Looks like that fellow with the 3rd grade math question quit and deleted all his posts

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andyprough
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...and dragged down a bunch of threads with him.

Bit of a shame, my math proof was one for the ages, I think Oxford university was just about to name a new math campus in my honor.

andyprough
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For a moment there I was afraid maybe Cthulhu had eaten another member of the Hutte family, but no, I think it was that dad of the third grader.

prospero
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He seemed to be going through difficult times, I hope he'll get better soon.

He should feel free to join us again any time. After all, the Troll Lounge is supposed to "provide a cozy environment for off-topic conversations".

We are not just random trolls up to no good. We are very special trolls, troublemakers, hutts and other nuts up to making this world a better place for all, in spite of the incoming cosmic collapse.

andyprough
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Is the cosmic collapse imminent now? I'd better get a haircut, and take my suit to the cleaners. Want to get some good pictures.

prospero
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> Is the cosmic collapse imminent now?

We believe it to be a daily phenomenon. It surely does not seem to be going away any time soon.

You can always get a haircut, of course, if it makes you feel good. As for the suit, we take it that it is just to look good on the pictures, not redemptive mortification in deadly hot weather.

andyprough
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I see that you've discovered my gamma ray secret. These aren't actually from collapsing stars - they are from when I accidentally leave the spoon in my soup bowl in the microwave oven. Which I unfortunately do about once per day, ever since the early 1960s.

prospero
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I see. I guess it should be called a spoonic collapse then, or possibly a soupic collapse. I'll write to the relevant naming authorities right away in order to get them to correct that mistake and spare those millions intended to build useless new telescopes. We will also arrange for you to receive a whole set of our finest wooden cutlery.

I feel a wee bit disappointed now. I thought we had the ultimate proof of the Nataraja cosmic dance, but no, it is just a soup spoon in the wrong place. Nataraja is in fact dancing in a taco soup. What a bummer.

andyprough
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>"I thought we had the ultimate proof of the Nataraja cosmic dance"

What I don't understand is why would the collapsing stars be pointed at Earth once per day for six decades. Doesn't make sense. I'm thinking those gamma bursts are something different. Probably advanced alien civilizations monitoring us. Or maybe our future selves monitoring us from the future. Something like that.

prospero
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We have already answered that too: "there are bound to be many GRBs we don’t see because their beams aren’t pointed at Earth." I still like your spoon theory better.

> advanced alien civilizations monitoring us
> our future selves monitoring us

You seem to be convinced that we are worth monitoring through massive amounts of energy. I'm clueless as to what makes you think so.

andyprough
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Clearly you haven't been watching the Home Shopping Network cable TV channel recently. Advanced alien civilizations are big on saving 80% or more on their purchases of fine jewelry, women's fashion clothing, and anti-aging skin creams.

prospero
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> take my suit to the cleaners

Silly of me, forgot to ask: do you mean your cool suit or your cooling suit?

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andyprough
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My advanced alien technology eternity suit.

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prospero
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Oh so your archeological works proved rewarding after all. However, if you were expecting our interstellar shuttle 2017-U1 Oumuamua to collect you, I'm afraid you've missed it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua#/media/File:Comet_20171025-16_gif.gif

andyprough
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Haven't you heard? We are going to take a 26-year nuclear-powered interstellar taxi ride and catch Oumuamua.

prospero
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May the solar winds blow us into the general direction of 'Oumuamua.

https://archive.org/details/csr071/csr071_auld-lang-syne_02_love-dove_-_old-lang-syne.mp3

andyprough
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I think for this trip we are going to need a 26-year-long playlist of Frank Zappa's greatest hits.

prospero
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I was thinking, I hope he's not become the last target of those carpenter ants from Hell.

Just been upgrading my own ant fumigation recipe with a new lethal ingredient. I guess we live in such benevolent symbiosis that we have to try and eradicate each other, from time to time.

andyprough
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All conflict leads ultimately to the development of nuclear weapons and a nuclear arms race. It is inevitable. The carpenter ants probably already have their centrifuges spinning up highly enriched uranium as we speak.

prospero
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We had a gentlehutt agreement that they deliver enough power to heat the room next winter, and in return we may let them dwell in that beam until spring.

We now believe we are never going to make it through next winter anyway. We are still trying to behave as normal as possible in order to avoid putting a bug in their ears.