The Beginning: When Harv Met Vera - Page 45

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-23-2010, 01:01 PM

Say... that dog looks a lot older than when this story started. And skinnier. Is that even the same breed?

pshrynk · 04-23-2010, 02:20 PM

Well, considering that it's Slite, rather than Vivaldi. Yes.

yvanleterrible · 04-23-2010, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

From a dark corner of the alley, there came a barely moan of, "Quebequoise! can't anyone get it right?"

Québécois. I added my dammed accents but there's a little thing that was wrong too about gender. I'll make it subcinct, clear and crude.
In French the letter "e" at the end of a noun stands out like a pair of t***...

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

whayeh !

VR got a look-in (or was it a sniff)....

That was Slite by the way.

pshrynk · 04-23-2010, 02:30 PM

Fixed that. Except for the accents.

yvanleterrible · 04-23-2010, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Fixed that. Except for the accents.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-23-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Gee, I sure could use another installment of this. Maybe if I close my eyes and wish really hard....

crikey, it worked !!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

the newly formed Union of People Who really Don't Want to Work for a Living

i'm a member of that union !

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there was no human being more keenly matched to his chosen sport than Roger, Comte de Bois Aussi, Gold Medalist in 1928 in Individual, Team, and Freestyle Sauntering!

naturally. the french invented sauntering and even raised it to a level of art and made it "a referent for understanding urban phenomena and modernity"*. (*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A2neur see also references to Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin).

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

"Nonsense!" barked Hilda, "He said to push the red button and run like hell was after you!"

ah, a detonator designed on the pshrynk school of Buttonry.

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They stood and shuffled their feet for a few minutes. "Nothing!" said Hilda. "You just can't get good help these days!"

it's a travesty !

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"My dear, I do believe that what he said was 'Do not push the red button,' otherwise, why would there be a green and a blue button next to it?"

"Decoration? Maybe he had a design esthetic."

"True, he is French."

the design esthetic is the most important element of a detonator, of course.

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Just then the Cuban National Synchronized Sauntering Team marched by. Hilda noted that they were synching on the off-beat rather than on the time. She snorted again. Modernists!

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"Get away you filthy beast!"

hey !! no saunterer of that class could ever be a filthy beast !!!

...ooooh, right. sorry, my mistake.

Quote:

Originally Posted by psockpuppet

"I thought that was why you had the safety pin."

"That's a fashion statement." Hugo sighed.

you know, people just don't *get* punk rock anymore.

montsnmags · 04-26-2010, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

...
In French he letter "e" at the end of a noun stands out like a pair of t***...

...

If the shoe (or the padded bra) fits...

GeoffC · 04-26-2010, 10:31 AM

...you won't need to use a horn ....

pshrynk · 06-15-2010, 01:51 PM

Vivaldi was getting bored. He had sniffed around the tables looking for scrap bacon and discovered that poker players were Philistines when i came to proper nutrition. He tried acting cute in front of a variety of people, hoping to get a handout, but had discovered that poker players had no appreciation for the finer aspect of dogginess.

Then he had tried getting under the chairs of players and insulting another player, then returning the insult to the original player. This had caused some rather gratifying fights and he had been able to quickly jump on the chair and help himself to the beers in the ensuing violence. He had liked that best of all.

Now, however, there were only so many places to cause a fight before the guards started hanging around conspicuously. Again, bored.

He was circling around underneath Harv's chair for a nap when his ears perked up. Two grey wool socks were rolling across the floor with intent. He stood up and went over to investigate. One of them had a safety pin in the cuff. He bent down to sniff at it and was met with the blade of a knife the sock had quickly pulled out.

Cross eyed at keeping track of the knife, he backed away. The socks then seemed to enter into an argument about there not being a knife in some sort of script and how the one with the knife wasn't taking any more grief from a dog, talking or no. Vivaldi scratched his ear idly as he tried to figure out how he could understand socks that talked to each other by wagging their toes at one another.

Finally, the one with the safety pin lost the argument and agreed to put the knife away, but only after menacing Vivaldi with it one more time. The socks sat there on the floor, looking at Vivaldi expectantly.

"What?"

The socks wagged at him that he should have scented some sort of explosive while he was wandering around the place.

"Hey, I'm a puppy and have been able to talk for only... make it three days! What would I know from explosives?"

The sock without the pin wagged that he'd better get some experience quickly, since it played a big role in one of the sequels which had already been written.

