# new-ness! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123 "2002-10-27T17:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/421 "2005-05-03T01:52:30Z")
[QUOTE=RancidYakButterTeaParty] Don’t worry, I’ve set up my signature road side beverage stand. What do you mean you don’t like Rancid Yak Butter Tea? It’s cool and refreshing, just put away that Gatorade and enjoy a cup. QUOTE] I’ll try anything once… C’mon **MoonCat** , share ☹ Lets get a move on, the idea of this swarm catching up with us is not something I’d like to entertain… **Rancid** , if this takes yuck… :mad: ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/422 "2005-05-03T02:16:23Z")
Two RancidYakButter Triple Tea Lattes coming right up! ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/423 "2005-05-03T02:19:57Z")
I’ll share, I’ll share, soon as **Rancid** gives me some. ::looks back at swarm:: Eh. ::grabs pitcher:: Don’t think of it as stealing, think of it as saving your tea from the swarm! ::runs:: ::stops, drinks:: Better than squick. ::wipes cat germs off the pitcher:: Here, you can have it. ::gives to **Atheist Princess** :: 'n save some for **Regallag** , wouldja? He looks pretty thirsty out there. ::keeps running:: ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/424 "2005-05-03T02:36:35Z")
ooh! Can I have some rancid yak butter in a cup of tea, please? Not quite so clotty, tho’. Yeah, I got to thinking that _we_ had been flung by the trebuchet, too… Completely forgot about that short walk into The Village. heh… Swarms coming - must dash! _hightails it after the others_ ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/425 "2005-05-03T02:53:58Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > ooh! Can I have some rancid yak butter in a cup of tea, please? Not quite so clotty, tho’. > > Yeah, I got to thinking that _we_ had been flung by the trebuchet, too… Completely forgot about that short walk into The Village. heh… > > Swarms coming - must dash! > _hightails it after the others_ Where\* exactly\* are we all dashing??? I’ve become so caught up in running that I’m not entirely sure where we are going to escape the swarm. And where is home…aww…my poor head… ☹ But gosh are these boots comfy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/426 "2005-05-03T02:54:29Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Yeah, I got to thinking that _we_ had been flung by the trebuchet, too… Completely forgot about that short walk into the Village. Yeah - must be something about the Village that makes people forget… stuff… What was I talking about? Oh yeah, **Atheist Princess** has the pitcher. You’ll have to get it from her. ::keeps running:: So when will this swarm stop chasing us? And where exactly are we going, anyways? ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/427 "2005-05-03T02:55:39Z")
Hey, I just got an idea - why don’t we go back to **Hal** ’s fortress-type-place? This is all his fault, anyway… somehow… ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/428 "2005-05-03T03:14:43Z")
:: striding uphill, catches up to the others :: Maybe we should go back to the Initiation Complex. We’re halfway there anyways. I think the villagers back there have the idea that we are somehow connected with the mayhem last night. We should havwe gone to the McDonald’s. At least we would gave gotten _something_ to eat and gotten out of there before the attack… ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/429 "2005-05-03T03:35:38Z")
:: opens the bug-proof door to the Initiation Complex :: C’mon, c’mon, get inside before the pestilence does! I’ve been waiting for you all to get back here! ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/430 "2005-05-03T03:36:25Z")
I agree with **MoonCat** , **Hal** s place it is… And with **Sunspace** , Mc Donalds would’ve saved us so much, if only time could be rewound. _passes **Daithi Lacha** pitcher of Rancid Tea_ There you go 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/431 "2005-05-03T03:38:40Z")
Whadya mean “no food?” What about that whole nectar and ambrosia? And I had some roasted squck meat in between attacks. As they say in Zambodoland, you snooze, you lose. Also, _RUUUUUUUN!_ :: Runs up towards the initiation complex as fast as his legs will cary him :: ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/432 "2005-05-03T03:39:44Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > :: opens the bug-proof door to the Initiation Complex :: > > C’mon, c’mon, get inside before the pestilence does! I’ve been waiting for you all to get back here! Sorry **SR47** , we were all so thirsty! Wait, where’s **Kythereia**??? This Rancid Tea is rather addictive 😛 ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/433 "2005-05-03T04:00:46Z")
Hey, no hogging the Tea! **Kythereia**? Um… ::shades eyes with paw:: Yup, there she is, off in the distance… still running… **SR** (can I call you that?), wanna tell her where we’re going? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/434 "2005-05-03T04:10:44Z")
**SR** works. So does **SR47** , or **Spatial** , or **Rift**. Heck, you can call me just about anything, as long as you don’t call me late for dinner. Now, as for **Kythereia** … :: locks on to **Kythereia** and beams her back to the Initiation Complex :: ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/435 "2005-05-03T11:56:48Z")
Tea! TEA! Must have **TEA**! Yeah, you’re right: addictive! _heads for the complex_ ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/436 "2005-05-03T13:30:47Z")
_Reforming out of the ground, once again standing in the grass in front of the Initiation Complex_ Oh look, people inside this time. ~chuckle~ _heads inside_ Hi **SR47** and **Kythereia** , I hear noise from the stairs, I take it that the others managed to escape the swarm and are headed up? Sorry about that. I’m not sure what power the Vale holds, but it’s outside my Covenant. … Although, having observed how many times a Robo-creature- has gone amuck, it shouldn’t suprise me. … Umm **Kythereia** , the slice of squck must have fallen off while you were running, but it seems to have left a stain. _removing long sleeved outer shirt revealilng short sleeved under shirt_ You’re welcome to tie this around your waist until you can get a change of clothes. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/437 "2005-05-03T13:31:34Z")
I have terrible news to share… Someone’s made off with my Yak, so I can’t make any more tea! I suspect **Sunspace** as he(she) was terribly hungry earlier, and possibly felt compelled to have a little roasted yak. If this be the case, then you should prepare yourself for the consequences sir(mam). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/438 "2005-05-03T14:17:27Z")
Hey! I didn’t even know about the yak, or the tea. Me no steal. [sub]Although I’m not certain what did happen down there in the village… I seem to be losing my memory a lot these days. Something about being exploded up a stairwell, I think. Or tentacles. I seem to remember tentacles.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/439 "2005-05-03T15:12:12Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Hey! I didn’t even know about the yak, or the tea. Me no steal. > > [sub]Although I’m not certain what did happen down there in the village… I seem to be losing my memory a lot these days. Something about being exploded up a stairwell, I think. Or tentacles. I seem to remember tentacles.[/sub] Hmm… A sort of Ronald Reagan Iran-Contra affair answer me thinks. BTW, how did you know my Yak had tentacles? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/440 "2005-05-03T15:31:02Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > Someone’s made off with my Yak, so I can’t make any more tea! Oooo, sorry 'bout that. Here ya go. :: hands **RYBTP** a freshly bathed and leashed yak :: I just needed a bit of his DNA for…ummmm…errr…no particular reason whatsoever. :: innocent whistling :: And, on a completely unrelated note, welcome back, everyone! If you all want to just past through that doorway that seems to be mistakenly labled “Genetic Engineering Experimentation Lab”, you’ll find a “welcome back” party! Punch and cookies for all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=23)