Shadowkat’s idea. Her description:
Everyone posts as if they were from a year of their choice (i.e. 1774, 1203, 500 B.C., 5178). They would have to identify the year they were from, and act and talk like people really did/will back then/when that year comes. And no one would be able to have the same year as anyone else. They could have a consecutive year (i.e. 1567, 1568), but not the same.
Patience, Please
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Ok, I think I will be from the Shang dynasty. In the year..1600 BC.
For now, I will talk entirely in chinese(pinyin).
Ni hao ma? Wo de ming zhe jiao -insertnamehere-
Good will, to all, I am Catherine de Molina from the year 1652 in the good country Spain. My parents call me Kiki, a pet name. May I presume that my company be in good health?
ni hao, Catherine De Molina (for I do not know how to say that in chinese).
Good morrow to you, Madam.
I am Mr. B. Franklin fo Philidalphea, my occupation being that of a Printer. I am enjoying the most perfect of health. I have now become convinced that the most promising region of conversations is yet to be begun, viz., I am beginning this conversation rather than joining into it; so I beg your pardon for my lack of apology for my intrusion; viz., I do not feel that I am an intrusion. Methinks your pet name is odd, although no stranger than my own, one which is generally arcane, being, as it is, the strange name of Ötzi. Am I correct in assuming that all present share the same salubriousness of circumstance as I?
Thou art fools to neglect thine thee’s and thou’s. Th’s are, in troth, a most wondrous combination of letters. Thou canst decipher my speech as thou wilt, and assign me a time period. Sounds sort of Shakespearean to me. Zounds, but we have had a merry time in english what with all the Tempest and now we’re watching Much Ado About Nothing (the one with keanu reeves. Yes, we spend the entire time laughing at him. He’s so bad. Especially when compared to the other amazing actors) But soft, i neglect my normal speech. ‘Tis late, and i must go sleep. Farewell, and prithee, let me know my year upon my return, for i am most anxious to figure out when in middle-earth i was born. (And no i haven’t given up on Ebethslang! mebbe i’ll be two people. Is that allowed?)
I am called Edgar Allan Poe and occasionally e~a, which, I suppose is my first two initials. Maybe that is why I am occasionally called by that name.
I have heard it rumoured that you are enamored of a wench no more than 13 years of age, who, additionally is your cousin, Mr. Poe. As it is indelicate, I wish to not mention the matter in any more depth, but allow me to express my feelings upon this unusual circumstance, viz., yuckish
I am happy to be making your acquaintance, good people. As it was, I am compelled to tell you my deepest secret. Not now, as it is my duty to go off to schooling, but after, I shall tell you.
And thee loveth thou idea. Doeth thou thinketh that I, being of the year of one, that this is impossible? We have not these ‘computers’ of which thou speeketh of, but thy word is thy truth, and the lamp lighting my feet. As I see see now that this be the maiden Shadowkat’s planning. Her ideas are as a tree, bearing much….. uh… fruit or nuts, depending upon the type of tree thou art being of.
This is coolness.
Ni men zhi jiang sa muh?
Heh heh no one knows what I’m saying.
10- The question thou must ask one’s self is ‘Can thee understand myself?’
cuh yee ah. Wo do zhi dao wo zhi je zhi jiang so muh. hao shang si da…
translation:
yes, I can understand what I’m talking about. I think…
I am pleased to be of your good people’s acquaintance. I am certainly able to understand myself, but you people seem to all have come from different times. As I am not familiar with this mode of travel, I must inquire how you do it. Concerning me, I am putting these letters down with quill and ink, and your replies are sent back to me in the mouth of a crow I have named Crraw, in honor of the only word the darned thing speaks.
I understand thyself, Mary. In troth, thou hath a most excellent speech, and one that dost delight me. ‘Tis good to hear such honest ‘eths and th’s. Methink thou and i art of the same general period. I must go clean but ere i go i will say to thee, thou being whoever happens to be listening, i have forgotten the difference between my thees and thous, at least the exact grammatical ruling. Prithee, is there one who could remind me of this? Many thanks, and farewell.
Είμαι ο ΑλÎξανδÏος Macedon. Το Îτος είναι 336 και στÎφθηκα μόλις το βασιλιά Macendon μετά από τη δολοφονία του πατÎÏα μου (translation: I am Alexander of Macedon. The year is 336 BC and I have just been crowned king of Macendon following my father’s assassination)
Ebeth,
Careful! It’s
(1) Methinks;
(2) Thou and I (= we) are;
(3) Thou hast;
(4) One that doth delight me.
