best a 5 year old Meffels

Thistles...shudders at the thougt. How could you think that, Tad! Bristles is the way to go!

i tried to raise sea monkeys many times when i was young.  unfortunately, they always died.

also, they always gave me the creeps.

(hi everyone)

The Sad Seamonkey
is that not a fairytale by H.C. Andersen?

Tad wrote:

Don't mind me, I'm going to go and eat thistles.

Not worms? They've already been mentioned in the thread!

Remember, long thin slimy ones, slip down easily. Short fat fuzzy ones don't.

John Homes

Firsmarch of Smarchester wrote:

If it isn't, it should be. Perhaps a long-lost sequel to The Little Mermaid?

disney already did a long-lost sequel to the little mermaid. in retrospect, i think sea monkeys are fascinatingly pleasant creatures.

Sea monkeys are a bit better today, and Magenta, our pet carpenter ant is thriving (but not in the same tank with the sea monkeys.)

I got my AR copies of RITE today...  We still have to think of a suitable contest so I can give one away.  I'll put some brainpower into it.  (Not that I have much or even any brain to spare.  I'm barely pumping blood and oxygen as it is.)

The rest of the week is nutzoid, so if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, it's nothing but overwork and overscheduling.

Yeek.

Tad wrote:

Not that I have much or even any brain to spare.  I'm barely pumping blood and oxygen as it is.

Maybe that's something for the contest. Help Tad's organs through the winter.

(I know it's (almost) summer but it sounds better.)

LOL, me either!!

Sure you were, sure...We know your secrets Firsmarch, you can't fool us.

Switching the subject for a second. Wanna know how to make an online rpg better than World of Warcraft? Base it off Otherland. And here is how you would do that.

Every MMORPG has a character you control and level up, or usually at least. Otherland, since its about the real world and virtual reality, makes it possible to have multiple characters combined into one role. You would have your offline human character which takes care of daily needs, work, to support his equipment. Then you have your online human character who can travel to many different online areas, exploring the VR universe. And third, you can enter gaming areas where you level up seperate characters like the RPG game in the book. Does this make sense, sound cool?

Let me explain the concept a little differently. Your offline character, the real you, would kinda play like Harvest Moon - taking care your daily life. Doing this, you could gain more money to buy better VR equipment and even customize your house with items you could buy like you do in Animal Crossing.

Then there would be the two online characters, you're real-life online version of yourself, which checks your email, does chatting, surfs online shops and websites. Then there would be the other versions, characters who you could play in Virtual Reality games like RPGS, shooters, sport games, whatever. And through all this, you would progress the story - a side story - of the four books, to discover more background to the Otherland universe.

Stefan wrote:

Sure you were, sure...We know your secrets Firsmarch, you can't fool us.

Drat! I've been found out!