SWILBusiness The rabble were non-pathetic, though small in size. The mob was particularly good. (If I have a rabble and a mob, can I squish them to sheep? -a) (Only if you have the special "mob to rabble" card for one victory point, and rabble 2-to-1 port. -q) BEM has Monopol Literature. Submit all your Literature to BEM! SWILoween will be Saturday, November 4 in the WRC. Raoul is in charge of food, so start giving him $3 or telling him you will bring food. (You might as well, he'll just steal it from you anyway. -b) Monday's movie is Superman II!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (No, Amydala's not happy because Monday's movie is Superman II, she's happy because she just rolled a 6 and 3 sheep and 4 wood. -a) (What?? -b) (Hey, it's possible! -a) (What?? -b) (Okay, not really. -a) (Can I go watch I, III, and IV now? -q) The Committee to Replace the Committee to Replace Amy will be looking in to contacting Susan Cooper to come speak in the spring. (No, no, no, it's definitely looking in three. -b) (You didn't roll a 3, you rolled a 2. -a) The Pterodactyl Hunt is this Friday! There have been some changes made (Abi-Wan stole Longest Road from Rebecca, for one thing -q), so if you are going to be a monster, it's very important that you come to Parlours at 6:30 for Monster Briefing. Hunters will meet at 7:30, and the Hunt will begin at 8. sssssssszzzzzzzz Sentience Proof Rachel Sapiro came to meeting this week in napkin rather than human form and submitted to us the following proof: "I have already submitted my sentience proof to an emminent journal, but have temporarily lost my voice (Is she walking around with index cards like Rebecca P? -a), so I am using this napkin as a proxy. As you probably already know, today is Rosh Hashana (She's referring to Saturday, not today. Just thought I'd let you all know. -q). I was raised as a Jew by my parents, so it would be the normal thing for me to go to services. I have gone every year in the past, and it would take no thought to choose to go again. According to Marx, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." Therefore, religion = opium, and opium causes a state of mindlessness. Therefore it would be mindless of me to go to services today. Since I am not at services today (as is evident by my presence here), and it would be mindless and require mo thought to be at services, for me to be here today must require both a mind and thought, and therefore I must have a mind and the ability to think. Sentience is prerequisite for having a mind and being able to think. Therefore, since I have a mind and can thing I must be sentient." There was much heckling. Hollis does not wipe his mouth on Rachel three times a day. (Um. -b) People said that if Rachel really was the napkin, she should be able to answer questions despite having lost her voice, instead of just saying what was on the napkin. Robert ceremoniously (that's not a word -a) (mm-hmm -b) took Rachel, held her aloft, and asked of her, "Which way is down?" Rachel fell to the ground breathlessly, and thus she was voted sentient by virtue of knowing which way was down. sssssssszzzzzzzz I feel like Chicken Tonight -- OR -- Business suggestions for the Ville A rollercoaster over all the current shops and apartments A petting zoo/Gun shop An over 40 bar porno mag/coffeeshop/piercing parlour (just 'cause) a smithy (That's BDan. -b) An opium den/7-eleven (But none of us would be sentient then! -a) (We could just not go. -b) A MONORAil A COMiNAtiON BAKERY/SeX ShoPPe (with AN 'e') A chicken petting zoo 2 ring circus Theme-based pharmacies and convenience stores -- "Vitamins of the Wild West" and such A kinder, friendlier Renato's The obvious one... Sugarplums. start a fire in city hall (The Ville doesn't have a City Hall. It's not a city. -a) (You keep saying that, but it has open businesses! -q) (But does it have Rock Port? -a) (Oh yeah. That theme. -q) (Using