Gathering of the Figments

Figment · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject: 10 things about...

The idea with this thread is to write 10 statements about something (anything) that you choose: something of yours, something you've seen, a place you like... Your points can be visual, factual, anything. This thread could be consiidered as a means of exploring different ways of describing things – a kind of writing exercise. (I found this on Carmody Online... Thanks Zanthlay!)

10 THINGS ABOUT DRAGON(knew that was coming, didn't ya!?)

1. She is a kind of browny-blonde colour.
2. She always sleeps in the cutest positions that look uncomfy, but make you go "Awww".
3. She is a Rat.
4. She loves to chew on baby rusks.
5. She loves to use Cameo as a pillow.
6. She will lick any liquid (be it water or weetbix) off my fingers, as a show of affection.
7. When i take her with me to feed the mice, she will explore in their cage, and they will bite her!!!
8. She doesn't like running on the wheel; it scares her.
9. I'm sure she sometimes wishes that she was a dog, or a person.
And, best for last:
10. If she is out of the cage at night time, she will sleep next to you! (occasionally she will get up to use the litter tray, have something to eat or drink, and stretch her legs, but will mostly stay right next to you all night.)
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Hawkins · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:54 am Post subject:

10 THINGS ABOUT...VERMONT:
1. It's purty.
2. It's small.
3. We make cheese.
4. We make maple syrup.
5. We...have a 'V' in our name.
6. We're right next to Maine, (kinda) which is also purty.
7. When you see pictures of Vermont, (the whole state) it's usually green.
8. On state puzzles, Vermont and New Hampshire are usually stuck together.
9. The capital is Montpelier.
10. I LIVE THERE! SPLEE!
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ArcT · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:38 am Post subject:

10 Things About Ceilings

1. They keep the rain off

2. They are now too low for jumping on my bed.

3. They're nearly always white.

4. You can stick things on them, but nobody ever seems to.

5. People hang lights off them.

6. Sometimes they fall in if it gets wet.

7. My ceiling is bumpy.

8. Some ceilings are not bumpy.

9. Ceilings are floors for the level above you.

10. Ceilings are the unsung heroes of the house world.
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Figment · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:47 am Post subject:

(Ah yes, Walls are always getting all the credit!)

10 things about sleep:

1. I enjoy sleep very much.
2. You can die faster of sleep deprivation than starvation.
3. Most people sleep at night time.
4. I, More often than not, cannot sleep in the night time.
5. Rats and mice don't sleep in the night time either.
6. Sleep sometimes bring dreams(for me this is more of an always...)
7. Your brain is more active while you sleep than it is while you are watching television.
8. I find it really hard to switch off and go to sleep.
9. Sleep gives you those moments, when you get to experience the things you truly desires, then snatches them away when the ruddy alarm goes off!
10. I am going to go to sleep... NOW!
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Hawkins · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

10 THINGS ABOUT TV PEOPLE:
1. Most of them look funny.
2. Some don't look funny.
3. Others have big noses.
4. Sometimes they eat cheese.
5. They're usually nothing like their character they play.
6. Stuntmen are never credited.
7. Sometimes they're called "actors".
8. Sometimes they use animals instead of people.
9. There's lots of shows about cops.
10. You can't be a hotshot movie star and then be on a TV show. You just can't. For instance, Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise could never have their own TV show. Or even be in one. I don't know why, ask someone who knows stuff. Well, they could be on a talk show or something, but you know...TV people can't be in movies either. Like Oprah Winfrey could never have her own movie. But people like Woopi Goldburg can do both.

THE END! SPLEE!
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jenv · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: 10 things about Sydney, AUSTRALIA

10 THINGS ABOUT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA:
1. It's a really cool city in an awesome country
2. It's where I live
3. Its so big, you can drive for 2 hours and still be in Sydney
4. It kicks butt compared to the rest of Australia
5. In my area, I have a choice of 16 local beaches in which to go swimming in summer
6. Kangaroos are not a form of public transport, however, it's still advisable not to stand under gumtrees for long periods of time due to possible drop bear attacks.
7. We have a pretty harbour
8. Sadly, not everyone knows the national anthem properly
9. We love our barbies (BBQ)
10. Christmas is in summer so we can go swimming on Christmas Day!

pommie42 · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

I'd like to counter that with 10 things about Brisbane, Australia

1. It's home to the Queensland State of Origin team (GO MAROONS!!!)
2. It is my adopted home
3. It has the highest population rise in Australia
4. IT kicks butt compared to the rest of Australia (not Sydney)
5. It is, however, in severe drought
6. But not the part I live in Very Happy

