Its been nice, but its over

[Socratoad]

You know I just discovered in spades that on message boards all does not appear as it seems. While in the process of trying out a new copy and past program I tried to copy one of my own postings from this board. And guess what I stumbled upon? The posting I was trying to copy pasted with the notification that my post was to be ignored. If I had known about this hidden form of censorship I would never have ever contemplated posting on this board or any other.

This little incident has poisoned my opinion of this board beyond repair and so I bid you all a fond but final farewell :wave:

[livius drusus]

What? Toad I have no idea what you're talking about. We have no such hidden ignore feature anywhere. I don't even think it's possible in vB.

[Dingfod]

WTF?

[livius drusus]

I am seriously about to burst into tears here, Socratoad. What is going on?

[Lauri D]

Me too, Toad... I don't understand. :( I don't think there's anything like that?

[pzmyers]

I think I know.

Look at the top right corner of every post: there's a little link there titled, "Ignore This Post", that you can use to filter out individual articles. Select the complete text for any article, paste it into a text editor, and this is what you see:



* #4 * * * Ignore This Post

Today, 02:54 AM

livius drusus

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Join Date: Apr 2004

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Re: Its been nice, but its over

I am seriously about to burst into tears here, Socratoad. What is going on?


Either Socratoad is pulling everyone's leg, or he's a rather clueless nitwit, and good riddance.

[viscousmemories]

We don't have any hidden ignore features built in to the software. On the contrary we have invested a considerable amount of time, effort and money to customize the software such that it provide every member with the maximum amount of self-determination of content possible. I will gladly help you figure out any technical issues you have with the software, Toad, but I really don't appreciate the insinuation that we have installed or activated any hidden features at all, much less censorship features that would run directly contrary to our stated purpose here.

Oops, cross-posted with pz. Yeah I think that's very likely the problem here. I think clueless nitwit is harsh, but it does seem like a failure on Toad's part to understand the cut and paste effect. He has mentioned before that he's a newb with forum software, so it's not a complete surprise that this would happen.

[wade-w]

You know I just discovered in spades that on message boards all does not appear as it seems. While in the process of trying out a new copy and past program I tried to copy one of my own postings from this board. And guess what I stumbled upon? The posting I was trying to copy pasted with the notification that my post was to be ignored. If I had known about this hidden form of censorship I would never have ever contemplated posting on this board or any other.

This little incident has poisoned my opinion of this board beyond repair and so I bid you all a fond but final farewell :wave:

If nothing else, consider this: Exactly how many of your posts have been ignored? If anything, you get fawned over around here!

[pzmyers]

Dang. I wish I was really stupid, so everyone would forgive me my accusations, instead of thinking me "harsh." Either that, or that I was living in a culture that didn't think "I'm dumb" was a legitimate excuse.

[Ex-zombie]

I saw this on the front page of the forum:

Its been nice, but its over
by viscousmemories (Today 04:04 AM)

Almost had a heart attack!

How dare you scare me like that?

I'm going to have to go get a stiff drink.

[Petra]

Either Socratoad is pulling everyone's leg, or he's a rather clueless nitwit, and good riddance.

That's way too harsh, pz. Jeez, misinterpretations and misunderstandings are a part of the human condition, methinks, and Socratoad must've been feeling vulnerable or something when he saw the 'ignore this post' thing. Hell, I've never noticed an 'ignore this post' feature, but then it's something I've never felt the need to use.

Anyway, whatever triggered Socratoad's reaction, I hope he returns to see that he is not ignored, and is a welcome contributor and character here.

I hope he's ok.

[Lauri D]

Hey pz long time no see.

Your "clueless nitwit and good riddance" thing strikes me as.... I don't know... wait... I've got it...

ASSHOLISH?

Jesus fucking christ, way to be arrogant. Not everybody is so "savvy" to internet protocols as you seem to believe they should be to avoid being called a "nitwit".

I repeat: ASSHOLISH. :madrant:

[livius drusus]

pz doesn't mince words, but neither did Toad. His OP was pretty assholish, after all. The thing is, I don't care. Not at all. Not in the least. I love the blunt bastards and I have exactly zero interest in seeing either of them trashed. It was a mistake. Tears are drying. End of song.

