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I too, have read of that XD I've read of people asking them if they could have what they were getting ready to throw out only to be told no.

Sounds regional to me, but it could be a big national chain. Heck if I know, I live in the sticks. Sounds like a plan! Get a pretty blue one and we can be twinsies. Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  16:03, June 9, 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delayed response! I wasn't feeling good earlier, but am fine now.


 * It could be and I've just never heard of it (greetings from the sticks). Ironically enough, Blockbuster's current position is their own fault. Netflix approached them when they were first trying to get started and asked Blockbuster for a partnership which would have granted Blockbuster a significant portion of Netflix's revenue, but Blockbuster foolishly said no.


 * Maybe they started jokingly acting like they were going to mark on your teeth and ended up doing it because you were laughing and they thought that you thought it would be funny? I haven't been to the dentist in like 4 years, because my dental insurance ended when I graduated college. My poor teeth, they shall suffer :( Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  21:23, June 10, 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, I wouldn't argue with someone who was laughing for seemingly no reason either :P You did a lot better than I would have, because I rarely listen to music, therefore I wouldn't have been able to identify any of it.


 * Digital was an unprecedented thing back then, so it wasn't as obvious and was a bit of a risk (apparently less of a risk then saying no though, huh). I don't remember them, but that's hilarious. They sooo took it personal then.


 * I had braces, retainers and a ramp (not to be confused for skateboarding) put in my mouth, but I've never had fillings. You know what else I've never had? Dunkin Donuts. There aren't any nearby me :( Clever Pokemon joke is Abomnasnow. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  00:56, June 13, 2016 (UTC)


 * All of the songs in the Fallout games are from the 50's (except for Magnollia's which are original) because the era in which the bombs fell are based upon the 1950's in values and style (1950's are considered the height of American Culture by many). I didn't mind the settlements at first, but then I came to realize the effect that they had on the game which isn't good. 3 of the 6 DLC is workshop/minecraft stuff as opposed to being story related (which was what everyone assumed would be the case) and I find that rather upsetting as I bought Fallout 4 to play Fallout, not Minecraft. I wouldn't mind the settlements if they weren't focusing so much of their development effort on them :(


 * The ramp and the braces were at the same time, but the retainers were stand-alone. I'm not going to play it down, it was hell, it sucked. I had to learn to chew with just my side teeth, because the ramp prevented me from chewing with the center of my mouth (I still chew with my side teeth most of the time out of a built habit from that). Also, braces and popcorn do not mix >:( At least I don't have any of that nonsense anymore, lol.


 * I've had Krispy Kreme around three to five times in my life because they aren't common around where I live either. I miss out on a lot of things that way.


 * Let me know when you finish it and I'll give your review a read :) Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  04:13, June 15, 2016 (UTC)


 * Friday works best for me. Yay, progress!


 * I'm so jealous! My bed is the opposite of those things. I'm going to assume that sneeze was a type and you meant snooze, if not, then I do feel like you might be alone on that, lol. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  16:09, June 16, 2016 (UTC)


 * Lol. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I always have to pee before bed, even if I pee and do something else before heading to bed, I have to go back and pee; psychological thing. I also, absolutely, cannot sleep with my mouth open. A few months back when I was sick, both of my nostrils were plugged up and I had to sleep with my mouth open, but I couldn't do it. So maybe everyone has weird habits when it comes to sleeping?


 * Good for you! I cut back to having pop once a day and started drinking water a little over a year ago and it has been nothing, but a good change. I have to drink it once a day or I'll get a caffeine headache though. I can't wait for your review. I'm going to pass on Blogger Beware for now. I've got a lot of reading material at the moment :) Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  14:32, June 17, 2016 (UTC)


 * I saw and commented on it as soon as I saw it on Friday :) You're halfway to the finish line, woohoo!


 * I feel like I may have read it before. It sounds good to me. Keep up the good work! Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  17:31, June 19, 2016 (UTC)


 * I know all about being too tired to respond. There's a few days each month where I read a message, but am too tired to respond, so I put it off until the next day :)


 * As a matter of fact, I'm usually out of things to talk about when we talk, so I just rely on you to get the ball rolling and bounce something back at you based upon what you send me. It's not like I don't want to talk with you, because I love talking with you. I'm just really bad about having nothing to say. How's this? I read about (and watched a video of) some idiots in Arizona that lit fireworks that were sitting on display inside of Walmart on fire. It was rather amusing because the fire works were cheapos and would spit not to far from the display. They could get up to 20 years in prison for this. Do you think the punishment is right or wrong? I don't really have an opinion on the punishment. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  02:15, June 21, 2016 (UTC)

Mummy, I made a drawing!
I decided to scan the picture of Nephoros to show you. It's a little faint in places, but I think you can make it out. Here's his character guide.

Nephoros

Secret identity- Jean Gelb

Birthplace- Tennessee

Occupation- hospital worker

List of powers, abilities, and weapons- special armor, flight, super-speed, agility

Status- unofficial member of Thunderbolt (inactive)

First appearance- Purgative, part one

Hobbies- reading/model-making

Personality- Jean Gelb viewed crime as a means of getting thrills and obtaining power, and was glad to accept the experimental suit of armor that allowed him to become Nephoros. He took delight in battling Ultra and Karate Kate until the suit malfunctioned and left him debilitated. He was grateful for the help that the Super Kates gave him and the respect they showed for his pride, and he remains hopeful that he can make a full recovery. During his recovery he became altruistic, finding satisfaction in helping his fellow patients.

Appearance- Nephoros is a male Caucasian human with brown hair with three tufts. His costume consists of special bronze armor with gold trim, a helmet resembling a falcon’s head, and a bronze belt with silver studs. His chest insignia consists of a yellow circle with a fluorescent red orange border, a silver crescent moon, and a gold bar forming a stylized ankh.

Entry- Jean Gelb was a rising criminal who viewed his criminal activities as a way of getting thrills and obtaining power. He was approached by Adversary, who presented him with a special suit of armor which would grant him superpowers. Jean eagerly accepted the armor and took the name “Nephoros”, a reference to the ancient Egyptian god Horus. What he didn’t know was that Adversary had set him up. The armor, while granting fantastic abilities, was experimental and likely to malfunction. Nephoros engaged Ultra Kate and Karate Kate in combat. He enjoyed the battle until he suddenly suffered a fit. The defective armor had malfunctioned, causing damage to his nervous system. Realizing that Nephoros was in trouble, the superheroines surrendered to Nephoros and took him to a hospital, getting him help while preserving his pride. Nephoros survived, but was left weakened. Grateful for what the Kates had done for him, he released them from their service to him. He continues to recover and hopes to regain full strength. He has found satisfaction in helping his fellow patients.

Description of powers, abilities, and weapons- Nephoros wore a fantastic suit of armor which increased his agility and allowed him to fly at super-speed. In addition, his armor had four settings that granted him additional powers and energy auras. In his Imsety form he gained a human-shaped aura and could spray a bloody mist. In his Hapi form he gained a baboon-shaped aura and could fire gusts of air. In his Duamutef form he gained a jackal-shaped aura and could spray an acidic mist. In his Qebehsenuef he gained a hawk-shaped aura and could fire energy blasts.

Weaknesses- Nephoros was susceptible to the same weaknesses as an ordinary person (extreme temperatures, poison gas, etc.). He was left weakened as a result of his armor being defective, but he is recovering.