Thou hast; he, she, it hath; you, we, they have. Thou knowest; he, she, it knoweth; you, we, they know.
As for the difference between thou and thee, it’s the same as the difference between he and him. Thou is the subject, thee is the object. I see thee; thou seest me. I write this message to thee; thou repliest to me. Got it?
(The only complication there is that old-style Quakers used “thee” for subjects, with “-s” instead “-st” at the end of verbs: “Thee knows,” “thee replies.” Heaven knows why, but just ignore them. They were wrong.)
Gooday to allo’ye. I’m frum the cast o’ thu Nulytha, lowest o’thu low. I’v been risen to thu cast o’ th’ Yithye an’ I been happy allatime when in th’ Nulytha. I no be happy nomor.
M’ life in thu Nulyatha was good. Mayn’t been fed well nor clothed good bu’ I led agood life. I livd in m’fathers hov’l an’ I farm’d. Bean o’ the age I runaway t’ thu cty. Ther I join’d the Yithye as a’ servnt. Them masters callame names an’ kick’d me. As a Yithye, I’a go’ some scoolin bu’ I’ma gona runaway again so I kept mi speech an’ manner.
(It’s -ommited explitve- hard to write like tha’)
I suppose I will be messing things up but: Hey one day this will be history.
Hi am, dude, like dude, muser, like dude 1548889 from, like dude year like dude 3056, my like dude nickname is like dude TIBS i don’t like dude know why, like dude its like dude that way like dude.
(16) Many of the customs thought of as distinctively Quaker, including the use of “thee” as a subject, began in the culture of the North Midlands of England, home region to a significant portion of the Quakers who settled in North America. The regional usage acquired religious significance as well, and became a cornerstone of “plain speech,” still used in some groups.
It amazes me at how different you all are. For I am but a hidden Spanish Jew named Catherine, with nothing special about me. Muser something-or-other, I am in wondering what this special word of yours “dude” means. Thus it must be important as I see you using it to the point of overusing, so what shall it’s definition be?
Hello, there! My name is Kitty Hawkins, and this is my journal:
May 23, 1775
They say the scent of revolution is in the air…I’m not so sure about that, but things are definitely getting restless here in little old Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Samuel Adams has been doing his “fire-spreading”, as Father calls it. Father’s not too happy about that, but I think it’d be exciting to become our own country. Not to fight, necessarily, but to rebel, anyway. Mother says I’ve always been a very independent girl. She doesn’t approve, of it, though…I’m so different from the rest of my family. Little Susie has always been a peaceful soul, and Tommy, though he’s fiery-spirited, will never be a soldier, not with that bout of rickets he went through. John is the only one I can really relate to. But he says I can’t fight in the war, even if there is one. I’m only 1 year, 3 months, and 17 days younger than him, and he still bosses he around! I know he only does because he loves me, though. Father says John won’t be fighting in any wars, either, but John says he’s going to run away, if he has to, as soon as he turns eighteen, on July 12. I told him I want to go with him, but he says he won’t let me…we’ll see about that. If he goes, I go.
Thanks, GAPA’s!!!
This ‘dude’. Its seeming to be a rather versatile word. I quite agree with Catherine as to the overuse part. It also seems to be preceded by a ‘like’. Maybe the phrase is ‘like dude’. That seems to indicate that it ‘s an overused exclamation.
A penny sav’d is a penny earn’t!
wow cool. ill be 30000 BCE.
rock!!!! grunt!!! food!!!
*throws rock at dude person*
5: I had to watch MAAN last year. It was zoomed.
6: You remind me of the hostile aliens trying to take over Terra (It was once called Earth). *Puts hand on compressed-air gun, ready to fire*
You all are very strange, but there are some here that think me so as well.
It is the year 1756, and I am a laundress at the newly built Fort Fredrick, in Maryland.
I work here washing the clothes of the men that help to protect the nearby settlers in case of an attack by the French and Indians.
We are fourtunate indeed to have such a strong fort here. The walls are stone, and very high.
But about me, there is not much to tell. I am a settler now working here. My family is not too far, but I don’t often see them, as women do not travel alone or very far.
