Now if they'd just widen the definition of "spouse" I could marry this Monte Cristo sandwich that I'm in love with right now...

Please tell me that you'll drive your DeLorean there.  Please!

While not nearly as epic as any of the black isle games, I still though Gothic I and Gothic 2 had great stories behind them.

Maybe your company could pass along the suggestion to Hillary that she should drop out of the race.

...or get her up there on that trampoline with bea arthur. 

cougars....roooowwwwrrrr

I thought they stopped being cougars when they broke a hip???

or stopped being women.

Sweet!  Now I can get all those things I wanted as a kid!  I'll just order this; then buy an original 80's version Battlestar Galactica flight jacket off ebay; hit up some conventions until i find a pair of spock ears; and take my old 25 foot multi-colored tom baker, dr. who scarf out of the closet and head down to the mall.  i'll be the most stylin' 41 year old around!

...thankfully, due to my diligent oral hygiene, the police will be able to identify my body through dental records.

Maybe your company could pass along the suggestion to Hillary that she should drop out of the race.

...or get her up there on that trampoline with bea arthur. 

cougars....roooowwwwrrrr

Same here.  Except for the timed mission with the dude under the overpass. 

I didn't realize he was under the damn bridge the first time so failed it.  Then i retried it after getting my fancy pants motor-sickel from my safehouse.  Next time around, I just didn't slow down as i neared the guardrail over the underpass.  hit it going about 30 miles an hour, flipped off my bike through the air, and landed (with some damage, of course) about 20 steps away from him. 

carmen's perk has never worked for me and she's currently at 100 percent due to my sweet, sweet lovin'.

For LJ's package missions short cuts definitely help if you can find them (though I don't think I needed it on the first package mission).  One thing I didn't know, however, is that evidently you don't have to use the junkers he leaves you with.  Supposedly you can hop into your own quicker and better handling vehicle and still complete the missions. 

I thought the package was in the car? If I get in and get out do I bring the package with me?

yep

You want great story driven games? Buy this.

It contains Neverwinter Nights, along with both expansions, and Baldur's Gate I and II, along with both expansions. Those games alone (with expansions) will give you AT LEAST 200 hours of gameplay.

Yes, they're old. Yes, they (along with Planescape Torment) are some of the best story driven games you'll EVER play. Period.

didn't they have a black isle collection that had all those games but also included planescape at one point on gogamer?

Have Fridays be "Best seat in the house" day

no need...every day is "Best Seat in the House" day whenever I walk by!

BA DA BOOM!

Bea Arthur naked jumping on a trampoline all day?

as interesting a visual presentation on the physics of drag coefficient that would be, i fear bea has very few "bounces" left in her before she goes to that great sitcom in the sky.

So they put in a suggestion box in the kitchen for employees.  Primarily it's intended for suggestions on coffee flavors and snacks that people might like to have in the break room.  However, over the last few weeks I've been dropping in my own anonymous suggestions.  So far I've asked for:

1) An office Bowflex placed in the copy room so I can work on my "guns" while waiting for color copies.

2) An office "Helper Monkey" dressed in a red bellhop outfit that we could train to deliver notes to other cubicles, as well as act as our first line of defense in case of a terrorist attack.

3) An office Hang Glider that would be parked on the roof and available for employee use during lunch hours.

4) More Cowbell


Anyone else have suggestions that could turn this "workplace" into more of a "funplace"?

...and before it gets posted in a reply, no...prostitutes brandishing sparklers and wearing pasties is strictly forbidden by fire codes.

For LJ's package missions short cuts definitely help if you can find them (though I don't think I needed it on the first package mission).  One thing I didn't know, however, is that evidently you don't have to use the junkers he leaves you with.  Supposedly you can hop into your own quicker and better handling vehicle and still complete the missions. 

i can verify that.  the only "default vehicle" i used for his package missions was that pimped out SUV he leaves you for the last one.

