Okay. Where is the forum reunion being held??

[baddad]

Just being curious. Before anyone here (me) dies of old age I thought it would be fun to entertain suggestions as to where (geographical location, specific site, etc.) we should get together for our own version of a garden party. Antartica? China's vast desert? Somewhere in the vast rainforests on an ecological reserve? The corner pub in downtown Zimbabwe? The floor is open......

[amuse]

The floor is open......and we are to fall through it to the other side of the world where our fellow literati await? ;) didn't Tik-Tok of Oz do that to great effect, as well?

never been to a rain forest; nice idea as long as the local bugaboos and snakes stay clear. :nod: or p'raps Cornwall?

[Basil]

Should it not be literary in nature? My vote is for:

http://web.bilkent.edu.tr/Online/www.english.upenn.edu/jlynch/Frank/Gifs/diodati.gif

The Villa Diodati

Or:

http://www.westminster-abbey.org/tour/images/poet_corner2.jpg

Poet's Corner

Or:

http://www.castlewales.com/tintern.jpg

Tintern Abbey

Or:

http://www.nouspace.net/nouspace/graphics/stein_studio.jpg

27 Rue de Fleurus

[ajoe]

I vote for:
http://www.washedashore.com/events/beijing99/starbucks.jpg

[baddad]

Basil: wickedly sweet suggestions......

[mono]

How about Timbuktu? What seems a better place for The Literature Network to meet than a literary capital, in itself? :p

[Basil]

Ajoe wins.

Why am I even participating in this thread? It's not like I'd be invited or anything.

[subterranean]

AWWW....this is so a wonderful idea..

Wait, is it only in a level of suggestion?


Let's go to Amazone!!!!!!!!!!!! Or Baddad's backyard garden :nod:


Just being curious. Before anyone here (me) dies of old age I thought it would be fun to entertain suggestions as to where (geographical location, specific site, etc.) we should get together for our own version of a garden party. Antartica? China's vast desert? Somewhere in the vast rainforests on an ecological reserve? The corner pub in downtown Zimbabwe? The floor is open......

[subterranean]

IM AN ANTI STARBUCKS....So please, meet somewhere else :nod:



I vote for:
http://www.washedashore.com/events/beijing99/starbucks.jpg

[amuse]

diggin' the siggy! :thumbs_up

[papayahed]

Or Baddad's backyard garden :nod:

Yeah, lets go to Baddad's house.

or my second suggestion would be:

http://www.admin.mtu.edu/alumni/chapters/Images/Kansas.png

[Helga]

my vote is for badad's house!! :)

[Koa]

Hungary!

Or baddad's garden would be cool as well...

Never been to a Starbucks tho, maybe I've never even seen one *wonders*...I guess I can do without tho.

Any place can be good as long as the company is good as well.

[Jay]

Basil's Tintern Abbey!!! All the way!

Though it better not be raining...

[baddad]

Uh....yeah.....provisio....: Not MY house. It would be waaayyyy too much fun, and I'm not sure this younger crowd could handle that! Besides, I want to travel, and I've been to my house before, want to go somewhere NEW.........(not starbucks) ....the amazon sounded nice, Tintern sounded nice, Sher's house would be nice, Helga's location would be FANTASTIC (Iceland)...........We could meet at Basil's, Basil's invited, but his avatar suggests he lives beside the road along with a tall, well dressed rabbit and we all know rabbits can be dangerous........

[Koa]

you live 1140 metres above the sea level? quite high, uh?

isnt Villa Diodati the place where the Shelley couple was with Byron when Mary Shelley started Frankenstein? Or am I really confused? If it is, let's all go there!!!

[poehee99]

Pere Lachaise

[baddad]

Sub's Jakarta would be nice, any 'library-anywhere-in-the world' would be nice, Czech Republic would be nice, Tibet would be nice, Antartica would be nice, and considering the intellectual stability of some of the participants perhaps we should go camping, stay away from major population centres...............or is it just me I should worry about?..............

Ditto to MOno's literary-themed meeting point.........


Pere Lachaise

Wow!!! Tooo sweet!! I just googled a partial list of those buried in this cemetery in Paris......HOly S***!!!!! Talk about your literary-themed site!!!!

[Scheherazade]

Sher's house would be nice You all would be welcome at my humble abode but why not try this?

http://shelley.bump.us/trip/June1/buckingham%20palace.jpg

I am sure the Queen would be only delighted to open her humble abode to us! :p

Warning: Don't be deceived by the clear, bright sky. It happens once every 3 years.


with a tall, well dressed rabbit and we all know rabbits can be dangerous........
You haven't watched Harvey (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/), I see... ;)

[Jay]

OH, where's the Queen, there's lotsa horses! If I'm allowed to take a horse over to Basil's abbey... I'd be torn between the two of the places...

Scher, can I take a horse over at your place? :p

[Scheherazade]

Scher, can I take a horse over at your place? :p
You'd better... Not giving piggyback rides to anyone!

[papayahed]

Scher, can I take a horse over at your place? :p



***ahem, ahem** Kansas has horses.....

[Jay]

BIG? HUGE? Beautiful horses? Does Kansas have Basil's abbey (or similar)?

[papayahed]

BIG? HUGE? Beautiful horses? Does Kansas have Basil's abbey (or similar)?

Well, we have the Agricultural Hall of Fame... and we have wide open spaces and blue skys in which to discuss literature.....and we have corn...and we have.......uuummmmm I'll be back. oh got another one, Hemingway worked here for a few month on the newpaper.....


All right, I give up. Speaking of Hemingway, how about the Florida Keys?

[Koa]

and considering the intellectual stability of some of the participants perhaps we should go camping, stay away from major population centres...............or is it just me I should worry about?..............


No camping please...I don't like insects, I don't like tents much and despite not being social I need something vaguely resemblant to a city...more than 48 hours in a place where nature rules, no houses, no pollution, no streets causes troubles to MY stability.

