If you didn't know already
rachel_foodie
Here is an awesome website for kids and their parents. Absolutely
hilarious. The brothers that run the site are from here (Atlanta).
www.homestarrunner.com
Make sure you check out StrongBad and his emails. Very Funny. My son
got turned onto this site over a year or so ago. We all love it.
Rachel
hilarious. The brothers that run the site are from here (Atlanta).
www.homestarrunner.com
Make sure you check out StrongBad and his emails. Very Funny. My son
got turned onto this site over a year or so ago. We all love it.
Rachel
TreeGoddess
Thanks so much for posting that link, Rachel. I've reading all the
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL
-Tracy-
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL
-Tracy-
On Jan 14, 2004, at 3:26 PM, rachel_foodie wrote:
> Here is an awesome website for kids and their parents. Absolutely
> hilarious. The brothers that run the site are from here (Atlanta).
>
> www.homestarrunner.com
>
> Make sure you check out StrongBad and his emails. Very Funny. My son
> got turned onto this site over a year or so ago. We all love it.
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/15/04 11:28:02 AM, treegoddess@... writes:
<< Thanks so much for posting that link, Rachel. I've reading all the
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL >>
Oh, and the new one is about video games, and he parodies four games (or
kinds of games) and THEN at the end (let it keep running) you can *play them.*
That is amazing.
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
Keith can't remember but thinks the name started with a Z or something like
"Zorg."
It started like "you're outside a hut (or cave or I forget what)." You see a
rope, a lantern, a key, a... (various bits of game junk). What do you want
to do?
And you had to type back to it, and most of the verbs got you "I do not
understand. What do you want to do?"
Anyone remember that? You'd have to say "Take rope" or "get rope" or "use
rope" but there wasn't much more you could do.
Well anyway, here it is, playable (short but hilarious):
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
the top one, video games.
For Christmas I got Holly a Homestar Runner t-shirt with a star, which looks
beautiful with her starry and stripey pants, and got Marty a TROGDOR! t-shirt.
Sandra
<< Thanks so much for posting that link, Rachel. I've reading all the
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL >>
Oh, and the new one is about video games, and he parodies four games (or
kinds of games) and THEN at the end (let it keep running) you can *play them.*
That is amazing.
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
Keith can't remember but thinks the name started with a Z or something like
"Zorg."
It started like "you're outside a hut (or cave or I forget what)." You see a
rope, a lantern, a key, a... (various bits of game junk). What do you want
to do?
And you had to type back to it, and most of the verbs got you "I do not
understand. What do you want to do?"
Anyone remember that? You'd have to say "Take rope" or "get rope" or "use
rope" but there wasn't much more you could do.
Well anyway, here it is, playable (short but hilarious):
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
the top one, video games.
For Christmas I got Holly a Homestar Runner t-shirt with a star, which looks
beautiful with her starry and stripey pants, and got Marty a TROGDOR! t-shirt.
Sandra
Wife2Vegman
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anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
no graphics at all.
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>YES! it was Zorg. I always died before I got
> So do any of you remember the name of that
> frustrating, terrible DOS game
> that used to be on universities' computers in the
> 70's and on some home computers
> in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's
> parodied. I nearly choked
> laughing so hard.
>
> Keith can't remember but thinks the name started
> with a Z or something like
> "Zorg."
anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
no graphics at all.
=====
--Susan in VA
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OMG I remember that game!!!!! LOL We used to get so frustrated that it onlyhad a very limited vocabulary and options to "do" things...
MamaBeth
SandraDodd@... wrote:
In a message dated 1/15/04 11:28:02 AM, treegoddess@... writes:
<< Thanks so much for posting that link, Rachel. I've reading all the
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL >>
Oh, and the new one is about video games, and he parodies four games (or
kinds of games) and THEN at the end (let it keep running) you can *play them.*
That is amazing.
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
Keith can't remember but thinks the name started with a Z or something like
"Zorg."
It started like "you're outside a hut (or cave or I forget what)." You see a
rope, a lantern, a key, a... (various bits of game junk). What do you want
to do?
And you had to type back to it, and most of the verbs got you "I do not
understand. What do you want to do?"
Anyone remember that? You'd have to say "Take rope" or "get rope" or "use
rope" but there wasn't much more you could do.
Well anyway, here it is, playable (short but hilarious):
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
the top one, video games.
For Christmas I got Holly a Homestar Runner t-shirt with a star, which looks
beautiful with her starry and stripey pants, and got Marty a TROGDOR! t-shirt.
