Sunday, 11 June 2023
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
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Formal Dress RequiredDate: June 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Muse Academy, Nonrandom Craziness, The Musiverse
May I please have a large platter of eclairs to take to the ball?
(First Post?)
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After the may day ball, we should start the next card game. *makes intricate plans to get revenge on Bookworm* 
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(1) There’s plenty of food there already, much of it prepared by Paul and Rebecca and their hard-working wungs right here at the H&H.
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3- Mmm…plenty of English food…it looks like I’ll have to attend the ball then, doesn’t it? *races to dorm to get formal clothing*
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Oh! A new thread! How thoughtful!
Is every one still sitting in the same places, or can I steal someone’s place before they come?
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5- That would be impolite.
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(3) Strange, in my virtual life, I’ve been ship’s cook and now a proprietress of a tea room, whereas in real life it’s been years since I’ve done anything much more ambitious than pop bread in a toaster.
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3-I’ll take in eclair here then, if you please…
2-Let’s start again soon! I’ll get you again, my pretty, and your little Wung too!
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I’d like a cuppa of Darjeeling tea. With lime, please.
*leans against a wall, prefering to observe, film noir style.’
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I’d love to sample the Acorn and Periwinkle tea, and an éclair. I can’t think of what makes for good tearoom conversation at the moment. Hmmm. Philosophy? or did we do that?
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*The scene suddenly turns black and white*
”I propose we chat of pleasant things, for tempers will surely rise later on. ” I stir my tea unstopingly, and ask Vendaval, ”How was the Convention?”
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11- “Oh, it’s going splendidly. I do believe that we’ll have the Constitution ready to be voted on within two weeks, if not earlier. Vendaval’s been immensely helpful.
I’m off to the ball now, chaps.”
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I can’t stay long as I want to dance and frolick at the Mayday Ball, but I thought I should drop in. *drops in* Rightio. I’m off now! 
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I have to go take a shower, and then do my hair and makeup, before going to the ball. Should emerge in about 3 hours…:)
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Vote IBCF for science prime muser!
Hm, this probably isn’t the best time…
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15- My dear fellow, this is certainly not the best time. This is a tearoom, not an advertising campaign!
About the card game… I’ve got the deck ready on the Star of Qurtv, anytime anyone wants to start. Perhaps after the Ball, as was suggested?
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16-Please don’t mention the dreaded thing in the cupboard. I like a good round of Parker as much as anyone, but my mind simply goes into a flurry at the thought of all that excitement, with the ball on and all. Perhaps it would be better to wait until June, when its a little quieter on the Western front. (Uh, random points to anyone who can tell me the author of the book whose title I just made reference too).
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*to, not too
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11, 15- Yes, The Constitution is going well, and elections should be beginning soon, but not quite yet. Still so much to do…
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(10) Then again, we might hope philosophy is not so slight a subject as to be exhausted in a single conversation.
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17-Erich Maria Remarque!
16-After the ball sounds good!
19-I just finished editing Article III!
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17- Of course, after the Ball. I doubt I could attend two such rousing social events at the same time.
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20- Very true. That would be like discussing science in an afternoon.
21- Many thanks.
Has anyone else read All Quiet On the Western Front?I found it very moving
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Wow. Not too many comments yet. That is amazing.
And yes, I am still perched on the lampshade, hoping no one thinks it impolite of me. I don’t see how it could be impolite as I’m wearing shorts under my skirt, and as I only relax my wings about every ten minutes, most of the time I’m hardly putting any weight at all. Indeed, I am glad the Queen thought of the law of Weightlessness, otherwise I wouldn’t be allowed to sit in my favoritest place ever.
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Where’s PB&J? We can’t start the game without him…
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23-You’re welcome! When’s the deadline for the entire constitution?
25-We’re not starting until the ball’s over…
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(25) Never fear, he’ll be around in time. But that won’t be just yet — we’re on skeleton staff here as it is. Every wung we can spare is helping with the ball. Dancing seems to encourage appetite, and even our expansive kitchen is being stretched to its limits.
Of course, we’re always open for anyone looking for a spot of tea and conversation.
(23) I first read All Quiet for my 8th-grade English class, and it immediately became my favorite book. It changed much of my view of the world. I’ve been drawn to history, arts, and literature concerning WWI ever since.
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I was just thinking since this is a very respectable tea room and there isn’t a May Day ball every day why don’t we instal a dance floor at the Hare and the Hedge Pig?
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28-I support that idea. Maybe every evening, starting at…..6 maybe, random people could get up, join with someone, and dance.
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28,29-That would be nice. But only good (Elisabethen/Baroque) music.
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28-30-Master Baker could play music, the kitchen could make food, we could dance and converse. Brilliant Idea! I fourth that idea!
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28-Fifthed!
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25 – Alas, I am prone to long periods of absence from my favourite establishment. People keep bribing me to do other things, like swan down to London, dress in Baroquery, and play music to suit. It’s very annoying, because it keeps me away from the Hare and Hedgepig, but apparently, it’s necessary. I shall drop in when I can. For now, a nice pot of chamomile, please, Mr. Wung, and a small plate of cucumber sandwiches. Woudl anyone mind if I ensconced myself in that particularly squidgy armchair over by the aspidistra?
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(33) AHA! Caught you in the squidgy armchair — O He Who Insisted on Straight-Backed Chairs.
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(laughs quietly in the background)
You know, I am always quietly laughing.
I’d laugh louder, but then those 
or HPBs would get me, or else that idiot polar bear from my sister’s secret agent game would get me.
most of the time, I just rolll my eyes 
at my friends.
Polar bear: Dismatle this computer!
Never!Me: Never(
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35- You’re a ‘phyte, aren’t you? I reccommend the thread for ‘phytes. Personally, I didn’t see it. 
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That comment just disappeared! How odd. It was just before my last post. 
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Oh, NOW it appears!!!!!! AAARRRGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!! 
Whoops! 
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Guys, smilies are frowned upon in the H&H.
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34 – Both types of chair have their purposes. Straight backs for polite conversation and the setting out of a proper cream tea on the associatied white linen. Armchairs for Deep Thought, in which I have now been engaged for a good couple of hours. The uncharitable may have noted my intermittently closed eyes and made scurrilous assumptions, but that cannot be helped.
I will grant, however, that cucumber sandwiches really demanded an upright posture. Cake is the only appropriate comestible for armchair consumption. I apologise for my slovenly habits. As a penance, I shall now repair to my study to wrestle with the weighty matters that occupied my attention earlier. If anyone hears a low rumbling, it is probably the drains. I must get them looked at.
The cucumber sandwiches, by the way, are excellent. I recommend them wholeheartedly.
Nighty-night.
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As Master Baker heartily recommends, I would love a cucumber sandwich!
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28 – Excellent idea. Sixthed (I think)
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wow. four threads? of H&H? 
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I love all the banter that goes on between Administrators. It’s a pity they don’t talk more.
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I’m sorry I haven’t been here to enjoy the tea and wonderful service, but I am ensconced in happiness at the May Day Ball. See you after the festivities.
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Is this blog about food?
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46- Not exactly. The menu is just what we can eat while we converse on all sorts of topics.
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46- This thread is for polite conversation, set in a Victorian tearoom.
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As for the dancing area idea, I don’t think it just to force Master Baker to play all of the music. I’m afraid recordings will be the only acceptable solution, seeing as this tearoom is open all day and all night. Rose congou, please.
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(49) But Master Baker himself issued an absolute prohibition against recorded music as being unseemly in a proper tea room. I’m sure we can find more acceptable alternatives. Don’t forget our piano over there, and the room full of instruments just off the foyer.
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49- I do believe that it would be nice to have like a ballroom area, with complimentary lessons every Wednesday. As for the music, maybe some MB musicians would like to perform. I would, anyhow. It would be quite fun. Anyone else play the clarinet?
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51- I’ll play a harp! oh sory for bursting in may I take that chair
near the door?*sees a fue well known faces and sais*”what a coincidence I just got done with a Victorian festival and hear is a Victorian tea House”*tips Victorian hat and sits down*
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how does one become involved in the constitutional convention?
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53- Go here and read one of Vendaval’s several helpful explanations. Then write, suggest, or run.
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53- Start at around comment 110
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51-I will play the piano…
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I can play piano/harpsichord/clavichord/tin whistle/recorder. I have years of experience with chamber music. This should be fun. We need some violins and a viola. And a cello. Clarinet and harp are excellent.
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Are we going to begin another game of Paker? or is the board still on the fritz?
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57, i play E. Bass , euphonium, recorder, dulcimer, trombone and a little trumpet.. if that helps for you n00bs out there, a euphonium is a tuba that sounds like a trombone.
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58- After the Ball’s over. It’s a bit of a wait.
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May I have a cucumber sandwich, if you please?
57-Years of experience? Cool!
58-We are starting one after the Ball!
59-Which kind of dulcimer?
n00bs? That sort of chatspeak is generally not tolerated in the Hare and the Hedgepig, or really anywhere on the Blog!
Are you a boy or a girl?
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30-Could we occasionally transfer to quiet, jazzy blues?
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You know, I think we should have a spinet in here. A delicate little English betside, to provide continuo for trio sonatas and such. A French double-manual harpsichord would be lovely, but they take up too much room, and they’re murder to tune. Or perhaps a Flemish virginal? Do we generally prefer 17th or 18th century music?
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63- Oh, it sounds lovely.
*furtively pulls out dictionary*
Oh, it is what I thought it was. Good. I quite agree, Mr. Baker.
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63-I disagree. A harpsichord would be wonderous, much better than a virginal. As for the tuning, I would take that upon myself. I say 18th century music, with some 17th century thrown in as well. A clavichord would also be nice, but a bit harder to find. A fortepiano would be lovely if our main music was from the 18th century, but a harpsichord or clavichord would work just as well. I wonder if it would be possible to install a small organ in the corner…
62-This is a tearoom, not a poetry slam.
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I’ll play the violoncello! I specialize in piano trios.
59- I know what a euphonium is.
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65-Excuse me for saying so, but what does poetry have to do with anything?
And also, for the GAPAs, why is this tearoom filed under “Muse Academy”?
May I have an eclair to pass my time?
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We’re part of the campus community. If you look at our sign on the front page, you will notice it says “located in the Mostly Harmless Village at 42 Museica Street, a convenient stroll from the Main Hall of Muse Academy.
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Next door to He Sleep as a Marmot, the inn where parents stay when they visit.
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65 – You’re right. We lack ambition. Very well. I shall instruct a search wung to locate a French double-manual harpsichord, a lighter Italian single-manual, a decent copy of a Ruckers virginal, an English bentside spinet, two chamber organs (one with renaissance voicing, one with baroque), a Christofori fortepiano, and an Englsih bentside spinet.
Now, what temperament shall we tune them to? And what pitch?
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70 – And, incidentally, where are we going to put them?
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71- We’re in the Oasis, and you think that the volume of spacetime is going to present a problem? Just build quadwards.
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72 – I see. Well, I suppose they could stack in a column format just to the left of the new aspidistra (the old one got too close to the cupboard, and it’s covered in marmalade). We’ll get one of the wungs to warp the appropriate instrument down into playing position as it’s needed. Good idea.
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I’m back! Did everyone miss me?
Could I have a nice, cold soda? *pant pant* It’s so HOT and HUMID over here!
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Um, we have a state of emergency over at Muse Academy. Pau- er, someone’s released a dangerous Thing on the rooftop.
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The tuning:
French double-manual harpsichord — mean-tone
Italian single-manual — well-tempered (for Bach’s WTC)
Ruckers virginal — mean-tone
English bentside spinet — well-tempered
Renaissance organ — mean-tone (for Buxtehude)
Baroque organ — well-tempered (for Bach’s preludes/fugues, and his toccatas)
Christofori fortepiano — well-tempered
English bentside spinet — mean-tone
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post 67(the reference to post 65)?
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76 – I think that’s an eminently sensible list. Let’s not worry about whether we want 1/4 comma or 1/6 comma meantone. I’m not sure the tuning wung will be that precise.
Now, how about overall pitch? I’d suggest something really low, like a=392 for the French instrument. Maybe 415 for the Ruckers – I always think of the Dutch stuff as being lower than modern. 460 or so for the Italian harspidhord, and a bit higher still for the renaissance organ? I’m inclined to be controversial, and suggest modern 440 for the bentside, and maybe the fortepiano too. Does that sound OK?
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78- It certainly sounds complicated.
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A teacake and a pot of Lapsang, please. I need a sit down. Came over all peculiar. Found myself up on the roof. No idea why I went up there. Anyway –
79 – I usually play everything at modern pitch, but don’t tell my viol-playing friends. They’d have a fit at the thought of Marin Marais at 440.
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78-That all sounds just fine. Let’s get a couple of Wungs on that.
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May I please have cup of Rooiboos? I finally got my job application turned in to the Bakery. With any luck I’ll be hired.
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post 77?
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83-I don’t know!
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(83) I’m guessing Piggy was implying that such music is associated with poetry slams and would lend the H&H that sort of ambience. Blues and jazz have shrugged off any number of pop-culture usages, though. What did you have in mind?
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, such a loverlty day!
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85-Well, in some cafes they sometimes play QUIET jazzy blues stuff. And I KNOW this is a tearoom, not a cafe, but if it’s quiet and peaceful, then I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.
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87-NerdAPOI? Or some AlterEgo?
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I was wondering, actually, if we could have a tea discussion?
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(89) By all means. Feel free to start one.
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Baker seems fairly sane over here…
89- A discussion about what?
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91- About tea?
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91- How about a discussion about the marmalade that is currently spilling from the cupboard?
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93-Don’t mention that!!
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Yeah! The instruments have arrived/been tuned! *plops down on the Rennaisance organ and begins playing Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne by Dietrich Buxtehude* (barefoot, because I have left my organ shoes at home again…)
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That reminds me, I believe I have come up with a method of harnessing the π particles (also marmalade) that emanate from the “thing in the cupboard” and putting them to use. May I conduct a few… experiments?
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94- What’s so wrong about mentioning the vaccum/vortex paradox in the cupboard, anyway?
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97-It makes it–*SPLOOSH*–explode with marmalade.
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wow! the H&H is still zooming along!
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-85 what do you think…?
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*sips mint tea* Does anyone else here like to read the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay?
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I’m afraid I really must try to drop by a little more frequently. My visits to the H&H have been getting scarcer and scarcer. I have some business to attend to with the scouts so I can’t stay long, however I think I might have just sufficient time to sip some tea.
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101-*Sips Mint Tea also* I love her poems, especially the Figs.
“My candle burns at both ends,
It will not last the night.
But ah, my foes and oh, my friends,
It gives a lovely light!”-Edna St. Vincent Millay, First Fig
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93-WhAT?
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93) ????
Cheese is good
Cheese if fine
I like cheese all the time
American, Swiss
Chedder is bliss
All this cheese you cant resist!
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My favorite cheeses:
Red Leicester
Tilsit
Caerphilly
Bel Paese
Red Windsor
Stilton
Gruyere
Emmental
Norwegian Jarlsberger
Liptauer
Lancashire
White Stilton
Danish Blue
Double Gloucester
Cheshire
Dorset Blue Vinney
Brie
Roquefort
Pont-l’Évêque
Port Salut
Savoyard
Saint-Paulin
Carre-de-L’Est
Boursin
Bresse
Bleu
Perle de Champagne
Camenbert
Gouda
Edam
Caithness
Smoked Austrian
Sage Darby
Wensleydale
Gorgonzola
Parmesan
Mozzarella
Pippo Crème
Danish Fynbo
Czechoslovakian Sheep’s Milk Cheese
Venezuelan Beaver Cheese
Cheddar
Ilchester
Limberger
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Ah, good. My favourite armchair’s free. A small pile of crumpets, a pot of Darjeeling, and some Kipling, please. I’m likely to nod off. Could someone nudge me in about a day and a half?
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106 – That comprehensive list rather undermines the concept of “favourite”. But I concur on most of them. Especially Jarlsberg. I shall be radical, and have some with my crumpets.
Nighty-night.
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Bonus points to the first person to identify from where the list (106)came. (GAPAs not included)
My real favorites:
Bel Paese
Halapeno Jack
Smoked Cheddar
Gouda
Provolone
Swiss
Brie
Gruyere
Mozzerella
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The lampshade just shook! Ah! I am falling!
