Teacup Café XXI

[Acalewia]

Originally Posted by Thain Peregrin Took I

Ok, when I was first reading the posts here, I thought DB was talking to himself or something because you're avatars are both dark blue.

And that would surprise you?

Speaking of game systems, I have a gameCube, but I've played PS2 and XBOX. My friend just upgraded to a 360 and keeps inviting me over to play it.

Nautipus, that was funny

[Nautipus]

Originally Posted by Acalewia

Nautipus, that was funny

*is caught off guard* What? What did I do?


360's are pretty flippin' awesome.

[Acalewia]

The email, Goofball.

Has anyone played Bioshock? Is it as good as everyone says?

[Nautipus]

oh, right....e-mail...duh....


I've had conflicting reports, some say awesome all around, while others rag the gameplay. But most everybody agree on the storyline:that it rocks. I dont know, I've never played it.

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Thain Peregrin Took I

I never even thought of calling it Old Year's Eve. Hmmmmm.... But it's the day before the start of the new year, so it would make sense (at least to me) to call it New Year's Eve.

I am inclined to agree, because, logically speaking, how could it be Old Year's Eve on Old Year's Eve without it being the previous year before the new year has begun? It might make sense as Old Year's Day (on the 31st) and New Year's Day (on the 1st), but that would require American businesses to allow two consecutive holidays and three within a week of one another. So New Year's Eve and New Year's Day make the most sense, if you think about it.

Originally Posted by Elanor's Angel

*collapses* Hedgehog friendly?
Speaking of which, I just got a baby hedgehog for Christmas! It's a girl and she's really sweet! Anyway, name suggestions are appreciated! (Not sonic...) I was thinking of Winky, Sadie, Chleopatra/Chleo, Audrey, Apricot, something shakespearian, Etoille, or something french...
Any ideas anyone?

Watch it...those guys have teeth! I should know...
You don't really want any of my name suggestions...

Originally Posted by Elanor's Angel

A kumquat!

What the hell is that? *reference:* I think she needs medical transportation!

Originally Posted by Elanor's Angel

mine all die... I think it;s because I forget to watter them... they don;t move...

Yeah, same here.

Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

*hands over a bowl of assorted presidents*

the hectors are quite nice...

Hmm...I'd be inclined to agree. But can I have a Wilson or a Nixon?

[Nautipus]

Originally Posted by Elanor's Angel

A kumquat!

WTF mate? Seriously, that's waaay random.....made me kinda giggle a little bit.


(Shut up, Acally)

[The last sane person]

.... *looks this way and that*

... >.>

.... <.<

*smooches Naughtypus*

[Nautipus]

Absolutely leaned back in me chair and laughed OL at that. Totally blindsided me with that little moment.

[trolls' bane]

*sits down at piano*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY

Oh, the white folks hate the black folks,
And the black folks hate the white folks.
To hate all but the right folks
Is an old established rule.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,
Lena Horne and Sheriff Clarke are dancing cheek to cheek.
It's fun to eulogize
The people you despise,
As long as you don't let 'em in your school.

Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks,
It's American as apple pie.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,
New Yorkers love the Puerto Ricans 'cause it's very chic.
Step up and shake the hand
Of someone you can't stand.
You can tolerate him if you try.

Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics,
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the Moslems,
And everybody hates the Jews.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,
It's National Everyone-smile-at-one-another-hood Week.
Be nice to people who
Are inferior to you.
It's only for a week, so have no fear.
Be grateful that it doesn't last all year!

[Nautipus]

Check this out:



A Corpse, a Check, a Bizarre NYC Crime
2008-01-09 21:18:54
By TOM HAYS and CLARE TRAPASSO Associated Press Writers



NEW YORK (AP) — Detective Travis Rapp has seen his share of corpses, but this was new: two men wheeling a rigid, pale body down a Manhattan street in a red office chair, drawing a crowd of suspicious onlookers.

Looking out the window of the restaurant where he was having lunch, Rapp initially assumed "it was a mannequin or a dummy," he said. "I thought it was a joke, honestly."

A closer inspection showed that it wasn't. The man was dead, and two of his friends had hauled his corpse to a store to cash his $355 Social Security check, police said. They were arrested before they could get the money.

The bedraggled suspects, David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare, were scheduled to appear in court Wednesday night. Police said the men, both 65, were petty criminals with long histories of heroin addiction and arrests dating to the 1960s.

