley:

look at that, a new personal record : i now have an EIGHT line karma message. i didn't think it could be done. and it would have been longer, clearly, if tirsales hadn't run into the character limit, since the comment ends abruptly mid-sentence... :rolleyes:

8 lines ??? are you sure ???

...or have y'all been playing witht the font size on your browsers again ?

i've already been ordained Queen of Unutterable Silliness, and i'm pretty sure you can't accumulate those mandates, so i don't think i can be Queen of anything else, but an award for Most Enthusiastic Giver of Thanks and Hugs and Kisses would be fine with me. :smiley:
Have you seen the full title of HRH, lately?

Indeed. I have an 8-liner from Queen Zee. I think Zelda deserves an award for Most Enthusiastic Giver of Thanks and Hugs and Kisses. Or maybe she should be ordained Queen Heraldress of Heraldry and Thanksgiving. So be it! Release the Gibbon of......okay, maybe that's over the top.

I hope you asked Marc if you could borrow Adrian.

I hope you asked Marc if you could borrow Adrian.

that's for sure. he doesn't like it if you touch his gibbon without asking.

Have you seen the full title of HRH, lately?

heu.... why ??

heu.... why ??
I tried to find a listing of the full title, but she's Queen of something like 16 countries and the entire Commonwealth, as well as some tradtional Dukedoms and such. It would rival a Queen Zee karma posting in length.

look at that, a new personal record : i now have an EIGHT line karma message. i didn't think it could be done. and it would have been longer, clearly, if tirsales hadn't run into the character limit, since the comment ends abruptly mid-sentence... :rolleyes:

Man if got an eight liner that would be because somebody had a stuck key on the keyboardddddddddddddddddd:D

JJ

Man if got an eight liner that would be because somebody had a stuck key on the keyboardddddddddddddddddd:D

JJ

give it time... you might be surprised.

... and a fair number of people who didn't leave any comment at all. Doubtless they reasoned that actions could speak as loudly as words.

Patricia:

I have many of those "no comment" tributes as well; it's like a feeling of elation (receiving karma) and followed by emptiness (no comments). A bit like unrequited love—you put forth all your efforts only to be teased with nothing...:rolleyes:

It does, however, remind me of a remarkable line in a TV adaptation of Twain's Prince and the Pauper (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282100/), namely (and I paraphrase):"I shall take a slackened jaw, as a similar sign of respect", said the young Prince upon his first introduction to the Pauper!

So maybe actions do speak volumes....

maybe i should get a prize for being the most consistently hyper-verbose in karma comments. :rolleyes:

Indeed. I have an 8-liner from Queen Zee. I think Zelda deserves an award for Most Enthusiastic Giver of Thanks and Hugs and Kisses. Or maybe she should be ordained Queen Heraldress of Heraldry and Thanksgiving.

:chinscratch: Maybe I should change the thread title to:Karma and the most longwinded comment from Queen Zee! :rofl:

I was immeasurably pleased when I discovered how to see which statement I was being given karma for.

And Patricia, I also have many "zero line" karma comments.:(

But my best karma was for an entry that had no words in it. Loved that one.

you can read the comments people leave when they give you karma by clicking on "User CP" in the blue menu bar (top left), then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Zee,
I may be missing something the only thing at the bottom is the threads on which karma was given, So I am assuming that the comments were blank? Also this may be :offtopic: but is there a story to go with that user name?

JJ

Zee,
I may be missing something the only thing at the bottom is the threads on which karma was given, So I am assuming that the comments were blank? Also this may be :offtopic: but is there a story to go with that user name?

JJ

Well, I just went through your posts and found something I thought karma-worthy and gave you some, with comment. So, have another check and see if it's up there. :)

Cheers,
Marc

Well, I just went through your posts and found something I thought karma-worthy and gave you some, with comment. So, have another check and see if it's up there. :)

Cheers,
Marc

And the Light bulb comes on, I now see what all the fuss is about. Thanks, Marc

JJ

Zee,
Also this may be :offtopic: but is there a story to go with that user name?

