What amused you today?

[LordKinbote]

[Thok]

[Jedo the Jedi]

[Chuck]

I got an email with the subject line "Help Ensure Twiggy's Safe Release". I wasn't even aware that she had been take hostage. But it turned out to be a manatee being released into the wild.

[LordKinbote]

[Dread Pirate Westley]

Clearly you don't read the comments sections on Yahoo very often.

Also, I'm amused by the blue dot for Lorenzo in the middle of a swath of pink.

[The Great Crep'er]

[Jack_Ian]

I guess it was only a matter of time, but this put a smile on my face:

[LordKinbote]

Darren Aronofsky is filming a movie based on the story of Noah. Filming was delayed due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy.

[Chuck]

Ice cream trucks are now playing Easter songs. They were playing Christmas songs in the summer. Maybe their computer's system clock needs resetting.

[Death Mage]

I feel like I am going to regret asking this... but what is an "Easter song"? Do you have examples? Something that would be easily recognizable when played through a set of Ice Cream Truck bells?
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[Chuck]

Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

[Neo]

I had to go into work at 9 am today. That might seem normal to you lot, but I'm the night admin so I normally don't come in until later. It'd be like you 9-5ers going in at 5 am.

Anyway, as I'm sitting at my desk, trying to wake up enough for the task that needs doing, I'm chitchatting with the other two assistant directors. Suddenly, our boss and his boss (the program and site director, respectively) walk in and stand just inside the door about 20 feet in front of my desk. They suddenly bring up their arms, guns in each hand pointed right at me.

I ducked behind my monitor as the rounds sped my direction, a couple hitting my monitor, and a couple more hitting the wall behind me. My partners are stunned at the brazen assassination attempt. My would-be assassins grin and laugh as they take their time reloading, knowing I'm trapped. However, I open my desk drawer and grab two weapons of my own and return fire before they're ready, wounding each of them.

They flee before my onslaught, and I press the advantage. An exchange of gunfire startles the secretary, who looks on in surprise. They attempt to barricade themselves in the PDs office, but I wedge my foot in just in time. Being out of ammo, they surrender.

The prisoners were convicted and executed in the main part of the office as an example to others. Later, at their trial, witnesses agreed that I am the Camp Nerf Champion.

This was not an unusual event.
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[Dragon Phoenix]

First sale in our gallery - a print of one of my photographs.


Morning mood in the park by Art Rock (Hennie), on Flickr
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[Jedo the Jedi]

Neo, what's your weapon of choice? I miss the days of Nerf Wars in the office.
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[groza528]

Today, my job required that I update my résumé.

[Neo]

[Death Mage]

....There is a Nerf Blaster Wiki. I am in awe.

Anyway, the Maverick is an OK side-arm, but I find it too prone to jams personally. I prefer my Longshot, especially when you break it down to just the assault rifle portion. I also have the Switchshot, but I bought it for the Wii, not for Nerf.. and I've yet to use it. *shrug*

I also had a Secret Strike I'd keep concealed, but that sucker was fragile as all hell, and busted in about two months time.


...What?
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[Jedo the Jedi]

My choice is the Maverick, and I've never had problems with jams. The Rampage is also good.

Among our group, we once had two Vulcans. During a major war at a youth camp, we set them both up aimed at a bottleneck and destroyed the kids who tried to come at us. Epic.
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[Death Mage]

As for qhat amused me today, being reminded of this wonderful quote from election night 12 years ago:

[Neo]

[Buzzsaw]

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I like this. Is that frost or heavy dew? Where was this taken?
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[Dragon Phoenix]

Thanks, Dew I expect (it was taken over 2 years ago on April 18th 2010 - when the chance of overnight frost is rather low). One morning in the park near our previous home in Almere (east of Amsterdam).
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[Dread Pirate Westley]

My fortune cookie today at lunch "Ignore previous cookie."

[Hitchhiker]

Especially for Courk:

[itisally*]

I saw this on Facebook today and thought of Courk too. I am glad you got it over here!

[Courk]

! I giggled.

[Jack_Ian]

Heard a film critic critique the final instalment in the Twilight saga.
He was not much enamoured with the movie saga in general but his comment about this one cracked me up.

He said he he kept expecting them to break out into a rendition of "Oh The vampires and the werewolves should be friends", like the Oklahoma classic.

[Quailman]

I watched a couple of movies that I had seen countless times before and saw things I had never noticed before.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (My family has made a tradition of watching this movie Thanksgiving evening every year): Cousin Eddie's (Randy Quaid) pants are incredibly tight while he and Clark (Chevy Chase) are walking through the Walmart. You can clearly see his whole package. The shot lasts several seconds while they're walking toward the camera. Mrs. Q is the one who noticed.

Coming to America: King Joffa (James Earl Jones), while tracking down his son in the states, at one point says "Do not alert him to my presence. I'll deal with him myself." I think that's the same line he used in The Empire Stikes Back.

[Trojan Horse]

[novice]

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_482_if-autocorrect-existed-throughout-history_p11/#1

[Zag]

This was posted by George Takei (whom I follow) on Facebook. It is the sickest, funniest prank I've seen on TV.

http://gawker.com/5963405/not-even-kidding-hidden-camera-show-pulls-scariest-elevator-prank-ever

[Jedo the Jedi]

Both of those recent things were great. Thanks for the laughs.
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[Jack_Ian]

[itisally]

[Neo]

[itisally*]

Even in the dark they may have senced movement. My dark vision is awful, but I am pretty sure Durryn could navagate a maze in pitch black.

[Zag]

Also, there were mirrors all around, so they might have seen her that way.

[LordKinbote]

My wife and I drove behind a car with license plate CARMS. She thought that it might be the owner's name, but I thought "Maybe the car has multiple sclerosis."

Then I realized that that was just impossible. MS, after all, is an auto-immune disease.

[Neo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1p0sA8bgGA

NSFW song lyrics.
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