h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Anyone have any ideas for a special tailored to Talk Like a Day?

[Mog] It's ... er ...

[Dylan] ... frigid inside my house, though outside it's slightly too warm for long pants and three layers of shirts. Good thing I brought a fan to class for my laptop ...

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TRANSLATION: oh but we still keep score! you got 14 for fetid!

*The Librarian makes forlorn for 13 at g9... worries about the n in row 15 which may give Lil a possible 3x3 with a bingo... realises would really like to see Lil make that move...*




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*...stares intensely at the IIEM...*

[IIEM]: Pot of Banana Tea, with slices of banana floating, for the orangutan

*...then lopes over to retrieve the pot and teacup, nodding thanks to the IIEM*


i have a board set up too... with the moves on it

*Lil is unable to resist the challenge but has no high-score letters with which to exploit the opening*

OK. At b15, for 27 points cos I got a double letter as well as the triple word, 'detains'.

*closes her eyes and picks six more letters*

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Well, Irv, the day has technically passed, but I've got an idea for a special drink in honor of the NEXT TLAP day that we get to (and heck, what day isn't good for a TLAP day special? Every day should be as fun as TLAP day, right down to the pirate talk.)

Anyway, the name of the drink is "The Snikersnee." It's named after a type of sword that I've always imagined a pirate would have fun using, just because it's so much fun to say with that stereotypical pirate accent.

Start by blending some coffee with an icecicle (like a sword, an icecicle would be cold and sharp.) Add some snickers (or similar candy) along with a small amount of honey. Serve with whipped cream to represent the froth of the open sea.

Sounds good, Affy.

Does it count as "talking like a pirate" if a bunch of lawyers get drunk together and talk about taking people's money?

[Mog]

No, Irv. It's "talk like a pirate day" not "act like a pirate day."

Yesterday we did tax stuff. As in how to stop the Pirates at the IRS from looting our clients. Does that make us privateers? The British Armada?

It would make you heroes, to me.

IIEM, some anticoffee, please. Tomorrow is a two-job day.

[Mog] A two-job day, eh? [sips his usual]

Sorry to hear you're so busy, Lil

*Starts working on the next week's batch of specials*

Okay, so apparently (link: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/blogs/newsbarista/russia-to-citizens-h-7327) there's a region in Russia which gives couples time off work every September 12 to try to conceive a child. Any couple that successfully gives birth on June 12, the following year wins a prize. Were talking appliances and cars.

Anyone else find this thoroughly disturbing?

IIEM, something to settle my stomach please. I feel awful irl

*IIEM gives J'au a strangely bubbling concotion, and a blanket*

*J'au retreats into a corner*

[Mog] [reads the link, then raises hand] I do!

*The Librarian sips his banana tea in contemplation, then places ARTEL under the C, which is at 4h, to make 16 pts with the double word score and 4 more for 'asea'*

ook!

TRANSLATION: 20 pts!


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i think this board is getting very difficult to 'build', what say you? i will keep trying to construct it if you are game

[Mog] Hmm ... IIEM, a usual.

[IIEM] Right, a triple espresso with an extra shot of espresso, and a shot of espresso on the side (with an extra shot of espresso).

[Mog] And make it strong this time.

[Dylan] One for me, too, I decided to count how many times I could tackle Commander Keen II: The Earth Explodes without giving up as that one little red robot in the last level reaches the pinnacle of that wall it's climbing onto and walks right into the electrical hazard, with me dying on said electrical hazard. The answer is "one."

IIEM, please...

*grabs vanilla latte, retires to Deep Purple sofa*

*a distinctive humming and clicking sounds are heard from the broom closet as the cleaning bot detects a mess not close enough but big enough to be picked up by its sensors*

HHMMMMMMMMM!!!!

Someone tell it the cards have been mulched!