JJ

yes, but it's not nearly as interesting as the story that goes with my avatars. ;)

yes, but it's not nearly as interesting as the story that goes with my avatars. ;)

Well, Jerry, Zelda was her "Operator name" when she worked in the boring, low-paid government position in the ironically named Multiversal Peace Corp as a pre-birth assassin (her job was to go back in time and kill the selected subject's grandfather in all Universes). Pinwheel was the name for the maneuver she'd use that...well, let's just say that if what she did to you didn't kill you, well you weren't going to be making babies in that lifetime.

You know...a typical salaried government employee. Crap job, crap pay, but the benefits were good (she got to jump the queue on her migration-application to this universe, for starters).

Cheers,
Marc

thanks marc. you tell the story so much better than i do. i mean, no-one likes talking about their own job, do they ?

i mean, no-one likes talking about their own job, do they ?

Gods' underpants, no! Hell, if anyone finds out what I use to do for a crust, I'll have to kill them (likely by boring them to death with a detailed description).

Thankfully I have a rich inner lifeMONSTERS!GIANTLICE!EATINGMYBRAIN!
THECRAWLINGBEATERS!CAKEMIX!MONSTERS!and so the subject never comes up.

Cheers,
Marc

Well, Jerry, Zelda was her "Operator name" when she worked in the boring, low-paid government position in the ironically named Multiversal Peace Corp as a pre-birth assassin (her job was to go back in time and kill the selected subject's grandfather in all Universes). Pinwheel was the name for the maneuver she'd use that...well, let's just say that if what she did to you didn't kill you, well you weren't going to be making babies in that lifetime.

You know...a typical salaried government employee. Crap job, crap pay, but the benefits were good (she got to jump the queue on her migration-application to this universe, for starters).

Cheers,
Marc

WOW somehow I think there are people that would make a fortune charging by the Hour to Talk to you Marc :D

JJ

Very Descriptive by the way

hey !! no pimping marc out for cash !!! he's a free agent.

hey !! no pimping marc out for cash !!! he's a free agent.:rofl:

I was kind of leaning towards medical Professionals but I guess the other kind of Professionals might work to.

JJ

:rofl:

I was kind of leaning towards medical Professionals but I guess the other kind of Professionals might work to.

JJ

i'm just going to pretend those are the first Professionals i thought of as well. :whistle:

:rofl:

I was kind of leaning towards medical Professionals but I guess the other kind of Professionals might work to.

JJ

You'll find I already have one of those around here, called "pshrynk". He charges $300 an hour, but we have a deal - he doesn't charge me for listening, and I pick up the bar tab after one of our regular nights out.

Cheers,
Marc (you should come to one of my parties, Jerry; they're magnifantabulous)

yeah, you know i still think he comes out ahead. those zany carter deluxes really add up.

Thankfully I have a rich inner lifeMONSTERS!GIANTLICE!EATINGMYBRAIN!THECRAWLINGBE ATERS!CAKEMIX!MONSTERS!and so the subject never comes up.

I think I can understand that. Yeah, I'm with you, Marc.

we noticed that already. (that's why we love y'all...)

You'll find I already have one of those around here, called "pshrynk". He charges $300 an hour, but we have a deal - he doesn't charge me for listening, and I pick up the bar tab after one of our regular nights out.

Cheers,
Marc (you should come to one of my parties, Jerry; they're magnifantabulous)


Not true, he charges $300 an hour/60 ... :rofl: :thanks:

Cheers,
Marc (you should come to one of my parties, Jerry; they're magnifantabulous)

Marc,
Dont think I will be making it to your neck of the Woods anytime soon but thanks.

JJ

Marc,
Dont think I will be making it to your neck of the Woods anytime soon but thanks.

JJ

Jerry, mate, you've, quite understandably, no idea of how amusingly redundant your protestation of geographic limitation is (and don't get me started on chronology).

Look, I'm sure others will fill you in. My Parties are so good, you just have to be (have been) there. When I say "have to", well...the others will explain.

Trust me, it's a good thing.

I think we might be due another Party. What say you all? I mean, the last was quite good for introductions, but really just "High Tea" on my scale of Party Fantabulosity.

Cheers,
Marc (stoking the fission reactors under the barbecue again)

jerry, here's a lovely description of the last Party.*
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=196575#post196575

yes marc, i agree, i think we're getting quite overdue for the next one. listen, i was busy all last week, but any time before that should be fine, and please do remember the guacamole and chocolate mole for those of us who consume no creepy-crawlies.

i'll have started stocking up on tabasco sause for the afterwards hangover remedies.