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109-Monty Python: Cheese Shop Sketch!
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post 104?
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(112) See comment 239 on the previous edition of the H&H.
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111-Nice job. You can convert those 10 bonus points to Wung points when we start another game of Paker.
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113-Thank you, Mz. Lasley.
Does anyone else here think life is purple?
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Ooh, that big purple squishy armchair is open.
*plops*
Could I have a Cream Cheese and Chives sandwich with a couple of Wung Buttons, please?
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115-It seems more silver to me…
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Life is red.
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I’d say life is green, myself.
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Reading some of these posts really makes me sad. For a few reasons.
1. There are multiple aspects of RPGs on this thread, and to be honest I think we have more than enough of those already.
2. Some of the posts are not exactly anti-chatroom, which I believe was the idea of this thread in the beginning.
3. (this one’s not as important) There is too much posting going on. We’ve gone through 4 threads in just a few months. I understand that that’s slower than, say, many random threads, but this is supposed to be anti-chatroom. Come on, people.
Life is a marvel that is different for each person. I’d have to say life is black and white. White with black spots, really.
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120-
1) I don’t really mind there being lots of RPG-ish-ness, myself, as long as there is some sort of conversation.
2) I quite agree. It’s very sad, if we can think of nothing to talk about for more than three lines.
3) But y’see, when there was a lot of posting going on, conversations were actually happening. Since the posting’s died down, the conversations have been growing shorter and more scattered.
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life is white.
120- We need more conversations.
121- re:3: true.
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Hello everyone!
Hmm… Where can I sit? I know. I’ll take that comfortable armchair that you can’t see in the picture.
Actually, in my opinion, life is blue. Ranging from silvery – grey blue to turquoise, and to the bright blue sky outside my window that is slowly being obscured by rather thick grey clouds, with just a hint of blue about them. I anticipate storms tonight.
Mmm, crumpets. I think I would like two with marmalade… And a scone with raspberry jam. Thank you!
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I think life is red because all the “energetic” emotions, all the passions, such as joy and anger, can be expressed as red. Oxides are also usually red (such as blood and rust), so by extension, oxygen- one of the major necessities of our kind of life- has the essence of red.
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Life is white with black spots, in my opinion, because the two colors contrast so much. The crisp, clean white is the good parts in life, while the dark, shadowed black is our troubles. POSOC’s red makes sense too.
I would love to have a chocolate eclair and a muffin with lemon curd with a small cup of chai.
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I actually disagree. I’ve always thought of my life is purple, a pretty, but not particularly exceptional shade of it. Maybe puce (which I know is not purple, I’m just feeling indecisive). The thing is, so far I have never really enncountered any major adversity or any total euphoria. Eventually, I probably will. Then my life will become vermillion. But for now, its just a quaint and pretty picture with no stark contrasts or intense tones.
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I still think life is purple. The meaning of life is 42. And the measure of life is a black hole.
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127-Yees! I am quite inclined to agree with you. Not all lives are purple, mind you. Some of them progress from purple to vermillion to red much faster, some of them never progress at all, but, at this moment, my life is decidedly purple!
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127- I know the actual meaning of life, but it’s boring and not everyone will like it. So I won’t say anything.
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129-Pray tell! My pinna is trembling with excitement!
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My life feels silver. I suppose this is because of the expression “Silver Linings”. I feel like my life is sad and happy, good with bad, and clouds with silver linings. I’m graduating from elementary and moving to middle school. It’s a very nice school, but I’ve been with this group of people for seven years. They’re almost like my family! I suppose this sort of like black and white. Still, I see silver. May I now have a mug of mint tea, please?
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130- Are you sure?
The meaning of life is different with every person’s view. Some people think that the meaning of life is to achieve salvation, some think we were accidently created by a deity, some think we were created by an evil god who wanted to see us suffer, and so on. As I am a Christian, my views of life may not connect with your views. You might just have to settle with 42.
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132-But what are your views?
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Might I have a cup of China Gren Tea?
What colour are the cups and saucers?
I believe that the meaning of life is to form meaningful bonds with others. I don’t think it matters how we got here, because the end result is that we are here. I am here, you are here, they are here. We are here.
The point is to make the “we” mean something.
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(134) Not surprisingly, our chinaware collection is both extensive and eclectic. One of our recent additions can be seen on the previous thread.
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134-I like that view…
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“I’ll take a cup of hot honeybush tea please.”
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135- How exsiquiste!
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134- I disagree with that, but it’s a universally appealing explanation that everyone else likes and I don’t feel like arguing now. I’ll just have a cup of China Gunpowder tea.
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I am of the opinion is that there is no Meaning of Life in general, but there are little meanings of each individual’s life, and that is whatever you make it. Sometimes it seems like I’m waiting for something to happen, be it next weekend’s field trip, graduation, or the publication of my first book, but then it occurs to me that afterwards life will continue on as normal, and I’ll find something else to wait for. It makes me feel as though I need a break. Could I please have cup of Lady Grey?
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136- I’m glad.
139- There’s no such thing as universally appealing. Give me an opinion and I can find people who disagree.
140- That’s interesting. What sort of little meaning? Would the waiting be a meaning in and of itself?
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*Sips Mint Tea and Muses On Meaning Of Life*
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Albert Camus wrote a book called “Cysiphus” essentially about the meaning of life. For those who don’t know, Cysiphus (which I probably misspelled) was a character in Greek mythology. Becuase of myriad jokes of which the gods were the butt (bad idea), upon arriving in Hades, he was forced to never-endingly push a boulder up a hill, only to have it roll down the moment he reached the hiil’s zenith. In Camus’ book, he essentially argues that Cysiphus’ ordeal with the boulder is a parallel for life. Human lives are centered on one goal: the rewards that they reap from it are ephemeral as stronger forces efface their efforts almost immediately afterwards. Still, it is human and right to continue pushing the boulder up. After all, its the only thing to do. I like the idea. After all, we do exert tremendous energy in the development of medecine. Humans will die eventually, regardless, however, that doesn’t make doctoring any less of an honourable pursuit.
I’ve made the idea sound much more pessimistic than it really is.
Phooey! I just can’t explain these things properly.
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141- I feel that there are a series of meanings, for example, the meaning of life, for me, right now, is to graduate from high school, gets lots of scholarships, and go on to college. After college is over, I don’t know what the meaning of life will be. I’m just trying to get that far.
143- Cysiphus? I thought it was someone else who had to push a boulder.
That makes sense…
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144-It probably was someone else. I am challenged in many senses!
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(133, 134) “Sisyphus” is the name you’re looking for. The essay by Camus is “Le mythe de Sisyphe” en français.
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Sisyphus was his name, but in other respects you were right.
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146- Thanks for the clarification…my mind feels a pinch muddled right about now…
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(148) It’s a muddlesome kind of word. I always have to look up the spelling. For some reason, I can’t shake the desire to use the “i” and the “y” in reverse order.
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149-Yes! I also seem to struggle with the distinction between C’s and S’s. Well, one of these days English will convert to phonetic spelling and my life will become significantly more sane!
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Isn’t it funny how the word phonetic is anything but phonetic?
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151-Ah, the brutal irony of it. Dus anee oun miind if I undertaik an eksperiment in fonetik spelling? Actually, as I was typing the difficulty of producing a long vowel sound occurred to me…
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152- I don’t mind. I’d help but I always get stuck on the long vowels.
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I must confess that phonetic spelling (in English) doesn’t appeal to me. In part, it’s the lack of aesthetic appeal. Phonetic spellings tend to look ugly, especially en masse. To my eye, anyway.
But at the heart of the matter — and here I will indulge the bad manners of quoting myself from an old thread — “I take pleasure in learning the history the spellings represent. The oddities are souvenirs picked up from their travels.”
Imposing a phonetic spelling on a word seems to me the orthographic parallel to erasing someone’s memory or disfiguring en’s face.
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154- I agree. I’m not sure why phonetic spellings are so ugly, but they are. And I often find reasons why things are spelled a certain way, which besides being interesting, gives me clues as to how to pronounce it or which syllables to stress.