Hey! The compromise: any Northern Italian city on the week of the 15th August: city-like, but EMPTY. Only troubles: hellish temperatures, tropical humidity, and thousands of (burnt and halfnaked) German and Japanese (unburnable and unnakedable...invulnerable) tourists ...

[subterranean]

Sub's Jakarta would be nice


Yes..yes...I'll be very honoured...And believe me, I'll make a very warm and informative guide :nod:...If the price is right, of course ;)..{J/K]



Uh....yeah.....provisio....: Not MY house. It would be waaayyyy too much fun, and I'm not sure this younger crowd could handle that!

What.? What are we going to have there...?? What do you mean younger? 16?? Oh our 16 yo members are stronger than you think..



No camping please...I don't like insects, I don't like tents much and despite not being social I need something vaguely resemblant to a city...more than 48 hours in a place where nature rules, no houses, no pollution, no streets causes troubles to MY stability.


Koa, It's not easy to be you :p :lol:



Hey! The compromise: any Northern Italian city on the week of the 15th August: city-like, but EMPTY. Only troubles: hellish temperatures, tropical humidity, and thousands of (burnt and halfnaked) German and Japanese (unburnable and unnakedable...invulnerable) tourists ...


Speaking of Italy, I currently reading a book by Paul Theroux (sp), Stranger at the Plaza D'Oro...or something (I kinda forgot). It describe the place in Italy, some where quite near to Sicily I suppose, where D.H Lawrence once spent his days when he got sick...From the description, the place seems very beautiful...

[Jay]

Not Italy if the weather's gonna be like that, Koa!! A BIIIG no! Anything above 25°C is too hot for my liking.

[Scheherazade]

August: city-like, but EMPTY. Only troubles: hellish temperatures, tropical humidity, and thousands of (burnt and halfnaked) German and Japanese (unburnable and unnakedable...invulnerable) tourists ...
How's that? :p

[Jay]

TOO CROWDED! Good point :D

btw, don't think I didn't see your piggyback comment ;)... actually it would be worth 'conveniently forgetting' to get a horse somewhere just because of that :D
:angel:

[subterranean]

Not Italy if the weather's gonna be like that, Koa!! A BIIIG no! Anything above 25°C is too hot for my liking.

Jay, you will never visit me then????? :bawling:

[Jay]

I could make an exception... sometime when it's 'winter' in Jakarta :D
Speaking of winters in Jakarta... what's the average temperature in winter in Jakarta? :p

[papayahed]

Hey, How about Kansas the avg. winter temp is 50F

[baddad]

I could make an exception... sometime when it's 'winter' in Jakarta :D
Speaking of winters in Jakarta... what's the average temperature in winter in Jakarta? :p

January temperature average in Jakarta.......23-29 degrees celcius.

JUly (southern hemisphere winter)...........23-31 degrees celcius.

year-round average temperature in Jakarta......23-31 degrees celcius.

Average daily humidity......95%.........hot and sticky........very nice for cuddling.......

[Jay]

Oh, thanks, baddad! Sooo Jakarta's a bit ... hot :p

I hear it's beautiful on the Moon this time of the year ;) :p

[Scheherazade]

It is always cool in the UK... ALWAYS... day after day after day after day after day...

[Jay]

Hmmmm, sounds nice... so many people to meet in the UK...

[baddad]

Hot is good, cool, rainy, grey and dreary is bad. Ya' know, I notice that ADMIN is smart enough not to invite us to HIS house........I wonder why?

Cozumel, Mexico. Tropical Island, 28degrees C., crocodiles on the golf course, sea tortoises nesting in July, a library where everything is in Spanish, lots of history, archeological sites, Mayan ruins..............cheap beer, cheap food........one of the most famous reef diving spots in the world (made famous by J. Cousteau in 1961) and yet little development to ruin its beauty......situated off the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (where the BIG meteor hit, wiping out the dinasaurs, evidence of meteor strike still being unearthed today)....23 degrees north latitude, 86 degrees longitude........

[Taliesin]

Here:
http://www.rmk.ee/images/ul/Vllame.JPG
?

or
here?
http://www.rmk.ee/images/ul/pedassaare.JPG

[Jay]

Hmmm... what about a castle not too far away from here? :p

Bouzov
http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/mozaika/mozaika/bouzov_b.jpg

Or a bit farther away, Lednice
http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/lednice_let.jpg

[kilted exile]

Seeing as the majority of posters are either from North America or Europe, the most logical place to host this would be the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www.teamortho.us/OTA/3swimmers.jpg

[Scheherazade]

Seeing as the majority of posters are either from North America or Europe, the most logical place to host this would be the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

That has been the best suggestion so far!

[Jay]

:lol:

lol, if I'm invited... I'm in biiig trouble, hehe

[Scheherazade]

U-oh! If the problem is I think what it is, you can always use this one:

http://www.appools.co.uk/inflatables/ladybird-ring.jpg

[Jay]

Afraid that one's not gonna worky :p

*edit*
Plus, I really don't feel like having a date with one of those
http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/luckyzak/Fun%20Stuff/Great%20White%202.jpg

[baddad]

....the log cabin is very,very nice, Jay's suggestions are beautiful, and Kilted Exile's suggestion is just downright wonderful and correct. Now.....we need a boat......a big boat........

[kilted exile]

Now.....we need a boat......a big boat........

So this would be inappropriate?
http://www.stantorrence.com/photos/images/104_066-Old-Boat.gif


Ok I'll attempt to steal one of these.
http://www.punchstock.com/image/digital_vision/3351712/large/1236106.jpg

[Jay]

If we have a biiig honkin boat... I'm game

[Scheherazade]

So, LitNet Cruise?


Boy, that sounds like Carry On movies! :D

[Helga]

I am game for a cruise! :)

where would we sail?

