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Kings, 2009 on NBC

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:04 pm
by Omphalos
I never heard of this one until NBC splashed adverts all over their election coverage. Looks pretty cool, though I dont think that there is enough information is to properly pre-judge it yet. :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:52 am
by Liege-Killer
That description is pretty vague, it's hard to get any idea what it's about.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:46 pm
by Omphalos
This one starts the Sunday before next. I still don't know too much about it, but the concept of warring kings in urban centers sounds pretty cool. Anybody else up for it?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:25 pm
by The Phantom
i'll probably give it a gander online after the fact. usually travelling on sundays

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:20 pm
by Liege-Killer
I've seen commercials for it several times in the last week or two, but damn if I still have any idea what it's about. Note to the geniuses making these commercials for new shows: you might grab my interest if you give me some idea of the actual premise!

Anyway, if it's on Sundays maybe I'll give it a whirl. I don't have anything to watch on Sundays, since The Unit seems to fizzling out.

By the way, I find myself wondering what exactly this means:
Omphalos wrote:This one starts the Sunday before next.
The way my brain computes time, "the Sunday before next" is the same as "last Sunday." Is there something wrong with me? (I mean, specifically in this regard? :lol:)

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:39 pm
by Omphalos
Liege-Killer wrote:I've seen commercials for it several times in the last week or two, but damn if I still have any idea what it's about. Note to the geniuses making these commercials for new shows: you might grab my interest if you give me some idea of the actual premise!

Anyway, if it's on Sundays maybe I'll give it a whirl. I don't have anything to watch on Sundays, since The Unit seems to fizzling out.

By the way, I find myself wondering what exactly this means:
Omphalos wrote:This one starts the Sunday before next.
The way my brain computes time, "the Sunday before next" is the same as "last Sunday." Is there something wrong with me? (I mean, specifically in this regard? :lol:)
Nope. Something wrong with me. You just have not been around long enough to know how to translate Omphish. That means the 15th, bub. :D

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:21 pm
by SandChigger
I'm so sorry, but that makes no sense at all. :lol:

Sunday = this (coming) Sunday, when referring to future time. Or the immediately previous one, if about past time.
Next Sunday is a week later.
Last Sunday a week before the one immediately previous.

At least the way I use them.

But then, I'm living in twenty-oh-nine. :lol:

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:56 pm
by Omphalos
Yes. I know it makes no sense. I am joking about a fuck up I made. I should have said "the Sunday after next." The 15th. Of March.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:33 am
by SandChigger
Oh. I guess my Omphish is rusty, too. :D

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:16 am
by Omphalos
SandChigger wrote:Oh. I guess my Omphish is rusty, too. :D
So'Kay. I think you just read it wrong. You probably read the word "something" as "nothing."

Sheesh! I even lose both of the linguists. I gotta take a break from this place. :D

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:59 pm
by Liege-Killer
Well hey, I've had a fair number of language courses over the years..... Latin, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Old English, and who knows what else. But I don't remember seeing any classes in Omphish being offered. Is there some kinda self-study course I can take? Or have linguists even mapped out the grammar yet? :lol:

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:23 pm
by SandChigger
Mr Teg (not a linguist by profession, though quite cunning) is the only person I know who has any field experience with the living language. Everyone else has had to make do with written records, which, as you know too well, can be less than ideal.... :P

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:14 pm
by Omphalos
SandChigger wrote:Mr Teg (not a linguist by profession, though quite cunning) is the only person I know who has any field experience with the living language. Everyone else has had to make do with written records, which, as you know too well, can be less than ideal.... :P
That explains why Teg kept looking at me with that unknowing look on his face. And probably why he hasn't called since. :lol: Though there was that thing about the socks too. :?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:32 pm
by SandChigger
Yeah, he later admitted that he had glossed over that part of the pre-trip orientation materials that mentioned some of the stranger cultural traditions of the Omphalomphoi. Like the practice of sock exchange between host and guest with prior social connection....

:P

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:26 pm
by Omphalos
SandChigger wrote:Yeah, he later admitted that he had glossed over that part of the pre-trip orientation materials that mentioned some of the stranger cultural traditions of the Omphalomphoi. Like the practice of sock exchange between host and guest with prior social connection....

:P
It's a south Sac thing.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:01 pm
by Liege-Killer
Maybe we need to bring in some anthropologists too?

A few psychologists wouldn't hurt either. :lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:11 pm
by Omphalos
Liege-Killer wrote:A few psychologists wouldn't hurt either. :lol:
I eat those pussies for breakfast! :D

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:10 pm
by SandChigger
The whole wheat ones aren't bad with just a sprinkle of brown sugar. ;)

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:52 pm
by Liege-Killer
Preliminary Notes on the Omphalomphoi Culture:

(1) A bizarre sock exchange ritual, purpose unknown. (Symbolic of unity with others? A religious rite? Sexual overtones?).

(2) Cannibalism, particularly the eating of those who study the mind. (A way of capturing the victim's wisdom for one's self?)

(3) Various linguistic oddities, especially in regards to time marking.

Summary: an exceedingly strange culture with barbaric tendencies and some unique (and possibly psychologically unhealthy) practices. More study needed.

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:22 pm
by Omphalos
:lol: :lol:

You forgot one though:

(4) Frequently hides from children and wives behind enormous piles of books.

And the cannibalism thing is about zombies, pure and simple. A ritualistic homage, if you will. :wink:

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:33 pm
by SandChigger
Every account of the sock exchange I've heard or read leads me to believe there are definite sexual overtones. :P

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:46 pm
by Omphalos
Ill never betray the Teggster with the truth! Bitches!!

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:34 am
by SandChigger
Oh, there's the truth, and then there's THE TRUTH. :P

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:45 am
by Eyes High
Y'all are nuts. :lol: I like it. :twisted:

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:15 pm
by SandChigger
Hey, Lady, it's a nasty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :twisted:


:lol:

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:25 pm
by Eyes High
SandChigger wrote:Hey, Lady, it's a nasty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :twisted:


:lol:
And you are just the man for me dear. :twisted: :mrgreen:

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:18 pm
by SandChigger
Oh my! :oops:

(Let's not tell himself, shall we? wink wink nudge nudge! :lol: )

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:46 pm
by Eyes High
Eyes High wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Hey, Lady, it's a nasty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :twisted:


:lol:
And you are just the man for me dear. :twisted: :mrgreen:
That's what I get for not proofreader. It should have read

"And you are just the man for the job, me dear."


LOL :oops: :oops: :oops:

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:25 am
by SandChigger
:lol:

Today seems to be a day for sudden declarations of strong emotion. B.B. told me on Jacurutu that he hates me. :D

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:52 am
by Eyes High
Well at least mine wasn't mistaken for that emotion. :shock:

Maybe we need to get back to the movie. :lol: