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Nov 22, 2011 20:27

[today in the messhall, the following items have been lined up on a table:

  • hand lotion
  • vaseline
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • mayonaise
  • window cleaner
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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 01:33:48 UTC
    . . . What's Windex and is that safe for consumption?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 01:36:52 UTC
    Uh . . . dunno.

    Soap, I guess?

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 01:38:42 UTC
    Why are you trying to eat soap?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 01:42:40 UTC
    I'm not eating it. But eh, the rest didn't look so bad.

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 01:46:04 UTC
    What are you using it for then?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 01:52:10 UTC
    Just trying to get something unstuck.

    [by the way he's glaring at his hand, you might well surmise that the problem lies under all that goop]

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 01:53:08 UTC
    A ring?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 02:03:21 UTC
    [hand in pocket]

    How did you guess?

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 02:04:38 UTC
    . . . What else do people in your world wear on their fingers?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 02:18:36 UTC
    . . . gloves? Nail polish? Finger puppets!

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 02:20:26 UTC
    You're not wearing a glove and that's not your fingernail or a finger puppet.

    [Are you really an adult?]

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 02:32:46 UTC
    Oh . . . right.

    [of COURSE]

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 02:35:30 UTC
    [I am DISAPPOINT but not necessarily surprised.]

    You'd have better luck with the oil than peanut butter. Why do you want to take it off?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 02:50:19 UTC
    [s...sigh]

    It's not mine.

    [pouring oil over his hand]

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    runstowardsfire November 23 2011, 02:52:09 UTC
    I see. *looks at the finger it's on* But it's significant?

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    verydurable November 23 2011, 03:04:01 UTC
    [right ring finger]

    Well, yeah. I think. Probably, anyway.

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