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recordari

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:15:08 +1200

Positive vibing away. I suspect wild horses couldn't keep you away.

Islander, thanks for that. I'll be practicing my glottal stop.

Jackie Clark

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:13:04 +1200

I too send you healing energy, Emma. And I would send you Ruby because she has very special magic powers. She can put a smile on anyone's face. I suspect your cat wouldn't be happy but. So plain old woowoo vibes it is.

Hilary Stace

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:55:21 +1200

Sending quantum healing energies and wellness spells your way, Emma.

Islander

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:36:45 +1200

I’ve just resurrected my Nanna’s voice and ‘nicht-gown’ was pronounced by her as something rather like ‘nig*ht-y gown’ with some indescribable glottal going on at *-
o hell, why didnt we have small recorders around while the olds still were? Mary Ann Yorston Matches was born here in the 1880s…

Emma Hart

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:25:16 +1200

Al has been a huge help.

And if you'd all like to put your hippy-dippy positive energies together and try to ensure I get well again before Thursday, that'd be awesome.

Islander

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:01:39 +1200

"Wee Willie Winkie" was originally in Scots English, and was a very early version of "Now Go the F**k to Sleep"

"Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town
Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-gown
Tirling at the window, crying at the lock
Are the weans in their bed,…

recordari

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:10:27 +1200

One more time...

recordari

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:07:58 +1200

Just because.

ETA: Oh, blankity blank!

recordari

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:16:36 +1200

I grok le tutor

A croq', Monsieur?

Please, no ham and cheese.

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,
Tapping at the window and crying through the lock,
Are all the children in their beds, it's past eight o'clock?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:09:22 +1200

a sacred cacao...
The winkie is in the cauldron of molten chocolate
and will emerge as a winkie bar.
...penis on the half shell?
I grok le tutor

Hilary Stace

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:10:54 +1200

The winkie is in the cauldron of molten chocolate and will emerge as a winkie bar.

nzlemming

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:27:48 +1200

Mwahaha!

Bart Janssen

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:55:55 +1200

No, not here too! This is my refuge!

nzlemming

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:49:14 +1200

They may have been genetically modified ;-)

Bart Janssen

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:07:40 +1200

stones

His stones are missing too?

nzlemming

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:03:18 +1200

Yes, I myself find him ore inspiring

Ores are found in stones, which brings us back to the medication question some pages ago...

recordari

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:32:13 +1200

I am in constant awe of the way your mind works Ian
Yes, I myself find him ore inspiring.
Where is the Winkie of St Richie?
Did the winkle-picker wearing witch put the winkie in the wicker wardrobe with the Lions?

It might have been Wilkinson's sword that got the…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:16:43 +1200

Every time I see OGB I can only think of

Well, I, for one, hope you can find the wherewithall to drag your sorry ass up here for a splendid night on the town or I shall take Pun a tive measures…

Bart Janssen

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:58:08 +1200

I am in constant awe of the way your mind works Ian

Bart Janssen

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:57:43 +1200

We’re at the witch’s place. Where is the Winkie of St Richie?

Well she's a witch so it will be in plain sight but look like something else entirely. Maybe a beautiful bronze sculpture by the gate, you know the kind everyone runs their hand over as they walk past…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:42:28 +1200

Mains-dream media...
I’ve worked out which bit I’ll be using for the OGB...
Every time I see OGB I can only think of the OGB restaurant
now in limbo in the Old Government Building in the Square...

Where's Oor Wullie ...
We’re at the witch’s place. Where is the Winkie…

Emma Hart

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:18:45 +1200

And while you’re in there, could you get that ‘I wanna ruck ‘n’ roll all night, and every day’ ear worm out of my damn head.

Have been working in Wham! lyrics. Three hours of "Club Tropicana" earworm this morning. I am my own worst enemy*.

*Okay, no, I'm not.…

recordari

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:38:03 +1200

Under the ruck

Stuck between a ruck and a hard place?

And while you're in there, could you get that 'I wanna ruck 'n' roll all night, and every day' ear worm out of my damn head.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:27:29 +1200

Where is the Winkie of St Richie?

Swallowed by an angelic sea monster?
Oh!, the Huge Manatee...

Sacha

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:10:26 +1200

Where is the Winkie of St Richie?

