October 14th 2008, the aliens are coming?! [Archive]

a_muse

09-22-2008, 12:16 AM

Has anyone else heard about this?
Apparently a giant UFO will "uncloak" itself to the people of earth.
Google it if you're interested, I don't believe it, but a lot of people do.

I am a tiny bit afraid that something will happen (earth based ;)) instigated by governments (we have our election that day), but I mostly just think it's interesting.

Red Kittie Kat

09-22-2008, 01:55 AM

time to get out my tin foil hat :D

Ben Kessler

09-22-2008, 04:14 PM

If a UFO does appear on 10/14, it better not be anticlimactic. At this point, First Contact has to be at least as awesome as Close Encounters and 2001 combined. I want a light show, missing children returning home, fetuses in the sky, and an awesome soundtrack. Might I suggest the new Jay-Z/T.I. track "Swagga Like Us (http://www.zshare.net/audio/17485064653c6fd4/)"?

a_muse

09-22-2008, 04:22 PM

That sounds awesome!

Yossarian

09-22-2008, 04:25 PM

Thanks for the heads-up Muse! Now, to stock up on Reese's Pieces.....

Zerk

09-22-2008, 04:50 PM

Woo hoo! I get to meet Elvis!

a_muse

09-22-2008, 04:52 PM

Well, apparently they have been living among us for years , so it's entirely possible. Unless you mean the aliens took him, which in that case I'm sure means that he's been eaten ;)

CkretAjint

09-22-2008, 05:01 PM

What's triggering them to show up then? :confused:

tuliptree

09-22-2008, 05:05 PM

WannaBrie

09-22-2008, 05:21 PM

I think if this were real, they'd have a better website. http://www.paoweb.com/gfmember.htm

a_muse

09-22-2008, 05:39 PM

Exactly :)

There is this too - http://www.blossomgoodchild.com/
Look under "Federation of Light" the messages she "channeled" are there, and why "they" are here etc. it's very long and drawn out.

Youtube has a ton of stuff on it.

fredrich

09-22-2008, 06:16 PM

I hope they actually come, and blast the "take-me-with-you"-people to the next dimension like in Independence Day. :cool:

Red Kittie Kat

09-23-2008, 01:52 AM

lmao Fredrich :D

morea

10-13-2008, 03:25 AM

almost time! Who's got the popcorn? :D

garricks

10-13-2008, 03:30 AM

I'm in!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/GDF/popcorn_gingerbread.jpg

a_muse

10-13-2008, 03:37 AM

Mmmmmm, Is that carmel corn? I hope you're sharing!

I haven't read any updates on any of the sites talking about this lately, I wonder if they've made excuses yet about why they might not show up ;)

morea

10-13-2008, 03:41 AM

I think that we should all go around the day after saying "what do you MEAN you didn't see it? I saw it, and then I sculpted it out of mashed potatoes!"*

* added bonus if you actually DID sculpt it out of mashed potatoes. **

** added added bonus if you then sell the sculpture on ebay.

garricks

10-13-2008, 03:43 AM

*checks pantry for potatoes*

Check.

MyST

10-13-2008, 03:50 AM

What's triggering them to show up then? :confused:

Didn't you notice where he says it coincides with election day in Canada?

I'm thinking Harper is an alien, beamed down to take over the world, but since he might not get re-elected the mother ship is getting ready to uncloak to be able to beam him back up.

MyST

10-13-2008, 03:52 AM

*checks pantry for potatoes*

Check.

I read that quick as "checks panty for potatoes".

That would be wrong on so many levels.

garricks

10-13-2008, 03:58 AM

I read that quick as "checks panty for potatoes".

That would be wrong on so many levels.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/icon_rofl.gifhttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/icon_rofl.gifhttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/icon_rofl.gif

They're Yukon Golds, if that matters... ;)

a_muse

10-13-2008, 04:01 AM

It's creepy though :(
I was reading the recent "channelings" from that blossomgoodchild site, it sounds like cult ramblings, even though I'm sure it's all BS I can't help but get a little goose bumpy about it, crazy, I know.