People still do this? I've never heard of it done in Denmark,

in denmark you can just buy your wife for an ox and 4 colored stones, though.

 

sheesh people, it's like waking up christmas morning and running downstairs...only to see your dad taking off the white beard and red hat.

let us keep SOME dreams, will ya!?!?

 

That, or when he was sending him faxes from the other office in his own stationary telling Dwight that it was himself faxing him from the future.  That was classic.

ding ding ding...I STILL laugh at that one...

If you want the father to wholeheartedly support your request for his daughter's hand in marriage, simply show up at his place and tell him, "Listen, I could be your son-in-law...or you could say no and deal with an alternative....LIKE THIS!" and then whip out MY picture.

...after he regains consciousness I'm sure he'll greet you with open arms, a heartfelt hug and most likely a blank check.

Don't worry, Bullwinkle.  If anyone can help you win hepcat over this Saturday it's Steve Carell.

oooh, he's the guest host?

I don't remember seeing anything like that, but it's just luck and averages that'll be sure to have more crap than good on after this lengthy discussion.

 

well, just remember that this is just some good natured back and forth, so even if it does have the aforementioned skit i'll just laugh along WITH you instead of rubbing your nose in it.

Iggy Pop still wins.

yeah, that's still a classic.  the foo fighter rider actually makes mention of it at one point.

so the ARE recycling the "awkward teenager's running a video/radio/internet show out of their basement" bits again?

It's not that the newer stuff is better, though, it's just sad to see so many people fall into the cycle of dumping on SNL because it's become common to do so. 

please realize that some of us formed this opinion outside of any social gestalt.  we honestly think the new SNL has sucked for years.  If everyone were to suddenly start thinking it was brilliant, those of us who truly dislike the show would most likely seek asylum in countries that currently do not have electricity.   

p.s. of course i'm just teasing (for the most part).  however, i can't help but see the horrid Jimmy Fallon, those annoying cheerleader skits with the misused Will Ferrell, and the numerous attempts at trying to coin a catchphrase that overpowers everything else when i mull over SNL's recent history (recent being 10 years or less, to me).

...then again, we always should remember that the impetus behind many of my posts can be directly traced back to my childhood love of lead based paints.

But it does seem you're basing your opinions on sketches and actors that haven't been on the show in nearly 10 years.  Again, dismissing it without any current viewings to back it up.

Then, in the interest of fairness, I promise to watch it this weekend. 

But I swear to God, if there's even ONE skit based around awkward teenagers running their own private video/radio/internet show out of their basement, i'm coming for you...

by the way, congrats!

I have a friend who moved from Florida to Alaska if you can believe it. Loves it there.

I moved from Canada to Florida.  I think I got the better end of the deal.

The heat, humidity, hurricanes, and giant bugs in Florida say no.  To each his own, though.

I agree.  I can handle cold just fine.  Mind-searing heat combined with ridiculous humidity?  Not so much.

And all the old people.  Don't forget about the old people.

the old people i can take....

.....

...literally, i mean.  i've been practicing in the ring.  any of those geriatric gangstas tries to run up on me, i'm unleashing these twin piledrivers!

I'm see'n it only if the kid and monkey die horrible deaths.

Stick around, I'm sure the reality of Carbon Monoxide poisoning will someday make itself known.

Its all just a smokescreen since the Vatican says is OK to believe in aliens.

Now THAT'S what i call "hedging your bets".

It's not that the newer stuff is better, though, it's just sad to see so many people fall into the cycle of dumping on SNL because it's become common to do so. 

please realize that some of us formed this opinion outside of any social gestalt.  we honestly think the new SNL has sucked for years.  If everyone were to suddenly start thinking it was brilliant, those of us who truly dislike the show would most likely seek asylum in countries that currently do not have electricity.   

p.s. of course i'm just teasing (for the most part).  however, i can't help but see the horrid Jimmy Fallon, those annoying cheerleader skits with the misused Will Ferrell, and the numerous attempts at trying to coin a catchphrase that overpowers everything else when i mull over SNL's recent history (recent being 10 years or less, to me).