*another particularity of marc's parties : only known instances of a möbius strip with "another" side.

Marc,
Dont think I will be making it to your neck of the Woods anytime soon but thanks.

JJ

Absolutely the poorest excuse I've ever read...



Jerry, mate, you've, quite understandably, no idea of how amusingly redundant your protestation of geographic limitation is (and don't get me started on chronology).

Look, I'm sure others will fill you in. My Parties are so good, you just have to be (have been) there. When I say "have to", well...the others will explain.

Trust me, it's a good thing.

I think we might be due another Party. What say you all? I mean, the last was quite good for introductions, but really just "High Tea" on my scale of Party Fantabulosity.

Cheers,
Marc (stoking the fission reactors under the barbecue again)

Ok, will get the fencing made, packed, and the electrics kitted out...


Yeheheheheh Lets' Party... :thumbsup:

As a newcomer I most definitely must have given karma in the wrong places: one reads and reads on in a thread and then the impulse strikes you: XYZ deserves karma right then and there in that particular post, may be not that relevant to the whole of the idea or the advice or whatever.

I also gave karma without commenting, thinking most people did not want to read more messages than they have to.

Being new means also one reads many older posts, the poster might have forgotten he/she ever thought that thought!:)

I think :D :chinscratch: the solution would be that all of you karma and comment lovers/haters etc. add an abbreviation to your pseudo, something like KCL,KnoCL or KCH would do the trick. Some of those might look cool too.

Have a good weekend all,
Jelis

As a newcomer I most definitely must have given karma in the wrong places: one reads and reads on in a thread and then the impulse strikes you: XYZ deserves karma right then and there in that particular post, may be not that relevant to the whole of the idea or the advice or whatever.
honestly, i don't think there is a "wrong" place to give karma. really, just follow your impulsions.

I also gave karma without commenting, thinking most people did not want to read more messages than they have to.
this thread should, i imagine, have set you straight about that. but again, it's really up to your own discretion whether you want to comment or no.

Being new means also one reads many older posts, the poster might have forgotten he/she ever thought that thought!:)
the beauty of karma is, if you click the name of the thread the karma was given for, it takes you to the specific post rewarded. which is lucky, because i am frequently quite surprised to re-discover posts that i have apparently written only the day before.

I think :D :chinscratch: the solution would be that all of you karma and comment lovers/haters etc. add an abbreviation to your pseudo, something like KCL,KnoCL or KCH would do the trick. Some of those might look cool too.

Have a good weekend all,
Jelis
well, i'm sure the there are plenty of people who are looking for any opportunity to amend obscure abbreviations to their signatures... it could turn out to be quite amusing.. however i predict that the only people interested in that will add "KCL" if i've interpreted your system correctly... so my advice to you is the same as before, just do whatever pleases you...



(we now return you to your regularly-scheduled digression.)

jerry, here's a lovely description of the last Party.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=196575#post196575

Ah, yes, my dear Adrian...I don't know what I'd do without him (probably have to beat up the chimpanzees and shake them down for banana daiquiris myself!).

yes marc, i agree, i think we're getting quite overdue for the next one. listen, i was busy all last week, but any time before that should be fine,

Excellent. I have placed a tentative trouser-leg of time in that vicinity, though it is not sewn-up, so can easily be retrofitted or futurofitted into the appropriate milieu.

and please do remember the guacamole and chocolate mole for those of us who consume no creepy-crawlies.

Of course, of course. You realise though that both species of mole put up such a fight and make such a mess under the tenderising mallet? It's no problem, of course, my Queen; I just like to keep my guests informed of their preferred menu choices at all stages of production.

I am already informed by my culinary consultant that the amuse bouche this time will have the most exquisite mouth feel, just so long as he can source enough properly-cleaned and de-nematocysted Irukandji.

i'll have started stocking up on tabasco sause for the afterwards hangover remedies.

...and I on Zany Carter ingredients!

Cheers,
Marc

As a newcomer I most definitely must have given karma in the wrong places: one reads and reads on in a thread and then the impulse strikes you: XYZ deserves karma right then and there in that particular post, may be not that relevant to the whole of the idea or the advice or whatever.
...