[Snukes]

Will there be dancing??

[baddad]

...Aye, sailin' the seas, ya be dancin' on the plank, keel haulin', rum punchin', guttin' fish and love'n it...........I mean loven' the cruise ......... not loving the fish...............

[papayahed]

Now, where'd all those pirates go????

[Jay]

If there's dancing... make sure it's not compulsory :D

And, where would we be cruising? The Atlantic? I'd vote for the Pacific... simple reason, it's bigger, would take more time to cruise it :p

[Koa]

It is always cool in the UK... ALWAYS... day after day after day after day after day...

I second that! It's never too hot in England.

Jay, spring is the best time to be in Italy...nice and fresh. From June to September...forget it. My favourite temperature is also between 15 to 25 celsius.

[Keltic Banshee]

Hm... anybody else voting for Ireland!!!! As some people who know me tend to say, I'm more Irish than if I had actually been born there...

Wish you all the best,
Keltic Banshee

[subterranean]

...Aye, sailin' the seas, ya be dancin' on the plank, keel haulin', rum punchin', guttin' fish and love'n it...........I mean loven' the cruise ......... not loving the fish...............


I currently reading the Life of Pi, in the part where he was stranded in the oceans with Richard Parker...SO ah ah...NO SAILING please...

[simon]

Starbucks look the same everywhere. But I went to the origional in Seattle, and there was live music, a decided bonus.

[baddad]

...antiglobalizationextremecapitalismatallcostsand damthepoorpeople cruise....but I think Kilted Exile wants to be captian (after all, he is stealing the ship), so his nay or yay will decide if there is a Starbucks (booooo) on board .........

[subterranean]

bOOO ALSO for Starbucks...;)

[kilted exile]

...antiglobalizationextremecapitalismatallcostsand damthepoorpeople cruise....but I think Kilted Exile wants to be captian (after all, he is stealing the ship), so his nay or yay will decide if there is a Starbucks (booooo) on board .........

Ahem, perhaps captain is far too much responsibility to be placed upon my shoulders. My vote however is no to Starbucks, will see about getting a hold of a bunch of Timmy's stuff instead.

[papayahed]

Ahem, perhaps captain is far too much responsibility to be placed upon my shoulders. My vote however is no to Starbucks, will see about getting a hold of a bunch of Timmy's stuff instead.

Timmy's?? Are you speaking of Tim Hortons!!! Another thing Kansas doesn't have :rage: .

[kilted exile]

Indeed I am referring to Tim Hortons

[Scheherazade]

What is Tim Horton's?

[papayahed]

Indeed I am referring to Tim Hortons

That's one thing about Canadians, you sure know your beer and donuts.

hmmmm... now where's my Triumph CD???

Scher - Tim Hortons is a chain of donut/coffee shops.

[subterranean]

Does Timmy going global soon?

You know, like Dunkin Donuts...

[Jay]

Dunkin whatwhat? lol
Guess not global enough :p

[subterranean]

Well since you're not an American..I'll spare your life this time ;)

[Jay]

Which means global equals American? Even more confused :p, spare me not, have a go at me, I can take it :D

[baddad]

[QUOTE=papayahed]That's one thing about Canadians, you sure know your beer and donuts.

hmmmm... now where's my Triumph CD???.......QUOTE]

Hmmmm??.......Triumph??? How about these? .....Tragically Hip.......Gordon Lightfoot....Bachman Turner Overdrive.....The Guess Who.....Neil Young.......Trooper....Bare Naked Ladies.....and many more.......

Yes, we Canadians know our beer. But we never mix beer and donuts. Beer is for parties, inducing sexual attraction, an excuse for a barbeque, a must at all major sporting events, concerts, naked screaming rock'n'roll backyard get-togethers, hottub parties, apre skiing, golf, etc.

Donuts are for fun......

.......now, guess which one I'm bringing to the shipboard reunion???

[Scheherazade]

Yes, we Canadians know our beer. But we never mix beer and donuts. Beer is for parties, inducing sexual attraction, an excuse for a barbeque, a must at all major sporting events, concerts, naked screaming rock'n'roll backyard get-togethers, hottub parties, apre skiing, golf, etc.

Donuts are for fun......


So above mentioned activities which go with beer are not for fun?? ;)

[papayahed]

Hey Bad, what about Rush? you didn't mention them. As for the rest of them - I've seen the Bareneaked Ladies many times, Bachman Turner Overdrive just once and the rest nope.

I think you might want to bring the donuts, most of the atendees are under age, or is the beer for the parents?

[baddad]

....well......Sher.......your 'question' is certainly fun......but you know, we have young ears here......don't want to openly condone........uhh..... 'fun'.......but donuts are good too..... *smiles because he dislikes donuts....deep fried lard....mmmmm...*

P.S. CANADIANS ROCK!!!!!!!!

PAPAYAHED: see above post. I'm actually bringing three things to the reunion: 10 cases of a nice Shiraz/Merlot, Canadian beer, and lots of donuts. I naturally assumed the adults would hang out with the captain (or Mr. Exile), on the bridge, the highest point of the ship, where we could visually chaperone the kids until our vision fadessss.....................

[papayahed]

Hey shouldn't we bring a book or 2? Since this is the lit forum. I'm thinking something like "How to not spill your drink while on a boat"

[Jay]

Or 'how to keep anything down while on a boat' for first timers could be useful as well... once the boat moves :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Should there be PCs with internet connection on board? Old habits die hard... We might have difficulty in communicating face to face... and keep posting msges on the Forum...

[Snukes]

I was in a Literary Society during university. It was a fantastic group that did all sorts of random and literary sorts of activities. Poetry readings, debates, parties where you had to dress up like your favorite character... totally ridiculous!