Under the ruck

Emma Hart

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:53:17 +1200

Heyas. I'm still going... though I've worked out which bit I'll be using for the OGB, I still want to finish the story, which has a startlingly coherent actual plot. Sort of. In a way. Also strongly tempted to try to record this as a full-cast audiobook the next time…

Islander

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:34:21 +1200

Yesss!

Steve Barnes

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:25:26 +1200

You may have to look it up in, wait for it.... Wickerpedia
Boom Boom

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:06:23 +1200

Newtonian optics...
eye of newt
I think it was Peter Cook who said:
"I have a pet newt called Tiny
I call him Tiny because he's my newt"

Or was Cook's the legal rant objecting to
someone being described as "pissed as a newt"
as he knew many sober newts…

Hilary Stace

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:19:58 +1200

Fascinating piece of trivia (well I think so). It's re eye of newt which was mentioned a few pages back, and has been long linked with witches' potions. In the latest New Scientist (16 July p 15) is a report that scientists have found that newts have the remarkable ability…

recordari

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:05:08 +1200

From behind him he heard the brown coated man shout
“Live long and prosper …”
Meanwhile the Dread Pirate Robertson was back from Japan, and sick of coaching teenagers, longed for the big time. Brad was his ticket back, if only he could revive him in time. Having been lead…

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:24:08 +1200

Okay. Richmond the pink-shirted whistle-fondling referee is being attacked by zombie rugby players. We need to free him from this situation so he can board Ellerslie Panmure’s pirate ship for the trip down the Avon and round to Governor’s Bay.

Creative solutions?

PAS style, I think he should be hoist…

Bart Janssen

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:47:28 +1200

Oh Bart. You know I love you, right?

aw shucks

Emma Hart

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:27:35 +1200

Oh Bart. You know I love you, right?

Lyndon Hood

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:21:34 +1200

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he kill fifteen zombies or just forteen?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as the only way to kill a zombie is destroy the brains or take it's head clean off, you've…

Bart Janssen

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:42:53 +1200

He stepped out of the shadows his long brown coat swinging open
"Damned if I know how I got here, and really – pink?" he drawled.

"Looks like we got us a problem with reanimation, I strongly recommend running, that is unless that whistle has unusual attributes"

"I'll draw them…

recordari

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:40:43 +1200

(and where’s that attachment function gone again?)

It got ssh rm attach.©odwinned. Orsum tink.

Sacha

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:23:53 +1200

Pink shirt, you say.

(and where's that attachment function gone again?)

Emma Hart

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:09:37 +1200

Syntax, Sin Tax, now there's a thought.

'S'called "excise tax", isn't it?

Okay. Richmond the pink-shirted whistle-fondling referee is being attacked by zombie rugby players. We need to free him from this situation so he can board Ellerslie Panmure's pirate ship for the trip down the Avon and round to…

Steve Barnes

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:00:40 +1200

Hmmm: stretching the syntax just a weeeee bit there Steve B!

Syntax, Sin Tax, now there's a thought. The "Conservatives" would pay dearly.
;-)

Bart Janssen

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:50:05 +1200

stretching the syntax just a weeeee bit there

You say that like it's a bad thing

Islander

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:51:56 +1200

*Geologist.

Sweet!

recordari

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:03:33 +1200

(did someone say the manatee was an angel? Yes they did.)

An angle [sic] at my table. Obtuse triangular redheads in a royal romp. Well, it’s not necessarily in the right Frame, but dammit, Janet, Dr Scott, Janet, Brad, Rocky.*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfNfQixs8yA&feature=related

*Geologist.

Jane Pearson

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:59:20 +1200

There is something heartbreakingly haunting about that photo.

Islander

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:20:28 +1200

Hmmm: stretching the syntax just a weeeee bit there Steve B!

Steve Barnes

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:01:24 +1200

some researchers didnt believe human babies could feel pain – let alone apes & other mammals

In this respect I must agree with the researchers. Human babies should not be feeling apes or other mammals, think of the bacteria,. Does nobody think of the children?

