# Party III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182 "2007-10-10T06:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/301 "2007-10-18T04:51:42Z")
I’ve disappeared for long stretches? I have half the amount of posts as you, but I’m still third and trying. Speaking of which, Priceguy, ahve you ever heard of [anterograde amnesia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterograde_amnesia)? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/302 "2007-10-18T05:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Speaking of which, Priceguy, ahve you ever heard of [anterograde amnesia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterograde_amnesia)? [/QUOTE] Yes, I have. Must be hard to sort out the fakers from the genuines, if there are any. Is your interest in it personal or professional? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/303 "2007-10-18T05:03:40Z")
Oh, and Priceguy, that was rude of me, asking you another question without answering yours. My name is Bob, and I’m a professional party host, I have not met these other two hosts before and hopefully will never again after this. 😛 PS: All right twickster, in order to try and make things interesting I will try to make a guess on **OCS** by morning! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/304 "2007-10-18T05:06:16Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] My name is Bob [/quote] Short for Robert? > [@](#): > > and I’m a professional party host What an interesting profession. What other parties have you hosted recently? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/305 "2007-10-18T08:15:58Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] **Malacandra** , what do you do for a living? [/QUOTE] I run a successful chain of bookstores, and I moonlight as an Alpine tour guide and ski instructor, or occasionally as a bodyguard and personal advisor 😉 to a Hollywood starlet whose name I am not at liberty to reveal. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/306 "2007-10-18T09:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] Also, I think OneCentStamp just violated his quirk again in his last post - other than the two posts he got mod-thumped for, he has never used any conjugation of the verb _to be_, but I’d need to reread him again to use an official guess. [/QUOTE] If I get this correct, please give credit to\*\* dotchan \*\* for pointing this out. I just read through my hard copy print out and he seems to be right. _OneCentStamp cannot use the conjugation of the verb to be_.\*\* If I’m wrong, at least it could be considered hitting a fly out deep into the outfield to advance the runner into scoring position. (that one was for \*\*twickster \*\* too 🙂 ) * * * Now, back to the party. I’m getting old and it’s hard for me to remember names. **Priceguy** could you do me a favor and start writing out name tags for everyone? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/307 "2007-10-18T10:01:37Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] **Priceguy** could you do me a favor and start writing out name tags for everyone? [/QUOTE] Why don’t we do it together, Bob? We could chat. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/308 "2007-10-18T11:06:25Z")
Well, scratch that one off the list. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/309 "2007-10-18T11:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] _OneCentStamp cannot use the conjugation of the verb to be_.\*\* [/QUOTE] Be been are is was am ain’t it’s I’m she’s we’re weren’t he’s you’re. :mad: :mad: God, that feels better. Yes, you got it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/310 "2007-10-18T11:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Why don’t we do it together, Bob? We could chat. [/QUOTE] All right :: scribble scribble scribble:: that’s a good idea, there we are, names tags for everyone. You know it’s funny, but your post above kind of freaked me out. I read it in the tone of HAL from the movie 2001 Space Odyssey. > [@](#): > > HAL: Just what do you think you’re doing, **Bob**? Anyways, name tags are done, what would you like to chat about now, and where did you get that fantastic penmanship? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/311 "2007-10-18T11:50:58Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Be been are is was am ain’t it’s I’m she’s we’re weren’t he’s you’re. :mad: :mad: [/QUOTE] Oops, simul-post. Give\*\* dotchan \*\*credit for finding it. Although I knew the answer was probably going to be found in your mistakes. I was studying them closely and may have happened upon it by accident. If you didn’t slip up though, to be honest, I would have never picked up on it. This is my first game thread with a “forbidden” thread attached. Are all you guys making fun of us? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/312 "2007-10-18T12:04:09Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] This is my first game thread with a “forbidden” thread attached. Are all you guys making fun of us? [/QUOTE] We most certainly are. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/313 "2007-10-18T12:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] You know it’s funny, but your post above kind of freaked me out. I read it in the tone of HAL from the movie 2001 Space Odyssey. [/quote] You like that film? Are you into science fiction? Active in the fandom, perhaps? > [@](#): > > Anyways, name tags are done, what would you like to chat about now, and where did you get that fantastic penmanship? Oh you flatterer. My penmanship’s crap. Yours is quite nice, though. Any artistic ambitions? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/314 "2007-10-18T12:11:57Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] You like that film? Are you into science fiction? Active in the fandom, perhaps? [/QUOTE] Actually I haven’t seen it. I’ve seen some of Kubrick’s other things though. I just know the reference. And thought it was funny. [QUOTE=Priceguy] Oh you flatterer. My penmanship’s crap. Yours is quite nice, though. Any artistic ambitions? [/QUOTE] Only in sculpting. You? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/315 "2007-10-18T12:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Only in sculpting. You? [/QUOTE] No, not really my field. Have you done much sculpting? Exhibited or sold anything? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/316 "2007-10-18T12:21:05Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] No, not really my field. Have you done much sculpting? Exhibited or sold anything? [/QUOTE] I actually did exhibit once, but only as a student, I haven’t done much in the way of anything professional. Have you ever gotten to show something creative off to friends or family like that? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/317 "2007-10-18T12:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] I actually did exhibit once, but only as a student, I haven’t done much in the way of anything professional. Have you ever gotten to show something creative off to friends or family like that? [/QUOTE] Not since I was seven and had my drawings up on the fridge, no. How long have you been a professional party host? How did you get into that line of work? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/318 "2007-10-18T12:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] How long have you been a professional party host? How did you get into that line of work? [/QUOTE] After I got back from the war I had seen many terrible things, and decided to dedicate my life towards making people happier. Why do you ask? * * * (Host note: I haven’t been having any luck guessing about \*\*Priceguy \*\*by trying to bait him into answering questions, so I’m hoping for better luck with indulging his frequent questioning.) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/319 "2007-10-18T12:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] After I got back from the war I had seen many terrible things, and decided to dedicate my life towards making people happier. Why do you ask? [/QUOTE] Just curious, you know, making smalltalk. Which war were you in? You look a bit young for Vietnam. Kuwait? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182/320 "2007-10-18T12:49:44Z")
Excellent work, fellow hosts! **OCS** was ridiculously hard – I’m truly impressed that you both figured that out. Might **Malacandra** be a character from a Bond film? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-iii/422182.md?page=17)