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[moonbeam3243]

Yeah, I hope Vlad is ok! Congrats Cat! (heh, I'm calling you Cat from now on... I'm such a lazy typer)

[ronsmyman]

Oooooooooh, McG's cat, congrats on your promotion, you now rule over us all!!!!!

[pinkpanther]

Oh great one (grovels and bows to the master)! Uh...well, congratulations, anyway, I'm so proud!

[moonbeam3243]

Heh. You can be the overlord and we can be the minions!!! I've always aspired to be a minion...

[evlpez]

LOL

[ronsmyman]

Ooooooh, we are minions.

(gollum voice) We swears to serve the master of the precious. We swears on..on...the precious!

Wow, I need to watch less of the LOTR movies

[zymurgy]

Allow me to ramble for a moment on the meaning of the word "Minion"

Originally, this was a rather nice thing to say to someone. Say, in the dark ages. It meant something along hte lines of "favorite." Soon, however, it meant only a "Court favorite" someone particularly close to the ruler. People get jealous of favorites, though, so it soon became derogetory. Even today, (Teacher's pet is an infamouse example) people hate favorites. Now, people use it generally to mean a position of servitude, which couldn't be farther from the truth. Minions enjoyed more freadom than anybody else, which is, of course, why they were so hated and looked down upon.

[ronsmyman]

I learn so much just from reading other people's posts on this site that it's amazing. I feel smarter having known all of you people.

[moonbeam3243]

Yeah, double for me!

[ronsmyman]

I am in such an odd mood right now, it might have something to do with the fact that I just ingested over thirty pixie sticks in one go. Hmmmm, pure fruit flavored sugar. Tasty. I want to do an irish jig, I need to celebrate my heritage. I must connect with my inner Irish Lass! My mom has a folk dance book at home, I really need to take some time and read it.

In high school I was on the staff of the Literary Magazine, every year we put on the teacher talent show, and they always needed someone to entertain the audience during the down time while the next teacher was getting ready. Every year I would suggest that the staff did River dance or an Irish jig of some sort, and every year I was shot down. Finally my senior year came and I was made editor of the magazine. I was finally the announcer for the show, then at the last minute the principal cancelled it. To this day I have that jig bottled up inside of me just waiting to get out. Perhaps that is why I break into dance so often, especially in stores where music playing.

I think I'm going to go to sleep now, wait no I'm not, I'm going to read a book, Ooooh I could do my homework, or I could decorate my room with Christmas lights. Hmmm, the choices, I think I will put up the lights. Yesterday I put up my little Christmas Tree, it's really cute.


10 minutes later... Okay I put up the lights, now what am I supposed to do with the rest of my evening? Perhaps I could write my submission for the Yule Duel. Hmmm. I think I'll do a Wheezes one this round.

[pinkpanther]

Ronsmyman: you are enjoyably frightening! I love Irish jigs!


Previous conversation: "minion" can mean a follower/servant thanks to good old Shakespeare, or, according to my Jewish friend, in Hebrew it indicates a group of 10 or 12 slaves (generally for the purposes of evil).

[moonbeam3243]

^^ You remind me of that episode on the Simpsons when Bart and Milhouse get a slurpee made entirely from syrup, and they run around like pixies on crack. Then Barney sees them and says something like "I don't know where you pixes came from, but I sure like your pixie juice!"

Heh.

The ironic thing is that I can remember more about a Simpsons episode that aired weeks ago than the last hundred pages of the novel I have to do a report on...

[ronsmyman]

"Funny Ol' World idn't it?" Goodness, I just can't stop with the movie quotes!!!! At least Pirates of the Carribean(sp?) is a really good movie.

I can read entire books and barely remember any of it coughGreatExpectationscough.

[zymurgy]

Oddly enough, I have a great memory for what books I have read. If I don't really like the book, I'll still remember the general story line, and the main characters. If I like the book, I'll remember important scenes practicly by heart. If I really like the book, I can say just who says what in what chapter why. It's not a consiouse decision. I don't try to "memorize" the book. But it just happens. Sometimes after only one reading I'll know it so well it suprizes me. ("The Talisman" by Scott) Sometimes, I'll read it, and read it, and over again, and still not quite know everything about it. *cough*HP*cough*
I can recite a poem practicly by heart if I've read it once or twice, casually. But, oddly enough, if I WANT to memorize something, I can't. If I have to, it's impossibly hard, but if I'm not thinking about it- boom! there it is. *shrugg* like writing, really. Essays for school are hard. Things you just HAVE to get out are easy. It's life. Deal.

[pinkpanther]

I just remember all of the odd little details that nobody else pays attention to. What can I say, I'm weird.
I want a pixie stick!