Session Start: Sat Mar 01 08:01:46 2008
Session Ident: #sevtrek
[08:16] <JC> 6starting with Hairy Plopper
[08:16] <JC> 6ANYONE at all?
[08:16] <JC> cut
[08:16] <Wizzard> cut
[08:16] <DoggySpew> Oh, my little nephew is now totally in HIS terrible two's, which is fun.
[08:16] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:16] <EofS> Cut
[08:16] <JC> doggy: be sure to submit any cartoon ideas on the IB if he inspires you
[08:16] <Jazzy> cut
[08:17] <JC> 4ANYONE is noone
[08:17] <JC> 6Actually, I already have you down as 'BODYGUARD'
[08:17] <JC> keep
[08:17] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:17] <Wizzard> cut
[08:17] <Jazzy> neutral
[08:17] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:17] <Jazzy> brb
[08:17] <DoggySpew> maybe I will.
[08:17] <EofS> Cut
[08:18] <JC> 4BODYGUARD is cut
[08:18] <JC> 6If you stop EATING people maybe I will.
[08:18] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:18] <Wizzard> cut
[08:18] <JC> doggy: Gaby's 8 now so I don't get so many toddler ideas from her
[08:18] <EofS> Cut
[08:18] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:18] <EofS> I'd be worried if you did John
[08:18] <DoggySpew> They do grow up, unfortunatelly.
[08:18] <JC> her latest obsession is Animal Crossing on Nintendo DS - doesn't really work as a Terrible Twos storyline
[08:19] <JC> cut
[08:19] <JC> 4EATING is cut
[08:19] <JC> 6You can be EVERYONE's sidekick...
[08:19] <JC> keep
[08:19] <EofS> Cut
[08:19] <Wizzard> cut
[08:19] <DoggySpew> I see she got lolspeak already learned. She is of the new internet generation. Let's see how that will work out.
[08:19] <DoggySpew> ]keep
[08:19] <JC> doggy: yep, she's learning all the talk on DS
[08:20] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:20] <JC> she connects via wifi to other DS users through the net
[08:20] <JC> 4EVERYONE is cut
[08:20] <JC> 6I'm LIMITED to two sidekicks. I'm afraid you'ld count as three.
[08:20] <Wizzard> cut
[08:20] <DoggySpew> Hope you do the good parenting checkup thing and all.
[08:20] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:21] <JC> yes, been keeping an eye on it
[08:21] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:21] <EofS> Cut
[08:22] <JC> keep
[08:22] <JC> 4limited is cut
[08:22] <JC> 6Sure, you'll NEVER upstage me!
[08:22] <Wizzard> cut
[08:22] <EofS> I suppose the earlier she learns chatspeak the earlier you can get her to stop it
[08:22] <Jazzy> cut
[08:22] <EofS> Cut
[08:22] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:22] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:23] <DoggySpew> At least, I hope she doesn't learn L33tspeak.  That is just plain annoying.
[08:23] <JC> cut
[08:23] <JC> 4NEVER is cut
[08:23] <JC> 6Actually, I already have you down as 'Comedy RELIEF'
[08:23] <JC> keep
[08:23] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:23] <Wizzard> cut
[08:23] <Jazzy> cut, it's comic relief
[08:23] <EofS> It can be changed Jazzy ;0)
[08:23] <EofS> Cut anyway
[08:24] <Jazzy> Well, I don't like it even changed ;)
[08:24] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:24] <JC> 4RELIEF is cut
[08:24] <JC> 6It's "Hairy's SIDEKICK" not "Hairy SIDEKICK!"
[08:24] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:24] <JC> keep
[08:24] <EofS> Keep
[08:24] <Jazzy> neutral
[08:24] <EofS> Best of a bad lot so far
[08:25] <DoggySpew> Hmm, yeah.
[08:25] <Jazzy> Agreed, which is why it rises to the heady heights of neutral.
[08:25] <ThunderDragon> keep
[08:26] <Wizzard> cut
[08:26] <JC> 3SIDEKICK is kept
[08:26] <JC> 6Thanks, I'll pick on someone my own SIZE!
[08:26] <JC> keep
[08:26] <Wizzard> cut
[08:26] <Jazzy> cut
[08:26] <DoggySpew> bTW, John, why didn't you do a Twist on the Leap day today ?  (Or is it already March 1st downunder?)
