This is too funny

[Anona]

<p>So, hubby and I went out to dinner tonight.  Driving home, we pass an area full of vegetation.  Suddenly, he blurts out "roots!" to which I cracked up laughing.  It was only then that he realized what he had done; he said he was about to tell me to pull the car over so he could go harvest them.</p><p>Methinks we might have a wee bit too much crafting/harvesting on our brains...just thought I'd share a giggle with everyone.<img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Calthine]

I almost pulled over 'cause I thought I saw a shiny the other day.

[AratornCalahn]

And people think<i> children</i> need to be shielded from computer games...lol

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p>A couple of weeks ago .. we had to meet some friends at a resturant we hadn't been to before .. </p><p>We were following their directions, my hubby was driving and he keep doing this "thing" with his finger on the steering wheel .. </p><p>I asked him what was wrong .. he said .. "nothing, I was trying to bring up the Map" .. </p><p>--- </p><p>One time after a SERIOUS harvesting session (lasting several days) we had to go into town.   </p><p>We have to pass by several "in-development" housing communities. </p><p>One of them was doing Landscaping.   There was a BIG Pile of BIG WHITE decorative rocks.   We both looked at each other and said .. "ORE!" </p><p>--- </p><p>It's not just a game.  It's an obsession. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Wandering_Free]

A couple of weeks ago we got new xmas stock i and the guy who i work with opened a few boxes to see what they looked like.  One was covered in gold foil and when he showed it to me i went "ohh, shinie we should collect it"

[LaurnaRose Fauldorn]

<p>For forth of july a few years back we went to the boat dock downtown to watch fireworks.  This was during our short ciesta from EQ2 while hubby was inbetween jobs and we'd been playing America's Army (free to play FPS).  My husband kept looking around at the top of the bulidings and I asked him, "what are you doing?" ... to which he replied, "Searching for snipers."  /doh</p>

[Troubor]

<p>I remember when I had only been playing for about 3 or 4 months, seeing a sign in a grocery store advertising their "Artisan bread".  </p><p>My first thought:</p><p> "Artisan bread..can't be THAT good..at best the baker is level 9!".  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Calthine]

<cite>Troubor wrote:</cite><blockquote> "Artisan bread..can't be THAT good..at best the baker is level 9!".  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /></blockquote>You just made coffee come out my nose!I frequently glance to the windshield border above my rear-view mirror, 'cause that's where my compass is in game...We went out to my dad's cabin in the boonies of Alaska and he'd been splitting firewood, there were logs and stove-lengths everywhere.  My hands wouldn't stop twitching.  Kiddo saw a fish in the river and I SWEAR he made-believe pulling a fishing pole off his back like we do in game and casting.

[Miss_Jackie]

I usually have dreams about redecorating my house or fighting some baddie. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[NiamiDenMother]

We had a handyman here a couple weeks ago to work on an issue with a split irrigation hose. He looked as the VERY loud, and very active hummingbirds around the nearby feeders, and I blurted "Don't wory, they're not aggro."  He didn't bat an eye - he and his lady play DAoC and a couple of their friends are EQ2'ers, so it made perfect sense to him!   {innocent whistle}

[Snowdonia]

If I look at screen shots I've taken or that are being displayed on a website of EQII, I end up trying to pan around or zoom in with my mouse. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /> Or I'll hit M trying to open the map to see where I am/what area it is.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Cheydak]

Driving home the other day I got stuck at a particularly long traffic light.  While waiting for it to change, I idly studied the landscaping of the house next to me and realized....the homeowners completely decorated their front porch with desert poppies....in Gukta baskets!  And that's when I realized I probably spend too much time crafting.

[Killerbee3000]

i've tried to buy a ticket to thundering steppes once for the bus.... (i have an excuse though.. it was 06.05 am)

[novok]

You crafters are completely nuts... ohh shiny, brb.

[LaurnaRose Fauldorn]

<cite>Killerbee3000 wrote:</cite><blockquote>i've tried to buy a ticket to thundering steppes once for the bus.... (i have an excuse though.. it was 06.05 am) </blockquote><p>"May I help you?"</p><p>"Yes, I need one ticket to TS please"</p><p>"WHAT?"</p><p>"I mean Houston, yeah, Houston ... "</p><p>I could so see myself doing something like that LOL.  I have to say though my best gaming experience was when I was trying for the Jboots in Feerrott and my sister-in-law called, I got distracted and ran through a bunch of aggro and started yelling at her, "OMG ... get off the freaking phone!!!  You're killing me!!!"  Needless to say she didnt call back for a while LOL (so not into the gaming ... I just dont know whats wrong with them).</p><p>I was on my way home from the store one day.  The sun was shining off a pop can in the middle of the road up ahead and it wasnt until I was right next to it that I realized I couldnt "collect my glowy".  /doh</p>

[Tikku Lilledrum]

I frequently get AA xp from visiting foreign countries I have never been to before.And I see shinies everywhere....who doesn't?

[Galldora]

I had an experience similar to this, back when I was very obsessed with playing "Thief," a game that involved a lot of skulking around in the shadows.  One day I was walking alone through a parking structure.  There were no other people in sight, when a door suddenly opened and a man walked into the garage.  I actually jumped between two cars and ducked before I realized what I was doing.  As the man walked past me, I pretended that I was checking something under the car (although it wasn't even my car <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />.)

[EQTTEQ]

When I look at those large maps (you know, posted with the You are Here star) i find my self touching my  destination, and wondering why there is no glowing trail leading me

[Calthine]

<cite>EQTTEQ wrote:</cite><blockquote>When I look at those large maps (you know, posted with the You are Here star) i find my self touching my  destination, and wondering why there is no glowing trail leading me</blockquote>OMG, I actually did that in the Seattle Airport on the way to Fan Faire!!!

[Milamber_le_mage]

lol hope people who played on a pvp server don't feel that way <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[MAXDAMAGE]

Good reading , I have laughed lots<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> 

[Binea]

A couple of years ago I was on a date with a girl that constantly needed to use the bathroom.... as she returned from her 4th trip to the bathroom she apologized for leaving so many times  and gave me a very strange look when I told her "If she breaks one more seal she'll release Diablo"This was the first clue that this woman was undatable....

[Spyderbite]

When I played UO, I would often pass new home plots and think to myself, "I wonder if I could place an 18x18 there".On the same note, I used to live just up the road from a buffalo ranch and every day on my way to work as I'd pass the grazing beasts I'd think "That would make an awesome mount".More recently though.. I just started a new job and had to fill out a diversity questionaire.. When asked for my race, I had to scribble out what I had initially wrote down, "Ratonga".On an application for a car loan I filled out this morning, I was stumped because it kept rejecting my Home Address.. after several revisions to the street address I realized I had typed in "Neriak" in the City field of the form.Doh!

[Devilsbane]

<p>When playing my spouse may tell me that someone in the family turned ## or the timer dinged, without pause I say 'Good job, Congratz!'. After which I am banned from the game for at least day. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Jai]

When the oven timer goes off for dinner, my son has taken to yelling "ding, mom's gotten better at provisioning!" Yeah that was my fault. I started it. heheMy roommate mentioned we needed to trim the shrubs in front of our house to which I promptly replied, "maybe an ore will pop after." heheOr better yet, he was describing how he was going to build faux wrought-iron fencing for Halloween and he kept calling it PVP pipe. rofl

[Killerbee3000]

<cite>Jairy@Befallen wrote:</cite><blockquote>When the oven timer goes off for dinner, my son has taken to yelling "ding, mom's gotten better at provisioning!" Yeah that was my fault. I started it. hehe</blockquote>can i get a new keyboard pls? mine got coffee all over now<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Cheydak]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>More recently though.. I just started a new job and had to fill out a diversity questionaire.. When asked for my race, I had to scribble out what I had initially wrote down, "Ratonga".</blockquote>Ahahahaha!  This just made my morning.

[ShinGoku]

I've lost count of the number of times my wife and I have used EQisms in real life.Quite often when we are out shopping and theres a crowd of people, I will turn to my wifey and say, I'll get the aggro, you root and nuke!

