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TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-21-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Oh dear. Doesn't bode well for me then.

What? You don't like being so bloody clever that nobody understands the way you think?

Pitchwife · 06-21-2010, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Oh dear. Doesn't bode well for me then.

Oh cheer up. Don't we all know any work of art is always cleverer than its author? Welcome to the club!

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-21-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Oh cheer up. Don't we all know any work of art is always cleverer than its author? Welcome to the club!

What I meant was that even I do not understand my own logic. And as you said "If Hookbill's logic doesn't confuse you, chances are that you are Hookbill." What does that say about me? Am I not myself! OH GOD! IDENTITY CRISIS!

Thanks, Pitchwife, but I'm going outside now, and I may be some time...

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-21-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

What I meant was that even I do not understand my own logic.

That would explain things.

Pitchwife · 06-21-2010, 03:00 PM

Yeah, I got your point... but multiple personalities can be so much fun! (Or as my wife likes to say: "Who am I, and if so, how many?")

Anyway, have a nice walk!

EDIT: x-ed with TGEW, and It certainly does.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-21-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Yeah, I got your point... but multiple personalities can be so much fun! (Or as my wife likes to say: "Who am I, and if so, how many?")

Anyway, have a nice walk!

EDIT: x-ed with TGEW, and It certainly does.

I should think that journalists would actually understand their thoughts, since they're putting them in the public view, but what do I know about journalisms?

So, a thought that isn't really mine. The most loyal readers of the Downer (and all of the ones who helped with this one) are teenage girls. They are the ones who post most on this thread. It's rather mad.

Pitchwife · 06-21-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I should think that journalists would actually understand their thoughts, since they're putting them in the public view

If they really did, they probably wouldn't... So should we be grateful that they don't?

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Originally Posted by TGEW

So, a thought that isn't really mine. The most loyal readers of the Downer (and all of the ones who helped with this one) are teenage girls. They are the ones who post most on this thread. It's rather mad.

No, it's normal. Just means that Hookbill has become a regular pop star.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-21-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

If they really did, they probably wouldn't... So should we be grateful that they don't?

Good question. Something to ponder, it is.

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No, it's normal. Just means that Hookbill has become a regular pop star.

Haha. That's quite entertaining to picture, actually.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-21-2010, 03:58 PM

I smell squirrels!!

Better keep the chatter relevant.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-21-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I smell squirrels!!

Better keep the chatter relevant.

Oh right. It was relevant, until I came in.

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Custard explosion makes business difficult for some

Only for some? It seemed to me that the entire financial centre of the Barrow-Downs is covered in custard. For some reason the only business that wasn't affected was the Downer Newspaper. Could you tell me why this is.

Laurinquë · 06-21-2010, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Only for some? It seemed to me that the entire financial centre of the Barrow-Downs is covered in custard. For some reason the only business that wasn't affected was the Downer Newspaper. Could you tell me why this is.

You might have noticed that the entire first page of the Dower was custard-stained. I would know; I have it hanging on my window to deter the vicious, kamikaze birds that fly into it on a regular basis. So far it is working, must be Tolkienator's hideous visage.

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Originally Posted by Pitchie

Hooray for the Golden Bicentennial Downer! Tolkienator Rules!
++Hookbill, TGEW, Lottie and Lauri for Pulitzer Prize (or wraith-world equivalent thereof)
Also, ++Aunt Bob's Letters for regular column!

Thank you for your kinds word! I would love to say that I plan to continue the column but alas, I rather dislike writing. Which is probably why I don't post anymore than I do. But if you plead, well, I may change my mind.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-24-2010, 01:44 AM

P&A is BACK! After attacking Formy at the funeral, Mardinal comes in for the kill. Formy is still not sure why, though...

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

The adventure reaches new heights of strangeness next week with the Phantom continuing his quest for the King Bus, Alien chasing John Fillis and Peter plotting his vengeance! Who will win out? Probably you!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-24-2010, 01:48 AM

Cardinal Blardinal is not. . . cool. Poor Blardianal, he's so misunderstood!

Loslote · 06-24-2010, 01:54 AM

Probably? I always win out!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-24-2010, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Loslote

Probably? I always win out!

You're not supposed to win. I am!

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-27-2010, 05:02 PM

A New age of News and shoes!

But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness...

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Big things are comming in P&A. Alien's King Bus adventures will get weirder. Peter's attempts to destroy his father will go strange and the phantom, well, he'll have troubles of his own...

Pitchwife · 06-27-2010, 05:28 PM

Short news in a right-hand column?!?

*world-view crumbles*
...
Is it just me, or does the BWH as quoted in the leading article sound suspiciously like Legate tonight?

...
And awww for Lottie! sally the Sleep Police clearly neglected her duty there!
But speaking of going to bed at a reasonable hour, ahem, well, yes, point taken. Good night!