I guess Spanish is a phonetic language, and it’s true that the spelling as easy (and don’t even look bad), but the accent marks sort of detract from that simplicity, at least until you know which syllable to stress in every word.
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Sometimes, I just don’t understand English. Its such an inherently complex language with convoluted spellings and a trillion different ways of conveying a single meaning (not that I mind). However, in terms of grammar its almost painfully simple. I half miss conjugating verbs and declining nouns. I wish it could sort out its inner paradoxes.
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I created a (mostly) phonetic alphabet which i use for note taking. Over the past two years it has grown to look less and less like english, which means I laugh harder and harder when people try and read my notes. To make it more interesting, I have added conceptual symbols. For example, there are two symbols that mean “the opposite or lack of”. One means “the complete total utter opposite or lack of” and the other means “the general opposite or lack of”. An apostrophy connotates a plural, which applies to both vers and nouns.
my phonetic alphabt is fast becoming a language of its own, with its own grammer and sentence structure.
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157- Most flamablamablous. Would you describe the alphabet, please?
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157-I wish I had a language like that…
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157- That sounds amazing! I second POSOC’s request for you to describe the alphabet.
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yes, please do describe it.
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157- that is awesome.
I once created an alphabet based off of the roman one and modified it again later. People occasionally try to read it and succeed only on some letters.
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157-I’d love to hear more about it…
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Alrighty, lets see…..
in the beginning, it was simply phonetics. An ‘f’ was used every time there was an ‘f’ sound whether it was spelled with a ‘f’ or ‘ph’, etc. The letter c meant a ‘ch’ sound, with ‘s’ and ‘k’ replacing other c’s. A few commonly used symbols are used, such as the plus-like thing for ‘and’ and a lighting bolt for ‘the’. some letters were streamlined; both ‘k’ and ‘t’ lost their vertical backbones.
I added symbols for frequently used sounds. For example, an ‘un’ sound is an ‘n’ with an elongated right leg.
Enter the dots. For example, a dot over an ‘r’ makes an ‘air’, while a dot under the ‘r’ makes an ‘are’.
Grammar began to develop and I did away with pesky little beasts like irregular verbs. The infinitive serves as the base for all conjugations. All tenses are represented with a sign either before or after. (On a random note, since the past tense is represented by a suffix and the future tense by a prefix, I found I had a ready made prophetic past tense. Incredibly useful for time travelers.)
That’s the gist of it, but I don’t think I explained it very well. Sorry.
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164-Amazing.
*adopts*
Well, if I could figure it out, I would.
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164- That’s brilliant!
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164-I really like that idea! (I rely lik that idea!) ((Is that about right?))
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165- good luck figuring it out. there are somehwere between 70-100 different symbols. I’d be glad to teach you, but the symbols are written and most can’t be typed.
last year, it was much simpler. it was purely phonetic with out its own grammer and whatnot. someone in my bio class learned to read it soley from borrowing my notes. Now, however, it is much, much, much harder to pick up.
166- *bows*
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Hello all! *eats muffin*
157) How awesomely awesome…….
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I like danish better than english. For one it is faster, and there’s three types of the language: Old (Riss), New (Ny), and informal, (uformal).
We have the three extra vowels, Æ Ø Å, which sound very pretty. Plus, with the middle eastern influence on especially the informal danish, accents and pronouncations are starting to change.
before: Jeg siger altså, ham der Jonas er så irriterende.
After: Jeg svæver mand! ham der Jonas er bare saa provo.
=D
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*Sips Mint Tea* May I have an eclair, please?
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*paces* *waits impatiently for the next game of Paker* *wears through floor*
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Paul, Can I talk to you about getting your music?
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140-I mostly agree.
There are some people who don’t understand the difference between the point of life and the meaning of life. I don’t feel like explaining, though-I’ve just been hiking, and i feel nauseous. Does anyone understand what I mean? If so, could you explain it to those who don’t?
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I think the point of life (my life) is to be able to see yourself through someone elses eyes and feel comfortable with what you see. And if you aren’t comfortably, then to change it, whether ‘it’ is yourself or your soroundings.
I don’t think there is a meaning of life. Life is a situation we must learn to live with. And possibly use to yours or others advantage. But always to live in the now, the past is gone and can’t be changed, the future is ruined by our worries. We are ‘here’. And we will always be ‘here’, ‘here’ will just change. And we must change with it.
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How much can one change of one’s surroundings before it becomes unacceptable? One does not have the inailenable right to change me.
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I’m confused.
I think that the meaning of life is to serve God.
*eats scrumpcious muffin*
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177- I think it is, too. But not everyone believes in God. *throws various foodstuffs into mouth*
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177, 178-Which God?
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173 – Of course you can. I’ll just mention that a Proposition has been put to the other GAPAs, which may or may not bear fruit. Meanwhile, talk to me about anything that takes your fancy. Provided you don’t mind me munching an eclair and sipping Lapsang.
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179- what ever god you believe in.
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RE: Phonetic spelling
For English class, we had to write a description of what we envisioned as a utopia its potential failures. Although it began as fairly serious, my paragraph quickly deteriorated to total creative patheticism involving painting everything green to relax people’s eyes, making fish and carrots staple food, abolishhing punctuation, and switching to phonetic spelling (yes, the H&H conversation was the inspiration for that idea)(And then of course there was the line about my utopia’s (gerund! squee!) being modeled after Iceland with its 99% literacy rate). My English teacher returned it with a somewhat complicated description involving Latin roots of why phonetic spelling would, in fact, be far more convoluted. I intend to go puzzle it out! And post some about it…as soon as I have finished procrastinating, that is!
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180- PROPO… *suddenly remembers rule against shouting* Proposition? Tell us more, please. Is it like the Hare and Hedgepig, or more like *shudders* the bunny invasion? Did a Muser put it to the GAPAs? Does it have anything to do with your music?
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*laughs hysterically*
As promised, I am posting the information from the absolutely hilarious comment that my English teacher wrote:
Take, for example, the word, “fish”.
First, consider the “f” sound and try to conceive of the most convoluted and obscure way to produce it. The gh from enough works beautifully.
Next, consider the “i” sound and try to conceive of the most convoluted and obscure way to produce it. The o from women works well enough.
Finally, consider the “sh” sound and try to conceive of the most convoluted and obscure way to produce it. The ti from nation or consideration should do just fine.
Put it all together and you get, as the phonetic spelling of fish, “ghoti!”
Which, I have to admit, is fairly hilarious. Is anyone willing to give it a try?
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180-I, as well, would like to acquire your Cheste of fyne Jewells, but, alas, I do not live in Britain.
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Can we have a Muse Academy Student Lounge thread? Now that the Paker games have been removed from the Hare and Hedgepig, and Muse Academy Blog has been closed, we need somewhere to play.
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The Muse Academy blog is still postable-upon, and you might want to make one more stop over there to check out Paul Baker’s latest move. I agree, though, that it would be too inconvenient to hop between blogs, so I will create a Student Lounge thread here.
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187- Believe me, I saw. A Concourse of Herons in the very first round… *shudders* This will be a memorable game.
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I watch the action with more than usual interest, of course, herons being the symbol of the house that bears my name.
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173,180 – The Proposition does indeed concern my music. Some of you appear to be keen to get your sticky claws on a Diabolus CD, to wit, a Cheste of Fyne Jewells. I thought such discernment merited some reward, so I have devised a Special Offer, available only to regular Musebloggers.
Here’s the offer – a Diabolus CD, including postage to Yankland (or anywhere else reasonable), for 10 dollars. That’s less than half price at current exchange rates, but you deserve it for entertaining me.
If you want to take me up on it, don’t go to the regular price list page on my website. Here’s a link to a secret (well, unannounced and unlinked) page :
http://www.diabolus.org//hedgepig/offer.htm
You’ll need a PayPal account, or a credit/debit card. If the account or the card belong to a parent or other person who’s likely to shout, PLEASE ASK FIRST!
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190- And if you keep it in pounds, including shipping to a location in Britain? What’s the price then? I’m very interested.
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It comes to about a fiver, old fruit. PayPal’s gremilns should sort everything out if you tell them you’re a Brit.
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192- Thanks
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Huzzah! I have just purchased myself a Cheste of fyne Jewells! I am forevermore in thy debt, O Exalted Master Baker. Scones all around! On me!
