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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shannon Buys)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Mon Jun 24 05:30:01 2002
I know I seem to have a penchant for starting threads like this, but I
thought this seemed really funny.

During a recent game at a con where we were all playing Palladin's and
Cleric's of different gods, a really intense situation arose as we feared
that one of the players gods were setting us up. Things like "It's not my
god, I KNOW what mine's doing, it must be yours!" were being said.

Eventually a moment of silence was reached as everyone thought things
through. At this point I couldn't help muttering from the end of the table
in a deep gruff voice..

"It's 9:30, do you know where your God is?"

This somehow put the table in stitches.

What kind of things have players said recently that made you laugh?
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Mon Jun 24 13:40:01 2002
According to Shannon Buys, on Mon, 24 Jun 2002 the word on the street was...

> What kind of things have players said recently that made you laugh?

It wasn't recently, but one that was very funny (at least at the time) was
during a Millennium's End game at GenCon '98. Our characters were hired to
protect people during a fashion show, from someone who was trying to kill
them. Eventually, gunshots are fired by a bad guy up between the roof beams
of the hall; I shoot up at him with my pistol, and the only one of my shots
that hits, hits him in the groin... He falls to the floor, about ten meters
below; our medic-type goes over to him and administers first aid, failing
the roll rather badly. He then turns to the guy to give him the bad news,
using the words, "You are so fucked..."

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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Michael Puscar)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Mon Jun 24 18:15:01 2002
> I know I seem to have a penchant for starting
> threads like this, but I thought this seemed
> really funny.
>
> What kind of things have players said
> recently that made you laugh?
<snip>

Just last session, I was running a side scenario for two of the characters in my group.
One is a Native American physical adept whose points are in throwing weapons and armed
combat (with specializations in his skills for tomahawks). The other character is a
B&E electronics type.

When the two get together and meet (somewhere on the street), where they plan to find
their squatter contact and shake him down.

The B&E character makes his perception roll and notices the adept is carrying 4
tomahawks under his lined coat, which created the line:

"Blackfeather, I said we were going to ask him a few questions, not AXE her a few
questions!"

OK well it was funny then!! Guess you had to be there. ;-)

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Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Eric Bergstrom)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Mon Jun 24 18:35:01 2002
>What kind of things have players said recently that made you laugh
We have a female street sammy, who after breaking into a company storing a large about of
ammo,
decided pushing a crate far to big for her to carry out into the ally was a good idea.
Lonestar showed
up because of the break in, and started looking around the building, she gets on her cell
phone, yells
at a team-mate "For gods sake somebody get me a forklift", and hangs up. That
one made everyone laugh.
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Meph)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 00:05:01 2002
Okay...just last session the character are forced to do a run for mafia
contacts in New Orleans. The mafia wanted a very public lesson....three
people are to be dragged outta bar and one is to be executed while the other
are forced to watch and roughed up. The mafia dude was specific in that the
character had to give him a "columbian neck tie", pull out his eyes and cut
off his genitalia. Everyone was disguisted but no one refused. While they
were planning my phys adept (mil type elf) says

"F*ck it! I do the body parts!!!"

And I just thought that was the funniest thing anyone had every said in one
of my games (in character!).

Meph
I guess you had to be there too!
Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 13:25:02 2002
In a message dated 6/24/2002 6:18:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
nospam@******.com writes:

> > I know I seem to have a penchant for starting
> > threads like this, but I thought this seemed
> > really funny.
> >
> > What kind of things have players said
> > recently that made you laugh?

This one wasn't a quote by a player but a post-game moment watching a movie.
It's also technically D&D but I hope it's forgivable cause I think you'll get
a kick out of this one. First let me set it up for you. During a very
late-night session as the traps and situations are getting harder and harder
and I'm just getting punchier as I get tired, I happen to look at my stats
and realize I have the strength to pick up and throw fairly large objects. My
brother is playing a dwarf at the time. I think you can see where this is
going...

