DarthTofu

*Laughs head off then takes cover due to own frequent typos, readying the double-bladed swordfish for combat*

*Cocks eyebrow* another fan of penguins out there? I got the movie March of the Penguins, an old Beanie baby Penguin (I think penguins are cool, in case you didn't notice) DDR Extreme 2 ("Now you''re finally getting some exercise when play video games all day!), 'couple of T-shirts with good one liners on 'em (I know all the answers, but I've been sworn to secrecy), an MP3 player... that about sums it up. I use Christmas as a sort "Shopping" season. Whatever I actually need I ask for- I got shaving creme, new boxers, couple o' razors... Its kind of nice Oh, yeah, and: I got a rock.

Damn, you're right... Uh, how do I change the title of this thing, then? And who voted for the second option if BobandRupert didn't?

I see Just hide underneath the authorities If Michael Jackson can get away with what he does to small children, then teaching them things that are against the local laws has to be a piece of cake! As for that sheppard's crook thing, I meant to ask why you didn't vote for the "Its a J for joy!" option.

Two questions to go with that. Question one: If that's what you think, why did you vote that it was a Sheppard's crook? Question two: What happened to this guy for doing this? And where was he supposed to be from (As in what country)? It had to be English-speaking, and even though I don't know how old the candy cane dates back, I qouldn't put it at older than one hundred years. So how many countries using the Phoenecian alphabet had villages a hundred years ago (Note: That's not a challenge, its musing).

Okay, there are two explanations for how the candy cane came to be. The first is that there was a candy maker who wanted to make something which bore the true meaning of Christmas. he, and I quote from the sign that we saw outside someone's house while checking out Christmas lights "Started with pure white to show the innocence and purity which was Jesus. He then curved red around the white to symbolise the blood that he spilled for all man-kind. Finally he shaped it like a J to stand for Joy because Jesus brings joy." The second explanation comes from a food network special. I don't remember what it was as well, but the idea that it was shaped like a Sheppard's crook (The little curvy things that they whack sheep with to keep 'em in line) and... Well, actually I completely forget the rest of it. I'll have to look it up in the future. But which do you guys think the candy cane was designed to look like? J or Sheppard's crook? Personally I vote Sheppard's crook just because A) If you're going to put something national TV you really want to double check your facts and B) I'm pretty sure the candy cane is popular in several countries which do not use the Phoenecian alphabet as we English-speakers do.

Ah, yes, in the traditional SNL manner: Merry Christmas, dammit! (stated by Gumbi as played by Eddie Murphy)

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they originated in New York... Though that could have been my father lying to me again... Still, the story I head was that there was some snooty guy at a restaurant somewhere in new York who had some potatoe product that he believed to be undercooked, so he sent it back to the kitchen and a rather angry chef. Deciding to make the customer more angry he put them into hot lard before taking them out and dumping salt all over them. Upon eating them the customer asked what they were and they waiter claimed that they were French fries, a delicacy in France that he should not turn down. The customer enjoyed them and wholly agreed, thus French fries were born. Or something like that.

Makes fun of them? How so? You mean like freedom fries and stuff? That is taking it over the top, yes, but I wouldn't call it making fun of the French. Plus, if I were French I wouldn't be particularly offended since A) It's one of the weakest comebacks ever and B) French Fries are American anyway.

I'm just waiting to do this Charlie Brown style, IE Tex: I got a Death Star! Krytos: I got an SSD! Jahled: I got a kitten torturing kit! Me: I got a rock.

*Hangs head* aw, well... so, did you guys know that if you set your computer's internal clock to Christmas day and play the original X wing game Santa will be standing at the base waving at you? Try it!

lol, nice. Though you really kind of have to hand it to the French- they were one of the only nations whom we asked to help us who said "You know, these guys have really weak intelligence suggesting weapons of mass destruction, and there's no clear exit strategy. I don't think I'm going to send hundreds of my nation's troops out to die."

Yeah, I'm gonna go with what Strong Bad has to say on the subject: Delete any and all E-mails with more than one "Re" or "Fwd" in the title. "It's increadible! I didn't believe it until I tried it for myself! It really works!"

Come on, I know you guys played it as Kyle K'atarn and such! Thing is I have an old copy of it, except its only a three level demo. Well after dusting it off and beating all three levels in just a few days, now I'm kind of saddened that I can't go on. Does anyone know of a legal way I can expand so as to play the remaining several levels, or is the disk strictly a demo disk? I purchased it about 1994-96, somewhere in that time period as part of a large collection of games including Jedi Knight, TIE fighter, X wing, X wing vs. TIE fighter, Jedi Knight (Demo), Dark Forces, Dark Forces II (IE Mysteries of the Sith, demo), and the rare "Star Wars: Yoda Stories"

I never said it was based on what one person did, just what several other people might have done. I loved the Watergate thing! That and when he was awarded the Medal of Honor and, ahem, showed the guy giving it to him where he was shot

But... It's... my precious! *Strokes lightsaber lovingly while looking from side to side* On a side note- how kick-ass would a clear lightsaber be? And by the way, mad, I couldn't open your images Apparently I don't have appropriate software.

Who's seen Forest Gump? Its on TV right now and I'm watching it. Pretty good movie in my opinion, just figured ited be nice to have people to discuss the film with. For instance: Were some of the roles Forrest plays based on things that other real people did?

Yeah, okay, maybe it would, but 1: I have a tutor and 2) I get to keep the program provided I can make a slide show on it and don't use it to make money. In response to what DC had to say: Good for you! Happy holidays, and enjoy being with your family! It's always nice when that sort of thing happens to you, especially if you aren't expecting it.

huh... I could've sworn that the bulwark battle cruiser was one of the weaker ships... That's really weird... That expalins why I kept losing all those games when I played as the Rebels, though...

3D max, eh? my robotics teacher keeps asking me if I know how to use it... Maybe its time I pretended I did and learned how...

In the words of my wigger friend Shawn Franchi: Holy Shizzle! Those are freaking insane pics! Are those photoshopped or purely digital rendering? Also, if they are photoshopped, how did you modify them without killing the quality?

Instead of double posting to correct typos just hit "edit". Works much better and doesn't make it look like your spamming (I'm not accussing you of spamming, just saying that you want to use edit rather than a double post)

That url being the url of the pic after its been uploaded to a hoasting site like Photobucket, right? Or am I wrong?

I sort of did that as the Rebels just because my ship design missions were taking forever. See, the Imps were being stupid as heck and coming up to planets with two shield generators and bombarding them. Meanwhile I had special forces beneath the shield who promptly sabotaged the forces in space

Okay, did you get a poster with your copy of Rebellion tha ttells you the stats of everything in the game? If not, you cn just use the galactic encyclopedia. Look at the Bulwark's stats. Now look at the Dauntless's stats. A dauntless has the firepower to take on anything short of an SSD that the Imps through at you single handedly. A bulwark wouldn't survive against in Imp Star II