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::stuffnstuff
10/26/06 9:40 PM GMT
In this game, you stick random things into a vending machine. The next person describes what you received and then places his or her own object in. An example would be:

Samatar inserts a small piece of golden tent fabric.
Samatar receives an angry Mongol.

Use anything you like! I will start this off.

Luke inserts a Calvin and Hobbes book.
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but they are not all baked in the same oven.

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.captaindrewi
03/06/17 6:53 PM GMT
Les receives an eco friendly 'shopping bag for life' from the VM
Cappyd inserts a colourfully decorated plaster cast [right arm] into the VM accompanied by a few choice expletives.
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.Tootles
03/06/17 7:03 PM GMT
Cappyd gets some Pooh Bear ice-cream too.

Sandra puts in a damp Christmas moose bear.
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+purmusic
03/06/17 8:58 PM GMT
Sandra gets back a firmed up mousse from the VM.

Just needed to be refrigerated for a bit is all.


Les inserts some concert tickets.. into the VM.

... ...

(An aside: (*comes to attention and salutes Cappyd*)

'Evening, sir!

Good good to see you, sir!')
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.Tootles
03/07/17 12:36 AM GMT
Les gets Jazz Apple Quince and Thyme Sorbet for after the concert.

Sandra puts a Moorish plant stand into the VM (apparently that's what the 'Moroccan table' was).
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+purmusic
03/08/17 1:16 AM GMT
Quince?

As it turns out.. might be good good. That is, after you get past that it is inedible raw and has a tough and spongy flesh ("I fear for my fingers every time I attack the woody, oddly spongy yet unyielding interior of a quince").

Ahh, the good ol' Morrocan Moorish plant stand. Know them well.

And there's only one thing that can be paired with them..

Sandra gets back some unruly guests that don't use coasters from the VM.


Les inserts a time warp.. into the VM.

Closed my eyes and woke up hours later not knowing whether it was night or day.
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.Tootles
03/08/17 10:14 PM GMT
That quince page is good.

Les receives a refreshing brew of tea.

Sandra puts a crazy fly that runs in circles into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/09/17 12:20 AM GMT
Sandra gets back instructions on how to catch and leash a fly from the VM.

In no time, you will have Mr/Ms fly calmed down and domesticated and eating out of your hand. No longer providing a distraction.


Les inserts the highly improbable search terms, that, when entered google return no results.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/09/17 3:00 PM GMT
My crazy fly was too small... you could barely see it.

VM decides to switch Les to Epic Browser.

Sandra puts all website ads into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/09/17 8:19 PM GMT
Nice find, just might try that one.


Sandra gets back all of the website ads she placed into the VM, from the VM.

The VM doesn't want them either. Can't blame it, now can we?

... ...

Oh, and the note of annoying interwebz stuff.. you can also add in the literal blocks of.. erhm.. stuff that pop up to obscure vision of the respective websites that use them. That is, and unless.. one registers to the website.

Am looking at you, Facebook.. and that is one more reason why I will never register as a user.

ˇViva la Revolución!


Les inserts some HTML code.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/09/17 10:48 PM GMT
Facebook is a walled garden. One of many, I guess. Now I look in occasionally but not at all often.

Les gets strange HTML bugs, spiderbots and other creepy crawlies climbing out of the VM... resembling the words that crawled out of the Hobgoblin's Hat when the dictionary was left inside.

Sandra puts a dozen fresh ring-pull coconuts into the VM, hoping it will enjoy them. (They all have straws).
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+purmusic
03/10/17 12:42 AM GMT
The VM gratefully accepts them.. will get back later on the taste test front.

In the interim, Sandra gets back an e-book to wile away the time from the VM.

(/\ Two thumbs up from me for this one. Hilarious in my ever-so-humble opinion.)


Les inserts a rolled-up tube of toothpaste.. into the VM.

Waste not, want not.

But.. 'you' (speaking generally) have to do it the right way, of course.
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.Tootles
03/10/17 3:06 PM GMT
Hmm. 'The Error of Our Ways.' I didn't know VMs read... interesting. (Slips it into the Kindle under S......s ..... the ..... Ri....r).

Les gets a passionfruit swiss roll. (Saw one today and was tempted, but mother shook her head. Sigh...)