A couple nights ago, we're watching Fellowship of the Rings on DVD (I could
tell ya but I'd have to kill ya) and it gets to the part where they're in
Moria and they have to jump across a chasm to get to a section of stair as
they're escaping. Legolas tries to pick up Gimli to throw him across and
Gimli of course says "NObody tosses a dwarf!" I cracked up and my brother
just started glaring and muttering. ; )~
Message no. 7
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Martin Little)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 13:45:01 2002
> nospam@******.com writes:
>
> > > I know I seem to have a penchant for starting
> > > threads like this, but I thought this seemed
> > > really funny.
> > >
> > > What kind of things have players said
> > > recently that made you laugh?
>

Since someone else brought in D&D I can bring one too :)

Way way way back when we were playing original D&D with the B1 'In search
of the unknown' module, for those that have never played it there is a
sorcerer's lab full of pools with various effects.

One of the players jumps in a pool to see what happens, another player
grins evily, turns to the magic user and says "look mage....he's soaking
in it"
Message no. 8
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Tal Meta)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 14:20:01 2002
Martin Little wrote:
>
> One of the players jumps in a pool to see what happens, another player
> grins evily, turns to the magic user and says "look mage....he's soaking
> in it"

You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you? :)

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Message no. 9
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Martin Little)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 14:30:01 2002
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Tal Meta wrote:

> Martin Little wrote:
> >
> > One of the players jumps in a pool to see what happens, another player
> > grins evily, turns to the magic user and says "look mage....he's soaking
> > in it"
>
> You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you? :)
>
>
*Grin* After the fact I did.

I also realized that people who live outside north america probably have
no idea why that's funny :)
Message no. 10
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Matthew Bond)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 15:25:01 2002
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Little" <grimjack@******.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: Funniest quotes in games award.


> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Tal Meta wrote:
>
> > Martin Little wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the players jumps in a pool to see what happens, another player
> > > grins evily, turns to the magic user and says "look mage....he's
soaking
> > > in it"
> >
> > You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you? :)
> >
> >
> *Grin* After the fact I did.
>
> I also realized that people who live outside north america probably have
> no idea why that's funny :)

Correct on that last one...

Matt, UK
Message no. 11
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Martin Little)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 15:35:01 2002
> > *Grin* After the fact I did.
> >
> > I also realized that people who live outside north america probably have
> > no idea why that's funny :)
>
> Correct on that last one...
>

Back in the late 70's early 80's Palmolive dish soap used to run this
series of ads based in a beauty parlor where women would come and complain
about how doing the dishes was ruining their hands....at which time the
beautician (Madge of course) would say, well have you tried Palmolive,
it's much more gentle. The woman would express disbelief and then Madge
would bring out the line, well you're soaking in it (Pan down to a shot of
the woman's hand soaking in a dish of palmolive).....
Message no. 12
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Rand Ratinac)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 22:25:01 2002
> > > One of the players jumps in a pool to see what
happens, another player grins evily, turns to the
magic user and says "look mage....he's soaking in it"
> >
> > You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you?
:)
> >
> *Grin* After the fact I did.
>
> I also realized that people who live outside north
america probably have no idea why that's funny :)

Yes...big "Huh?" reaction here, Martin. :)

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Message no. 13
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Justin Bell)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Tue Jun 25 22:55:01 2002
At 03:26 AM 26/06/2002 +0100, Rand Ratinac wrote:
> > > > One of the players jumps in a pool to see what
>happens, another player grins evily, turns to the
>magic user and says "look mage....he's soaking in it"
> > >
> > > You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you?
>:)
> > >
> > *Grin* After the fact I did.
> >
> > I also realized that people who live outside north
>america probably have no idea why that's funny :)
>
>Yes...big "Huh?" reaction here, Martin. :)

Hmmm. I know we had very similar ads in Australia.
if not the exact same ad
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Message no. 14
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 00:10:04 2002
In a message dated 6/25/2002 3:28:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mattgbond@********.com writes:

> "look mage....he's
> soaking
> > > > in it"
> > >
> > > You do realize you're dating yourself, don't you? :)
> > >
> > >
> > *Grin* After the fact I did.
> >
> > I also realized that people who live outside north america probably have
> > no idea why that's funny :)
>
> Correct on that last one...
>

Maybe I'm being dense, but unless it's a reference to that talk show hostess
who's always talking about "It's your dishwashing liquid - you soak in it" or
something to that effect (Joan something?) I'm at a loss myself. So even some
of us IN North America...; )~
Message no. 15
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 00:15:03 2002
In a message dated 6/25/2002 3:38:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
grimjack@******.com writes:

> The woman would express disbelief and then Madge
> would bring out the line, well you're soaking in it (Pan down to a shot of
> the woman's hand soaking in a dish of palmolive).....

