I hate that the hard drive failed on my laptop

[Matthieu]

HD crashed whilst I was putting the finishing touches on a masterful essay on Emak-Bakia for my film analysis class. File gone. At least I remember what I wrote, right? Small consolation, that. Fuck my life.

[Lori]

Oooohhh, I hate when that shit happens.
YOu can never rewrite anything as good as you wrote it the first time!

btw, why weren't you backing it up as you went? You would have been able to retrieve it by the last save, yeah?

[Kasia]

Masterful essay, huh?? And you still remember it, so it's not half as bad... But I if your HD crashed, like crashed for good now you get to take it out and bash it - that's the fun part. And then spend some $$ on a new one (that's the not so fun part).

[Rusty]

In college when my little rabbit-eared tv died, my roommates and I dropped it from the third floor balcony. Very satisfying.

[Kasia]

3rd floor? That's high!! But balloons with water sound a bit safer...

[Reads with Scotch]

like always...


Kasia, WTF are you talking about?

[Kasia]

WTF am I taking about? You're not seriously asking me that question?! You're saying you've never tried throwing water balloons at people? Never?

[Tom]

Water balloons, however, are a much less effective way of destroying your defunct electronics equipment.

[Kasia]

True that, the gravity and hammers give the much desired umph to the destruction process. But if the equipment in question is still plugged in, well... it can get spectacular and you get a shot at blowing out the power. Which, you must admit, has its own appeal.

[Reads with Scotch]

arcs and sparks huh...

[Kasia]

Well yeah, who would pass some serious fireworks?

[Tom]

Fireworks don't do much for me, somehow. Possibly because in high school i spent consecutive Fourth of Julys Fourths of July the Fourth of July three years running at conferences in locations that had big fireworks displays (DisneyLand, The Mall, and Disney World). Most of the shows i've seen since haven't compared that well.

[Donitello]

Last year I got an external HD, which I save all my docs to. It involves more clicks to open and save, and know what I say about that? Yay.

[Kasia]

Good thinking Doni!

Tom, do you by any chance live in one of those ridiculous places where the fireworks are illegal? Just wondering...

[Tom]

Nope, i live in one of those places where people who live in the places where fireworks are illegal go to stock up.

[Kasia]

Ah fun. One of those places? (Don't answer that totally rhetorical.)

You guys with all your rules and prohibitions, scared of little sparky gun powder when every other person owns a gun. Hypocrites! And the end result is what? Huge warehouses on state borders. Insane.

[Rusty]

I totally value your informed opinion. Thank you for sharing.

[[deleted user]]

Guns are bad.

[Kasia]

Is that irony I hear?

[Rusty]

I also totally value your informed opinion.

[Tom]

Guns are a major cause of burns on the 4th of July and New Years Eve, as will as a major fire risk.

Oh, wait.

[Kasia]

Oh so it wasn't irony, but now you're correcting the mishap and making it ironic... I'm so bad at this.

[[deleted user]]

Anyone who doesn't value my opinion is bad.

[Reads with Scotch]

And what do we do to bad little haters?


SPANKINGS!

[[deleted user]]

And booting and shunning.

[Reads with Scotch]

but mostly spankings

[Reads with Scotch]

with belts

[Reads with Scotch]

with razor blades in them

[Kasia]

Am I getting this right? You want to spank and then just boot and shun? Do I get a say in it? Can we negotiate?

[Reads with Scotch]

Nope we don't negotiate with children.

[Kasia]

But... But. But! You know that we're talking about me? First of all you call me a child and then you want to treat my behind with belts and razor blades. I don't like that! Not at all.

[Reads with Scotch]

My philosophy on children is the same as with terrorists.


beat them, hang them, water board them, buy them an extended stay at gitmo, or one of the more lustrous, less talked about installations, I hear some will do the iron maiden thing; and that's sweet, release a pack of feral marines in their back yard just to see what happens, drop some bombs on their wedding party's... you get the point.

[smetchie]

she said you want to treat her behind with belts and razor blades!!

[Kasia]

Gretchen, it's pointless. I'm just gonna duck now and maybe he won't notice... Fingers crossed! After all there are all those kids in need to be tortured and annihilated. Amidst all the mess, off I go.

[smetchie]

I'm laughing because you said it like it would be a treat for your behind. :)

[Kasia]

That's not what I meant... I'm not into BDSM stuff...

[Donitello]

Oh God, Gretchen.

[Reads with Scotch]

Damn! I wish I were here sooner.... That would have been jolly good fun rubbing that in.

[[deleted user]]

Re: message 36. Now I know you're not him, Kasia.

[Reads with Scotch]

T.M.I. montambo.

[smetchie]

it's sad that I had to google BDSM.

[Reads with Scotch]

There is no shame in not knowing that... in fact the only reason one should know about it is to avoid it.

[[deleted user]]

Servius Sextus Heiner wrote: "T.M.I. montambo."

Am I tougher than you?

[Reads with Scotch]

I don't know, lets consult the facts, your making comfort food, I have never need such, I win. wussy.

[[deleted user]]

I'm making cupcakes for a party. I'm just partyin' through life. So I win.

[smetchie]

for a party tonight? what kind of party? can I come? no wait, nevermind. I don't have a babysitter. or a plane ticket.

[[deleted user]]

The party is tomorrow night and it's for Marie's "boyfriend's" birthday.

[smetchie]

he must be pretty great to get coconut cupcakes.

[[deleted user]]

I really wanted to take today off. I'm done with the coconut and the chocolate and now I have to make the carrot.

[smetchie]

are you getting tired of baking?