(Question, do you still get the metallic-type toothpaste tubes? I stopped rolling them up when the plastic ones came in, and ever since then, I've had trouble getting the last of the toothpaste out... it lodges at the very top where the tube is hard, and it takes two hands to squeeze it out, and when you take one away to hold the brush, the toothpaste shloops back in).

Where was I? Oh...

Sandra puts forgetfulness into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/10/17 7:12 PM GMT
"Question, do you still get the metallic-type toothpaste tubes?"

Yes.

My tip/trick.. is to *use the handle of the toothbrush to get the remnants up to the tip/shoulder of.. and then use the rolled up portion of the tube to put pressure to get the toothpaste out.

*Like a butter knife. Kinda, sorta. Pressed flat or slightly upraised and at a slight angle.

Hmmm.. I wonder..

Ok, not quite.. but, here you go.


Sandra gets back lots and lots of string, to tie around her finger as visual reminders for whichever and whatever from the VM.


Les inserts the pc game; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.. into the VM.

I was curious as to what it was currently selling for.. but, who knows what the VM might do with it?

We shall see.
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.Tootles
03/10/17 10:35 PM GMT
Most helpful review (Skyrim):

"College: $100,000 - Result: Broke, unemployed, antisocial, depressed
Skyrim: $8 - Result: Own mansions, married, have children, revered by everyone across the land
10/10 would dropout again."

Les gets back a dragon of his own. What will you call it...?

Sandra puts miscommunications into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/11/17 2:18 PM GMT
Some of the Steam reviews are howls. And at times, I will search them out solely for the giggles and laughs.

Oldfield, of course.


Sandra gets back a snafu due to the miscommunications from the VM.


Les inserts some Canadian back bacon.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/11/17 3:41 PM GMT
Yummy.

Les receives some duck eggs and chestnut mushrooms to cook with it -- on condition the VM is invited for breakfast.

Sandra puts a ticking clock into the VM. (I can't HEAR it ticking but it ticks too fast. You sit down for a break and to play a game of Trolls vs Vikings, and before you know it, you have to get up again to check the oven).
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.Constance52347
03/12/17 2:58 AM GMT
Sandra receives a post-it-note reminder to set her clock forward tonight.

Connie puts the menu for a famous French restaurant into the VM. (*fingers crossed*)
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.Tootles
03/12/17 11:06 AM GMT
VM reserves a table for two, and invites Connie.

Sandra puts 'a tendency to antropomorphize furniture and other objects' into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/12/17 2:25 PM GMT
Sandra gets back a fantasy world in which 'furniture and other objects' can communicate via the spoken word.

Unfortunately, or, maybe not.. their language is Esperanto.


Les inserts the cooking aromas that are wafting through the house.. into the VM.

Only thing better would be that of some baking aromas. And here, I will go with the staple apple pie. Cinnamon, pastry crust.. and and.. equals.. goo oo ood!
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.Tootles
03/12/17 7:52 PM GMT
Les gets coffee, cheese and crackers for afters.

Sandra puts an overly sweet pineapple tart into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/13/17 1:23 AM GMT
Oh, man.. and woman, too, of course.. I have my grandmother's recipe for a pineapple cheesecake that is to die for.

The amount of butter used in the pastry is insane.

But, to the point.. I do not not like pineapple. However, I seldom go out of my way to search some out. With this cheesecake, though?

Gimme gimme gimme!

Carrying on..


Sandra gets back a lemon from the VM.

You know what they say?

If life produces an overly sweet pineapple tart for you.. put it into the VM.


Les inserts a glass of lemon iced tea.. into the VM

Pretty much all I drink, outside of the actual tea/coffee stuff. Don't really do the pop thing.
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.Tootles
03/13/17 5:01 AM GMT
Pineapples are positively amazing... you buy them and they sit on your counter and look all prickly and tough, but smell perfumed and perfect. It almost seems a waste to process them in a cheesecake.

'Almost', I said. :-)

Les receives sparkling strawberry iced tea, just for a change. VM notes that it appears to be an Aussie recipe.
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+purmusic
03/13/17 3:45 PM GMT
"'Almost', I said. :-)"

Well, okay then.


Heyyy.. danke for that recipe!

As I've been missing my peach iced tea.

