On good friday I, too[1], went to meet my parents

[jack]

Tomorrow is a bank holiday, isn't it?

After ascerning that it definitely was easter tomorrow, and very nearly but not quite getting my program to compile in every configeration, mum and dad picked me up from work.

Ambiguity had been kept *mostly* as decent as it had been made the last parent-visit :) and I'd done the last of the washing-up and a bit of vaccuuming the night before, so it was acceptable. I made dinner mainly from frozen components, which was quite nice though, and I think it impressed mum that I'd settled in enough that I could produce dinner for everyone without any faff. It also reminded me of two beliefs: (1) that food looks more professional if it comes in half a dozen different portions on the plate instead of a big mix and (2) any room looks tidier if you empty and clean any table and put it in the middle

Like Mornington Crescent would be, if it wasn't Mornington Crescent

Then Dad and I went to the Golden Hind and played pool. He won, but I *am* getting slowly better :) And while we were waiting for the table, and discussing money-putting-down etiquette[2]. And while we were waiting we played beggar-my-neighbour[3] and had much fun pretending it to be a game with skill, saying things like "Aha! Little did you know I was saving a jack in reserve" and "Oh no! I didn't see that coming at all!"

In fact, it was quite like mornington crescent. Which reminds me of *last* saturday, which I completely failed to spod, when we played 'London' at Owen's belated housewarming, which really is best described as "Like mornington crescent, but not" because it is a game which REALLY IS about moving dice-thrown numbers along underground tracks, trying to get to six designated stations. There was also a mao-like game, except that the new rules were predetermined of the form of 'play n cards per round' and the like.

[1] Sorry for the blasphemous joke. I couldn't resist.
[2] I described my observations as "Anyone can put the price of a game on the edge of the table and they play in that order. Whether they play a person of their choice or the previous winner is implementation defined. How many games you can by at once is undefined."[4] Does that sound accurate?
[3] Half the pack each. Always play from the top of your pile. Play alternately. But when a J,Q,K or A appears the other player plays 1,2,3 or 4 cards and you collect the whole discard pile, unless one of those cards is itself a J,Q,K or A in which case it the first player has to play 1,2..etc.
[4] Except I didn't say it in those words because I was talking to dad who isn't a C programmer. But I translated it for geekblogging :)

Comments

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

We have been spelling "metaphor" correctly, but I've typed it too much: it's starting to look like it's spelled wrong now. Lots of words do do that, it's weird, though "Fish" does it most :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Phisssssssssh.

Sorry, must get impulse control mechanisms... under control, really. I'm feeling kinda floopy today :)

Speaking of which, chap 17 is largely unloved! It only got 2 reviews *sobs again into mustache hair* However, I did leave a (slightly) zany A/N, which tends to put people off...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I was thinking "ghoti" :) Besides, floopy is good.

Aww. At least it must have been posted correctly. And people always drop away from an ongoing fic, don't they? Take pride in that it's good (I love it), and look for readers again when it's finished :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

*melts into a puddle of floopyiness and inflicts evil gooey hugs onto Jack*

(Floopiness is definitely gooey. Oh yes)

I'm not taking it too personally, but I'm feeling less compelled to try and rush c18 out. It's sad how knowing that people like affects motiveation...

*inflicts evil on Jack again*

Sorry, evil hugs. Honest!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Floopyness good. Evil good. Gooey good. Hugs good. Cuddles slightly shocking, because I only ever see *cuddles used between edith and pippa. Sorry, nothing personal; if I were to accept cybercuddles and cybersnookididumses there's no-one I'd rather than you :)

Aww. Write it because you enjoy writing it, don't be put off. Anyone who doesn't flock to it's opinion doesn't deserve to be taken. I know it's depressing, you should see how many people haven't read Saldini...