Jelis, it is most important not to fret over such matters. You gave karma when you felt it deserved, and, in the end, it matters not the "how", but only that you sent a little positive thought someone's way.

As the Wisest One and High Priest of MR, Alexander Turic, himself said...

"Hey, you got some lovin', you gotta share it with the universe, man! It don' matter the laws; it just the cause, hon'child. Karma away 'til your spirit soars, sugar. Ain't nothin' wrong if it feels so right, baby"

(Note, I may have paraphrased Alexander a little)

Cheers,
Marc

As the Wisest One and High Priest of MR, Alexander Turic, himself said...

"Hey, you got some lovin', you gotta share it with the universe, man! It don' matter the laws; it just the cause, hon'child. Karma away 'til your spirit sours, sugar. Ain't nothin' wrong if it feels so right, baby"

(Note, I may have paraphrased Alexander a little)

Cheers,
Marc

à peine. ("ever so slightly")

but you paraphrase so beautifully, i'm sure no-one could ever mind.

Marc's parties are|have been|will be|might be|should be|should have already been unique events in and of themselves. Everything you are|have been|will be|could have been|should have been wrapped up in an old kit bag|bonded in bond|smoked in a pipe|taxed|folded|duty free and easy. Many have attended|will attend|been attended to wearing nothing but a hat|a speedo (please not again Marc)|their birthday suit|doggie diapers. For your enjoyment (and future salvation) Marc has provided|will provide on demand|has already ordered|just ran out of pizza|peanut butter|club soda with a lime|fire hydrants|bull and buggy whips. Like the intro for "Cheers", here everybody DOES know your name|names and what you have done|not done|been charged with. Just because your photo is published in the society pages of the paper|on the police station walls|on the Internet|in Playboy|in Playgirl|in Plaything|in Play for Keeps|in Fortune Hunter|in TV Guide|in Crimes of the Century is no reason for others to shun you, in fact they will most likely greet you warmly|draw their weapons first|take the next flight out|find their own fire hydrant. So to those that don't remember that they have already attended, come on in, the water's fine.

nobody has|will have|could have said it better, Wood.

someone should start a wiki page for marc's parties. you know, to help the n00bs.

Be careful with the cheese balls and keep an eye on that gibbon (and your intestines/spleen).

Marc's parties are|have been|will be|might be|should be|should have already been unique events in and of themselves....

The Good Mister Wood...your explanation is not only perfect, its delightfully complementary chronological terminology forms a perfectly-balanced prose-salad for which your wit is the ideal dressing. I am duly awed, and would beg permission to quote you in full in future (appropriate credited of course).

Cheers, from your humble student in the art of chronologos rhetorica,
Marc

look at that, a new personal record : i now have an EIGHT line karma message. i didn't think it could be done. and it would have been longer, clearly, if tirsales hadn't run into the character limit, since the comment ends abruptly mid-sentence... :rolleyes:Yeah, that character limit really broke my sentence :(

The Good Mister Wood...your explanation is not only perfect, its delightfully complementary chronological terminology forms a perfectly-balanced prose-salad for which your wit is the ideal dressing. I am duly awed, and would beg permission to quote you in full in future (appropriate credited of course).

Cheers, from your humble student in the art of chronologos rhetorica,
Marc
You have|have always had|will soon have|had before you asked|will have by next Tuesday night permission to quote|use in advertising|extract as needed.

You have|have always had|will soon have|had before you asked|will have by next Tuesday night permission to quote|use in advertising|extract as needed.

I think this is why my brain hurts whenever I come here. Chronologos rhetorica should always be taken with a couple of aspirins. Is it the cause of so many members' migraines?

The Good Mister Wood...your explanation is not only perfect, its delightfully complementary chronological terminology forms a perfectly-balanced prose-salad for which your wit is the ideal dressing. I am duly awed, and would beg permission to quote you in full in future (appropriate credited of course).

Cheers, from your humble student in the art of chronologos rhetorica,
Marc

I think this is why my brain hurts whenever I come here. Chronologous rhetorica should always be taken with a couple of aspirins. Is it the cause of so many members' migraines?

zelda scampers to the mozzling thread to insure that this expression is duly inducted into our growing MR-specific neologos.