[Calthine]

Ever get in an argument with your Significant Other over whether it's "Ell-Oh-Ell" or "LAWL"?  (LOL)

[Krystara]

<p>While we haven't fought over it - I did once say "L  O   L" out loud to something funny he said.   I wasn't allowed to touch the computer for the rest of the day.</p><p> I have so many silly EQ related things I've done - like trying to bring up the map and so forth.  It's a bit frightening.  But I've also recently become addicted to icanhascheezburger and have caught myself talking like the LOL cats.  Pathetic really.</p>

[khanthemighty]

<p>Signs you play the game too much:</p><p>1) If you refer to going out on a date with your wife/girlfriend as "...building wife/girlfriend faction..."</p><p>2) When you ask your wife/girlfriend what they want for "Frostfell" this year...</p><p>3) When you call health foods, "stat food" because of the extra benefits it gives you.</p><p>4) When you walk into a room, then quickly back out of the room, just to get someone's attention...</p>

[Cheydak]

<cite>Lysari@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite><blockquote><p> I have so many silly EQ related things I've done - like trying to bring up the map and so forth.  It's a bit frightening.  But I've also recently become addicted to icanhascheezburger and have caught myself talking like the LOL cats.  Pathetic really.</p></blockquote>hehe  I love that site.  I've been guilty of talking like that a few times myself.

[Breshegh]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Signs you play the game too much:</p><p>1) If you refer to going out on a date with your wife/girlfriend as "...building wife/girlfriend faction..."</p></blockquote>Hubby and I try to work on "spouse" faction with a couple hours of EQ2ing together every weekend.

[Rijacki]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Signs you play the game too much:</p>4) When you walk into a room, then quickly back out of the room, just to get someone's attention...</blockquote>It's only bad if you do it more than once and get a tiny bit closer each time you do it.

[Killerbee3000]

<cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Signs you play the game too much:</p>4) When you walk into a room, then quickly back out of the room, just to get someone's attention...</blockquote>It's only bad if you do it more than once and get a tiny bit closer each time you do it.</blockquote>as long as you dont fd if boss / wife aggro's or yell i'm a cloth wearer, i'm not supposed to body pull you should be fine<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Mighty Melvor]

Me and a few of my friends have started referring to the people that overly adorn themselves with jewelry, perfume/colonge, accesories and the like as *twinks*

[Devilsbane]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Signs you play the game too much:</p><p>1) If you refer to going out on a date with your wife/girlfriend as "...building wife/girlfriend faction..."</p><p><b>Seems I maxed out spouse faction several months ago. We are expecting our second child next month.</b></p><p>2) When you ask your wife/girlfriend what they want for "Frostfell" this year...</p><p><b>When I asked my spouse what we were planning for 'Erollisi day', I was banned for a week from the game.</b></p><p>3) When you call health foods, "stat food" because of the extra benefits it gives you.</p><p><b>My two year old calls homecooked meals 'stat food', takeout is 'sack food'.</b></p><p>4) When you walk into a room, then quickly back out of the room, just to get someone's attention...<b>or not!</b></p><p><b>Now one skill every parent learns is to slowly creep into a room without taking aggro. We have to keep an eye on our child(ren) without disturbing their nap, play, or mischief. Especially if you are taking a screenshot! <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></b></p></blockquote>

[EtoilePirate]

<cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Signs you play the game too much:</p>4) When you walk into a room, then quickly back out of the room, just to get someone's attention...</blockquote>It's only bad if you do it more than once and get a tiny bit closer each time you do it.</blockquote>Ooooh, of course!  The reason the creepy finance guy at work keeps doing that at the boss's door.  He's trying to body pull!  That's nice of him, not training the director onto the rest of us.What I do most is try to pan my camera on screenshots.  Also on still images and screenshots NOT of this game.  I tried to pan a picture of Fenway Park the other day, while reading the newspaper online. *facepalm*

[Zabjade]

<span style="color: #00cc00;">The most I can claim is seeing sewer enterances and think. "Gahh I'm in Freeport!"</span>

