When the cat is away... the rats play card games!
HOW TO CLEAN A CAT
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1. Thoroughly clean the toilet.
2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water
3. Obtain the cat and carry him to the bathroom.
4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both
lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape).
CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge,
as his paws will be reaching out for anything he can find.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power wash
and rinse" which I have found to be quite effective.
6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there
are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside
where he will dry himself.
David: I'm OK. very well. fantastic. even better! .-. o-o " `-' "#"
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Oh this is too much happiness. Hello brojek and david!
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David; we meet at last. I have been remiss in not replying to your e-mail but I knew somehow that this day would arrive eventually
Bouncing through the back door...*boing*boing*boing*
and now shimrod too!! Hello If I'd known, I'd have hired a band and baked a [forbidden substance]
llizard >> What do you think of my proposition?
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ejm // now Thornn too! Hello
Is this room large enough for all of us?
I cannot recall any other time EVER, that there were 6 people here :)
Adam, are you using the same computer as Thornn? And blue IS a very nice colour, isn't it?
All >> Party time - I'll get the beer :)
Poor VK! She's probably in bed feeling very sick, while missing the largest group of people in the chat ever...
Yes, why does everyone always take blue? orange is nice! :)
shimrod; That's true. Let's have a moment of silence.
shimrod; orange is vile. (although oranges are very nice.) Do you think we can safely open the champagne now?
blue is good....nope we'reusing different computers
llizard~Adam and I are in the same CS class. :D
David>> Great idea! I'll get some pretzels and such! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( X ) ( X ) ( X ) ( X ) ( X ) ( X ) `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-'
Adam; I will change to turquoise then. Thornn; that would explain the similar computer numbers beside your names
llizard >> I proposed a collaboration. Oh, and by the way if you look at the buffer you'll see I had blue first.
llizard>> Orange is vile? Why? It's the dutch national color! :) You can open the champagne, just don't make it pop, or the noise might wake up poor VK.
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brojek~Thereason the chess game is so "funny" is that we're playing Extinction Chess :D
David; I saw that you were doing collaborations. I didn't realize you were suggesting one.
1. g4 g6 2. h3 e5 3. c3 d5 4. b4 Nc6 5. Nf3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |r|_|b|q|k|b|n|r| |p|p|p|_|_|p|_|p| |_|_|n|_|_|_|p|_| |_|_|_|p|p|_|_|_| |_|P|_|_|_|_|P|_| |_|_|P|_|_|N|_|P| |P|_|_|P|P|P|_|_| |R|N|B|Q|K|B| |R| Thornn,your move....
David; I don't suppose you have any single malt... (I'm a snob when it comes to whiskey/y
David; I'm using a nonCSS browser so I only see the names of the colours.
David; what sort of collaboration did you have in mind? Our styles are sooooo different.
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Note: I haven't moved, I've just provided the clock and the free drinks.
all this talk of forbidden substances reminds me that I have not yet ingested any today (even though I have been more or less awake for over 3 hours. I am going foraging....
Shimrod; Silly me. I thought those were nuclear bombs for the extinction chess.
1. g4 g6 2. h3 e5 3. c3 d5 4. b4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |r|_|b|q|k|b|_|r| |p|p|p|_|_|p|_|p| |_|_|n|_|_|n|p|_| |_|_|_|p|p|_|_|_| |_|P|_|_|_|_|P|_| |_|_|P|_|_|N|_|P| |P|_|_|P|P|P|_|_| |R|N|B|Q|K|B| |R|
Shimrod; whose game is that? Thornn's and Adam's?
llizard >> Sorry, I didn't mean anything by the colour thing :) I just re-read my email and realise that I cut a part out when I proof read before sending.
llizard~I don't have time to explain... http://www.chessvariants.com I'll also email you. :D *gone*
Thornn>> Ooops! I seem to have kicked the board. I hope you remember where all the pieces were. |r|_| |q| | |_| | |p| | |_|_|p|_|p| p p |_|_|n|_|_|n|p|_| b |_|_|_|p|p|_|_|_| r |_|P|_|_|_|_|P|_| k |_|_|P|_|_|N|_|P| R b |P|_|_|P|P| |_|_| P |R|N|B|Q|K|B| | |
llizard>> Yep, I'm not playing (I know the rules, but that's about it. I wouldn't mind a game of Go though... +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | ,=. | | | | | +---+---+---+-(###)-+---+---+---+---+ | | | | `=' | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Anyone care to answer?
Shimrod >> Playing GO? What would Lemmy think?
Thornn>> Bye! The large amount of visitors didn't last very long :(
Oops. I made the board one line too wide.
Shimrod >> My mistake. It was Ojoshiro who asked about Lemmy :(
llizard>> Here's a nuke for the extinction chess: |\ ,-'"""`-._ >X NUKE _] |/ `-.___,-'
Shirmod; I don't know how to play GO. (I barely know how to play Chess.) David; No worries about the colour. I didn't think you meant anything mean. Thornn; gone already???
David>> I see. I still don't get it though :)
Shimrod; That looks like a fish. And I was just about to say that I also know how to play the card game "Fish"
llizard>> Go is played on a grid, where players alternate putting black and white pieces in the grid intersections. (That's almost all the rules too :)
llizard>> I've never heard of a card game called fish. How does it work?
Shimrod >> My mistake. It was Ojoshiro who asked about Lemmy :(
I do know poker.... ,----.,----.,----.,----.,----. |A ||K ||Q ||J ||10 | | /\ || /\ || /\ || /\ || /\ | | \/ || \/ || \/ || \/ || \/ | | A|| H|| Q|| J|| 10| `----'`----'`----'`----'`----'
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llizard>> True, it's played sortof like othello, but different :)
David>> Hmm, you should've switched to blue for that :)
Fish: /|_ ,o" `-. /| > NUKE X ( `-.___,-' \|
shimrod; I'm back. But it's been years since I played Othello. I seem to recall reversing the tiles from black to white. Fish is a very lame children's game that involves dealing 7 cards to each person and dumping the rest face down into the centre of the table....