Trivia
 * Nephoros, meaning “The Good Horus”, was one of the names of Horus, the falcon-headed god of ancient Egypt. The four special forms of his costume are based on the Four Sons of Horus, whose images adorned the jars holding certain organs of the mummified dead.
 * Imsety was human-headed and was associated with the south and the goddess Isis. His duty was to revivify the corpse and his jar held the liver.
 * Hapi was baboon-headed and was associated with the north and the goddess Nephthys. His duty was to navigate & protect the deceased and his jar held the lungs.
 * Duamutef was jackal-headed and was associated with the east and the goddess Neith.  His duty was to worship the deceased and his jar held the stomach.
 * Qebehsenuef was hawk-headed and was associated with the west and the goddess Serket. His duty was to refresh the deceased and his jar held the intestines.
 * “Jean” comes from Jean François Champollion, the scholar who studied and translated the Rosetta Stone, while “Gelb” comes from I. J. Gelb, the author of the “Horus” article found in the 1975 volume of The World Book Encyclopedia. I made Nephoros from Tennessee because it has a city named Memphis, just like ancient Egypt did. Raidra (talk) 00:32, June 10, 2016 (UTC)

Horus-scope
I'm glad it went well, other than the ink spots on the teeth, and hope your recovery is speedy. A year or two ago I had one or two fillings put in, and while we were in that area I asked to stop by the Arby's (a restaurant primarily noted for roast beef sandwiches, though over the years it's expanded to chicken and other meats). I got a Smokehouse Brisket combo for when my mouth regained feeling. It was hard to wait for novocaine to wear off (It takes hours), but it was worth the wait!

Oh, okay! That makes sense. Could you imagine? "There are reports of restless spirits haunting these walls. Oh, and there's definitely asbestos." It's great that those guys are trying to do asbestos they can.

Heckler- BOOO!

While we're on that topic, I thought that Kayne/Sledgehammer joke was funny. I'm not saying what Kayne did was right, but I think we've all had times when we've heard the result of something and felt like shouting, "AW, COME ON!"

The idea of Nephoros is that his armor has different settings and he gains a different power and energy aura based on which setting he chooses. The basic version is seen on the top left. The armor is vaguely falcon-themed because Horus had the head of a falcon. Note the yellow eyes, beaked visor, and talon-tipped fingers. In the Imsety form, seen on the middle left, the suit is surrounded with a man-shaped aura. People generally don’t have wings, tails, etc., so this aura is nothing special, basically just covering the suit of armor. In the Hapi form, seen on the middle right, the suit is surrounded with a baboon-shaped aura, thus the fanged snout, tail, and back toes. In the Duamutef form, seen on the bottom left, the suit is surrounded by a jackal-shaped aura, thus the ears, fanged snout, and bushy tail. Finally, in the Qebehsenuef form, seen on the bottom right, the suit is surrounded by a hawk-shaped aura, thus the greater beak on the visor and the wings. Reread the “Description of powers, abilities, and weapons” and “Trivia” sections and it should make more sense now. Raidra (talk) 00:25, June 11, 2016 (UTC)

Can't say I blame the rhinos
Seriously, though, I hope Alaska survives because I hear it’s such a beautiful place. My Mom and one of her sisters/my aunts took a cruise there when I was about six. They brought back tales of Alaska’s beauty and a T-shirt with a picture of a baby seal on it. I outgrew it long ago, but it’s probably around here somewhere.

It’s always exciting to see a new Blameitonjorge video. He certainly has some unique topics, and the videos seem well researched and personable. When someone posts videos regularly it’s almost like you’re a member of a Video of the Week club. Raidra (talk) 00:22, June 13, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Scoreboard
I don't have the time to read the tutorials to help you out with coding, but I will ask you a question that will help you overcome the problem.

When exactly do you want the score to increase? Pinpoint that part in your code. Probably when the ball goes behind a paddle, you reset the ball, or something like that. So, the score should increase every time the ball goes behind a paddle, right before you reset the game. Just increase a score-counter when that happens. MrDupin (talk) 13:50, June 14, 2016 (UTC)

Progress report
Mom went to her appointment today and they were impressed by her recovery. The site of amputation had healed well enough that they removed the bandage. She had been seeing the podiatrist every week, but he likes her improvement so much that her next appointment is in eight weeks. She’s going to visit someone to make her a special shoe insert. We’re blessed that her recovery has gone so well, and that there have been so many people asking about her well-being. :-D

Earlier I copied and pasted links to all your Haunting Hour reviews so I can start catching up soon. I figure I can do one or two at a time. Raidra (talk) 00:56, June 15, 2016 (UTC)

Unity Errors
So, does the scoreboard work?

Unity can't run if you have errors in your code, HUD or not.

About the reset thing, I assume the ball already resets when one player scores. So, run that part of code every time a certain button is pressed. MrDupin (talk) 12:14, June 15, 2016 (UTC)

West Shoe Customs
If I recall correctly what they do is have you step on some kind of foam so they can use it to make a mold. At one point they mentioned putting some kind of weight in the shoe to maintain balance, but I don't know if they still want to do that. She has a cane, so it might not be necessary. Thanks! Thankfully the news has been good and everything has gone well so far.

Cool! Hopefully I can start reviewing the old entries soon. Thanks for telling me about Troy's blog. I might visit sometime to see if he has reviews of my favorite and least favorite Goosebumps books and episodes. It would be nice if he posted a note explaining his absence. That way people wouldn't worry if he got carried away by ghostly hands or a human-shark hybrid and his father. Raidra (talk) 00:58, June 16, 2016 (UTC)

Choose Your Own Shoe
I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure style Goosebumps books. I had the one about the theme park (which may or may not have been Horror Land from Welcome to Horror Land) and the one with the werewolves. One of the fates in the theme park one was you get struck on a ride. There was a sickening odor and you found yourself paralyzed. Then workers with masks entered and it was revealed that they paralyzed people to use them as "wax" models. Creepy stuff! I'll have to check to see if I still have those. I downsized my collection a few years ago, but I kept most of my favorites.

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out when I can. I've posted comments on your first three reviews. I'll tell you right now that my commentary for the second part of "Really You" veers into interesting territory. Happy binge reading! Raidra (talk) 00:43, June 18, 2016 (UTC)

Choose Your Own Surrealism
I checked and I do still have Escape from the Carnival of Horrors and Night in Werewolf Woods (I don't remember ever having any Give Yourself Goosebumps books other than those two). As I flipped through them I remembered what a sense of humor there was too. For instance, one "end" page had the line, "Now I can stand at the front of the line instead of having to wait at...THE END." I've have to re-read them over the summer. The only thing is I'll have to create a flow chart. That's the only way I can do choose your own adventure books because sometimes I want to go back a few steps. That series sounds interesting. I'll have to give it a look. Thanks! Raidra (talk) 01:09, June 20, 2016 (UTC)

Fun with Fireworks and Prison!
Fireworks can make for some funny episodes in television. I liked the episode of American Dad where Steve blows off a thumb (I think it was a thumb) and the specific firework was named something like "The Fingerblaster 9000) XD

The fireworks were on display on shelves in the store for some stupid reason and the two guys thought it would be hilarious to light the whole display on fire. In a way, Walmart sort of had it coming for storing them inside the store unattended and they were cheap fireworks that couldn't do much damage anyway. On the other hand, while it was amusing to me, it wasn't amusing to the Walmart which probably that that the fireworks going off were gunshots. The two doofuses even recorded the fireworks going off in the store and incriminated themselves XD Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  04:17, June 22, 2016 (UTC)

Library shoplifter beware...
I like it so far. First, it's an interesting variant on "lost episode" stories and the like. Second, it uses a technique commonly used in urban legends, which is the character breaking a prohibition. When she decided to take the manuscript I thought, "Not the best decision!" and when she claimed authorship I thought, "Well, you liar!" I think her big mistake wasn't stealing the manuscript (since she just wanted to give her son something special), but taking credit for the manuscript (since she did it to get adulation for something she didn't do). Things are not going to go well for her! I like the suggested ending too, but it's up to you.

Even if you hadn't left a message I was planning to drop to a line because I came across this today- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjLDax90fE. Raidra (talk) 00:39, June 24, 2016 (UTC)

Lego to sleep
I wouldn't scrap anything. There have been times when I scrapped something and regretted it. I'd just set one aside and work on whichever one I was most interested in at the moment (Strike while the iron's hot).