Yeah, that character limit really broke my sentence :(

don't worry tirsales, i believe you still made your meaning clear. ;)

WOW somehow I think there are people that would make a fortune charging by the Hour to Talk to you Marc :D

JJ

Very Descriptive by the way
He never pays his bills.:p

jerry, here's a lovely description of the last Party.*
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=196575#post196575

yes marc, i agree, i think we're getting quite overdue for the next one. listen, i was busy all last week, but any time before that should be fine, and please do remember the guacamole and chocolate mole for those of us who consume no creepy-crawlies.

i'll have started stocking up on tabasco sause for the afterwards hangover remedies.



*another particularity of marc's parties : only known instances of a möbius strip with "another" side.
Chocolate covered moles aren't creepy-crawlies?

Chocolate covered moles aren't creepy-crawlies?

sheesh, y'all, you'd think you never go to a restaurant. chocolate mole sauce (http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-make-mol-sauce-intense-exotic.html). please follow the vegetarian version.

I think this is why my brain hurts whenever I come here. Chronologos rhetorica should always be taken with a couple of aspirins. Is it the cause of so many members' migraines?

It's even worse if you are an insomniac, dyslexic, agnostic, staying awake wondering if "Dog" exists.:D

It's even worse if you are an insomniac, dyslexic, agnostic, staying awake wondering if "Dog" exists.:D

:yay !!!!: i love that joke !!!!!

He never pays his bills.:p

Now, now, I always pay my bills, which is why you never have to get your cash-stuffed, solid-gold, Svarovski crystal-encrusted money-clip out to shout for drinks when I taken you out on a night of "spirit-therapy".

It's my bar tab I never pay.

(...or was your comment a psychological metaphor? Hmm, you're good. I owe you a Zany Carter Deluxe or two)

sheesh, y'all, you'd think you never go to a restaurant. chocolate mole sauce (http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-make-mol-sauce-intense-exotic.html). please follow the vegetarian version.

Oh, we all know what you were talking about. We just choose to ignore it and go for the rich, creamery centre.

Besides, I promise the moles will be stuffed to bursting with vegetables, so just eat around the mole.

(Someone should say "moleskin notebook" here, to try troll Taylor away from purported "more important stuff" to correct us)

Cheers,
Marc

moleskin notebook ! moleskin notebook ! MOLESKIN NOTEBOOK (dammit !) !!!!

His robotic ears must be turned off.

Maybe he had a power drain like my Cybook. I'll have to resort to reading paper :eek: books!!

no no, he heard me (he always hears me), he's just reeeally far away, and it's going to take him a little while to run all the way back.

he's on his way though.

it might take him until tomorrow.

moleskin notebook ! moleskin notebook ! MOLESKIN NOTEBOOK (dammit !) !!!!

Maybe the spell works by saying it three times backwards.

"KOOBETON NIKSELOM! KOOBETON NIKSELOM! LIFE, DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LIFE! KOOBETON NIKSELOM!"

Wooooo, that was weird about the "LIFE" bit, hey?

Cheers,
Marc

watch out, maybe if you say it backwards you invoke planet head's evil twin, skippy.

watch out, maybe if you say it backwards you invoke planet head's evil twin, skippy.

The bush kangaroo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE)?!

Now, I'm scared!

Cheers,
Marc

skippy, the eternally cheerful bush kangaroo.

be *very* afraid.

The party will be|is|has been|cancelled...

The party will be|is|has been|cancelled...

that's what you will think|think|thought|gimboo...

that's what you will think|think|thought|gimboo...

my chrono-passport will|has|is expired...
my transport will|did not|has not arrived...
I have a prior|post|present engagement I cannot|will not be able to|cannot change...
I am|will be|was busy...

my chrono-passport will|has|is expired...

A Passport is not required (biometrics are so bothersome).

my transport will|did not|has not arrived...

Taxis are not required (travel is so tedious).

I have a prior|post|present engagement I cannot|will not be able to|cannot change...

Prior engagement rearrangements are not required (unavailability is so unattractive)

I am|will be|was busy...

Geoff, departure will occur at a time in which you were|are|will be available.

Should you have some pressing desire to not attend, it would behoove you to concentrate your explanations on succinctness and accuracy. My very busy preparations leave me in a somewhat limited capacity to explicate the convoluted impossibility of an apologist's RSVP. As I have previously indicated, receipt of an invitation is a certainty of attendance. No RSVP is required, as your attendance is predetermined. I am...confused, and it would concern me and wound my pride in being an exquisite host should I somehow muff my seating arrangements and inadvertently place you between Taylor and Adrian through attempting to resolve this apparent paradox.

I am of an understanding that a first experience of a Party of mine can be, for some individuals, a culturally shocking event. However, previous experience suggests that such a jolt displaces further anxiety on future attendance, and a familiar warmth and rhythm soon envelopes, and allows one to assist the acclimatisation of new Party Virgins. Should there be incidents from the earlier "High Tea" introductory Party that exasperated you, annoyed you, disturbed you, upset you, or tore you physically and metaphysically apart between the bloodied claws and jaws of a possibly-enraged fairy by the name of Mindy, I can assure you that further Rules have been enacted (eg. "DO NOT FRACK WITH THE FAIRY!"), and that I have made special note to myself to ensure that sufficient Zany Carters are imbibed by all guests to alleviate (future|)memory effects.

I realise that you do not specifically dislike either myself or my Parties, however, and as mentioned, having to refocus my prevailing distemperate attention onto a single, individually-created Refusal-Paradox at the typically-chaotic procurement and preparation stage, and away from organising the congenial seating geometries of the innumerable attendees expected at Yvan's Infinite Table, inevitably leads to odd, unexpected, negative fluctuations in the trouser-legs of time. It would cause me significant distress should a guest of mine, misplaced amidst my current, anxious choler, be inadvertently relocated during transfer arrangements into the kitchen larder and, more specifically, within the belly of a defrosting Oortwhale full of furious, re-invigorated Dark Energy Irukandji.

I do hope this can be satisfactorily resolved.

In your service,
High Gibbonate and Maître de Soirée
Marc (and Adrian...who is getting antsy and beginning to frown and flail)

Arapagonophalia...

Arapagonophalia...
I'll have you know that my arapa has never failed me in my life...:eek:

I'll have you know that my arapa has never failed me in my life...:eek:

There will always be a 'first'...

There will always be a 'first'...
Not something I wish to contamplate at this moment...


LALALALALALALA! Can't hear you!:nana: (That's as close as we have for having one's fingers in one's ears.)

watch out, maybe if you say it backwards you invoke planet head's evil twin, skippy.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=19

That's a nice picture.

That's a nice picture.

i knew nate was SOMEONE's evil twin, but i didn't expect him to be taylor's...

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=19
Is that a death ray on his stomach or is he just happy to see us?

Is that a death ray on his stomach or is he just happy to see us?

hey !! that's my line !

hey !! that's my line !
Gotta be faster, kid!:p

clearly.

Gotta be faster, kid!:p

Speed has nothing to do with! Its not a sprint endurance is key:D
Oh the robot:smack:
JJ

i knew nate was SOMEONE's evil twin, but i didn't expect him to be taylor's...

Yes, yes I am.

That's no twin...he's got muscles...

Made at the same time? Same factory? I reject your definition of twin. More to the point, so does he.

Welcome back Taylor, we missed you or as ZP said somewhere else, "Tu me manques".:p

Sorry about the tense. I can copy & paste French but can't conjugate.

look at that, a new personal record : i now have an EIGHT line karma message. i didn't think it could be done. and it would have been longer, clearly, if tirsales hadn't run into the character limit, since the comment ends abruptly mid-sentence... :rolleyes:

Yeah, that character limit really broke my sentence :(

I have this theory that, staying within the character limit (of perhaps 255 chars), I can get the most lines of karma comments. To date, we have had at most eight lines of comments (no 15 lines of all repeats isn't a comment!), but I think I can get NINE!

Let me try this theory out, and I'll report back here with the results. ZP get ready...

I have this theory that, staying within the character limit (of perhaps 255 chars), I can get the most lines of karma comments. To date, we have had at most eight lines of comments (no 15 lines of all repeats isn't a comment!), but I think I can get NINE!

