An alligator ate my face. April Fools, stupid. It was actually a crocodile.
Sounds like Matt’s got some skills.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 04/01/2008 10:32 AM
Matt, was it the Spongebob “Pest of the West” commercial? I only caught the last two seconds, I’ll have to keep watching for it.
Congrats on the promotion, DJ D! Congrats to Fungusmungus on the new work opportunity too
My roommate has promised me that he’ll relinquish my Wii after he gets back from a trip he’s on (that apparently required Wii access). I’m hanging onto it for good after that because I’m tired of you guys having all the fun without me. I’ll add everybody that I haven’t yet at that point (no April foolin’).
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/01/2008 10:35 AM
Matt I thought you were posting something new. April fools on us I guess.
Chestnuts roasted by meepy @ 04/01/2008 11:41 AM
My friend code?
1. Be pals with as many different types as possible, you never know when you might need the help of a lesbian weightlifting mathmatician with wicked awesome knitting skills.
2. Treat your buds with all due respect, sometimes you may the the only one to do so.
3. Learn as much from your amigos as they will from you, that thing with the cherry stem? it’s a bonding experience!
4. Pitch in when your compadre needs assistance, one person can only do so much wicked awesome knitting without help.
5. You can always make friends on X-Entertainment!
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/01/2008 1:03 PM
Chestnuts roasted by mandy_Reeves @ 04/01/2008 2:06 PM
Leigha, Yeah, I saw your comment there. Nice to know someone’s looking out for me. I was going to respond there last night but figured most everyone had moved on to this post and you wouldn’t see that I responded. So, I figured I would wait till you showed up here…and here you are. Nice to see you too.
Congrats also to Fungusmungus! 35 people? Good luck!
Happy tricky-day everybody! The day’s not over yet, so I guess we’ll have to see if Matt’s promise of some groovy new post will be an April Fool’s Day joke or not. After Box 23, anything’s possible. Maybe we’ll get sent on another wild goose chase. Speaking of which, there’s some new viral marketing going on today for The Dark Knight. There’s a new site up: http://www.clowntravelagency.com Go there and click on the paper poking out of the envelope and you’ll get a list of what appears to be bowling alleys across the country. Too bad the closest one to me is in Atlanta, which is about 3 hours away. Apparently this is sending people on a scavenger hunt which will eventually end up on giving us a new trailer for the movie. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE! I’m more excited about this than anything else coming out this year.
Oh, and Leigha, I’m trying to find a way to make my last day (next Wed) at the restaurant memorable, but I don’t think I could top what we did this past Christmas. We had a slow day one day and got on to the topic of how far you could possibly kick a baby. I mean, sitting on the top of your foot, after you’ve gotten a good swing and follow through, how far could you punt the thing? Somehow we came up with an average weight of 6 pounds for what this kid would weigh. Well, we were standing at the counter and about 10 feet in front of us was the front door and next to that was a Christmas tree. Someone said they could make it to the tree and probably out the front window of the front door. We started seriously debating it and finally decided it had to be resolved. A guy went back to the kitchen and disappeared for a while. We were wondering what he was doing when he suddenly emerged from the kitchen with 6 pounds of pizza dough (it’s an Italian restaurant) wrapped up tightly in plastic. Well, that sealed it (no pun intended). We all took turns kicking the baby across the restaurant to see if we could hit the Christmas tree (By the way, I’m so glad that I’ve reached the point in my life when I can legimately type that sentence).
I came up with the argument that the physics of this wouldn’t be completely accurate because while this is a lump of dough that’s basically just dead weight, a real, live baby’s weight distribution would be completely different. He’s got arms and legs flailing all over the place, his head’s probably wobbling everywhere and you know he’s not gonna sit still. So, while this exercise is going to be fun, it won’t be completely scientific. But, when you’re kicking pretend babies across an Italian restaurant at Christamstime, you can’t get hung up on the details.
Well, I kind of shinned it, cause I didn’t line it up right on the top of my foot and it just hit my shin and only went about 3 feet. Somebody else, however, managed to not only make it to the tree, but shattered one of the ornaments and took out one of the presents under it as well. It was great! And the best part was, there were still customers in the restaurant. Short of kicking a real baby across the restaurant on my last day there (all in the name of science of course), I don’t know how I’m going to top that.
The baby would probably only flail if it was thrown. Kicking it would most likely take all the fight out of it before that would have an impact on the physics of flight.
Chestnuts roasted by Rev. BackItOnUp @ 04/01/2008 3:10 PM
Invader Norbert I added your code.
Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 04/01/2008 3:11 PM
Moo. I said Moo. That is all.