[pzmyers]

You don't have to be savvy. Just look. Every post has an "ignore this post" link in the top right corner. Before getting hurt and accusing others of censorship, it seems the least you'd do is look and see if you were getting singled out.

Like I said, if only I were stupid and unobservant, maybe I wouldn't get called "ASSHOLISH" either.

[viscousmemories]

I didn't mean you were harsh, pz. I just meant that I thought the "clueless nitwit" was harsh. Clueless, sure. But I really don't think Socratoad's a nitwit. He made a mistake and reacted impulsively. Probably it's my tendency to do the same that enables me to be more forgiving of him.

In any case I do hope that in the future people will just ask about such a thing instead of making accusatory posts. I don't think we've said or done anything here to give the impression that we're out to screw anyone over.

[Lauri D]

I shall bite my tongue until the morrow.

Yeah, it'll probably hurt, but whatever.

[Socratoad]

Here the damned fool is. I'm so very sorry that I questioned the honesty of a very honest woman , and so I don't see how I can possibly contribute to this wonderful board after just what happened.

Let me explain before I withdraw to lick my self-inflicted wound:

As Lauri and perhaps most of you know I am very vulnerable right now and may very well remain so. Recently I had two heart attacks and both this board and IIDB have more or less, mostly more become my lifeline to the world. I really am having a hard time functioning and am very frightened that I am losing my faculties. And so tonight in order to lesson the physical pain I smoked a pipefull of grass. I was feeling on top of the world, and so between postings I tried out a new cut/copy/paste program. I picked a post of mine from the Margaret Hassan thread. When I pasted it, there was the complete message and at the top it said ignore this post dated o.1.42 today. The trouble was it did not look at all like the bar at the top of the board interface.

I felt like I had been kicked in the gut, and then with a broken heart I turned around and kicked poor Liv in the gut, not out of any anger, but rather because I could see no other choice.

Dearest Liv and all my other friends on this board and on IIDB I have shattered all my slowly regain self-confidence and feel totally incapable of posting anymore. Whether I ever regain this state of being I simply do not know. All I do know is that I am totally devastated to the point of numbness.

I'm so very sorry Liv your the pain and stress I have caused you. Words just simply do not cover the way I feel. And to everyone else here just carry on and let the memory of this crazy old fool fade as quickly as possible.

If this message seems fairly articulate, please believe me I am feeling anything but.

I may continue to lurk for a wee while if the pain from doing so will allow me.

Toad

PS: sick or not, none of this would have happened if I had not been stoned

[Ex-zombie]

Socratoad,

I don't think what happened had anything to do with you losing your faculties. It was just a mistake. You are always articulate. It would be a shame to see you go over a misunderstanding.

Shit, man. If I stopped posting every time I posted something silly I wouldn't get to post at all.

[Dingfod]

If I stopped posting every time I posted something silly I wouldn't get to post at all.Me, even sooner.

[livius drusus]

Deep breaths, Toad. I'm fine. vm is fine. The board is fine. Your friends will be fine as soon as they're sure you'll be fine. It was just a mistake blown out of proportion by weed paranoia. Next time just ask first, is all.

Now, take it easy, please. Tomorrow you'll be chuckling ruefully over a big bowl of black bean hummus and the only pain will be from your pita-chip distended stomach. :relieved:

[Petra]

Oh, good, everything's back to normal. :cool:

Who wants a Grolsch?

:cheers:

[Lauri D]

A Grolcsch here, if you please :D )

[Lauri D]

I changed my mind. For the love of cheese... self-indulgent, pedantic, emotiphobic (TM) and assorted others make it quite not worth my while. Even despite liv's amazing set of smilies. I just can't get beyond my title, as it it were; so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

WHY THE FUCKING HELL CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG???? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON A MOTHERFUCKING STICK AND DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL EXCEPT OF COURSE THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T (O DO) BELIEVE IN SUCH A MYTHICAL PLACE.

:lalala:

Yes I am becoming aware of the fact that I am a dreamer. A schemer. A something-or-other-weaver; in other words, full of shit.