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Oooh. I really need that job…
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Gar! Sounds uber cool. Must consider…
Now that the ball is concluded, I can make more frequent visits to this charming establishment. To begin with, I think I’d very much like a cup of tea…jasmine tea. Which is better to stimulate mental activity, lemon or lime marmalade? Muffin or sandwich? Oh dear, what a dilemna…
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(196) Perhaps you need a sampler tray.
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197-That might be wise. The ability to make decisions was never foremost among my quallities…
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First post of the day?
anyway, are we going to think about the dance floor installment now that the ball is over?
Could I have an egg and cress sandwich-with tea, please-fresh peppermint. I’m starving.
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Ooo!!! i’d love to come! * drinks tea and acts rlly proper* but i can’t, cuase i blogging rite now! and i luv Alice and Wonderland, muse should do an articule on them! *hint hint, nod nod*
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Yes. Dance floor. No jazz. Only Elisabethan and Baroque. I am sure we will be able to arrange for various quartets, quintets, duets, trios, et cetera to provide us with aformentioned delights. And I think neither food nor drink should be allowed on the actual floor. Too many spills.
Speaking of which, and dearest wungs, would you be so kind as to bring me a muffin with blackcurrant jam and a pot of your Ceylon Orange Pekoe? I am simply famished. Oh, and maybe a small plate of your ham and mustard sandwiches. I feel like such a pig. Oh, wait, I guess that’s fitting.
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Yes! Today calls for a celebration platter! One day of exams down, 2 more to go……
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*calmly sips her tea*
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May I have a sampler plater as well?
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I was reading through this thread yesterday because I had nothing more entertaining to do was blatantly procrastinating, and I saw zyviva’s post (164) about the phonetic alphabet she created, and I’d like to say two things:
1. That is so so so so so awesome!!! *drowns in the awesomeness* Glub glub zyglub you’re increglub!
2. I’ve been inspired by it to create a writing system, which I started taking notes in today. I hope you don’t mind… (Remember that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.) It’s hieroglyphic-ish, uses a symbol for each word. Some of them are pretty clever, if I do say so myself. ^_^
I can scan in bits of it, if anyone would like to see. If not, you’ve saved me approx. ten minutes of troubleshooting my scanner’s massive issues. Either way. ^_~
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191- A Brit? That’s only an hour away! (by plane…)
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Well, since everyone else is procrastinating about it, I guess I’ll have to be the one to do it. Wungs! Could you draw up some plans for our dance floor? Be sure to leave room for our instruments. And an area for our various groups of travelling musicians.
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206- Yup. I don’t suppose you fancy flying for an hour for a ko-kon?
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Ahhhhhhh, this disse4rves a toast! Another day of exams, gone! 
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205- *is flattered*
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205-I’d love to see some, if your scanner will work!
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I drew lots of stufff about bunny planet and titan and carrots. Would anyone like to see it?
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212-Me!
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213-yay. anyone else?
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212 – That sounds cool!
Okay, I’m about to scan some shorthand in and email it to the GAPAs. Much appreciated if you-plural could post it!
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Exams are gone! Yay for summer! *celebrates*
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*makes a grand entrance*
I want to see everybody’s work! And soon (patience was never among my virtues).
While I wait, might I get a jasmine tea and cucumber sandwich. The latter because it recalls pleasantly “The Importance of Being Earnest*!
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Were you in it, or did you see it?
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twiddling, twiddling, twiddling my thumbs……
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Coffeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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220- *Ahem.* Such frivolous posts are not allowed on this thread. I believe other threads are talking about coffee at this moment, though. I suggest you leave and go to one of them. No coffee is served at this distinguished establishment.
219- Well, don’t just sit there! Start up a conversation if you are bored. Or join the current one. Heavens, do I have to do everything around here? Let’s see here… What’s your favorite author from over 50 years ago?
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221- I am in the middle of Don Quixote which is a quite fascinating read.
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*Sips Mint Tea* My favorite author, from before 1958, is undisputably William Shakespeare, or the entity or entities who wrote the plays and works of the Body attributed to William Shakespeare, alias The Bard.
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221) *gulp* I don’t know how old any of the authors I like are. Hmmmmmmmm, perhaps J.R.R Tolkein. I especially enjoy The Hobbit.
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Sans doubte, ce titre va au Balzac! Ses caracteres sont les plus vivants…Et il ya plein des autres raisons aussi. Par example, ses descriptions sont longues sans etre ennuyeux…Il est tres pwnereuse.
I also like Charles Dickens and EM Foster for the extensive physchological commentery that they put in their work, some of which is quite revelatory. Same goes to an even greater extent for Thomas Mann; he has delicate and delightful descriptions, witty commentary, and profoundity even greater that I so admire in Dickens and Foster.
Finally, I like James Joyce, despite the fact that his writing (or at least hist short stories) are opposite end of the spectrum. He manages to communicate social commentary solely through the intricacy of his descriptions, without a single word of explanation. His stories leave you wondering just long enough to allow you to hit on some great truth.
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221-Problem with times, but Sherlock Holmes is one of my obsessions.
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226-Oh yes, yes, yes, and a thousand times YES! I simply adore Arthur Conan Doyle and his clever storylines…They’ve almost inspired me to lead a life of crime !
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227-Uh…………I was inspired by encyclopedia brown to be a detective, but nothing worked. Sherlock Holmes, however, was contagious. I’m sitting at the computer, with my back towards the door, and mom walks in. Without looking up from the keyboard, I say,
“What store were you at and what did you buy?”
She was amused.
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I should read some…
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229) Read some what? *is fascinated by what TMFA could be reading*
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Ah, yes, the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I recently found the Complete Sherlock Holmes in my basement, and have not been seperated from it for several weeks. I will repost what I posted on the Happy Birthday, A. Conan Doyle thread:
Title: The Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Four Novels and Fifty-six Short Stories, Complete.
Editor: William S. Baring-Gould.
Publisher: Wings Books.
ISBN: 0-517-48102-2
Complete with illustrations, extensive introduction, and bibliography.
My Cheste of Fyne Jewells arrived today! oh, frablous day!
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229, 230-Sherlock Holmes, I’m guessing.
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On a different note, I am creating a new language, called Sakanko. Sakanko roughly translates to “speaking clearly.” I was inspired after researching Tolkien’s different languages, and I have just begun to lay out my grammar rules. I think I have finished working out verbs, so I’ll have to tackle nouns next. Meanwhile, The Braunschweiger, from A Cheste of Fyne Jewells, plays in the background. How relaxing. Master Baker, again I praise thee.
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232- yes. and the bunch of sci-fi I want.
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233- What tenses do you have?
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208- If the fares are low….. which they are not. But there’s a possibility that I might go there in future years. A high possibility.
For now, I’d like to have a glass of iced tea. Mint, please.
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235- Let’s see… present, impresent, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, subimperfect, subperfect, future, and subfuture. I also have person prefixes and direct and indirect object suffixes, as well as a few other general rules, like question marks and emphasizers. And some basic pronunciation.
Some examples:
nelsapo-fuil = We were speaking to you.
tolsaquo-tuil = She would have spoken to them.
nolsakanko = I speak thoroughly.
A “^” above the first vowel indicates a question.
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Ahhhh, good times. Could I have a big glass of soda please? *drinks* *sigh*
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Kiwi- There’s no fountain drinks here. I think you’d better look at the menu again.
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239- Actually, there are soft drinks on the menu. Cream soda, Egils mix, ginger beer, dandelion and burdock.
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Oh, heavens, my mistake. There are a few. Here, let me buy you another.
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*sips jasmine tea*
I don’t see why we should be required to study earthquakes as they don’t seem to exist in the oasis…and it matters most! Ah well…I must submit to the whims of my teachers…
237-Although I never invented a language, I spent my entire 5th grade year holding a role-playing game/plotting out a story based on grammar. The protagonist was the daughter of ‘to do’ and ‘to have’. She was ‘to do’, having taken over the position from a nasty verb who’d been demoted because he’d mocked ‘to do’ for not fitting in front of him! (As in, one doesn’t say, to do be). She had won the post by knowing her conjugations in the most languages! Her best friends were all auxiliaries. It was…special…and FUN! I also love speaking in nothing but gerunds for long periods of time! Come to think of it, there is a distinct possibility that I am a grammar nerd…
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242- that was confusing.