As you may be wondering about my name, it is Anna. “Midnight Fiddler” is just a nickname, since girls are not supposed to play the violin. It is considered quite indecent! I must leave you now, but it is entertaining to speak with you.
P.S. My real name is Fern, but there weren’t many of those in the 18th century!
I shall be myself from 1993. unfortuantely, i was not born at this time in 1993, so i cant say anything. in March after I’m born i’ll start posting babytalk, which i guess wil just be pounding randomly on the keyboard. tht should be fun.
Ni man do hen chi gwai.
Wo tsai si tzoung ming da.
I am amazed, for these people are from so far in the future. Tell me, Anna from 1756, are Jews allowed in your country?
Dudes! how can you like not, like dude know what dude and like like dude are. They are like dude the main words in our language, Likedudeian which is like dude very similiar to the like ancient like dude language of Ienglich. I like dudes can barely understand like dude what you like dude are saying like dudes.
Hello everybody! I am Elaja, from the year 5016. I have just passed my spaceship test! For anybody who does not know, the spaceship test is what you take to get your liscense to drive all types of space craft.
My fellow earthling friends and I were thinking about going to the Mars Mall, now that I can fly. They have the best moon boots there.
31 – I am sorry, Muser one five four eight eight eight nine. I do not understand your dialect. Could you please simplify your language? Maybe then I could translate what you are saying to my owner. She is a sophisticated scientist who is here on a temporary time travel trip. Such slang is not recognized in the program I am currently using. Please remove all “dude/s” and “like/s” and repeat.
Greetings. I am from the year 4545. Your 20th century singers known as Zager and Evans were a little off. We still use our teeth and eyes. Of course, it’s a lot different than anyone could have imagined. Our cities are on tracks and wheels, and have mouths. Long live Municipal Darwinism!!!
I really want to participate in this thread, but I can’t decide on a year! I’m extremely indecisive…does anyone have any suggestions of interesting years or time periods I could be?
33- dudes!! Its not slang! Like and dude are recognized adjectives and conjunctions.
35-join the future!!
Dudes!! You are like so lucky like I studied like Inglitch so for those too far back In time I can like speak to like them. Right now I am like speaking like the dialect of like Inglitch known as Valley girl…..No like wait I think this is like more cheerleaderish, like yeah.
So any dudes relocating to Aria51 anytime soon? I’m totally thinking about it. With Earth’s Population being like 53 billon their desperate for dudes to leave. Elaja, you dudes still have spaceship tests? sweet dudes. I passed mine last month. Got the ship a week ago. Its sweet, Its a tiny smooth baby on the outside but its got matter-flex so its as big a house inside, sweet. Ever heard of Einstein? Well he was completely wrong. That should fry your ancient minds cuz’ you’ve never heard of einstein(most of you anyway)
See ya, you motly crew of time.
16-Many thanks to the dear GAPA. Thou hast been most instructive. Didn’t we have a thread about all that somewhere? Methinks that would be most instructive to find again. However right now i have to go so bye all.
I’ll be my age, from 2020ish.
So Friday in history class, we learned about the Dark Ages. How could they have survived without Muse? And to imagine, it was only thirty years ago. Next week, we’re learning about the Mostly Harmless Rebellion.
I’ve already been from the future on Alter Ego, so I’ll be from the past. English is the only language I speak fluently, so I’ll have to be from England or America. 11 is my lucky number, so the possible years are
1911
1811
1711
1611
1511
1411
1311
1211
1111
1011
I’ll research those years, see which ones are most interesting.
Di’ anyone notis tha’ I waz frum thu futchur of another planet?
In order to prevent mind-shattering paradoxes, let us assume that the future has multiple possible outcomes, and those of us from the future are simply communicating from one of the possibilities.
30. Εκπλήσσομαι που οι ΕβÏαίοι είναι όπως Ï€Ïοτείνετε. Στον κόσμο μου είναι μόνο μια μικÏή φατÏία, που συγκεντÏώνεται σε μια μικÏή πεÏιοχή. Εν τοÏτοις ασυμβίβαστοι στις θÏησκευτικÎÏ‚ πεποιθήσεις τους, δεν διώκονται και είναι συνήθως μη βίαιοι άνθÏωποι. Με Ï€Îστε, πώς είναι αυτό ότι αυτοί Îχει αυξηθεί να μισηθεί Îτσι;
(translation: 30. I am surprised that Jews are persucuted as you suggest. In my world they are only a small faction, concentrated in one small region. Though uncompromising in their religious beliefs, they are not persecuted and are mostly a nonviolent people. Tell me, how is it that they have grown to be hated so?)