And THAT, my friends, is as de-fucking-pressing as hell. Er, Hell. Capital H and all.

[Lauri D]

Delete as needed, liv or vm. Inconsequential.

[Dingfod]

{{{{Lauri}}}}

[wade-w]

Ummm... Lauri... what "assorted others?"

[Adora]

¬_¬ Man, why do I always miss the melodramas?

[Dingfod]

{{{{Adora}}}}

I'm just in a hugging mood. I hope you don't mind.

[Brimshack]

I changed my mind. For the love of cheese... self-indulgent, pedantic, emotiphobic (TM) and assorted others make it quite not worth my while. Even despite liv's amazing set of smilies. I just can't get beyond my title, as it it were; so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

WHY THE FUCKING HELL CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG???? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON A MOTHERFUCKING STICK AND DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL EXCEPT OF COURSE THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T (O DO) BELIEVE IN SUCH A MYTHICAL PLACE.

:lalala:

Yes I am becoming aware of the fact that I am a dreamer. A schemer. A something-or-other-weaver; in other words, full of shit.

And THAT, my friends, is as de-fucking-pressing as hell. Er, Hell. Capital H and all.

I for one have never voluntarily taken any illegal drugs in my life, but I would happily smoke up a doobie if it would help me make sense of this post. Toad can you help me with this?

...please.

[Dingfod]

/me offers a big manly hug to Brimshack

[LadyShea]

Toad, shake it off babe....you are loved!

If all the silly, stupid, annoying, hurtful, or skanky things I have said or done while chemically altered were held against me I would have been friendless, homeless, jobless, and celibate some time ago.

Been there, done so much worse

[livius drusus]

If all the silly, stupid, annoying, hurtful, or skanky things I have said or done while chemically altered were held against me I would have been friendless, homeless, jobless, and celibate some time ago.

Oh shit, that's so funny 'cause it's so true. :appl:

[Lauri D]

LOL... indeed, what the lovely Lady said. :bow:

Er, there's really no sense to be made of my post since I was raging against the machine when I wrote it.

liv, do you have a raging PMS smilie? :tiptoe:

[livius drusus]

Weeeell... I do, but it's totally disgusting. I didn't realize that when I uploaded it, and now I can't take it down until I find a replacement that doesn't make me wanna yak. Do a search for pms and you'll see just what I mean, Lauri.

P.S. - I still miss your poppy, but the smooth loveliness of the mother of pearl is growing on me.

[Skep]

PMS ---> http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/PMS.gif

[livius drusus]

I dunno, Skeptoid. What's with the blue tongue? :noid:

[Skep]

Search me. I could make it red if you want to use it.

[livius drusus]

Search me. I could make it red if you want to use it.

That would be awesome, particularly if you were inspired to add a frame showing her bursting into tears after she hollers. :D

[LadyShea]

Search me. I could make it red if you want to use it.

That would be awesome, particularly if you were inspired to add a frame showing her bursting into tears after she hollers. :D

And a third frame of her smiling or laughing.

[livius drusus]

I split the discussion of Lauri's paintings to here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=814).

[livius drusus]

Ladies and gents, I have portentous news. The hideous PMS smilie I uploaded without realizing how repulsive it was has been replaced. Thanks to the indefatigable Skeptoid's efforts, we now have a lady on an emotional rollercoaster to use whenever we need an excuse for acting nuts. :pms:

Thank you, Skeptoid, for your invaluable service to the community. :bow:

[Petra]

PMS?

Oh, that is so last week!

[Skep]

Ladies and gents, I have portentous news. The hideous PMS smilie I uploaded without realizing how repulsive it was has been replaced. Thanks to the indefatigable Skeptoid's efforts, we now have a lady on an emotional rollercoaster to use whenever we need an excuse for acting nuts. :pms:

Thank you, Skeptoid, for your invaluable service to the community. :bow:
Aw, shucks. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/AwShucksBlush.gif

[SharonDee]

PMS?

Oh, that is so last week!
So you don't need it anymore. Gimme dat!
:pms:

[freemonkey]

So, um...... Toad? :wave: Are you still here? :prairiedog:

[Socratoad]

So, um...... Toad? :wave: Are you still here? :prairiedog:

Here I beez freemonkey. I'm just trying to compose my emyions enough to return to the board with a smidgen of dignity.

But I had no choice but to post this before time because you too, as has Liv, chosen to honour little little furry friend Baby Bear.

Cheers, Toad :wave:

[Dingfod]

I'm glad to see that you haven't hopped away and gotten run over by a bus or something.

[livius drusus]

:happywave:

[Corona688]

¬_¬ Man, why do I always miss the melodramas? What, you're complaining? :P

[Corona688]

So, um...... Toad? :wave: Are you still here? :prairiedog:

Here I beez freemonkey. I'm just trying to compose my emyions enough to return to the board with a smidgen of dignity. You never lost it, guy. S'not a big deal.

[Socratoad]

So, um...... Toad? :wave: Are you still here? :prairiedog:

Here I beez freemonkey. I'm just trying to compose my emyions enough to return to the board with a smidgen of dignity. You never lost it, guy. S'not a big deal.

Thanks :wave:

[Shake]

Yeah, what Corona said. I mean, given the circumstances, I can see how you didn't realize that every post on the boards has the phrase "Ignore this post" at the top of it. Simply an option for any user to ignore any post by any other user; it's not specifically aimed at any single user.

Right, vm?

[livius drusus]

I'm not vm, but yup. It's a feature that got quite a bit of use in the Cockroaches (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328) thread. ;)

[Socratoad]

Yeah, what Corona said. I mean, given the circumstances, I can see how you didn't realize that every post on the boards has the phrase "Ignore this post" at the top of it. Simply an option for any user to ignore any post by any other user; it's not specifically aimed at any single user.

Right, vm?

Yeah, I'm still trying to recover from that major embarrassment. I guess it was the way the "ignore" thing copied as text that totally blew my feeble little mind. I am not so versatile as many of you with puter stuff, and so was unaware that it is possible for cut/copy/paste to pick up words outside the text box. Of course being stoned out of my tree certainly was not an asset :blush: :( :blush:

[Nil Desperandum]

Yeah, I'm still trying to recover from that major embarrassment. I guess it was the way the "ignore" thing copied as text that totally blew my feeble little mind. I am not so versatile as many of you with puter stuff, and so was unaware that it is possible for cut/copy/paste to pick up words outside the text box. Of course being stoned out of my tree certainly was not an asset :blush: :( :blush:
Understood, Socratoad. You seem to, however, be a valuable asset to this board.

I can definitely say that it feels akward to be the low-man on the totem pole. I've never felt such jealousy before, and it plucks my insecure strings something fierce.

Keep your head up. We all misinterpret.

Whilst experiencing complete, total, mind-numbing ego death, I accused my wonderful significant other Jamie of not only cheating on me, with my roommate, and a female from Florida she has never met, I also accused her of loving a little puppy more than she did me.

I mean, how can I save face? The only excuse was that I was legally insane at the time! I didn't know my name, couldn't describe a sunrise, and the idea of a "concept" was completely foreign to me.

You want to talk about :blush: ?
:wink:

[livius drusus]

Whilst experiencing complete, total, mind-numbing ego death, I accused my wonderful significant other Jamie of not only cheating on me, with my roommate, and a female from Florida she has never met, I also accused her of loving a little puppy more than she did me.

Oh Nil, I'm sorry but I couldn't help but :giggle: at that. I'm sure it was horrible for the both of you, but now that your ego has come back to life and Jamie remains joyfully by your side, in hindsight the you love a little puppy more than me line is pretty funny.

:glomp2:

[Socratoad]

Understood, Socratoad. You seem to, however, be a valuable asset to this board.

I can definitely say that it feels akward to be the low-man on the totem pole. I've never felt such jealousy before, and it plucks my insecure strings something fierce.

Keep your head up. We all misinterpret.

Whilst experiencing complete, total, mind-numbing ego death, I accused my wonderful significant other Jamie of not only cheating on me, with my roommate, and a female from Florida she has never met, I also accused her of loving a little puppy more than she did me.

I mean, how can I save face? The only excuse was that I was legally insane at the time! I didn't know my name, couldn't describe a sunrise, and the idea of a "concept" was completely foreign to me.

You want to talk about :blush: ?
:wink:

Geez Nil Desperandum, that does sound grim :( I hope that you have been able to climb out of that hole.

[Nil Desperandum]

Oh Nil, I'm sorry but I couldn't help but :giggle: at that. I'm sure it was horrible for the both of you, but now that your ego has come back to life and Jamie remains joyfully by your side, in hindsight the you love a little puppy more than me line is pretty funny.

:glomp2:
I was quite literally retarded. I thought we were on a tropical beach,and she was tanning... hallucinogens, particularly those chemically similar to psilocin/psilocybin *cough tryptamines* tend to cause blackouts.

Ego death is nothing short of pretty, but when a loved one is in fact taking care of you, you cannot help but fall in love with them even more at the onset of said ludicrous declarations.

Chris

[Nil Desperandum]

Geez Nil Desperandum, that does sound grim :( I hope that you have been able to climb out of that hole.
Crap. My intention wasn't to get attention by that, but merely to say that we do silly things sometimes.... after chemically altering ourselves.

I had full-fledged ego death (I do not know who I am, where I am, what I am doing, nor does *anything* whatsoever make ANY SENSE. I couldn't say my name, and it literally took me 10-15 minutes to try and describe a sunrise...), precognition (I knew what was going to happen seconds before it happened, and this went on for a good 2 hours), and the obvious hallucinations...

Anyway! NO need to hijack. This isn't about me.

I wanted to describe similarity, tell you it is ok, and that you are so very welcome here that to think otherwise is to fool yourself.

Stay. Many of us wish this.

Chris

[livius drusus]

Ohh... It was a shroom-induced ego death. Say no more. I dig the shroomage, but I've never gone past a level 3 trip precisely because I feared crossing that threshold.

[Nil Desperandum]

Actually, a Research-Chemical-3-Times-As-Potent-As-Psilocin-induced ego death. ;)

It was a ++++ by all means.

[livius drusus]

Actually, a Research-Chemical-3-Times-As-Potent-As-Psilocin-induced ego death. ;)

It was a ++++ by all means.
Oh shit. You mean I uploaded :shrooms: for nothing? :D

[Nil Desperandum]

LOL.

Perhaps a pile of white powder would do. :comfy:

[wade-w]

Ohh... It was a shroom-induced ego death. Say no more. I dig the shroomage, but I've never gone past a level 3 trip precisely because I feared crossing that threshold.

But liv... crossing that threshold is the whole point of taking hallucinagenic drugs!

[Nil Desperandum]

Wade, some people aren't comfortable completely letting go of all control. I think, though, that certain people choose to let go completely, and never want to look back, and at that moment, they cease to live.

[viscousmemories]

I've never experienced the full on ego-death, but I have experienced tripping hard on shrooms while marching down the Street of Tears in Berlin, sardined between a million people who were mostly speaking languages I don't understand and unable to escape the crowd for what seemed like an eternity. That wasn't fun.

[Socratoad]

Ohh... It was a shroom-induced ego death. Say no more. I dig the shroomage, but I've never gone past a level 3 trip precisely because I feared crossing that threshold.

But liv... crossing that threshold is the whole point of taking hallucinagenic drugs!

But but wade, perhaps like Bill, she never inhaled :giggle:

[livius drusus]

But liv... crossing that threshold is the whole point of taking hallucinagenic drugs!

Ya know, they say that, but uncontrollable laughter followed by visual and auditory hallucinations make a fine point for me. Try going through Janson's History of Art on a nice, calm, ego-retaining trip somethime. It's so awesomely worth it. :cloud9:

[livius drusus]

But but wade, perhaps like Bill, she never inhaled :giggle:

Hey! Take that back, you! I have a rep to protect. :shakefist:

[Shake]

I'm not vm, but yup. It's a feature that got quite a bit of use in the Cockroaches (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328) thread. ;)
Ooo! I hadn't seen that thread yet! Thanks, liv!

[livius drusus]

Ooo! I hadn't seen that thread yet! Thanks, liv!
Oh man... What have I done?! :yell:

[Dingfod]

But but wade, perhaps like Bill, she never inhaled :giggle:

Hey! Take that back, you! I have a rep to protect. :shakefist:You can kiss that Secretary-General gig goodbye then.

[bobeh]

Although not a frequent "post"er...this thread comes close to amazing me. I've been gone for a couple of days and so have the advantage, I guess, of not having lived through it.

The emotional content here is almost overwhelming. I feel for you Toad....been there, done that sort of thing. Hope you can move beyond the place where you feel mortified or whatever combination of feelings those are. Arm around the shoulder there buddy.

And what crazy male thing makes me want to crawl across a mile of broken glass to give Liv and Laurie hugs.

Think I'll re-read this one.

Make love not war - that's a great idea.

[livius drusus]

That's so charmingly kind of you, bobeh. Thank you sweetly. Here, no need for the broken class. We've got smilies. :hug: :hugsmile: :glomp2:

[Lauri D]

That's so charmingly kind of you, bobeh. Thank you sweetly. Here, no need for the broken class. We've got smilies. :hug: :hugsmile: :glomp2: Now that's not very nice liv, I think bobeh has plenty of class. ;)

Please don't hurt me. :bouquet:

[livius drusus]

Oh my god that's so horrible. So, so horrible...

/me keens

[Lauri D]

Gah, not the keening.... nooooo...

I couldn't help myself. Evil like the fru-it of the devil and all...

[Socratoad]

Oh please PLEASE don't keen, tis more than a gentle Toad :toad: can stand. :(

[livius drusus]

It's okay, darlin's. I went smilie shopping and now I feel all better. :bundance:
:octopus:

[beyelzu]

It's okay, darlin's. I went smilie shopping and now I feel all better. :bundance:
:octopus:
that bunny dance one is cool.

[livius drusus]

He sure can shake that ass, can't he? Does this mean you don't like the octopus? I think he's just stellarly animated, and besides, he'll make Joe really happy.

[viscousmemories]

The octo is cool. The bunny is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.

[Socratoad]

He sure can shake that ass, can't he? Does this mean you don't like the octopus? I think he's just stellarly animated, and besides, he'll make Joe really happy.

Thats not an octopussy :octopus: , its a squid, she told me so. :toad:

[beyelzu]

He sure can shake that ass, can't he? Does this mean you don't like the octopus? I think he's just stellarly animated, and besides, he'll make Joe really happy.
actually, the octopus is indeed "stellarly animated" but the bunny is just so fucking cute, that frankly the bunny wins the "Get beyelzu to comment on me" award, hands down.

[Corona688]

Of course being stoned out of my tree certainly was not an asset There are worse things to post under the influence. "HPSPPY XHIRSTAD!" comes to mind.

[livius drusus]

Thats not an octopussy :octopus: , its a squid, she told me so. :toad:
She's a liar! Okay I admit I just went with the filename. I added squid as a keyword, though; that has to count for something.

[beyelzu]

Thats not an octopussy :octopus: , its a squid, she told me so. :toad:
She's a liar! Okay I admit I just went with the filename. I added squid as a keyword, though; that has to count for something.
I dont understand. That is an octopus isnt it? It has the right number of legs and a big fucking head and I damn sure dont see a beak between its legs, why would anyone think its a squid?


btw, if the squid thing was just a joke, I apologize in advance for being obtuse.

[Socratoad]

Thats not an octopussy :octopus: , its a squid, she told me so. :toad:
She's a liar! Okay I admit I just went with the filename. I added squid as a keyword, though; that has to count for something.

Yabut, she's a beautiful talented liar :yup:

[Clutch Munny]

Dang. I wish I was really stupid...


Are you sure you haven't wished this before?

Like, over a birthday cake or something?


:wink:

Ah, now, you did kinda lead with your chin...

[livius drusus]

I dont understand. That is an octopus isnt it? It has the right number of legs and a big fucking head and I damn sure dont see a beak between its legs, why would anyone think its a squid?