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Did I cuddle you? I don't even remember.

cuddleslut alert cuddlesluta alert

Snookies! People haven't been reading Saldini? *cuddles*

Sorry. I know I'm very unfunny. Promise not to cuddle again... (I love snookiedums too much to give it up :) )

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was a typo :)

Snookie? Grmph. Hmph. Pah. Humbug! </grinch> :) Yes, that snookie made it all better. Really. </sarcasm> :)

Unfunny? Not at all; haven't you seen all my [lol]s in your fic? I enjoy being teased, and actually prefer *cuddles* to "snookiedums", just give me some warning to brace myself :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Snookie? Grmph. Hmph. Pah. Humbug! :) Yes, that snookie made it all better. Really. :)

lol! And I didn't actually mean that I'm unfunny - I know I am, from people laughing at with me all the time. Some people however aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate my subtle sense of humour :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

*snork* I see you're putting <strike> to good use! LOL :)

Subtle humour? Have I been missing the best bits?

But if you think you you suffer, try having mine: all my jokes have to have religious, mathematical, and general knowledge footnotes to explain them. And what's worse it I *enjoy* that :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Subtle humour? Have I been missing the best bits?

:p Yes! Definitely! (Frantically re-reads posts to make things up)

But if you think you you suffer, try having mine: all my jokes have to have religious, mathematical, and general knowledge footnotes to explain them. And what's worse it I *enjoy* that :)

I feel your pain. And your enjoyment. Hmmm...
Tricky one

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

The best place would be in your lj entries, because you can edit them. But make sure to point out the subtle humour for me, I wouldn't want you to go to all that effort and me still not see it.

Alternatively, find things that *could* be puns, and pretend they were; it works especially well with innuendo, but even normal puns can appear when you're *told* there's one there, even if you didn't notice it before.

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

The best place would be in your lj entries, because you can edit them. But make sure to point out the subtle humour for me, I wouldn't want you to go to all that effort and me still not see it.

It's just adorable that you're being so helpful!

I've just realised that my entire repertoire when it comes to men pissing me off is to either smother them with endearments or to handbag them. I need to branch out!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

It's ok. I've found two people who laugh at my most obscure jokes (MHF and Naz), and that's more than I probably deserve; I'm content :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Aw. I get the mathmo ones if they're explained to me...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yes, and maybe I'm misjudging you. But most people get the mathmo bits *or* the references to obscure historical astronomers with metal noses *or* the references to Joshu saying "Mu" *or* the reference to the joke about two cats sitting on the roof *or* the references to Wagner's ring cycle, *or*, more likely, none, but most people don't get *several* of those. And it's hard to *find* them without giving the joke away :)

Conversely, I'm left out in the cold when people make foreign language, history, politics or geography jokes :) :(

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Also *hugs chap seve*

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

*seve hugs back*

*nteen throws a hissy fit and wears a threatening disposition*

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

*snork* rofl

*hugs X*|X<="seventeen"

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

*hugs X*|X<="seventeen"

OMG. I had to re-read that several times before I got that.

MATHMO ALERT! MATHMO ALERT! MATHMO ALERT! MATHMO ALERT! MATHMO ALERT!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Well, you remembered enough to understand it, there's not just me :) And you even figured out my dodgy improvised notation! :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

It wasn't that dodgy. And yup, we're scarred for life :) *grins proudly*

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

It wasn't that dodgy.

It was a bit of a mix. And <= was basically made up assuming the reader would know what it meant :)

And yup, we're scarred for life :) *grins proudly*

Maybe we won't have to work so hard at this being crazy thing as we thought :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Maybe we won't have to work so hard at this being crazy thing as we thought :)

Yay! Partay on down, babes!

(Let me guess, babes is also off the menu too, huh?)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Heh, heh, heh, she said there were babes on the menu, Butthead! Mmmmmmm.

Uh, sorry :) No, "babes" is ok as an appelation. Go ahead, knock yourself out! :)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

No, I can't, it's too awful.

Damn you for calling my bluff!