Maybe I just need to buy more potatoes :)

morea

10-13-2008, 04:02 AM

Potatoes always make me feel better. :)

Red Kittie Kat

10-13-2008, 04:27 AM

but not in your panties I bet :D

Pointyhat

10-13-2008, 09:39 AM

LMAO, kinky.

I thought all this stuff was going to happen in 2012.

budafist

10-13-2008, 10:07 AM

What time on October 14th? Coz there's less than 1 hour to go until tomorrow.

I don't have potatoes. :(

Tea

10-13-2008, 10:43 AM

I'm sure any root vegetable that can be boiled, mashed and sculpted would do Buda. LOL.

You know garricks...I love yukon golds...but now...I don't know if I'll ever be able to eat them again after that! The vision is clearly etched on my brain.

Tea

10-13-2008, 10:58 AM

Okay...too funny. I was just telling my daughter about this...she says, " Apparently (using quote fingers) there was a sighting in PR a couple days ago." That's the town next to us. I guess they're early!

I'm going to make my tin foil hat right now.

MyST

10-13-2008, 01:37 PM

Tin foil hats are only effective against government. You might want cardboard against aliens.

tuliptree

10-13-2008, 01:44 PM

What about a combo tin foil/cardboard hat to protect against everyone? For me, I'd add padding just to protect myself from myself while I'm at it! :D

Yossarian

10-13-2008, 01:45 PM

Unrelated to the topic, but the panty comment made me remember a typo I caught where people were being encouraged to donate to a food panty. I wanted to leave it in, but professional commitment got the best of me.

Sorry, back to the aliens. I for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

WannaBrie

10-13-2008, 03:15 PM

^ OK, Kent Brockman! No offense, Yoss, but i really hope they don't look like your avatar! eek!

Yossarian

10-13-2008, 03:38 PM

No worries about the Yars. We're a peace-loving race. It's that damned Qotile you have to watch out for.

A link for those bored enough to make sense of my lame Atari references.
http://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_thumbs.html?MagazineID=48

Craig B

10-13-2008, 04:13 PM

aliens living among us already, huh?

That explains a lot about some of my coworkers ....

Virgo Nightingale

10-13-2008, 05:00 PM

http://www.stopabductions.com/

martyng

10-14-2008, 09:05 AM

Anyone seen any yet?

budafist

10-14-2008, 09:53 AM

Ummm...The UFO didn't happen to look like a huge mince pie does it? Because if it did I ate it. Sorry guys...

martyng

10-14-2008, 10:07 AM

way to ruin humankind's chance for enlightenment there buda

CkretAjint

10-14-2008, 10:17 AM

*shakes his head* Tom Cruise is NOT going to be happy with you Buda!

Tea

10-14-2008, 10:31 AM

I just checked...the moon is out, but no space ship yet. I'm ready though.

garricks

10-14-2008, 12:38 PM

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. I'm standing here outside the door...

Klaatu barada nikto!

a_muse

10-14-2008, 12:58 PM

Lol!
I'm such a geek, I had a bad dream about the whole thing last night, and I checked the internet before I let my daughter go to school, you know, just in case :o

Thanks for eating them Buda, they didn't sound trustworthy to me ;)

garricks

10-14-2008, 01:00 PM

Wait, I thought they were going to show up in Alabama!?

a_muse

10-14-2008, 01:03 PM

Anyone heard from Alabama today?

morea

10-14-2008, 01:21 PM

Tea! Your avatar is cracking me up!

I think it will be okay... I have a potato.

WannaBrie

10-14-2008, 01:28 PM

I brought my anti abduction hat and buckled my seat belt extra tight just in case. No sign of them yet!

Danger_Mouse

10-14-2008, 01:58 PM

pffft you guys are morons. They been here for awhile.... exhibit A

WannaBrie

10-14-2008, 02:54 PM

Huh? You mean there's an alien race of morons?

Pointyhat

10-14-2008, 03:21 PM

pffft you guys are morons. They been here for awhile.... exhibit A

LMAO
Don't you think you're giving the aliens a bad rap there?

NTLemon

10-14-2008, 03:42 PM

Good thing I stocked up on my tin foil. Now to cover my house in news clippings, foil, and wire hangers!

Worse comes to worse if no aliens show up at least I can't get tapped by the g-men.

edit: oh yeah I also need to get a board with a nail in it. That's the secret weapon to hold off alien invasions.