For our formal party at the end of my last year, we managed to get invited to our advisor's home. Everyone had to bring something to read. It was incredible the diversity of things people chose! It was supposed to be something reasonably short, and that was the only guideline. We had poetry, bits of dialogue from plays, excerpts of short stories or novels, a couple jokes, one news report, a few paragraphs from the Aenead read in Latin... it was really wonderful.

I think we should do that on our cruise! :)

[Helga]

well, I think I should bring Icelandic beer, being the only one here who lives on the ice. How about Viking and Icelandic vodka, very good, stong stuff.

The good thing about being on a boat is if you need to throw up, just aim for the sea...

[kilted exile]

I naturally assumed the adults would hang out with the captain (or Mr. Exile), on the bridge, the highest point of the ship, where we could visually chaperone the kids until our vision fadessss.....................

Hahaha this reminds me, I never was too good at acting as a chaperone. When I was in the B.B (boy's brigade kinda similar to scouts), I was put in charge of 6 unruly terrors (aged around 13) when we went camping in the highlands one summer. Needless to say things didn't go too well, they annoyed me once too often and I tied them to a tree in the woods (don't worry no particularly vicious animals around) while I went out one night.

[Nightshade]

I was put in charge of 6 unruly terrors (aged around 13) when we went camping in the highlands one summer. Needless to say things didn't go too well, they annoyed me once too
What is that wrong??
Here I was labouring under the assumption that you should always tie up kids for their own protection... gag them too if it stops you from losing your temper. ;)

[Jay]

Should there be PCs with internet connection on board? Old habits die hard... We might have difficulty in communicating face to face... and keep posting msges on the Forum...
DEFINITELY!
I'm already so looking forward to the cruise, lol

[Scheherazade]

Hey, this is serious now... I might visit Prague next spring... Might bump into one or two people I know there...

[Jay]

I heard that and I'm making a note *watch me making a note: spring, Scher, Prague, make sure to accidentally bump into her* :angel:

[GruesomeBugman]

if there's a reunion hold it in halifax, nova scotia, canada.

I'd like to stop by and see who some of you are, and I'm too cheap to travel -_^

[PistisSophia]

Walt Whitman is buried here in Camden, NJ. Poe also has a house here. What better place to meet than a cemetery in Camden? who needs Stratford-on-Avon or Pere Lechaise?

[amuse]

there will be bodyguards to keep us, i mean the Kit-Kats, safe? ;)

*& hello from across the Ben Franklin :wave:
** no offense intended, btw :nod:

[Jay]

I'm volunteering to be in charge of the KitKats, yumyum.. ahem, I mean, Hands off! :D

[Nightshade]

Oh can I come ??? KIT KAT!
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/drink/trink11.gif
yummmmm http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/500.gif

[Jay]

Sure :p

Something says me we're going to be SO short of KitKats right from the beginning :lol:

[Nightshade]

http://www.websmileys.com/sm/crazy/1293.gif
*whistles* why are you looking at me?!
Im innocent!
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/angels/teu26.gif

[Jay]

Riiight :p

[baddad]

We are going to need a bigger ship if Nightshade is bringing all of her newfound smiley friends with her...........or maybe just a ship with a bigger hold.......

[Bongitybongbong]

Sure :p

Something says me we're going to be SO short of KitKats right from the beginning :lol:
When won't we be out of the Kit Kats?

[Nightshade]

We are going to need a bigger ship if Nightshade is bringing all of her newfound smiley friends with her...........or maybe just a ship with a bigger hold.......
nah the smilies look after themselves.... youd be suprised how many can fit on the head of a pin!! lol :lol: :nod:
Bong : I know the answer to that NEVER

[Jay]

As long as Scher & Night are around the answer was accurate :lol:

:angel:

[Nightshade]

akkkh but you are being over modest my girl are you not?!
soory no smilies today my computer doesnt want to play :(
oh wow it managed one
lol

[Bongitybongbong]

The queen of smilies lost her aid.... :bawling:

[Nightshade]

I know its sad I think I might just cry unfortunatly I cant for lack of smilies !!!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOO sniff

[Bongitybongbong]

aohhhhhh.....

[Nightshade]

what arent you going to hand me a tissue at least....sniff
what is the world coming to when a lady queen cries and doesnt get comforted
trying to wink unsucessfuly

[Bongitybongbong]

here...i offfer my shoulder for you to cry on

[Nightshade]

thanks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
is so sniff un sniff hiccup fair ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (in normal voice*you know what would shut me up guess? 2 sylobols exactly the same exept for the vowel sound hint hint) Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
now they are gone and IM all alone why meeeeeeeeeeeee

[Bongitybongbong]

Don't worry they'll come back.

[Nightshade]

hum Im not going to get those kit kats am I? Might as well turn off the waterworks then
yeah I gave them all a holiday! they will be back on the morrow

[Bongitybongbong]

alright giggity giggity giggity

[Helga]

Well shade, I will bring you boxes of kitkat on the cruise! how many do you want..... and maybe some Icelandic chocolate too. ;)

[Nightshade]

Ohhh* waves arms vaguly* lotts lots of lots
umm is icelandic choclate nice??

[Jay]

It's choc, it's gotta be nice enough :D

[Nightshade]

Not nessesaraly I mean I once had chocolate made with palm tree butter / gee
it was :sick:

[Jay]

Well, we could always let everyone to taste it and goodbye chocolate :p

[Scheherazade]

*makes a list of people who she thinks should *taste* the chocolate first*

:angel:

[Jay]

Well, if you insist I'm volunteering :lol:

[Nightshade]

Ugh count me out I can't have as much choclate as I like anyway due to Lactase enzyme difficency (cant have alot dairy products!)

Oh can we have some of Terry's //my chocolates?

[mono]

Argh, Nightshade, I could never survive! :eek:
In that case, we can bring some complimentary sorbet, which, sometimes, I prefer over things like ice cream, regardless. Yum! :D

[Nightshade]

Argh, Nightshade, I could never survive! :eek:
Oh its not that bad I usally ignore it and eat the things I want regardless of the consecuenses.