The trouble began Tuesday when Dalaia and O'Hare tried to cash Virgilio Cintron's check at a store in Hell's Kitchen on their own, police said. The man at the counter told them that Cintron had to be present to cash the check, so they went back to his apartment, which one of the suspects shared with the dead man.

Cintron was apparently undressed when he died, sometime within the previous 24 hours. Police said Dalaia and O'Hare proceeded to dress him in a faded T-shirt, pants they could only get up part way, and a pair of Velcro sneakers. They threw a coat over his waist to conceal what the pants couldn't cover, police said.

They then put him on the office chair and wheeled the corpse over to the check-cashing store.

The men left Cintron's body outside, went inside and tried to cash his check, authorities said. The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him.

At about the same time, Rapp spotted the men and confronted them as they were trying to haul the body into the store. He said that even after he identified himself as a police officer, O'Hare told him, "I have to get my friend in here. I have to cash his check."

He ordered the men to back away from the victim. They feigned surprise when paramedics declared him dead, Rapp said.

"When they said, 'Your friend is dead,' they said, 'Oh my God, he's gone?'"

The scene played out on a busy Manhattan street as several people watched.

"I saw this guy sitting in this chair with his head back. He looked very dead," said Victor Rodriguez, 38, who was working at a nearby restaurant when he saw the commotion outside. "He looked very sick. His eyes were closed. He wasn't moving."

Little is known about Cintron, 66, who apparently died of natural causes. An autopsy proved inconclusive, the medical examiner's office said, and his body hadn't been positively identified as of Wednesday afternoon.

Relatives told police that he had recently been hospitalized for Parkinson's disease. Police said his rap sheet was long, with arrests for burglary, assault and drugs. Locals said that Cintron and O'Hare often frequented a food pantry down the street.

A telephone number listed for Cintron at the apartment he shared with O'Hare went unanswered. Police said they didn't have an address for Dalaia or attorney information for him or O'Hare.

Regardless of what happens to the defendants, they can take solace in the fact that they fooled one onlooker with the dead man disguise.

"He went in regular clothes. I didn't even know he was dead. I thought he was alive," said Gerit Ahemed, a clerk at a nearby deli.

[klatukatt]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

*sits down at piano*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY

This is odd, but this is the first time I've ever seen what Tom Lehrer looks like.

Originally Posted by Nautipus

Check this out:

A Corpse, a Check, a Bizarre NYC Crime
2008-01-09 21:18:54
By TOM HAYS and CLARE TRAPASSO Associated Press Writers

WOAH. Crazy. Well, drug addicts... sigh.

BTW, Naughtpus, I can't believe Sane kissed you. She must think very highly of you.

And, SANE! Why don't you kiss MEEE??? *sulk*

[Grey_Wolf]

Hi all ye Mooters - Have a great day!

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

I am inclined to agree, because, logically speaking, how could it be Old Year's Eve on Old Year's Eve without it being the previous year before the new year has begun? It might make sense as Old Year's Day (on the 31st) and New Year's Day (on the 1st), but that would require American businesses to allow two consecutive holidays and three within a week of one another. So New Year's Eve and New Year's Day make the most sense, if you think about it.

I don't quite follow, the mere idea to call a day Old Year's day is enough to be required to make it a holiday?

[Blackheart]

Hrmm.. all the little ones are moving to quickly to grab and eat... and the.. mm biodegradable plates...

*Puts cheese whiz on the plate and eats it*

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

Originally Posted by Blackheart

Hrmm.. all the little ones are moving to quickly to grab and eat... and the.. mm biodegradable plates...

*Puts cheese whiz on the plate and eats it*

Boy, the plate will sure digest before that "cheez whiz" does.

[Tessar]

Cheese whiz scares me--it looks like bright orange chemical sludge. o.O



And now I'm off to the theater... THE WONDERFUL THEATER OF.... theater...ness...


... <.<


>.>

I have this horrible feeling that I'm going to end up doing more ironing. But that's okay... I don't mind ironing .

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

Present for Naughty.
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/p...d=1.1.1&sflg=1

[Nautipus]

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Present for Naughty.
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/p...d=1.1.1&sflg=1

Wow, thanks Sis. That's pretty darn interesting. Bryozoans are some of my favorite animals.

[Nautipus]

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Hi all ye Mooters - Have a great day!

You too GW!!

[Grey_Wolf]

Thanks, Nautie!