Loslote · 06-27-2010, 09:16 PM

Woah! The Downer actually reported something true! That did happen (only without the cookies) and the quote really was mine!

Serious world-view crumblage (to steal a phrase from Pitchie).

Laurinquë · 06-27-2010, 10:21 PM

I've always wanted a prehensile tail. Where did you get yours Glirdan?

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-27-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Loslote

Woah! The Downer actually reported something true! That did happen (only without the cookies) and the quote really was mine!

Serious world-view crumblage (to steal a phrase from Pitchie).

Didn't I tell you that I was going to put it in the Downer?

Thank you for posting The Downer, Hookbill! It was lovely.

Blind Guardian · 06-28-2010, 12:27 AM

Ahh! I missed two weeks! Poor Lottie

satansaloser2005 · 06-28-2010, 06:00 PM

I'd just like to point out that I had nothing to do with that picture ending up in the Downer. (No, seriously, I wondered why it looked familiar for a moment.)

Didn't stop me from giggling though.

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-02-2010, 01:16 AM

Sorry guys, I completely forgot to post P&A yesterday.

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Hope it was worth the extra wait.
On Monday there's an intruder at Bus Co. Can you guess who it is? Well, probably, yes.

The Might · 07-04-2010, 05:30 AM

In the meantime there are so many P&A episodes that you could start a thread for it in the quiz room.

Which reminds me that I have to check the archive thing to get up-to-date.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-04-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Might

In the meantime there are so many P&A episodes that you could start a thread for it in the quiz room.

Are you suggesting that we should quiz our knowledge of Phantom and Alien? Great idea!

Lauri and I were discussing P and A amongst other things on the bus back to Tacoma yesterday and she made a remark about P and A that I said wasn't canon. The thought that P and A has canon now amuses me greatly.

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-04-2010, 05:00 PM

We've got news! So we don't need 'facts'.

Thanks to Blind Guardian for the secondary story. It's always appreciated and keeps me in bread and jam for another week some how...

But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness...

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Thursday there's a special guest! Squatter takes some time out from whatever it is he usually does (I think he steals milk from an orphanage for sick children) to have some crazy P&A adventures! But will Lommy let him get away with it? FIND OUT! Or don't. Whatever works for you...

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 07-04-2010, 05:06 PM

Oh dear, I didn't know my wastebasket contained the Fluffy Duck of Doom! Perhaps that explains some of the strange noises we've been hearing from the kitchen area....

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TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-04-2010, 05:30 PM

What exactly is that key I am holding for? Is it for the building of Rune's Quality Beef?

Nice article, Guardie.

I wants to know evilology too!

Loslote · 07-04-2010, 08:55 PM

I was simply discarding the real-meat-byproducts from my Bacon! I am very careful to make sure that no real-meat gets in. Nasty stuff, that. >.< It totally wasn't incriminating evidence...

Blind Guardian · 07-04-2010, 11:20 PM

Yeah! It was posted!

Me wants an evil box! Where can me gets one? *pulls out note pad* What part of the meat was in it? Why not throw it in your own can? *gets hit by bus* O...

Pitchwife · 07-05-2010, 11:37 AM

What is it with all those ducks all of a sudden?

Blind Guardian · 07-05-2010, 11:55 AM

I think someone was plannng a wedding and released the ducks to soon. Oh no wait that's doves. Iunno ask Rune maybe they're secretly trained to torment Lottie and got of control!

Yeah...I'm out of ideas. Ask alien he knows.

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-08-2010, 01:18 AM

It's Phalian time!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Monday we'll see how Alien's plans for catching that John Fillis work out. Will the King Bus really help him achieve his goal?

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-08-2010, 01:49 AM

Is it just me, or has Phantom and Alien got a lot more bloody recently?

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-08-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Is it just me, or has Phantom and Alien got a lot more bloody recently?

It's just you. You're getting more bloody.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-08-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

It's just you. You're getting more bloody.

Oh no!

When did this happen?

EDIT: Dang it, Hookbill! Now that I did something away from the computer today I have mysterious orange/red colouring all over my legs and it looks like dried blood.

How did you do that?

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-11-2010, 05:00 PM

Thanks to Blind Guardian for the secondary story, once again!

But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness...

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Thursday, there's a bit of a confrontation between Peter and Philip! Who will win? Will one of them die... Well, probably...

Glirdan · 07-11-2010, 05:04 PM

Favorite part:

"BRIDGE OUT: Gone for coffee"!! Love it!!

<3

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-11-2010, 05:35 PM

I have problems with the second story! Shamelessly plugging your own business, Blind Guardian! How could you?

You'd think that the bridge would be out to tea instead.

Loslote · 07-11-2010, 06:46 PM

It was *fake* beef. Why does no one ever remember the *fake* part? I would never be caught dead (

) touching *real* meat!

Also,

.

