Silliness The Other Side of the World Club

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 02:10 AM

Ya know...

I'm sick of wandering on here and finding out that everyone's been socialising while I slept. And that almost all the Lounge-dwellers seem to be asleep or *gasp* W***ING! when I want to gossip!

Sooo...

I propose the formation of a new club - the Other Side of the World Club - for those of us who are awake and chatty when sane and right-side-up folks are boringly busy.

(Other Side of the World from what, you ask? From whatever you want. Or don't want. You know.)

Can I get a second? And maybe a fiftieth? Is anyone else even awake???

Free Zany Carters?

Laine · 09-22-2009, 02:29 AM

There are getting to be quite a few of us from the outer limits.

Though I think we have some alien members on here from planets where the natives don't sleep.

Dylrob · 09-22-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Laine

Though I think we have some alien members on here from planets where the natives don't sleep.

On my world sleep is considered an act of cowardice!

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Laine

There are getting to be quite a few of us from the outer limits.

My mum grew up near Cabramatta

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Originally Posted by Laine

Though I think we have some alien members on here from planets where the natives don't sleep.

And good for them! Sleep is for the... ummm... tired!

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

On my world sleep is considered an act of cowardice!

dreams · 09-22-2009, 02:47 AM

Wait....what? If you are the other side of the world, what side is the one that I am on?

I found that it is the same for me. I guess that is the price we pay for being members of an international forum.

(Right now it is Monday 9-21 10:47 pm) everyone across the "pond" have been in bed for a while and will be getting up by the time I go to bed.

And I think I've figured out that you are about 17 hours different from me (ahead 17 I think)...

I've learned to like talking to myself then being surprised the next day when someone talks back..

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Wait....what? If you are the other side of the world, what side is the one that I am on?

For that matter, which world?

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Originally Posted by dreams

I found that it is the same for me. I guess that is the price we pay for being members of an international forum.

Yup, the price we pay, I know. An Aussie ebook-reader forum would be kinda boring, even if it did have Marc and Laine on it. But time-delay goss is just odd. It's like having a conversation on one of those old intercontinental lines where you could hear an echo of everything you said 5 seconds after you said it, and it took half a minute to get an answer. Except... worse! And I'm not whining, you see, I'm proactivising!

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Originally Posted by dreams

(Right now it is Monday 9-21 10:47 pm) everyone across the "pond" have been in bed for a while and will be getting up by the time I go to bed.

And I think I've figured out that you are about 17 hours different from me (ahead 17 I think)...

'Bout that, give or take an hour for daylight savings when appropriate (never, in queensland!) and a decade or two for technological advances/retreats...

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Originally Posted by dreams

I've learned to like talking to myself then being surprised the next day when someone talks back..

LOL!

dreams · 09-22-2009, 03:32 AM

Hey!!! Someone answered back!! In less than an hour!! Whoa...

I know you saw Moejoe's new stories http://feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?user=26065, but did you see Peveral's? http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7603

I've really become addicted to short stories. It's just enough reading for before work and just before bed. That way I'm not late for work and I don't stay up all night to finish..

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Hey!!! Someone answered back!! In less than an hour!! Whoa...

See???

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Originally Posted by dreams

I know you saw Moejoe's new stories http://feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?user=26065, but did you see Peveral's? http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7603

I've really become addicted to short stories. It's just enough reading for before work and just before bed. That way I'm not late for work and I don't stay up all night to finish..

I did, but I can't get away with reading stories at work... or rather, the constant task-switching really mucks up my capacity to follow a story. Conversely, it helps my capacity to write a manual. Weird. So I need to d/l stuff and then read it from my eee, or else grasp a few spare minutes when my eee still has battery left and I can still focus. BAH. I will get around to everyone else's fiction, I promises!

Slite · 09-22-2009, 03:57 AM

Hey! I must qualify for this club as well, since Im on the Other side of the World from you. Or am I on this world at all? Do I exist at al... :mushroom cloud:

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Hey! I must qualify for this club as well, since Im on the Other side of the World from you. Or am I on this world at all? Do I exist at al... :mushroom cloud:

Oh damn, Slite's turned into a mushroom!!!

Do we clap our hands and yell "I believe in huge fluffy dogs!" ten times, or do we give up, assume he's a mushroom for life, feed him bullshit and keep him in the dark?

Slite · 09-22-2009, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

Oh damn, Slite's turned into a mushroom!!!

Do we clap our hands and yell "I believe in huge fluffy dogs!" ten times, or do we give up, assume he's a mushroom for life, feed him bullshit and keep him in the dark?

In the immortal words of Monty Python: I got better!

nomesque · 09-22-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

In the immortal words of Monty Python: I got better!

YAY! What's better than a mushroom, though?

(or was turning into a mushroom 'better'? Better than what? This thread is turning kinda philosophical...

)

(maybe we should sing MP's Philosophers Song)

dreams · 09-22-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

In the immortal words of Monty Python: I got better!

I mentioned Monty Python to my students and they said, "Who?" or "Was that a band?"

acidzebra · 09-22-2009, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

And that almost all the Lounge-dwellers seem to be asleep or *gasp* W***ING!

Winging? Wanking? Wrestling?

Whittling?

09-22-2009, 02:10 AM	#1
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	The Other Side of the World Club Ya know... I'm sick of wandering on here and finding out that everyone's been socialising while I slept. And that almost all the Lounge-dwellers seem to be asleep or gasp W**ING! when I want to gossip! Sooo... I propose the formation of a new club - the Other Side of the World Club - for those of us who are awake and chatty when sane and right-side-up folks are boringly busy. (Other Side of the World from what, you ask? From whatever you want. Or don't want. You know.)* Can I get a second? And maybe a fiftieth? Is anyone else even awake??? Free Zany Carters?

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09-22-2009, 02:29 AM	#2
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	There are getting to be quite a few of us from the outer limits. Though I think we have some alien members on here from planets where the natives don't sleep.

09-22-2009, 02:47 AM	#6
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Wait....what? If you are the other side of the world, what side is the one that I am on? I found that it is the same for me. I guess that is the price we pay for being members of an international forum. (Right now it is Monday 9-21 10:47 pm) everyone across the "pond" have been in bed for a while and will be getting up by the time I go to bed. And I think I've figured out that you are about 17 hours different from me (ahead 17 I think)... I've learned to like talking to myself then being surprised the next day when someone talks back..

09-22-2009, 03:32 AM	#8
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Hey!!! Someone answered back!! In less than an hour!! Whoa... I know you saw Moejoe's new stories http://feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?user=26065, but did you see Peveral's? http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7603 I've really become addicted to short stories. It's just enough reading for before work and just before bed. That way I'm not late for work and I don't stay up all night to finish..

09-22-2009, 03:57 AM	#10
Slite Icanhasdonuts? Posts: 2,837 Karma: 532407 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mölnbo, Sweden Device: Kobo Aura 2nd edition, Kobo Clara HD	Hey! I must qualify for this club as well, since Im on the Other side of the World from you. Or am I on this world at all? Do I exist at al... :mushroom cloud: