# 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:** 46
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/901 "2005-06-10T17:17:30Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Naaaaw, you don’t want to go in _that_ room. Nothing in there but a +47 Halberd Of Destruction. Plus charger, of course. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/902 "2005-06-10T18:02:20Z")
Who needs a + 47 Halbred when I’ve got my +∞ Axe of Awesome-ness? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/903 "2005-06-10T18:34:40Z")
What the hell are you people doing here? This thread is still open? :: looks around :: What in the world is going on?? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/904 "2005-06-10T18:44:48Z")
Well, **Anaamika** … We’re in a basement room of the Initiation Complex, but several rooms over from the basement room that led to the Vale. **Hal Bristob** has sent a force of… something… down the hall outside the Initation Room (number three, IIRC). We’ve also extablished that **Hal** [ is not the only creator of Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities. And I can’t stand squid anymore. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/905 "2005-06-10T19:00:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > \ **Hal Bristob** has sent a force of… something… down the hall outside the Initation Room \ So has his evil room mate **Hal Briston** ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/906 "2005-06-10T19:02:27Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, **Anaamika** … > > We’re in a basement room of the Initiation Complex, but several rooms over from the basement room that led to the Vale. **Hal Bristob** has sent a force of… something… down the hall outside the Initation Room (number three, IIRC). We’ve also extablished that **Hal** [ is not the only creator of Genetically-Engineered Improbabilities. > > And I can’t stand squid anymore. Someone else is creating these things? It’s still \*\*Hal’s \*\* fault, though, right?? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/907 "2005-06-10T19:45:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It’s still \*\*Hal’s \*\* fault, though, right?? Yes. Everything to do with monsters, creatures, or G-EIs in the Initiation Complex is **Hal** ’s fault. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/908 "2005-06-10T19:48:08Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Close the door, of course. If it can’t se us, it will think we’re not here. Actually, may I recommend slipping on this pair of Joo Janta 2000 Peril-Sensitive Chromatic Sunglasses? At the first sign of danger, they blacken instantly, working on the principle of “what you can’t see can’t hurt you!” ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/909 "2005-06-10T19:50:25Z")
Oh, _suuuure_…Let’s just blame _every_ genetically engineered atrocity on the guy who just happens to create _most_ of the genetically engineered atrocities! Buncha Evil-Overlordists! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/910 "2005-06-10T20:12:49Z")
I just want to be the one after nine-oh-nine. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/911 "2005-06-10T20:13:51Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Oh, _suuuure_…Let’s just blame _every_ genetically engineered atrocity on the guy who just happens to create _most_ of the genetically engineered atrocities! Hey, at least _I_ didn’t call them atrocities. No wonder they’re angry. Even a Genetically-Engineered Improbability has its own _amour-propre_. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/912 "2005-06-10T22:30:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Hey, at least _I_ didn’t call them atrocities. No wonder they’re angry. Even a Genetically-Engineered Improbability has its own _amour-propre_. What are you, the spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Genetically-Engineered Improbabilites? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/913 "2005-06-10T22:44:03Z")
[Mrs Lovejoy] Wont sombody please think of the Genetically-Engineered Improbabilites! [\Mrs Lovejoy] I think it would be best if we dont go around insulting something that could potentially destroy us, no matter how ugly…err…i mean…oh…just don’t insult them m’kay? And stop opening those damn doors, you dont know whats behind them ☹ This Princess needs sleep :(:(☹ ---
**Author:** ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/914 "2005-06-10T23:25:46Z")
I’m begining to see how people manage to collect 12000 posts :rolleyes: And to think my welcome thread had two replies :sniff: ---
**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:** [June 10, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/915 "2005-06-10T23:37:35Z")
We can… merge the effort. I understand that Initiation Room Four as a banquet laid on for a number of other new Dopers… 😃 ---
**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:** [June 12, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/916 "2005-06-12T11:50:18Z")
Yes, **hawkeyejo** , come to the banquet room. Heh heh We have… _Turkish Delight_… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/917 "2005-06-13T16:56:00Z")
> [@hawkeyejo](#): > > I’m begining to see how people manage to collect 12000 posts :rolleyes: > > And to think my welcome thread had two replies :sniff: Well, to be fair, half of these nuts signed up after you did. But if you \*really \* want to be re-initiated, I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to help. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/918 "2005-06-13T17:32:01Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Yes, **hawkeyejo** , come to the banquet room. Heh heh We have… _Turkish Delight_… :: blanch :: No! Not Turkish Delight! You remember what happened the last time we tried that, right? It took us weeks to clean everything up. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/919 "2005-06-13T17:41:40Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: blanch :: > > No! Not Turkish Delight! You remember what happened the last time we tried that, right? It took us weeks to clean everything up. No, no, no - - that was Turkish **Ecstasy** , remember? We changed the formulation this time around, toned it down a bit. We were thinking of doing Turkish Passive Complacency, but it was just so… _meh_. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/920 "2005-06-13T17:58:54Z")
:: A tray of various meats walks in an introduces itself :: _Genetically engineered sentient Turkish Delight, anyone? Try me, I’m yummy!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123.md?page=47)