# 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:** 23
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/441 "2005-05-03T15:53:23Z")
Are you sure that’s the right Yak? I don’t see any tentacles and **RYBTP** said that his Yak had tentac… Oh, he was joking… I get it. :rolleyes: … At least I think he was joking?!? :eek: _cough_ Punch and cookies?! Did I hear someone say there’s punch and cookies? Here, let me help serve. _grabbing pitcher and pouring cups of punch and passing them out_ ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/442 "2005-05-03T15:55:40Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > Hmm… > > A sort of Ronald Reagan Iran-Contra affair answer me thinks. > > BTW, how did you know my Yak had tentacles? Aaahhh!!! _twitch_ _whimper_ Sorry. I’ve had too many ‘interesting’ experiences\* with tentacles to be at ease anymore. Let’s get inside. :: They enter the cavelike doorway to the Initiation Complex. The door is still missing. The room inside hasn’t changed: the other doors are still buckled from the C4 explosion; the chute in the roof is still dented, and there are still the explosion scars and the dried-up remains of the pool of water. They go up the stairs, through the Initiation Chamber (with _its_ scars, staiis, debris, and “Death Ray” holes), and exit through the Initiates’ Ceremonial Entrance into the corridor. :: [sub]\*See earlier parts of this thread and the earlier threads linked to it. Let’s just say that there were a _lot_ of tentacles involved. ---
**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, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/443 "2005-05-03T15:56:30Z")
Now what kind of punch is this? Fruit punch, or whisky punch? Because I cou;d sure use some of thr later after this mess. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/444 "2005-05-03T15:57:14Z")
:: in a room just off the corridor :: Um, **EarthStone**? I wouldn’t drink that punch so quickly… **fthoomp** ---
**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, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/445 "2005-05-03T16:30:11Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > _grabbing pitcher and pouring cups of punch and passing them out_ …funny you should mention “passing out”… ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/446 "2005-05-03T17:08:30Z")
Speaking of passing out… Why has my Yak been de-tentacled? I’m guessing Sun-one, I mean someone might have been looking to nosh on some calamari? ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/447 "2005-05-03T17:13:59Z")
:: looks around :: Why is everyone associating me with calamari? I don’t want tentacles. Tentacles scare me. ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/448 "2005-05-03T17:21:34Z")
Yay! A puppet show! What? Oh! Punch and _cookies_. Sorry… ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/449 "2005-05-03T17:30:43Z")
_Lies on floor, unconscious, paper cup with dredges of punch still clutched in hand_ ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/450 "2005-05-03T18:13:38Z")
**EarthStone**? :: tries to awaken the unconscious **Earthstone** :: Uh-oh. _HAAALLLLLLL!!!_ ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/451 "2005-05-03T18:49:31Z")
Sheesh! Why is everyone getting so testy lately? **Earthstone** _is_ the newest here, right? And he hasn’t been initiated yet, right? Well, now he’s unconscious…so if a few folks (who _didn’t_ drink the punch) wouldn’t mind lifting him into the initiation chair, we can get this show underway. See? I _always_ have the stated goal of the Initiation Center at heart… ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/452 "2005-05-03T19:05:09Z")
:: Thinks of all the ruined villagers who got in the way of the various Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities :: Best interests of the Initiation Complex. Uh huh. You _do_ know that your antics with the trebuchets and the squcks or squiligators or whatever they were almost got us discovered by the Vale military, right? And you should be keeping a lookout on the door just in case? Initiation’s fine, but proper handling of external affairs is also important. It’s never a good idea to annoy your hinterland. :: looks at Initiation Chair :: :: sighs :: We might as well get started… ---
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/453 "2005-05-03T19:07:59Z")
You’re damned right it’s getting started. :: lifts **EarthStone** into the conveyor belt chair, runs over, and presses the big red button to start it moving :: ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/454 "2005-05-03T19:11:35Z")
:: with a whirr, the conveyor belt starts moving :: :: the water sprays over the sluices activate :: :: the shuttle starts oscillating :: :: the wheels turn :: :: the opening dilates :: :: the salad tongs descend :: :: **SarthStone777** suddenly wakes up :: ---
**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, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/455 "2005-05-03T19:13:02Z")
:: er, that’d be **EarthStone777** –the Identity Blurificator has also activated :: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/456 "2005-05-03T19:56:59Z")
(Man, y’all are way too fast for me…) _shrieks at sudden spray of water_ **Sunspace**! _is in a long white robe–and completely drenched_ ---
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/457 "2005-05-03T19:59:22Z")
Errr… **Kythereia**? You might wanna…ummmm, that is to say, we can all see your…errrrr…you know, you’re not wearing any…ummmm… :: blushes furiously, averts eyes, hands **Kythereia** a towel :: ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/458 "2005-05-03T20:05:02Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > (Man, y’all are way too fast for me…) > > _shrieks at sudden spray of water_ **Sunspace**! > > _is in a long white robe–and completely drenched_ Don’t blame me! I didn’t design it!! That water should be over the Phase Two station only! :: blushes :: ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/459 "2005-05-03T20:09:07Z")
[sub]…but yopu’re right, **Hal** ; her neckerchief and anklets are quite fetching![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/460 "2005-05-03T20:11:21Z")
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