Sandra
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SandraDodd@... wrote:
In a message dated 1/15/04 11:28:02 AM, treegoddess@... writes:
<< Thanks so much for posting that link, Rachel. I've reading all the
Strong Bad Email and cracking up. My kids (4 and 2) think it's awesome
too. LOL >>
Oh, and the new one is about video games, and he parodies four games (or
kinds of games) and THEN at the end (let it keep running) you can *play them.*
That is amazing.
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
Keith can't remember but thinks the name started with a Z or something like
"Zorg."
It started like "you're outside a hut (or cave or I forget what)." You see a
rope, a lantern, a key, a... (various bits of game junk). What do you want
to do?
And you had to type back to it, and most of the verbs got you "I do not
understand. What do you want to do?"
Anyone remember that? You'd have to say "Take rope" or "get rope" or "use
rope" but there wasn't much more you could do.
Well anyway, here it is, playable (short but hilarious):
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
the top one, video games.
For Christmas I got Holly a Homestar Runner t-shirt with a star, which looks
beautiful with her starry and stripey pants, and got Marty a TROGDOR! t-shirt.
Sandra
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Andrew (14) and his friend Matt (13) spent the weekend at Matt's
house. When they showed up to drop Andrew off Andrew had on his
black Trogdor shirt and Matt had on his white Trogdor shirt. They
made me laugh. Andrew's CCD class (Catholic sunday school thing) has
a lock in at a bowling alley this sunday. Friends can come (Matt's
going, he's a Buddhist at the moment...Andrew told him it was okay to
go it's not going to be bowling for Jesus LOL) anyway, Matt and Andy
are going to bring the Strongbad Sings CD and see if the Bowling
place will play it, since it's only going to be the St.Andrew's kids
there. It should be hilarious!
Right now, however, Andrew is having a Burnout 2 marathon with
himself. Hey, in Andrew's case his love for european sports cars
turned him onto racing games which in turn had him get me to
subscribe to European Car magazine, and learning to drive when he was
12.
Rachel
"God gave me style and gave grace, God put a smile upon my face"
-Coldplay-
house. When they showed up to drop Andrew off Andrew had on his
black Trogdor shirt and Matt had on his white Trogdor shirt. They
made me laugh. Andrew's CCD class (Catholic sunday school thing) has
a lock in at a bowling alley this sunday. Friends can come (Matt's
going, he's a Buddhist at the moment...Andrew told him it was okay to
go it's not going to be bowling for Jesus LOL) anyway, Matt and Andy
are going to bring the Strongbad Sings CD and see if the Bowling
place will play it, since it's only going to be the St.Andrew's kids
there. It should be hilarious!
Right now, however, Andrew is having a Burnout 2 marathon with
himself. Hey, in Andrew's case his love for european sports cars
turned him onto racing games which in turn had him get me to
subscribe to European Car magazine, and learning to drive when he was
12.
Rachel
"God gave me style and gave grace, God put a smile upon my face"
-Coldplay-
Wife2Vegman
--- Elizabeth Roberts <mamabethuscg@...> wrote:
flow chart, or limiting yourself to two choices, and
one choice was always that you die, but you didn't
know which one was going to kill you. Very simple
programming, like we learned in the one-semester
computer course in high school.
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> OMG I remember that game!!!!! LOL We used to get soYes, sort of like on going if...then statements in a
> frustrated that it onlyhad a very limited vocabulary
> and options to "do" things...
>
> MamaBeth
flow chart, or limiting yourself to two choices, and
one choice was always that you die, but you didn't
know which one was going to kill you. Very simple
programming, like we learned in the one-semester
computer course in high school.
=====
--Susan in VA
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<<YES! it was Zorg. I always died before I got
anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
no graphics at all.>>
Actually, it is Zork. "The Zork Trilogy is set in the ruins of an ancient empire lying far underground. " I used to love it, and still do. My husband and I played together, creating detailed maps, including the changing, disorienting maze you have to map out, figuring out the logic puzzles, etc. together. The frustration was the part that made me THINK. I still love games that are of this ilk (though now the graphics are incredible of course), including the Seventh Guest, the Leisure Suit Larry series (very R rated), etc.
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anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
no graphics at all.>>
Actually, it is Zork. "The Zork Trilogy is set in the ruins of an ancient empire lying far underground. " I used to love it, and still do. My husband and I played together, creating detailed maps, including the changing, disorienting maze you have to map out, figuring out the logic puzzles, etc. together. The frustration was the part that made me THINK. I still love games that are of this ilk (though now the graphics are incredible of course), including the Seventh Guest, the Leisure Suit Larry series (very R rated), etc.