Sheeit, don't ask me, but Doctor Toadlittle has forgotten more about animals than I'll ever know, so if he calls squid I gotta take that to heart.

[Socratoad]

I dont understand. That is an octopus isnt it? It has the right number of legs and a big fucking head and I damn sure dont see a beak between its legs, why would anyone think its a squid?

Sheeit, don't ask me, but Doctor Toadlittle has forgotten more about animals than I'll ever know, so if he calls squid I gotta take that to heart.

OK everybody calm down. Toad was just trying his feeble best to be humorous. He really did not look very closely. ya see even Toad :toad: here is actually a frog, butcha don't hear me quibbling

Stay tuned though Toad :toad: will shortly share an octopus story with all of you, but only if you wash your hands and face and get into your jammies.

[Petra]

Squid porn!

That sexy, leggy, undulating creature makes me wanna look at Japanese lithographs all day.

[Petra]

Stay tuned though Toad :toad: will shortly share an octopus story with all of you, but only if you wash your hands and face and get into your jammies.


Hey, it's only 2pm over here - I ain't even out of my jammies yet!


Uhhh...something tells me this is nothing to be proud of. Better go jump in the shower and get me dressed. :yup:


And then I can get into my jammies ready for a story! Yayyy! :glomp2:

[Ex-zombie]

I dont understand. That is an octopus isnt it? It has the right number of legs and a big fucking head and I damn sure dont see a beak between its legs, why would anyone think its a squid?

Sheeit, don't ask me, but Doctor Toadlittle has forgotten more about animals than I'll ever know, so if he calls squid I gotta take that to heart.

OK everybody calm down. Toad was just trying his feeble best to be humorous. He really did not look very closely. ya see even Toad :toad: here is actually a frog, butcha don't hear me quibbling

Stay tuned though Toad :toad: will shortly share an octopus story with all of you, but only if you wash your hands and face and get into your jammies.


I want hot chocolate. :please:

[beyelzu]

Stay tuned though Toad :toad: will shortly share an octopus story with all of you, but only if you wash your hands and face and get into your jammies.


Hey, it's only 2pm over here - I ain't even out of my jammies yet!


Uhhh...something tells me this is nothing to be proud of. Better go jump in the shower and get me dressed. :yup:


And then I can get into my jammies ready for a story! Yayyy! :glomp2:


and there you have it folks, another day well spent.

noon: wake up and surf internet
2pm out of jammies shower and back online
2:15 pm toad's story
3 pm bedtime :D

[livius drusus]

/me passes some :hotchoc: to Ex-zombie and settles down for story time.

[Lauri D]

Jammies on!
Hands and face are squeaky clean!
Making hot chocolate to share with ex-Zombie (mine has Kahlua, want some?)

/me sits by the fire and waits expectantly

:yup:

[Ex-zombie]

Are Liv and Lauri sitting next to me because of my custom title?

You two are supposed to listen to the story, you know.

[Socratoad]

OK everybody Toad just came hopping back dressed in his little velvet Jammies and bearing a huge pot of hot chocolate.

Did I tell ya all that this is a true story? Once upon a time, not soooooo very long ago a man had a small pet octopus that he kept in a huge aquarium in his basement. This man also kept several tankfuls of rather exotic tropical and salt waters fishes.

After a while this man noticed that his fish were disappearing. Suspecting the octopus to be the culprit. He watched carefully but he never saw the octopus leave its tank, and yet the fish continued to disappear.

These fish were rather expensive and not easily replaced so the guy put a plywood top on the octopus's tank, and for good measure put a cement block on top of that. Still the fish disappeared. Then he noticed a wet trail across the floor. pretending to leave he later quietly snuck down to the basement and waited.

The hours passed, then he heard the top moving on the octopus tank. Out came the octopus, slid down the side of the tank, crept across the floor, up and into one of the fish tanks and enjoyed the living buffet within. Still the guy did nothing but observe. After satiating itself the octopus climbed back out, reversed the procedure and then slowly replaced the tank cover so that there was no obvious clues as to its escapade.

Thats it folks.