I haven't seen the movie, but I looked through a book at a superstore. While I don't know some things, I do know the basics, including the ending, so we can talk about it if you want. Aren't they planning to do a similar movie about an animal version of American Idol, or is that someone else? In any case, what did you think of it? I know that people have said it's entertaining yet deep.

I wondered what you'd think of the giraffes on the list. Those could have been done so much better. The one with just the head and neck looked so neurotic that at first I thought it was the character from Madagascar. Speaking of "Squidward's Suicide" and Legos, remember on one part of that three-part worst pastas thread someone mentioned a rip-off called "Pythor's Suicide"? Pythor is a villain from Lego Ninjago, and someone just took the original pasta and changed the names. ~rubs temples~ Raidra (talk) 16:03, June 24, 2016 (UTC)

Scrumdiddlyumptious
I think the Animal Idol movie is called Sing, but that's all I know. I don't care much about Pete's Dragon, but I am interested in The BFG. I've been a Roald Dahl fan since I was little and that's one of my favorites. In fact, I made a joking reference to it during the last Summer Olympics. The American basketball coach criticized some other coach for calling our players little. Our guys aren't small (My favorite player, LeBron James, is 6'8" and full of muscle), so I wondered what these opposing players must look like. I joked, "I'm afraid to see what they look like! They must be giants bigger than trees!" and found the picture of The BFG being lifted off the ground by one of the evil giants. I hope Spielberg stayed true to the book.  What are your other favorite Dahl books?  Mine, off the top of my head, are The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me, and The Fantastic Mister Fox (Now that was a bad adaptation! I refuse to watch it).  The Vicar of Nibbleswicke was good too.

Sounds intriguing! I know you mentioned having a kitsune (fox) be the culprit, but what about a tanuki (raccoon dog)? Either one would work.

"I won't even give the proper title! That's how little I respect your rip-off!" X-D Yeah, they could have been funny and creative and made something spoofing lazy and unoriginal writers, but instead they were one. Raidra (talk) 00:43, June 26, 2016 (UTC)

Crabby Days
Sounds good to me. At first I thought you meant that she somehow shopped with her mom from her bed, like on the internet or something, but then I remembered that she didn't have a proper bed yet, lol.

Maybe it's the claws or shape of their legs? Those are some unique features that I can't think of much else having. I'm afraid of snakes, worms, and maggots (well, worms and maggots I just won't pick up, but snakes make me jump out of my skin and run the other way. You cannot poison a skeleton after all). I suspect my fear lies in their shape and how they slither, and of course, how they all look like miniature snakes. Even dead snakes freak me out, so you aren't alone in being afraid of something that is dead. I've heard that too, and I've heard the argument made that is why most people are afraid of the dark. Even tho the dark isn't that dangerous now (pending on where you live) way back when were because the predators would take advantage of it to catch people unawares.

Congrats, I hope it gets made into a video! I cannot read it right now as I am about to go to bed, but I'll look it over soon :D Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  06:36, June 27, 2016 (UTC)


 * I've never been bed shopping. I've just always come home to a new bed/mattress.


 * Ugh, I hate Centipedes (and Millipedes) and I always smash them when I see them near me. I fear them to where I wouldn't pick either of them up, but I'm not afraid of them to the point that I'll run off or freak out, just give em da boot. If something bothers me and is smaller than me, then I step out it. Snakes don't work that way, because they can strike into the air and from an unpredictable range @_@


 * Moving on to more pleasant things: do you like to visit Reddit? That site cracks me up so much. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  03:43, June 28, 2016 (UTC)


 * I haven't made an account yet, but I've spent a lot of time lurking. NoSleep is it, I believe. They have a writing subreddit that's pretty cool.


 * I think Centipedes are actually poisonous, so that's probably why the bites hurt so much? I'm not sure if their poison can effect humans beyond making their bites more painful though. They die the same and that's all I need to know ^.^ Haha, that sounds like an interesting story!


 * That does sound cute :D Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  18:50, June 29, 2016 (UTC)


 * I believe it :) Congratulations! Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  06:20, July 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Would you please remind and show me in a week? I'm extremely out of it and am sort of shutting down emotionally at the moment. Been a lot of stuff going on and everything feels meh to me right now.


 * I've never heard of it, no. I once watched the pilot episode of Heil Honey, I'm Home on YouTube. Heil Honey is a comedy about Hitler who lives with his wife Eva and shares a suite with Jewish neighbors. The show wasn't very funny, unfortunately, and it got cancelled after the pilot episode. It's probably the only obscure show that I've ever watched, lol:  Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  21:01, July 3, 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you *hugs* Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  00:23, July 5, 2016 (UTC)

I'm doing better.

He's really nice and is super helpful. He taught me how to make a custom signature, gave me some tips for understanding Kanji, and he struck me as a very cheerful person. He had a gift for making a person smile, he was really funny. I was also really happy when he offered to write a story with me. He was a lot of fun. I'm really sad that he won't get the opportunity to help as many people as he could have, I know he would have helped a lot. It's really telling about him as a person how he died saving his friend. He's a really pure person. Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  22:47, July 6, 2016 (UTC)

Zzzz...huh? What?
Lately I keep falling asleep and missing Jimmy Fallon. I remember when I was in junior high there were several weeks in which I fell asleep early on Friday nights (missing the end of The X-Files and all of Space Ghost Coast to Coast). I thought, "Why can't I fall asleep this easily on a school night?" TruTv used to have World's Dumbest... and one time it was World's Dumbest Employees. This police officer found this guy asleep in his car in the right lane of traffic. He tapped on the window to wake him up, and the driver must have acted suspiciously because the officer called for two or three other officers to back him up. Sure enough, the intoxicated driver tried to take a swing at one of the officers, causing them to move in and subdue him. Why was this on World's Dumbest Employees? Because the driver was the chief of police for the neighboring town.

Yeah, those were good ones! Not only was The Witches creative, but the boy and his grandmother had such a great dynamic. One scene that comes to mind whenever I hear about that book is when the witch tried to lure the boy out of the tree (shortly after the grandma told him how to spot a witch). He stayed there for however long until the grandmother came out to see where he was. He asked if the woman with the gloves was gone and she realized that he had just escaped danger. One of my favorite parts of Chocolate Factory was the story of the rajah who had a palace made of chocolate. :-D Raidra (talk) 01:07, June 29, 2016 (UTC)

World's Dumbest Chocolate-Buying Princes
That would be funny, and maybe a little creepy, if there were a scene actually not in the movie. Someone would be watching a VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, whatever at a friend's house and ask, "Hey, where's the part with the guy in the lemon mask?" "Hmm?" "I was watching this on TV and there was a scene where this guy with a lemon mask came on, and he started yodeling and drawing a sheep on a chalkboard." "Wait, was this in 2014?" "Yeah." "Oh, I heard about that! You were watching when that guy hijacked the signal! You know, they never did find out who did that."

I happened to see Vroom talking about centipedes and I thought of this story. One time I gave blood and the TV was on Animal Planet. They sometimes have graphic things on there.

Animal Planet: If this jellyfish stings you, it will look and feel like you've been branded by a hot iron.

Me: No!

Animal Planet: Here's a picture.

Me: NO!!!

It had a special called The Big Sting about people getting stung by animals. It had a guy who got stung by a centipede (It turns out that centipedes have a pair of stingers near their mouths, so centipede "bites" are actually stings. Who knew?). The poor guy's finger swelled up, but the hospital gave him proper treatment. The thing is I had seen worse (the aforementioned jellyfish sting), so other donors were gaping in horror and I was relatively unaffected.