There was a manufacturer that made one, and it was.. delish! Tasted 'homemade'. Then, it disappeared from the shelves for some reason.


Sandra gets back a ream of colourful fractal art stationery from the VM.


Les inserts.. a lot.. of snow.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/13/17 8:18 PM GMT
Thank you VM. :-) My head was in the clouds, so the fantasy paper fits the bill very well.

Oddly enough, I nearly linked to peach tea (also on the Aussie site) but then I spotted the strawberry.

Les gets back simple peach iced tea. (Well, what else can the VM do with all that snow?)

Nearly forgot again...

Into the VM, Sandra puts sudden strange Facebook notifications that pop up on the screen, like the one I got in the middle of typing this post... "Sandra, do you know John Doe?" Actually that wasn't the name... and I nearly never know any of them. Facebook is absolutely desperate to make me link to more people, and every time I go in, there's a list of failed notifications as long as your arm... 'Sandra, do you know...?"

I wonder if everybody gets this, or if I get a lot of it because I don't link to many people.

(Has the VM gone to sleep?)
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+purmusic
03/14/17 4:14 PM GMT
Yeah, sorry.. can't help/add/or inform you on this one. As I don't do Facebook.

But.. I wouldn't be surprised if you were spot on with regards to Facebook's attempts to propagate itself from within.


Sandra gets a Facebook friend request from the VM.


Les inserts Daylight Savings Time.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/16/17 2:23 PM GMT
Sandra accepts the VM's Facebook friendship request.

Les receives a tray of these cookies, baked specially for him by the VM. The time on each is firmly set to the time he gets home from work. VM also adds a pot of freshly brewed tea, and has scheduled Les's favourite movie-or-sports-game for free online streaming. Meanwhile, a huge pizza is on its way and will be delivered in six minutes. (The VM has been very busy).

Sandra puts an old yellow (but funny) paperback in the VM.
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+purmusic
03/16/17 6:49 PM GMT
(*drools*)

Now those are my kind of cookies.

:o)


Sandra gets back a copy of "The Cheese Monkeys" by Chip Kidd to replace the old yellow paperback from the VM.

It was a cutting edge book design at the time.

And.. a good good book/read.


Les inserts a colouring book.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/16/17 11:27 PM GMT
Hmm... attractive looking book. Not seen that before.

Les gets back a paint-by-numbers kit of a winter forest with a lot of icicles in the foreground.

Sandra puts two duplicate DVDs into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/17/17 2:26 AM GMT
Sandra gets back a blank dual-layer DVD.

Double the data storage.. halving the space of physical storage.

This is the kind of sorcery that would have gotten you burned at the stake a long time ago.


Les puts a box of wooden matches.. into the VM.

"Wedding gifts"?
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.Tootles
03/17/17 10:56 AM GMT
VM politely says thanks, but it's not planning any weddings. Les gets back a huge cake with a veritable forest of candles.

Sandra puts a box of unused mugs into the VM.

PS: 'Two duplicate DVDs' = 'dual-layer DVD' = clever.
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+purmusic
03/18/17 4:42 PM GMT
I have one mug that is used rather infrequently.

It's a handmade pottery kind of thing.

And the reason it doesn't get much use is because.. it's yuuuuuuge!

I'm talking a pint and a half at least, on the note of capacity. As much as I like my tea, there's no humanly conceivable way of my finishing a 'mug' in this mug without bursting and/or tea getting cold and and.. .

... ...

Could work it in as a hand weight for a workout, though.


Sandra gets back a note of encouragement from the VM to forge ahead with her spring cleaning.


Les inserts some potting soil.. into the VM.

/\ Yep.. need to remind myself to buy some.

As I don't think it's a good good thing when a plant's roots are exposed, what do yous think?

... ...

Now.. if only I could figure out where the previous potting soil disappeared to..

(*dons deerstalker.. picks up Calabash Gourd & Meerschaum pipe..*)
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.Tootles
03/18/17 10:39 PM GMT
Les gets back this planting suggestion.

EDIT by VM: there's something about plants with exposed roots here.

Sandra puts a scrummy lemon tart into the VM... all finished now, but at least she can put in the dream of another.
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+purmusic
03/19/17 9:13 PM GMT
"The most obvious sign is when you can see roots on the surface of the soil or emerging from the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot.

