The Bar

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:36 am

samtzu wrote:Hey Heli... were celebrating my ex-wife staying at my house with her current husband (I was #2, he is #5)... I'm downing scotch... what'r you havin'?

#5? Dang, that's pretty far out on the curve. Not Liz Taylor, but definately someone who has a track record. . .

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:38 am

blueniteowl wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:Good plan, Msky.

Hey wait, you're an eatee. And Buckethead too! What are you plotting! Where are you taking our waffles?

*Fishy reaches for bar alarm*
Okay, I have to ask this because it's the third time you've done this. Why do you keep calling me Msky? Are you mixing me up with Martiansky? It's starting to get annoying. I'm BLUE!

Dang it, I suppose you're right. And I aint' gonna win anypoints by saying "All you Midwesterners look. . ."

So, I'm totally sorry. What an erffin clod I've been. Bad Fishy.
*fishy bitch slaps self with fin a couple of times.*

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:39 am

Hey Crypto! Nice going over 4,000. Damn. Not that that matters, but, hell. I think it's cool that two of my favorite people are the top 2 and 3 posters.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:40 am

helitack wrote:The real question is how much fucking beer do I need to get for KAntina Apokiliptika?

All of it.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:40 am

Hey there, Fishie. How's life. looks like everyone here is hibernating. nope, bucket's alive. Heya.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:45 am

What the good word, RG?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:46 am

sparkletarte wrote:I'm listening to CBC this morning, it's funny. They're talking about the 'Sponsorship Scandal'. Yes, Canada has called an big inquiry to look into why money was spent on buying golf balls with the Canadian flag on them. Well, there's other parts too, but that's the part that the news is on right now because our past PM was just testifying, showing off his 'balls'. Ah, he's so funny. Some days I really miss that old guy.

I don't suppose this means anything to you though does it. Where are my fellow Canadians?

Dang! That's a nice little scandel. Do you realize that I'm jelous. Our prez, who got bailed out of every bad business deal he ever made, is suggesting that we all should manage our own retirement. Are his friends gonna

Oh crab. Poilitics on the bar thread. Forbidden fruit. Poof.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:48 am

buckethead alien wrote:What the good word, RG?

Lugubriously.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:49 am

I'd like to poof her forbidden fruit!

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:49 am

Ranger Genius wrote:
buckethead alien wrote:What the good word, RG?
Lugubriously.

That is a good word indeed.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:51 am

gigglesnort wrote:{cough cough cough cough hack cough sniff snort}

Ugh. I've not had shots enough to make me forget I'm sick. [whine]I don't wanna be sick anymore, this sucks, I want someone to pet my head, I'm not happy[/whine]

Long distance (((((((huggles))))))))
*and a stroke with a fin*

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:53 am

Zulegoona wrote:Bandanas aren’t just for dust masks and head bands they're easier on the nose, and I got plenty.

Tee shirts after they are no longer shirts adn aren't yet full fledged rags. So sofft.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:54 am

LamplighterDuke wrote:hey...either of you guys know about AA? is it 'bad' if i put 'whiskey' in my coffee at a meeting?

No "worse" than putting "crack" in your cigarrette at an "NA" meeting.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:56 am

Finally got that signature to work properly. Lugubrious is a great word. I'm also a big fan of "facetiously," as it is, to my knowledge, the only word in the English language containing all vowels in alphabetical order. Including, sometimes, y.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:57 am

LeChatNoir wrote:
that the eplaya is silly because so much time is spent pretending to drink.
As opposed to dressing up in rubber hose, high heels, EL wire, and really drinking in the desert for a week is in fact quite sane?

Ok...

This thread, not this board, this thread seems to me to be the closest thing to the event that can exist in this way... bringing together people who would otherwise not at all meet. We get to come here and act out aspects of our personalities that we might only be able to do on the real playa (if even then). This thread, at least to me, seems to me to be causing more interactions and real relationships to form than any other thread on this borad. Now I may be wrong about that, but one thing I’m absolutely certain of is this:

This thread has made me want to be a part of the eplaya again. This thread has introduced me to more people, and on a more personal level that any other part of this board ever did and I’ve been checking in here for a good bit now. I come back to this thread because it causes people to interact and tell about themselves in ways that wouldn’t be possible other wise. Unless maybe we were on the playa in drag and had our inhibitions lowered because of the absurdity of it.

This thread goes, then I’m betting a lot of really fine people will go with it. Too bad. I’d have loved to have this as an interaction point when I first came to this board. I’m unsure of the logic behind something like that.

I love this thread too.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:58 am

blueniteowl wrote:
sputnik wrote:It seems that the bar here is rather prodigius and newcomers are overwhelmed by it (maybe) and think that the eplaya is silly because so much time is spent pretending to drink.
All I can say is that I wasn't overwhelmed by it. I jumped right in. I think it boils down to personality. If you shy, then your shy. And changing it to a chat room wouldn't make much of a difference.

And here, here LeChat. I've made some lovely friendships as well that wouldn't have happened without the bar. Plus, I like the fact that the bar is unstructured that way the conversation can ebb and flow and no one bitchs about thread drift.

I'm shy. Although maybe not cybershy.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:01 am

LeChatNoir wrote:Oh blue... you rock. Thanks for the smooch

You know... in actuality, If someone “in charge” wants to change it, no amount of talk from me is gonna make a difference... assuming their mind is made up, you know. So whatever will be will be, I reckon.

I just have to think that Larry Harvey would have to be grinning like hell at the way this thread has gotten people to talk and interact.