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:25:10 +1200

Event horrors on...
Better version of the photo of
the dark heart of Chch

Islander

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:21:38 +1200

Abso-bloody-lutely!
I dont own a pet (the axolotyl just inhabits its tank) but all the family dogowners can give examples of when their dog has crossed permitted boundaries and displays appeasive or ‘guilty’ behaviour.
Let’s remember that some researchers didnt believe human babies could feel pain – let alone apes…

Steve Barnes

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:42:08 +1200

Research confirms

That most researchers don't understand dogs.
;-)

Sacha

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:29:48 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6btHoev9xg

andin

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:58:04 +1200

Lets hope it doesnt think like a dog.
[[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/08/defence-dogs-john-bradshaw-review | Research confirms that most dog owners are convinced their dogs can feel and display complex emotions – particularly guilt. In fact, there is almost no evidence for this; dogs simply do not have the self-awareness for such emotions. But in…

Emma Hart

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:27:47 +1200

Struggling to figure out how this could be incorporated into the narrative.

I've already worked in one Whedonverse joke (did someone say the manatee was an angel? Yes they did.) This must be doable.

Bart Janssen

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:41:27 +1200

Struggling to figure out how this could be incorporated into the narrative.

Lyndon Hood

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:39:45 +1200

After describing how I look today, I have just been told "Mr Stubble and the Camo Coat" would make a good sort story.

Consider it yours.

I didn't mention my red and purple wooly hat and scarf.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:58:12 +1200

John Key on wild goose chase
despite his protestations of wishing to help with rebuilding Chch (and therefore this story) he has been lead up a garden path by malignant sprites, and has headed off to the USA apparently in search of the Holy Grail!

...and as the TPPA deal…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:45:35 +1200

sonofagun...
Stenson – Golf? Pah!
obviously this is an offspring of a sten gun.
This Oliphant chappie is clearly a Top Gun,
with a head-mounted sub-submachine gun
– shooting mean looks about the place....

the ongoing PAStiche...
I've been thinking some more about Sayana's excellent page 1 suggestion of alternate…

andin

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:45:32 +1200

Are you suggesting it was a simple typo?
Well there we were transfixed by the awesome funkness of a pre-white Michael Jackson. The next song kicked in and up a gear Ulrich was deadset certain the lyric mentioned heads. But I think he …wanted to be starting something ....damn Stenson!…

Bart Janssen

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:56:46 +1200

a stetson

Are you suggesting it was a simple typo?

Nah I'm sure there is a reason for the Swedish golfer I just want to understand it.

Lilith __

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:30:54 +1200

why is he wearing a Swedish golfer on his head?

I think a stetson might be the thing! Stubble optional.

Bart Janssen

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:31 +1200

an a stenson on his head

I'm confused, why is he wearing a Swedish golfer on his head? Not that I'm worried about the concept just trying to get to grips with the imagery.

Phil fryer

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:04:38 +1200

It musta been rainy morning,coulda been a rainy night,when Tim Oliphant
swaggered into town,smile on his face,an a stenson on his head,the p dealers left town,vertical smiles widened,gays got frisky,& the beat goes on !

Steve Barnes

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:14:57 +1200

Mononoke" is especially hard to get out your head...

And Bukakei is hard to get out of your hair, these Japanese have some strange kinkies
There you go, international smut...
;-)

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:05:14 +1200

Born again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtcq8RDDPFU
Striking resemblance to Citizen Kane....
and some great sound bites (nudge – Media 7):
“A newspaper can create great controversies, stir up arguments within the community, can throw lights on injustices,” he said, “just as it can do the opposite: hide things, be a great power for…

icehawk

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:27:47 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

In Aotearoa the genre has long roots. The old story of ground-meets-sky and fuck!

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:40:46 +1200

Rupert the Peer

Fry and Laurie, brilliant as always:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aZcsY-O8Q

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:32:15 +1200

Steam smut...
this could get some traction with that flakey
black eared fun guy Sooty at the wheel...

guess this whole phone hacking thing means
we won't be seeing Rupert the Peer...

Islander

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:03:24 +1200

Maybe – consider the attraction of dirty young females – or same, cleaning up dirt.
I *am* thinking of Hayao Miyazaki's devotion to this meme*

*Yep. Have all his works with English track or subtitles. "Princess Mononoke" is especially hard to get out your head...

Emma Hart

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:50:38 +1200

From what I can gather, Emma needs no help whatsoever in injecting any kind of smut in any kind of degree into any kind of kink or scene or story or romance whatsoever- I think-

Aw, thank you.

And yeah, still writing. Weekends insane. Smut appreciated.

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:44:18 +1200

<3 steampunk!