39. If you don’t speak another language and want to be from somewhere else, just use an online translator. Yes, they’re terrible grammaticly, but who cares?!
Musketeer Number 5: I am surprised that you are asking this; you must be from out in the stars to not know of the king’s hatred for our people. It is not our custom to ask why, just to know that it is. We are not wanted, and just ’tis simple to know that we are persecuted.
43 *scratches head, looks confused, nods*
I am back, as I have been away from this thread. Art thou all doing well? Thou doth knowest that thee is …….. um…… oh forget it…..
Ah, this day does mark my date of birth, in the good year 1706. I feel remarkably robust for one who is 301 years of age this day.
Today in history we spent the period reading printouts of the original Mostly Harmless MuseBlog threads. Certain people figure more prominently than others. I am especially interested in one “curious and questioning”, as I think it an odd coincidence that my pseudonym and koze’s are so similar. We had to read printouts because after the Great MuseBlog Crash, MuseBlog radically changed with no place for the old threads to return to. Luckily, there were backups.
Happy birthday, Mr. Franklin!
Doesn’t anyone want to be from 1998 or 2003 or 2176? Those are all perfectly good years too!
(way out of character)
*gasps, for the second time online today*
Urania!!!! She’s actually here!!!
Joy!! This day just seems to be improving ever since I came online.
And she has the magic bold name too. WordPress recognizes that which made MuseBlog. *wonder and awe*
48- I prefer a recent future year to recent past, because then I can project my version of the future in my lifetime. I’ll be about 30 then. and we could take over by that time. Also, recent past is too easy. Where’s the challenge and fun of being from an era unlike our own?
2176 is from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, isn’t it? My favorite Heinlein, too. I should have remembered. Hey, world, is there anything about the Living History rules that prevents me from having two identities, with something different in the other’s name space? Does anyone else want 2176? If nobody minds, I will begin whenever I have time, at earliest tomorrow afternoon.
I’m from 3187 AD. I’m writing from our house in Lowell City, overlooking Gusev Lake. One of the Preserved Terran Habitats is orbiting overhead, barely visible as a glint of silver. Deimos is farther away and lower into the west. A Piscoid v. 173 just breached in the lake.
If anyone has questions about this particular future, I will answer them, and respond with questions of my own. For now… back to Piscoid-watching.
yo foo. whuzzup? i’m chillin’ in the hood, homies–see y’all laters for now.
that was so 2007 it’s not even funny.
okay, now I’m going to do a preppy girl impersonation
heyah, do y’all know where my bestest friend is? nayow? oh my gawd! i can’t belieeeeeeeeeeeve it! well, that’s okayah, i’ll just go over herah, and talk to my other bestest friend. ba-byeah.
i’m from 3013
wow, yuzah there. i am so zoofed you gotsta be rockettin.
Yello.
i am From 4242. my name is, um, Tom. hey, anyone else catch my latest universe? it’s called Park 93-G. oh, i just remade the original Park “movie”. i’m gonna remake a “DVD player” next. then i have to figure out how to use those crude ancient tools. can you believe? almost 4500 years old! they didn’t even think time traversement was possible! oh, and they thought they were way ahead in technology. i heard they “tiped” on the “intrnet” in “I. m.s”. i am so glad that the new telepathatron 3 is only 500,000,000 arfs. right.
IN THE NAME OF GREAT RULER BONDATIOR CXI, I BID THEE FAREWELL
My name is Vida. I lived as a slave during the time of the Civil war in 1864, under the Stone family, my masters. To read the first three chapters of my story by PinkPantherDiamond(Agrrrfishi), go to the most recent Writing thread and find my story, “Vida”. Shold be near the bottom of the thread.
That is a good novel, as it has become. I really enjoyed it. I am currently living in the year 9845. That book is so good that it’s still around!
I am Eirik Harardsson, of the fair lands of Norway, in the 13th century. May Odin grant me power to confront the foes that await me and would send me to Niflheim.