, we have plently of water
7. AAI and several other members also live here
8. Straddie and Moreton islands are popular holiday destinations and are just off of the Brisbane coast
9. Home to Raby Bay, a very expensive housing estate worth well over $100 million (I don't live there Wink

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10. See points 6, 8, 9 and 10 from Jenv's description of Sydney
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Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject:

Im countering that one

1. Australia, my home, a place that sparkles in the sun, and sucks the moisture from your lips. Home to red dirt and multicoloured sand, silver leaves and red and silver trees, small marsupials and a variety of brightly coloured fish, rainforests of the best green i ever saw.

2. I live in one of the parts that isnt like this, but i can find Australia in this alien inhabited place, a short walk away and its there, hidden between million-dollar shopping complexes. With long grass the colour of dust, trees that cover the sky and filter the sunlight, small creeks that just make you want to pee.

3. The cities are Sh*t. Period.

4. Australia is a changing country that has given many hardships to many people, and it is not a forgiving place, dont be deceived.
When you share with it, and make sure that it is well treated, Australia can give you plenty, Banksia husks that when set alight burn for days, Tree sap that althought isnt the sweetest thing youve ever tasted, is used as gum. Kangaroo tail soup, that i dont eat because im a vegitarian.

5. The majority of people that live in Australia havnt even travelled the place, effectivly, they dont know their own home. This is a pity in my eyes and it also scares me.

6. I love this country.

7. The indigenous populace are badly treated, they are true australians, treated like immagrants, ignored and then forced. Dont be deceived, alot of Australians are infact very racist, and it makes alot of new generation sesitive people ashamed.

8. It doesnt rain much, even though some of us get plenty of water

9. There are people who go goat shooting in the Kimberlies.

10. We arent like steve irwin. AT ALL.
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Ironically he never actually went outside of a city his entire life, let alone Droving. phht. Henry Lawson was much more acurate, he didnt romanticise the Aussie bush.

jenv · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:19 am Post subject:

I second no. 10 above. We don't call ourselves "down under", nor do we have any idea where the silly name came from in the first place! (for the record, I know the national anthem, and have travelled extensively through all our states except Western Australia and Northern Territory)

luv2dream · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

Since we seem to be on a "I love my home" topic..

Ten things about Texas-

1- It's not Australia ( just wanted to let everyone know )
2- Its probably the size of Australia
3- We have desert, green fields, and an ocean (just like Australia)
4- We have an American Marsupial (just like Australia, but Australia has australian marsupials)
5- We love our Barbies here too (just like Australia)
6- Sadly there are many in these United States who do not know the words to the National Anthem (just like Australia)
7- At times during Christmas it's warm enough we can go swimming (just like Australia)
8- There are many who live in one spot all thier lives without even going to another part of the state (just like Australia)
9- Texans and even non-Texans are treated like the immigrants (you know the ones who are crossing our borders illegally, but some how they get treated better than we do) (Just like Australia)
10- We LOVE Steve Erwin ( Does Australia?)

Hey,, wait a minute.... Do I live in Australia??? OMG I am soo confused now! Somebody find me a globe.. Quick!

One day I will get my dream vacation to Australia Surprised

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Hawkins · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

Sorry; luv2dream, Texas isn't anywhere near the size of Australia.

10 REASONS WHY I'M NOT ALLOWED AT THE MOVIE THEATER:
1) I put too much cheese on my popcorn; enough to make them want to make me pay for it.
2) I do stupid things during the corny parts; i.e.; throw popcorn at the screen, tell the main character that he's falling in love with a golddigger that's so obvious she practically has it tatooed on the chest he can't keep his eyes off of, and talk to myself.
3) I once tried to walk in, buy popcorn, and walk out.
4) I yell at other people when they've only come to the movie so they can sit in the dark and make out.
5) I once tried to use their toilet as a public restroom--i.e., didn't come to see a movie; I just stopped by and took a leak.
6) I sing along if I know the words. Or if it's just music (like the Mission: Impossible theme) I just scream "DOO DOO DOO!"
7) During corny/boring/singing parts, I like to sit upside down and wave my feet in the air.
Cool

If I see someone who looks like they could be related to someone famous; I point it out. ("HEY! Is your brother Vin Diesel?!" "HOLY CRAP! It's Adam West!" "Oh my God; you sound /just/ like Tom Kenny! Is he related to you in any way?!")
9) I stay after the credits and make small talk with the janitor.
10) I pretend I know one of the stars or directors of the movie and will generally act as if the person next to me is that person. ("So; what were you thinking when you deactivated the bomb? I'll bet it was stressful; eh? And what about this girl here; is it going to get any more serious than--OH, COME ON. YOU JUST HAD TO GO AND KISS HER. Idiot. Look, she's got a gun, you're supposed to--LOOK, YOU IDIOT! Why didn't you look? Now you're being held hostage by Paris Hilton. That was embarrassing; no doubt...")