[08:26] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:26] <EofS> Cut
[08:26] <EofS> This doesn't really quite work in context, and if you remove the on the joke doesn't work
[08:27] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:27] <JC> doggy: never occured to me (but what would you do?)
[08:27] <JC> plus yeah, it's March 1 here now
[08:27] <JC> 8.30am
[08:28] <DoggySpew> Old guy in a chair with a cake with only a couple of candles> Leapday birthday.
[08:28] <EofS> I wonder how much money calendar printers lose on these years
[08:28] <Dhraakellian> grargh... totally forgot about the JS
[08:28] <JC> 3size is kept
[08:28] <Dhraakellian> and now I need to be heading out to catch a bus anyway
[08:28] <JC> 6On second thought maybe going SOLO is better.
[08:28] <Dhraakellian> sorry
[08:28] <Wizzard> cut
[08:28] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:28] <Wizzard> i'm sorrry?
[08:28] <Jazzy> But on the plus side, they get an extra day out of their workers for free
[08:28] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:28] <Wizzard> 4 cut, 2 keep is keep?
[08:29] <EofS> Bye Dhraak
[08:29] <Jazzy> cut
[08:29] <JC> wiz: hey, my maths degree was over a decade ago!
[08:29] <Jazzy> It doesn't much matter, it won't win vote4
[08:29] <JC> 4SIZE was cut
[08:29] <JC> 4SOLO is cut
[08:29] <JC> 6the winner by default is SIDEKICK: It's "Hairy's SIDEKICK" not "Hairy SIDEKICK!"
[08:30] <JC> 6moving onto Twist contest
[08:30] <JC> 6I don't care *what* my CHIROPRACTOR said!
[08:30] <Wizzard> cut
[08:30] <JC> keep
[08:30] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:30] <EofS> Neutral
[08:30] <EofS> Or maybe keep
[08:30] <EofS> Hmm
[08:30] <JC> well?
[08:30] <Jazzy> keep
[08:31] <JC> 4CHIROPRACTOR is kept
[08:31] <JC> 3CHIROPRACTOR is kept
[08:31] <JC> 6It's COMFORTABLE, but will it fit in a coffin?
[08:31] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:31] <EofS> Cut
[08:31] <Wizzard> cut
[08:31] <JC> cut
[08:31] <Jazzy> cut
[08:31] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:31] <JC> 4COMFORTABLE is cut
[08:31] <JC> 6My psychoanalyst told me I needed to face my FEARS.
[08:31] <JC> kee
[08:31] <JC> keep
[08:31] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:31] <Jazzy> neutral
[08:31] <EofS> Cut
[08:31] <Wizzard> cut
[08:31] <EofS> *Watches weatherforecast*  Guido, don't suppose that low was coming over England too?
[08:32] <Jazzy> Don't you have a storm outside?
[08:32] <Wizzard> could be
[08:32] <Jazzy> I can hear it over my music
[08:32] <Wizzard> emma's responsible for it, you know...
[08:32] <Jazzy> Of course
[08:32] <EofS> I've had stormy weather outside for hours
[08:32] <DoggySpew> That storm is probably coming over my country tomorrow.
[08:32] <JC> 3fears are kept
[08:32] <JC> 6V: Did you have to rub them with GARLIC too?
[08:33] <EofS> Cut
[08:33] <Wizzard> cut
[08:33] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:33] <Jazzy> cut
[08:33] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:33] <ThunderDragon> It's gonna pass over here too, although it's been windy here for quite some time now. This storm hasn't hit yet, though.
[08:33] <JC> 4GARLIC is cut
[08:33] <JC> 6I'm so GLAD at this point, I don't sleep on my stomache.
[08:33] <EofS> Oh yes, a slightly early happy St David's Day to one and all
[08:33] <JC> keep
[08:33] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:33] <Wizzard> cut
[08:34] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:34] <EofS> Cut
[08:34] <JC> 4GLAD is sad
[08:34] <JC> 6You're as GOOD an orthopedist, as I am an orthodonist!
[08:34] <JC> cut
[08:35] <Wizzard> cut
[08:35] <DoggySpew>  cut
[08:35] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:35] <Jazzy> neutral
[08:35] <EofS> Oh, Jazzy - "Eurovision: Your Decision" (what was wrong with "Making your mind up" as a title?) is Saturday, to answer our recent question of when they're deciding
[08:35] <EofS> Cut
[08:36] <Jazzy> Is Bill Bailey on it?