Islander

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:42:17 +1200

ooo! Steam punk? I come from the capital! And have "Steam Boy"!

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:40:56 +1200

She probably needs some help injecting some smut into to story

Suggest steam train or tugboat. Steamy, smutty.

Islander

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:39:56 +1200

From what I can gather, Emma needs no help whatsoever in injecting any kind of smut in any kind of degree into any kind of kink or scene or story or romance whatsoever- I think-

Bart Janssen

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:22:51 +1200

She probably needs some help injecting some smut into to story

recordari

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:59:27 +1200

And, I lurve "The Princess Bride."

+1 million.

Yeah, I'm going to the OGB, but was just wondering how Emma was getting on with the PA story, and wondered if she wanted us to explore any new territory. Not that we usually need much encouragement.

Islander

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:22:10 +1200

Urm (again) – I think it's for folk who go to the great Orcon blend.
The rest of us were just having our leetle playful bits with what was going round.

And, I lurve "The Princess Bride."

recordari

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:11:05 +1200

So, just to recap. Actually, I have not the faintest idea what's happening. Anyone? Emma? Are we there yet? Did the ship sink? Is there anything you need from us, umm, whatsits?

Inconceivably, today I discovered a whole new genre on YouTube. FanTrailer.

This one seemed... apposite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVBWubmcpbw

Islander

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:33:23 +1200

Ys'm.

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:31:01 +1200

I'm pretty sure the Global Feminist Borg Collective has assimilated all chocolate to its own ends. Sayin'.

Sacha

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:20:30 +1200

Hey, I would have made the same assumption :)

Seems a good story element, in any case.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:00:06 +1200

Sacha, it's not about logic. I found this place on a drive around Governors Bay last year. Was there all of about 10 minutes as driver was in a hurry. The beautiful setting and the exquisite chocolate (I think I bought something Mayan) made an impression and I didn't remember…

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:59:09 +1200

Hah! But thanks for the groovy foody tunes. I think this is my personal favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FaNzrtu0KM&feature=relmfu

recordari

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:30:43 +1200

Vegetable love?

I am not responsible for this. It was that green grosser from the south.

Anyway, everyone knows we loves the Falafels more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSEamixCr7s

ETA: That is now my favourite food song, of all time!
ETA2: Apart from this one about hummus.

Sacha

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:00:10 +1200

it is not feminist chocolate (which was my assumption from the name)

Sidhe are similarly not feminist game developers, despite the pronunciation of their name. :)

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:48:39 +1200

Vegetable love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCWdfJ1wzsk

Tamsin6

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:28:38 +1200

Lettuce not to the marriage of true minds
Admit implements.

Oh wait, it's 'let me'. Well, having peaked, I shall retire to my chambermaid.

I love how this story is developing some vegetable love...how Marvellous....

Hilary Stace

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:03:33 +1200

Ian Dalziel, thank you so much for that link. That is the place, and there are glimpses of the garden in that video clip. But it is not feminist chocolate (which was my assumption from the name), but Spiritual Human Evolution chocolate! And they have a chocolate bus.

Islander

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:16:34 +1200

O I think it's mesnt to be a total raveldom Geoff...notes "Meek's Cutoff" for films to pursue later-

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:07:10 +1200

My tiny brain would be sorely over-taxed if I attempted to unravel the conversation here..but Lucy mentions Westerns. I have been away in Melbourne and one of the best things I did there (in addition to talking to Henry Jenkins via videolink to Rio) was see Meek's Cutoff (due to…

recordari

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:21:09 +1200

ship of fools....

Wow, what a combo!

Since you brought him up, I think we've been here before, but not since Feb 22.

John Cale in Christchurch, 1983. I Keep A Close Watch, for you all rolling in the deep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td5ggufGakU

Emma Hart

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:16:13 +1200

Or a shipment of hair straighteners

Jus' sayin' an all, but Dan Carter owns twenty times more shoes than I do.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:47:56 +1200

...near Governors Bay right?

I see a product placement deal in the making ...

Megan Wegan

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:44:55 +1200

Or a shipment of hair straighteners.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:32:53 +1200

Oi! We would never so sully the brilliance of our beautiful, beautiful back line. A barrel of Cheekbone Sculpt, maybe.

Just checking to see if you were watching – how about moisturizing facial scrub :P

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:28:09 +1200

the ship of fools....
One sinks
And all aboard are lost to the deeps save one, clinging desperately to a barrel filled with anabolic steroids destined for the red and blacks, he is washed ashore and found by a chocolatier out for her midnight walk along rocks...
...near Governors Bay…

Emma Hart

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:16:06 +1200

clinging desperately to a barrel filled with anabolic steroids destined for the red and blacks

Oi! We would never so sully the brilliance of our beautiful, beautiful back line. A barrel of Cheekbone Sculpt, maybe.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:06:33 +1200

One sinks

And all aboard are lost to the deeps save one, clinging desperately to a barrel filled with anabolic steroids destined for the red and blacks, he is washed ashore and found by a chocolatier out for her midnight walk along rocks.

wendyf

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:58:38 +1200

One sinks.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:55:02 +1200

There should be five ships.

That pass each other in the night?

recordari

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:54:47 +1200

Cos : a lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head... *

Lettuce not to the marriage of true minds
Admit implements.

Oh wait, it's 'let me'. Well, having peaked, I shall retire to my chambermaid.

wendyf

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:50:02 +1200

There should be five ships.

Emma Hart

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:17:03 +1200

Emma. Please also include this verbatim. Cos: Fucking brilliant.

I shall certainly try.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:16:19 +1200

The Romaines of the Salad Days...
Cos: Fucking brilliant.
Cos : a lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head... *

*looks a bit like Macaw 7 a.k.a. St Richie

recordari

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:49:54 +1200

Cos: Fucking brilliant.

Thank you! Might just put that on a badge. PB FTW! ;-)

Megan Wegan

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:41:19 +1200

“Help, I’m sinking” cried the lead character whose name I don’t know yet, as she slipped off the bottom rung of the threaded ladder.

“Wesley, where the bloody hell are you?” she protested.

“Aaaaas yoooou wiiiiish!”

Emma. Please also include this verbatim. Cos: Fucking brilliant.

recordari

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:21:13 +1200

"Help, I'm sinking" cried the lead character whose name I don't know yet, as she slipped off the bottom rung of the threaded ladder.

"Wesley, where the bloody hell are you?" she protested.

"Aaaaas yoooou wiiiiish!"

Tamsin6

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:51:53 +1200

Tamsin lurched under the force of her boss' wrath.

That's uncanny – have you been following me to work?

Islander

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:09:45 +1200

O Jackie! I do miss those people so much- but Taua Fan's kete is now safely esconsed in a family house. It contains some of the things I want to hand on to younger generations and – yep, I dont trust this* place to last a lot longer-

Big O

Jackie Clark

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:50:52 +1200

And a beautiful column it is too. I didn't find the geomorphology one – I got stuck on the lovely post about your gift kete.

tussock

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:34:52 +1200

Needs more Orcs from Mordor, hunting unionised actors at government expense. The actors have been playing the stormtroopers, but aren't actually Māori at all. Hone's outraged, but the Maori party explains it's the cost of being in government.

The ACTzis™©, the ones in the Orc suits, they'll sue. They were…

Lilith __

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:48:48 +1200

Speaking of ships (as Megan was, some way upthread), I'm hoping to meet an intrepid band of Avonsiders in houseboats at some point in the story. Jolisa's young friend was onto something there!

Islander

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:30:17 +1200

Oooooo!

recordari

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:25:24 +1200

(sorry to be circuitous

It's the circle of life, or alternatively the big O. ;-)

Islander

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:22:54 +1200

No worries Lilith – and thank you!

Lilith __

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:16:56 +1200

Indeed, I clicked through from Recordari's stormtooper link. (sorry to be circuitous, just trying to respect everyone's privacy)

Islander

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:09:42 +1200

Jackie, I think Lilith is referring to the column I write for my tribe's quarterly* magazine, "Te Karaka"...you can probably find it on-line at the Ngai Tahu site.

In my final year at secondary school, I was the geography class: the teacher was an enthusiastic young Englishman whose passion was…

James Butler

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:50:02 +1200

Silly, everyone knows only the Clone Warriors are Māori.

Jackie Clark

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:48:51 +1200

Islander – you write a blog? Where would one find that?

