Three True, One False - aka Glatt's Game - Page 5

monster · 10-01-2009, 01:48 PM

Man you do tough ones.

I say the guy on the subway was not drinking a can of malt liquor

Pie · 10-01-2009, 01:54 PM

I'm hopin' (for your sake) it wasn't the rubber-glove nastiness. That's my vote, at any rate.

Clodfobble · 10-01-2009, 02:29 PM

I'll take the Norwegian language skills. I'm guessing she needed some other kind of language skills. (And I have a friend who is a lawyer and speaks Japanese, if'n you ever need that...)

glatt · 10-01-2009, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

(And I have a friend who is a lawyer and speaks Japanese, if'n you ever need that...)

That actually comes up every once in a while. On a contract basis though.

Clodfobble · 10-01-2009, 02:35 PM

Yeah, she'd like a full-time position, but she's been doing contract work for a couple years now. But she's licensed in California, so I don't think she could practice in your state.

limey · 10-01-2009, 02:50 PM

I don't think it was a SWEDISH fish - maybe some other nationality?

glatt · 10-01-2009, 03:12 PM

Limey wins it!!

My daughter wanted to be a Swedish Fish for Halloween, and I came up with an idea for making a costume out of carpet padding kinda like Eddie Murphy as Gumby on Saturday Night Live. But everyone voted me down, and they are going to make something out of construction paper or something.

The other stuff was true. I don't want to talk about the toilet thing. It was unpleasant, but everything works fine now. The guy drinking beer on the Metro in the morning was astounding to me. I had never seen that in almost 20 years of riding Metro. He didn't even look all that dirty. And the Norwegian interviewee was true too. We've got a new case with a Norwegian client.

Limey, what have you got for us?

limey · 10-01-2009, 03:29 PM

(in my last effort I didn't realise it was supposed to be events from today ...)
Well folks, today I ...

was charmed by a film clip of farming folk and fiddle playing brought to my attention by a Swedish friend;

was appalled to discover that the source of the bluebottles in the house was the two-day-old corpse of a hare on the back doorstep brought to me by my cats;

was thrilled to find that my new purple Doctor Marten's ankle boots (brought to me by the postman) are very comfy;

was delighted to have my quote for a 5,000 word translation (brought to me by the internet) on the subject of road building accepted, so I really should be working now!

Well?

Pie · 10-01-2009, 03:41 PM

I'm guessing the Doc Martins. Maybe they were uncomfortable. Maybe they shipped the wrong size.
(Maybe I'll actually get one of these right, for a change. D'oh!)

classicman · 10-01-2009, 04:17 PM

I'll go with film clip ... just cuz I can.

dar512 · 10-01-2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't want to talk about the toilet thing.

I sympathize on the toilet thing. Been there myself. Would you be willing to at least share what the object was?

In my case it was a plastic figurine that one of the darlets must have been playing with.

classicman · 10-01-2009, 04:50 PM

...mine was a toothbrush.

dar512 · 10-01-2009, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

...mine was a toothbrush.

Must be a rite of passage for dads.

monster · 10-01-2009, 05:54 PM

not for beest.....yet.....apparently jammer swimsuits flush clean away......

limey, I'm going with the corpse -I think it was probably a different animal. And I don't think they have to be today..... do they?

jinx · 10-01-2009, 08:19 PM

Alright, I'll take the road building thing.

10-01-2009, 01:48 PM	#61
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Man you do tough ones. I say the guy on the subway was not drinking a can of malt liquor __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2009, 01:54 PM	#62
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I'm hopin' (for your sake) it wasn't the rubber-glove nastiness. That's my vote, at any rate. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-01-2009, 02:29 PM	#63
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'll take the Norwegian language skills. I'm guessing she needed some other kind of language skills. (And I have a friend who is a lawyer and speaks Japanese, if'n you ever need that...) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-01-2009, 02:35 PM	#65
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah, she'd like a full-time position, but she's been doing contract work for a couple years now. But she's licensed in California, so I don't think she could practice in your state. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-01-2009, 02:50 PM	#66
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I don't think it was a SWEDISH fish - maybe some other nationality? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-01-2009, 03:12 PM	#67
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Limey wins it!! My daughter wanted to be a Swedish Fish for Halloween, and I came up with an idea for making a costume out of carpet padding kinda like Eddie Murphy as Gumby on Saturday Night Live. But everyone voted me down, and they are going to make something out of construction paper or something. The other stuff was true. I don't want to talk about the toilet thing. It was unpleasant, but everything works fine now. The guy drinking beer on the Metro in the morning was astounding to me. I had never seen that in almost 20 years of riding Metro. He didn't even look all that dirty. And the Norwegian interviewee was true too. We've got a new case with a Norwegian client. Limey, what have you got for us?

10-01-2009, 03:29 PM	#68
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	(in my last effort I didn't realise it was supposed to be events from today ...) Well folks, today I ... was charmed by a film clip of farming folk and fiddle playing brought to my attention by a Swedish friend; was appalled to discover that the source of the bluebottles in the house was the two-day-old corpse of a hare on the back doorstep brought to me by my cats; was thrilled to find that my new purple Doctor Marten's ankle boots (brought to me by the postman) are very comfy; was delighted to have my quote for a 5,000 word translation (brought to me by the internet) on the subject of road building accepted, so I really should be working now! Well? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-01-2009, 03:41 PM	#69
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I'm guessing the Doc Martins. Maybe they were uncomfortable. Maybe they shipped the wrong size. (Maybe I'll actually get one of these right, for a change. D'oh!) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-01-2009, 04:17 PM	#70
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'll go with film clip ... just cuz I can. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-01-2009, 04:50 PM	#72
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	...mine was a toothbrush. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-01-2009, 05:54 PM	#74
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	not for beest.....yet.....apparently jammer swimsuits flush clean away...... limey, I'm going with the corpse -I think it was probably a different animal. And I don't think they have to be today..... do they? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2009, 08:19 PM	#75
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Alright, I'll take the road building thing. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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