Silliness Countdown! - Page 8

pshrynk · 05-21-2010, 06:53 AM

What happens at Adrian's stays in the National Enquirer. For at least four issues, as it turns out.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2010, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

What happens at Adrian's stays in the National Enquirer. For at least four issues, as it turns out.

really ? which ones, exactly ? (quickly calls their subscription / back issue department).

pshrynk · 05-21-2010, 06:58 AM

You need to call the front issues department, as it turns out, since we're talking ZCR's here.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-21-2010, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

You need to call the front issues department, as it turns out, since we're talking ZCR's here.

oh, pfff, of course. silly of me.

GeoffC · 05-21-2010, 11:36 AM

is this count correct ?

are we sure all the digits are in place to fall correctly in order ?

poohbear_nc · 05-21-2010, 12:04 PM

Who is ordering the digits to fall?

pshrynk · 05-21-2010, 12:14 PM

29, he said, soldiering bravely on...

GeoffC · 05-21-2010, 12:18 PM

can I introduce 28 (or is that too premature ? )

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-21-2010, 12:32 PM

"Carolyn?"

"Yes, Mark?"

"Why aren't we blown up, turned on, turned off, translated, or whatever yet? It's been eight pages now!"

"You're complaining? Let them take all the time they need... it'll give me time to figure out our next stop."

"Oh, please, the one with the--"

"Not a chance. You know they still haven't reconstituted the lake yet."

"Aw..."

GeoffC · 05-22-2010, 10:17 AM

have we stopped ?

montsnmags · 05-22-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

have we stopped ?

No, I was just cutting all the serifs off the numbers. It's a waste of good puff pastry.

I believe we're down to 33-and-a-bit. The countdown could probably do with some nice, chunky strawberry jam though.

Cheers,
Marc

Spartacus2112 · 05-22-2010, 11:13 AM

Pi-ety?

LazyScot · 05-22-2010, 04:14 PM

30!

I always liked 30. Nice number. Sort of human and civilised and full of promise. As in 9:30 is much, much more human and civilised that 9:00. Less military. Indicative of shorter meetings as well. It also sounds nice when applied to things, as in "here's thirty doughnuts", or "I'll just snooze for another thirty minutes".

Wikipedia says it is a square pyramidal number, a sum of squares, and so it means you can build a square pyramid out of that number of balls. Why anyone would want to try and build a pyramid out of balls is beyond me -- they'd just roll away. I'll stick with my thirty doughnuts and some more time in bed, if you don't mind.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-22-2010, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LazyScot

30!

I always liked 30. Nice number. Sort of human and civilised and full of promise. As in 9:30 is much, much more human and civilised that 9:00. Less military. Indicative of shorter meetings as well. It also sounds nice when applied to things, as in "here's thirty doughnuts", or "I'll just snooze for another thirty minutes".

Wikipedia says it is a square pyramidal number, a sum of squares, and so it means you can build a square pyramid out of that number of balls. Why anyone would want to try and build a pyramid out of balls is beyond me -- they'd just roll away. I'll stick with my thirty doughnuts and some more time in bed, if you don't mind.

just in case there are any doubters left, just compare how infinitely *more* civilised "11:30" sounds than 9:00.

i'd stick with the doughnuts too, but maybe you could build a pyramid out of them.

damned, now i want a doughnut, and (coincidentally) it's past 11:30 at night.

montsnmags · 05-22-2010, 09:14 PM

I woke at 10:30am this morning, and it's now heading towards 11:30am and I should probably be considering getting out of bed. Maybe before 12:30pm. That's a good time, because if you add the hours and minutes together you get...

42.

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05-21-2010, 06:53 AM	#106
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!	What happens at Adrian's stays in the National Enquirer. For at least four issues, as it turns out.

05-21-2010, 06:58 AM	#108
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!	You need to call the front issues department, as it turns out, since we're talking ZCR's here.

05-21-2010, 11:36 AM	#110
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	is this count correct ? are we sure all the digits are in place to fall correctly in order ?

05-21-2010, 12:04 PM	#111
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 62,866 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Who is ordering the digits to fall?

05-21-2010, 12:14 PM	#112
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!	29, he said, soldiering bravely on...

05-21-2010, 12:18 PM	#113
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	can I introduce 28 (or is that too premature ? )

05-21-2010, 12:32 PM	#114
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	"Carolyn?" "Yes, Mark?" "Why aren't we blown up, turned on, turned off, translated, or whatever yet? It's been eight pages now!" "You're complaining? Let them take all the time they need... it'll give me time to figure out our next stop." "Oh, please, the one with the--" "Not a chance. You know they still haven't reconstituted the lake yet." "Aw..."

05-22-2010, 10:17 AM	#115
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	have we stopped ?

05-22-2010, 11:13 AM	#117
Spartacus2112 Evangelist Posts: 468 Karma: 1147 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lawn Giland Device: Kindle 3 Wifi	Pi-ety?

05-22-2010, 04:14 PM	#118
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	30! I always liked 30. Nice number. Sort of human and civilised and full of promise. As in 9:30 is much, much more human and civilised that 9:00. Less military. Indicative of shorter meetings as well. It also sounds nice when applied to things, as in "here's thirty doughnuts", or "I'll just snooze for another thirty minutes". Wikipedia says it is a square pyramidal number, a sum of squares, and so it means you can build a square pyramid out of that number of balls. Why anyone would want to try and build a pyramid out of balls is beyond me -- they'd just roll away. I'll stick with my thirty doughnuts and some more time in bed, if you don't mind.

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05-22-2010, 09:14 PM	#120
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I woke at 10:30am this morning, and it's now heading towards 11:30am and I should probably be considering getting out of bed. Maybe before 12:30pm. That's a good time, because if you add the hours and minutes together you get... 42.