We play and pretend on the playa, we play and pretend in here. Seems no different to me.

And I hereby encourage all newbies to come in here, and the "Hello, what's your name..." thread and say “Hi”. If you're shy, then say howdy to me first. I'm a shy person too, in reality. It's hard to just barge into a new place... fear of rejection and all that. I understand this much better than one might think from reading this thread alone. Read some of my posts from way back.

Hope it's just a rumor, and I'll just treat it as such until I find out otherwise.

Would an occasional stop by the "Hello introduce yourself" thread with an explination help? Could we adapt the "Index" thread as sort of an introduction to the highlights?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:02 am

blueniteowl wrote:blushing

Gee thanks Mr. Noir

and I never thought you were that shy. Though I suppose I haven't been around that long.

Guy Noir? Kitty, are you another Minnesotant?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:06 am

sputnik wrote:Yeah, I've got some fur left that I'll probably work into chaps myself. Not being a sewer (a person who sews, not a thing that carries dirty water) I have no idea what batik is.

It's a dyeing process where you put wax on cloth before dyeing it so that it doesn't "take" in some places.

Neither of these shows it, but very common with indigo dye.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:13 am

Fuckwits. I'm listening to my favorite radio station (an alt-rock/punk station), and a local TV station is advertising the Doctor Phil show. Talk about barking up the wrong tree.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:14 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
gigglesnort wrote:{cough cough cough cough hack cough sniff snort}

Ugh. I've not had shots enough to make me forget I'm sick. [whine]I don't wanna be sick anymore, this sucks, I want someone to pet my head, I'm not happy[/whine]
Long distance (((((((huggles))))))))
*and a stroke with a fin*

THanks fishy, I really needed that. *smooches*

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:16 am

Magikal wrote:
LamplighterDuke wrote:hey yall...
what the fuck is all this...ten new pages since i went to sleep...theres no way ill get caught up on this...let alone the other new threads....
You an' me both, babe. That's why I don't stop into this place all that often. I come back in, and it's all changed! I come in once, and whomp! It's all different! Waaaaaaaaa! :cry:

I love this place for it's protean aspects. If you have any really good parts that you don't want to lose, post them in the index thread so that you (and hte rest of us) can find them again.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:22 am

Martiansky wrote:Hey Guin...I'm not laughing because that's the easiest way I've found to wash the dogs too is to put them in the shower with me!

That's cute that he brings it to you to put on!

Dori Seda did a brillient comic book story of washing her dog in the shower. . .

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:24 am

Martiansky wrote:RebA, hello there!!
Thanks for the answer! I know they want you to try to bring stuff in aluminum if you can but the beer I like to drink doesn't come in cans..yet.
Do you homebrew? I have hops growing in my yard.....I had like 4 different varieties but now it's pretty much everywhere and my little markers have disapeared.

Glass is a problem if it breaks. Aluminum is probably toxic. Moop the playa or kill yourself. Another moral dilemma.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:30 am

Martiansky wrote:Oh, what I'd give for it to be in the 40's again like it was 2 weeks ago.
So, sleep at night and hang out when it's warm during the day? Or dress up as a Yeti......that could be funny!

Some people prefer the nocternal action.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:34 am

(Black cat walks in the bar)

Uh-hmmm...

(Pointing to the sign on the wall written in letters that are slightly scrawled out):

Though I no longer subscribe to the commercialism of holidays, I still feel it important to mark them for both those here now and for posterity’s sake. So with that in mind, I'd like to say:

WISHING ALL THE LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL EPLAYA LADIES A WONDERFUL, STUPENDOUS, FANTABULOUS VALENTINES DAY!!

(there's a big red heart with a black paw print in the middle at the bottom)

Watch that paw, I used magic ink... it'll reach out and give you a squeeze if you get close enough, but I think its got a mind of its own so use caution.

And I’m not a Minnesoten, fishy... though I’ve had many strange connections the past few years to people from that region.

Ok... gone again!!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:42 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
blueniteowl wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:Good plan, Msky.

Hey wait, you're an eatee. And Buckethead too! What are you plotting! Where are you taking our waffles?

*Fishy reaches for bar alarm*
Okay, I have to ask this because it's the third time you've done this. Why do you keep calling me Msky? Are you mixing me up with Martiansky? It's starting to get annoying. I'm BLUE!
Dang it, I suppose you're right. And I aint' gonna win anypoints by saying "All you Midwesterners look. . ."

So, I'm totally sorry. What an erffin clod I've been. Bad Fishy.
*fishy bitch slaps self with fin a couple of times.*

I cn't tell aliens from Minnesotans. I'm an incompetent waffleguardian.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:43 am

buckethead alien wrote:Hey Crypto! Nice going over 4,000. Damn. Not that that matters, but, hell. I think it's cool that two of my favorite people are the top 2 and 3 posters.

Well thanks. My personal reacation is perhaps to slink out, but I could be wrong.

It's hard to slink and swim though.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:44 am

Ranger Genius wrote:Hey there, Fishie. How's life. looks like everyone here is hibernating. nope, bucket's alive. Heya.

Life's okay. The mrFishist may be back tonight and if it's not raining, I'm going to chinatown on my day off. I did a massive amount of cleaning over the weekend, so there's even a saintly glow around me. . .

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:45 am

Ranger Genius wrote:I'd like to poof her forbidden fruit!

LOL. Flopping on the floor laughing, even.

Oh forgot to ask, how's by you?