Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread

Posts: 68 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:39 am

benjoshua wrote:

like ricochet rabbit. Very Happy

Hmmm.... I see a new nickname in the works.... Very Happy

Posts: 1302 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:34 am

'ricochet rabbit' now thats a blast from the past, wasnt that a 70's cartoon?

Posts: 1255 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:24 pm

ashmire13 wrote:

'ricochet rabbit' now thats a blast from the past, wasnt that a 70's cartoon?

According to Wikipedia:

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Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick) worked as a sheriff in a Western setting called Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet, true to his name, would bounce off all the walls yelling "bing-bing-bing!" His deputy Droop-A-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc) was never able to be as "jumpy" and would end up crashing through a window.

In addition to his speed, Ricochet was known for using trick bullets against his opponents (for example, a bullet that would stop in mid-flight and hover while striking the bad guy with an impossibly oversized mallet, or exploding after inside bigger compartments of the bullet).

Ricochet Rabbit's catchphrase consisted of three quick bings; "Bing, bing, BING!", followed by him referring to himself in the third person; "Ricochet Rabbit!"

He first appeared in 1963 but most of the episodes appeared in '64 & '65. I am dating myself, aren't I? Embarassed

Posts: 1302 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:29 pm

I remember the 'Ricocheeeeet Rabbit' phrase now, I'm sure...

Must have been re-runs for me then in the 70's! Laughing

Posts: 3414 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:40 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140377198727

The description on this auction is priceless. At least shipping is free. Rolling Eyes

Posts: 292 · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:12 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140377198727

The description on this auction is priceless. At least shipping is free. Rolling Eyes

Wasn't there someone a few months ago who was selling a collection of D&D items for the same outrageous price... with the same $8000 debt?

EDIT: I believe I found the mention of it. 11th post down. Unfortunately, the listing is no longer there.

http://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5694&postdays=0&postorder= asc&start=700

Posts: 5636 · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:22 pm

#1488 in a series of "These are the morons running your school system, can we get vouchers?"

http://www.parentdish.com/2010/02/05/kid-almost-suspended-for-bringing -tiny-toy-gun-to-school

Mike B.

Posts: 5147 · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:39 pm

What annoys me more than the idiotic handling of the issue is the last sentence in the article. I'm sure the writer wouldn't want his kids reading things like that, yet he writes it for others.

Posts: 1302 · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:31 pm

Totally leftfield and un-RPG-related, but would it be possible for one of you US guys to do me a favour.

I own a PS3, but can't purchase anything from the US store. To do so, I need to buy a PSN card, but can't seem to get them shipped to me in the UK.

If I pay one of you guys, who then purchase the card, you could then email me the code from the card for me to then use.

Anyone willing/able to help? If you can, drop me a PM please (I think a few of you chaps dabble in the PS world anyway don't you??) Very Happy

Cheers
Dave

Posts: 754 · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:02 am

A video game designer gives credit where credit is due

"How I Made It"

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Dungeons & Dragons opened up the idea that stories can be told by those who take part in them, a key tenet of video game design.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi7-2010feb07,0,7109862.story

Gencon should invite her to give a pep talk!

Posts: 3414 · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:48 pm

Another reason to despise American Airlines:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35302270/ns/travel-news/?gt1=43001

They keep this up, in a couple of years it will cost ten bucks just to take a crap on a domestic flight. Fifteen dollars if its international. Rolling Eyes

Posts: 754 · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:08 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:

Another reason to despise American Airlines:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35302270/ns/travel-news/?gt1=43001

They keep this up, in a couple of years it will cost ten bucks just to take a crap on a domestic flight. Fifteen dollars if its international. Rolling Eyes

I heard they don't take cash anymore either, even for the $2 headsets.

If I fly them again, I promise I'll bring my own blanky and pillow with...like this one!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/images/4297/

Didn't we discuss this earlier on the thread? Laughing

Posts: 3414 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:50 am

This should be good:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585143,00.html

I dont understand why Iran doesn't just come out and tell everyone what they plan to do like the U.S. does by dropping tens of thousands of leaflets over the Afghan countryside to let them know that we are planning an offensive. Now the militants are going to hide in plain sight with the rest of the populace which will make it really hard to find and kill them. I wasnt in the military so I dont believe I have the necessary experience to form the opinion that doing so is really stupid. Rolling Eyes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35293212/ns/world_news-south_and_central_a sia/

Maybe our military leaders are hoping that the local populace will rat out the Taliban for us. Did our government not learn anything during Vietnam? Confused

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/leaflet-drop-kills-afghan_n_3 04595.html

D'oh.... scratch

Posts: 614 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:13 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:

Did our government not learn anything during Vietnam?

