Dorks Among Us 2016-3-31

[Dave]

The two oddballs settled into the seats of the Vimana transport cruiser and awaited the re-configuration of the Pun Jar, Dave sipping diet (ugh) Vanilla Coke from a Ball mason jar and Glytch swigging the good stuff from his endless bottle.

"Thanks! Yeah, the original variety is tastier, but I can't take that much sugar... hypoglycemic crashes aren't fun.

//slurp// Caffeine is wonderful stuff. I've worked with some guys who definitely had a drug problem... their bodies couldn't handle caffeine. I really don't know how they ever managed to get into programming in the first place.

Hey, ya know, I think I figured out how both of us are likely to end up passing on, one of these years. Mr. Jacques gets people like you and me pretty well."

[Catawampus]

They must have just come out of the bathosphere to have reached such abysmal depths of humour.

[Hansontoons]

From her perch, Nadette could tell that Atsali put a lot of sole into her story and wasn't going to crawfish, so she didn't need to carp about it.

In the background, Shelly strummed a bass as Monica looked on, a little walleyed from the margaritas. Jin let out a couple of "Wahoo's!" while Bud kept an eye on what looked like a chinook wind approaching.

A ray of light illuminated Brandy as she was about to flounder in the lagoon, prompting Katherine to pick up a handy pike, extending it to Brandy to help her to shore.

'Toons sets up an electric eel as a tripwire and hauls ass towards the bunker...

[jwhouk]

Coke Vanilla Zero is my choice - if Mello Yello Zero and regular Coke Zero aren't around.

[FreeFlier]

. . . //slurp// Caffeine is wonderful stuff. I've worked with some guys who definitely had a drug problem... their bodies couldn't handle caffeine. I really don't know how they ever managed to get into programming in the first place. . . .

Perhaps it was an acquired condition . . . too much Jolt Cola! "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!"

I can't really talk . . . two cups of strong tea will really do a number on me. (Granted, that's a quart of tea . . .)

--FreeFlier

[Opus the Poet]

. . . //slurp// Caffeine is wonderful stuff. I've worked with some guys who definitely had a drug problem... their bodies couldn't handle caffeine. I really don't know how they ever managed to get into programming in the first place. . . .

Perhaps it was an acquired condition . . . too much Jolt Cola! "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!"

I can't really talk . . . two cups of strong tea will really do a number on me. (Granted, that's a quart of tea . . .)

--FreeFlier

Years of computer tech support following Army electronics tech. My coffee cup holds half a pot, and I sometimes have 4 or 5 "cups" a day. I put out night lights to hide how much I glow in the dark.

[GlytchMeister]

I cycle through caffeine addiction. I started off not addicted, then I begin to drink soda. Eventually I switch from Coke to Mt. Dew, and finally I start using 5-hour energy shots chased with Mt. Dew. Once I get to the point where I need 2 extra-strength shots and a 2-liter of mt. Dew on a semi-regular basis, I quit-cold-turkey and wait a month before allowing myself to consume any caffeine.

[Dave]

Once I get to the point where I need 2 extra-strength shots and a 2-liter of mt. Dew on a semi-regular basis, I quit-cold-turkey and wait a month before allowing myself to consume any caffeine.

Do you have a nice, safe place where you can curl up and whimper your way through the two days of killer headaches?

If I fail to remember to "taper down" to one cup per day over a week or so before we go traveling, I'm usually in pretty rough shape for a day or so. Under those circumstances, Hell is a trip to a place where Nescafe is the best that you can find.

[GlytchMeister]

Once I get to the point where I need 2 extra-strength shots and a 2-liter of mt. Dew on a semi-regular basis, I quit-cold-turkey and wait a month before allowing myself to consume any caffeine.

Do you have a nice, safe place where you can curl up and whimper your way through the two days of killer headaches?

If I fail to remember to "taper down" to one cup per day over a week or so before we go traveling, I'm usually in pretty rough shape for a day or so. Under those circumstances, Hell is a trip to a place where Nescafe is the best that you can find.

No. I don't. I grit my teeth and keep going. I have a very "Life sucks, then you die" kind of attitude when I have to do that. I have been known to out-growl wolfhounds and, during a particularly bad few weeks, I had to quit cold-turkey and deal with an overly-clever drug dealer.

The poor bastard saw me, went pale, then green, then he turned and ran away. Bub looked at me and said I could probably scare a real zombie back into its grave by looking at it.

[Jabberwonky]

. . . //slurp// Caffeine is wonderful stuff. I've worked with some guys who definitely had a drug problem... their bodies couldn't handle caffeine. I really don't know how they ever managed to get into programming in the first place. . . .

Perhaps it was an acquired condition . . . too much Jolt Cola! "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!"

I can't really talk . . . two cups of strong tea will really do a number on me. (Granted, that's a quart of tea . . .)

--FreeFlier

Being a good southern boy, born in southern Washington, I make iced tea 2 gal at a time and drink it from a Qt Mason jar...

[Naemless]

Fun fact: Orcas are actually a dolphin, not a whale.

[Just Old Al]

Fun fact: Orcas are actually a dolphin, not a whale.

AIr-breathers, and very intelligent.

[TazManiac]

I seem to recall referring to 'Deep Sea Diving' a few comics back...

[scantrontb]

with its lead character Knife the Mackerel.

So, he's back, huh? i thought he was still out of town on that tugboat...

[Sgt. Howard]

WARNING! CLEAR FOOD AND FLUIDS FROM MOUTH!!!

When the tides' out, and the moon's right, and the river's running slack
there's an odd fish, comes a swimming, and he's known as Knife the Mack
He's a geekster, educated, there's no computer he can't hack,
and he's wanted, in three states now, there's a bounty, on Knife the Mack!

Well the CIA, and the NSA, and the FBI are keeping track-
But they're always, four steps behind him, and they can't catch, Knife the Mack
He has published Hillary's E mails and has Trump's campaign under attack,
With naughty photos, of Bernie Sanders, he's quite a rascal, Knife the Mack!

... I will think of more later... right now, I am going to the pistol range with my Brother-in-law and the kids

[GlytchMeister]

Hmmm...

[Warrl]

And here I was guessing that "knife the Mac" was a disturbing new phase in the OS wars...

[Sgt. Howard]

Hmmm...

Go 'youtube' and look up 'Mack the Knife'

[illiad]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/mack-the-kni ... darin.html

[Dave]

Hmmm...

Go 'youtube' and look up 'Mack the Knife'

"I'm sure it's a lovely sentiment."

http://www.metrolyrics.com/mack-the-kni ... darin.html

Yup... based on Blitzstein's translation of Brecht's original German version.

There are darker versions, which convey more of the actual character of Macheath as portrayed in "The Threepenny Opera"... an utter sociopath, murderer, rapist... not at all a romantic character or a rascal. My wife and I had tickets to a production of "A Threepenny Opera" put on by our favorite local theatre company... very well done... and it's the only time I can recall that we've ever left a show at intermission time and not returned. Just too dark and disturbing.