This'll make for a long entry, but since you're a fan too, here's a list of my favorite World's Dumbest moments (Yes, I had actually complied a list). I've heard of him, so I'll have to check it out. Thanks! Raidra (talk) 00:38, June 30, 2016 (UTC)
 * In Hungary, a woman drives right into a sinkhole. As if that weren’t bad enough, she then gets out and tries to walk around the front of the car, thus falling into the sinkhole herself.  After gaping for a second, Leif Garrett asks, “Okay, if your car fell into a sinkhole, what are you going to fall into?  A sinkhole!  Say it with me, class!  A sinkhole!  There you go!”  A man in the clip shakes his hand at the woman and demands to know what she was thinking.  Danny Bonaduce notes, “I don’t speak Hungarian, but I just love how this (imitates gesture) seems to be the international symbol for ‘You’re an idiot!’”
 * A man who has emptied his pockets while entering a courthouse forgets to pick up his expensive watch when he goes on his way. One commentator claims, “The suspense waiting for someone to steal that watch was agonizing.  It was like a Hitchcock film.”  Finally a crook being searched sees and takes the watch.  The footage is changed to black and white and a commentator, given binoculars and made to look wheelchair-bound like the protagonist in Rear Window, declares, “Say, that’s not his watch!  I don’t like the looks of this at all!”  When the watch’s true owner comes to claim it, they survey the footage to discover the thief.  It’s not hard to find him to make an arrest since he’s on trial in one of the courtrooms.
 * A suspect tries to escape police on foot after his car breaks down. The problem is he nearly loses his pants while fleeing.  Someone overdubs, “C’mon, pants!  Don’t fail me now, man!”
 * A small dog barks at a tortoise. It suddenly turns to see another tortoise approaching.  A commentator cracks that in about twenty minutes, the dog will be in big trouble.  However, the second tortoise ignores the dog, coming face to face with the first tortoise.  As the dog sniffs the rear of the first tortoise, the tortoises confront each other.  They start bobbing their heads up and down (leading to someone overdubbing “Yeah…yeah…uh-huh…”) before tackling each other.  John Enos joked, “The police came and broke it up, and when they asked the turtle what happened he said, ‘I don’t know, Officer, it all happened so fast!’”
 * A crook armed with a screwdriver enters a convenience store. He robs the clerk, who gives him a look and even shoves the screwdriver away at one point.  Someone overdubs, “Is…Is that a screwdriver?” “Gimme all the money!”  “Stop poking me!”  After giving him the money, the clerk locks the doors and pulls out a big stick.  As the crook tries to escape, she calls the police and either threatens or mocks him (there’s no audio, but she’s seen pointing the stick in his direction).
 * A crook with no disguise robs a convenience store. When his get-away car breaks down a couple miles down the road, he calls a taxi.  The cab driver is unfamiliar with the city the crook asked to go to, so when he sees police gathered at the convenience store that had just been robbed, he decides to ask them.  There’s a dramatic re-enactment with Brad Loekle as the driver and Leif Garrett as the robber.  Brad announces, “Oh, hey, there are some police!  I’ll just ask them!” while Leif nervously tries to hide his face with his hand.  It shows a clip with a policeman explaining that they were there because the passenger had just robbed the place.  Brad gapes, then looks back at Leif, who lowers his head as if to say, “Yeah, about that…”  Nick DiPaolo declares, “Okay, that’s it, we can close up shop right here!  This guy’s the dumbest crook ever!”
 * A crook attempts to enter a liquor store. After falling off the ladder, he makes it onto the roof, only to fall through the ceiling.  After grabbing some lottery tickets and cigarettes, he tries to get out through the hole in the roof.  However, his luck is no better as he repeatedly falls onto the shelves.  One commentator notes that in addition to everything else, he has to worry about falling onto bottles of Bartles and Jaymes.  Finally the crook gives up, sitting on a bucket by the entrance until the police show up.
 * Danny Bonaduce faces off against José Canseco in a boxing match. The referee announces that the fight is a draw.  One commentator cracks that it’s fair to call the fight a draw because Danny lived and thus held his own.  Danny says that he’s glad the clip exists because it shows he went up against a world-class athlete.  He then notes that he came out ugly, but he went in ugly, so José didn’t change anything.
 * Visitors to a strip mall report a man acting strangely in the parking lot. Security goes to the man’s car to find him with two blow-up dolls.  His claim is that he had brought the dolls because he wanted to buy them some clothes.  One commentator stated that was creepier than what he probably actually was doing with the dolls.  Commentators are given two blow-up dolls, one with a flat nose and one with an inflated nose, to make jokes with.  John Enos flirts with them, noting, “I see you’re not exactly identical twins because your nose is bigger.”
 * The driver of one of those car-toting trucks decides to take a shortcut through a car wash lot. However, he decides that that’s not enough and tries to drive right through a car wash stall.  He promptly gets stuck.  Nick DiPaolo notes that the boss will probably look at the damage and ask, “Hey, stupid, you go through the car wash again?”  Danny Bonaduce states that he loves the guy nonchalantly putting coins into the token machine.  As the man takes his tokens and walks away, someone overdubs, “That’s your problem, buddy, not mine!”
 * A naked man hijacks a bus. Leif Garrett offers, “I think this guy was on drugs.”  Danny Bonaduce counters, “Do you know many people who hijack buses naked when they’re sober?!”  They both chuckle and Danny adds, “I think it’s [bleeping] self-explanatory!”
 * A crook steals a garbage truck and leads police on a chase. He drives right to edge of a pond or lake before stopping.  Helio Castroneves offers, “Maybe he thought that once he got it to the water, it would somehow turn into a boat, like (mimics exciting music), ‘It’s a boat!’”
 * Leif Garrett and a couple actors playing policemen re-enact Leif’s most recent drug arrest. The two officers approach Leif, who is holding a skateboard in a subway station.  One officer asks Leif if he’s still doing “that funny show” and Leif replies, “Yeah, every Thursday night at nine on truTV.”  Brad Loekle tells him, “Aww, thanks for the plug, Leif!”  The officers leave, but then confront Leif again several minutes later, asking him to remove his sunglasses (Tiny pupils are a sign of opiate use).  When one of the cops asks Leif why he’s sweating so much, Todd Bridges appears in his mind and instructs him, “Don’t look suspicious!  Tell them you’re sweating because you’ve been skateboarding for several blocks!”  Leif is arrested when the officers find black tar (or Mexican tar) heroin in his shoe.  Black comedienne Loni Love asks, “‘Black tar!?’  Leif, how could you!?”  The segment ends with Leif pulling a Sergeant Schultz [a Hogan's Heroes reference]- “I know nothing…”  During the credits, Todd Bridges, playing an officer, and someone portraying Leif do their own re-enactment.  Todd starts off by asking the fake Leif if he’s some former teen idol, to which faux-Leif replies, “Uh, yeah, I’m Shaun Cassidy!”

Animal jargon
The Big Sting was a special I saw a few minutes of on Animal Planet years ago. I was finishing up a donation when it started airing on the TV in the donation area. I tried finding an article about it on the computer, but I didn't find much. There's an IMDb page, but it didn't have much information. This has suddenly turned into one of those stories, hasn't it? Maybe blameitonjorge needs to investigate. ;-) I don't know what spoilers you mean.  The Big Sting isn't related to World's Dumbest, though I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there turned out to be a centipede-related incident somewhere on there.  Did I tell you about the episode of World's Dumbest in which someone had their thumb bitten off by an eel?

I've learned (from reading and not from experience, thankfully) that centipedes do have venom, and their stings might require a visit to the hospital. Here's an article I found- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede_bite. Incidentally, I read years ago in an issue of Ranger Rick (an animal and nature magazine for children) that an animal can only be called venomous if it injects poison, like a snake biting, a bee stinging, or a platypus using its spurs. For example, both centipedes and millipedes (if I've interpreted what I've read correctly) have toxins, but a centipede is venomous because it injects poison and the millipede is poisonous because it secretes poison. I know I'm getting technical, but I just find animals fascinating. I was surprised to find that millipedes could hurt people because I thought they were harmless. The More You Know.

That's fine. Helping out relatives can be hard work. I mowed our lawn earlier, so I might go to bed early. Raidra (talk) 01:22, July 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! :-D I hope you don't get any more mysterious scratches. :-0 Raidra (talk) 01:59, July 2, 2016 (UTC)

Waltzing Matilda Guy
I wish they'd show episodes on YouTube. How great would that be? The new addition sounds good. I take it this occurs after Kristy had trouble sleeping?

Just so you know, I'm going to call Harry Belafonte "The Other Matilda Guy". I have my reasons. I used to mispronounce Roald Dahl's name as "Ronald Dahl" all the time. Finally someone pointed out there was no "n", and that his name was pronounced the same as "rolled". As for how they botched Fantastic Mr. Fox, prepare for a long read! I'll remind you that I've seen very little of it, but here's the deal- they added/changed things. You probably know that the movie adaptation of The Witches had a different ending from the book. One can argue over which ending is better, but at least they both ended shortly after the boy got his revenge. Imagine if the movie version had the revenge on the witch's gathering, and then pulled about 30 minutes of extra story out of their rears! In my opinion that's the biggest offense, and when I saw part of it on TV, it felt like a smack in the face to fans of the book. They also had a scene in which Mr. Fox's already severed tail was shot to pieces. What in blazes? The Matilda Guy had a great ending to that book and they dumped all over it, but that's not the only thing they added. There was some dumb plot point about a wolf that Mr. Fox admired. A lot of people who saw the movie even said it was pointless. One person said something like, "There's a pointless scene where he talks about seeing a wolf, and when he does see it, he just talks to it, it waves back, and that's it. What was that about?" and someone else insisted something like, "It wasn't pointless, it was a culmination, blah blah blah." That part was completely invented by the filmmakers who thought they had created a meaningful moment, but whatever meaning it had was lost on a lot of people. They even changed Mr. Fox's motivation. In the book it was to feed his family, pure and simple. His family needed food, and these greedy farmers had food in abundance. In the movie, from everything I've heard, they depicted Mr. Fox as being some kind of wild, thrill-seeking kleptomaniac, and he robbed the evil farmers because he wanted to pull one last job. What the what?! It's like they thought, "Hey, this is a beloved children's book, but it'll be so much better if we ignore things like how it ends and the characters and throw a bunch of stuff in there instead!"

I just hope you don't have a bunch of people asking, "What caused the scratches?" because you've made it clear you don't freaking know what caused the freaking scratches. Raidra (talk) 17:15, July 2, 2016 (UTC)

Re Poem for Lucas
I think your poem accurately sums him up. Thanks so much for your support.

Tiaxn (talk) 11:43, July 5, 2016 (UTC)

Animal Idol
I found an article about that movie I mentioned- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_(2016_film). I'm sure a lot of people will say, "Oh, they're just ripping off Zootopia!" (To be honest, I thought it was related to Zootopia when I first heard about it) but it's probably one of those instances in which two movie studios come up with a similar idea around the same time. Raidra (talk) 00:12, July 7, 2016 (UTC)

Ain't that a kick in the head
I think you're right. Sadly there are people who can't look at movies enough to see any differences. They look on the surface, see similarities, and cry, "They stole their idea!" I think it's funny that Seth McFarlane voices one of the characters. Say what you will, but he has a great singing voice.

It looks good. I like the description (The wind chime was a nice touch). I'm sure Kristy's dad means well, but he seems a little insensitive from what I've read (now and previously). It just seems like he's either "Everything's great!" or "Get off my lawn!" but I could be wrong.

I'm catching up on the Haunting Hour reviews. When it comes to the existing ones I have sixteen episodes (numbers 21-36) to go. Raidra (talk) 01:01, July 8, 2016 (UTC)

Beware Mothra
Them destroying property and potentially stripping one naked does sound awful. If it makes you feel any better, I accidentally killed one with a lawnmower yesterday (thought it was going to fly off when it saw the mower approach, but it didn't and it was too late). I haven't seen a lot of Dragonflies in my life, but they've always seemed alright. Praying Manti are my favorite insects, also fond of Grasshoppers even though they can be mean and poop on you as a defense mechanism >:(

Glad to hear that's coming along. Oh, you can go ahead and link me that story that you got accepted for narration (I should get to it sometime next week, focused on finishing the collab that Tio and I were working on) :D I'm sorry that I was such a downer and selfish.

I'll get to it soon as well :) Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  19:20, July 8, 2016 (UTC)


 * In response to working on the collaboration with me, no, but thank you for offering. I hope I don't come across like a pitiful widow that wants to keep everything that belonged to her loved one that has passed to herself (bad analogy maybe, basically, I hope that I'm not coming across as a selfish grieving asshole) haha, but here's the reasons why I don't wish too: I'm reluctant about collaborations and every single one that I've taken part in has gone badly for one reason or another, Lucas came up with concept and approached me to work on it with him, I can't get his permission to let anyone else work on it (I feel like he'd say yes), the scenes are already planned out and nothing can be added to it because I want to stick to his vision to the best of my ability and I cannot consult him about how he feels about new additions, and his writing style and mine are very different and it shows in the story, I can't imagine how strange the story might look with three different writing styles.


 * But that's why I think it would be best that I work on it with his notes by myself. There's also a ton of pressure involved, because I don't want to let him down and make something that he wouldn't be proud of, it sucks feeling that and I don't want you to feel it. You can help by giving feedback in the writer's workshop though, that'd be really appreciated too. I hope I haven't hurt your feelings.


 * They absolutely will. I had a couple and I'd feed them flies (they were in a small bug cage). They'd never eat flies that were already dead, so I'd have to smack flies just right with a flyswatter to where they'd be alive, but dazed, and then rip off their wings and throw them in the cage with the Praying Manti. It was very fun to watch them reach out and snatch em. They're super quick in there movements and it's really cool to watch them start slowly stalking toward their prey. They tended to eat the flies head first and it reminded me of how one might hold a hotdog XD Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  01:44, July 11, 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for being understanding and kind about it. It's a NSFW type of story (18+), though it isn't on the high end of that spectrum. It has to do with genital dissection and that's where the NSFW rating is coming from, pretty sick stuff >.> It mostly takes place in a government laboratory, but the location does shift every once in a while. The lead is male, but in a lot of ways the story isn't about him, but rather someone else. There is no direct physical confrontation, but rather another kind of confrontation. There are a couple of twists that are being played close to the vest.


 * Same here. I think I've only ever seen five or six, caught two of em. The two I caught happened to be male and female, the female got pregnant, but she got sick and died. I ended up releasing the male a little bit before winter because I knew that I'd have no way of catching flies and feeding it T_T My dad choked a goose once and it completely deserved it. I was at the park and probably four years old, I went to pet a goose and it bit my arm and would not let go, so my dad ended up grabbing it by the throat and choking it until it did. I don't have a fear of geese, surprisingly enough, but they are assholes (they poop everywhere). Snakes make me go into panic mode and it doesn't matter if I know whether or not it is venomous or fangless/fanged.


 * I approve. It sounds realistic and will help your pasta out. I still need to read your story. I'm going to sit down and read it tomorrow, then I'll probably vanish from the Wiki for a little while. I should definitely be back at the end of the month or whenever I finish the collaborative pasta. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  07:29, July 11, 2016 (UTC)

Pokemon Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven
That sounds cool, and it's also neat how it gets players to exercise. Let's hope no one gets hit by a bus, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro#/media/File:My_Neighbor_Totoro_-_Tonari_no_Totoro_(Movie_Poster).jpg

There are a lot of Pokemon hacks, aren't there? I wonder how many have the Game Corner. Did you see Jorge's video about bizarre and creepy video game hacks? My favorite (and I might not have the name right) was The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask- Nicholas Cage Edition. If you haven't seen the video, they changed the faces, heavenly bodies, shields, and water ripples into Nicholas Cage's face. They could provide no explanation as to why they did this. Personally, I think that if you're going to do something like this, the best bet is Nicholas Cage. There was also a Frozen Throat Surgery game that I'm actually morbidly curious about.

