# Party Quirks II: Electric Boogaloo **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 12, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240 "2008-07-12T15:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/401 "2008-07-19T14:19:18Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] (oog: did **brujaja** volunteer, or did you approach her with a moddess proposal?) [/QUOTE] I asked her, since she was clearly still following the game fairly closely. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/402 "2008-07-19T14:34:11Z")
I humbly request that guests answer my questions (note: toward bottom of previous page). Otherwise I may be forced to cut off the pie supply. 🙂 Puts on Elvis Costello’s ‘Get Happy!’ (on vinyl!) in an attempt to rouse some sleepyheads. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/403 "2008-07-19T14:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=DaphneBlack] **Left Hand of Dorkness** , can you reply to a question with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer? (Like this one!) [/QUOTE] What a silly question–and with your insistence I answer it, I almost responded with some snarky _non sequitur_ catchphrase to make fun of it. The only thing that stopped me was that I couldn’t think of an appropriate one. On another messageboard, ,if someone says, “but that’s unpossible!” you know they’re saying your post isn’t worth responding to. in fact, the only thing that stopped me from doing it is that I couldn’t think of an appropriate catchphrase for this board, not even when I checked the glossary in ATMB. So I guess I’ll give you an honest answer, not a snarky one. Of course I can. For example. Just the other night, my wife and I were reading in bed, when our cat Polyphony hopped up between us and went straight over to my wife to nuzzle her. “Gah!” my wife said. “Polyphony, your breath smells AWFUL!” Of course then I had to smell it, and I was all, “Oh, that’s just the new food I bought for her, it has fish in it.” And then my wife is all, “Well, I guess we need to throw it out and get some different cat food, huh?” and I’m all, “No!” So there you have it: me replying to a question with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/404 "2008-07-19T14:54:54Z")
Your cat is named Polyphony? Ha ha ha. OK, hosties with the mosties. **LHoD** obv has to give an example or tell a story in every post - is there anything more specific going on there? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/405 "2008-07-19T15:00:14Z")
Status update (hosts add/adjust as necessary) **Antinor01** (one incorrect guess by Daphne): Likes capital letters? **Dolores Reborn** (one incorrect guess by Oredigger): Loooooooooooooves Obama? **Drain Bead** : Short posts? Limited word-count per line? ??? Elendil’s Heir/Rysto: **Justin Credible** : Magic/fantasy/sci-fi geek? **Kat** : Correcto-mania? Nitpicker? **Left Hand of Dorkness** : Teller of tales/must include ‘example’ for everything? **Omi no Kami** : Repeater of previous word/phrase/something like that… **OtakuLoki** : Geez, I’m not at all sure. Photos that he sells, but not a regular paparazzi (also he doesn’t seem to have to mention photos in every post or anything… ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/406 "2008-07-19T15:09:00Z")
Oops, Elendil’s got let out there. **Elendil’s Heir** : Someone who wants to know a lot about others, seems educated, with some knowledge of mental health issues? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/407 "2008-07-19T15:13:13Z")
Paranoid clarification: Obviously none of the above are official guesses… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/408 "2008-07-19T16:28:21Z")
I wish brujaja would polish _my_ wand. 🙂 [QUOTE=DaphneBlack] **Justin** , is there anything sci-fi or fantasy or magic-related that you aren’t keen on? [/QUOTE] Hmmm, let’s see…I don’t really like the cheesy old sci-fi movies from the 50’s and 60’s. Stuff like Plan 9 From Outer Space, Soylent Green, and King of the Rocket Men. I mean, they are okay if you have a group of people to watch and make fun of them with, a la MST3K. But just to sit and watch one alone…meh. I also never much liked any Star Trek after The Next Generation. Although, I never actually watched Voyager or Enterprise. **Daphne** , what kinds of things do _you_ like? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/409 "2008-07-19T16:41:51Z")
I like party games! And ice skating and ancient history and obscure religious rituals. And baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/410 "2008-07-19T16:43:30Z")
[QUOTE=DaphneBlack] **Kat** , in England they get around the problem you mention by calling it ‘cutlery’. Funny, huh? [/quote] You know, I almost used “cutlery” instead of “silverware” myself. Perhaps I’m part English? 😃 > [@](#): > > Oh, and, what do you have against British spelling? Nothing, really. I just wanted to use the nifty crossout thingy\*. \*Yes, that’s the technical term. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/411 "2008-07-19T16:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=DaphneBlack] **Dolores** , have you ever personally written to Barack? [/QUOTE] Well, now that you mention it, I have! Just yesterday after jogging, I wrote him a letter, saying if he ever gets down here that we should meet up. I have a great place to go jogging! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/412 "2008-07-19T18:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=DaphneBlack] **Oredigger** , **Santo** , you guys still alive or are you hidin’ in the closet somewhere? [/quote] Hmm… Lemme go take a look for them, after I answer a few more questions for you, **Daphne**. > [@](#): > > **Otaku** , how do you display the ‘mementos’ you take? Well, generally, I prefer to keep my copies in an album. For some of my best shots, though, I’ve made up a little “I Love Me” wall, where I have them framed and displayed on a wall in my home office. > [@](#): > > Otaku, would you consider yourself to have a system of morality that you follow? Of course I have a system of morality that I follow! I figure it’s a matter of applied [Utilitarianism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism), really. Ideally, it is my duty to ensure that if my actions may cause any individual pain or distress, that it outweighed by the joy or amusement that I give to many other people through those same actions. > [@](#): > > Paranoid clarification: Obviously none of the above are official guesses… So, **Daphne** , how long have you been diagnosed with paranoia? Or are you simply using the term to mock those people suffering from a serious mental illness? While you’re thinking how to answer that, I’ll head off with my camera and try to find our other hosts, **Santo Rugger** and **Oredigger77**. Perhaps they’ve found a closer connection between themselves than simply sharing the duties of party hosts… ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/413 "2008-07-19T18:29:57Z")
I give up. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/414 "2008-07-19T18:49:21Z")
_::whew::_ I was having the _devil_ of a time trying to find tiara polish! Howzabout our hosts; that trio is a riot, eh? **OtakuLoki** , now you’ve done it! You referenced John Stuart Mill, and now I have a crush on you! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/415 "2008-07-19T19:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=DaphneBlack] I humbly request that guests answer my questions (note: toward bottom of previous page). Otherwise I may be forced to cut off the pie supply. 🙂 Puts on Elvis Costello’s ‘Get Happy!’ (on vinyl!) in an attempt to rouse some sleepyheads. [/QUOTE] Well, woohoohoo…look who thinks she’s so big to threaten our pie supply! Just teasing darlin’, but I didn’t see a question to me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/416 "2008-07-19T19:20:34Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] I give up. [/QUOTE] So that’s a ‘no’ on the ghost story, then? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/417 "2008-07-19T19:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Well, woohoohoo…look who thinks she’s so big to threaten our pie supply! Just teasing darlin’, but I didn’t see a question to me. 😉 [/QUOTE] You’ve sure stymied me, **Antinor**. I’m just hoping my fellow hosts will get you to crack. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/418 "2008-07-19T22:54:13Z")
Heh. I can’t believe I’m going to miss the denouement of this soiree. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/419 "2008-07-19T23:27:36Z")
Look for a glowing triangle in the sky, alerting you to a victory. One if by guests, two if by hosts. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240/420 "2008-07-19T23:28:26Z")
[taps mic] Hellooooooo, is this thing on? Testing 1 2 3[/taps mic] So, anyone feel like telling us what their quirk is? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-quirks-ii-electric-boogaloo/456240.md?page=22)