Post Man

[Arantor]

I'm so sorry, your Deitifiedness, my mere mortal brain has unfortunately been elsewhere on my own mortal matters, like recovering my dead hard drive.

[Counterclockwise]

ahhh . . . for some reason, it had not yet occurred to me that there are other boards on keenspot forums besides this one.

That, and I thought her post count must have been bogus somehow.

[mouse]

excuse me? _my_ post count "bogus"?


....you _do_ like to live dangerously.

[Counterclockwise]

4 posts a day for seven years?
Pfh, like heck someone could've been THAT active.

[Arantor]

I'm definitely that active - just not here. On one other comic's forums I'm definitely a troll with something like the 3rd most posts.

Just remember how many different comics there are on Keenspot and how many forums that is...

[Counterclockwise]

shhhh . . .

I'm trying to agitate mouse to make her post HERE more often.

[Arantor]

I'm just impressed at the sometimes-surprising knack which Ian hits the nail on the head with BtB.

I've just finished transcribing up "The Cumbakh Trail" and I can see every celebrity reality TV show in it. Every one.

I wasn't online much in 2004 so I didn't read this at the time, but sometime in 2005 I read it for the first time (upon reading the archive end to end) and as I come to transcribe it, I realise yet again that it's still true, although we appear to be losing the reality shows a little. Even that hell-spawn Big Brother might be ending with any luck.

It's also reminding me how consistent Ian has been with Bruno; I can only name a couple of other comics that have shown the consistency Bruno has of style, quality and regularity. You can see the consistency of Bruno posting through the ages; WordOwl has timelines: a broad one and a detailed one.

And w00t, finishing this arc means over 3/4 of the archive is done. I think it's worthwhile though. Hopefully everyone else thinks the same.

[mouse]

4 posts a day for seven years?
Pfh, like heck someone could've been THAT active.

i think i managed that just in this thread, in the old days. and this was only one of the keen forums i was on.

there are (or were) some pretty active forum on keenspot, back in the day.

[Counterclockwise]

Are we still joking around, ro are you heading towards my address with katana in hand?

Just askin' . ..

[mouse]

oh, i'd never come after anyone with a katana.

a bat'leth seems a _lot_ more efficient.

[Counterclockwise]

A lot less efficient.

The main advantage of a sword is the torque. The length multiplies the force that you can put into the blade's swing. With a batleth, you pretty much only have the force of your arm muscles due to the shape. Fighting with a bat'leth also requires a lot more room and they are much more easily parried and countered.

Heck, i could beat any klingon easily given a foil or epee. (I think the sabre requires too much slashing motion to fight a batleth as easily).

[Arantor]

Nah. I wouldn't want a sword.

Give me a longbow any day. (I'm English, through and through - hey, it worked at Agincourt, didn't it?)

[Counterclockwise]

I'll admit the point that a longbow is better than a sword in most circumstances.

Certainly they've won wars.

[mouse]

well, it seemed a bit unsporting to use a distance weapon.

otherwise, i would have just gone indie-style, and used a gun.

[Counterclockwise]

pfh. guns.

They were the first point and click interface. Mouses have point and click interfaces. Moving mice around all day is unmanly. .: Mouse is not manly, because she would use a gun.



(edit: she? Also, what was that post count Ian wanted us to reach again?)

[mouse]

i would not! i said i would use at bat'leth!

which is pretty darn manly, considering i probably couldn't even pick one up....

[Bickendan]

4 posts a day for seven years?
Pfh, like heck someone could've been THAT active.

Try having the 6th most posts at 26,500.

[Counterclockwise]

1)Bat'leths are pretty light. If you ever come by the St. john's area, I know someone who has one. Actually, i know multiple people with bat'leths . .. unless they were all borrowing the same bat'leth, which seems possible.

2)read the post right above my last one.

[mouse]

that's on a whole other page.

_way_ too much work.

[Counterclockwise]

So, anyways, off I go to a fencing tournament this week.
I'll tell you if I see anyone with a bat'leth there. :p

[mouse]

don't forget to report how they do.

[Counterclockwise]

No bat'leths, unfortunetely.

I did, however, see a German Schlager. Used in academic fencing.

[mouse]

ah yes - back in the days when a college man wasn't a college man without facial scars.

[Counterclockwise]

German Schlagers are thick . . . I can't believe the kind of manman that would specifically design one of these to get scarred by it.

And Bat'leths are actually pretty light. I checkeed the weight specifications today, and I'd wager that if you could carry around your laptop, you could carry a bat'leth. Depends on the weight of your laptop and it's very existence, though.

[mouse]

well, they were germans.

and i think the prussians were the ones who really got into it.

it's rather amusing, though - they had all sorts of protective gear to ensure they wouldn't actually get hurt in their quest to get scarred.