LOL. Do the kids today have any idea what happened in that 8 of March? (Speaking of memory, I think  I wrote this very sentence years ago at some March 8...)

We need to find a way around this. My neck, back and sides hurt. Her majesty decided to sleep on my body last night. She is really not put off by being pushed away.

Seriously, dear, he's too tall for you!

Quote from: Blackleaf on March 09, 2023, 02:11:31 AMI'll keep this in mind when writing my book. Naming things is hard. Much easier to just say, "Oh, this place? This is Miner Town. We call it that because it's built next to a mine. For some reason, we get a bunch of creepy visitors here who are always disappointed. Don't know why."

Fuck, that's good. I'm using that one. lol

I dunno about Miner Town, but Coal Valley would work.  Highvale mine if you want to sound classy.  Black Thunder mine if you want to sound cool af.  All those are real places.

For small towns, I find it best to name them after the founder (Jamestown, Bakersfield) or a prominent feature (Pinecrest, Boulder, Riverbend) or an abstract concept (Paradise, Liberty, Independence).  Big Cities are of course named after more famous people (Columbia, Elizabethtown)

Or to show a blending of cultures, name it partially in one language and partially in another: Rio Scarlet, Azure river, Mont Verde

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Quote from: Hydra009 on March 09, 2023, 11:06:02 AMI dunno about Miner Town, but Coal Valley would work.  Highvale mine if you want to sound classy.  Black Thunder mine if you want to sound cool af.  All those are real places.

For small towns, I find it best to name them after the founder (Jamestown, Bakersfield) or a prominent feature (Pinecrest, Boulder, Riverbend) or an abstract concept (Paradise, Liberty, Independence).  Big Cities are of course named after more famous people (Columbia, Elizabethtown)

Or to show a blending of cultures, name it partially in one language and partially in another: Rio Scarlet, Azure river, Mont Verde

See, you're trying to make the towns sound good. I'm trying to make them sound ridiculous. The hero of the story is from a town called Woodywood. Because there's always a wood-themed name to a town.

Would a guy from Woodywood be a Woodywood pecker? 🤔

Quote from: Unbeliever on March 09, 2023, 02:20:14 PMWould a guy from Woodywood be a Woodywood pecker? 🤔

No, but a man from Woodywood would have a hardwood pecker when aroused.

What happens when wisdom is your dump stat and you come across an otherwise powerful amulet of suggestion

New tourism strategy: just tell people that Mount Everest is in South Dakota

Better yet, tell them it's in West Dakota... 🤫

I've butchered any number of languages. English shouldn't expect a bye.

Quote from: Hydra009 on March 10, 2023, 01:17:13 PM

Is this real? It sounds inedible.