I just wanted to point out that it took me waaaaay too long to figure out A & D
Assault & Democracy?
Aiding & Debating?
Adolescent & Dependant?
Allied & Diversified?
[homer moment] D’oh![/homer moment] **alcohol & drug **
We’ll I live in a AD&D recovery house.
As far as defending the Straight Dope from the masses I prefer the baseball bat.
I live in an AT&T recovery house.
None of that Sprint long distance for me, No-sir.
Hello my name is Chris <dramatic pause> and I play role playing games. 
You know, Cecil has been wrong, or sloppy, on some occasions. I liked his old columns, where he just did research and reported the facts. His more recent pretensions of omniscience are irritating.
And Cecil has been wrong on occasion. He’s not a perfect source. However, the fact that he quotes his sources is certainly a good thing. Anyone complaining that Cecil could make up his sources is correct, but foolish. Yes, Cecil could make up his sources, but so could any authority on any subject. The fact that they’re listed in his articles is a step in the right direction.
The next time you argue with Mr. MakingUpSources, ask him where he got his information. If he can tell you, tell him you don’t believe him because he could be making it up. If he can’t tell you, tell him you don’t believe him because you don’t trust anything from a single source.
And there’s always the follow-up:
ME: “… and furthermore, that’s an old urban legend dating back to <date>, according to Snopes…”
THEM: “What the hell is a snopes/scopes/thopes?” and cutting off all further listening, rather than checking the item for themselves.
Fine, just wallow in your ignorance, but don’t drag me to your mudhole.
Yes, it’s true I used to play AD&D, but then I found GURPS and I got much better.
Now it’s time to go wear my Slaves On Dope t-shirt. It always makes the check-out folks laugh.
So do I, ever since I discoverd GURPS, I haven’t played it. But every now and then I get the urge to go out a play the whole “AGDQ” series.
Fenris (“The journey of a thosand role-playing games begins with a single dice roll”)
The uniform will, of course, be Unisex.( Except for Ukelele Ike’s 
). It will consist of a jumpsuit with a spatterpaint pattern. It will have a dull black background, and thin white piping at the breast, wrist and ankle.
The spattering will be secondary colors, since Primary Colors was already a novel. The shoes will be Tivas. You don’t wear Tivas? Then you can’t join the cult,snickerdoodle!!!
Headwear will be optional. A feather arrangement of only endangered species birds will be offered. Ginger of the North will be hand crafting leather headcaps of the finest Yak skins. One at a time. By size. I wear an 8 1/4. Like my fingers, my skull is immense. It means nothing. Nothing at all.
Facial makeup is de regeur. On the right cheek will be the Straight Dope banner, in full color. On the left cheek will be your User Name, Henna’d in once every fortnight. Body piercing will apparently be encouraged, but the final limit count is still under debate by the ** Most High And Astonishingly Holy Council of Uniformity and Footwear and Also Body Hardware Stuff**.
Originally Posted by Duck Duck Goose
>blink< Why not???
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Actually, Cartooniverse, I’ve already got yours almost done, but it’s Umingmak (muskox) leather instead of Yak. Izzat gonna be a problem?
BTW, Cecil already has his. I made it after his column on the many words Inuit have for snow.
na na na na na na na na LEADER!
na na na na na na na na LEADER!
LEADER!
LEADER!
LEADER!
Nope. I appreciate your checking, though. You redheads. SO thorough
Cartooniverse
:eek:
Hehe, I’m going to be a volunteer counsellor at a camp for disabled kids, and this is done through a church, so I read the mandatory Jesus Freak books and go to the meetings leading up to this experience. We were discussing the things we agreed and disagreed with, and this guy from the youth group waits for a girl to finish giving her opinion and states with a straight face and with a normal level even voice “Shut up you stupid cunt.”
We all stared in disbelief, then after a few seconds we returned to the meeting and pretended like nothing happened. Damn that was wierd.
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