56-Thanx! Took a long time to write though. And she’s not even halfway done!!!!!!!
i oom vrum 9999 oont zbeeg Hinklish pat. i moost yooz tanslatore. *puts on tranlating device* That’s better. *translater breaks* oo noo.
Mei Xiang, ni de pinyin shi misspelled (le?).
Ah, lemme introduce myself. Soy Pen Tai de los Kuai Zi Angeles. Wo shuo san ge wen, como todos del año 2087. Vivo en Mei Guo, but I’m applying to college on the moon to do research. Fark yes! Zai wo de xue xiang, estudiamos algunos de sus tiempos. Any chance pueden/pudieron/podarán ayudarme? First-hand?
(By the way, si comprendes/comprendiste/comprenderá todo yo shuo, tu WINS ALL MY INTERNETS. Eleventy!)
60-Translation: Ah, lemme introduce myself. I am Pen Tai of the Crazy Angels (?). (I can’t figure out what language that is.), like everything of the year 2087. I live in Mei Guo, but I’m applying to college on the moon to do research. Heck yes! (Blah, blah, blah…), we study things of our time. Any chance you all can help me? First-hand?
(Do I get partial credit?)
Don’t worry, ya’ll! Kitty Hawkins will be back, as soon as I write her next journal entry…I’m almost done with it…but (this is kind of off-subject), I liked it so much that I decided I’m going to turn it into a short story, and try to get it published!!! I’m actually doing research, too, so it should be historically accurate…I know that sort of belonged on the Writing thread, but it’s related to Kitty, who belongs here, so…yeah.
Salve, My name is Pompeiia I am currently living in Rome under the rege Rex Numa, he has brought peace compared to the many years of battles we have fought. Unlike other girls of my time I have learned to write and read from a slave. Though a Wealthy man’s Fila my own Pater would not teach me how to read. His servus quo acts as his seceratary docui. I find that the works of great greek scholars amazing, scripisti in Latina and Greek. in the deis and tempus in which you live I am called a tom puer. Vale!
45,231 B.C.
grunt, umph grunt grunt. umph, umph.
January 1, 1806:
God, these men stink. I hate it here.
63-Ugggghhhh!!!!! Grunt, grunt! Humph.
mgh. Grog mog humph gumph.
Other caveperson: mogh humph jungh?
Me: MLEEEEEEH!! Unkh MUSE umph humph.
*smashes telephone with club*
Munmph.
Our history class is discussing the evolution of MuseBlog. It started, as far as we can tell, with this thing referred to as the Gaboomba, where I believe they had to use emails and wait for an administrator to post for them. Then, with WordPress, it took the form first referred to as MuseBlog, with administrators posting threads, MuseBloggers commenting, and the admins, commonly referred to as GAPAs or OEADs, moderating. There were two GAPAs at first, but then two more came about a year in. Then, after the Great MuseBlog Crash, for a month the suicide rate rose, for the Mostly Harmless Rebellion had been amazingly successful and by then most of the known world had become addicted to Muse, and everyone worked night and day in their free time, forgoing sleep, to complete the open-source code for the new online community. It was called MuseBlog 2.0, but actually completely different, with everyone able to start threads by petition, direct implants available, and new worlds of computing opened. Or so I’ve heard. But it’s still deathly slow without a broadband connection at least. That’s not a problem for many anymore, though. We have a whole free period in our schedule replacing health class to MuseBlog too.
Aww, shouldn’t this be on the ‘Don’t Forget” thread?
It’s December 31, 1999 at 12:59 pm, and one girl is getting very excited:
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 NEW MILLENIUM W00T *presses button on cell phone*
OMG LIKE I SENT THE FIRST TEXT MESSAGE OF THE NEW MILLINEUM OMG
*pours coffee on her head*
OMG I’M LIKE THE FIRST PERSON TO DUMP COFFEE ON MY HEAD IN THE NEW MILLENIUM W00T OMG I GOTTA TEXT MY FRIENDS LIKE YEA
*throws a pop tart out the window*
*sets fire to a floppy disk*
*eats a penny*
*dumps paint in the bathtub*
*nails a pall point pen into the floor*
*duct tapes a worm onto the stomach of her sleeping sister*
*vaccuums the contents of a Kleenex box*
*toasts some legos in the toaster*
*pours cheese whiz into a boom box*
OMG OMG OMG THIS IS SO TOTALLY FREAKING AWESOME I’M LIKE THE FIRST PERSON TO DO ALL THIS STUFF IN THE NEW MELLINIUM
*Text messages like crazy to all her friends*
Her just awakened mother: “Um, hello. Is this the police department? Do you have an opening in the insane assylum?”
