They Changed It Now It Sucks

[Harehunter]

So there is a limit on the level of punned it trees that we can make.

[Earth]

So there is a limit on the level of punned it trees that we can make.

 

last limit is mods limit until posts get edited or deleted.

[Harehunter]

As it should be, Moderation in all things.

[runner]

Hitting 10,000 posts without a custom title was the reason, yes. And instead Drakey kept adding more levels of post title. But then he moved the goalposts on me so I could never get to Postaroni, Pizzabella!

 

—Alorael, who has decided that today is the day for a custom title. He's given himself a few daily ones, which may or may not have been noticed, but he's feeling a permanent change coming on. Maybe it'll last out the week!

 

you still do this!! (the signature thing) Sorry if that's random, but I just returned to this forum after a long absence. One of the things that reminds me of this place is you, with your clever signature quotes. I was excited to see you still do them, haha.

[Actaeon]

Alorael is the rock on which we build our community.

[keira]

And the UBB collapsed into the void between the worlds

And the survivors escaped to their new home

And so change they had both dreamed of and dreaded had finally come.

 

And they looked around at each other, and at their new home

And He looked at his new children

And the Lord Greg called out, His voice rippling through time and space

And He summoned the children of old times

And they too could enjoy His splendor.

[Alorael at Large]

That explains so very much about this place. Guys, I'm sorry. I truly am.

 

—Alorael, who would have done better if he knew he were playing a foundational role.

[Rowen]

What would have shaken things up is if you stopped changing your PDN on a daily post basis and went back to the Alorael days of yore. But prophecy says that will only happen when you are tied to the stone table, killed, and rise up three days later to snipe every pedestrian that walks the face of the earth. A business suit and wings will give away your reincarnated state.

[Callie]

What would have shaken things up is if you stopped changing your PDN on a daily post basis and went back to the Alorael days of yore. But prophecy says that will only happen when you are tied to the stone table, killed, and rise up three days later to snipe every pedestrian that walks the face of the earth. A business suit and wings will give away your reincarnated state.

I remember Alorael's PDN being "Dr. Alorael" at one point. That was a sign of things to come, a foreshadowing of the appointed time.

[Student of Trinity]

According to an awfully bombastic book I read once, the way to catch a bird that cannot bear to be caged is to become the sky. That line was by far the best thing about the book, and I'm not saying it's all that great a line.

 

Alorael has just figured out that the way to catch all the hidden supplies of skribbane is to become the cellar.

[Harehunter]

If Aloreal ever stopped changing his signature and his PDNs, how would we be able to know if it was him?

[Mosquito---Slayer]

The bear, gun, robe and the post count are all equally legendary.

[Tyranicus]

The bear, gun, robe and the post count are all equally legendary.

Bear?

[nikki.]

I think MS meant "beer", and by "beer" xe actually meant "skribbane".

 

That's a point. Is skribbane bottled in A6? If not, there's a whole group of people who, never having played Exile, won't know that skribbane was ever purified and stuck into browny-orange bottles.

[Alorael at Large]

I know the purity on the streets have gone down since I first picked up my habit. That's not accidental; if I buy out all the orange bottle supplies it only stands to reason that everyone else will have to make do with the unprocessed stuff. And inferior quality, I might add. I do have standards.

 

—Alorael, who is tempted to add a bear to his avatar now. If only he were actually a qualified artist! He'll also point out that Alorael appears in his PDN regularly, although never as the whole PDN.

[Harehunter]

I guess we'll all have to grin and bear it!

[Mosquito---Slayer]

I think MS meant "beer", and by "beer" xe actually meant "skribbane".

 

That's a point. Is skribbane bottled in A6? If not, there's a whole group of people who, never having played Exile, won't know that skribbane was ever purified and stuck into browny-orange bottles.

God, I depend so much on the automatic spell check now, but this is a lesson to correct the habit.

and yeah, i never knew that tidbit about skribbane, it's not there in A6, I just thought Aloreal drunk a lot of bear, oops I mean beer.

