Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

Candy corn's great, but only the white bits.

stupidhaiku wrote:

Candy corn's great, but only the white bits.

No! Brach's candy pumpkins are the ticket. Orange and green.

The pumpkins are somehow much better despite, presumably, being made of the same stuff.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

The pumpkins are somehow much better despite, presumably, being made of the same stuff.

It's spooky weird!

stupidhaiku wrote:

Candy corn's great, but only the white bits.

Y'all are monsters. What's next, posting about how you also like Peeps?

Seriously though, I hadn't had Peeps in years and I tried one maybe a month ago and it was actually pretty tasty.

This has been stuck in my head for more than a week. HEAAAALPPPP!

Ok. I got you.

You're welcome.

LeapingGnome wrote:

Seriously though, I hadn't had Peeps in years and I tried one maybe a month ago and it was actually pretty tasty.

The only real question is, do you prefer peeps when they are fresh and soft, or do you like it when they're just a little bit stale and chewy?

I prefer the former, my sister prefers the latter.

Peeps are good for one thing and one thing only: Peepshi!

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The bottom of my cactus had a lot of white fuzz on it. Found out it was caused by little creepy crawlers. I found out I could kill them with a rubbing alcohol, soap and water. This burns the plant also though but the bugs were causing more damage. They completely ate through the base of the cactus in a week. They also got to a few other plants but it looks like I killed them before they did serious damage to the other cactus.

So now I'm attempting to replant the cactus that got eaten through. I cut off the top portion that didn't look infected and covered the wound in rooting powder. In a few days I'll replant it in some fresh cactus soil.

I haven't decided if I will replant all the cacti that shared a planter with infected one.

Cannot get the idea of Sidney Poitier saying "They call me Mr. Pibb" out of my head for some reason.

UpToIsomorphism wrote:

This has been stuck in my head for more than a week. HEAAAALPPPP!

You're saved:

Quintin_Stone wrote:
UpToIsomorphism wrote:

This has been stuck in my head for more than a week. HEAAAALPPPP!

You're saved:

While listening to the Al version it occurred to me that U2 was trying REALLY hard to sound like Nirvana on this one. Kind of a pathetic attempt to remain relevant by some aging pop-rockers who could feel their influence slipping slowly away.

Honey joys (made of cornflakes) are great.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Hone...

Mermaidpirate wrote:

Honey joys (made of cornflakes) are great.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Hone...

My wife’s grandmother use to make something similar. It looked like the variation that’s dipped in chocolate. There were no muffin cups.

Sounds a bit like the honey joy's companion, the chocolate spider. I assume this image search will give mostly the right result outside of here

https://www.google.com/search?client.....

Jonman wrote:

Peeps are good for one thing and one thing only: Peepshi!

Two things. Don't forget peepswine.

Ranger Rick wrote:
Jonman wrote:

Peeps are good for one thing and one thing only: Peepshi!

Two things. Don't forget peepswine.

Peepswine?

Okay, I waited way too long to watch What We Do In The Shadows (the TV series).

I have a funny bone, and this is absolutely laser-targeted at it.

Prederick wrote:

Okay, I waited way too long to watch What We Do In The Shadows (the TV series).

I have a funny bone, and this is absolutely laser-targeted at it.

Sooo good.

It is very very good. Some of the best comedy on TV. And it thankfully doesn't use a laugh track.

The spin-off series, Wellington Paranormal, is also really good. It's a COPS-style monster-of-the-week show in the same universe as What We Do In The Shadows. It's on HBO Max and, I think, CW.

Question for the table:

Which sci-fi series has the more convoluted, intimidating-to-outsiders lore?

Dune or Warhammer 40K?

EDIT: Nevermind, I just looked at the wikis for both and it's Warhammer in a landslide.

Warhammer has a lot of lore but it isn't that bad on case by case basis. Like if you are playing chaos gate you don't need to know a god like immortal exist, you don't need to know there are ships that are a thousand years old floating around. All you need to know is there are monster coming out of these gates and you and your squad are going blow to hell. Sure knowing the lore makes whatever you are reading, watching, or playing more fun but most of stuff doesn't require any more knowledge than what is presented which will probably be basic. It kind of has to be that way because no one person could read all the material in warhammer.

Anyway I don't think the thick lore should stop someone from reading warhammer. On the other hand I haven't read or played anything warhammer in a hundred years so things might have changed.

Plenty of the Warhammer books are self-contained and only have passing references to the deep lore. You can skim the surface or go really deep, it's up to you.

Honestly, the extent of much of the lore knowledge at my local store is people yelling "HERETIC" constantly, so you clearly don't have to know much to be a fan *groan*. The good guys are the bad guys and the bad guys are worse. That's it, that's the lore.

Dan Abnett's books are often really good. So good that I've often found I can pick them up out of order and still know what's going on. I highly recommend the audiobook versions of the first few Horus Heresy novels (this is where all of the lore starts). They are well-acted and pretty interesting.

I lost my marbles. No I'm not going crazy, well maybe. I lost the marbles I used for my lucky bamboo plant. Do I just use rocks or do I buy some more. I know I have a plant pot size bag of things somewhere. Guess I'll just use rocks since I'm ready plant now. What the heck did I do with those marbles. I would have thought I put them with the rocks. I have the rocks but no marbles. Probably put them somewhere stupid. I misplaced my VR gear for over a year because for some dumb reason I placed it in the bag I keep all my unbuilt models. I didn't find it until I was ready to build a new model and was like oh that where my VR gear went. Usually I keep it next to my computer but I had the carpet replaced and and moved stuff just to get stuff out of the way and obviously forgot about it.

hmmm maybe someone broke in and stole my marbles. I bet that is what happen. Got to get me a dog or explosive to protective my stuff.

You ever met someone so attractive it is physically painful?

I was in line behind a dude at the supermarket who looked like mixed-race Brad Pitt 1996/Jesse Williams, and I literally wanted to recoil from his presence.

I get it, Pred. When my father and I were on a 4 day hiking trip through the Grand Canyon, we got to the first campsite after seven hours of walking. As we were setting up camp, I saw a man and woman running the opposite direction we were going. It was getting close to dusk at this point, and our guide said that those two had started running at the other rim and would finish tonight. They looked like they were Greek sculptures come to life just to run. I saw them for less than a minute, and I remember what they look like to this day.

Guess I'll have to start apologizing to everyone I meet then.