In that case, we can bring some complimentary sorbet, which, sometimes, I prefer over things like ice cream, regardless. Yum! :D
If that is what I think it is then yes I love sorbet!!!!!!
:lol:

[Bongitybongbong]

*makes a list of people who she thinks should *taste* the chocolate first*

:angel:
Why not..I'll try it.

[Stanislaw]

be it poisened? :D

[Jay]

If it's poisoned we better test it on Night as she's how's-that-word... immune :p

[Nightshade]

Nooooooooooooooo no milk products today dont even think the word :sick:

[Jay]

Hmmm, yummy milk :p

Wait, what word? Chocolate? :angel:

If you're nice you might get a KitKat ;)

[Bongitybongbong]

yum Kit Kat *attempting to be good*....not working well *gets bored* I'll just buy one. Be right back.

[Nightshade]

Hmmm, yummy milk :p

Wait, what word? Chocolate? :angel:

If you're nice you might get a KitKat ;)

No the banned word is M-I-L-K
its very baddddd

[Bongitybongbong]

why is it bad night?

[Jay]

Thought so, good think I haven't posted that image I wanted to ;)

Something about lactose-intolerant belly, right? Not sure what it's called

[Bongitybongbong]

Do you know why we can't milk?

[Nightshade]

Im not explaining other than when you dont have all the enzymes you are supposed to cholclate milk, icecreaam, yogert, cheese , choclate and a bowl of cereal are not good things to have in one day!

BTW the cinderella contreversy thread post I was writing is now fininished

[Bongitybongbong]

oh yeah I noticed that.

[Nightshade]

well since you asked for it READ it! It took me like 9 attempts to get it to post.. that is the shortened verision
OOOh my mums just got ice cream never mind the no milk reselousion ICE CREAM...

[Bongitybongbong]

feelin bad or what?

[Jay]

Are you going to share? *bats the lashes* :D

[Nightshade]

ha there are 7 females in this house do you think there will be any left?!
actually that wold be 9 if you count non humans!

[Jay]

With 7, the 8th just doesn't matter :D
*edit*
And no, the dog/cat/pet is not getting any :p

[Bongitybongbong]

wow we're off topic on so many levels

[Nightshade]

it does whe you are talking choclate or icecream...I have to get some or there will be non left my sister is partial to tiping coffe into the container and eating straight out of that!

[Jay]

To Bong:
That ice cream, and sice you're not female or a pet, you're not getting any either *evil smiley* :lol:

[Bongitybongbong]

yummm...ice cream sounds good today.

[Nightshade]

but of course may i add tgis is delious and maybe you can have a spoon ful Jay as its choclate and Im nice

[Jay]

Hmmm, though I prefer vanilla I won't say no to ice cream... and I might even share with Bong, he's being a nice boy :p

[Bongitybongbong]

I'm in more of a mood of strawberry.

[Jay]

Was it a no I heard? Good, there's gonna be left more for me *sulks* :p

[Bongitybongbong]

brain freeze? :lol:

[Jay]

Whose? :p

too short, not anymore :p

[Bongitybongbong]

i placing 50 dollars on the table saying that one of you is gonna hgave a brain freeze

[Jay]

Bong you remember I'm a student? :p

[Nightshade]

No i gave you a scoop Jay
and we had Vanilla tooo you cant mix coffe and choclate icream apparantly it has to be vanilla!
It is no longer calle dbrain freeze its called a Heartatack in your head or thats what my baby sister called it when she was 3

[Jay]

NOW I have no idea what either of you are about re the brain freeze, lol

[kilted exile]

Wait a second how do we get from forum reunion to brainfreeze?

[Nightshade]

read about my ICE CREAM!

[Jay]

And I repeat, what's a brain freeze? :p

[Nightshade]

Are you funning? its what happens when you eat reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally cold ice cream and your false Eye pops out
...............oops I let on about the false eye at least I didnt tell them about the peg leg!

[Jay]

:confused: all confuzzled again

[Nightshade]

:lol: :lol:
....................sorry laughing to hard as immediate affect of choclate takes hold...............................
Okaysey so You dont know that brain freeze is the pain you get in your head when you eat somthing really cold?

Its a good thing smilies that Jay did not ntice the slip of tounge about my having only one eye and one leg!

[Jay]

Never had a brain freeze then... and what's wrong with having one eye and one leg?

[Nightshade]

Nothing just a being silly on account of sugar rush!

[Bongitybongbong]

Bong you remember I'm a student? :p
yes...and the point is

[Stanislaw]

totally random, if we were to have a reunion, I would nominate that we would have to play the lets get retarted song by black eyed peas, at least once... It's my theme song, well ona friday when I can be retarted, not during the week when my boss would yell at me... ahh

Oh hey, anyone ever hear ohne dich by Rammstein?

[wanderlust_ox]

I love Rammstein. And are you guys really planning this reunion thing?

[Bongitybongbong]

I think they are but it's not gonna work well because we're here drawing everything off topic.

[mono]

And are you guys really planning this reunion thing?
As much as I would love it, I consider myself one of those very poor college students, who barely gets by purchasing coffee and books, along with tuition and school textbooks.
Perhaps after nursing school . . . one can only dream. ;)

[wanderlust_ox]

As much as I would love it, I consider myself one of those very poor college students, who barely gets by purchasing coffee and books, along with tuition and school textbooks.
Perhaps after nursing school . . . one can only dream. ;)
oohh.. That's ok though. As long as you're happy

[Nightshade]

what are we talking about?

[Bongitybongbong]

I don't know Night.

[Stanislaw]

hmmm, if we were to hold it, it should be on something like the easter islands, or on a boat in the midle of the bermuda triangle, or that place with the giant desert sand drawings...

or isla nublar... :D

seriously, I would suggest (if this were to theoretically happen) stonehnege, the giza pyramids, or lasvegas :banana:

[Nightshade]

Sorry but take it from someone who could see them from classroom window the Giza Pyramids are OUT!
1- They are dark and you have to bend double to get in them ( and Im am less than 5 foot high!)
2) There is the Oxygen problem plus they dont like alot of people talking inside because they are afraid the sound waves will knock the thing over!
3) If you mean the Platuo it smells of camells and Horses and all th people not used to the heat would end up in hospital with heat/sun stroke!
You could however hold it in a hotel and just go and visit the pyramids

Im going to Stnonehenge as my 18th birthday present from my mum... Ill go into the inner circle and touch the stones :D :D :lol: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!!1

[Bongitybongbong]

How about somewhere where a literature person lived (Mark Twain's house or somewhere of the sort)?

[wanderlust_ox]

well first of all we should take a poll of who is willing to actually go to this reunion. Then find a suitable place where those people can afford to go.

[amuse]

also, have to be set a date well in advance. for those who haven't passports, or haven't updated them in forevers.

how many days are we planning to hang out for?

[wanderlust_ox]

yup... haha mine hasnt been updated since i was a baby

[Bongitybongbong]

I don't own one a passport and I probably won't be able to attend.

[Jay]

Well if you're thinking about 'being able to afford it' I think your stock of choc should feel a little bit more safe :D
Passport's not an issue though :lol:

[Nightshade]

Akkk Sorry all Us citzens I will not be going to the USA!

[wanderlust_ox]

meh... a couple hours south and i'm in Montanna.

[Nightshade]

How about the Antartic? Nice neutral ground ohh we could write a book there....
;)

[papayahed]

Kansas anyone? If it'd goog enough for Troll....

[wanderlust_ox]

uhh how about we freeze to death.

no.. how about Paris?

[Bongitybongbong]

Unless it's nearby you won't see me.

[wanderlust_ox]

uhh.. I want to go to Paris.. and shop!

[Nightshade]

I want to see the Louvre and the arch de triumph
and other old buildings and architecture!!!!!!!!
yeah I vote Paris!

[Jack_Aubrey]

Unless it's nearby you won't see me.
I agree, high five to those of us who are broke, and not yet adults. :banana:

[papayahed]

Didn't we already decide on a boat?

[Jack_Aubrey]

Possibly, I'm way behind on this thread.

[Nightshade]

oh yeah forgot... It could stop and collect people from designated coasts!

[Jack_Aubrey]

It could go down the St.Lawrence Sea-Way and pick me up at Lake Superior.

[Bongitybongbong]

I agree, high five to those of us who are broke, and not yet adults. :banana:
Yeah go us...we're...uh....er...yeah broke or not adults.w00t!

[Nightshade]

Thats the spirit children !!!!!!!!!
OOPs forgot that technically Im in that catagory too!

[Jack_Aubrey]

Yeah go us...we're...uh....er...yeah broke or not adults.w00t!
I'm both so I get extra points!!! :banana: :banana:

And I doubled the dancing banana's.

[Nightshade]

When are you counting the cut off dte for adult???????

[Bongitybongbong]

Likewise...

[Jack_Aubrey]

Wait,what?

[Bongitybongbong]

too young and poor. Night beat me.

[Nightshade]

I thought that was what you meant!:brow:

[wanderlust_ox]

meh, i'm broke and I'm not an adult yet, but I'll find my way over to Paris.

[Bongitybongbong]

meh, i'm broke and I'm not an adult yet, but I'll find my way over to Paris.
Yeah but I'm barely a teen and your 16 so you'll find a way sooner than i will. I wish you the best of luck on your quest to Paris. :nod:

[wanderlust_ox]

lol thank you. I just have to brush up on my francais before I go. Then I'll live the life of a french woman who smokes, is a north american size 0, and wears a lot of black. haha. I can't wait.

[Jack_Aubrey]

High five to all my 16 year old homies.

[wanderlust_ox]

lol high five. I'm turning 17 in december, while some of my other friends are turning 18 only months after my birthday... *tear*

[Jack_Aubrey]

I have a March birthday.

[wanderlust_ox]

so you're born in 89?

[Jack_Aubrey]

I sure was.

EDIT: I think we should take this to Live Chat.

[baddad]

.....looks like the 1st forum get together is destined to be in Prague.......Jay, ih, koa seem familiar with it already......

[Jay]

Don't forget Tabac and a certain someone's on their way... there's no if, there's only the when ;) *making so little sense* :D... nothing new then :p

[papayahed]

Prague? I thought we agreed on Kansas? I'll make cookies....

[Jay]

If you're nice (and suicidal ;)) I might make some as well ;)

[Nightshade]

hey im coming (hopfly to Prague in 07)
:)

[Jay]

That's supposed to be 2007? Well, d'oh, as July is over now :p
Why that date in particular?

[Nightshade]

Well originall I was going to (actually Im still inrolled in this course) do a university course on information mangment starting 2006 and the second year there is a 13 week placement in Prauge but now depending on the results I get in a few hours I may withdraw and apply to a homeopathy course instead.

Still I think I want to come to the Chezch Republic one day if only because I heard you have great old buildings which just happen to be one of my pet hobbies.
So can we have this reunion somwhere where I can go ightseeing and we could bring the Headless doll and Trolley along too. Oh and some manifistation of Nanna: banana: so he wont feel left out! :D

[baddad]

headless dolls........dancing nanas..........rubber figurines (sorry Trolly)......magnificent architecture............................sounds like a regular Saturday night at the pub........

[Nightshade]

Ok Im reviving this thread because a) its one of my favourites, b) all that stuff in the one year picnic and c) last and most important factor i felt like it!!

[Chava]

Hehe, the reunion could only be at the restaurant at the end of the universe...