We're still in Afghanistan, so no.

Posts: 292 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:37 pm

sauromatian wrote:

We're still in Afghanistan, so no.

Yes, they did. As General Smedley Butler wrote, "War is a Racket".

War means profits. The longer the war, the more the profit. It's not for 'patriotism' or 'protecting the world from X', its about 'they have something we want, and we have the means to take it'. Always has been. Always will be.

Thumbing your nose at the 'powahs what is' and wishing to remain an independent nation instead of a puppet state are evil things to multi-national corporate interests.

Posts: 5147 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:56 pm

Occupying a nation, historically, has never been successful. You either need to strike and leave, or eradicate the vast majority of the native population.
We will go at it with Iran in some fashion this year. The "powahs what is" have already planned on and for it. It is absolutely critical to them that no one else gets the nuclear toys we already have.

Posts: 5636 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:25 pm

RaisedFromTheDead wrote:

Occupying a nation, historically, has never been successful. You either need to strike and leave, or eradicate the vast majority of the native population.
We will go at it with Iran in some fashion this year. The "powahs what is" have already planned on and for it. It is absolutely critical to them that no one else gets the nuclear toys we already have.

Hopefully the Israelis will do what we either won't or can't and stage another "Operation Opera" or "Operation Orchard" and destroy the Iranian's facility soon. Then we can wag our fingers at them in public while patting them on the back in private.

Mike B.

Posts: 3414 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:41 pm

RaisedFromTheDead wrote:

We will go at it with Iran in some fashion this year.

In what way I wonder? There is no way Russia, Europe, and China will go for any military action against Iran without a major catalyst to sway their stance. Russia and China both have major interests in Iran and vice versa. I dont think we will be doing anything to Iran militarily unless they do the unthinkable and attack Israel or another regional state with a nuclear, chemical, or biological weapon. We cant afford to distance ourselves politically and economically any further from the European Union, Russia, and China. And we certainly cannot afford to "deal with" Iran alone unless we use nuclear weapons to do so.

Come to think of it....I wouldnt put it past our government to allow Iran to build and use a nuclear weapon on an ally just so they can justify the destruction of an entire nation.

Uh oh...the conspiracy theorist I had sequestered away in my subconcious is trying to escape.

Posts: 1523 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:01 pm

Iran has twice the population of Iraq and is far more mountainous.

It would not be a war like the occupation of Iraq with a fairly straightforward drive to the capital city.

What is the alternative? For the US to use nukes so that the Iranians can not?

Countries in the middle east are still nervous about the Dimona project in Israel with the rumors of a nuclear arsenal. Israel have refused inspections by the IAEA but are not being held to the same standards that the US expects of Iran. This is hypocrisy at best and outright blind stupidity at best.

With nuclear weapons being available in the world for over sixty years now, the only country that has dared to use them against an enemy is still the US. This has placed the US in a position of massive leverage. Why wouldn't any other country want to be in the same position?

Posts: 2351 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:08 pm

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jasonw1239

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Iran has twice the population of Iraq and is far more mountainous.

It would not be a war like the occupation of Iraq with a fairly straightforward drive to the capital city.

Unless the definition of occupation has changed lately, the U.S. has not occupied Iraq. They had elections for pete's sake.

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With nuclear weapons being available in the world for over sixty years now, the only country that has dared to use them against an enemy is still the US. This has placed the US in a position of massive leverage. Why wouldn't any other country want to be in the same position?

Spare me the "the U.S. used nukes" speech. Also, the U.S. does not use its nukes to leverage piece of crap nations like Iran. All of this talk is pointless anyway.
The U.S. is not going into Iran. End of story. Ok, at least not unless Iran acts out militarily first. Iran is going to simply wait things out. President O is going pull the boys out of Iraq and our projection of strength in the Middle East will be severly limited. Iran can then destabilize Iraq and swoop in. It will be the classic case of the U.S. setting itself up for failure. The job in Iraq is not done...and we are leaving...

enough distractions, back to mailing Shocked