Chestnuts roasted by Cowboy @ 04/01/2008 3:17 PM
Rev. BackItOnUp, Good point. Plus, by kicking, you’d get a good surprised yelp out of it upon the impact of the kick, whereas if you just threw it, it would be too surprised at what was happening (and might even enjoy it) to make much noise. The soft sensation of just getting lofted into the air would actually be kind of fun….until the landing anyway.
Chestnuts roasted by Ringbearer @ 04/01/2008 6:55 PM
Hey everyone! Well, I FINALLY got my cable and Internet installed, and I got the MLB Extra Innings package. Guess what the first game happens to be that I turn on? You got it, the YANKEES!!!! Not like I have any choice. Neither Chicago team is playing today (they both lost yesterday), the Rangers don’t play until later tonight since they’re in Seattle. I do think Houston’s on so I’ll have to check that out, but other than the Yankees, the only other game on is the Mets. What a coincidence, BOTH New York teams are playing. Oh well, good time to break in my new toy. Already got about four programs programmed to tape on my DVR! Looks like I’ll be staying in this weekend!
Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 04/01/2008 7:17 PM
But the DVR is so you don’t HAVE to stay inside!
Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 04/01/2008 7:44 PM
BJ, Well, way to go. I plan on getting a DVR of my very own at the end of this month and can’t wait for it. I’m sick of missing all my favorite shows because my VCR decides it just doesn’t want to work that day. All the teams you mentioned are great, but I still gotta support my Braves. All they do is let me down, but in my family if you’re not a Braves fan, you may as well just say you hate America.
Thats the amount of times I’ve been Rickrolled today. Granted, I have NOTHING against Rick Astley. But DAMN this is getting old. It’s funny a couple of times, But the sheer amount of people that think they are being witty. C’mon people, April Fools is about jokes and pranks, not about Linking to some obscure 80′s pop reference.
Sorry, Just needed to vent there.
Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 04/01/2008 7:54 PM
Kid Nicky: Actually, the DVR is so while I’m taping one show, I’m watching another. Of course, you can only tape two shows at the same time, and then you don’t get to watch another show but flip between the two you are taping. I guess that’s where a TiVo comes in. Of course most of the stuff I record end up being repeated just a few hours later. Oh well, at least I got my GSN (Game Show Network). I’m a sucker for old game shows, and I also myself addicted to Lingo. It’s amazing just how many five-letter words there are in the English language!
Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 04/01/2008 7:56 PM
It’s funny a couple of times, But the sheer amount of people that think they are being witty. C’mon people, April Fools is about jokes and pranks, not about Linking to some obscure 80′s pop reference.
I disagree.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 04/01/2008 8:02 PM
Oh, I forgot to mention that I bought an XBox 360 this past weekend. Of course, I only bought one game, MLB 2K8 and man, is it hard to play! Compared to 2K7 where I just pressed a button to deliver a pitch, now I have to use the right thumbstick and move it in a certain way or my pitching is all off! I got the 360 arcade version so there’s no big hard drive space, nor do I have an HD Player (prefer Blu-Ray anyway). It said I was supposed to get a disc of five free games including UNO and a Pacman game. Well, didn’t find the disc so perhaps I get it if I sign on to XBox Live. My buddy suggest I do that and hook my 360 to my computer. Of course, I still have my original XBox and I’ve been thinking of hooking that up as well. Who knows, I guess it all depends on my mood which hasn’t been the greatest in a while. Oh well, thank God I have 24/7 access to X-Entertainment where feeling bad is a good feeling…or something like that!
Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 04/01/2008 8:26 PM
BJ-
My friend has that Pac-Man game,it’s pretty damn awesome.
JESTER-
If there’s one thing that pisses me off about the internet,it’s that stupid Rickroll thing. Click my name to see this huge article I wrote about it on another site.
Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 04/01/2008 9:36 PM
mandy Reeves I added your friend code too. =)
Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 04/01/2008 9:38 PM
I suppose I should also mention I have a Nintendo DS. I bought it months ago while I was still in Iraq. Of course, I only had two games at the time, Mario Kart DS and the Harlem Globetrotters. Now I mostly play my three newer games: The Simpsons Game, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and the World Series of Poker 2008 Edition. I like the fact that I can play my Game Boy Advance games on there, but I have more regular Game Boy and yet I can’t play them! I was told if you had the DS Lite you can play them and I thought I had the old DS but my box says I have Lite, and yet I can’t play my original Game Boy games. What gives? Thankfully my old Game Boy Advance is still in good condition!
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An alligator ate my face. April Fools, stupid. It was actually a crocodile.
Sounds like Matt’s got some skills.