I believe I'm only one stunt away from them putting a "NO HAWKINS ALLOWED" sign in their door. xD
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ShadowFang · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Okay, guess I'll post my part...

10 THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE THEATER IN OLYMPIA

1- It's quite large, about 1/3rd of the whole freakin' mall!
2- It houses a bunch of those giant cardboard movie posters with the pop-up figures and stuff.
3- I saw Enchanted there. Really good movie.
4- The people there actually say "Enjoy your movie." with a smile, not like they're forced to.
5- The popcorn actually tastes good.
6- The people who are watching the movie with you don't take their annoying kids to the theater that whine and cry. And they don't take babies. Why do people bring babies to movie theaters?
7- There's no gum on the floor. Which is awesome.
8- If someone puts gum on the floor, people actually yell at them to pick it up. makes the janitor's job a whole lot easier.
9- Me and my friends went there to see the Simpsons Movie when it came out. It was hilarious.
10- They have big sodas.

Wow, that was actually a bit harder than I thought...and no one's posting on the RP! ARRRRGH! Okay, venting over now. Maybe...
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EmmaJean · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject:

10 Things About My Superman Callender

1. Superman was deffinately on steroids. no arguing allowed.
2. Planets with eyeballs are kinda creepy....
3. the ninth was either a full moon or a new moon but i never learned which was which...
4. Superman is alot hotter than superwoman
5. Since when is there a superwoman anyway?!
6. Lois is kinda needy, and grabby, and ditzy, and swoony, and needs a new stylist....
7. ...apparently it tickles O_o
8. two inch thick iron chains don't stand a chance against those steroid-enhanced arms.
9. not even superman can withstand the lure of "the man of tomorrow" gadgety type things....
10. ever wonder just what superman gets up to with that x-ray vision of his? Wink

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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject:

NO HE WASN'T! HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?! *is uber nerd*

10 REASONS WHY OUR MOVIE THEATER IS CRAPPIER THAN THAT REALLY FANCY ONE SOMEONE JUST WROTE ABOUT
1. I go there. (xD)
2. They only play about four movies a year; and when they're not playing anything new they're playing Finding Nemo or Toy Story 2.
3. The sound quality is THE CRAPPIEST. It sounds like someone just switched on a boombox in the back of the room, and then farted on it.
4. It's an old circus or something; the seats are really hard and lumpy and the screen is where the curtains used to go.
5. Sometimes they forget to turn the lights off.
6. If you drop your water bottle or something (we also have to get bottled water or soda; they don't have a soda fountain thing) it rolls to the front and you have to go chase it. And this happens a lot, because idiot people bring their idiot babies and they think it's cute to chuck the water bottle.
7. The manager is really cranky. (It might just be me, though...)
8. They offer salt, cheese, butter and BBQ sauce to put on your popcorn. (Well that's not crappy, just kinda weird. xD) And the cheese and salt are both orange, so you have to guess. *thinks about the time she went to see mi:III* *shudders*
9. Sometimes someone in the box walks in front of the projector; and right during the good parts too.
10. Nobody ever turns their cell phones off.

Ah, Vermont. ^^
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Seira · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:23 am Post subject:

Ten things about my "Composition Book 'o' Win"

1- It says "Marbley Composition" on the front.
2- There is no more room to write anything on it.
3- There is a very large skull sticker on the nameplate.
4- There is a gay rights equality sticker on the bottom right corner. (With added clouds and doodles.)
5- It contains things the mortal eye would never like to hear or read.
6- Contains a constant reminder of the game-- You just lost it.
7- Apparently it has sewn pages, but that doesn't stop them from falling out.
8- Coated in glitter glue of various colors.
9- Covered in her scrambled ship love graffiti.
10- Sidewalk fish is loved.

Yeah. I'm not real creative this morning.