Oh is THAT the origin of that?!? I thought it was a Joan Rivers thing...LoL!
Message no. 16
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Rand Ratinac)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 01:15:01 2002
<snipt!(TM)>
> >Yes...big "Huh?" reaction here, Martin. :)
>
> Hmmm. I know we had very similar ads in Australia.
if not the exact same ad
> Justin Bell

How long ago was that, Justin?

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Message no. 17
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Cullyn)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 03:10:01 2002
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:15:32 +0100 (BST), Rand Ratinac
<docwagon101@*****.com> wrote:

><snipt!(TM)>
>>>Yes...big "Huh?" reaction here, Martin. :)
>> Hmmm. I know we had very similar ads in Australia.
>>if not the exact same ad
>> Justin Bell
>How long ago was that, Justin?

We are talking at least 10 years, probably closer to 20. I remember
seeing the ads, and how tacky and green it was. The clothes, the
liquid.. *shudder*.

Showing my age here arn't I? 8)

- cully.
Message no. 18
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Markus Widmer)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 04:10:01 2002
As I am German native speaker using the English rulebook, the mixture
between game-terms and normal language can sometimes create the
weirdest jokes. This one is even funny when full translated (IMHO):

Player 1: Okay, I've upped my lifestyle, it is now medium.
Player 2: Not bloody, like in the Barrens?
Message no. 19
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Rand Ratinac)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 07:20:02 2002
<snipt!(TM)>
> We are talking at least 10 years, probably closer to
20. I remember seeing the ads, and how tacky and green
it was. The clothes, the liquid.. *shudder*.
>
> Showing my age here arn't I? 8)
> - cully.

Just a tad. ;)

ALMOST rings a bell...but I guess it's not THAT
important to me. ;)

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Message no. 20
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Justin Bell)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 10:35:01 2002
Rand Ratinac wrote:
> <snipt!(TM)>
>
>>>Yes...big "Huh?" reaction here, Martin. :)
>>
>>Hmmm. I know we had very similar ads in Australia.
>
> if not the exact same ad
>
>>Justin Bell
>
>
> How long ago was that, Justin?

mid 80s

Around the same time as the 'it does get in' ads
Message no. 21
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Keith Duthie)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Wed Jun 26 23:25:02 2002
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Rand Ratinac wrote:

> > Hmmm. I know we had very similar ads in Australia.
> if not the exact same ad
> > Justin Bell
>
> How long ago was that, Justin?

We had the same (or similar) ads in NZ something like 10-15 (definitely
not more than 20) years ago.

Not that this has anything to do with shadowrun.

Unless, of course, some run is being planned against the detergent
subsidiary of a megacorp...
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Message no. 22
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Danyeal De La Luna)
Subject: Funniest quotes in games award.
Date: Thu Jun 27 01:45:01 2002
>Grin* After the fact I did.
>
>I also realized that people who live outside north america probably have
>no idea why that's funny :)

I am definitely that old...but nobody, I mean NO-BODY, has a stranger sense
of humor than the Japanese. While I was in port in Otaru, I had a chance to
watch a "game show", and the subsequent ads. I was amazed that this
qualified as entertainment...making Jerry Springer look like Merv Griffith
(see! I told you I was old!).

Back to the point, the funniest quote in any of my games had to be something
like this:

<player1> Alright, let's spread out around the bar...opposite corners.
<player2> We gonna take 'em right here?
<player1> Yah, might be our only shot at it.
<player3> Um... (looking at the CMDT's that the runners all had)
<player4> Ok, let's do it!!
<player2> I move to the far side.
<player1> I'll be by the door
<player4> I'll take the back side, by the restrooms
<player3> Uh...guys>...
<player1> Dude, we don't have much time left
<player3> Fine. I'll be under the bar.
<player1> (into comm link) 1...2....3....now!!

everyone in the party took massive damage....except player3...who took a
serious stun from the bottle of whiskey he drank during the fray.

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