# SDMB Diplomacy - Here we go again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833 "2002-03-12T13:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/341 "2002-05-06T12:35:23Z")
No, I think your line is, “_Run awaaaaaaayyyy!!!_” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/342 "2002-05-07T11:12:18Z")
It’s that time again. OK, here I am, on the front walk of the Chance manse. I’ve got a bowl of walnuts and a nutcracker. ::crunch:: ::crunch:: Mmmmm, good - I love walnuts. ::crunch:: … ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/343 "2002-05-07T11:27:30Z")
This morning here in der Hinterlands ist alles Sturm und Drang. Ist wie Gotterdammerung. I hope that isn’t a bad sign. \*Can you hear the drums Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this In the firelight Fernando You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar I could hear the distant drums And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar They were closer now Fernando Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally I was so afraid Fernando We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die And I’m not ashamed to say The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry\* ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/344 "2002-05-07T11:41:12Z")
Is anyone else hearing ABBA? Gotcha! No adjudication yet! Betcha came here when you saw I’d posted, didn’t you, RT? HAH! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/345 "2002-05-07T12:03:13Z")
Man, how I am supposed to get _any_ work done if I’m sitting around wondering how many knives I’m about to get in the back? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/346 "2002-05-07T12:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > Betcha came here when you saw I’d posted, didn’t you, RT? > > HAH! Hah yourself - I fooled you!! I was in the car at the time. By the time I got to the office, **Shibb** was the last poster in this thread. Besides, I checked the Dip 983 page first, so I knew there was no update yet. 😃 You gotta get up pret-ty early in the morning to put one past me. And given that I’m an early-a.m. insomniac, you don’t _want_ to get up that early. Hell, **I** don’t want to be up that early!! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/347 "2002-05-07T12:27:03Z")
Hey, you’re speaking to a man who routinely gets out of bed at 4:45AM here! Gotta make that long drive in from the mountains, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/348 "2002-05-07T12:28:38Z")
And just to keep people amused… [Dips 936 and 983 have been adjudicated. Knock yourselves out!](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/349 "2002-05-07T12:49:40Z")
And I’m happy when I sleep that late, even though the alarm’s set for 6am. ::looks at board:: If I’d moved Nwg-NAO like I was thinking of, I’d be feeling a _lot_ better right now. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/350 "2002-05-07T12:50:37Z")
We’re not boring you, are we **Weirddave**? Or maybe you’re engaging in some really wishful thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/351 "2002-05-07T12:54:15Z")
It’s **age** , RT, age! Us young guys can get more sleep. You math guys…your heads too full to turn off for very long! ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/352 "2002-05-07T13:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Man, how I am supposed to get _any_ work done if I’m sitting around wondering how many knives I’m about to get in the back? \*\* Well, I can think of one right now. A nice sharp scimitar. Bastiges! Alla you’se guys are fargin bastiges! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/353 "2002-05-07T13:27:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \* > \*\* > > Well, I can think of one right now. A nice sharp scimitar. > > \*\* I’m sure it will be a scimitar eventually. Right now it’s a nice pointy compass or a well honed protractor, I’m not sure which. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/354 "2002-05-07T13:30:05Z")
Careful with those Math implements, Eugene! ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/355 "2002-05-07T13:58:49Z")
Just so you know, **Shibboleth** , I was planning on doing much the same thing to **Waverly**. Nothing personal, in other words. And I was thinking more along the lines of a sharpened pencil then a compass or protractor. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/356 "2002-05-07T14:07:03Z")
I had a hunch you were going to do that. Just wish I hadn’t made that tactical error in Scandanavia. One way to learn the rules is to get hosed by a misunderstanding. Still doesn’t hurt any less. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/357 "2002-05-07T16:24:31Z")
Something like that, **Jonathan**. **White Lightning** , that was one hell of a nice strategy in the Med this move. Thought I was perfectly safe on that front, then _boom!_ you sucker me into letting a fleet slip through. Nicely done, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/358 "2002-05-07T17:44:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Math Geek \* > \*\*Just so you know, **Shibboleth** , I was planning on doing much the same thing to **Waverly**. Nothing personal, in other words. \*\* Jeez, do you think he would have fallen for it? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/359 "2002-05-07T18:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\*Jeez, do you think he would have fallen for it? \*\* Well, hopefully not _exactly_ the same way, but it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/360 "2002-05-07T19:01:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\*Jeez, do you think he would have fallen for it? \*\* Probably not; in fact he probably would have tried to stab me at the same time. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833.md?page=19)