...then again, we always should remember that the impetus behind many of my posts can be directly traced back to my childhood love of lead based paints.

I can now safely pin point the exact moment Western Civilization died...

From thesmokinggun.com, this rider from for the band The Foo Fighters actually made me chuckle.

couple of my faves:

Selection of cereals - Unopened.  Do not recycle from last night's Dio show.

Bacon - I call it "god's Currency".

Apparently, trying to shake a wanted level while on a bike is the stupidest thing a human being can do in GTAIV.  It's like trying to enter a demolition derby while riding a tricycle....

I just had a physical last week for my new job and was disappointed the woman doctor didn't "man" handle me 

She was rather attractive.

The last one I had, she grabbed a handful and then she bent down and took a good look. I figured maybe there was an office bet 

was she squinting when she took this good look?  cause if she was, you may want to delete this post. 

well, all teasing aside, i do want to say that there is actually no right or wrong in this discussion.  what people find funny is purely up to them and my opinion that the older stuff is funnier is just that:  an opinion.  if you find the newer stuff to be better, than that's yours...and theres absolutely nothing wrong with that.   

Stack that GTA sketch up against the "classic" scotch tape store sketch and see how it holds up.  Or any of the muppets scenes which were in every single first season episode.  Or the entire Louise Lasser episode. 

okay....

....

....yep, 1st year SNL still funnier.   when scotch tape on its own garners a bigger laugh, you know it's time for new writers. 

the level of comic genius from years 1, 2 and 3 are so far above what's been seen in the last 10 years of SNL that it's not even a contest, old boy.  sorry.

year 1 may have had its share of bad sketches...but it was SNL's first year of existence, for cryin' out loud.  they were inventing the formula that would later be butchered by people like kattan and fallon.  even then i'd still stack the unfunny ones up against anything the current regime is doing.

...the GTA sketch, for example.   

as i said, there are exceptions to the rule (will ferrell), but every year i try to watch a few episodes to see how it's going and every year I say to myself, "I wonder what's on the paid commercial channel right now?".

Yeah, Norm used to constantly tell everyone that Kattan was gay (not that there's anything wrong with that).  It used to really piss off Chris.  There's a great story about Norm and Chris that Artie Lange (one of Norm's best friends) tells about their days on SNL together.

Chris and Norm found out that the guest star was going to be Pam Andersen.  Supposedly, Chris is infatuated with her.  Everyone knows this.  Anway, they write a skit with Pam, Chris and Norm in it.  It's a riff on the twilight zone with norm playing rod serling.  All week before the show, Norm leaves Chris alone and doesn't say a word to him.  Finally, they begin the live shoot of the skit they're in together.  10 seconds before they're supposed to start the skit and switch cameras over to them, Norm suddenly turns to Pam and says, "Has Chris told you he's gay?  He's trying to tell everyone he thinks you're hot, but I don't know...I think he's gay.  Chris, you wanna add something about you being gay?"

...and bam, camera light goes on and Norm goes into his lines, "Welcome to a dimension of sound...."

Chris was pretty pissed and the cameraman almost fell over laughing throughout the entire thing anytime Chris had a line.

i was floored.  i knew she was hot for a woman in her late 30's/early 40's...but wowza!  she put a lot of these teen starlets to shame.

p.s. link to video

I'll probably be in New Orleans for a client site job, but if they reschedule I'll let you know...

...of course, this is assuming that my general demeanor around these parts hasn't caused you to already seek a restraining order.

Morrowind (damn you Hetz, wherever you are!)

GTAIV

just imagine- you can probably roll her breasts up like a fruit roll up when she's riding you!

I'd rather set myself on fire, thanks.   

you'll have to excuse CeeKay...he can see the line, but he not only crosses it, he goes back, grabs family and friends, loads them into a school bus, then drives back over it again...returning later to get even more people if he can.