Vivaldi crossed his eyes again and yearned for the good old minutes when a sock was threatening him with a knife.

He sniffed the air. "Okay, there's a harshish sort of brown sandpapery smell here. Is that what you're talking about?"

The socks wagged affirmatively.

"So what's the big deal?"

The sock started wagging furiously, the one with the pin seeming to make a case for just running away and the one without refusing to listen.

When they were done, Vivaldi yelped and ran for Harv's chair.

vivaldirules · 06-15-2010, 02:22 PM

Communicative socks? Sheesh! What will garment manufacturers think of next?

badgoodDeb · 06-15-2010, 02:36 PM

Who communicate in sign language with wiggly toes!! (they must be toe socks like I wear) Love it!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-15-2010, 03:23 PM

<Trying to rid his mind's eye of image of Xena wearing toe socks>

GeoffC · 06-15-2010, 03:36 PM

she wears toe socks !

badgoodDeb · 06-15-2010, 04:27 PM

Wiggles toes to say "Hi!"

yvanleterrible · 06-15-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Communicative socks? Sheesh! What will garment manufacturers think of next?

That might explain why people trip and fall on their faces. Sock mutiny! Let them hang from the clotheslines, exterminate, exterminate...
Right... now I sound like HarryT's avatar...

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04-23-2010, 01:01 PM	#661
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Say... that dog looks a lot older than when this story started. And skinnier. Is that even the same breed?

04-23-2010, 02:20 PM	#662
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, considering that it's Slite, rather than Vivaldi. Yes.

04-23-2010, 02:30 PM	#664
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Fixed that. Except for the accents.

04-26-2010, 10:31 AM	#668
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	...you won't need to use a horn ....

06-15-2010, 01:51 PM	#669
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Vivaldi was getting bored. He had sniffed around the tables looking for scrap bacon and discovered that poker players were Philistines when i came to proper nutrition. He tried acting cute in front of a variety of people, hoping to get a handout, but had discovered that poker players had no appreciation for the finer aspect of dogginess. Then he had tried getting under the chairs of players and insulting another player, then returning the insult to the original player. This had caused some rather gratifying fights and he had been able to quickly jump on the chair and help himself to the beers in the ensuing violence. He had liked that best of all. Now, however, there were only so many places to cause a fight before the guards started hanging around conspicuously. Again, bored. He was circling around underneath Harv's chair for a nap when his ears perked up. Two grey wool socks were rolling across the floor with intent. He stood up and went over to investigate. One of them had a safety pin in the cuff. He bent down to sniff at it and was met with the blade of a knife the sock had quickly pulled out. Cross eyed at keeping track of the knife, he backed away. The socks then seemed to enter into an argument about there not being a knife in some sort of script and how the one with the knife wasn't taking any more grief from a dog, talking or no. Vivaldi scratched his ear idly as he tried to figure out how he could understand socks that talked to each other by wagging their toes at one another. Finally, the one with the safety pin lost the argument and agreed to put the knife away, but only after menacing Vivaldi with it one more time. The socks sat there on the floor, looking at Vivaldi expectantly. "What?" The socks wagged at him that he should have scented some sort of explosive while he was wandering around the place. "Hey, I'm a puppy and have been able to talk for only... make it three days! What would I know from explosives?" The sock without the pin wagged that he'd better get some experience quickly, since it played a big role in one of the sequels which had already been written. Vivaldi crossed his eyes again and yearned for the good old minutes when a sock was threatening him with a knife. He sniffed the air. "Okay, there's a harshish sort of brown sandpapery smell here. Is that what you're talking about?" The socks wagged affirmatively. "So what's the big deal?" The sock started wagging furiously, the one with the pin seeming to make a case for just running away and the one without refusing to listen. When they were done, Vivaldi yelped and ran for Harv's chair.

06-15-2010, 02:22 PM	#670
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Communicative socks? Sheesh! What will garment manufacturers think of next?

06-15-2010, 02:36 PM	#671
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Who communicate in sign language with wiggly toes!! (they must be toe socks like I wear) Love it!

06-15-2010, 03:23 PM	#672
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	<Trying to rid his mind's eye of image of Xena wearing toe socks>

06-15-2010, 03:36 PM	#673
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	she wears toe socks !

06-15-2010, 04:27 PM	#674
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Wiggles toes to say "Hi!"