Craig B

10-14-2008, 03:46 PM

Don't worry, I hear that the aliens can be killed with simple old water ... that's right water.

WannaBrie

10-14-2008, 03:48 PM

hmmm, I thought it was grandma's music that killed them. :rolleyes:

or, specifically, Salt water?

Craig B

10-14-2008, 03:52 PM

or the common cold?

Tea

10-14-2008, 04:02 PM

Don't worry, I hear that the aliens can be killed with simple old water ... that's right water.

Careful...don't get any on PointyHat...she will melt.:eek:

Morea...yep...I don't think I've been abducted yet, but things were glowing when I took my picture with my foil hat on.:eek:

Yossarian

10-14-2008, 04:03 PM

or a Mac laptop?

tuliptree

10-14-2008, 04:13 PM

Careful...don't get any on PointyHat...she will melt.:eek:

Morea...yep...I don't think I've been abducted yet, but things were glowing when I took my picture with my foil hat on.:eek:

Heehee I love it Tea!

rickself

10-14-2008, 04:14 PM

tin foil hats are in place...

rickself

10-14-2008, 04:24 PM

I don't know why, but having to deal with paranormal investigations on a daily basis - aliens still creep me out!!

Yossarian

10-14-2008, 04:29 PM

Tulip, I don't mean to pry, but are you currently caught in a swirling vortex between parallel universes?

tuliptree

10-14-2008, 04:34 PM

Is that you Yoss?
Is that you Yoss?

I don't know where I am, it looks kinda like when I was in your brain! Help!
I don't know where I am, it looks kinda like when I was in your brain! Help!

:) :)

a_muse

10-14-2008, 04:53 PM

lol!
So far all is clear here, it was really dark and overcast a couple hours ago and I got a little nervous (double wrapped the kids in tin foil just to be safe ;)) but the clouds have cleared and it's bright and sunny again, phew!!

How's the Swirling Vortex tulip? I always have meant to visit friends there.

PrintDriver

10-14-2008, 04:54 PM

Ok, I'm waiting...
<tapping foot impatiently>
Are we gonna be beamed up or beamed out or something?
Hope there aren't any cookbooks laying around...

Virgo Nightingale

10-14-2008, 04:54 PM

Have we even heard from anyone in Alabama? Did the whole state disappear and get nommed by aliens and we just don't know it yet? Or are they waiting for sundown or some crap?

Pointyhat

10-14-2008, 05:01 PM

I have a friend on IRC from Arkansas, and he's MIA.

Pointyhat

10-14-2008, 05:04 PM

Yossarian

10-14-2008, 05:15 PM

Have we even heard from anyone in Alabama?

I don't know, it looks like their site hasn't been updated since at least June. (http://www.thealabamaband.com/) It doesn't look good. :(

Strange things certainly are afoot. I wonder if the aliens have anything to do with Tulip's vortex?

Pointyhat

10-14-2008, 05:52 PM

Arkansas accounted for. Alabama's is on their own.

morea

10-14-2008, 07:35 PM

Do you have any particular cookbooks in mind, PD?

'To Serve Man' perhaps? :D

Virgo Nightingale

10-14-2008, 07:50 PM

'To Serve Man' perhaps? :D

Wow, those Kanamits sure struck a fantastic extra-galactic distribution deal if that's now the cookbook of choice for the new visitors...

Broacher

10-14-2008, 08:08 PM

So I guess now that we're all comfortably back in the food stage of this thread, let's get that question out there!

If you were an alien overlord hoping to throw a few nice, juicy, human brats on the fire from the GDF to go with your two-kilometer tailgate party-- who among GDF regs would be your first choice(s)-- and why?

Remember, we're not looking for designers with good taste-- we're looking for designers that taste good.

(Sorry Charlie)

NTLemon

10-14-2008, 09:25 PM

I think if I were an alien overlord looking to fry up some GDFers then I think one of the first choices would be typically and Bladez:

Nothing against either of them but I imagine a Guinness marinated brat would taste pretty good, and afterwards you could have some special typically brownies.

Garricks might taste good, never tried badger though, and of course Kittie and virgo for the bacon and avocado flavors.