Let me try this theory out, and I'll report back here with the results. ZP get ready...

Yep, it worked. ZP now has a NINE line karma comment.

The "Theory" was to use a comment that caused the text to wrap at the end of the line, prematurely, so as to accomodate a long word. The karma comment was only 250 characters, so that could be the character limit on karma comments.

Thanks to ZP for all her assistance in finding these things out! (...Inquiring minds wanted to know...)

BTW, the karma comment was (without the line breaks):Interesting! Now I have this
Interesting! theory where I
Interesting! insert near the
Interesting! end of the line
Interesting! "Interesting!"
Interesting! which will cause
Interesting! the text to wrap
Interesting! around instead
of being hyphenated

Anyone going to try for TEN lines?

Welcome back Taylor, we missed you or as ZP said somewhere else, "Tu me manques".:p

Sorry about the tense. I can copy & paste French but can't conjugate.

heh. the tense is correct. for a second i thought it really was something i said and i couldn't imagine why i would say that in french in the forum... :rolleyes:

That's no twin...he's got muscles...

Yeah, they're twins -- didn't you see the flick about Ahhnold and Danny DeVito being twins? Same deal.

So... Taylor is a side effect?

Ummm ... I dunno. Is that what DeVito was in the movie? No, *I* didn't actually see it. :sheepish grin:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=19

Brilliant!

i knew nate was SOMEONE's evil twin, but i didn't expect him to be taylor's...

Perfectly apt and equally brilliant: Nate as The Marvinator!

Cheers,
Marc

Marc-

Check your Karma. Tell us how many lines there are in the latest one.

BTW, it turns out moderators can cheat. I edited one of my comments to 248 lines.

Welcome back Taylor, we missed you or as ZP said somewhere else, "Tu me manques".:p

Right. Tummy mangoes. Welcome back, PlanetHead. Uh, is that what that green thing is?

BTW, it turns out moderators can cheat. I edited one of my comments to 248 lines.
cheating ??? is that more or less scandalous than karma-swapping ? does it depend on how many lines you edit to ? so 248 would be *really* bad... :rolleyes:

Right. Tummy mangoes. Welcome back, PlanetHead. Uh, is that what that green thing is?
actually, the going theory is that either it's a death ray, or he's just glad to see us.


no confirmation one way or the other yet.

It's a charge indicator. Make of that what you will. We cannot say more.

cheating ??? is that more or less scandalous than karma-swapping ? does it depend on how many lines you edit to ? so 248 would be *really* bad... :rolleyes:


Don't worry. I changed it back.

Don't worry. I changed it back.

oh well then that's all right. :rolleyes:

Marc-

Check your Karma. Tell us how many lines there are in the latest one.

Nine lines!!!

Colour me tickled my fancy pink and jumping with joy.

Cheers,
Marc

It seems to me that the number of lines in karma also depends on the resolution of your monitor and the viewing skin you select. The higher the resolution, the more characters per line displayed (at a fixed size) thus reducing the karma line count. Likewise, the selection of "Liquid" as the skin will yield fewer lines than "Fixed" or "Mobi" Maybe this is just me and my crazy set-up.

Nine lines!!!

All deserved.

It's a charge indicator. Make of that what you will. We cannot say more.

Great Now we are gonna have to deal with Charge Indicator ENVY!
Or for the old Robots Charge Indicator Dysfunction maybe, I digress.

JJ

Oh look according to my Karma I am only 180 years from being born!

Great Now we are gonna have to deal with Charge Indicator ENVY!
Or for the old Robots Charge Indicator Dysfunction maybe, I digress.

:rolleyes:

Would "Indicator Dysfunction" be called ID.

Cop: "All right sir. Let's see your ID."
Male driver: "Sorry officer by my indicator is quite functional, thank you.":D

Would "Indicator Dysfunction" be called ID.

Cop: "All right sir. Let's see your ID."
Male driver: "Sorry officer by my indicator is quite functional, thank you.":D

:extreme rolleyes:

Would "Indicator Dysfunction" be called ID.

Cop: "All right sir. Let's see your ID."
Male driver: "Sorry officer by my indicator is quite functional, thank you.":D

I would think CID but then that could get confused with Criminal Investigation Division. And we wouldnt want that.

JJ