Rock Port (But it doesn't have a Rock Port! (Nested parenthetical comments! -b) -a), I squish two rocks into a pair of shoes (Ohhhhhhh, _that_ Rockport. Wooo. -q) (Ben, give me your head. -a) (I'm sort of using it right now. -b) (I like parenthtical-comment-fests! -a), and combine it with Lord Julius' Goat, to make... -b) sssssssszzzzzzzz NonSWILBusiness It's Kyra's birthday on Saturday. (o/` Happy birthday to you! -a) (Happy birthday, Kyra! -b) (Mary had a little lamb.... -q) (I have a Grain. Do you have a little Lamb? -b) The ML basement floor is sort of magneticky. Which is cool. There were triffids on NPR. (They're evil plants that sprout in your garden where you thought you were planting sunflowers and try to take over the world. -b) (How they managed to grow in NPR I don't know. -q) Babylon 5 is being shown on Sci-Fi. Sometime near the end of the month, Will is going to start "best-of" showings, so let him know what your schedules are if you're interested in going. At this point, Amydala reveals her nonexistent Largest Army (thanks to ~Elliot, her Vassal), giving her the extra two points she needed to call the Island of Catan to ORDER!!!! (Ooooooh! -a) (I won! -q) sssssssszzzzzzzz The Attendance List of September 30, 5761 Rachel "I am using this napkin as a representative of myself to prove that I am not, in fact, at Rosh Hashanna services, but rather at my third consecutive SWIL meeting. Rachel Sapiro" Sapiro Amy' "Divining string" Marinello John "New and Improved" Finkbiner Ben "It is Rosh Hashanna today, isn't it?" Newman Abby "Going to the post-season because Boston lost" Friedman (It's true! -a) (I'm not putting that. I want to live. -q) ~Elliot "The Washington Post printed my letter!" Reed (~ is a letter? -a) benjamin 'Pooh is a lousy taoist.' r, george & Callicles 'thip, crinkle, spoit!' the Moose (Yaaay! -b) (What? -q) (What? -a) & Margaret 'I haven't seen "Harold and Maude" either' the Camera & Paphne 'I want tea and drugs too' the Typewriter (I didn't notice a typewriter. Did you notice a typewriter? -q) (I didn't notice a typewriter either. -a) (I didn't notice a typewriter. -b) (That's it. No typewriters here. Move along. -q) Ross "FOOD. it's whAt's FoR DiNNeR" MessiNG (Not a Sharples, it ain't. -a) Matt "Damn it I said '/\' not 'U'" Fowles (That's what I put! -q) Rachel "I do _not_ look different" Kaufman (You mean your handwriting does not look different from Matt's? Yeah, I'd agree. -q) Liv "Was Rachel always that fuzzy?" Herriot Benn "I'm from Wooster" Meyers (I'm from Worcester, where we know how to spell. -q) Raoul "Rachel has a really cool hat today, but I think she has a black eye or something...." Bagley BDan "Do not meddle in the affairs of Hunt wizards, for it makes them soggy and hard to light." Fairchild ~Sam "Woke up before noon on a Saturday and therefore not herself but an evil doppelganger bent on world destruction ha ha ha ha ha" Crane (Sam stole Elliot's letter! -q) (Sam has the Washington Post? -a) (Sam's the evil doppelganger? Didn't that thing disintegrate into pure energy when we killed it? -b) Will "May the Force be with you" "And also with you" Quale (That's not fair. Will had two quotes. -a) Hollis "Token non-Jew" Easter (Um, hey. -q) Mercury "Gravity-sensing" Switch Salt and pepper shakers Peter "I wonder why there is only one Elliot in this meeting" Ma Jimmy "Now I know I can't think straight. Dorm keys do not open Sharples' doors" Kong Katrina "Badass hat" Mergen (Badass Hat of Doom is just lacking certain important syllables. -q) Rebecca "I hate sharples" Jones Frog-suited "KT Randle" Bear Robert "Magnetic monopoles and gravitational dipoles" McFarland (Okay, you can have all our Magnetics, but what is this Dipol card you're playing? -a) Kyra "Truth and beauty pale in comparison next to my feet." Jucovy (I like Kyra's feet. They give good foot massages. -q) sssssssszzzzzzzz Abi-Wan Kenobi Ben Kenobi Queen Amydala