What are we all Reading over the summer?
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Terry Pratchett! Terry Pratchett! Superior Saturday! Superior Saturday! Raven Rise!
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233 – Ah the Braunschweiger! A discerning choice.
Delighted you’re enjoying your Cheste, old posset.
I think I shall sit in my favourite armchair and sip ginger beer. Thank you, Mr. Wung. And perhaps ginger biscuits as well? I definitely feel gingery.
(It’s always worth flattering a wung by calling it Mr. Wung. They seem to enjoy the implied respect. You could try Madam Wung, but I’m not at all sure they have a gender as such)
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243- I’ll try to finish the Complete Sherlock Holmes, then start on my book for school: The Scarlet Letter. Ugh. I’ll try to squeeze in the fourth Odd Thomas book, too.
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Oooooo. *cough cough* I would love some cake right now. *sniffle sniffle* Some nice sugar will take my mind off of the pathogens that are possessing my body right now.
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243-Pshaw! It wasn’t intended to make sense in the first place!
As for summer reading:
Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Pere Goriot by Balzac
La Chartreuse de Parma by Stendhal
As they’re all fairly long, that should carry me through a fair portion of the summer (I’d say about two weeks). From there: IMPROVISE!
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I’m also reading the sequel to Wicked, Son of a Witch. It’s very good.
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245- They have a gender, but it’s impossible to tell from physical characteristics: one must infer it from personality.
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250 – Hmmm. That’s what I used to think. But I suspect some of them change their gender, either to suit circumstances or simply on a whim. I was half-watching one once, and I could swear it was flipping its gender back and forth periodically, just for practice. It’s hard to tell, though. It’s all so subtle.
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I need to ingest something celebratory as a part of my ongoing revel, because finals are over. What delicacy does the cook recommend, something to go well with Moroccan mint tea, I think…
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Is there any cheese on the menu? I love cheese!
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Yes, why is there no cheese in this establishment? Or is it just not on the menu?
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253 – I believe we’ve just taken delivery of a new batch of Norwegian Jarlsberg.
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Meanwhile, a long cream soda, please. I think I’ve overheated today. It’s playing the shawm. I shouldn’t do it in summer.
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252 – It sounds boring, but try a slice of plain madeira cake. It won’t swamp your mint tea, and it’s actually rather addictive. Especially the way the head kitchen wung makes it. I’m sure he could provide you with a sparkler and a paper parasol for celebratory purposes.
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A pot of Rosebay Willowherb, please. And some Battenberg Cake. I need something to calm my nerves.
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Smoked salmon and lettuce sandwich, please.
*settles down*
I haven’t visited this establishment for some time. Could I interest you folks in something useful, but interesting? Could you please go to the “Books in Progress” thread and look for my post? Please respond to it. I know some of you already have, but still…
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Hello? Anyone here?
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Hello?
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255-Mmmm… I love Jarelsberg! May I please have some, on some baguette, if you have any?
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Ahhhhhh. Yes. Cheese. Eat it. Savor it. Refresh yourself. *contentment*
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May I have some Brie? If you have it…..
Do all you Monsiuers, Madeimoiselles and Madames please explain what recently happened, When this establishment became temporarily abandoned?
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264- don’t know. It’s summer.
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Yeah, but people manage to post just the same on other threads!
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Some of us where waylaid by angry hippos who demanded high quality cucumber sandwhiches be served to them every third Wednesday.
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Really? Hippos are awesome, and so is Brie! *inspects cheese and cucumber sandwhiches*
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*Munches Jarlsberg on Baguette*
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261, etc- hmmmm. Something about PEACOCKS makes me laugh. But it’s not supposed to be funny. I’d change animal, for example a crow. Then the crow could follow peaople around, whereas a peacock would be noticed right away.
Eeeewwww. It was a hard day at work today. I HATE working on saturdays. hate it. I hate it. hate it hateit. and it’s frakish weather. It’ll be sunny for fifteen minutes, and then rain for twenty minutes, and then be sunny for fifteen minutes…
And I really need to do my nails. My latest coat of blackberry red is starting to fade at the tips. i think I’m going to pocka dot them next. white and red? Or will people think I’m nationalistic? Maybe half white, half pink, and then a two drops of red on the white? *drinks tea while thinking*
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I believe the wungs are beginning work on the dancing floor. Ah, yes, Master Wung, thank you. Yes, these plans look marvelous. Good work, all of you!
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Greetings and salutations. Master Paul, may I inquire as to whether you will be playing at the tudor weekend in… Oh yegads, I’ve forgotten the name. It’s this weekend, and I heard that there would be tudor music. Is this you, or someone else? (The list on your fine website has not been updated lately.)
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270-No. I’ve decided on peacock, and I won’t change that.
May I have some fresh peppermint tea?
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I did my nails today. next time, I’m writing kokopelli on them, but I have to go to work tuesday, and since it’s a salón, we have to look ‘half-way decent.’ The owner doesn’t mind nails that are checkered and pocka dots, like mine are now, but she won’t have writing. (Like wen I wrote ‘love’ and ‘hate’ on them.
And then I ended up doing two other girls’ nails too. Ten year olds or so.
273- may I ask why a peacock? I like the idea, don’t get me wrong. but the peacock amuses me.
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i drew kokopeli on my nails once. i’ll see if i can dig up a picture for you…
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Neophyte? Oldophyte? *Pies*
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274-Because I needed an excuse to buy a notebook (I have this thing about notebooks, don’t ask) and I decided to write a story. The notebook had a peacock on it. I then decided to use peacocks. And I find peacocks beautiful and noble.
I tried painting an HPB on my nails once. It looked like a brick. I then had to walk around with disgusting blobs on my nails.
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277- A HPB? Good idea. It’s a pity that it didn’t work.
I should get back to class. I skipped a bit of english (heh. Like I need it) to come down here because I was freaking out in lunch period.
I’m so tired. *drinks mint tea hurridly.*
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278-I should use a pink sharpie next time.
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Excuse me! I just realized that our conversation about nails is ENTIRELY inappropriate for this establishment! Our nails are vulgar!
Anyone interested in discussing nails further, meet me on the random thread. Also, help revive old threads!
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*sniffs daintily*
Does anyone else here do oragami?
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282- Why yes, I do. In fact, I recently folded 100 traditional cranes. In two days. For an art homework. 30 on Friday, and 70 (70!) on Saturday. Then I spent Sunday and Monday hanging them from individual threads. By the time I got the two meter high thing to school, all the little threads were in a tangle.
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272 – Not I, alas. I shall be in Bolton. Someone has to be in Bolton.
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283 – 100 cranes on strings sounds delightful. Transport is always a problem, though. Packaging is an underrated art.
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283- I don’t see how anyone could fold 100 cranes. That’s hard. You know, how tall they are, some of them have a big wrecking ball at the end. You must be very skilled. And then the packaging. Tut tut. I don’t see how anyone could get a box big enough for THAT. Finally, strings? STRINGS? That’s all I will say.
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Origami has always been a bit beyond my abilities. Oh sure, I can fold the occasional crane, box, or sumo wrestler, but anything more complicated is beyond me.
*sips tea* *lamphade wobbles*
Whoops, nearly fell off!
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I’m terribly bad at origami.
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I can make an oragami cup! *makes cup* *pours tea* *drinks tea quickly* The trouble is, the paper gets very soggy.
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My favorite is stars. Reach into a box and pull out a handfull of stars and learn what power truly feels like.
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I have an innate ability to figure out how to fold something. Give me a completed origami figure and 30 seconds of time, and I will know how to fold it again, often with some improvements. My favorite figures are animals because they can always be improved.
I leave for the UK on Friday. I’m so excited!
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ah, oragami…my bookshelf is positively smothered in cranes (my first mastery and memorization), sailboats, masu boxes, swans, flapping birds, pagodas, and some random animals for which I didn’t bother to memorize the folds. I tend to get distracted by my oragami page-a-day whilst I do homework, and thus the avalanche of paper grows.
I would like a cup of peppermint tea some and battenburg cake. I only know what battenburg cake is because I just finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which was wonderful. Has anyone else read it?