:p Wait was this question rhetorical? *turns off pot of boiling water*

Red Kittie Kat

10-14-2008, 09:31 PM

lmao Lemon :D

Yossarian

10-14-2008, 09:33 PM

If any vegetarians would like to step forward or at least someone who eats meat very sparingly, I'd NOMinate them. Carnivores usually have a nasty flavor.

If you open it up to non-regulars, I suggest all the homework noobs. They're tender and delicious!

NTLemon

10-14-2008, 09:36 PM

Oooooh tender noob kabobs!!!

budafist

10-14-2008, 09:43 PM

If wagyu beef (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagyu) is anything to go by, then alcoholics that have been well tenderised by beatings should be quite delicious.

Because of Japan's rugged terrain and isolated areas, different breeding and feeding techniques were used such as massaging or adding beer or sake to their feeding regimen.

rickself

10-14-2008, 09:46 PM

I dunno buda, that bunny with a pancake on its' head could look rather appetizing from afar.

D-Frag

10-14-2008, 09:55 PM

i got nothin....

budafist

10-14-2008, 10:08 PM

I dunno buda, that bunny with a pancake on its' head could look rather appetizing from afar.

This may be true, that there is an awful lot of fluff to deal with.

Yossarian

10-14-2008, 10:09 PM

And rabbits are low in protein, so you have to eat even more of them.

CkretAjint

10-14-2008, 10:32 PM

MMMmmm rabbit legs! *chomps away*

PrintDriver

10-14-2008, 10:58 PM

How bout a little politician so oily it's served with a doily....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyl8a140Tc
Let it get going.
Boston version.
Worth the watch.
LOL :D

budafist

10-14-2008, 11:00 PM

Is it bad luck to eat lucky rabbits feet?

PrintDriver

10-14-2008, 11:05 PM

You don't eat the feet!
too many bones.

CkretAjint

10-14-2008, 11:10 PM

*sucks on the bones like candy* nom nom nom nom...

garricks

10-14-2008, 11:21 PM

How bout a little politician so oily it's served with a doily....

Put it on a bun...well you never know when it's going to run!

ROFL

Love that show. :D

PrintDriver

10-14-2008, 11:27 PM

Me too. :D That is my favorite theatre piece, that song. Got to design lights for it once in a community theatre with a grid that made it worthwhile. That was sweeeet.

urstwile

10-15-2008, 03:36 AM

How bout a little politician so oily it's served with a doily....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyl8a140Tc
Let it get going.
Boston version.
Worth the watch.
LOL :D

I was actually privileged to see Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in the NY version. One of the best tunes in the whole score, and that's a hard score to pick a favorite from.

a_muse

10-15-2008, 03:53 AM

I'd love to see that live, sigh.
We started eating meat pies a lot after seeing the Johnny Depp version :)

urstwile

10-15-2008, 04:03 AM

Oooh, which I have yet to see, but I really want to.

I also saw the Broadway revival, which was a really good, albeit very different, staging of the show as well. Although Patti Lupone was on vacation, she was supposed to be in the cast, but her substitute did a great job. Michael Cerveris was amazing as the Sweeney Todd character. If you can imagine, that version was even darker, perhaps because of the staging, than the original. Very minimalist, some interesting extrapolation required on the audience's part, and on a much smaller stage.

a_muse

10-15-2008, 04:11 AM

I'm not the best person to ask because I love everything Johnny Depp has ever done (and no, not just because he's the sexiest man alive - he was voted that, it's not me saying it ;)) and I haven't seen the stage version, but I thought it was fabulous!!

urstwile

10-15-2008, 04:13 AM

Oh, I have no doubt that I'll love the film version, a_muse. They'd have to cast Sweeney Todd with the Hoff for me not to love the story.

garricks

10-15-2008, 12:22 PM

PrintDriver, that's really cool. Sweeney is the one show I always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity.

urstwile, I saw the original bus & truck tour when it came through St. Louis, and I've seen college productions twice, but the OBC? Wow.

My personal theater hell was the year they released Annie to community theater. Every high school (especially the Catholic girls' schools) did it. I must have played 200 performances of it in 18 months.