[baddad]

Ahh yes....winter approaches here in the northern hemisphere, and dreams of tropical isles dance among the many voices in my head.....so lets talk....PARTY!!! Sweet, sweet fun, carefree condolences to the bartender Papayahed just spilled a martini on, rambunctious laughter after meeting some of this sites characters (in person) for the first time.......and lots of sunshine, chocolate, great food, great beverages, and great tales from those we know only from their words....

So!!! Where are going for a holiday???

[subterranean]

himalaya....??

[papayahed]

Kansas?? If not Kansas then I think we should resurrect the boat idea.

[Nightshade]

Himalaya?! Ohh count me out then
avalanches*shudders*

I want to see seals lets get a boat an go round the world( better make it ice proof :nod: )

[rachel]

oh just come here to Vernon. We have three gorgeous lakes, green everywhere, SilverStar mountain with a small city way up there and a million things to do summer and winter.We have the army here on the top of the hill just going out of town and we can all sit and watch the artillary fire(they have hit some of the houses-not really good). Okay forget it, then how about we all show up at Mono's house in Portland.And if anybody gets sick he can take perfect care of us. Other than that I give up. At least somewhere where their is no war at present and none of us is wanted for anything major, I hate jail parties.
sigh.....if only.....it would be the best time ever.Chocolate, yum

[Pensive]

Why don't you guys try Pakistan?

[jakobin]

i reckon it should be new zealand. its a great place, really, and we can visit Katherine Mansfileds birthplace if you wanna do something literary. otherwise just to cruise around new zealand, beaute country, awesome people!!

[starrwriter]

i reckon it should be new zealand. its a great place, really, and we can visit Katherine Mansfileds birthplace if you wanna do something literary. otherwise just to cruise around new zealand, beaute country, awesome people!!
Been to NZ and agree it's a beautiful country with very friendly people. But I must submit my vote for Hawaii -- island chain of balmy torch-lit nights, hula girls, bathwater-warm ocean lagoons teeming with sea life, sugarcane fields, rainforest waterfalls and the most active volcano on earth.

We could sit on the blowhole rock where young author James Jones gazed at the ocean horizon and came up with a great title for his novel -- "From Here To Eternity." Or lay down quickly on our campfire cot in the jungle and comment, like Mark Twain, that a million mosquitos will never bite another human. Or visit the $2 million beach mansion on Maui where "writer" John Saul cranks out his wildly popular swill fiction.

Free diving, I once saw a huge "rock" move underwater a short distance from me. Then I noticed the rock had a large eye. It was a humpback whale sleeping in 20 feet of water and I woke it.

[subterranean]

Say, are there any hula boyz too? :D

[starrwriter]

Say, are there any hula boyz too?
On every beach. Remember Warren Zevon's song?
"I didn't have to come to Maui
To be treated like a jerk
She's down with the hula-hula boys
She don't care about me"

[Nightshade]

But if we have a boat we can stop at hawaii, yes? *hint, hint*
can yo u go far eo\nough north in a boat to see the northern lights???

[kilted exile]

My vote is still for the boat.

Nightshade, you dont have to go too far north to see the lights all you need is to get a clear night away from the light produced by cities and towns. If you went to Scotland you'd be able to see it from there.

[Nightshade]

really, really????
Ohh wow and I was making plans to live for a year in Canada so I would be sure to catch them :d
Right scotland much more feasble
now do you know wher I canm find hills and the sea nad maybe seals all together in scotland??? (that woulddream life fotr a few t\years at least)
Oh and of course libraries so I can get a job :D

on second thoughts have you ever seen the northern lights in scotland???

[kilted exile]

on second thoughts have you ever seen the northern lights in scotland???
once while camping in carrbridge...its near inverness. remember parts of scotland are more nothern than some places in scandinavia.
remember

carrbridge doesnt have many things...no seals, sea or library. but it does have a very good bridge for jumping off into the river below.

[Nightshade]

jumbing off into a river??? did you try this by anychance??
:brows:

[kilted exile]

jumbing off into a river??? did you try this by anychance??
:brows:

I have more sense than to jump off a perfectly good bridge the locals do however. A picture of the bridge is here (http://www.coulouris.net/george-jean/tandemscotland2001/day5/Carrbridge%204-pp.JPG) you have to be careful as the only deep part is right under the bridge...too many rocks at the sides.

[Nightshade]

ohh wow :eek2:

now youve done it right thats where Im going for my next birthday this year I went too a haunted castle the sea and an owl sancutry all rolled in one and my first ever totally on my own train trip ^ and a half hours bothh ways and I only got lost coming home at my own station after about 5 changes :rolleyes:
EDIT
Not that you needed to know all that
wow wow wow look at that bridge and I was going to walk that massive wall the strechesh across the top of englad Haden's wall is it called
roman wall? possiblility of northetrn lights???:D:D:D
EDIT EDIT Im rambling again arent I *sigh*

[rachel]

Wow Kilted Exile you seem to know Scotland very well and your heart does seem to be there all right. What clan are you from.? We have a friend who is a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce. He is called Harley the Bruce and is very regal and beautiful and has a great strength and beauty of spirit. My adopted brother is from the clans of Douglas and the clan of the Mathew. I'd go to Scotland tomorrow if I had the time. Tell me can you get there on twenty eight dollars and six cents-Canadian?

[starrwriter]

I have more sense than to jump off a perfectly good bridge the locals do however. A picture of the bridge is here (http://www.coulouris.net/george-jean/tandemscotland2001/day5/Carrbridge%204-pp.JPG) you have to be careful as the only deep part is right under the bridge...too many rocks at the sides.
What holds the bridge up? It looks about 8 inches thin at the center -- as if you would fall into the stream (instead of jumping) when it collapsed.