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--- Amy McCormick <cottagevt@...> wrote:
with Zork.
Sigh...my poor scrambled brain.
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>OOPS! HA HA! I combined Emporer Zurg from Toy Story
> <<YES! it was Zorg. I always died before I got
> anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
> draw a map as you went because it was completely
> text,
> no graphics at all.>>
>
> Actually, it is Zork.
with Zork.
Sigh...my poor scrambled brain.
=====
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At 03:17 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Amy wrote:
It seemed that every time I went to my then-boyfriend's office he was
playing that bleeping game on the Dec Vax 11/780. He still plays it
sometimes. He has since taught it to our eight-year-old. I have told him
that if I had known back then I would be watching my son play the same game
twenty years later I might have walked away instead of marrying him :-)
You can play the old rogue or the newer version online at
http://www.hexatron.com/rogue/
I don't know what the difference is because I've never played it.
Donna
>Actually, it is Zork. "The Zork Trilogy is set in the ruins of an ancientDoes anyone remember rogue? From the early 80's (I think).
>empire lying far underground. "
It seemed that every time I went to my then-boyfriend's office he was
playing that bleeping game on the Dec Vax 11/780. He still plays it
sometimes. He has since taught it to our eight-year-old. I have told him
that if I had known back then I would be watching my son play the same game
twenty years later I might have walked away instead of marrying him :-)
You can play the old rogue or the newer version online at
http://www.hexatron.com/rogue/
I don't know what the difference is because I've never played it.
Donna
catherine aceto
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
******************
OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
-Cat
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that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
******************
OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
-Cat
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pam sorooshian
On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Wife2Vegman wrote:
hours - when I was in grad school. I thought it was absolutely
brilliant! I've often wondered if my kids would think it was really
lame or if they'd like it - at least as a sort of dinosaur <G>. I also
played a text-only star trek game that required drawing star
charts/diagrams.
-pam
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> YES! it was Zorg. I always died before I gotI LOVED it. Tells you a lot about me, huh? I played it for hours and
> anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
> draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
> no graphics at all.
hours - when I was in grad school. I thought it was absolutely
brilliant! I've often wondered if my kids would think it was really
lame or if they'd like it - at least as a sort of dinosaur <G>. I also
played a text-only star trek game that required drawing star
charts/diagrams.
-pam
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Michelle
I did a yahoo search, and came up with this:
As round as an apple
As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup,
All the king's horses
Can't pull it up.
The answer? It's a well!
Hope it is the answer you were looking for.
michelle
catherine aceto <aceto3@...> wrote:
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
******************
OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
-Cat
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As round as an apple
As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup,
All the king's horses
Can't pull it up.
The answer? It's a well!
Hope it is the answer you were looking for.
michelle
catherine aceto <aceto3@...> wrote:
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
******************
OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
-Cat
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As deep as a house,
As round as a cup,
And all the King's horses
Cannot draw it up.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riddle: A well.
If it was "Deep as a well," I think it might be the moon reflected in water.
It looks as far away (deep) as it can.
So I have one. My dad had a word puzzle and I told him never to tell me the
answer. And I bought a farmer's almanac once that had the same puzzle, and
said "answer on page xxx" and so I put the almanac in a safe place so I could
look if I never figured it out or my dad died.
My dad died long ago. I never figured it out. I never found the almanac.
Here it is:
A man has a forty pound block of lead and a balance scale. He divides the
lead into four pieces such that with the balance scale he can weigh anything
from one to 40 lbs.
So two of them are apart by one. That's all the math I can think.
It's been 35 years. I'm willing to be told the answer now. <g>
Sandra
As round as a cup,
And all the King's horses
Cannot draw it up.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riddle: A well.
If it was "Deep as a well," I think it might be the moon reflected in water.
It looks as far away (deep) as it can.
So I have one. My dad had a word puzzle and I told him never to tell me the
answer. And I bought a farmer's almanac once that had the same puzzle, and
said "answer on page xxx" and so I put the almanac in a safe place so I could
look if I never figured it out or my dad died.
My dad died long ago. I never figured it out. I never found the almanac.
Here it is:
A man has a forty pound block of lead and a balance scale. He divides the
lead into four pieces such that with the balance scale he can weigh anything
from one to 40 lbs.
So two of them are apart by one. That's all the math I can think.
It's been 35 years. I'm willing to be told the answer now. <g>
Sandra
catherine aceto
Hmm.... I wonder if it was "as deep as a house" and I DID solve it and then forgot that I had solved it and remembered it wrong for 20+ years. ARGHHH. Makes me wish I were more consistent about keeping a diary.
I like the answer of the "moon" though -- I think I will believe that to be the answer for at least the next 20 years.
-Cat
I like the answer of the "moon" though -- I think I will believe that to be the answer for at least the next 20 years.
-Cat
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As deep as a house,
As round as a cup,
And all the King's horses
Cannot draw it up.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riddle: A well.
If it was "Deep as a well," I think it might be the moon reflected in water.
It looks as far away (deep) as it can.
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Elizabeth Roberts
Humpty Dumpty's drawers?
MamaBeth
catherine aceto <aceto3@...> wrote:
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
******************
OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
-Cat
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catherine aceto <aceto3@...> wrote:
So do any of you remember the name of that frustrating, terrible DOS game
that used to be on universities' computers in the 70's and on some home computers
in the late 70's? It's one of the games that's parodied. I nearly choked
laughing so hard.
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OHH, yes, I do remember that - -can't remember the name, though.
Here is a question, though, for anyone else who remembers playing that game.
The game had a riddle:
"Deep as a well, round as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull it up. ":
Anyone know the answer? I have now wondered for well over 20 years. lol.
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pam sorooshian
On Jan 15, 2004, at 5:17 PM, SandraDodd@... wrote:
horses can't pull it up.
Answer: a well.
-pam
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> If it was "Deep as a well," I think it might be the moon reflected inI remember it as: Round as an apple, deep as a cup, and all the king's
> water.
> It looks as far away (deep) as it can.
horses can't pull it up.
Answer: a well.
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Wife2Vegman
--- pam sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
because I didn't know any better ;-)
My kids tried it, but quickly tired of it. Not enough
instant gratification like today's games, i guess.
I played a similar star game...trying to remember the
name...it was played on an internet message board. It
was called Planet Bashers, and I would upload my moves
every day. Great fun! The group who played called
ourselves the Ferrets. My kids were the first kids
born to any of us, so they were the "micro-ferrets".
LOL! Thanks for stirring up such fun memories!
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>Well, I loved it too, in that strange love-hate way
>
> I LOVED it. Tells you a lot about me, huh? I played
> it for hours and
> hours - when I was in grad school. I thought it was
> absolutely
> brilliant! I've often wondered if my kids would
> think it was really
> lame or if they'd like it - at least as a sort of
> dinosaur <G>. I also
> played a text-only star trek game that required
> drawing star
> charts/diagrams.
>
> -pam
because I didn't know any better ;-)
My kids tried it, but quickly tired of it. Not enough
instant gratification like today's games, i guess.
I played a similar star game...trying to remember the
name...it was played on an internet message board. It
was called Planet Bashers, and I would upload my moves
every day. Great fun! The group who played called
ourselves the Ferrets. My kids were the first kids
born to any of us, so they were the "micro-ferrets".
LOL! Thanks for stirring up such fun memories!
=====
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Jocelyn Vilter
On 1/15/04 4:52 PM, "pam sorooshian" <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
games". I introduced him to the Hitchhikers Guide text based game when he
was about 8, and he loved it! They were a bit frustrating for him, but he
got the idea to make a story and tell it to his friends, bit by bit while
walking around the park and giving them chances to influence the story
outcome. They are also a bit like the choose your own adventure books. He
has a friend in another part of the state who calls him up periodically and
practically begs for an adventure.
Jocelyn
>These text based games were where Matthew got the idea for his "voice based
> On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Wife2Vegman wrote:
>
>> YES! it was Zorg. I always died before I got
>> anywhere in the game. It was terrible. You had to
>> draw a map as you went because it was completely text,
>> no graphics at all.
>
> I LOVED it. Tells you a lot about me, huh? I played it for hours and
> hours - when I was in grad school. I thought it was absolutely
> brilliant! I've often wondered if my kids would think it was really
> lame or if they'd like it - at least as a sort of dinosaur <G>. I also
> played a text-only star trek game that required drawing star
> charts/diagrams.
>
> -pam
games". I introduced him to the Hitchhikers Guide text based game when he
was about 8, and he loved it! They were a bit frustrating for him, but he
got the idea to make a story and tell it to his friends, bit by bit while
walking around the park and giving them chances to influence the story
outcome. They are also a bit like the choose your own adventure books. He
has a friend in another part of the state who calls him up periodically and
practically begs for an adventure.
Jocelyn