I am Miss Anabel Brown, in the year 1803.*
I didn’t knoe there was such a thing as a text messije in 1999.
*This is me, Alice. Since I am in the year 1803, I get to misspell a bunch of words, which is how I talk like I’m from 1803.
No one else is here! Anabel is lonely!
71 – Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery lonely indeed.
Indeed. That was some time ago, however. I have left this thread, as have the rest of the company.
Dear fellow historians,
This thread has expired, I am afraid. I shall continue to write these letters saying nothing until it has been revived.
Sincerely,
Anabel Brown
Postscript
Will thou* make a new thread, OEADs?
*Couldn’t resist. I know they didn’t use thou in the early eighteenth century.
It would be wilt thou. But “thou” is singular, so you wouldn’t use to talk to plural OEADs. “Will you” would be correct, then as now.
Does anyone else want a new Living History thread? We can’t have you doing it all alone.
75 – Probably. If this thread only gets 75 posts in 5 months, we’ll never have enough to officially get to part 2.
I’m out of inspiration, or else I would write. (Sounds like the RRRs doesn’t it?)
Why is this under “other things we like” instead of “silly fun”? Look at this. I detect a bit of silly fun.
What happened to my link? Anyway, look at posts 63-66.
76- Quite.
Dear People-who-have-Departed,
Please come back! I implore you!
Yours in desperation,
Anabel Brown.
I am from 2955. I’m not very creative, so I’ll let my fellow MBers give me a name. Anyway, I serve on the Earth law-enforcement-agency, LEA for short. Or ELEA. The future version of the police. Not a proper noun. Yes, this is currect grammer. And spelling. Really.
Say, since i think of the popularity system at my school as a feudal system, i’ll be a medival atheistic philosopher.
Good day. I am from 1357. I am the leader of a rebel group of atheistic philosophers. Here art my characters: (oh, and this is based on truth. All of these characters are real, just with fancy titles.)
Jeta the wise: Me. Rebelious. Philosophical. Cunning. Leader of the philosophy table, the rebel philosophers. Occupation: Philosopher. Politics: Democrat/ republican (sounds odd, i know, but it means i push for either a democracy, like the ancient greeks, or a republic, like ancient rome)
C++darkmage (sorry, he has no medieval name and i can’t use his last name) the quick: My right hand man and personal hit-man. Occupation: Philosopher. Politics: Democrat/ repbublican.
Chef Chan (or clayton the strong): My heavy duty body- guard and main hit- man, but philosophical. Also is chef for philosophy table (our group, and the table we sit at at lunch. I’ve turned it into a restaurant here) Occupation: Philosopher, chef. Politics: Democrat
Lau: Chan’s assistant. Politics: Democrat. Occupation: Philosopher.
Cameron: A bit surly, but wise. Occupation: Philosopher/ Mythologist. Politics: Democrat/ republican
Colin the theif: Not philosophical, but we are bound by loyalty to him. We have to save him a lot, though. Occupation: Thief. Politics: None whatsoever.
Well, i guess i’ll save the feudalists for later. Let me just say that we at the Philosophy Table believe that all just have justice and dignity at school. We protect the unpopular, and i’m the leader, so i’m a bit like robin hood.
Hello. I am E2MB from the year 2006.
I am a peice of history, yessir.
If I had not existed in 2006, you would not be reading this.
84- No I wouldn’t, because you’d be 5 months old and unable to type.
Date: Feb. 7. 4005. I am in the Enceladus colony, preparing for an outbound exploration flight. My entire family is coming- it’s the same case with all of the people on the ship, because it will take years to get to Uranus, and nobody wants to go if it means not seeing your loved ones for almost a decade. Probes have been sent before, and by all accounts it’s barren. Still, it’s one more step in man’s quest to reach the limits of the solar system.
I will be myself from 1996, the year I was born. After I am born on July 5th I will post random gibberish, and after August ends I will get a new charecter, but for now I will just supply my own thoughts. They will be printed in italics to distinguish them from what I actually want other MBers to respond to. Beginning tomorrow.
