Toonbots message board: A very deep question.

Tirdun Thu Mar 21 13:16:20 2002 A very deep answer > "If you get thrown out a window, are you a defenestratee? or a > defenstrator? defenestratage? defenestratant? What about the person who > threw you? What about any person you might have landed on? Person Throwing: Defenestrator Person being thrown: Defenestratee Person(s) landed on: Defenestratus - UNLESS - -Person landed on KNOWS they are to be landed on : Defenstratant -Person throwing IS AIMING for person to be landed on: Defenstrarget -Person landed on is unaware --but SHOULD have been due to zoning and/or celebrations: Defenstratium -Person was on their way to be defenestrated --but was instead targeted by surprise: Defenestrantium Person Throwing is then Thrown: Defenestratorius Person Throwing is then landed on directly following a throw: Defenestorget Person being thrown is hit by someone else being thrown (rare): Defenestratant Person being thrown again after surviving an earlier throw: Defenestratearus Person being thrown throws original Defenestrator: Defenestravenger Person being thrown was defenestravenger: Defenestravengeree Hope this abbreviated list helps.

Napoleon Fri Mar 22 11:39:11 2002 Re: A very deep answer *defenestrates Tirdun*

mouse Fri Mar 22 15:07:16 2002 Re: A very deep answer > *defenestrates Tirdun* napoleon is back! yay napoleon! unless, of course, you've been here all along....DISGUISED AS A PENGUIN! (you know, this neurosis is going to get exhausting....all this pouncing out at people)

Eric Schissel Fri Mar 22 16:22:29 2002 Re: A very deep answer > napoleon is back! yay napoleon! > unless, of course, you've been here all along....DISGUISED AS A PENGUIN! > (you know, this neurosis is going to get exhausting....all this pouncing > out at people) And you never seem to consider the possibility that I'm actually here disguised as an egret (or a horse. Horse is a good guess. Or a coatimundi.)

Tirdun Fri Mar 22 21:21:01 2002 Re: A very deep answer I was going to be a marmuset, but as I've been defenestrated, I'll disguise myself as a flying squirrel. WEEE!

Jenn Mon Mar 25 11:40:31 2002 Re: A very deep answer Duh! /I/ want to be a snail/butterfly/flower, in an obvious attempt to curry Nap's favor and not be defenestrated!

Emsworth Mon Mar 25 15:33:12 2002 Re: A very deep answer Curry can be too spicy for sensitive stomaches. Always had a mild fondness for the quagga myself. Besides, stripes, even only on half of one's body, do add a certain elegance. Speaking of wildlife, though, did anyone else catch the Animal Planet documentary "Wolverine: Devil of the North," which aired yesterday? Unfortunately shaved the last couple minutes off when I recorded it (incuding credits), but was pleasant and instructive. The insertion of silent film footage of the noble wolverine was one of the highlights.

Michael Mon Mar 25 17:26:58 2002 Re: A very deep answer indeed > silent film footage of the noble wolverine ....

Tirdun Mon Mar 25 17:51:14 2002 Re: A very deep answer indeed > .... ()../][\..()

mouse Mon Mar 25 19:17:13 2002 absolutely subterranian answer > ()../][\..() huh? i saw (parts) of it (was running in and out of the kitchen doing dishes). missed the silent footage, but the stuff with the baby wolvies was wonderful - they really _are_ playful little things! as i recall, they were the subject of the last segment - they have to go back into captivity, and the woman who was raising them said they would probably forget all about her pretty quickly because they were becoming increasingly self-assured and independant (although at the moment they still liked to sleep with their blankies). all in all, pretty good show.

Brother Emsworth Fri Mar 29 01:16:57 2002 Allegedly subterranean answer... " " [. .] ( * )/) @ @ Unfortunately, my tape gave out right at the tail end of the last segment, after they talked about the wolverines parting from the woman, but what I was able to obtain was certainly worth seeing and taping. Glad someone else could enjoy it.

mouse Fri Mar 29 16:39:45 2002 (hey, it's pretty far down the list) > " " [. .] ( * )/) @ @ oooh - googly eyes @ @ ... @ Unfortunately, my tape gave out right at the tail end of the last segment, > after they talked about the wolverines parting from the woman if you got that far, i think all you missed were a bunch of ads and the credits (which you probably wouldn't have gotten to see anyway - [rant] what is the deal with the incredible shrinking credits these days? watched hallmark's mark twain's "roughing it", eagerly awaited the credits because there were a number of non-famous, but still good actors - only to see them squished to mini-type to make screen room for ads (like there weren't enough during the show). even e-mailed hallmark, and they could only give me 4 names - well, one of them was eric roberts, who _was_ bothering me, cause i knew he was familiar - but that was a _much_ smaller part than higby, and they didn't tell me who he was. and if they don't shrink them, they run them by at light speed - guess they assume everyone has wall-size tv's and tivo to slow the action... [/rant])