[08:36] <Jazzy> Making Your Mind Up was a good name!
[08:36] <JC> 4GOOD is bad
[08:36] <JC> 6Where's the LID?
[08:36] <JC> cut
[08:36] <Wizzard> cut
[08:36] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:36] <Jazzy> cut
[08:36] <EofS> Cut
[08:36] <EofS> Bill Bailey doesn't appear to be on it :0(
[08:36] <EofS> Which isn't fair, because he should represent us
[08:36] <JC> 4LID is cut
[08:36] <JC> 6Yes, this will do. Send it to my MOTHER-in-law.
[08:37] <EofS> He could do Das Hokey Kokey ;0)
[08:37] <JC> cut
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[08:37] * AdmiralMemo has joined #sevtrek
[08:37] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:37] <AdmiralMemo> Hey
[08:37] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:37] <EofS> Keep
[08:37] <EofS> Hi
[08:37] <DoggySpew> yo
[08:37] <AdmiralMemo> Line?
[08:37] <EofS> On the earthquake: "We don't do natural disasters very well in the UK, though we're about to pick our Eurovision entry..."
[08:38] <Wizzard> lol
[08:38] <AdmiralMemo> What line are we on?
[08:38] <DoggySpew> hehe.
[08:38] <EofS> JC>	Yes, this will do. Send it to my MOTHER-in-law.
[08:38] <AdmiralMemo> cut
[08:39] <JC> 4MOTHER is cut
[08:39] <JC> 6Even Buffy's job got OUTSOURCED to India.
[08:39] <Wizzard> cut
[08:39] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:39] <JC> cut
[08:39] <AdmiralMemo> Keep (with change to "Bluffy")
[08:39] <EofS> I like hte idea of this line
[08:39] <EofS> Just, not the line
[08:39] <EofS> And definitely don't change to Bluffy
[08:39] <EofS> That makes it much less clear
[08:40] <EofS> If anything, change it to "vampire slaying"
[08:40] <EofS> "Even vampire slaying's been outsourced to India"
[08:40] <Jazzy> I'd keep that one
[08:40] <AdmiralMemo> Why not? I thought we didn't use the real names and only the Sevnames
[08:40] <EofS> This isn't Sevspace, it's Twist
[08:40] <DoggySpew> Twist is an exception.
[08:40] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:40] <AdmiralMemo> Ah
[08:40] <Wizzard> and this is a sevspace competition because...?
[08:41] <EofS> Twist should be accessible to people who've never read Sevspace, if you ask me
[08:41] <AdmiralMemo> Alright. Yeah. Makes sense, E.
[08:41] <Jazzy> *raises hand*
[08:41] <EofS> Keep if it's some form of "vampire slaying", cut if it's Buffy
[08:41] * AdmiralMemo raises foot
[08:41] <JC> 4BUFFY version of punchline is cut, will come back to this one
[08:41] <JC> 6Well, it's a good thing I'm a light SLEEPER.
[08:41] <AdmiralMemo> cut
[08:41] <Wizzard> cut
[08:42] <ThunderDragon> cut
[08:42] <JC> cut
[08:42] <JC> no, keep
[08:42] <Jazzy> cut
[08:42] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:42] <EofS> Keep
[08:42] <AdmiralMemo> I get the pun, but it's not funny enough.
[08:42] <EofS> This is actually really clever
[08:42] <JC> 4SLEEPER is cut
[08:42] <JC> 6I know it's bad TIMING on my part, but is this oak?
[08:43] <JC> cut
[08:43] <AdmiralMemo> cut (I don't even GET this line.)
[08:43] <EofS> Cut
[08:43] <DoggySpew> cut
[08:43] <Wizzard> cut
[08:44] <AdmiralMemo> (What was the SevSpace winner?)
[08:44] <JC> 4TIMING is cut
[08:44] <JC> 6"Even vampire slaying's been outsourced to India"
[08:44] <AdmiralMemo> keep
[08:44] <DoggySpew> keep
[08:44] <JC> Sevspace winner was It's "Hairy's SIDEKICK" not "Hairy SIDEKICK!"
