Pointless, stupid and inaccurate game
Wed, 2004-04-28 12:47
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Pointless, stupid and inaccurate game
This is all of the above things, but I was just playing round with the periodic table (hey, I have a low attention span) and wondering if you could make words out of the chemical symbols used for the elements - the answer generally is NO - they keep tacking Li, La onto the very useful L's, and there are no D's or Dr's - they are all Db and other similarly useless stuff.
But I wondered if anyone could have a better crack at regular contributors names than these three (which are vaguely phonetically correct)
Lithium, Aluminium, Sodium
Sulphur, Tellurium, Oxygen, Rhodium, Manganese, Yttrium, Platinum, Radium, Lithium
Phosphorus, Gold, Lithium.
If anyone could do me a passable Drew Gummerson, I'd be very impressed.
And here's a nice periodic table link...
stu bryan
Crikey you must be bored Andrew...so am I:
carbon, hydrogen, 2oxygen, selenium.
marc
Table schnable.
On another note, Hubert Selby Jr's popped his cloggs yesterday and I don't have an unmbrella....
[%sig%]
Ely Whitley
i like this, it's stupid and clever at the same time.
I've just spent an hour trying to come up with something but I need a pooh and it's knocking my concentration
Rachel
I've just spent 10 minutes trying to understand the question...
nancy
lol.. me too Rachel..
Ely.. i think a general guideline to follow with forums is working on a need to know basis? don't ya think? :)
Emma
hahahaha, I thought I was being really dim as it took me about 4 minutes...
stormy
Radium Aluminium Fluorine
Helium Dysprosium Germanium Iodine Boron Boron Oxygen Nitrogen Sulphur
Phosphum Gold Lithium Germanium Rhenium Cobalt
Rhodium Actinium Hydrogen Aluminium
That will do for now. My brain hurts
DimboRachel
*still hasn't got it*
DimboRachel
*and brands game stupid, pointless and inaccurate anyway, so there*
Emma
They are using the symbol for the chemical to make names with Rachel.
Emma
OOps I should be correct and say symbol for the 'element'.
stormy
yes, andrew's were Liana, Stormy Petrel and Paul. I forgot he had done Paul when I did mine.
nancy
ohhh i get it now..(would have helped if i had opened the link to the periodic table..) except that it wasnt really Liana.. it was Lialna...?
Emma
As Andrew said, it's inaccurate,..
and stupid and pointless
I feel I fit that description very well at the moment.
Still in a funny mood I can't shake off.
stormy
>>As Andrew said, it's inaccurate,..
and stupid and pointless<<<
Like most of mississippi's threads then?
*runs and hides*
Emma
*Dives into ditch, covering self over with grass.*
mississippi
If you REALLY want a slap Colin, just keep going.
Emma
*peeps out through grass*
*dives back in*
John
Don't think there is any from the combination of just two, not phonetically any way.
But just out of boredom..
HEN is the unstable Helium and Nitrogen
FLASH is the very combustible Fluorine, Lanthanum, Sulfur, Hydrogen, if you take away the La and S, then add a Little S and charcoal.
Dmitri turns in his grave!
At least we can see what elements make up our names.
Try the isotope's Andrew, you may have better luck there.
stormy
ok george, have just replied to your point on the Fox thread.
*leaves country*
DimboRachel
Iodine /Copper Nobelium Tellurium/ dyprosium oxygen / Iodine Tillurium
Boron Oxygen Lithium Lithium Osygen Xenon!!!!!!!
John
Hi.i.am.sm.ar.te.at.sc.i.n.ce
Th.i.s. i.s. k.no.w.n. be.ca.u.se
i. am. cu.te. w.i.th. bi.o
Ge. i. am. sm.ar.te!
Not!..God my head herts. It's like the blody rubic's qube, dam iritating!
andrew pack
Now think Liana should be Lithium, Argon, Sodium, which is at least Liarna, which is more phonetic.
I'd neglected Hen, that would have been easy. I did try for Ralph, but got stuck with the L - Rafe is a very elegant solution. I like Hedy Gibbons. I had in mind when I started this topic that Stormy would be the boy for it.
Can anyone come up with a short story comprised of Element symbols?
Emma
Well, if they can, they are obviously milking the welfare state for all it can give.
andrew pack
You can do Erin Brokovich and Alice in Wonderland... but I can't be arsed, as it is (a) home time (b) I have had a blinding result at court and (c) I have had two pints and feel another six calling out for me, right now...
I also know that you can make the word Helicopters.
Emma
bottoms up Andrew, have one for me and well done in court.
Emma
lol, but John that was the best effort yet, I'm sure Andrew will be cockahoop with you.
Rachel
Cor, and he's dyslexic!
Emma
Yeah, p'raps it helps..? Oh, and cock-a-hoop should be hyphenated...
pedantic moment over now.
Emma
Crikey, someone's really had a rant on the getting published thread. It was almost painful to look at the post, never mind read it.
stormy
I read that a while ago ... am still chuckling now ... hilarious
Rachel
Yes, brilliant. Call in the paranoia police......
John
You call'd ma'am?
John
Emma. How is your re Write getting on?
Emma
don't ask aaaaarrrghh
John
Ok, Won't!
Emma
That's very humane of you!
Concerned reader
*Tryes A Different Tactic*
Emma! Don't want to know how the rewrite is coming on, so you don't have to tell me anything. Don't think that i am in any way interested, because even if i was, you don't have to tell me anything.
Just because it happens to be a lovely pieces of writing that i found a very enjoyable read, or because i happen to think that the writer, "mentioning no names?" has so far don a grate job in brining the thing to life, doesn't mean that you are under any obligation to let me no how it is coming on.
*Runs for cover*
Concerned reader
Hat! Was that my name you added to that thread?
If so, Thanks Emma, I like that description.
If no!
*Doesn't bother me! Don't need anyone to be Nice's to me anyway..*
*Scuffs His Feet*
Emma
John, you are too kind, but it's the structure that's getting me in a rage, and Andrew's advised me to get a lot more structure worked out before I post any more, so I took it off, as it didn't make any sense as it stood.
Concerned reader
Emma. Can i be little bit cheeky and ask you weather you have written down a synopsis and a good outline of ware the story is going, what comes first, next and so on. I mean actually written it down.
andrew pack
A good technique is to write key incidents in the story down on record cards, then move them about on a table until the order is pleasing. (And I hope I haven't put you off your work Emma - get yourself down a library until inspiration strikes...)
Rachel
Emma, my uncle is spearheading new campaign to keep libraries open all night (in case you're interested)
Emma
Hey, that's interesting reading Rachel. Do you know I thought at first that you were pointing me in this direction for the sake of reading and improving my writing, following Andrew's post above, but I've just remembered the other reason for you suggesting I might like them to open at night....tsk tsk, what do you take me for?
Fair enough.
It would be death to my reading if I spent more time in libraries.lol.
Seriously though, yes, libraries could be made into really sexy places to my mind, why not, I mean they are great big public spaces with potential for so much more going on, they need to communicate better about what a book can really do for a reader.
It'll be interesting to see what changes might happen.