I guess he's just emotional and so eager that things so well in their new home, right? Raidra (talk) 00:27, July 10, 2016 (UTC)

Tanuki rings
That sounds good! I think it adds a nice human touch.

I'm sorry to hear about the snake and error, but it's cool that you and your friend got to hang out and play the game together. Having read some of an article I have thoughts and questions about the game, but I'm tired from mowing the lawn, so I'll have to talk more later. At least, I think it's from mowing and not interference from a kitsune or tanuki. Whatever the case may be, I have something for you- a list of the venomous snakes of 'Murica. The funny thing is I noticed that the rattlesnake article was in a category called "Reptiles of Sindh", and at first I honestly misread it as "Reptiles of Sinnoh". I know this is a Kanto Pokemon, but how weird would it have been if the snake appeared and an Ekans appeared in the game? Raidra (talk) 01:05, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Rattlesnakes- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake
 * Copperheads- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_contortrix
 * Cottonmouths or Water Moccasins- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus
 * Coral snakes- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snake (The poem for remembering the difference between a coral snake and a kingsnake is, "Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow, but red touches black, you're okay, Jack.")

Oh, that kind of snake!
I've heard of snakes that do that. Yeah, I'd leave those alone too! Oh, bees and geese are bad! I've heard of people using geese as guard animals. That's one reason they tell people not to feed wild ducks and geese. They start to look at humans as a source of food, and when they don't get it, they become aggressive. As for bitey parakeets, that was something that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was afraid of, so you're not alone.

Pokemon Go is already the new craze. A couple local news shows were talking about it, and so were the late-night comedians. Conan O'Brien asked, "How many of you wandered in here trying to catch a new Pokemon?" and Jimmy Fallon introduced him with, "I'm Jimmy Fallon, the new Pokemon Master!" My understanding is that Pokemon Go is free, but you have to buy things in game. I prefer games like Castle of the Wind (a computer game) or Pokemon Gold, where you buy the game and then perform tasks in the game to earn in-game currency. I also don't like the aspect of having to join a team or whatever. Can't I be a lone wolf? How many Pokeballs do they give you? Can this be downloaded to the iPad? Will your Pokemon languish and perish if your city is too small for a Pokemon Center or Pokemart? Inquiring minds want to know. Raidra (talk) 14:31, July 12, 2016 (UTC)

It was before Jay got to it ;-)
I saw an episode of Regular Show in which geese invaded the park. At one point they angrily declared that they had already started terraforming the landscape and fertilizing the soil to make them unsuitable for non-geese lifeforms. Around where my brother lives there are a lot of places where geese roam around like they own the place, leaving droppings and frightening small children. That's because developers built apartments and strip malls where they lived (My brother grimly joked that they named the apartment complexes and streets after what they tore down). What did they think would happen- that the geese would just leave?

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you start feeling better soon!

Oh, I hadn't thought about that. "Okay, let's go outside and see what we can- there's no signal!" Raidra (talk) 03:22, July 13, 2016 (UTC)

Poke-Person Center
I think it sounds realistic so far. From what I've heard, there may be people falling down the stairs as a result of playing Pokemon Go. Seriously, though, if they could move we'd help them to the couch or a chair and rush to get ice/cold packs to put on the affected area(s). Then we'd ask about what kind of pain they were feeling, could they move their limbs easily, etc. If we thought bones were broken, we'd take them to the emergency room as soon as possible. If nothing seemed to be broken, we'd tell them to rest and take it easy, and to let us know if it got worse, if they had pain or numbness, etc. Of course, if they couldn't move at all, or if we suspected a neck or back injury, we wouldn't try to move them We'd call for an ambulance and try to comfort them while we waited.

Speaking of The Haunting Hour, I've reviewed all your reviews so far! It's been a fun and spooky ride, hasn't it? Raidra (talk) 01:07, July 14, 2016 (UTC)

Wild Marowak spotted
I'd say so. As for checking for broken bones without an x-ray machine, here are some methods.
 * The most obvious and gruesome sign of broken bones would be if the person had an open fracture- meaning part of the bone is sticking out. :-O If it's a closed fracture (the bone is broken, but hasn't broken the skin) you move on to other methods.
 * Let's say the affected area is an arm or leg. If it's bending or curving in a way the Good Lord never intended, then the limb is most likely broken and you need a doctor.  Let's say the affected area is the rib cage.  If the patient has severe pain and difficulty breathing, then odds are good at least one rib is broken and you need a doctor.  If the affected area is the back or neck and the patient can't feel their limbs, that's obviously a bad sign.  Keep him or her still and call for an ambulance.
 * Speaking of pain, severe pain, swelling, and discoloration are good signs that a bone has been broken. If you heard a cracking or popping sound just before the pain, swelling, etc., that's a strong sign too (This happened on the set of Gothika. They were filming a scene in which Robert Downey, Jr's character was restraining Halle Berry's character when Downey heard a popping sound. He realized, to his horror, that he had broken something in Berry's arm).

~folds arms is disappointment~ Happy birthday to your brother. I'm a teetotaler, so I didn't have a drink for my 21st birthday either.

Have you thought about writing any Pokemon Go creepypastas? Raidra (talk) 16:41, July 15, 2016 (UTC)

Say Go, Funny Bone, Go, Funny Bone, Go!
I'm sure that you'll get more inspiration. There are pros to the game, and it sounds like you're having fun playing it, but it seems that with each passing day there are one or two more unfortunate, disturbing, or just plain stupid stories. There was someone who crashed a car because they were playing the game while driving! Thankfully nobody was killed, but I can just hear, "Dumb ways to die...so many dumb ways to die..." It's interesting too because a lot of people are responding to stories like this with, "Well, the game's not making people stupid; they're stupid already!" I have to agree because if stupid people weren't playing games while driving, they'd be texting while driving or watching movies while driving. On the driving exam there should be the question, "You're driving and someone texts you saying they have some juicy gossip. What do you do?" If they answer anything other than, "Ignore it completely because I'm freaking driving," then they should never be allowed to have a license. Back to Pokemon Go, I've thought, "It would be frightening if you were in your home heading to your bedroom or a bathroom and it said, 'Trainer four yards ahead!'"

The song I mentioned is "Pharaoh's Story". We went to a dinner theater production of Joseph years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I even got Mom a copy of the Donny Osmond version on DVD.

~laughs~ Old skeletons telling jokes! Raidra (talk) 15:27, July 16, 2016 (UTC)

The Scrumdiddlyumptious Dreamcoat
That's a good question. If they purposely took attention away from Lucas, then they're lowlifes who should be banned from this and every other wiki. I give the second one the benefit of a doubt, but that lowlife who wrote that first blog really has no excuse.

You make a great point, which is that even if you have material, you need inspiration. Speaking of Pokemon, I found some Pokemon Stadium videos by this YouTuber named JohneAwesome and they are great. He has some for other games too, so I'll have to watch those. I also need to watch those neat tutorial videos as well as those Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness videos I mentioned earlier. I have a lot of pre-bedtime or pre-breakfast viewing to do this summer!

Yeah, it's actually based on the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. Now I have this image in my mind of Andrew Lloyd Webber reading from the Bible, reading a Roald Dahl book, and going, "That's it!" :-D Did you know that Webber had a musical based on toy trains? It's called Starlight Express and I find the titular song (at least the original version of it) absolutely beautiful. I swear, that man has a gift of taking things that don't seem like musical material and making musical gold. Raidra (talk) 00:28, July 19, 2016 (UTC)

Pokemon Turf War
Ooh, a Dratini! I'm glad you've done well so far. Now, what about evolution stones? Are they awarded as prizes for doing well, can they be bought, or do you have to find them? I just wonder about Raichu since he's my favorite. I heard that the game crashed over the weekend, but I don't know if it were everywhere or just in certain places. Speaking of video game frustration, the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) used to have a promo with Lara Croft from Tomb Raider playing Pong (one of the very first video games). She lost the game and gaped in stunned anger before kicking over the TV.

