The Random Thought Thread

[Captain B. Zarre]

Hey, Jeff? What on earth is the joke behind "I can dig it"? I remember hearing it once on Ripley's...

 

[Jeff Strong]

Hey, Jeff? What on earth is the joke behind "I can dig it"? I remember hearing it once on Ripley's...

I don't think there really is a joke behind it, other than it's a Ripley's reference.

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

Anyway, I seriously think there needs to be a much huger fan base for three of my favorite pinball machines: Road Show, Indianapolis 500, and Party Zone.

 

[Kolchak357]

Big bucks, big bucks, no whammies, STOP!

 

[netizen]

 

[brakel]

Coca Cola, we have to talk. No, its me, not you. This has been a long time coming. It started in 1985...you changed so much. I started seeing Dr Pepper...it was a bad year for us. You came back to me but you were never the same. Maybe if that never happened...I don't know but its not good for us to play the what if game. The truth is that you're my highest source of high fructose corn syrup and I am not going to have that anymore. We have a toxic relationship and it has to end. You're going to wind up killing me if I don't break it off now. We'll always have our memories. Remember when my brother and I would ride our bikes up to the service station to buy you from the old glass bottle vending machine? Ah those glass bottles! Remember how cold you were submerged in big coolers of ice water at summer picnics? Remember how refreshing you were after a day spent at the lake? Remember when you wanted to teach the world to sing? In perfect harmony? Remember when you showed me that Mean Joe Green wasn't that mean after all? I'll always remember the polar bears. I'll always remember that sweet bubbly beverage that will always be Coca Cola. Its over, Coke. But remember that you were always my Real Thing.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

^recovering Coke head

 

[brakel]

^recovering Coke head

I posted that as my fb status and one of my nieces posted a reply that said "I can't believe that I just read that whole thing!"

 

[Jeff Strong]

So, not "Always Coca-Cola"?

 

[netizen]

Hot Dolphin!!

 

[Carl Spiby]

Got Pinball Fantasies via aDosBox on my Android, any bright ideas on how to control it?

 

[Biff]

Always Pepsi Light! ...

 

[DeeEff]

For logophiles: Ten pronunciations of "ough"

The wind was rough along the lough as the ploughman fought through the slough and snow, and though he hiccoughed and he coughed, he thought only of his work, determined to be thorough.

(courtesy of Dictionary.com)

 

[Biff]

That's tough for a non-native speaker.

 

[DeeEff]

That's tough for a non-native speaker.

It's tough for a native speaker, too %^)

 

[Biff]

I feel better now

 

[netizen]

Got Pinball Fantasies via aDosBox on my Android, any bright ideas on how to control it?

Controller via OTG cable should be recognized as a native HID by Android, can't it be mapped out through the DOSBox interface?

maybe a bluetooth keyboard?

 

[Carl Spiby]

Old Skool

 

[kimkom]

Old Skool

Oh man! Pinball Fantasies

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

I noticed in that most cartoons, pinball machines are represented as they were in the 30s- same with video games. One video game that averts this is Sonic Heroes' Casino Park, which features several nagivatable pinball tables complete with ramps, drop targets, and the works.