06-21-2010, 03:00 PM	#2565
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Yeah, I got your point... but multiple personalities can be so much fun! (Or as my wife likes to say: "Who am I, and if so, how many?") Anyway, have a nice walk! EDIT: x-ed with TGEW, and It certainly does. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-21-2010, 03:58 PM	#2569
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I smell squirrels!! Better keep the chatter relevant. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

06-24-2010, 01:44 AM	#2572
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	P&A is BACK! After attacking Formy at the funeral, Mardinal comes in for the kill. Formy is still not sure why, though... Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING The adventure reaches new heights of strangeness next week with the Phantom continuing his quest for the King Bus, Alien chasing John Fillis and Peter plotting his vengeance! Who will win out? Probably you! __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

06-24-2010, 01:48 AM	#2573
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Cardinal Blardinal is not. . . cool. Poor Blardianal, he's so misunderstood! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-24-2010, 01:54 AM	#2574
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Probably? I always win out! __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

06-27-2010, 05:02 PM	#2576
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	A New age of News and shoes! But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness... Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Big things are comming in P&A. Alien's King Bus adventures will get weirder. Peter's attempts to destroy his father will go strange and the phantom, well, he'll have troubles of his own... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

06-27-2010, 05:28 PM	#2577
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Short news in a right-hand column?!? world-view crumbles ... Is it just me, or does the BWH as quoted in the leading article sound suspiciously like Legate tonight? ... And awww for Lottie! sally the Sleep Police clearly neglected her duty there! But speaking of going to bed at a reasonable hour, ahem, well, yes, point taken. Good night! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-27-2010, 09:16 PM	#2578
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Woah! The Downer actually reported something true! That did happen (only without the cookies) and the quote really was mine! Serious world-view crumblage (to steal a phrase from Pitchie). __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

06-27-2010, 10:21 PM	#2579
Laurinquë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 347	I've always wanted a prehensile tail. Where did you get yours Glirdan?

06-28-2010, 06:00 PM	#2582
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	I'd just like to point out that I had nothing to do with that picture ending up in the Downer. (No, seriously, I wondered why it looked familiar for a moment.) Didn't stop me from giggling though. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

07-02-2010, 01:16 AM	#2583
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Sorry guys, I completely forgot to post P&A yesterday. Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Hope it was worth the extra wait. On Monday there's an intruder at Bus Co. Can you guess who it is? Well, probably, yes. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

07-04-2010, 05:30 AM	#2584
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	In the meantime there are so many P&A episodes that you could start a thread for it in the quiz room. Which reminds me that I have to check the archive thing to get up-to-date. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-04-2010, 05:00 PM	#2586
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	We've got news! So we don't need 'facts'. Thanks to Blind Guardian for the secondary story. It's always appreciated and keeps me in bread and jam for another week some how... But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness... Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Thursday there's a special guest! Squatter takes some time out from whatever it is he usually does (I think he steals milk from an orphanage for sick children) to have some crazy P&A adventures! But will Lommy let him get away with it? FIND OUT! Or don't. Whatever works for you... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 07-08-2010 at 02:56 AM.

07-04-2010, 05:06 PM	#2587
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 733	Oh dear, I didn't know my wastebasket contained the Fluffy Duck of Doom! Perhaps that explains some of the strange noises we've been hearing from the kitchen area.... : __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill

07-04-2010, 05:30 PM	#2588
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	What exactly is that key I am holding for? Is it for the building of Rune's Quality Beef? Nice article, Guardie. I wants to know evilology too! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

07-04-2010, 08:55 PM	#2589
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	I was simply discarding the real-meat-byproducts from my Bacon! I am very careful to make sure that no real-meat gets in. Nasty stuff, that. >.< It totally wasn't incriminating evidence... __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

07-05-2010, 11:37 AM	#2591
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	What is it with all those ducks all of a sudden? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-08-2010, 01:18 AM	#2593
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	It's Phalian time! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Monday we'll see how Alien's plans for catching that John Fillis work out. Will the King Bus really help him achieve his goal? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 07-08-2010 at 02:57 AM.

07-08-2010, 01:49 AM	#2594
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Is it just me, or has Phantom and Alien got a lot more bloody recently? __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

07-11-2010, 05:00 PM	#2597
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Thanks to Blind Guardian for the secondary story, once again! But the Phantom and Alien continues with strangeness... Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Thursday, there's a bit of a confrontation between Peter and Philip! Who will win? Will one of them die... Well, probably... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

07-11-2010, 05:04 PM	#2598
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Favorite part: "BRIDGE OUT: Gone for coffee"!! Love it!! <3 __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

07-11-2010, 05:35 PM	#2599
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I have problems with the second story! Shamelessly plugging your own business, Blind Guardian! How could you? You'd think that the bridge would be out to tea instead. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

07-11-2010, 06:46 PM	#2600
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	It was fake beef. Why does no one ever remember the fake part? I would never be caught dead () touching real meat! Also, . __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris