Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:46 pm

...it sounds like the afflicted region would be "everything but his head"

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:53 pm

That's why you have to do it carefully.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon May 30, 2011 8:24 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:...it sounds like the afflicted region would be "everything but his head"

Then I can use the line "Hey, baby, can I get some head?"

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:44 pm

Ew. If I get into something I'm allergic to (which a couple years ago turned out to be a cold remedy tea), I use loratadine first. I'll turn to diphenhydramine if the hives are particularly bad and loratadine doesn't do the trick.

Usually, that just helps with the itch. So does wearing loose, non-synthetic clothing (rayon is an exception). Hives take about a week to go away for me.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon May 30, 2011 10:47 pm

I actually have some loratadine. I'll give that a try right away.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:06 am

Ok, does anyone know of a place like Cafepress or Zazzle, but which does wallets? It's time for a new one, and I thought it'd be cool to have one with Blackbeard's Jolly Roger on it (either movie version, or restyled historical).

stipulations: trifold, something at least pretending to be leather.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:45 am

New question:
In what areas did royal childen typically receive education? What things would a prince be expected to know? I'm at "a combat form, more sport than practical, but would serve in personal conflict," history, riding, and possibly some religious schooling.

Falgund · Post by **Falgund** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:19 am

I'll add etiquette and politics/subterfuge (and by that I mean something like Machiavelli's The Prince).

angelfromanotherpin · Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:53 am

Prak_Anima wrote:New question:
In what areas did royal childen typically receive education? What things would a prince be expected to know? I'm at "a combat form, more sport than practical, but would serve in personal conflict," history, riding, and possibly some religious schooling.

At what point in time?

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:47 pm

And in what culture?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:49 pm

I was thinking generically, for cultures and times that had nobles that actually ruled and affected national politics. Figure Medieval Britons.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:25 pm

Highly variable - there was no standardization. They got whatever tuition was in fashion, or was offered by the scholar who had gotten the tutor job by merit or graft.

In addition to things you've mentioned - hunting was close to mandatory, so was at least some law, and the fundamentals of courtesy. Liberal arts (trivium+quadrivium) was certainly possible, as was dancing and music.

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:08 am

What does this emote mean: (:D))

I was told that that was the emote for the trollface, but I want to make sure it's not something vulgar before I start using it.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:23 am

It doesn't look very troll-facey, so at the least we can establish it's not very effective.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:15 am

I'm guessing it's a grin (:D) with a double-chin. Which I suppose is trollface.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:33 am

What does "WTB" mean as in "WTB after sundown MC"?

DragonChild · Post by **DragonChild** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:35 am

"Want to Buy". It's from MMOs, namely, you'd say it in the global chats projected to the entire city; something like "WTB Animal Hides".

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:08 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:What does this emote mean: (:D))

I was told that that was the emote for the trollface, but I want to make sure it's not something vulgar before I start using it.

I can sort of see Trollface there (if those are wrinkles), but like DSMatticus said, it's not super effective. If you hadn't mentioned Trollface, I would have guessed double-chin, like Koumei.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:22 pm

Wow. Eyes do funny things to people. When I saw Count's smiley face, I interpreted the D as the nose, the first ) as its mouth, and the top and bottom () as the top and bottom of its head. Never would have gone double chin.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:09 pm

Maj wrote:Wow. Eyes do funny things to people. When I saw Count's smiley face, I interpreted the D as the nose, the first ) as its mouth, and the top and bottom () as the top and bottom of its head. Never would have gone double chin.

}}: D) might be better, though it still has the nose problem for people that see smiley's as having noses.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:27 pm

Prak: Have you tried etsy or making your own wallet?

instructables has some great ideas for wallets. There's a ruggedized innertube wallet that I've been wanting to make except for not having an available tire to steal the innertube from.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:45 pm

Cynic wrote:Prak: Have you tried etsy or making your own wallet?

instructables has some great ideas for wallets. There's a ruggedized innertube wallet that I've been wanting to make except for not having an available tire to steal the innertube from.

I've been thinking about just making one, but that has the problem of requiring a sewing machine (all three machines in the house need to be serviced) and learning how to print on cloth

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:03 pm

This is a rather annoying question because I should know the answer.

"I saw them, the five Golden Geese, walking up Broadway."

Can you say the same thing but put the commas around "them" instead?

That is:

"I saw, them, the five Golden Geese, walking up Broadway."

It seems wrong but I don't see why it should be wrong.

angelfromanotherpin · Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:10 pm

Cynic wrote:It seems wrong but I don't see why it should be wrong.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

You can write dialogue in a grammatically incorrect way, though, because people talk not right all time.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:11 pm

Cynic wrote:This is a rather annoying question because I should know the answer.

"I saw them, the five Golden Geese, walking up Broadway."

Can you say the same thing but put the commas around "them" instead?

That is:

"I saw, them, the five Golden Geese, walking up Broadway."

It seems wrong but I don't see why it should be wrong.

Basically it depends on how you want to say what you're saying.

The later is really "I saw (it), (it was) them, the five Golden Geese, walking up Broadway."