[Dikiyoba]

Now Dikiyoba is picturing Alorael as drinking copious amounts of bile from poached bear gallbladders. Ew.

[The Reverend]

Now Dikiyoba is picturing Alorael as drinking copious amounts of bile from poached bear gallbladders. Ew.

I prefer Guinness in the winter, or a nice IPA in the summer ... but to each his own...

[nikki.]

I prefer Guinness in the winter, or a nice IPA in the summer ... but to each his own...

 

I've tried Guinness, and would gladly take the gallbladder-bile over a repeat tasting of Ireland's finest.

[keira]

If Aloreal ever stopped changing his signature and his PDNs, how would we be able to know if it was him?

Edited November 1, 2012 by Sylae
my url argument extension expoit no longer works. Greg is too smart :(

[Alorael at Large]

I no longer have to aggressively defend my own name and memes. Others do it for me. This must be what that evil overlordship that Dinti's always going on about feels like!

 

—Alorael, who also isn't much of a Guinness fan. He likes other stouts, but somehow Guinness is just a little too stout for him. Having never tasted gallbladder bile at all, much less from a bear, he has no grounds for comparison.

[Student of Trinity]

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

like stout

[Callie]

I've tried Guinness, and would gladly take the gallbladder-bile over a repeat tasting of Ireland's finest.

If Guinness is Ireland's finest, I'm a bit worried about any alcohol that comes from Ireland.

[Lilith]

they're called beverages, not bearverages

[Rowen]

The amount of puns since the forum change is becoming unbearable.

[A less presumptuous name.]

The amount of puns since the forum change is becoming unbearable.

I cannot agree more with this statement.

[Mosquito---Slayer]

The amount of puns since the forum change is becoming unbearable.

I guess we'll all have to grin and bear it!

[Harehunter]

I knew I was going to get blamed for it somewhere along the line.

[Triumph]

The amount of puns since the forum change is becoming unbearable.

 

Yes, the change has been punishing on all of us.

[Mosquito---Slayer]

blamed for it somewhere along the line.

where else would you like to be blamed? above the line? below the line?

[Harehunter]

I'm trying hard to toe the line, but you're not making it easy.

 

Besides, I'm used to getting blamed for puns I did not speak. Merely my presence is influence enough.

[Alorael at Large]

I almost made a pun on the law of averages. This needs to stop, or at least go to the pun thread.

 

—Alorael, who doesn't want to have to amend the CoC to ban punning. He'll do it, though, if that's what it takes to stop the epidemic. He'll go to any measures to protect these forums from the plague of bad wordplay.

[Tyranicus]

 

If Guinness is Ireland's finest, I'm a bit worried about any alcohol that comes from Ireland.

Jameson Irish whiskey is pretty tasty.

[Mosquito---Slayer]

—Alorael, who doesn't want to have to amend the CoC to ban punning. He'll do it, though, if that's what it takes to stop the epidemic. He'll go to any measures to protect these forums from the plague of bad wordplay.

Hey, you go ahead and leave our puns alone, guy.

[Callie]

Jameson Irish whiskey is pretty tasty.

Jameson is probably the best whiskey I've had. I'm not a huge fan of whiskey, although I would still rate Jameson higher than Guinness. (Kind of hard to compare a distilled alcohol to a beer though).

 

I forgot about Bailey's Irish Cream. I must excuse my own ignorance.

 

Even though excusing your own ignorance is pretty stupid.

[The Reverend]

I love a good Guinness, poured just right, on a gray winter evening in front of the fire. Even better with a warm bowl of stew. But I will admit it can be an acquired taste.

[Harehunter]

My two favorites are Ziegenbock and Dos Equis Amber. I guess that just about pinpoints my locale if I hadn't already put it in my profile.

[nikki.]

 

Jameson is probably the best whiskey I've had. I'm not a huge fan of whiskey, although I would still rate Jameson higher than Guinness. (Kind of hard to compare a distilled alcohol to a beer though).