I think Emily's theft and lying shows the desperation and turmoil she's feeling. It reminded me of a scene from Catch Me If You Can that I saw one time (The character ran away from home because of family problems). The fact that she made arrangements for the package to be delivered, however, shows she still cares about others. She's not a bad kid; she's just in a bad place right now. The only thing I would add is something to note how much money that would be for comparison. For instance, you could say something like, "A single Pokeball cost X Poken," or, "A potion alone would cost Y Poken."

I can see that actually. Are you going to add a line to your story? I think your quote, "She says that it could've ripped due to old age but I'm not 100℅ sure this is the case," could work as an ending too. Raidra (talk) 00:20, July 20, 2016 (UTC)

RE:
Depression, broken water pipes (those just got fixed, thank god), an erupted wisdom tooth, etc. I'm quite beside myself and everything just feels so distant/far off. I'm sort of coming and going in relation to here, because I'm worried about my mood being bad. Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  19:42, July 20, 2016 (UTC)


 * Johto had a series called Master Quest if I remember correctly. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  00:36, July 21, 2016 (UTC)


 * I watched all of the series and quit when Johto finished and Misty announced she was leaving because the show felt done to me at that point. Leveling your Pokemon isn't a thing on the show, so *shrugs*. Yep, and Erika's gym was complete garbage because only girls can challenge it. I wanna know how Gary even got that badge and it haunts me to this day. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  07:07, July 23, 2016 (UTC)


 * You can't have that many crushes at once, that's like... Pokeligamy. He probably had one of his cheerleaders that always followed him around go battle Erika, haha. I remember Gary had 12 badges somehow and it completely blew my mind at the time.


 * I'd be so annoyed getting caught up in a protest, no matter what it's for.


 * They definitely should dump Ash as the main character and just have someone new. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  05:08, July 26, 2016 (UTC)

Yodel
So it has, friendo. How've you been?

The Goddamn Dorkpool (talk) 01:40, July 21, 2016 (UTC)

Special ability- Sympathy
I agree that characters have to be likeable, relatable, and interesting. That's the problem a lot of movies and whatnot have- the characters aren't relatable or interesting in any way. Why should we root for people when we don't care? I flashed back to various Roger Ebert reviews of bad movies. I seem to remember one time he promised that he'd send a prize to anyone who could prove that any real people had ever talked like the people in that movie. Anyway, I think you're doing a good job.

The multi-colored money makes sense. I know some countries have currency with different colors. I bought a guide to Miami (I'd like to travel there someday, and if I can't, then I can daydream, can't I?) apparently written for European visitors, or maybe Canadian visitors. It noted, "Confusingly, the American bills of different denominations are all the same color." I wonder why they don't have multi-colored bills. ~crosses arms and sulks because we don't have cool multi-colored bills~ I've seen a couple videos recently talking about money in the Pokemon world, specifically how it's based on the Japanese yen rather than the U.S. dollar. A lot of players got confused and wonder, "Why is a bottle of water one hundred dollars!?" It's not; it's more like ninety-seven or ninety-eight cents. There are also players thinking, "I got 2700 from this trainer! I'm rolling in money!" No, you're rolling in less than twenty-seven dollars. Speaking of Pokemon and money, yesterday I just cracked up laughing due to something in one of JohneAwesome's Pokemon Stadium videos. He noted that he thought Hypno's pendant was a quarter on a string, and he wondered if Hypno put the coin in a vending machine, got a drink, and then yanked the string to pull his quarter back. X-D

That puts it in perspective. I realized something- Emily didn't get any repels. Unless she already had some, the lack of repels will probably weigh on her mind until she catches her first Pokemon friend. Raidra (talk) 01:49, July 21, 2016 (UTC)

Let's Yodel the Pokemon Theme
Good job on how far you've gotten in your pasta and reviews. I wouldn't mind taking a look. And good luck on the Pokemon fan fic.

I personally haven't played Pokemon Go, so I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about. However, I have heard of people robbing people playing Pokemon Go at gunpoint. My hope is that the robbers wear Team Rocket shirts or something. If they don't, then what's the point?

And I'm glad you're enjoying Lost Episode Cliche Bingo. And, actually, I think I considered Riffing "Cowboys and Indians" at one point. Go figure.

The Goddamn Dorkpool (talk) 15:35, July 22, 2016 (UTC)

Yen for Haunting Itchy Red Spots
Thanks! I'll give it a look after I'm finished on here.

Oh, I didn't know that. That's interesting. That's like how you have to be a certain age to buy alcohol or tobacco products, or you're supposed to have a license to buy things like firearms or dynamite. It's interesting to find comparisons between the Pokemon world and the real world.

As for the American bills, that makes sense. I read that when the Susan B. Anthony dollar was proposed the designers bragged, "Oh, it'll have 13 sides and raised edges so the visually-impaired can tell the difference between it and other coins easily!" Well, most people couldn't tell the difference between a Susan B. Anthony dollar and a quarter easily, so I don't know if those features helped anyone. It may be that the visually-impaired were more likely to spot the dollar because they'd look at it more carefully to make sure they had the right coin. I don't know, but I do know they should have either made the coin bigger (like the earlier Eisenhower dollar) or made it a different color (like the later Sacajawea dollar). ~imitates newspaper boy fish from the hall monitor episode of SpongeBob SquarePants~ Take it, my friends! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_United_States_dollar Arm yourselves with knowledge!

I just paid a visit to the yen page on Wikipedia because I was ignorant about the coinage myself. I just knew that 1) I like the word "yen" and 2) I love watching the Facebank http://brog.engrish.com/2014/11/12/japanese-piggy-bank/. Raidra (talk) 00:36, July 24, 2016 (UTC)
 * Here's my question about that Haunting Hour episode- did she have to kill the doll because it turned out it/she was still evil? That's unfortunate if that's the case. Raidra (talk) 00:54, July 25, 2016 (UTC)

Goodbye Dolly
Lilly D, you ruined your second chance! I agree that it's good they didn't bring her back for a third episode. It's aggravating when characters keep getting killed, destroyed, etc. and still keep coming back. My understanding was this was even a problem back in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Some guy had a newspaper serial about a vampire. The thing was he kept bringing the character back from destruction (rather than create new characters and write all new stories). It would seem like the vampire had been destroyed, but the heroes would allow moonlight to shine on his corpse, restoring him to... undeath, I guess? Readers finally got fed up and said, "Ugh, we're tired of this! Every single freakin' time!" Raidra (talk) 04:15, July 26, 2016 (UTC)

Magical Mystery Vampire Serial
I don't remember the name or author, but I placed a request for the library book that I think talked about it. While I was searching, I found an odd book. Here's the Barnes & Nobles page for it- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vampires-and-cells-agnieszka-biskup/1100275260?ean=9781429673310. What in- what th- what the what?! Explain this one to me. Cripes, there's a whole series! Well, that's one way to get the kiddies interested in learning! Never stop making education interesting!

I can't think of anything. I'll let you know if I do. I do have one comment, though. There have been a couple times this summer when the air conditioning has made me feel a little sick (Either I got too cool or my sinuses got aggravated), so I can identify with the narrator talking about getting sick from the air conditioning. Raidra (talk) 00:45, July 28, 2016 (UTC)

What were we talking about?
That sounds good and realistic. By the way, how old are Erica and her brother?