I’ve been here nearly nine months-I hope I get out of here soon… There’s nothing to do in here…
Two more days have been spent in here, and I definitely think it’s boring, boring, BORING in here!
85 – Exactly.
Random boredom buster: do thaw and unthaw mean the same thing?
*toddles off*
I don’t think I’d ever use the word “unthaw.” There’s just no need for it.
Wouldn’t “unthaw” be freeze?
92 – Under the rules of weird and random logic, yes.
50- No way! You’d had the idea for PTHs for like, a hundred years, hadn’t you?
94- Exactly. But they’re hardly necessary now that Project Phoenix is almost complete, and the Preservers are repopulating Earth.
95- Ahhh… What is Project Phoenix?
95 – Are you Prarilus Canix?
97- He is. See post 50.
Ah. I see.
This thread is dead.
Hey, I had the 100th comment!!
People have been finding these threads a lot today.
new therd?
ALL THOSE MUSERS WHO HAVE BEEN REQUESTING A LIVING HISTORY THREAD- THIS ONE IS STILL OPEN! Come and post! I will, as soon as I think of somebody to impersonate.
Or we could just do this on the history thread…Either works!
I’d like to be from 1949. Do we develop characters or simply try to express the general mood of our year?
105- Characters seem to be the thing to do.
Greetings, Musers. My name is Kai, and I love your magazine. The articles are choice! I really dig science, especially rockets and space flight. Anybody else follow the Saturn 5 flights on TV? Totally boss. Experts say we’ll make our first landing on the moon this summer. Nothing like modern, far out, 1969.
Well than, greetins’ Kai! We’re all ‘appy your ‘ere!
Gosh that’s what they all say. Well well, we all shine on now don’t we? Now off to where ever we’re off to!
Hello Musrs!
My name is…hmm…Edira, and I live in the year 4012.
today we discoveered (that’s how they say it now. don’t ask) universe 823, no dangerous life forms discoveered yet like universe #821 which had Saelocantos that you had to dodge.
69- Has nobody told her that the New Millenium won’t start until 2001?
109-What do you mean, you discovered a new universe?
Sorry, that I haven’t posted in a while, everybody. Don’t worry, The Man hasn’t got me down or anything like that. It’s just that I can only communicate here with this wierd machine that’s kept at this college in my town, and sneaking into here to use the machine is hard.
But remember how I said that we might make the first moon landing this summer? Well, the rocket’s going to take off from Cape Kennedy in three days, man! How boss is that?
(112) Oh, come on. It would take forever for them to get there. The moon is 250,000 miles away!
113- 8 and 10 got there just fine. Or did you not watch on TV?
Wow. Dead thread. I want to join…
Þank you for being here. I am from Iceland. My name is Nørg Amindsom. Ðhe year is 1914, and, þankfully, we are not part of ðhe Great War. I see ðat not many people have posted here, and I hope it revives.
I bid you greetings from the year 1884! Though I am but a simple debutante, daughter of a man who made his fortune in the railroad business, I do consider myself a lady of high society. Would any of you care to join me in a delightful tea? My name is Grace Whitfield, and I am delighted to make your acquaintances.
I am a scribe to the great Khufu, lord of the two lands. Khufu is building a great tomb so that he may rest there. Being a scribe is a very good job to have. I am glad to have it.
Nebseny
(author’s note: That name is probably not accurate. I looked a random male name from the time period (guess what time period that is!) Women were not scribes, which is why I used a male name.)
((Can we P*ease have a new thread for this, to start from scratch?))
To Grace Whitfield
I would greatly enjoy having tea with you, but we unfortunately live 30 years apart. I would young if I met you, or you would be old. Perhaps this virtual meeting place will serve us nicely. Would you enjoy Earl Grey?
((If you’re character’s from a different country, do you have to post in their language? If not, then how do you make them sound like they come from the right time period? Would you just find that equivalent year in English/American history and then just talk like they would talk?))
((SFTDP but you’re should be your. I have no idea why I wrote you’re. I don’t often make those mistakes, usually.))
((120- You talk in the equivalent English of the period, or write in that language, then translate to generalized English.
I really think we should start this again, on a new thread. Hmmm… would I be 1969-me still, or would I go with the “40 years ago” thing and be 1970/71-me?))