David; I hope it wasn't anything I said! Bye! Shimrod; and then people take turns saying "do you have any 6's" and collecting cards from various people. If nobody has any 6's the petitioner is told to "fish" and dips into the center pile to take a card (I'm not explaining it very well - I think it might be called "happy families" in England)
llizard>> Go is a bit more complicated than othello (the rules are not, but the strategy involved is *far* more complicated then chess) Childrens games can be quite fun. That is, once you've had enough alcohol :/
Shimrod; one has to have A LOT of alcohol to have fun playing "fish" GO sounds like the sort of game I would like.
llizard>> Hey, I remember the video to the song "Scooby Snacks", by the "Fun Loving Criminals", where they're playing cards. On guy says "Go fish", so the other guy draws a card from the pile on the table, shows it to the first guy and says "Got my wish". Now I finally know what that's about! :)
Shimrod; "Fish" is only fractionally better than "52 Pickup"
Shimrod; There you go. And it was probably driving you mad until this very moment. hahahaahaha >%^7^^^7^^
llizard>> Go is a lot of fun. Due to the simple rules, anyone can learn in 5 minutes. And there's a handicap system where the weaker player get's some extra pieces ahead. That way players of different strengths can play and still have a good game.
Shimrod; I also know poker but am collossally bad at it.
Shimrod; that sounds like a very good plan. It really does sound like my sort of game.
Shimrod; If you tell me the rules, I'd try to play....
llizard>> Hmm, actually it had completely left my mind until your description reminded me of it :) I'm a big fan of simple cardgames, but the ones I play are usually played with their own specific set of cards (not with a normal deck) Most games like that can be played very well by large groups of people, and since they don't require a lot of thought, one can nicely drink some beer with them :)
llizard>> OK. Wait, maybe it's easier if I just give you a URL of a page with the rules? That would save me some typing :)
Shimrod;
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" \ ha then Fish might be just the right sort of mindless game
for your crowd. Although "Crazy Eights" is a little
better for the beer drinking types.Shimrod; that would probably be easier. I thought momentarily of doing a search but got scared by the number of wrong hits I'd get because of the name of the game.
Hmm, try: http://www.cwi.nl/people/jansteen/go/rules/rules-1.html And the you just keep clicking on the link at the bottom to go to the next rule.
Shimrod; I hardly play card games anymore. There are a few trick taking games that I play (not "Bridge" brrrrrr oh my no, THAT requires too much thought) that involve gradually reducing the deck and changing trump and secretly declaring how many tricks one will win, with huge penalties if one doesn't win the exact number declared....
Hmm, that reminds me, I'm also gonna play cards this evening. We'll be playing a game called 'klaverjassen', which is actually a cardgame involving some strategy (nowhere near Bridge though)
llizard>> I know the kind of game you mean. Games like that can be a lot of fun (I've played them for money (cents, nothing big), where higher bids earn more, but also lose you more when you don't make your bid)
Shimrod; another game I haven't played in years. Let me see if I can find the rules for it. All I remember is that it is a bit like rummy (sort of...) and that 8s are somehow wild but there are a number of other wild cards too. The rules are simple in a complex sort of way and the game is perfectly suited to largish crowds of not quite sober people.
Shimrod; I don't know why; but I'm extremely fond of card games that penalize the loser more and more mercilessly. There's a three person game that we used to play a lot (9 5 2) that was virtually impossible to pull out of a losing streak
Shimrod; I will have to study the Go rules before we can play. It seems to me that you will run out of time here soon. Perhaps we will get to play the next time you are here.
Shimrod; http://www.pagat.com/eights/crazy8s.html I know that when we played "crazy eights", virtually every card had a meaning. It was quite confusing! (but fun in a perverse sort of way.)
llizard>> :) I also know a game called 'The Great Dalmuti', where the losers of the last game have to give their best cards to the winners of the last game, thereby increasing the chances that they'll lose again, and increasing the winners chance of winning again. Lot's of fun :) (The complete loser of the last game has to deal the cards and stuff too)
Hey, I know that game! It's called 'pesten' here, which translates to 'teasing' in english. (Which is because you can play cards that force other people to take cards from the stock)
Shimrod; Okay, I think I understand how GO works. (I think) I'm just making a board.... --------- |-+-+-+-+- |-+-+-+-+- |-+-+-+-+-
Shimrod; The Great Dalmuti sounds similar to 9-5-2 which is also called "Oh Hell"
How about this: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . O . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . where you play black @ and I play white O I've given you a head start of 6 stones, and I've made my first move.
Shimrod; I invite you to be black: @ I'll be white: 0 |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| |-+-+-+-+-+-+-|
llizard>> Drat, I totally forgot the time. I have to go now :(
llizard>> We'll play a game some other time. Bye! *going once*
Shimrod; Is there a limit to the number of stones that I have on the side? (I didn't read EVERYTHING...) . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . @ . O . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shimrod; I suspected as much... Next time then Bye!! Have fun card playing and beer swigging.
llizard>> There is a limit actually, which is 9 stones on a 19x19 board. *going twice*
Shimrod; It will give me a chance to actually read the rules properly.
Shimrod; I'll read to find out if captured stones are converted to a different colour.
brojek; Have you also gone? I missed seeing the exits of some people in that flurry of 6 people here at once. I too must stop all this frivolity.
brojek; I will return later. Ciao niao VK; If you are here reading this, I hope you are completely better. If not, go home. Go directly home. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (in short, get better soon!) [gone]
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