[SugarGirl]

<p>I work at a computer all day. I've noticed that my 'at rest' position has migrated from having both hands on the middle row of keys to the standard WASD and mouse position. Guess I want to be able to run when the boss logs in!</p><p> I think my best one though was when they handed out Nomax (fire retrdant) sweatshirts for Christmas a couple of years ago. I described it to a friend as cloth armor with +1200 vs heat</p>

[khanthemighty]

<cite>Mighty Melvor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Me and a few of my friends have started referring to the people that overly adorn themselves with jewelry, perfume/colonge, accesories and the like as *twinks*</blockquote>...LOL...I gotta remember that...Some more signs that you play the game too much...5) If you watch a movie on TV, and get mad that when they replace all of the funny jokes with the obvious PC 'dubs', and I say, "...awww man, the nerfed the hell out of this movie..."  6) If the first thing you think of when you hear the word "nuke" is KILL, instead of REHEAT...7) If you knock something off a shelf, and it doesn't break, you thank god that it had its safe fall maxed out...<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> If you respond to any salutation with "well met"... you have no life...

[Devilsbane]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src=" width="15" height="15" />  If you respond to any salutation with "well met"... you have no life...</blockquote>What if you say 'Safe Travels', when saying goodbye? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[NANEEJE]

So my ex wife absolutely hated the game that partially caused a divorce, and in my defense, I played out of boredom over her need to sleep 16 hours out of the day.  My kids used to watch me play and I always got a kick out of them playing different "roles" when they wrestle or fight, they learned the term froglok , and they love to hop around like a frog. In the store a man walked up when they were getting the bottom shelf item and said you know what you remind me of? My oldest kid said " a giraffe?". Such a smart mouth, I don't know where he gets it.. and the man said no, you remind me of a frog.. being a gentleman. My child says "I am a froglok, there is a difference, I do way more damage per second!" Knowing he was being a sarcastic kid, the man had no idea what to say then. I really should have explained it to him.

[Calthine]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>6) If the first thing you think of when you hear the word "nuke" is KILL, instead of REHEAT...</blockquote>*blinks*wow, I hadn't even noticed I was doing that one.

[Argul]

<p>Late one night...</p><p>dad: what did you do with your phone?</p><p>me: not sure let me check my inventory</p><p> both of us: ...................</p><p>-----</p><p>boyfriend: ahh [Removed for Content] happened to this</p><p>me: might have to take it to a mender</p><p>---</p><p>*sigh* you aren't alone!</p>

[Off]

You all def. are not alone...The other night laying in bed watching some T.V. I got up and said I gotta, "afk and brb for a bio break"; my husband (Eq live player) 'bout fell out of bed laughing and when I asked him what was so funny he repeated what I had just said to him.  OY!Yes, I see shinies everywhere, and to make it worse, my 4 year old niece and I are constantly 'farming for shinies'...is it bad that she knows what a shiny is and that she asks me to go looking for them with her?  HeeheeeThere are so many more that I have done...I told my father in law ('nother EQ live fan) that when he takes my hubby out fishing their faction goes down to scowling with me...meanwhile my mother in law has no idea what I mean except that I wanted to go too haha.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[khanthemighty]

...here's some more...9) If someone gives you a gift you don't really like (or want, or need), and you secretly think of it as VENDOR TRASH...10) If you have to do twosies, and you don't think you can make it to the restroom, and you wish someone would give you SOW or Bard speed...11) If you turn on your computer, and your internet connection icon has a red 'X' on it, and your heartbeat suddenly goes through the roof, and you frantically unplug, then plug  in every wire connection, and call the cable company every 5 minutes, and start breathing heavily, and the world starts spinning, till finally it comes back on, and then everything is back to normal... you might have a problem...

[retro_guy]

I've been driving down the road before and had an almost uncontrolable urge to harsvet the rocks and bushes <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /> I also have been in the city (an hour from home) and at the end of a long day felt the need to cast my Call of Qeynos to get home quickly.

[KerowynnKaotic]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>...*snipped* ...</p><p>11) If you turn on your computer, and your internet connection icon has a red 'X' on it, and your heartbeat suddenly goes through the roof, and you frantically unplug, then plug  in every wire connection, and call the cable company every 5 minutes, and start breathing heavily, and the world starts spinning, till finally it comes back on, and then everything is back to normal... you might have a problem...</p></blockquote><p>12) If you call your bank in a panic to double check that your SOE*Subscription wasn't denied .. </p><p>( a couple years ago I worked for certain bank as a CSR .. I think I had this particular situation about 20 x in a year ..  So, I have talked to some of you nutcases! )</p>

[Kazaa]

I wouldn't be surprised if I start saying "aye" instead of "yes" to people.  I use it a lot in-game thanks to NPCs (and other players), and it's starting to seep into my subconscious.I also get excited when I cook something for the first time, because I <i>know</i> that has to be worth an artistry point!

[Devilsbane]

<p>13) Start calling logging into Ebay as 'Checking the Broker.'</p><p>14) Refer to all physical currency as 'Plat'. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[janmystique]

<p>Dinner is always "INC" for me now and when ready to go out I always say "gtg". </p><p>It was my birthday celebrations this weekend. I had just discovered that I was the fourth richest warden on Splitpaw and told my two EQ2 playing daughters this. Instantly, they started to look greedy and discussed how my plats should be split should I die and who should have my Mistmoore Piano! <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> Perhaps Sony should introduce an in game last will and testament tablet to save arguments later!</p>

[Tikku Lilledrum]

This week I caught a nasty cold from some guy sneezing in a department store. One of my friends responded to my illness with: "too bad that guy did his disease AoE on you".

[Chickenlady]

<cite>Kazaaki@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite><blockquote>I wouldn't be surprised if I start saying "aye" instead of "yes" to people.  I use it a lot in-game thanks to NPCs (and other players), and it's starting to seep into my subconscious.</blockquote>I do that anyway (say "aye&quot<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> but that is because where I grew up that was fairly common...I have done the "gratz" thing when the microwave dings, and refered to things being nerfed as well.....and I have also tried to pan the screen round to see more of various pictures while browsing websites as well....and the other week my husband was running down the garden with all the kids charging after him, and I yelled  "Train to Zone"guess there is no hope for me!<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Killerbee3000]

<cite>Chickenlady wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>and the other week my husband was running down the garden with all the kids charging after him, and I yelled  "Train to Zone"guess there is no hope for me!<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>no hope? nah... but a welcome to evercrack addictcs anonymous...its like crafting.. once your in the pit you wont get out...

[Off]

I've said "aye" for ages...so it's the norm for me; however, I have found myself using various NPC greetings and whatnot...I've also had to explain to my children that our dog is not a warg to ride on....

[StormCinder]

<p>After reading through this thread...</p><p>I'm not sure if I should be really happy or really sad that I do not know one person IRL who plays MMOs?</p><p>SC</p>

[Britefire]

multiple times i go pick up shiney things or *harvest* roots and shrubs.and i to try to pan on almost every screenshot.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Asp9873]

today I told my father (who I work for) I was going afk a min.

[VolgaDark]

<p>/rofl</p><p>Those are all so funny and make me feel "normal" hehe. </p><p>Both my husband and me been playing various on-line games for almost 10 years or so (who's counting ... right!) so in-game lingo does slip in a lot for us.</p><p>Most recent: we got separated while shopping in mall (I swear it was NOT my fault regardless what he says) so he rings my cell phone</p><p>Him in a very frustrated voice: "Babe, where are you?"</p><p>Me: "I'm at so-and-so store"</p><p>Him (getting even more frustrated): "what's the waypoint?" </p>

[Spyderbite]

<cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite><p>12) If you call your bank in a panic to double check that your SOE*Subscription wasn't denied .. </p>( a couple years ago I worked for certain bank as a CSR .. I think I had this particular situation about 20 x in a year ..  So, I have talked to some of you nutcases! )</blockquote>/chucklesI started working for a large bank in their credit card division recently. Two days ago an advisor turned around and yelled out to his team "What the hell is a Sony Station Pass?!" while dealing with an upset customer. XD