[08:44] <JC> keep
[08:44] <EofS> Keep
[08:44] <Jazzy> keep
[08:45] <EofS> (If it needs to be even shorter, the "been" isn't strictly necessary.  But I think it sounds neater)
[08:45] <JC> 3VAMPIRE is kept
[08:45] <AdmiralMemo> (Looks like the best of a bad bunch, though I liked SOLO)
[08:45] <JC> 6moving onto vote4 stage:
[08:45] <JC> I don't care *what* my CHIROPRACTOR said!
[08:45] <JC> My psychoanalyst told me I needed to face my FEARS.
[08:45] <JC> "Even VAMPIRE slaying's been outsourced to India"
[08:45] <JC> 6vote4...
[08:45] <JC> vote4 FEARS
[08:46] <Jazzy> vote4 vampire
[08:46] <DoggySpew> vote4 Vampire
[08:46] <AdmiralMemo> Could it go "Even VAMPIRE slaying got outsourced to India"?
[08:46] <AdmiralMemo> Vote4 VAMPIRE
[08:46] <Wizzard> i take it the last one is spoken although it doesn't have to be?
[08:46] <JC> problem with VAMPIRE is it doesn't quite make snse
[08:46] <JC> sense
[08:46] <ThunderDragon> vote4 fears
[08:46] <DoggySpew> How so ?
[08:46] <EofS> vote4 vampire
[08:46] <JC> why would he be on the bed of nails? confuses me
[08:46] <Jazzy> which bit of vampire doesn't make sense?
[08:46] <EofS> How does it not make sense?
[08:46] <Jazzy> It's a stereotypical indian guy doing vampire slaying cheaply
[08:46] <AdmiralMemo> The bed of stakes is the Indian guy's idea of how to slay vamps
[08:46] <EofS> Perhaps it's a very foolish vampire
[08:47] <EofS> With back trouble
[08:47] <JC> but it looks like he's voluntarily lying on the bed, not being slain
[08:47] <JC> 6final tally VAMPIRE 4 FEARS 2
[08:47] <AdmiralMemo> Maybe the Indian is a VERY good motivational speaker
[08:47] <Wizzard> then why did you pick the original line in the first place if it doesn't make sense to you?
[08:47] <JC> memo: lol, ok, works for me :-)
[08:48] <JC> wizzard: when I choose finalists, I throw a wide net. Then I usually cull but didn't get around to it this week
[08:48] <AdmiralMemo> "Just lie back on this bed and all your troubles will disappear!"
[08:48] <JC> this one is okay, I just like others better
[08:48] <JC> but 4 versus 2 is clear enough for me - VAMPIRE WINS
[08:48] <EofS> You could put a sign in the background: "Cuthbert Patil: Motivational Speaker, Vampire Slayer, Odd Job Man.  No job too small"
[08:48] <Wizzard> so they are culled when there  are twice as many lines?
[08:49] <EofS> (I dunno about other countries, but the call centres located in India here often make their staff give English first names instead of their real ones)
[08:49] <JC> wiz: the # of finalists depends on the quality of the punchlines - if there are lots of good uns, I choose lots of finalists
[08:49] <JC> this week, I think the contests were harder to submit for
[08:49] <AdmiralMemo> Nah... No sign. If the vamp saw the sign, why would he even go near the guy?
[08:50] <EofS> I was joking about the sign
[08:50] <JC> dang, the HP punchline is a really awkward size to fit in a speech bubble
[08:50] <Wizzard> what quality?
[08:50] <AdmiralMemo> Ah. Knowing JC, he might have actually put it in there.
[08:51] <DoggySpew> Maybe change the face of the characters a bit. A more determined look for the Indian guy, and a more "dead" look for the vampire.
[08:51] <JC> I'll have another look at the toon when I post the winner, might tweak the faces
[08:51] <JC> thanks all for judging!
[08:51] <JC> I gotta go, have a doctor's appointment in 9 minutes
[08:51] <DoggySpew> 'Twas fun.
[08:51] <EofS> Eep, good luck!
[08:51] <DoggySpew> Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
[08:51] <JC> thanx :-)
[08:51] <JC> bye
[08:51] <Wizzard> bye
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[08:52] <AdmiralMemo> Later.
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Session Close: Sat Mar 01 08:52:06 2008