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jigsawpig

Triviality

Nov 05, 2006 09:51

Chessie and I were standing in the garden outside our Second Life house, deeply engrossed in putting the final touches to our new 'Jack In The Box' product (availability Q4/06, POA), when our new neighbour strolled over to say hello. As is normal in SL, we had been made aware of his arrival by the fact that an enormous three-storey house had ( Read more... )

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surrealkitten November 5 2006, 10:50:32 UTC

did this really happen?

jesus, this could be in a book!

this is one of the best things i've ever read. did you make this up? did this happen?

jigsawpig November 5 2006, 11:32:45 UTC

Yes, lol, it all really happened. Chessie will vouch for the first part, and my sister will I am sure confirm my account of the dinner party conversation, since she was giggling about it for days afterwards.

surrealkitten November 5 2006, 13:49:10 UTC

i'm so glad you keep a blog.

jigsawpig November 5 2006, 13:59:24 UTC

Yes, I intend to use it as evidence when called upon to account for my persistent refusal to take life seriously.

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Part 2 to the story chessiegirl November 5 2006, 18:04:21 UTC

I noticed he was strangely quiet while we demonstrated the box, too. I have a tendency to play for myself in this game and make what amuses me and hope that it amuses other people later as well. I try not to get too disappointed when people don't "get it" and just move on to the next amusing thing ( ... )

Re: Part 2 to the story jigsawpig November 6 2006, 08:44:43 UTC

Hmmm, I wonder what he will make of the two Roman centurions performing 'Singing In The Rain', and the scale model of the Colosseum that he will have to pass by on his way to visit the conference room.

Re: Part 2 to the story chessiegirl November 6 2006, 09:33:57 UTC

lol, well, hopefully he'll be distracted by the bust of Pythagoras saying, "What's up, Doc?" in Bugs Bunny's voice, the other Roman centurion yelling, "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our Freeeeedommmm!!!" as he runs across the main road and back again. What I'm really concerned about is what he might say about the transporter to the conference room that looks exactly like Doctor Who's telephone booth.

By the way, he came over again tonight and told me that he is glad to have found such nice and enjoyable friends to live next to.

Re: Part 2 to the story jigsawpig November 6 2006, 14:20:20 UTC

Really? How come we've been living there for ages and we haven't met them?

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second life anonymous November 6 2006, 13:27:09 UTC

it strikes me that this is just a rather modern form of playing with dolls which, when i was a lad, was rather frowned upon as an activity for boys.

Re: second life jigsawpig November 6 2006, 14:35:56 UTC

Let me be the first to welcome you to the 21st century.

Re: second life chessiegirl November 7 2006, 05:12:55 UTC

I understand that to the general public, it may seem as if we are playing with dolls when we are playing Second Life, generic feet and all, but once you actually join and see what can be done there, I don't think you can fully comprehend the scope and depth of it. I know I didn't ( ... )

Re: second life anonymous November 7 2006, 05:31:19 UTC

..er...sorry chaps... that was a raw nerve i must have touched.... i was just going for cheap laughs as usual... this is not an attractive character trait of mine but... it's the only one i have...

but raw nerves do often illuminate the pathway to higher truth and enlightenment.

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only one? anonymous November 6 2006, 14:20:49 UTC

You might have answered this question before, but, why do they only give you one foot with two shoes, is it a right or a left foot?

Re: only one? jigsawpig November 6 2006, 14:29:30 UTC

It is a generic foot.

Re: only one? anonymous November 6 2006, 23:08:40 UTC

Indeed. As one might find on a Barbie. Or, for the manly boy, an Action Man.

Re: only one? chessiegirl November 6 2006, 16:58:29 UTC

It is actually a foot shape, specific to the type of shoe you are going to put on. It is rather alarming because the foot shape you have to put to wear high heels looks like something left over from the Japanese foot-wrapping era.

chief architect realradix February 23 2007, 09:18:09 UTC

I was recently asked by one of the UK largest firms, if I knew anything about SL, as they had bought an island and wanted to build on it.

So it's a shame I never joined you on SL since I could now be building cool buildings which sounds infinitely more fun than the usual drab business systems.

I did mention that although I had no skills, I knew a pig that did, but they didn't seem that interested. However it appears you've found gainful employment again.

Re: chief architect jigsawpig February 23 2007, 11:06:10 UTC

Hi RR, hope all's going well. Thanks for the reference, ineffective though it proved. I am in fact a Partridge in SL, Pig wasn't available.

Chessie and I are now building an authentic Cambridge punt, although rl work keeps getting in the way.