Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[Taernath]

Tire blew out on the freeway today.

[subzero]

Winter is a cruel, cruel time.

Even heaters don't keep you as warm as the beautiful soul-calming, body warming serenity of summer.

Winter is fucking awesome.

[Atlanteax]

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11...portedly-blame

Apparently the whole family went to the Back school of economics.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, according to a Columbus Dispatch report, claims that his parents are responsible for helping lead him "financially astray."

According to the Dispatch story, before Johnson signed his seven-year, $30.5 million deal in 2011, he granted power of attorney to his mother, Tina Johnson, that gave her full control of his finances.

Jack Johnson claims that Tina Johnson and his father Jack Sr. bought a house in Manhattan Beach, California, with his money but without the player's knowledge, according to the report. In addition, Johnson's parents borrowed $15 million against their son's future earnings. Many of the loans carried high interest rates, according to the Dispatch. The mortgage on the house carried a 12 percent rate, while a loan for $3 million was at 24 percent, leading to huge fees and, ultimately, default.

[Allereli]

It took me a minute to remember this guy, but I smiled when I did. What happened to him made me frown

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...keeps-fighting

[Androidpk]

GROSS!




The overtaxing of aging sewage systems and the popularity of sanitary wipes are creating a new environmental and public-health problem in the world’s cities known as “fatbergs.”
Fatbergs are colossal masses of sanitary wipes (of both flushable and non-flushable variety), congealed fat, feces, and a variety of materials that are clogging up sewer systems in Great Britain, Australia, and now here in the U.S. Some fatbergs are reportedly as big as jumbo jets and as hard as concrete.

http://www.alternet.org/fatbergs-clo...and-baby-wipes

[Methais]

You search the fallen crusader.
You discard the crusader's useless equipment.
He didn't carry any silver.
You spy a beryl-tipped twisted copper rod, which looks like the heirloom that you are searching for!
He had nothing of interest.
The fallen crusader disappears abruptly with a flash of green mist.
>
[sloot3]>loot #29831772
You search the glistening cerebralite.
It didn't carry any silver.
It had nothing of interest.
The glistening cerebralite disintegrates into a festering puddle of viscous fluid.
>
[sloot3: could not locate your wandsack: got nil]
unable to find sack for "beryl-tipped twisted copper rod" with type "wand"
--- Lich: sloot3 has exited.
>get rod

Suddenly you feel sick and queasy, and your world seems blurry and indistinct. You fight an intense vertigo for a moment before the sensation leaves you. You regain your senses, blink once and look around.
[The Rift - 12209]
Worms practically cover the walls and floor. The rhythmically collapsing walls shake some from the ceiling as well, dropping them around you to chew their way into the floor. A disconcerting, whistling wheeze sounds throughout the area, as wind howls through the holes in the chamber. Blood oozes over the floor northward. You also see the Ralhn disk.
Obvious exits: northeast, southwest, northwest
Roundtime: 5 sec.
Roundtime changed to 1 second.

[subzero]

You search the fallen crusader.
You discard the crusader's useless equipment.
He didn't carry any silver.
You spy a beryl-tipped twisted copper rod, which looks like the heirloom that you are searching for!
He had nothing of interest.
The fallen crusader disappears abruptly with a flash of green mist.
>
[sloot3]>loot #29831772
You search the glistening cerebralite.
It didn't carry any silver.
It had nothing of interest.
The glistening cerebralite disintegrates into a festering puddle of viscous fluid.
>
[sloot3: could not locate your wandsack: got nil]
unable to find sack for "beryl-tipped twisted copper rod" with type "wand"
--- Lich: sloot3 has exited.
>get rod

Suddenly you feel sick and queasy, and your world seems blurry and indistinct. You fight an intense vertigo for a moment before the sensation leaves you. You regain your senses, blink once and look around.
[The Rift - 12209]
Worms practically cover the walls and floor. The rhythmically collapsing walls shake some from the ceiling as well, dropping them around you to chew their way into the floor. A disconcerting, whistling wheeze sounds throughout the area, as wind howls through the holes in the chamber. Blood oozes over the floor northward. You also see the Ralhn disk.
Obvious exits: northeast, southwest, northwest
Roundtime: 5 sec.
Roundtime changed to 1 second.

I'm assuming this is known already, but what the hell... you know you can use go2 with room description, right? Whenever shit like that happened to me, I'd scroll up to get part of the first line and go2 pastedtext. But don't do that. Scripting is for godless, cockless, heathens.

[Androidpk]

I did not know that.

[Methais]

I'm assuming this is known already, but what the hell... you know you can use go2 with room description, right? Whenever shit like that happened to me, I'd scroll up to get part of the first line and go2 pastedtext. But don't do that. Scripting is for godless, cockless, heathens.

Yeah I know. I went back to the room right after. It was gone, and nowhere to be found ever again, lodged somewhere deep in the janitor's anus.

[Androidpk]

I bet Tgo scripted by and grabbed it, though not before saying hello to it first.