 

I forgot about Bailey's Irish Cream. I must excuse my own ignorance.

 

Even though excusing your own ignorance is pretty stupid.

 

Jameson's is alright, but I prefer scotch to Irish whiskies. That said, it's also cheaper than the nicer single malts I like.

 

Baileys, being the drink of choice for Old Gregg though, is obviously the best Irish drink though.

[Cairo Jim]

Jameson is my all time favourite. I'm not a big fan of scotch, although Glenfiddich is quite nice.

[Lilith]

Jameson is probably the best whiskey I've had. I'm not a huge fan of whiskey, although I would still rate Jameson higher than Guinness. (Kind of hard to compare a distilled alcohol to a beer though).

 

it's not that hard to compare them. drink one, then drink the other. then drink the first one again, then drink the second one again. then forget why you were drinking them in the first place, keep drinking anyway and wake up the next morning with no memory of ever wanting to compare them. problem solved

[Mosquito---Slayer]

Then come back to these forums, read Lilith's post, repeat the process.

//Infinite loop, not good for health.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

I've only ever had Bailey's Irish Cream once. My family and I were sitting around my grandmother's living room one night, tasting all the old booze in her liquor cabinet to see what, if anything, was still good. Much of it was delicious. We discovered after we had all tried the Bailey's, however, that it was so old it had turned to cheese. We threw that one out.

 

Nowadays I'm on too much medication to drink alcohol, so my favorite beer (out of the two non-alcoholic beers I've tried, the other being O'Doul's, blech) is Kirin 0.00% ABV beer from Japan.

 

I lament that I can't drink whiskey, having tried Laphroaig once and determining that I could easily acquire a taste for it, but other than that I can get most of the tastes I want from non-alcoholic sources. I'm not a fan of the taste of alcohol in general, nor of the idea of becoming intoxicated, so things like "sparkling wine" and "sparkling cider" (high-quality fruit juice with fizz), rum cake, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic egg nog, etc. suit me just fine. There's just nothing that approximates the taste of whiskey without alcohol.

[Balladeer]

My favorite drink is DrPepper. All that other stuff is rubbish. Rubbish I tell you!

[Lilith]

Nowadays I'm on too much medication to drink alcohol, so my favorite beer (out of the two non-alcoholic beers I've tried, the other being O'Doul's, blech) is Kirin 0.00% ABV beer from Japan.

 

kirin is pretty good as beers go but the idea of non-alcoholic beer is still weird to me

[Harehunter]

Non-alcoholic beer, de-caffeinated coffee. Both seem equally pointless to me. They are both wrong on so many different levels.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

The point is to get the taste without the drugs, obviously. I've been known to twenty cups of strong decaf coffee in one day. My stomach regrets it later, but boy is it tasty. Kirin is also delicious. Beer without alcohol is pretty much just a soft drink, and would you say drinking other soft drinks, say, lemon-lime soda, is pointless? Beside the obvious nutritional aspect, we generally eat and drink various things because they're tasty. Intoxication is equally (hopefully not more) important to some people, but it's not to everyone, and to people like me it's harmful. Beer is very tasty. I don't want to give it up just because I can't get drunk on it.

 

(Note that I can't drink more than two or three cups of regular coffee in a day without getting sick, for the same reasons I can't drink alcohol.)

[Dikiyoba]

There's also the social aspect. Beer and coffee are often consumed in social situations. Since not everyone can or wants to consume alcohol or large amounts of caffeine, non-alcoholic beer and decaffeinated coffee can allow people to participate more naturally in social situations.

 

I've been known to twenty cups of strong decaf coffee in one day. My stomach regrets it later, but boy is it tasty.

Swish and spit? If it works for wine...

 

Dikiyoba.

[Actaeon]

People can get quite upset at you for not drinking, I've found. It helps that I don't tend to enjoy the scenes, anyway, but I would imagine having something fake would be a good way at sneaking under the radar. Or, for those trying to recover while fooling their habits.

[Randomizer]

I never understood non-alcoholic wine when they already make grape juice.