Tirdun Mon Apr 1 22:41:34 2002 Re: (hey, it's pretty far down the list) > - guess they assume everyone > has wall-size tv's and tivo to slow the action... I had a wall-sized tivo once, does that count? It was huge, back when they first came out before all that newfangled miniturization. Size of a buick... Ok, I didn't, but once I had a VAX, it was in my cube at one job. It made a good heater and you could point to it and go "yep, it's a VAX" and people would either give you an odd look or boggle. Then there was a full-height SCSI hard drive I had, it was 300 MB and about the size of a brick. If you powered it on, it made a killer "jet starting up" sound and if you picked it up it was just like holding a gyroscope. A big, angry gyroscope.

mouse Tue Apr 2 15:17:40 2002 Re: (hey, it's pretty far down the list) > Ok, I didn't, but once I had a VAX, it was in my cube at one job. It made > a good heater and you could point to it and go "yep, it's a VAX" wow - for some reason i always assumed those were more room-sized (well, they're old, and with the name VAX - i mean, doesn't it just conjure images of vast, evil, planet-controlling computers?). somehow having one you could point to in a cubicle seems like having a pit bull puppy - sure, it's cute _now_, but just wait..... > If you powered it on, it made a killer "jet starting up" > sound and if you picked it up it was just like holding a gyroscope. A big, > angry gyroscope. i love computers with appropriate sound effects. used to have one at my old job that made this sort of chirping sound. it had a turbo button you could hit when you wanted it to run faster; when you hit it a red light came on. (as i recall, it predated the 286 - so even at best, it more strolled.) i told everyone it was powered by gerbils; the red light showed you were heating up their little wheel, and that was why it ran faster.

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Emsworth Wed Apr 3 00:08:16 2002 Re: (hey, it's pretty far down the list) > oooh - googly eyes @ @ ... @ Actually, was a failed attempt to post a marginal minimal wolverine facsimile, only to be thwarted by the fact that this forum does not redognize proper columns, spacing, or other formatting in the text it sends. >[rant] > what is the deal with the incredible shrinking credits these days? watched > hallmark's mark twain's "roughing it", eagerly awaited the > credits because there were a number of non-famous, but still good actors - > only to see them squished to mini-type to make screen room for ads (like > there weren't enough during the show). even e-mailed hallmark, and they > could only give me 4 names - well, one of them was eric roberts, who _was_ > bothering me, cause i knew he was familiar - but that was a _much_ smaller > part than higby, and they didn't tell me who he was. and if they don't > shrink them, they run them by at light speed - guess they assume everyone > has wall-size tv's and tivo to slow the action... [/rant]) I share your sentiments in regards to end credits. Honestly wonder if this is any more effective than the long-standing (and comparatively less intrusive) method of having a voice-over announcer describe the next show (something which a handful of networks still do for some programming.) Been watching a lot of TVLand lately, and while the bumpers which present little trivia or background on performers, plot, or writers in the upcoming episode of the next show can be fun at times (and Harry Shearer is the announcer for them), I dislike the fact that they split the screen to do so, thus ruining thr original "Leave it to Beaver" credits and sometimes, with certain ads, over-riding the ending theme as well. The speed problem, however, I cope with by simply sparing a few minutes on a given blank tape for the credits, and then go back through them with the pause button. Don't have the Hallmark Channel here, so unable to see the Mark Twain production myself, but if I ever see it on video or whatnot, I'll be sure and copy the credits and post them here for you. Of course, IMDB has a fallible, incomplete cast list (which does include aforementioned Eric Roberts, as "The Foreman"), but no identification for a character named Higby (a few actors are listed but not identified by role, however.) Interesting to note that veteran Canadian character player/voice actor Wayne Robson was in the cast, though.

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spinclad Tue Mar 26 01:00:32 2002 Re: A very deep answer indeed > > silent film footage of the noble wolverine > .... 11 - film is solely about, by, and for wolverines; wolverines have all speaking parts (humans lip-synch to placate human-centred expectations); NO PENGUINS APPEAR, ESPECIALLY NOT ANY UNTITLED ARMED FRONTS (note: fronts are flippered, and do not appear. backs are marginally tailed (likewise)) Alas! that to me cometh not this fine flick. Perhaps by summer I'll have cable, when they begin (by popular demand (on pain of gnawing and assorted mayhem)) the six-month run-up to an Oscars all-categorical sweep!

mouse Sat Mar 23 13:04:49 2002 Re: A very deep answer > And you never seem to consider the possibility that I'm actually here > disguised as an egret bah, egrets - egrets are nothing compared to the evil of penguins. when was the last time you saw an ice-flow covered with egrets? > (or a horse. Horse is a good guess. Or a coatimundi.) oooh, coatis! _that's_ what this strip needs! or a ring-tailed cat. (even a ring-tailed lemur - there's just something terribly satisfying in calling something 'ring-tailed'.)

spinclad Sat Mar 23 14:14:17 2002 Re: A very deep answer > there's just something terribly satisfying in > calling something 'ring-tailed'.) ring-tailed wombats is my favorite.

spinclad again Sat Mar 23 14:16:23 2002 Re: A very deep answer > ring-tailed wombats is my favorite. damnit, spinclad, this just doesn't make sense!

mouse Sun Mar 24 14:18:49 2002 Re: A very deep answer > damnit, spinclad, this just doesn't make sense! this is true - wombats don't actually have tails. you know, spinclad again, i could get to like you - we can always use a rational thinker.