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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:
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That description is pretty vague, it's hard to get any idea what it's about.
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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?
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i'll probably give it a gander online after the fact. usually travelling on sundays
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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:)
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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
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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:
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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.
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Oh. I guess my Omphish is rusty, too. :D
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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
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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:
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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
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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. :?
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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....

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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
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Maybe we need to bring in some anthropologists too?

A few psychologists wouldn't hurt either. :lol:
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Liege-Killer wrote:A few psychologists wouldn't hurt either. :lol:
I eat those pussies for breakfast! :D
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The whole wheat ones aren't bad with just a sprinkle of brown sugar. ;)
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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.
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: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:
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Every account of the sock exchange I've heard or read leads me to believe there are definite sexual overtones. :P
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Ill never betray the Teggster with the truth! Bitches!!
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Oh, there's the truth, and then there's THE TRUTH. :P
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Y'all are nuts. :lol: I like it. :twisted:
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Hey, Lady, it's a nasty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :twisted:


:lol:
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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:
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Oh my! :oops:

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

Today seems to be a day for sudden declarations of strong emotion. B.B. told me on Jacurutu that he hates me. :D
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Well at least mine wasn't mistaken for that emotion. :shock:

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