From jgoldie @ sccs.swarthmore.edu Fri Nov 5 12:25:09 2004 Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:16:08 -0500 (EST) From: Jillian G. Waldman Reply-To: presidents @ swil.org To: SWILnews Subject: SWILnews #7: The Drinking Game SWILnews in Brief: * This week's Saturday Night SWIL is K'nex building/filksing at 7 in the ML Breakfast room. * DoubleSWIL will happen at Bryn Mawr, date and time TBA, but possibly Dec 2 * SFDT topic was Adaptations. * Chelsea Winifred Rosenthal is sentient. She is also perfect. * Rocky Horror at Bryn Mawr, Dec. 19, virgin sacrifices at 11 * Philcon in center city, December 10-12 ================================== = SWILnews #7: The Drinking Game = ================================== (Excuse me, my pants are open. This may help. -qian) Take a drink when... ...the rabble are pathetic (in this case, true) ...any constant is redefined (in this case 3 < 0) ...more than three people at meeting got no sleep the night before (g, Uber, Meredith, Mary, etc.) ...Saturday Night SWIL is a combination of multiple activities (take two this week - one for fake prop/geek pride chalkings and one for next week's filk sing + K'nex building in ML) ...Saturday Night SWIL is hijacked by gaming (true) ...someone is threatened with death (Greg...in the middle of the tundra...with worgs) (w-o-r-g apparently -v) (So, can we attribute this to his lousy spelling or lack of sleep? -g) (But who are we accusing? -v) (The person who wrote the notes? -g) ...somebody shouts "Submit to BEM" ...Meredith refuses to order Cordwainer books (What should I do? -t) (Listen for something funny then say something funny -g) (Only if the response is "take a drink when..." -v) ...anytime somebody tries to schedule an event and finds that there's a schedule conflict (Joanna, Queen of the mythical college Bryn Mawr; DoubleSWIL; tentatively Fri Dec 3) (Do we want to explain what DoubleSWIL is? -v) (Sure. It's where SWILfolk go to Bryn Mawr to hang out with SWILfolk, er, folks who would be SWILfolk if they went to Swarthmore, but instead they go to Bryn Mawr -g, with help from v) (But that's not how it actually works -v) (Commence cover-up -g) (But you can meet 'fords! Who then stalk you! By Livejournal! -v) (Well aren't we lucky. Some of us aren't so special. Count your blessings, at least you're getting some attention. -g) (Can I get exclamation points? -v) (g edits previous comment) ...an SFDT topic isn't decided. (La la la la la comment comment -t) (Weren't we going to make Mai pick a topic -v) ...anytime Meredith puts something in the notes that didn't actually happen at meeting (adaptations of books into movies) (But we already talked about that, and it turned into slash -v) (And this is different from other topics how? -g) (Ooh, pretty, now I'm torn again -t) ...anytime we vote to prove something sentient (Chelsea Winifred Rosenthal, otherwise known as the bubble queen. Rule 5 was used, counting SWILoween as a SWILmeeting, and the fact that she left SWILoween and returned as a second meeting, and SWILmeeting as a third. In the Gene Kelly episode of the Original Muppet Show, there was a running gag about the end of the world. In the Pigs in Space sequence, there's an announcer counting down to the end of the universe, at which point will be revealed the meaning of life. Before the end of the countdown, the dinner bell rings, announcing that swill stroganoff will be served. So, everyone except the announcer misses hearing the meaning of life because they were busy eating swill stroganoff. It was important to Chelsea that she mention SWIL stroganoff. She says: if in the Muppet Show, the end of the universe happens, then the muppet show is related to the universe, and therefore sentient. She further asserts that the Muppet Show is not pathetic, therefore its fans are sentient becuase if it had fans who were not sentient, it would be pathetic. We pointed out that the rabble are