I doubt anyone remembers me; I’ve been gone for months. I don’t think I’m a neophyte anymore, though.
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Lucky Piggy, you Biscuit Færie! *Sips Tea* I did read and enjoys The Curious Incident…
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286-
I assume you were being sarcastic…
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295- Are you acussing a Museblogger of sarcasm? *tsktsk*
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How could you?
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I strongly suspect that my seat here is the strangest…could someone give me a list of who is who?
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I am me, and me is I.
Lists? What are those atrcoitites of which you speak?
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Me is I, and I is me. *Sips Mint Tea*
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298- Since my prior answer probably helped you not at all, Here is a short rundown:
Who is one first.
What’s on second.
I don’t Know’s on third.
Today’s Catching and Tomorrow’s pitiching.
Why’s in left, and Because has center. I don’t give a Darn’s playing shortstop.
No one as any clue who is the right fielder.
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301- What are you talking about?
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293- Wonderful book! I don’t think I’m the only one here who’s read it either. Very insightful.
302- I don’t get post 298, but 301 is referencing a famous and very funny Abbott and Costello sketch “Who’s On First?”
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I read it, Vendaval.
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304- Wasn’t it fascinating? Like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. I heard that there might be a movie, but I don’t see how it could be anywhere as good as the book. I especially loved the appendix. It was a great ending.
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293- I’m looking for some summer reading. What is the book about?
301, 302, 303- I greatly pity anyone who has not heard of that Abbott and Costello sketch. Quite amusing.
The Victoria Sponge Cake sounds delicious, and some peppermint tea would be delightful, as I have a sore throat. 
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I decorated a large table for thirty people with an origami crane theme last year for Midsummer Night Witch Burning festival (Sankt Hans). All the napkins were folded into cranes, blue table cloth, and three one meter wide folded cranes hang from the ceiling. I folded them out of gift wrapping paper backed with newspaper.
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*Stumbles into tearoom covered in bug bites, water, and mysterious foilage*
*waves hand weakly in direction of menu* Surprise me, please.
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*is completely aghast at the site of Otzi and drops ‘Jane Eyre’ on the floor*
Dear, whatever has happened? And would you mind whiping your feat before you muddy up that nice antique rug?
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does this restraunt serve eggnog? i think it tastes horrendus but is useful when reppeling cavemen. i think my feet are clean.
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I haven’t heard of eggnog’s ever having been served here, but there are teas and tisanes that exist nowhere else on Earth.
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311- Nowhere on Earth, period. We’re in the Oasis, remember!
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what??? no eggnog? we wil be bombarded by cavemen any minuite!!
but i will have some catnip tea if there is any of that.
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*sigh* Long story about the eggnog.
Here we go.
MARFwarrior and I were walking, and I asked her if she wanted to live in Flint, Michigan. She said maybe. I said no, because it’s the city with the highest crime rate in the country (that may have changed since then). She thought about it for a minute and said, “It’s because of the cavemen. Flint is a caveman name.”
How eggnog came to repel cavemen, I haven’t a clue.
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It seems to be effective — and long-lasting, too. I drank some eggnog about six months ago and haven’t seen a caveman since.
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315 – Yes, the effect tends to stick around.
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Oh, and MARFwarrior does tend to eat catnip. She says it’s “yummy”.
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That reminds me of a simpsons quote.
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*has been siting here all this time and now excuses him self bows tips hat and slips out the door*
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315-
What? eggnog repels cavemen?
Why is eggnog sold as both “autumn eggnog” and “holiday eggnog”?
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Um, because… we people have to… we… er… I don’t know. Does eggnog prevent neantrethals, or the Flintstones? Is there a difference?
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320 – Yes. It does.
321 – It prevents cavemen in general. Ask MARFwarrior for details.
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All this talk of eggnog has made me want some. Does the H&H serve eggnog?
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*sinks into chair*
I have been in a mysterious land where many strange things flourish, things like mosquitos and chicken and paint fumes. I just managed to wrangle a plane ride out of there, but TSA decided that they didn’t like the colour of my suitcase and imploded it. Then my plane crashed in the Yukon and I had to crawl all the way here, whilst being pelted with pinecones in an annoying manner by angry Toronto Maple Leafs fans due to the fact that I pointed out the misspelling in the name of said hockey team…
*takes grateful draught of tea*
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I feel odd. May I have some green tea? “Liquid jade”?
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305- It was incredibly fascinating! If someone managed to pull that off as a movie, I would worship them. I just loved seeing through his eyes…
306- It’s about an autistic kid (it doesn’t come out and say exactly, but Vendeval, do you agree that he seems autistic?) who loves math and animals, hates brown, yellow, and new places or people, and recently lost his mom. The story opens with him finding his neighbor’s dog dead in her lawn with a garden poker through him. He decides to solve the mystery of Who Killed Wellington, and the story follows his discovery of the murderer as well as his discovery of many things about life, his family, and himself. It was very revealing about mental disabilities and people in general. You really feel as if you’re inside his mind. I hope you like it!
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(324) Ötzi, I agree about the Maple “Leafs.” I too used to try to tell Canadians that they should be Maple Leaves, but the reaction was so uniformly hostile that I finally decided to find other outlets for my energy. In any case, we’re delighted to have you back from your adventures in one piece — against all odds, it appears.
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324- That sounds most grueling.
I agree about the Maple Leafs. It should be Leaves.
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Otzi, we are so pleased you have returned! I hope you have learned a valuble lesson: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever get between a fan and his sportsteam or imply that their team of choice might not be completly perfect.
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327- I used to play for a team nearby called the Snipville Leafs. You don’t notice it until someone points it out really, it’s not so much that you think of a leaf or ‘leaves,’ but of the team. I can understand it, but it may just be my odd hockey-fan-ness… I’m not really even that big of a fan of teams or anythng, I just enjoy playing… XD
But it is a very, very bad idea to point these things out, as ʑyviva said, and especially if it’s about hockey in Canada. Hockey comes from there (or that’s the place that made it big, anyway), and it is not a good idea to mess with them about it. *nodnod*
Which reminds me, my teams going to Canada for a tournament in September, whee!
And welcome back! *pies*
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Hello everyone, I just thought I’d stop by for a few moments.
Might I have some of that dandelion and burdock drink/ That sounds intriguing. Nothing else for now, since I’m not yet hungry after a chocolate cookie I had.
Well, it’s been awhile since I was in here last, it’s been so popular i can’t keep up with all the conversations.
Oh yes, thank you! *sips drink politely*
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Well, hello everyone! Thought I’d pop in for awhile, now that I can actually understand the conversation. (last time I looked at this, it was still the unintelligible card game.)
164 – Awesome! If you can’t type the symbols, maybe you could write them on a piece of paper and send the image to the GAPAs? I’d like to see. Notetaking is incredibly boring.
This looks like a wonderful place to sit and write. *takes out paper and pencil* *finally begins story after procrastinating for months*
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Oooooooo! I would love a muffin! I haven’t had one in forever! *hands out souvenirs from vacation*
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MARFwarrior: Eggnog is so repulsive it just repels cavemen. No one knows why. It just does.
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I’m finally back from the UK. It was incredible, but I didn’t see Master Baker. I did, however, find some interesting symbols at famous landmarks. Look for a letter from me in a few months to find out more.
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After the Leafs fandango, I was chased by the U-20 mens’ rugby team, which would have been not at all disagreeable if they had not been ragingly drunk at the time, and thus unable to distinguish between me and thier game ball…
*stops to breathe, looks around at assembled crowd of Musers*
And they decided to used me as thier scrimmage ball, a purpose for which the human body (mine in particular) is not particularly well-adapted. Eventually, they got in a beery argument about rather that last one had REALLY been a try or not and began a fistfight. In exasperation, the referee punted me a good sixty yards. I landed, fortunately, in Bo Pond and managed to walk the last few blocks until I made it here…
*bites into a fresh Nutella-filled cake of chocolatey goodness*
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336 – YAY!!! Nutella!!! *orders Nutella cake*
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Hello everyone! Sounds like you’ve had an exciting day, Otzi. I’ve heard the tea here is astoundingly delicious, and now that things have quieted down at Muse Academy I have a chance to find out. I think I’ll sample the wung buttons with some acorn & periwinkle tea.