If the plant seems to stop growing or has slowed growth, it has likely become pot-bound. If it's a small plant, turn the pot on its side and ease the plant out of its container. Take a peek at its roots. Are they coiled in the bottom of the pot? If so, it's definitely time to repot."

Think I've only been delaying the inevitable of transplanting to a larger pot/planter.

Danke for the link.

Carrying on..


Ok, after a quick google check on the word; "scrummy"..

Sandra gets back.. wait, a sec.. "all finished now"? "put in the dream of another"?

Sandra gets back a vacant stare from the VM.. dreaming of another 'scrummy lemon tart'.


Les inserts some comedy specials.. into the VM.

Watched some good good ones.. "Katherine Ryan in Trouble", "Jerrod Carmichael: 8" and "Todd Barry: Super Crazy".. and.. "Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out".
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.Tootles
03/20/17 2:10 AM GMT
VM is still feeling a bit vacant so has asked me to fill in for it today.

For Les, I suggest (from today's DVD-watching):

(1) Evan Almighty (it gave me a few chuckles, especially the fish).

(2) From the otherwise serious Outbreak film, the Dustin Hoffman/Cuba Gooding Jr in-a-helicopter bit (when being chased). It's not real comedy but tickled my funny bone anyway, being more like an action chase spoof.

Unlike Les I am not on the bleeding edge of comedy and there's something distinctly dusty about my choices... I'm sure the VM would have done better but is staring glassily at nothing just now.

Sandra puts Pooh Bear ice cream into the VM, and waits anxiously to see if it recovers.
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+purmusic
03/20/17 7:25 PM GMT
If, you meant to write; "Poor Bear ice cream".. instead of "Pooh bear".. then, the VM has recovered nicely, tyvm.

If, not.. Sandra gets more vacant glassy-eyed stares from the VM.


Les inserts inserts yet another pair of socks that has developed holes in them.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/21/17 12:32 AM GMT
'Poor' Bear? That doesn't even make any sense. >:-( I can't find a good photo or page showing Pooh Bear Ice Cream but I know it exists because I've had it a few times. It's honeycomb ice cream... VM would like it.

My head aches.... Think I might trot down for a drink of something...

Les gets a (nurses throbbing head and thinks).... a Charlie Bear bunny called Cotton Sox. (I have this one).

Sandra puts a camel bag into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/21/17 2:40 AM GMT
Yes.. "Poor Bear ice cream" makes no sense.

But.. "Pooh Bear ice cream".. it's almost a given.

:oP


I keed, I keed.

Man (and woman, too, of course).. should have went with my instincts that kick in, in and around this time of year. Those instincts being; "keep your head down, don't make eye contact.. as peeps be.. erhm.. in a not-so good good mood".

Oh, hey.. I remember Cotton Sox.

Looks.. cuddly.


Sandra gets back a dromedary satchel from the VM.

Smaller than a camel bag.. bit more like an evening purse.


Les inserts more standup comedy.. into the VM.

Laughter is the best medicine?
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.Tootles
03/21/17 11:59 PM GMT
Oh, that's not Cotton Sox; that's Thumper. Cotton Sox should probably feature in a wallpaper of his own some day. They both have bendy ears. Cuuuuuuuute. (Goes all mushy).

Les gets a thank you note from the VM to say it feels better now.

Sandra puts a disrupted routine into the VM.
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=Samatar
03/23/17 12:18 AM GMT
Sandra gets a true ion and a link to the Cryptic Clue thread.

Sam inserts an acronym.
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
+purmusic
03/23/17 12:43 AM GMT
Sam gets back a tower of giraffes and a zeal of zebras from the VM.


Les inserts less.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/23/17 7:37 PM GMT
Les gets back the hole of a doughnut.

Sandra puts a cat flap in the VM.
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+purmusic
03/23/17 10:38 PM GMT
Sandra gets back this YouTube video from the VM, for her viewing and entertainment pleasure.


Les inserts a new discussion forum game/idea.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/24/17 12:55 AM GMT
Aww... that cat is beginning to think "this isn't easy any more."

Les gets back a new ________from the ________.

Sandra chases dust bunnies (and one verbose rabbit) into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/24/17 5:33 PM GMT
Sandra gets back the "The Most Expensive Dustbuster That You'll Ever Own" from the VM.