Virgo Nightingale

10-15-2008, 01:32 PM

And rabbits are low in protein, so you have to eat even more of them.

The problem with eating lots of rabbit isn't the protein, it's their lack of fat.

Rabbit Starvation:
Lack of fats in the diet.
Rabbit being comparatively low in some amino acids that human beings cannot themselves synthesize.
Lean meat, being mostly protein, must be broken down into amino acids and then converted into glucose (via gluconeogenesis) in order to be used as an energy source. This process takes time and can not be done quickly enough to meet the energy requirements of an active person. After the body's energy reserves (fat) are depleted, the energy requirements to sustain basic life processes are not met.
The ammonia released during the process of converting amino acids into glucose cannot be cleared by conversion to urea quickly enough. The buildup of ammonia is poisonous.

PrintDriver

10-15-2008, 01:54 PM

Yossarian

10-15-2008, 01:58 PM

Curse you science!!! *eats another rabbit*

WannaBrie

10-15-2008, 02:48 PM

How is it that of tasty GDFers, no one mentioned the tasty and lickable brains of Hewligan? After all, who doesn't love brains? Tasty and smart!

tuliptree

10-15-2008, 02:50 PM

I was going to add that as my pick Brie! Two votes Hewligan!

jimking

10-15-2008, 02:51 PM

Alien spotted on Mars! Or is it the "Thinker"?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/23/scimars123.xml

PrintDriver

10-15-2008, 04:56 PM

mmmm. Brains and Brie....
Actually, fried brains is best.

tuliptree

10-15-2008, 05:41 PM

mmmm. Brains and Brie....

You're right PD! How did I let that one slip past me?? Cheese no less! BRIE! :D

WannaBrie

10-15-2008, 05:48 PM

Oh noes! I'm nomable!

garricks

10-15-2008, 05:52 PM

"Annie" yack puke. But ya gotta do it if you need the money. Kids draw the audience. LOL.
That and "King and I." <hork>
"Sweeney" on the other hand is barely break even. To go see it you either have to be a masochist to sit through it (especially if the Community level director has trouble getting the necessary sustainable pace going-the show is long at a proper pace!) or be a very die-hard Sondheim fan. I love the show, but some community versions can be deadly dull.

Agreed. I was music director for a community production of "Into the Woods" back in '92...After we started rehearsals I discovered that our Cinderella, while having a gorgeous voice, didn't read music. We had to teach her the entire show by rote.

"It's your fault" went off the rails every time we did it, through closing night!

dwagener

10-15-2008, 05:55 PM

So what are the believers' reasons for the UFO not showing up??! :P

budafist

10-15-2008, 09:16 PM

I mistook the UFOs for mince pies the day before they arrived. So they never got to the US.

Virgo Nightingale

10-15-2008, 09:21 PM

Buda saved planet Earth!!

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY BUDA!!!!!1

Tea

10-15-2008, 09:21 PM

So what are the believers' reasons for the UFO not showing up??! :P

I don't know...but I think they came...they just disguised themselves as 'rents at PT conferences.

budafist

10-15-2008, 09:43 PM

*burp*

tuliptree

10-16-2008, 12:58 AM

Yeay for Buda!

Pointyhat

10-16-2008, 04:50 AM

*burp*
Mince Pie? Tin Foil Hat? Coincidence? I think not. Throw a burping pancake bunny into the mix and, I'm sorry, I rest my case dammit. Buda has saved the world and you unbelievers need to step down.

a_muse

10-16-2008, 04:52 AM

Either I'm delirious from lack of sleep or you guys are hilarious, maybe both, I can't tell right now :)

Pointyhat

10-16-2008, 05:10 AM

Go to bed!

budafist

10-16-2008, 05:45 AM

Mince Pie? Tin Foil Hat? Coincidence? I think not. Throw a burping pancake bunny into the mix and, I'm sorry, I rest my case dammit. Buda has saved the world and you unbelievers need to step down.

I see! They're not supposed to be tin foil hats, but the are supposed to be pie tin hats!

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9859/12112007thetinhatmancw1.jpg

The evidence is compelling.

http://www.thealientruth.com/uploads/images/alienpieresize1.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4609/picture3ig4.png

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1440/610xoh1.jpg