[Nightshade]

theyve got alot of those around we went to aplace once and it had this tiny tiny bridge ith only 3 legs over a 100 or so foot drop onto sharp rocks it was terrifying for thoose of us who dislike unstable hights:D

[starrwriter]

But if we have a boat we can stop at hawaii, yes? *hint, hint* can yo u go far eo\nough north in a boat to see the northern lights???
No northern lights anywhere near Hawaii, but we have the green flash (see Island Life post.)

I saw the aurora borealis growing up in Michigan and also during my 3 trips to Alaska in recent years. Pretty spectacular, I must admit.

[subterranean]

Perfect.................


On every beach.

[jakobin]

has anyone here actually seen the Green Flash??

if you come to new zealand, we have everything that anyone ever wants to do. bungy jumping, shotover jet (check that out!), rock climbing, skiing, summer skiing, sand boarding, sailing.

ok ok, ill stop. :P

[subterranean]

Jakobin, sounds very entertaining indeed...

Baddad you should have included a poll...we're like a big family filled with kids, each with his/her own choice of place to visit


has anyone here actually seen the Green Flash??

if you come to new zealand, we have everything that anyone ever wants to do. bungy jumping, shotover jet (check that out!), rock climbing, skiing, summer skiing, sand boarding, sailing.

ok ok, ill stop. :P

[A Hard Rain]

come to detroit. its not as bad as they say. plus it shall be a cultural experiance, for who knows how long it will be before the big 3 perish.

we'll picknic on one of the lakes.

[jakobin]

sorry to be ignorant but 'the big 3'??

[Nightshade]

jakobin here I think this is what hard rain is on about (http://detroit.about.com/od/tips/f/big3.htm).
pun not intended!!

I dreamed last night that we had the forum reunnion on a boat so obviously it has to be a boat ;)

[papayahed]

come to detroit. its not as bad as they say. plus it shall be a cultural experiance, for who knows how long it will be before the big 3 perish.

we'll picknic on one of the lakes.


OK, the boat first. Then I rescind my Kansas vote and throw my vote to Detroit.

[starrwriter]

has anyone here actually seen the Green Flash??
I think I saw it once, but I may have been stoned. I can't remember.

One nimrod thought it was caused by the hot sun touching the cool ocean water as it sank beneath the horizon. A steam flash, so to speak. He was stoned, too.

[jakobin]

i originally thought that it was the sun light going through the water and because most sea water is a greenish colour, the light shone through the water and caused a green light.

i lived in holland at the time.

[subterranean]

I see we have rambled about "where", how bout the question "when"?....Or is it to fast, as we havne't reach an agreement about the "where"....

[jakobin]

when...i reckon in about 5 years when we have finally figured everything out. if its going to be in new zealand, then everyone can come tomorrow, we can rent buses (looking at the membership now, probably about 20 or 30 for the actual active users who will actually show up). haha imagine the sight, 20 or 30 buses driving around new zealand full of people that met on the internet talking about literature! id love to see it happen.

so yeah, see you all in wellington airport tomorrow morning, 7am sharp? maybe we will see Trolly and his aussie troll companion!

[Nightshade]

I see we have rambled about "where", how bout the question "when"?....Or is it to fast, as we havne't reach an agreement about the "where"....
I was actually thinking that as I walked to work yesterday and it occured to me that we probably have to wait a few years so that everyone can save some money oh and people like Master Bong and Jack are old enough to come along.

[kilted exile]

I'd go to Scotland tomorrow if I had the time. Tell me can you get there on twenty eight dollars and six cents-Canadian?

That would depend on how much faith you have in duct tape....$28.06 should be enough for one of those inflatable, floating seats and a roll of duct tape to repair the holes as you try to float there....just watch out for changes in current :D .

With regards to when, not until I get my citizenship through (dont want to leave the country then have the canadian govt realise their mistake and not let me back in)

[subterranean]

What do you mean old enough?

Where and what are we going to do anyway? ;)


.... oh and people like Master Bong and Jack are old enough to come along.

[Nightshade]

well they are what 14/15??
and earlier in the thread they said they couldnt leave the US and I do belive somwher paticular in the us a) because they have no money becaue they cant work yet and b) because they cant drive anywhere else in the US and I am supposing of course that their families are not going to let them get on a plane or a boat with a load of strangers?
:D

[baddad]

...we could bring chaperones, parents..............NO, wait!!! We could volunteer to babysit the BONG!!! Ohhh.......so sweet......... *gotta remember to bring the teething grenades........*

[jakobin]

no parents or chaperones! *cough cough* just voicing my opinion...

(AAAAAH!! smeagol is being hunted by the eye, eternally punished...YESSS!!!GOLLUm shall prevail!!)

[subterranean]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

babysit BONG..

You mean to put baby to sit with BONG....




...we could bring chaperones, parents..............NO, wait!!! We could volunteer to babysit the BONG!!! Ohhh.......so sweet......... *gotta remember to bring the teething grenades........*

Aren't you a "child" too?

baddad will babysit you too...with his teething grenades :D


no parents or chaperones! *cough cough* just voicing my opinion...

(AAAAAH!! smeagol is being hunted by the eye, eternally punished...YESSS!!!GOLLUm shall prevail!!)

[baddad]

Okay, enough fooling around. I'm going to Mexico this April. I spent five months there last year, and I want to go back for a month. I'm not particular as to where, but the pacific coast is nice, might try that. Any takers. I'll buy the first20 rounds......

[Ancestor]

I will take you up on that Baddad since I do not live to far from the boarder although it will have to be non alocholic for me. Stomach does not like alochol anymore :bawling:, oh well.

[starrwriter]

Okay, enough fooling around. I'm going to Mexico this April. I spent five months there last year, and I want to go back for a month. I'm not particular as to where, but the pacific coast is nice, might try that. Any takers. I'll buy the first20 rounds......
Only if we stay in Yelapa or San Blas, the two best seaside villages on the Pacific coast. There's raicilla (Mexican moonshine) in Yelapa and cheap boiled shrimp and Pacifico beer in San Blas.