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[challenge entry] Educational Software has to speak the kid's language to get through to them.

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(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:39, archived)
# that's grand that is
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:42, archived)
# are any of you edinb3tans up for a drink this evening?
or shall we all just go out tomorrow?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:44, archived)
# I'm not available
for either, so makes no differenc to me.
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:50, archived)
# that's a shame
we were going to stab you*



*probably not true
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:51, archived)
# do any random lurkers fancy a pint?
i'd quite like to meet some random lurkers =D
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:53, archived)
# do i count as a random lurker?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:55, archived)
# yes - go
to the pub and meet spacefish - he's a top bloke!
*edit -oops
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:56, archived)
# i've met spacefish, though
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:03, archived)
# can you make it tomorrow?
i think that may be the best plan
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:18, archived)
# tis tempting
and i shall consider it

(although last time i went for a few pints in edinburgh, i lost the ability to walk, which was a little inconvenient.)
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:23, archived)
# silly question perhaps, but...
what makes you think that a random lurker is going to post a reply?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:57, archived)
# good point
bah...
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:01, archived)
# i wasn'y wishing to show you up or anything...
...just genuinely curious. might i suggest you put an edinburgh pub in the scheduler, post it on the board, sit there wearing your propellor cap and see if any of them turn up?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:05, archived)
# oh! how i want a propellor hat!
i think it'll be sticking with the original plan of tomorrow night. i just felt like a little alcohol amongst b3tans. and eclectech can't really do tomorrow
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:20, archived)
# propellor hats
are cool!
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:23, archived)
# i have a propellor
i don't have a suitable hat though. hmm...
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:25, archived)
# hmm
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:26, archived)
# wow!
it's even in the proper colours! the thing that i didn't like about the thinkgeek ones was that they were all "i'm too cool" black or grey. that one is just right though!
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:29, archived)
# its luck though
they aren't all the same color. whether or not I'd actually get the one I've been using is anyone's guess
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:31, archived)
# propellor deely boppers
now there's a thought!

they'd have to be motorised though. with lots of leds
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:28, archived)
# I could probably do that
though I'm not sure I want to.

I try to avoid actually wiring stuff up at all costs :)
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:29, archived)
# i love wiring stuff up
plus it gives me an excuse to go to maplins (radio-shack-alike) and buy bits. i love lecky shops.
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:33, archived)
# well
do it then! no one's stopping you. I'll even send you my soldering iron, if you'd like...

:)
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:37, archived)
# rampant apathy
has me in its grip
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:38, archived)
# me too
though I really do need to go to work today.

I've got to do something for someone elses project, which is somehow harder to ignore than my own...
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:40, archived)
# I probably would
but I'm nowhere near Edindburgh
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:17, archived)
# get the wheelies to wheel you
&!
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:26, archived)
# No thanks
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:07, archived)
# ha ha ha
loon
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:55, archived)
# I could take you
and you know it.
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:56, archived)
# i have a compass
have at ye, sir!
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:59, archived)
# really, though
we ARE going to stab trash
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:00, archived)
# Don't blame you
who wouldn't, given the oppertunity?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:20, archived)
# today today today...
drinks in sunshine... yay...
edit [sigh] just me then...? how 'bout an early start tomorrow... drinks in the afternoon sun?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:27, archived)
# In what fashion
do you employ the light gun to play this one?
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:46, archived)
# Switch it to red to signal readiness
then dance in the window until you get a customer...
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:47, archived)
# /switches to red
/dances
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 15:53, archived)
# Bugger
my "do you do half&half" key's stuck!
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:01, archived)
# I'm not gonna ask
what half and half is.
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:11, archived)
# if you have to ask
you can't afford it
(, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:23, archived)