That Vampires and Cells book definitely won't have the serial. I only mentioned it because I came across it while searching and thought it was so weird I had to share it. The book that I think mentioned the serial is Vampires by Martin Jenkins. I've reserved it at my local library, so once it arrives I'll know for sure if it's the right book. Raidra (talk) 15:12, July 30, 2016 (UTC)

Bill Jug TV- now in color!
I don't remember when they started doing that, but it was pretty recently. I remember when they made the portraits on the front bigger. Between that and the coloring people complained, "They're making it look like Monopoly money!" I remember them bragging about how the changes to the twenty dollar bill (or maybe it was the hundred) would foil counterfeiters, and then less than a month later there were counterfeits. ~plays Zonk! music from Let's Make A Deal!~

Awesome! Raidra (talk) 02:17, July 31, 2016 (UTC)

That'll set you back a couple hundred bones
It sounds good, and I think cutting from the couch to the bed buying expedition makes sense. I think the passage is realistic and shows that Kristy is cared about.

I got a message yesterday that the book I reserved has arrived, so hopefully I should be able to check it out tomorrow or Tuesday. I sure hope it's the right book! "Now let's see here... ah, dang it!" Of course, checking out the wrong book from the library is a lot better than actually buying a book and then discovering it's the wrong book. "Now let's examine this twenty-five dollar book I got...DANG IT!" Raidra (talk) 00:32, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

Found it!
This is from page 59 of Vampires by Martin Jenkins (Candlewick Press, 1998).

“And so, in the 1840s, along came Sir Francis Varney (who, as it happens, was the first vampire to have fangs). Varney the Vampire was published in weekly episodes, and Varney’s adventures went on and on and on- for 220 chapters and 868 pages!

“Like all good vampires, Varney was practically indestructible. People kept killing him off, but every time, they’d carelessly leave his body where the moon’s cold rays would fall on it, and he’d revive to terrorize a few more damsels in distress.

“In the end, even his biggest fans began to get bored, and Varney’s creator (James Malcolm Rymer) was forced to make him commit suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Vesuvius (a volcano near the Italian city Naples).”

Jenkins made an illustration of Varney standing at the top of the volcano and shouting, “I’m going to kill myself!” and the villagers replying, “Well, go ahead and jump!” “Yes, jump!” The whole thing is just wrong on every level. As a side note, Bram Stoker’s Dracula was published in 1897. Raidra (talk) 00:12, August 3, 2016 (UTC)

Reading is funucational!
All right!

To my relief, it was the right book. One of the great things about that book was it was published back when vampires were scary and not mopey emo loverboys. I wondered the same thing. Was it a matter of the publisher wanting to keep pumping the well, or was it the author who wanted to keep on going even though everyone was sick to death of the stories?

Your title reminded me of this story we read in one of my elementary school classes (probably third or fourth grade). It was an excerpt from a book, and it was about two sisters who accidentally got locked in a library. The younger sister made a sign reading, "We're stuck in the liberry." Raidra (talk) 00:03, August 4, 2016 (UTC)

TIME TO FEED THE PARROT!
Parrot (repeating)- Time to feed the parrot!

Librarian- SHUSH!

Parrot- No!

(Librarian covers cage again)

That's so cool! When I was little our local library used to have summer activities (I hope they still do. It would be a real shame if they didn't). That was before smart phones, so we had arts and crafts. We did things like make picture frames out of poster board and decorate them with colored macaroni, make little story scrolls (meaning they gave us blank receipt rolls which we wrote on and decorated with colored stamps), and sidewalk chalk drawings (I drew a huge dinosaur on the parking lot one time). Sometimes there were performers like storytellers or balloon animal artists. I remember a) the fun I had and b) how it would always feel like a sauna when I stepped back outside after being in the air-conditioned library for so long. Good times!

It's irritating to me when I come across a movie or something and they claim, "There's only one way to kill a vampire..." You just think, "No, there are plenty of ways. My gosh, have you ever read a book?!" That reminds me of a comment my friend Nick made about the movie Van Hellsing. He stated, "That's a movie that'll offend you if you've ever read a book in your life!" and he was right. I caught the last 20-30 minutes or so one night and thought, "Well this is stupid!" Raidra (talk) 00:15, August 5, 2016 (UTC)
 * Not related to any of the above, but today I watched a preview for Sing (You know, the movie that's basically Animal Idol), and I thought about a stupid piece of criticism. I saw where someone criticized the very premise of the movie, claiming, "Oh, little kids aren't going to be interested in characters singing songs!"  Um... does this person think that cartoons are only meant for little kids?  That's like someone criticizing Pokemon Go by claiming, "Oh, little kids won't be interested in Gen. 1 Pokemon!" ~rolls eyes~ Raidra (talk) 02:24, August 7, 2016 (UTC)

Super Late
Oh gosh, I just saw your message from July 27th! I am so sorry that it took me so long to notice T_T Feel free to hit Vroom over the head and to make another post on my talk page calling attention to me not replying to one of your messages in the future (that way I can answer them). Don't ever get old or turn into Vroom, or else you'll pick up a habit of forgetting and missing important stuff >.>

That theory makes sense, do you remember the Fighting-type gym in Saffron City? Nine gyms in Kanto confirmed. Yeah, we haven't. Ten years old is the age of passage in the Pokemon games it seems, though you can find younger trainers in the later games (Sapphire and Ruby). Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  06:13, August 5, 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm kind of disappointed that didn't happen now. *Search party finds Vroom with a dirt-caked face and the hairiest of arms and legs* Search Party: "How do you look like this? You've only been gone for five days!" Vroom: "...I've seen things..."


 * It sounds like things are coming right along for you and that's really good to hear :D Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  19:33, August 6, 2016 (UTC)

Reading is funucational AND functional!
It's from All That, though your title made me think of Iago in Aladdin. One of my favorite Iago moments is when Jafar notes that the thief that got eaten by the Cave of Wonders panther thing obviously wasn't the worthy one. As he ponders, Iago sarcastically replies, "Oh, well there's a surprise! I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from how surprising that is!" X-D Iago is one of the best sidekicks ever, and The Adventures of Pete & Pete was one of the best show ever! They don't make 'em like that anymore! I didn't like much of the last season, but that show was awesome. Oddly enough I quoted an exchange from that the other day. I believe it was actually from one of the specials they had before they expanded it into a regular series. They were trying to create a quiz to discover space aliens among us and were trying to come up with questions. Ellen asked, "How about, 'What color is your mucus'?" and (older) Pete replied with a flat yet sarcastic, "Subtle." It actually took me a while to get that joke because I didn't know what "subtle" meant the couple times I saw the episode. I assumed it was some kind of color, so I thought he was answering the question. :-P

At first I misread that as you saying her actual eyes (the sclera) were faint purple. I thought, "Wow, that's a creepy detail!" ~blushes~ Yeah, the purple around the eyes is good. I think it's a good description that lets the audience know that something isn't quite right. Raidra (talk) 14:25, August 8, 2016 (UTC)

Hungry Hungry Eyes
Yeah, I think the purple shadows under the eyes are a good description that lets the audience know that something isn't quite right.

You can really see Emily's despair, guilt, and vulnerability in that passage. My only issue is it should be "She inhaled and burst into tears," and not "She inhaled and bursted into tears."

Thanks for the link! I saw that the video reviews four classic Nickelodeon shows that I used to watch regularly so that should be interesting. I thought today that one great thing about The Adventures of Pete & Pete was there was no laugh track. The humor flowed naturally (most of the time. There were duds here and there) and you were free to find a scene funny or not funny. Shows nowadays try to force in "humor" and then have the laugh track like, "You laugh now!" Raidra (talk) 00:37, August 11, 2016 (UTC)

Sleep Deprived
I've never had purple under my eyes from sleep deprivation, though they are dark underneath now; that was a build up. I went between 68-72 hours without sleep before passing out when I was 16 and did not get purple under my eyes. That said, I am not everyone so it may be possible.

That'd be sweet! Hellbent is one of my favorites on there as well :3 Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  22:16, August 12, 2016 (UTC)