Les inserts a travel alarm clock that doesn't quite alarm.. into the VM.

Re: "that doesn't quite alarm"

It's.. seen things, let's just say..

(*screen wipe to one of the fateful mornings..*)

Scene: Interior of a bedroom. Close-up shot on travel alarm clock sitting on a night table.

Travel alarm clock goes off.

Enter from the left-hand side of frame a rapidly accelerating hand..
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.Tootles
03/24/17 10:51 PM GMT
Les gets an alarm clock with the slogan 'Don't Kill the Messenger.'

TPBM.... er.... VM says... wait, let's start again.

Sandra (that's the name I was fishing for!) puts the 3.10 to Yuma into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/25/17 4:15 AM GMT
Aha.. I've seen "3:10 to Yuma". The remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford film.

I enjoyed it.

Pretty bloody, though.

Carrying on..


Sandra gets back a train ride aboard the Rocky Mountaineer (all four packages) during the fall from the VM.

(More photos.)


Les inserts a 60 TB SSD hard drive.. into the VM.

Check this..

"With four times the capacity of the next leading SSD, this massive hard drive could hold up to 12,000 DVD movies or even a whopping 400 million photos. Just sit back and think about how ridiculous an amount of data that really is."
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.Tootles
03/25/17 11:53 AM GMT
Yes, that's the one... you don't really expect Russell Crowe, somehow. :-) He did well, though.

But it's an annoying film in the sense that you wish everybody would shut up, stop shooting, and go home.

The Rocky Mountain thing looks a lovely trip... provided your transport doesn't break down. Get the feeling the traveller in Les is drooling, though...

Les gets a ticket to the future, when such storage will be cheap and commonplace.

Sandra puts a malfunctioning laptop into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/25/17 6:44 PM GMT
Sandra gets back another ream of stationery paper and a pencil, complete with sharpener in case pencil.exe stops working, from the VM.


Les inserts a "shave and a haircut, two bits" knock.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
03/26/17 11:29 PM GMT
The VM finds the most gorgeous paper...

Les gets back a notepad to jot down his To Do List.

Sandra puts peace and quiet into the VM.
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+purmusic
03/27/17 12:27 AM GMT
Sandra gets back some relaxing music as an accompaniment from the VM.


Les inserts a set of golf clubs.. into the VM.
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.Constance52347
03/30/17 7:58 AM GMT
Les receives a free game of 18 holes at Lago Mar's stunning golf course with Donald Trump! Worth: $200,000 (the present cost of a membership)

(Tip: it may be wise to let him win...lol)


Connie inserts a video on the art of paper cutting into the VM. This one is pretty stunning, too!

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+purmusic
03/31/17 6:38 PM GMT
Really like the "amazing papercut art by Parth Kothekar".

Good good stuff. :o)


Connie gets back a thousand paper cuts and some Bactine from the VM.

It's a worthy sacrifice for the sake of art.

:oP


Les inserts some cinnamon.. into the VM.

Put some in with your ground coffee beans.. no need for sugar, for me, at least.

And it tastes.. dee -lish.
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.Tootles
04/04/17 11:34 AM GMT
Nice tip. :-)

Les gets back a recipe for yummy cinnamon shortbread.

Sandra puts yet another Amazon box into the VM.
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::Constance52347
04/12/17 9:04 AM GMT
Sandra receives a litter of kittens, nestled in said box.

Connie puts in a whimsical umbrella into the VM>
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+purmusic
04/12/17 3:38 PM GMT
Interesting.

Carrying on..

Connie gets back.. this.

Yep.. magical rain sounds for sleeping 2 hours.

You're welcome.


Les injects the VM with.. a Vitamin B-12 shot.
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.Tootles
04/13/17 2:54 PM GMT
VM leaps to its feet and aims a kick at Les.

Sandra puts two Monty Python DVDs into the VM.
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+purmusic
04/13/17 5:33 PM GMT
... ...

... ...

... ...

The VM thanks you and apologizes for the delay here. As it had to watch each DVD.. thrice. They're that funny.

Sandra gets back a pair of coconuts from the VM.

Not to practice cracking, rather.. making horsie sounds.


Les inserts some potatoes.. into the VM.
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.Tootles
04/13/17 8:38 PM GMT
The frightening thing about the coconut steeds is that you start to take them seriously... "right, they're riding off now."

Les gets some sweet potatoes from the VM, just for a change. Great mashed.

Sandra puts a fluffy yellow flamingo pen into the VM.
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::Constance52347
04/14/17 9:20 AM GMT
Sandra receives a fluffy purse to put them in

Connie puts an airline boarding pass into the VM.
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+purmusic
04/16/17 9:08 AM GMT
Connie gets back a patting down from the VM.

You see.. even the VM is security conscious.


Les inserts a slight sunburn.. into the VM.

That'll learn me to try and take in as much Vitamin D as possible just because the sun made an appearance.
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.Tootles
04/16/17 2:58 PM GMT
I love the fluffy purse... but the best part is the text that goes with it!

"The furry cat purse is a creepy looking clutch that is basically a square furry purse that has a face of a cat in the corner of it, and if it were to utter anything out of it's creepy little mouth, we are sure it would whisper the words "Please Kill Me"."

I WANT that purse.

Les gets back some cream to put on his sunburn. You're only meant to go in the sun for ten minutes the first time.

Sandra puts 'people who take damaged DVDs to charity shops' into the VM.

Am chuckiing out a DVD of Flightplan. There's no way I'll allow them to cheat somebody else, even in the name of charity. And aren't those eyes too blue?? I went around asking everybody that this morning... "look at this DVD... aren't those eyes too blue?" Agree?
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+purmusic
04/16/17 4:06 PM GMT
They are blue, alright.

... ...

Huh.

In checking the date of the movie (I thought it was older).. there's really no excuse for such a cheesy Photoshop chop job.

Carrying on..


Sandra gets back a number of hand-written notes of apologies from the 'people who take damaged DVDs to charity shops' from the VM.


Les inserts a whole wheat carrot with pecans muffin.. into the VM.

And check this..

Unbeknownst to me at the time of purchase.. there is a custard filling that goes wonderfully with the rest of this culinary concoction.
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marbobfd
04/17/17 10:25 PM GMT
Les gets back a carrot smothered in custard filling and a muffin filled with whole wheat pecans.

Mary inserts all of the 15,000 runners in the Boston Marathon (which just happened today btw)
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.Tootles
04/18/17 3:54 PM GMT
Mary gets a huge vat of runner beans and a cleaning bill.

Sandra puts too many cooks into the VM.
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+purmusic
04/19/17 1:24 AM GMT
In case anyone is wondering..

Mary; aka marbobfd is our very own solita17.

Darn those pesky password reset instructions!

Carrying on..


Sandra gets back a flock of pigeons idly shuffling about at the bottom of a statue from the VM.


Les inserts "the funniest joke in the world".. into the VM.

I giggled, but, didn't necessarily guffaw.
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.Tootles
04/19/17 6:53 AM GMT
VM reads the funniest joke in the world and says 'interesting', but remains poker-faced.

Sandra puts an out-of-date bag of Thailand rice crackers into the VM. (Where did it even come from in the first place?? At least when you live alone you know the only person who does anything around the house or brings anything into it is you. And cats bringing in mice, maybe...)

PS I'm sorry to hear about the password issues, Mary. :-(
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+purmusic
04/19/17 2:31 PM GMT
Just to be sure of the flavour profile, had to do some googlin'.. Thailand rice crackers.

Unfortunately.. the offering did not register with the VM's current taste desires, and promptly did the "Blecch! Ptooey!" thing.. and came up with something far, far better to cleanse the palate and enjoy:

Sandra gets back some of these from the VM.

Chocolate? Mint? Shortbread?

Can you say; "yes".. I knew that you could.


Les inserts a blank DVD.. into the VM.

ooOOoo .. ooOOoo.. wonder what will be on it when I get it back?
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.Tootles
04/20/17 9:37 AM GMT
We did the Bleccht Ptooey! thing too,... rice crackers ended up in bin without even being tasted.

VM is still pondering the blank DVD... considers using it as a frisbee, but fears to annoy people who are straggling across the beach with their babies.

Watch this space.
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+purmusic
04/20/17 9:06 PM GMT
(*watches.. patiently*)
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::Constance52347
04/21/17 4:56 AM GMT
(*watches.. patiently*) lol
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.Tootles
04/21/17 3:02 PM GMT
Les finally receives his DVD back from the VM with an HD copy of 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'.

(I watched this last night... so cringe-making I covered my eyes in places, but funny. These are good actors).

Sandra (crawling out from under her desk) puts a mountain of stuff into the VM.
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+purmusic
04/21/17 4:52 PM GMT
Alright, then.. a Frisbee it is!

:oP


Sandra gets back a cheque for 5,000 Euros to hire a professional organizer.. and a pot of freshly brewed tea to enjoy while the gremlins do the dirty work.. from the VM.


Les inserts his green recyclable bin.. into the VM.

"Are you struggling with the "yuck" factor in your green bin?"

Why, yes.. yes, I am.
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.Tootles
04/22/17 7:24 PM GMT
Les, the VM says you can swap that DVD for this if you prefer: The Odessa File. It's very good, and I wasn't tempted to fast-forward through any of it, even though there was a lot of creeping around and lurking.

Les gets back a team of green bin cleaners, and a pot of green tea to enjoy while waiting.

Sandra puts a dead houseplant into the VM.
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+purmusic
04/22/17 10:54 PM GMT
Oh, ok.. made a mistake.

Thought "The Odessa File" was a Robert Ludlum book, it's Frederick Forsyth instead. Still, I did read it and enjoy it.

So.. danke, VM.


I feel terrible when one of my houseplants perishes.

Sandra gets back this section of the following article; "You think it's dead but it's not".. from the VM.


Les inserts a lottery ticket.. into the VM.
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::Constance52347
05/02/17 3:58 AM GMT
Les receives condolences for not winning "this time"...but, as a consolation:

Connie puts a trip down the Rhine River for a Wine Cruise.
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+purmusic
05/03/17 11:46 PM GMT
Connie gets back one of these t-shirts in anticipation of the wine cruise.

"Always be prepared".. is what I say.


Les inserts a reference bookmark.. into the VM.
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::Constance52347
05/15/17 8:21 AM GMT
Les receives tools to illustrate the novel he is hoping to write some day!

Connie inserts a stack of lumber into the VM
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+purmusic
05/15/17 10:56 PM GMT
That is a cool cool device. Me wants.

Carrying on..

Connie gets back the pergola of her dreams constructed from the lumber and courtesy of the VM.


Les inserts the upcoming holiday weekend (Victoria Day - Monday, May 22).. into the VM.

"It is sometimes informally considered the beginning of the summer season in Canada."
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::Constance52347
05/16/17 1:27 AM GMT
Les receives an extended holiday to attend an *even more* important event on the 23rd ...Connie's birthday party, and it's a big milestone this year! lol

Connie inserts a very expensive birthday cake into the VM with lots and lots of icing!!

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+purmusic
05/16/17 7:45 PM GMT
Polishing "Lucille" (my fourteen-pronged cake fork) as we speak.

;o)


Connie gets back these candles for her birthday cake.


Les inserts tomorrow's forecast temperature of.. wait for it.. 36 C / 97 F.. into the VM.
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=Samatar
05/17/17 2:18 AM GMT
Les gets a mystified shrug from the VM who is only familiar with deg C.

Sam inserts a trip to California... tomorrow.
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
::Constance52347
05/17/17 8:05 AM GMT
@Les...where the heck are you?!! It's going to be 88+F here tomorrow in the South.

Sam receives free tickets to the Bay Area Maker Faire.

Connie inserts a bird's nest into the VM.
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+purmusic
05/17/17 1:54 PM GMT
Connie gets back a delicious bowl of bird's nest soup.

"Bird's nest soup is considered an expensive delicacy among the Chinese. Bird's nest itself is a gelatinous texture made up of cave swifts' saliva, hardened into the shape of a shallow cup that forms their nests."

Erhm.. yum?


Les inserts some chopsticks.. into the VM.
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.Constance52347
06/05/17 6:17 AM GMT
Les receives a lovely case to carry them in.

Connie inserts a 45rpm vinyl record into the VM.
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+purmusic
06/05/17 6:32 PM GMT
That is a gorgeous case and chopsticks.

I'd get it/them.. just for a keepsake, to put on display even.

Carrying on..

... ...

Connie gets back a vintage "hi-fidelity" stereo.. from the VM.


Les inserts a toothpaste roller/squeezer.. into the VM.

No moar arguments! Marriage and relationship saver! Get yours now while supplies last!
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.Constance52347
06/10/17 3:30 AM GMT
The VM extends a hearty thanks for such a handy device, indeed. Les receives some very special toothbrush holders and toothbrushes!

Connie inserts some candle wax into the VM.
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+purmusic
06/10/17 5:59 PM GMT
Although, somewhat predictable.. the VM couldn't refuse looking through it's wares to come up with this for Connie:

Art Made Using Wax

There's all manner of wax art, it would appear. Illustrations, sculptures.. and and.. .


Les inserts the chore of getting the A/C up and running.. into the VM.

Unfortunately, it does not simply involve the switch of a switch.

(*starts to warm-up for the heavy lifting ahead*)
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.Constance52347
06/12/17 5:54 AM GMT
The VM checks the efficiency stickers and gives Les an energy discount.

Connie inserts a pair of nesting robins into the VM. aww


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=Samatar
06/12/17 6:11 AM GMT
Connie gets attacked by the mother robin.

Sam inserts a 3 ring binder.
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
.Constance52347
06/12/17 9:50 AM GMT
(Oh my goodness...I've been looking at mini leather 3 ring binders!)

Sam receives a History of Trapper Keepers.

Feeling nostalgic, Connie puts in a selection of Micro Minis into the VM.

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+purmusic
06/12/17 6:16 PM GMT
Huh.

I must have slept through the entire Micro Mini era? Not heard of, not familiar with.

Carrying on..


Connie gets a makeover from the 70s from the VM.

Les inserts one of the new "Toonies" (2 dollar coin minted in Canada).. into the VM.
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.Constance52347
06/27/17 6:26 AM GMT
Les receives a American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin. Quite an upgrade...check the price!!

Connie inserts the old Disney flick Fantasia into the VM.
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+purmusic
06/27/17 1:19 PM GMT
If you had one of those coins.. is it's value enhanced beyond that of it's weight by it's currency face value?

Things that make you go.. 'hmmmm..'.


Connie gets back a request to sweep out the Augean Stables from *Hercules.

(*VM owed him from last Friday's poker night and let Hercules take this one.)


Les inserts some Titleist golf balls.. into the VM.

... ...

Holy crapperz! I was simply checking to make sure I had "Titleist" spelled correctly and this popped up!
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::Constance52347
07/03/17 7:54 AM GMT
Les receives some appropriately expensive golf clubs.

Connie inserts a pie to celebrate the 4th of July!
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+purmusic
07/09/17 12:41 AM GMT
Actually.. those prices are not all that shocking?

Still, and with that said.. those are some very nice looking clubs and the specs listed, manufacturing process employed.. suggests some high quality stuff.


Connie gets back an empty pie plate from the VM with a note attached;

"Appy 'ord.. eye uz ood".

... ...

Fo' shame.. the VM should know better than to talk/type with it's mouth full..

... ...

Les places this TED Talk.. into the VM.

Only nine minutes long, and I thought to share as I found it interesting and enlightening. Not earth shattering, by no means.. but, still.. very interesting.
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::Constance52347
07/11/17 11:58 PM GMT
$1,000 for just one club? Really? Where have I been!! lol

Les receives back a taped DVD of the message.

Connie inserts a classic car into the VM.



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+purmusic
07/12/17 2:54 AM GMT
Connie gets some coupons for A & W from the VM.

Les inserts an hourglass.. into the VM.
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::Constance52347
07/15/17 4:30 AM GMT
Les receives a perfectly boiled egg.

Connie inserts a pair of cockroaches into the VM.
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+purmusic
07/15/17 6:30 PM GMT
Connie gets a private screening of David Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch".. with David alongside to provide commentary.

And.. some popcorn.

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And.. a voucher for a professional pest control service, if need be;

"An established cockroach population will often require professional pest control to ensure that it will not recur. Infestations are likely to reappear especially when surviving cockroach eggs hatch after one or two months."

Gives me the heebie-jeebies just looking at that page.


Les inserts some much needed eye bleach after this post.. into the VM.
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::Constance52347
07/21/17 10:42 PM GMT
Awww that is so cute!
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