Wondrous Apparitions, Provided by Magicians.

For the record, I don't think the sign *actually* used the word "worm", or that would be my choice too...

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I liked it because it shifted my own attitude more toward the positive, to frame those compliments for other people. Also, because I can read the stuff other folks have written and see my friends, whom I think are pretty magnificent creatures, reflected there. It's not the only game or even maybe the best game, but it's a pretty good one, I think.

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I thought the meme was fun, but then, I've only seen

kittenpants do it, and I doubt that she'd have a lot of problem saying those things directly to the intended individuals, so that takes a little of the suspense off.

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I doubt that she'd have a lot of problem saying those things directly to the intended individuals

*nods* And ya know, I had a hard time coming up with things to say that these people haven't already heard me say ad nauseam. =)

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I do like the meme; think any passing along of positive things is lovely. Still, I would like to know if the ones I think are about me, are or not.

And being an adult sucks sometimes, it really does. I'd prolly ignore the sign but I LOVE Adam's suggestion!

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I'm bloody cracking up that three of the seven Conan answers so far have involved baked goods...

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Well, who doesn't love baked goods?

adammaker's (non-baked-goods) answer is my favorite, so far, though.

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And three were sexual, but that's not unexpected for this crowd.

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Frankly, I'm just surprised that none of them have yet involved sex *and* baked goods.

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I'm thinking Beowulf = field trip, you know? That is if anyone wants to be in the same theatre with me and Tony. I'd understand if you didn't.

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It is a fairly terrifying thought, but we are all brave and daring and bold, yes? We should totally make an outing of it.

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I'll go... kilt or chaps? Ladies choice.

Wait... Kilt AND chaps... hrm... well, I do have bail money.

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Kilt. Duh.

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Tartan, denim, or... Leather?

Wait, do they make tea-length kilts?

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Tartan. And no, they do not. Kilts must bisect the knee. Any shorter or longer is Teh Stoopid.

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Third thing:
I liked it because I learned things about myself while reading them and asking this question:
"Would I like for that compliment to be about me? Would that be a big or little change?"

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*Beowulf* is in theatres the weekend I'm visiting KC. Hmmm...on the whole, I'd rather do interactive things with you three than be passively entertained, but damn, that's tempting.

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Eh, watching movies with us tends towards interactive...

triadruid usually tells me to shut up, though. :)

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If you had put up a sign with some Asatruism, what would you like your Christian neighbors to do?

We're generally not supposed to wear costumes to work anymore... so of course I tend to. Oh, KILT!!!! Ha! Easier than armor. And arguably dress casual.

I actually had an odd thought, if I were to wear a kilt to the kid's school, and get stopped because someone felt it was inappropriate... they might ask if I was wearing something underneath. My thought is, I will turn the question around - do you ask every woman in a skirt if they are wearing panties or a slip? Or are you just personally vested in what's under MY outerwear?

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If you had put up a sign with some Asatruism, what would you like your Christian neighbors to do?
I wouldn't though, because I consider it bad manners to out your religious leanings in public without having been asked. (So I'm actually not going to do anything about the sign, I just thought it would be funny to think about it.)

Re: The kilt, I support it. Down with male fashion oppression! :)

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I'm saving for the Mocker from Utilikilts, although it is dressier than what I normally wear. The standard one looks closer to my khakis.

I would probably end up ordering it about the time that we go to 'mobility' cubes (no assigned seats, work would be like an internet cafe). I figure the double entendre would be grand.

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Yes, I am personally vested in what's under your outerwear.

Oh, that was a rhetorical question. My bad.

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I tend to wear things under my overs just because it is good form... if I do not then I tend to have various immodesty issues. Although that can also happen if my undergarments are silk and it is a breezy day.

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Truth is, the leine under a great kilt was generally long enough that it could be tied around the bits. It at least was long enough to cover them.

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Weird, this went to SPAM...

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I think the reversal of the query would be appropriate, but on the other hand I'd be VERY surprised if anyone actually asked you.

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Depends on the school... the one I am at now seems quite open to culture. The one up at KCMO was kept conservative by a Roman Catholic principal who tried to educate kids in SPITE of their parent's diversity. Mik used to get into HUGE fights with the administration out there. (Ok, a normal thing for her, but that was one of her crusades that I agreed with her on.)

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1- not exactly stupid, but sort of irritating.

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Be an adult about the sign thing? Nahhhhhh! Mhahahahaha!

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ummm.. i totally dont get the conan thing....
all my neighbors had bush04 signs, and i put other running partiesbumperstickers on them, then i went out and spraypainted over some of the donaldson for school board signs... im so terrible...
btw, you lack a "i have no money to see any of those" category for movies, so i had to vote that they would all suck....

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*looks askance*
What year were you born in?

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1986..... i think i remember mom saying something about my brother watching that show all the time, but i have no idea anything about it...

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Eh he. Conan the Barbarian, 1982. Monsters, sorcery, half-naked women, half-naked men, swordplay, and James Earl Jones. What's not to love?

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"What's not to love?"

Half-naked men.

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More for me, then. :)

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*mourns for Da Yout of Merica*

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*sigh* OK, the canonical answer is "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women," delivered in that early-80s just-got-off-the-boat Ahhnuld Austrian accent. In this context, all manner of alternate responses are apparently accepted, including suggestions regarding sex with baked goods.

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Thank you, you've done a great service in the education of our young people. :)

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Librarianship: it's like teaching, but without all that crappy grading shit. =)

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Win! (I wanted to be a librarian for a while when I was somewhat younger and smaller than I am today. Alas, somebody told me there was no market for it. And then, I grow up, and learn that librarians automatically get bonus points to hotness. Alas, I say.)

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Don't worry - you can always take Librarian as a prestige class. =)

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Word.

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Evidently I am the only one thus far to induce dialect into my typography of the canonical answer.

I aim to please.

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The costume bit has nothing to do with being an adult. It has everything to do with where I work... Then again, at my last job they made us dress up and we had to be part of their theme, which I hated, 'cause I want to be what I want to be and I sure in the hell do not believe in spending anything more than $25 on a costume.

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I have actually very little desire to see American Gangster, although it does look good, but not good enough to see in the theater. I actually meant to choose Love in the Time of Cholera... I don't know how I managed to click the wrong one on that one...

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