# Feydeau, you asked for it..now come and get it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666 "2005-03-28T21:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/41 "2005-03-29T19:30:14Z")
I know! _grabs the goat from **Daitha Lacha** and shoves it in the tank_ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/42 "2005-03-29T19:37:11Z")
: wades back into the thread : :eek: What the heck have you children done to this thread?! THAT’S IT! Every body out of the tank NOW! :mad: Is this how you act when we have a newbie? You should all be ashamed of yourselves…now clean up this mess before **Feydeau** finds out you’re all a bunch of ill mannered heathens. I swear. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/43 "2005-03-29T19:38:46Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > I swear. :rolleyes: \*shoves \*_harmless \*\* into the tank with the squid and the goat, and RUNS_ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/44 "2005-03-29T19:44:37Z")
: sputter, splash, squish, crawls out of tank : **ANAAMIKA**! Somebody pass me a wiffle ball bat. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/45 "2005-03-29T19:51:38Z")
:: **Sunspace** hands towels to **Harimad-sol** and **Kythereia** , dries himself off, looks at the wet trail of **anaamika** ’s footprints leading out of the room, and shakes his head :: :: an embarassed silence drags on :: So, **harmless** … how about those Blue Jays?\* [sub]\*The canonical Torontonian “let’s change the subject” question.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/46 "2005-03-29T19:54:13Z")
:: **Sunspace** frantically looks around for another towel, finds it, and hands it to **harmless**. :: If this keeps up, we’ll have to install life preservers… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/47 "2005-03-29T19:58:21Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > If this keeps up, we’ll have to install life preservers… In \*that \* case… _standing in the doorway, throws a rock at the glass, shattering it_ SPLOOSH! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/48 "2005-03-29T19:58:40Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: an embarassed silence drags on :: > > So, **harmless** … how about those Blue Jays?\* Last one I saw, I nipped the head off and had it with toast. It was a bit stringy. And if this keeps up, there will _be_ no more lives to preserve. 😃 : pets and soothes the goatses : ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/49 "2005-03-29T20:11:07Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > In \*that \* case… > _standing in the doorway, throws a rock at the glass, shattering it_ > SPLOOSH! :: The contents of the calamari vat spew across the floor. The calamari, deproved of its watery environment, flops on the floor, then starts to drag itself towards the deepest pool of water. The goat which had been in the tank leaps to safety. :: Right, that’s it then. :: looks around at the others :: Let’s _get_ her! :: chases after **anaamika** :: ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/50 "2005-03-29T20:12:05Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Hey, where’s **Feydeau**? We can’t do the initiation without the victim! I mean… newbie. **GEMMA![SIZE]** ::grabs **Gemma** , won’t let go:: Tick misses his bestest. [size=1]and needs human shield… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/51 "2005-03-29T20:19:53Z")
_Gaaaa! The coding!! It burrrrrns!!_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/52 "2005-03-29T20:20:58Z")
That’s a pretty huge [SIZE=1] you have there, **ticky** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/53 "2005-03-29T20:27:43Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > That’s a pretty huge \ you have there, **ticky** 😛 [size=1]Well I don’t like to brag… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/54 "2005-03-29T20:31:26Z")
_tries to make shield against squid out of two paddle-ball paddles_ Say, what’s my saving throw against tenticular attacks? Oops! Wrong sort of role-playing… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/55 "2005-03-29T20:46:18Z")
:: **Sunspace** returns to the room with a satisfied expression on his face :: Say… whatever became of **Feydeau**? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/56 "2005-03-29T20:54:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: **Sunspace** returns to the room with a satisfied expression on his face :: > > Say… whatever became of **Feydeau**? _eyes the now-passive squid…_ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/57 "2005-03-29T21:02:52Z")
Hell if I know. Page 2 and the initiate is a no-show. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/58 "2005-03-29T21:25:40Z")
:: looks around at traces of mayhem in room: the expired squid, the goats clustered on the “high ground”, the scattered chairs and furniture, the broken glass, the ring around the walls where the water had crested :: I can’t say that I’m totally surprised… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/59 "2005-03-29T22:00:28Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > \*\*GEMMA! > > ::grabs **Gemma** , won’t let go:: > > Tick misses his bestest. and needs human shield… **Tick**! You’re ALIVE! Yay! Don’t worry. We’ll all be back in Lincoln soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666/60 "2005-03-29T23:57:46Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: looks around at traces of mayhem in room: the expired squid, the goats clustered on the “high ground”, the scattered chairs and furniture, the broken glass, the ring around the walls where the water had crested :: And…\*\*Anaamika \*\* sitting safely off to one side with the goats, snickering. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feydeau-you-asked-for-it-now-come-and-get-it/296666.md?page=4)