# 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:** 30
**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 6, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/581 "2005-05-06T22:12:22Z")
Hmmm… Someone getting squished 400 posts ago… ---
**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 7, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/582 "2005-05-07T01:03:25Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > …but I think I’ll just grab one of the handy puff adder antivenom syringes in this drawer here. Gotta give **Hal** _some_ credit for taking precautions, I suppose. > > :: injects leg with antivenom :: “puff adder antivenom”? Oh dear… Ummm…Sorry…I’ve recently taken to labeling things with anagrams. Lesse here…that one would be an extract of “evident Pandora muff”. Might want to go see a doctor about that. ---
**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 7, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/583 "2005-05-07T02:26:35Z")
Nothing’s ever easy with you, is it. I don’t even know what “evident Pandora muff” _means_. ---
**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 7, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/584 "2005-05-07T02:47:15Z")
That Pandora’s pretty cute. Just… don’t open her box. Really. ---
**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 7, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/585 "2005-05-07T03:03:50Z")
What if I just enter her box? Hehe… pandora’s muff… ---
**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 7, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/586 "2005-05-07T03:57:13Z")
That would be Bad, even if it was evident. ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/587 "2005-05-07T04:36:23Z")
::wakes up:: Who the hell hit me? ::pulls dart out of leg:: Whose wise idea was it to hit me with a tranq, huh? Dammit, now look at all the fun stuff I’ve missed. ~whines~ ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/588 "2005-05-07T04:37:43Z")
That is not a 😛 . That is a : and a p, as in “:: pulls”. Anything else is a figment of your imagination. ---
**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 7, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/589 "2005-05-07T04:45:46Z")
**mooncat**! You’re back! How did you get past the CHUDs? ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/590 "2005-05-07T04:59:52Z")
Humnh? By the time I woke up, they were all dead. Y’know a few puked on themselves? It was nasty. ::washes self:: Oh, and **Regallag** - I know it’s late, but sorry about the claws. I keep forgetting to sheathe them. Lessee… ::checks claws, jumps on **Sunspace** ’s shoulder:: I still have some tranq in my system. Mind if I sleep it off up here? 😃 ---
**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 7, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/591 "2005-05-07T05:01:40Z")
:: blush :: Of course. :: silly smile :: ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/592 "2005-05-08T03:43:34Z")
Suddenly, a bookcase swings away from the wall. ::Sunny5660 emerges from the recess in the wall, stretches, and looks around the room:: Hi guys! I hid–um, I mean went behind the bookcase to look for weapons, yeah that’s it, weapons. Something blew up, I hit my head, and just woke up. Did I miss anything? I see some new arrivals! Good ta meetcha! ---
**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 8, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/593 "2005-05-08T04:40:48Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > Did I miss anything? Sssshhh! **mooncat** ’s asleep [sub]and has no claws at all on my neck[/sub]! Um, well, **sneezy** , there was that incident with the CHUDs that someone had set to repairing the lower room, and also there was the attempt to go down to the village in the vale to get some food, which went wrong and turned into an attack when various Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities somehow appeared over the town and invaded it, and somewhere in there I was exploded through a door and am now mortally afraid of tentacles for some reason, but other than that, no, not much. You? ---
**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 8, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/594 "2005-05-08T11:09:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Sssshhh! **mooncat** ’s asleep [sub]and has no claws at all on my neck[/sub]! > > Um, well, **sneezy** , there was that incident with the CHUDs that someone had set to repairing the lower room, and also there was the attempt to go down to the village in the vale to get some food, which went wrong and turned into an attack when various Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities somehow appeared over the town and invaded it, and somewhere in there I was exploded through a door and am now mortally afraid of tentacles for some reason, but other than that, no, not much. > > You? It doesnt sound so bad when you put it like that… and **Sneezy** , you should ask **SR** for some Tylenol… ---
**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 8, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/595 "2005-05-08T12:12:09Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Sssshhh! **mooncat** ’s asleep [sub]and has no claws at all on my neck[/sub]! > > Um, well, **sneezy** , there was that incident with the CHUDs that someone had set to repairing the lower room, and also there was the attempt to go down to the village in the vale to get some food, which went wrong and turned into an attack when various Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities somehow appeared over the town and invaded it, and somewhere in there I was exploded through a door and am now mortally afraid of tentacles for some reason, but other than that, no, not much. > > You? So, **Sunspace** , you work for Reader’s Digest? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/596 "2005-05-08T15:47:35Z")
Whew, I thought I missed a lot! So what’s up next? There are some interesting things behind the bookcase I hid-uh fell asleep behind. ---
**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 8, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/597 "2005-05-08T19:07:43Z")
They don’t, uh, have, uh, tentacles, do they? ---
**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 8, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/598 "2005-05-08T19:47:32Z")
I hope not, because I’m gettin mighty tired of those tentacles. ---
**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 8, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/599 "2005-05-08T20:51:45Z")
Did someone say “tentacles”? :: fetal position :: ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/600 "2005-05-09T00:09:43Z")
[quote=Spatial Rift 47] Did someone say “tentacles”? :: fetal position ::[/quote[ Aww. :: jumps from **Sunspace** to **SR** and purrs :: I’ll protect you from the nasty tentacles 😃 :: jumps off, looks behind the bookcase :: Hey, you’re right, it is pretty interesting back there. Ooo, look - a hidden door! I wonder what’s back here? :: changes into girl form, opens door :: Freaking dark in here. :: changes back into cat form :: That’s better. So, anyone wanna come with me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=31)