Now, is the Mystery of the Exploding Toads more like a Scooby Doo mystery or a Lovecraftian tale?
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I ran another session of Changeling last night. Some very good moments on the part of the players, but someone correctly pointed out that the pace has been quite slow for many of the characters. I blame the fact that I prepped insufficiently - I really need to go through and think carefully about the characters and their keys, and have things to throw into the mix if nothing crops up by itself. I also have to resist telling the players too much just because I'm tired, among other failings. ;) Hopefully I'll be more on to it next time.
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We were talking about the etemology of "pants", as used by the British to indicate that something is useless. We guessed that it might have something to do with Cockney rhyming slang, but that turned out to be a false trail - instead, it seems to be related to the fact that pants is a synonym for knickers rather than trousers in British English.
However, it did lead to a lovely discussion of rhyming slang and its relationship to leetspeak, and (because it was pertinent) what we might be able to call annoying text-message sounds and ringtones. The best we could manage was "Martin Luther King" ( = irritating ring), but no-one has said "Turn off your bloody Martin Luther!". Yet.
Posted by svend at April 27, 2005 3:54 PMI think using 'Martin Luther' as rhyming slang for a ringtone would a bloody brilliant idea.
And there's only one way for it to happen... we've got to start using it. Each and every one of us!
As that bald English guy playing a French starship captain would say: "Make it so!"
Posted by: Scott A at April 27, 2005 6:33 PMbe careful in whose company you combine the phrases "bloody" and "martin luther". If the NAACP don't get you, the Protestants will :)
Posted by: phreq at April 28, 2005 1:39 PM