Lilith __

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:18:14 +1200

Welcome to geomorphologic -urm, terms…

Islander, I loved your blog post on geomorphology, thank you for that.

recordari

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:50:56 +1200

Can we have a Māori Stormtrooper?

Lilith __

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:30:07 +1200

Richmond? As per Ian's suggestion?

3410

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:29:34 +1200

Also, at Hadyn's request I'm changing the name of the pink-shirted ref character (who was, let's be honest, never really hadyn). So he needs a new name.

Seth Orlan.

andin

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:24:34 +1200

Something that rolls of the tongue..... A'Ranano the referee ?

Emma Hart

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:17:07 +1200

Pink shirted ref character, at this stage, has to be male. Though, of course, not necessarily cis-male.

Jackie Clark

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:13:37 +1200

Is it a male, female or transgendered character? And could there be a character somewhere called Bruce?

Emma Hart

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:00:28 +1200

Thank you, Bart.

Also, at Hadyn's request I'm changing the name of the pink-shirted ref character (who was, let's be honest, never really hadyn). So he needs a new name.

Sacha

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:00:16 +1200

©odwinned

Word of the Year contender

Bart Janssen

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:55:24 +1200

Tamsin knew she was to blame, it was her geological love child that had undermined St Richie's virility. How could she prove to him that he could be as hard as the father of her child? She was wrong of course, St Ritchie was shaken by her revelations but he…

andin

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:52:33 +1200

#pastry Worryingly

A tasty pastry!

recordari

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:52:04 +1200

I keep thinking of pastors.

That's so page 2.

[redacted] I'll shuddup now.

Bart Janssen

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:46:58 +1200

#pastory?

My friends used to bake these, high in fibre.

Russell Brown

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:43:09 +1200

He was telling me last night that every time, he reads the tag as #pastry.

Worryingly, I keep thinking of pastors.

Emma Hart

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:41:26 +1200

Hilary, my partner will be so happy. He was telling me last night that every time, he reads the tag as #pastry. I may have to add a small Danish character...

andin

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:36:48 +1200

it’s eye of newt and hazelnut”.
Not my favourite flavour, come to think of it none of them are.

Hilary Stace

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:35:10 +1200

Sweet, short and flakey #pastory?

Emma Hart

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:28:21 +1200

Okay, I'm going to intervene. This'll probably be a regular morning thing, because I write this stuff up at night. Given the degree to which the stock of Whisky Galore is involved, I really should have got them on board as a sponsor...

So. I probably have as much manatee…

recordari

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:21:28 +1200

Curled up her lap was a mutant kitten, exhausted from a night stalking zombie rugby players.

Janet, the farmer's daughter (Shirley, we must have one?) sidled up to the bar and Mike had her pint of Garbled Ale on the counter before her jeans settled into the chair.

After a…

Lilith __

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:33:05 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

I dunno, sounds pretty hard core to me

:-) Actually, cores vary in their hardness. Geologists of my acquaintance have been know to store the softer core samples in condoms so they don't fall apart.

[and if you find that disturbing, think of the poor pharmacist…

Megan Wegan

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:30:02 +1200

Boom-tish.

There’s an app for that.

Is there an ointment?

Hilary Stace

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:30:00 +1200

The story continues?
'Meanwhile, back on the riverbank, someone or something was watching the faux Janet redhead and the kindly ref share their meagre offering of fish with the gentle piscatarian.

A witch reclined on a branch of an unseasonably blossoming cherry tree, sucking chocolate. Curled up her lap was…

Bart Janssen

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:20:27 +1200

Boom-tish.

There's an app for that.

Megan Wegan

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:16:19 +1200

I dunno, sounds pretty hard core to me

Boom-tish.

Bart Janssen

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:12:31 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

I dunno, sounds pretty hard core to me

Bart Janssen

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:08:00 +1200

Or it could just be plain silly :)

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:06:50 +1200

The trope of caprice-corn...
...and surely any self respecting Red Zone would have an ominous Dark Tower* looming over it, the people marooned in thrall to the evil machinations of the plausible Large Prince and the unspeakably inhumane Fine Prince, who act for the Icy Red State and friendless Ami…

Megan Wegan

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:06:10 +1200

Jackie, you and me can ensure that at least some of it is SFC (safe for children).

I hate to tell you, but I suspect that ship has sailed.

Oooo! There should be a _ship_.