sentient. Someone said that Chelsea was a nerd groupie. She proved that she was a groupie by squeeing. It was asked whether, since she was a nerd groupie, she was a poorly socialized fish. She was voted a nerd groupie. She was also voted a nerd grouper. Raoul said that if the Muppet Show was perfect, then it would have all perfections. Therefore the fans are sentient. Chelsea said that she is perfect for other reasons, she's Eloise, she's 6, and she lives in the plaza. This makes her perfect, and therefore sentient. This also makes her a book for precocious grown-ups. We voted that she was sentient because she was a book for precocious grown-ups, and further voted that she should be put in Cordwainer. She was dismembered, and her spine was taken.) ...a cheating bastard wins the lottery (Noda) ...the mystery bowl contains food (a banana peel) ...the ML halloween party expects everybody to decorate ...the Anime club runs a cosplay party ...Jillian gets delegated to do something nobody else wants to do (like take everybody to the WRC) ...Bryn Mawr is putting on Rocky Horror (Nov. 19, Virgin Sacrifices at 11) ...people meet to go to dinner in ML (Qian's double date thingy) ...someone mentions PhilCon (talk to Ben, bnewman @ sccs, dates Dec 10-12) ...Larry holds a Halloween pArrrty ...Noda breaks (ask about sleep) ...meeting is called to order ...anytime the following people arrive at SWILmeeting: ATTENDANCE LIST OF NO SLEEP! WHEEEEE! COFFFFEEEEEE! Meredith "Morpheus, Lord of dreams, King of stories, and Mopey fucker, whee!!!!! Conforti-Brown Jackie "I've got the eyes of an angel. And the eyes, and the liver, and the juicy, glowing heart" Werner (Does that mean she has four eyes -v) (Well, she wears glasses -g) (THWAP -t) BDan "Arrrrrrr! Esssssss!" Fairchild Joanna "ohmigod, I'm flippin' tired" Karpinski Lisa "_rolling around on the floor!_" Spitalewitz Lauren "Rile" Smith (lame -g) Michael "I'ma yo' hookup" Noda Mary "MY coffee mug keeps emptying..." Wooters Emanuelle "I miss colors :(" Wambach (You're cute when you conflate people -t, to g) Mike "Living in a pale mist" Karcher JC "Jondalar" Ravage uber "caffeine is my dark chocolate covered god" matt Chris "*I* got twelve nights of sleep yesterday" Jager Reverend "There needs to be something in quotes. There isn't anything in quotes. Leave her alone. Or I'll bite you. Bite bite bite bite snarl snarl." Gayner Debbie (or Sarah) "SWILoween on 2.5 hours of sleep since 6:50 Thursday morning" Kelsall Sarah "blip...blip...blip..." Hartman JONATHAN "DUTH OR TRARE" SCHNEIDER Jerome "Huah!!!" Fung Greg "I got eight hours of sleep last night" Robinson (oh, that's why we were telling him to die -v) George "I'm my own tiny world" Dahl Blake "No wool on my ears" Setlow (it should be in, really. That's a comment -t) Jilian "Haunting the R3" Waldman (embrace the dark side -g) James "Let's duel." Mendez Hodes Lauren "Bridie birdie birdie TIGER!!" Goodfriend (Mr. Woods checks in at 3 under par -g) Mikio "I am feeling fast...and sassy. Hoojah" Akagi Nora "Raining in Baltimore" Nussbaum Rebecca "Susan made me come" Goldman JESSICA "I WANT TO PLAY APPLES APPLES" ROBINS Susan "How long was I asleep?! Zell Set "in Susan's backpack" Deck/Set Ben "$foo" Newman (foo on you -g) George "You will never get me to three consecutive meetings!" Dahl George's ki "I can throw you" Dahl Dahl "My name is out of order" George Hiss "Kaw" Brawk Coffee "My Mary mug keeps emptying" Brew James "How about a duel?" Mendez Hodes Mike "The mist is fading in the face of caffeine" Karcher JC "Miles Vorkosigan" Ravage JC "Multiple Personalities" Ravage Benjamin/Raoul "OTP" Bagley benjamin 'the robot mops are our future' r, george Chelsea " I am Eloise & this pen is fun." Rosenthal MARK "WHEEEEEEEEEE" HANDLER Qian "IRATE that sketchy and/or obnoxious alums are now essential for SWILoween" Qian Take one additional drink for Tall, Grande, and Venti, just for good measure.