Thread of Seven

[Brayf]

Erm, I meant Einstein, not Hawking. A Brief History Of Time is on the desk in front of me, that is possibly responsible for my mistake.

[Black Knight]

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 1. Seven things you can do

a) Type fast
b) post at work
c) sing
d) drink (a lot)
e) have a pretty baby (See Chelsea)
f) play video games and pay attention to my wife
g) your mom [img]smile.gif[/img]

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 2. Seven things you can't do

a) take a full 60 minutes for lunch
b) allow my kids to get hurt by others
c) play an evil person in any type of games
d) dunk a basketball on a ten foot rim
e) play grand theft auto (the horror)
f) have free time and not post
g) probably put quotes in correctly in this post.

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 3. Seven flaws or bad habits you can't avoid

a) swearing
b) arguing with my wife over stupid things
c) telling the truth even if it will hurt someone
d) wanting to play video games for 10 hours straight when I have family and friends over
e) taking the blame and not trying to deflect it
f) driving fast
g) eating excessively

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 4. Seven people you admire and have inspired your life

a) my mom
b) my wife
c) my daughter
d) my grandparents (all four of them)
e) Roy
f) Cloudbringer (all those posts)
g) God

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 5. Seven things you want to do before you die

a) have my family well off
b) beat all the video games that I have 80% done and lose interest in
c) play in the main event of world series of poker and finish in the money
d) build a house for my wife
e) pay for my daughter's wedding
f) retire
g) two chicks at one time

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 6. Seven things you say a lot

a) Riiiiight
b) Love you
c) Gosh...Idiots (quote from Napoleon Dynamite)
d) Make it a great day!
e) What do you say?? (your welcome or please is the normal response)
f) Go ask mom
g) No I will NOT make out with you

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: 7. Seven famous people you have had a crush on

I don't really have crushes on famous people...sorry... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Later,

BK

[Bungleau]

1. Seven things you can do

1. Speak more than one language (American, French, Spanish, German, sign... in decreasing ability levels)
2. Translate between business needs and technology needs
3. Play drums
4. Fix almost anything mechanical
5. Look at a situation and just know what needs to be done
6. Talk with a myriad of accents
7. Answer any question with another question

2. Seven things you can't do

1. Play basketball
2. Understand members of the opposite sex (you're not mechanical [img]smile.gif[/img] )
3. Give birth
4. Create life (any more)
5. Fancy acrobatic tricks like my kids can
6. Speak Chinese (any variation)... yet [img]smile.gif[/img]
7. Count change quickly in Europe

3. Seven flaws or bad habits you can't avoid

1. Loading the dishwasher properly
2. Picking nits
3. Jumping to conclusions
4. Staying up way too late
5. Procrastination
6. Sneaking off for a quick game of Solitaire on my Treo...
7. Checking IW and email multiple times a day, even if I'm not working...

4. Seven people you admire and have inspired your life

1. Father Rekasi, my old French professor from Uni
2. My dad, who's gone through a lot and now has a hold on life
3. Scott my co-worker, who applies a lot of the same techniques I'm learning
4. Jess, my friend who shares many of my goals and ambitions
5. My wife, who makes things happen that I have no concept of
6. My kids, who remind me that life is an experiment, even if you think you know the answer
7. Steve Perry, who wrote a series of books that I still get stuff out of

5. Seven things you want to do before you die

1. Fly around the world
2. Go to Australia
3. Go to the Olympics
4. Start a profitable business
5. Stay alive until I know everything
6. Be able to play the Black Page on drums...
7. Write a successful mass-market book

6. Seven things you say a lot

1. Lapkin
2. Pheasant pluckers!
3. Buffalo
4. Various disgusting foods (stewed goat eyeballs and fried buffalo tongue)
5. Hi, Hungry... I'm Daddy (in response to "I'm hungry" )
6. I'm sorry you think that
7. You can have access to what you can fix, should you happen to break it

7. Seven famous people you have had a crush on

1. Melissa Gilbert
2. Kristy McNichol
3. ... after that, I went to people who were more attainable

[Sir Krustin]

1. Seven things you can do
Fix a car
Build a house
Program a computer
Ignore a ringing phone
Play TACOPS to the early hours of the morning
Tell bad jokes
Attract teenage girls

2. Seven things you can't do
Tolerate ignorant people
Wear womens clothing
Go a day without coffee
Start a day without breakfast (SNARL!)
Listen to Country Music (now THERE's an oxymoron, if ever I've heard one)
Travel the speed limit
Talk to a fat woman

3. Seven flaws or bad habits you can't avoid
Getting drunk
Eating junk food
Speeding
Doing the dishes once a month, whether they need it or not
Spending too much on unnecessary things
Being stubborn
Replying to nonsense threads on message boards [img]tongue.gif[/img]

4. Seven people you admire and have inspired your life
Robert A. Heinlein
George Lucas (yes, even after the prequels)
L.Neil Smith
Shirow Masamune
Warren Spector
Richard Garriott
My best friend

5. Seven things you want to do before you die
Retire rich
Tour the world
Buy the Prime Minister's job and totally revamp the corrupt government here in Canada
Finish all the Baldurs Gate and Neverwinter Nights expansions.
Shoot Osama Bin Laden dead.
See Linux and it's brethren replace Winblows and bankrupt Bill Gates.
Bring my own vision of a CRPG to life and publish it free.

6. Seven things you say a lot
Doh
EAT **** AND DIE, ************!
Whatever
Cool
What a retard
Loser
Moron

7. Seven famous people you have had a crush on lust after
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Shannon Elizabeth
Elle MacPherson
Stephanie Seymour
Marisa Miller
Heidi Klum
Ashley Scott

[ 12-28-2005, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]

[Melcheor]

Originally posted by Black Knight: f) play video games and pay attention to my wife

Multitasking genius that you are...

[Sever]

1. Seven things you can do
-Cook to my own satisfaction.
-Shoot pool/snooker with both hands.
-Drive.
-Confuse people with my philosophy.
-Weld.
-Accidentally offend someone whilst trying to be friendly.
-Dance like a dropkick.

2. Seven things you can't do
-Find the right words when i need them the most.
-Shuffle a deck of cards without dropping at least one.
-Take a shower shorter than 15 minutes.
-Read a book in a noisy place.
-Kill an animal without overwhelming remorse.
-Eat rare steak.
-Stop dancing like a dropkick once i've started.

3. Seven flaws or bad habits you can't avoid
-Burping.
-Swearing.
-Caving in to guilt-trips (both soft and stand-overish).
-Sarcasm.
-Nonsense random comments.
-Tapping my heals to the beats.
-Sleeping in.

4. Seven people you admire and have inspired your life
-Rocco Sifredi (well, admire anyway).
-Natasha (my ex-friend. For the lessons hardest learned).
-Mr Bell (11th and 12th year History teacher).
-Trent Reznor. (though not any more)
-My old boss.
-My friends.

5. Seven things you want to do before you die
-Learn a different language.
-Write a song.
-Skydive.
-A Dutch girl.
-Absynthe.
-Play in the snow!
-Fly a plane.

6. Seven things you say a lot
-Jesus F*** M* Christ!
-Fries with that?
-And then?
-Allo.
-Nice bum.
-Shake that thing!
-Fully sick, wicked, killa etc.

7. Seven famous people you have had a crush on
-Catriona Rowntree (Aussie TV host)
-Jessica Alba
-Brittany Murphey
-Drew Barrymore
-Katie Holmes
-Brittany Spears