Hilary Stace

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:51:04 +1200

Jackie, you and me can ensure that at least some of it is SFC (safe for children).

recordari

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:30:38 +1200

Recordari, I extend my commiserations, hope you can hold the memories and the laughter up to the light of life.

Thanks Ian. Who would have thought such catharsis could be gained by pruning puns on PAS.

coalesce into rock hard deposits…

It’s sedimentary, dear Watson.

‘Let me sublimate your substrate’,…

Amy Gale

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:06:31 +1200

Dr Bollard eyed the bourgeois chickpeas with loathing. “Normal people don’t do that kind of crap”, he said.

#tropetastic

Steve Barnes

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:51:24 +1200

sigh, this pales before the offerings above… nice work folks

I, for one, welcome the pun-ative Le Quiff actions of the Dalzealander and his majik stylussss...

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:25:13 +1200

Virginia Plain – or fags end revisited
How about alternate histories?
One Chch in which the earthquakes never
happened, and one in which they did.
Damn, I'd been having flashes on that idea –
also the reality where Chch is all on the hills
with the swampy wetlands and plains…

Sacha

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:06:42 +1200

If it does, I'm going to have to come to Auckland

Welli being too cold for manatees and all

Sacha

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:04:54 +1200

Igneous Tarn

Character name gets my vote

Tom Beard

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:02:13 +1200

"But the mystery remains, Holmes. What sort of rock is it?"

Holmes put down his magnifying glass, and looked up with a glint. "Sedimentary, my dear Watson!"

Carol Stewart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:00:58 +1200

Virtuosic, sir

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:00:40 +1200

Eeerrrr!
Love the language-

Tom Beard

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:57:46 +1200

Col Moraine looked at Igneous Tarn, eyes wide with terror. "I don't want to karst aspersions on your character, but keep that volcanic plug away from my sinkhole!"

Igneous just shrugged. "Oh well. Your loess."

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:57:38 +1200

I think we should be as inclusive as possible, don't you? Lets have them all!

Carol Stewart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:56:05 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

Sure. What would you like, dike propagation or isopleth elongation?
Here, in the meantime, a hardness index

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:48:03 +1200

German exchange students

Who's graben Horst? ;-)

And is there an aseismic creep? (let me set my creepmeter)

Will there be plenty of cleavage? And homoclines and transpressure?

[I think we're onto something here!}

Carol Stewart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:41:54 +1200

German exchange students

Carol Stewart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:40:52 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

I'll see you a horst and raise you a graben. Actually not bad character names ..

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:26:54 +1200

Nope – but you are asking an asexual about porn eh?
My' porn' is infinite pockets...I did try my best here-

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:22:37 +1200

Is geology-porn a genre?

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:27 +1200

Welcome to geomorphologic -urm, terms...

Lucy Telfar Barnard

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:12 +1200

As far as genre(s) go(es), surely we're really talking about a sort of modern Western? A combination of a whole bunch of sub-genres of Western – "Doctor and Preacher" (to include the dog collar); "Manateepunk" (surely a sub-branch of Cowpunk); "Land Rush" (thanks to Gerry, with plenty of scope for…

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:52:27 +1200

As well as orogenous ones.

Subduction leads to orogeny …

Also, folding and thrusting….

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:49:11 +1200

YES!

Carol Stewart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:33:04 +1200

As well as orogenous ones.

Subduction leads to orogeny ...

Paul Campbell

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:31:01 +1200

I think that rather than writing this in rhymes this should be written completely in pun, the sort of really bad atrocious puns that your Dad used to make – the goal is to work through the sniggers, push past the groans until we reach that nirvana where they are…

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:06:28 +1200

Ooooo...

BenWilson

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:49:40 +1200

The Half-Manatee of O. Evil drunken gold prospector sifting the Avon is paid by emissaries of the Other Half to kidnap young, dreamy girl through and push her through a liquified sinkhole to the "Green Zone", a parallel universe in which Christchurch is 1 metre below sea level, and inhabited…

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:42:25 +1200

Logburner? ;-)

Ha! given how hard it is to get authorisation for one of those…

Well, y'know, mavericks operating outside the law and all....

giovanni tiso

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:27:50 +1200

This could turn into a feminist tract examining society’s dichotomous expectations for women to be either manatee or witch.

If it does, I'm going to have to come to Auckland.

Emma Hart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:27:47 +1200

Fucking awesome.