The whole family of octopuses/octopi, squid and various others of that family are extremely intelligent, and certainly would be a worthy subject of further study.

Now wash yer sticky hands and off to bed.

[Socratoad]

Oh hell Toad did not know that you pipples was gonna make yer own drinks.

[livius drusus]

That's such a great story, Toad. I totally believe it too, and not just because I've been sneaking shots of Lauri's Kahlua behind her back while Ex-zombie ran interference either.

I used to be freaked out by octopi due to childhood trauma in Greece involving a huge tentacle replete with suction cups proffered as snack food, but just a few months ago, I was home sick from work and I happened upon a documentary on octopuses. When I saw what incredible escape artists they are, how the lab techs are constantly having to chase them down in the morning cause they've spent the night getting out their tanks and partying, how adorably molluskular they are, well, I just fell in love.

Will you get me an octupus, Uncle Toad? Pleeeeeeaaase? I promise I'll take good care of him. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaase? :naughty:

[beyelzu]

OK everybody Toad just came hopping back dressed in his little velvet Jammies and bearing a huge pot of hot chocolate.

Did I tell ya all that this is a true story? Once upon a time, not soooooo very long ago a man had a small pet octopus that he kept in a huge aquarium in his basement. This man also kept several tankfuls of rather exotic tropical and salt waters fishes.

After a while this man noticed that his fish were disappearing. Suspecting the octopus to be the culprit. He watched carefully but he never saw the octopus leave its tank, and yet the fish continued to disappear.

These fish were rather expensive and not easily replaced so the guy put a plywood top on the octopus's tank, and for good measure put a cement block on top of that. Still the fish disappeared. Then he noticed a wet trail across the floor. pretending to leave he later quietly snuck down to the basement and waited.

The hours passed, then he heard the top moving on the octopus tank. Out came the octopus, slid down the side of the tank, crept across the floor, up and into one of the fish tanks and enjoyed the living buffet within. Still the guy did nothing but observe. After satiating itself the octopus climbed back out, reversed the procedure and then slowly replaced the tank cover so that there was no obvious clues as to its escapade.

Thats it folks.

The whole family of octopuses/octopi, squid and various others of that family are extremely intelligent, and certainly would be a worthy subject of further study.

Now wash yer sticky hands and off to bed.


badass, that is so cool.

he actually walked accross floor to get to the other tanks? regardless it actually spent time out of water?

Iwonder how long an octopus can hold its breath.

[Lauri D]

Heyyyy.... WTF happened to all my Kahlua? :P

That is a priceless story, Toad. Kinda freaky but priceless nonetheless. What did you to do prevent future living buffet feedings by the guilty octopus in question?

(Oh and if I have octopi nightmares tonight I'm gonna blame it on you! ;) )

[Socratoad]

Heyyyy.... WTF happened to all my Kahlua? :P

That is a priceless story, Toad. Kinda freaky but priceless nonetheless. What did you to do prevent future living buffet feedings by the guilty octopus in question?

(Oh and if I have octopus nightmares tonight I'm gonna blame it on you! ;) )

No no Lauri, I was not the guy in the story, but I did contact him after I read about his experiences.

The story was in some scientific magazine several years ago.


Octopi can live for a considerably long time out of water ...... several hours.

[Ymir's blood]

There was a documentary once that showed footage of a captured octopus escaping from a ship. The thing slipped out of the aquarium it had been placed in and scuttled across the deck to the railing and over the side. Smart little bugger. :yup:

[Lauri D]

Oh! Gotcha. Well then I guess I can't blame you if I have the nightmares. Oh wait I still can, because you relayed it :P

In any case, I don't think I will be ordering calamari anytime soon. I'd be too prone to a psychomatic certainty that there was *something* creeping around in my belly! :eek:

[Socratoad]

Oh! Gotcha. Well then I guess I can't blame you if I have the nightmares. Oh wait I still can, because you relayed it :P

In any case, I don't think I will be ordering calamari anytime soon. I'd be too prone to a psychomatic certainty that there was *something* creeping around in my belly! :eek:

Ya, plus they're so smart, it is sorta like eating a member of the family.