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Title: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Stormwaltz on December 17, 2007, 08:59:18 AM "Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."
Quote "The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip." http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/giant.rat.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Ironwood on December 17, 2007, 09:05:56 AM I'm not sure I believe you. Bring me 10 such Rat Tails and we'll talk further...
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: schild on December 17, 2007, 09:10:28 AM Bring me one rat tail and I'll upgrade your class.
Mine's a better deal than Ironwoods. His offer sucks. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Ironwood on December 17, 2007, 09:11:35 AM Yes, but I have a large yellow Foam Question Mark above my head.
Seriously. I get strange looks in the street. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Soukyan on December 17, 2007, 09:21:03 AM I'm not sure I believe you. Bring me 10 such Rat Tails and we'll talk further... Seriously. How can anyone follow an act like that. Damnit. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Lantyssa on December 17, 2007, 10:58:00 AM Does this game have crafting? Can those rat tails be used for anything?
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: geldonyetich2 on December 17, 2007, 01:16:33 PM I used to keep a pet domestic "Fancy Rat". Provided they've been hand-raised, they're actually pretty friendly little guys and make great pets - if you don't mind their involuntary urination and 2 year life span. I wouldn't recommend breeding them unless you're cool with selling them as snake food. (This calls for a YouTube video reference (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oYO3dGEmY8).)
From the looks of things, these "5-times the size of city rat" guys are being compared to the average Fancy Rat. That's not too big, we once had a Norwegian Barn Rat infestation in the garage and they were not much smaller. Big as cats. (Poisoned those poor bastards out.) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Ironwood on December 17, 2007, 01:25:38 PM I used to Bullseye Swamprats in my T-16 back home and they weren't much bigger than two meters.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Tale on December 17, 2007, 01:29:36 PM Ironwood is on fire and everyone else is dying in it.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Yegolev on December 17, 2007, 01:30:10 PM Great pets with severe drawbacks are not great pets.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Polysorbate80 on December 17, 2007, 04:33:42 PM Can those rat tails be used for anything? Rat-flails? Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Phildo on December 17, 2007, 05:36:53 PM Find the elusive pink tail and we'll talk.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Llava on December 17, 2007, 10:53:44 PM I'm not sure I believe you. Bring me 10 such Rat Tails and we'll talk further... Still laughing. Jesus. You're a fucking genius. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Trippy on December 17, 2007, 11:05:58 PM Yes, but I have a large yellow Foam Question Mark above my head. I should send you my WoW exclamation point head band to match that (they give them out at gaming conventions).Seriously. I get strange looks in the street. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Phildo on December 17, 2007, 11:25:11 PM Hopefully his hair looks like this.
(http://static.flickr.com/56/126716857_90e689e4bd_o.jpg) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Miasma on December 18, 2007, 06:29:28 AM SS or it didn't happen:
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6181/rpgratxf9.jpg) Quote In this undated photo released by Conservation International, mammalogist Martua Sinaga holds a 1.4 kg giant rat that is probably a species new to science, in Foja mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, Indonesia. Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Conservation International, Bruce Beehler) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: schild on December 18, 2007, 06:37:24 AM (http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6181/rpgratxf9.jpg) (http://www.lordyuanshu.com/images/FF/Fiends/rattail.PNG) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 18, 2007, 07:03:47 AM This thread is just going round and round.
(http://vinylzart.com/images/AlbumCovers-Ratt-OutOfTheCellar(1984).jpg) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 18, 2007, 07:04:53 AM (http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6181/rpgratxf9.jpg)
ZOMG DON'T MOVE THERES ONE RIGHT BEHIND YOU (partially hidden by the camera) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: UD_Delt on December 18, 2007, 07:11:56 AM I used to keep a pet domestic "Fancy Rat". Provided they've been hand-raised, they're actually pretty friendly little guys and make great pets - if you don't mind their involuntary urination and 2 year life span. I wouldn't recommend breeding them unless you're cool with selling them as snake food. (This calls for a YouTube video reference (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oYO3dGEmY8).) LoL... "Fancy Rat" I remember as a kid we had a black rat snake (about 5'-6' long). My dad and I would go to the pet store to buy "feeder mice" to feed the snake. They were about 10 cents a pop. One time we went there was another child there who wanted a "pet mouse". Sure enough it came right out of the same exact cage but this time it cost $5. Now I'm not saying your "Fancy Rat" is the same deal as the "feeder" vs. "pet" mouse but it made me laugh. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 18, 2007, 07:19:24 AM We used to love buying mice for our monitors, but getting rabbits for the big snake was the best. Some kids would be looking at the cute little bunnies and we would evilly chuckle over which one would die to appease the reptiles. Bonus if it was one the kid was trying to convince his parents to buy. :ye_gods:
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Righ on December 18, 2007, 07:52:11 AM Honestly, we should just den everything after the second post, lock the thread and sticky it. Its what Santa would want.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Soukyan on December 18, 2007, 07:56:26 AM Honestly, we should just den everything after the second post, lock the thread and sticky it. Its what Santa would want. /agree Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Signe on December 18, 2007, 09:01:12 AM I am also for this idea.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Llava on December 18, 2007, 09:02:00 AM Signed.
(Like a signature, not the past tense of Signe.) Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Riggswolfe on December 18, 2007, 09:16:59 AM Signed. (Like a signature, not the past tense of Signe.) I'm sure Righ gets Signed at least once or twice a week. :rimshot: Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Signe on December 18, 2007, 09:22:31 AM I just farted in joy. :uhrr:
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 18, 2007, 09:28:45 AM I just farted in joy. :uhrr: (http://www.gopmom.com/images/mnie_joy.jpg)pixplz Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Tale on December 18, 2007, 10:52:44 AM (http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6181/rpgratxf9.jpg) It's his left hand that worries me.Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Mrbloodworth on December 18, 2007, 11:09:27 AM (http://www.gopmom.com/images/mnie_joy.jpg) pixplz Nummy. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Roac on December 18, 2007, 11:29:57 AM It's his left hand that worries me. Ok, see, the point is not to ask what the funny looking guy wants with a stack of dead rats. Just take your money and move onto the next guy looking lost. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 18, 2007, 11:50:33 AM It's his left hand that worries me. And what's he looking at?? Layers and layers in that photo.Maybe he's a ninja looter. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Krakrok on December 18, 2007, 07:32:44 PM Damn. If I could import those big fuckers to Thailand I would be rich. Quote (http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7656/r464081487ti6.jpg) Villagers boil rats in Suphan Buri province, 120 km (75 miles) north of Bangkok, November 1, 2007. Once struggling to make ends meet in pest-infested villages, Thai rice farmers are now making money out of the very scourge that has gnawed at their finances -- rats. Thailand is the world's biggest rice exporter and roasted bandicoot rat has become a popular delicacy at roadside stalls despite costing twice as much as pork or chicken. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Margalis on December 18, 2007, 11:46:43 PM I agree the first two posts here need to be saved for posterity.
Sometimes I wish a carried a little notebook/diary around so I could write things like this down, read them back on a rainy day and smile. Doesn't work so well with internet stuff but whatever. Ironwood's post is like a microcosm of this entire website. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Ironwood on December 19, 2007, 01:48:03 AM What's strange is my wife read this thread. She didn't even smile.
It's a joke that's simply for 'us' and NOT FOR YOU. Sometimes we need reminders that, despite our horrid tempestuous lives and the daily amount of shit and excellence that each of us here suffer in real life, we're all simply a bunch of geeks that like geeky shit. Glad you all smiled. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 19, 2007, 07:04:00 AM My fiancee is great for the geek reminders. I started to explain how cool the Phoenix was in the 80s, the way they killed a main character and rather than having it be a dream sequence or anything, it became a seminal plot of the series. As I started to launch into the whole planet-killer/starjammers thing, she looked at me and said "I really don't care." I told her to tell me that when I got into those kind of geeksplanations, but it still makes me laugh every time she does it.
Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Riggswolfe on December 19, 2007, 08:29:03 AM My fiancee is great for the geek reminders. I started to explain how cool the Phoenix was in the 80s, the way they killed a main character and rather than having it be a dream sequence or anything, it became a seminal plot of the series. As I started to launch into the whole planet-killer/starjammers thing, she looked at me and said "I really don't care." I told her to tell me that when I got into those kind of geeksplanations, but it still makes me laugh every time she does it. I do that to my girlfriend/soon-to-be fiance about football which I find hilarious. Example: Her: LSU is going for national champion. Woohoo! Me: (deadpan) I'm so excited I just can't hide it. *goes back to playing a video game.* Luckily she roleplays and plays video games too and is mostly tolerant of me having zero interest in football or any sport really except ocassionally boxing. Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Llava on December 19, 2007, 08:47:21 AM I do that to my girlfriend/soon-to-be fiance about football which I find hilarious. Good luck and congrats? Title: Re: It seems all the RPGs were correct Post by: Sky on December 19, 2007, 09:52:58 AM Oops wrong thread!
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