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Well, The Monthly Threads are down…
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I am so sorry for intruding on this thread, but, as it seems, in GAPA Land It is July. The random thread is not open yet. Maybe woe is me.
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Look again.
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334- I like eggnog. When there’s something IN it.
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No way! I LOVE eggnog! (with nothing in it)
I LOVE nutella too!
*yum yum*
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*cautiously leans by exit*
I’ll just have a cup of Earl Grey…
293, 323- Oh, I’ve read it. Very good, but slightly disturbing.
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342, 343 – I’ve never tried eggnog. MARFwarrior has, ant hinks it’s repulsive. I have no opinion. I LOVE Nutella, though…
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i have never had nutella. it souds good. eggnog is defenitely repulsive. very repulsive.
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Nutella is this spread with hazelnuts and chocolate… yum…
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346-Eggnog is YUMMY! How dare you insult this fine product!
Nutella is awesome. Does the H&H serve Nutella?
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Ooh, I hope so.
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I do like eggnog, but in moderate doses. I don’t think I would like it at all if I drank it year-round instead of just in December. I always love nutella, though, especially nutella sandwiches!
I don’t know if the H&H has nutella, but I think it would go well with these wung buttons.
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Nutella and fritos. strange but true.
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Nutella is THE PWNAGE
I have been known to eat an entire 10oz jar of it in one sitting. Granted, I was completely heartbroken at the time, but it was frigging delicious.
Kind of grossed out my roomie, though.
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350-Nutella sandwiches…I don’t know, to me it sounds gross. But I do love nutella with strawberries and crepes/blins.
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350) I agree. I only drink it at Christmas time.
353) OMG! 
That sounds so good. I want a nutella crepe. :cry;
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350 – NUTELLA SANDWICHES!!!!
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354-I sometimes drink the “autumn” stuff.
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Crepes? Are there any?
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Ask the wungs…
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My dear Mr. Wung, would you happen to know if there are any Crepes?
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Oh! *hyperness* Yes! Yes! I would love a crepe! *jumps up and down*
Oops. Erm. Sorry. I guess I’ll just run around a little outside and then come back later. *gallops away*
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351, 353 – *has overwhelming desire to run to store for nutella, fritos, and crepes*
352 – Best cure for heartbreak. It’s impossible to be unhappy when you have a jar of nutella! 
Mr. Wung, do you happen to have any nutella on hand to go with those crepes? Yes? Oh, thank you! This should taste heavenly.
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Well, the dancing floor is finally completed! Good work, wungs! It’s marvelous! I’ll play a light minuet on a harpsichord and try out the acoustics.
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The usual, please. Good to see that the dance floor is finally complete.
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I just had a Nutella crepe! In real life!
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I’m going to try a dance! Anybody care to partner?
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365: I would be honoured.
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I’ve benn reading avery good book, ”Kissing the Witch” by Emma Donahue. (Or however it is ‘Donahue’ is spelled. ) It’s Highy recomended.
May I have a raspberry crepe? and a glass of lemonade?
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*Dances*
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I’m a horrid dancer, but I might be persuaded to try anyway on such a nice floor. Lovely minuet, Piggy!
I haven’t read “Kissing the Witch,” but it sounds good. I’ll request it from the library ASAP!
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A dance floor! how marvelous!
*attempts to pursuade eccentric the afterthought to dance*
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Don’t do anything with out me!*
*Coming back on satuday.
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How do you play Paker, and can I play?
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*suddenly, Haddaway’s What is love? begins to play, the bass causing teacups to rattle and wung buttons to crumble*
*Musers’ heads began moving involuntarily*
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*is persuaded to dance by ʑyviva and the catchy song*
Hello, Brendan! If you want to play Paker, head to the Student Lounge; a game just started there.
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Good morning everyone! May I please have a loverly croissant? that would truely be loverly!
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Good day, lovies!
Might I request my usual, Earl Grey with a Cucumber sandwich? That would be ever so delightful.
*bobs head with the music* I simply love this song! And the dance floor is divine!
*gets out of her seat and does an outlandish and badly performed dance*
Oh dear, seems I haven’t practiced my steps lately…
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*dances with eccentric the afterthought*
The dance floor seems to be getting some nice use.
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Acceding to the general consensus, I have persuaded a French wung to rake residence at the H&H. He has something of a reputation as a master of the art of crepes. I know you will keep him busy.
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CREPES! Woohoo! *dances*
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Master Wung, may I please have a sweet crepe?
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I would most certainly enjoy a crepe! *begs for crepe*
Woo hooo! *tap dances on the dancefloor with crepe in hand*
You’re right, this floor is getting a lot of use. I would be glad to polish it for everyone later on.
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Might I have a crepe?
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*dances badly*
*pauses*
I would like a crepe too, please!
*dances more, but still badly*
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*joins in with Eccentric’s bad dancing*
*eats crepe*
Ooooh YUMYUMYUMYUM these are good crepes! but alas they don’t mix with my terrible dancing…
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Wow. I’m really bad at dancing too! Yum yum! Crepe party! Come on Monsieur Wung! Dance with us!
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Where’s Master Wung anyways?
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me: I do believe I require an apple pie with tomato sauce.
Waitress: Alright,that will be $3 Miss.
Me: Ok, here is a bajillion dollars.
Waitress: (faints)
Me: Keep the change.
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*finds Master Wung* Let’s dance! * parties with Master Wung and his delishus crepes*
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*joins the dance and dances just as badly as Eccentric*
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Is dancing fueled by crepe-y goodness?Yet another mystery of our lives. *chomps on crepe*
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OMG like whats a crepes?
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391- The Hare and Hedgepig discourages chat-speak and expressions such as OMG. It is an establishment for thoughtful and courteous conversation.
To answer your question, a crepe is a type of very thin, cooked pancake.
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I’ll have a Dozen!
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What sort of filling do you like? Sweet or savory? I strongly suspect that Nutella is a popular favorite among Muse Academy students.
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Sweet.
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May I have a Nutella crepe, please?
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Nutella is indeed delicious, but so is everything at the H&H!
As long as you’re serving them, I’d like another crepe, please, Mr. Wung. Mmmm.
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391- Thanks, now I know what a crepe is.
Meanwhile…
This food is wonderful, I have never had anything like it.
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I would enjoy a crepe with sweet filling, thank you very much.
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where is everybody?
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I’m here!
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yay this thread went deserted for some reason…
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I was powdering my nose.
*discreetly drops hankerchief into Agrrrfishi’s lap*
*choughcoughread and wheezepass oncoughcough*
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Ahhhhhhhhhh. Yes, sweet crepes are good! But we can’t forget cheese crepes! Those are very yummy!
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Gooooooooooooood morning! Is no one here?
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(405) Just me at the moment, kiwimuncher, lingering over my morning tea and a plate full of fresh raspberries. How is your garden doing?
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Oh! It’s doing wonderful! We have more squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes then we know what to do with! We’re also starting to get some more bell peppers, but only our green ones. Our red and yellow peppers are being slow. I have been looking for a few good cucumber recipes to use them up with and my Dad has been hard at work making squash stuff and home made spaghetti sauce. I had no idea there were so many things you could make squash out of, including my favorite, squash fritters.
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That sound good.
This is like Cooking and Food, with out the Cooking.
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(407) If you like sesame noodles, Midnight Fiddler’s mom makes a salad of them by adding cucumbers. Squash fritters sound yummy.
My museum has a thriving patch of herbs, but I miss having a vegetable garden. I love to hear about other people’s, though.
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I know it’s lunchtime, but I’ll have a pot of English breakfast tea and a scone with clotted cream and lime marmalade. Believe it or not, I bought a jar of lime marmalade in Scotland. Haven’t tried it yet, though. I should do that. Ah, so kiwimuncher has a garden. My wonderful grandmother has one as well. It has received quite a bit of hail damage lately, but most plants are beginning to recover. I think the corn is starting to tassle, and the lima beans have finally sprouted. There are also potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, squash, eggplants, cucumbers, garlic, raspberries, peaches, cherries, apples, and numerous other plants which I have no time to name.
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I apologize for the double post (shrinking comment box), but I do believe we need a new thread. 400+ comments are simply too many. Thanks in advance.
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