Yeah, that's going in verbatim.

Emma Hart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:27:05 +1200

Logburner? ;-)

Ha! given how hard it is to get authorisation for one of those...

Megan Wegan

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:26:44 +1200

“Understand this. We deal with time. We deal with space. We deal with catastrophe, inconsistency, and aquatic mammals who aren’t where they should be. Our scope is fucking enormous. It’s a huge manor, T.”

Fucking awesome.

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:15:37 +1200

Also, yeah, I’ve been getting that Torchwood vibe. Because there is clearly some kind of time-space continuum policing organisation that Megan, Hadyn, and Ellerslie Panmure belong to. And it needs a name…

Logburner? ;-)

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:10:50 +1200

A possible start could be –

This is a story that contains multitudes. It is all you desire & so much more-

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:05:20 +1200

On the subject of liquefaction fields, we ladies from the East are shown up by our muddy hems.

Stephen Judd

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:01:42 +1200

Tamsin lurched under the force of her boss' wrath.

"Understand this. We deal with time. We deal with space. We deal with catastrophe, inconsistency, and aquatic mammals who aren't where they should be. Our scope is fucking enormous. It's a huge manor, T."

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:51:24 +1200

Excellent! Will look forward to her further adventures -pref. outside the liquifaction fields-

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:49:18 +1200

Or R. Hugh Morrison-

Hilary Stace

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:48:22 +1200

OK, this one can be a piscatarian. Could probably do with the omega-3.

Lilith __

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:34:48 +1200

“The City Who Sued God.”

But which one?? Who would be hanging around a sheep paddock out of Darfield at 4.35 on a Saturday morning? [if I can rudely transpose Douglas Adams]

Jackie Clark

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:09:02 +1200

No, I have nothing to add. It's great reading everyone else's contributions though.

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:08:25 +1200

O – wee addendam.
Manatees are largely vegetarian, but also eat small fish. I picked the smallest one I know about.
A'course, your manatee can bee anyeething she wanna beee-

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:04:25 +1200

O shit! I've never written for the probable audience Emma has in mind...but I am very sure that anything you add will both lower & raise the tones – as is noted & duly adjusted by The Cupboard-

Islander

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:14 +1200

Cool!
But the pinkshirted ref didnt know that...

Jackie Clark

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:58:29 +1200

Actually, I did have something. It was "Could I ride on Hilary's coat tails, because I suspect this is the way I would have gone." So if it's alright with you, Hilary, you're posting for two!

Kumara Republic

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:57:59 +1200

Torchwood, a story of insurance fraud in the eastern suburbs..

"The City Who Sued God."

Hilary Stace

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:55:03 +1200

(This could turn into a feminist tract examining society's dichotomous expectations for women to be either manatee or witch.)

nzlemming

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:51:58 +1200

I found this for Emma and Ngaire earlier (don’t ask, I don’t want to talk about it.

I'm less disturbed at you finding it than I am that it was there for you to find...

Hilary Stace

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:51:55 +1200

Islander, the manatee is not an 'it', but a 'she'. A matriarchal, matrilineal, sensuous, velvet skinned, comely, sea lettuce-loving, and endangered – vegetarian.

Jackie Clark

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:43:16 +1200

You see, this is why I was scared. And I was right to be. I have nothing, nothing at all, that could even gel in with any of this fantastical stuff. And also, Islander? You used speech marks!

Steve Barnes

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:30:44 +1200

For a while now she had had a nagging doubt, she had begun to feel that her memories were not her own but those of another and a strange suspicion that she was not a woman, maybe not even Human.
She felt her body swell as she slipped into the…

James Butler

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:15:44 +1200

Including embedded images, like YouTube clips can?

Only if you have a PAS Gold Account.

Emma Hart

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:05:52 +1200

Can we squee-ze in a cameo from Albert the Otter?

I'll ask his Dad.

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:01:02 +1200

Ahhh! My eyes!!

Ross Mason

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:00:09 +1200

The Greendale Fault moved. A small shiver. The fault had shot due south to Ellesmere and north along SH1. It continued on and split the Red Zone clean along the Avon River. Haywood was now part of the 4th Isle. The Cashmere members of the Weedons Country Club and Golf…

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:59:09 +1200

Can we squee-ze in a cameo from Albert the Otter?