[Rijacki]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite><p>12) If you call your bank in a panic to double check that your SOE*Subscription wasn't denied .. </p>( a couple years ago I worked for certain bank as a CSR .. I think I had this particular situation about 20 x in a year ..  So, I have talked to some of you nutcases! )</blockquote>/chucklesI started working for a large bank in their credit card division recently. Two days ago an advisor turned around and yelled out to his team "What the hell is a Sony Station Pass?!" while dealing with an upset customer. XD</blockquote>So, did you yell back or quietly ask the call to be turned over to you?

[steelblueangel]

<p>Thank you all for the wonderful fun filled reading : ) I have not laughed so much in a long time. I enjoyed reading each and ever post. </p><p>My favorite was Tikku Lilledrum and with the disease AOE sneeze lol. My response is too bad your friend was not a healer class she could have cast a cure on you. </p><p>Thanks all for the smiles and giggles <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Sciari]

Ohhh had soo much fun reading these over lunch break! Driving in bumper to bumper traffic and wishing I could turn on auto-follow.. Going to grocery store and wanting to hit search button.. Carrying bags of papers and books home from work and wanting to stuff it all into the 100% wt reduction Bag of tinkerers.. Sciari

[zerfall]

I swear to god, a few years ago when I was big into playing DAoC, I was driving home from work in some pretty heavy traffic.  I was extremely bored, and my mind started to wander.  At one traffic light, I actually thought to myself "slash follow", then let go of the steering wheel and took my foot off the brake.  It took me a second to realize that I was about to rear end the car ahead of me!

[Kahluacat]

You know you have it bad when after an all nighter EQ2 binge you look in the mirror and see your toon instead of you. (Promptly led to a week away from the game! LOL)

[Ralany]

My ex and I used to host an EQ bar-b-q every July 4th weekend.  We'd have guild members coming from all over the country to come stay with us for the weekend.  Our neighbors always wondered what kind of weirdos were there this time LOL  The second year we had done this one of our friends came in his "Wizzie" outfit, staff and all.  OMG it was great...of course the neighbors were left wondering again.  They could hear our discussions about going on raids, aggro, the monk and shadow knight's feign death skill working (or not as the case may be), evac, and such things.  One day one of our neighbors saw us outside at the grill and came over so that he could satisfy his curiosity.  When he did, we were all sitting around the picnic table saying things like "you pull, I'll root, Buck can nuke..but the druid has to make sure she doesn't do any healing until we're sure the root sticks."  Poor man went home stratching his head.  I don't think he ever did fully understand the addiction that is EQ.  Not sure many people do...other than fellow EQ players.  Anyway...just my 2cp worth.

[Finora]

<p>So loving this thread. I've been there done that for a lot of them.</p><p>My favorite one that I find myself doing a lot is reading abreviations/words for things and automatically thinking of EQ or EQ2 meanings of those abreviations. </p><p>For example seeing the abbreviation SOTP, I think Spirit of the Predator rather than any of the other more likely meanings lol. That kind of thing happens to me a LOT.</p><p>My household also is one that has a standing invitation for anyone we know in game to come on by and visit. All we ask is for some forwarning that they are coming (so the house doesn't look like crap). I'm happy that most of the people I know play some game or another and can understand the funny stuff hehe.</p><p>OH! You also know you might just have a gaming problem when your 3 yr old can readily identify various creatures from the games you play. Also when he plays with his toys, the bad guys drop money and treasure chests.</p>

[janmystique]

Just remembered something a friend said a while ago. His wife had beend away for a couple of days and he said he had to do some housework before she got back. "Any good at housework?" I asked. "No" he replied - "only 3/250"!

[fogcat]

<p>Thanks for sharing all!  Been laughing because I've been there.  I can particularly relate to the kids picking up on it though.  My 5 yo son regularly "plays" my different toons from the different weapons to the different kinds of running.  My husband was worried about this at first until I pointed out that it could have been spiderman or other superheros and in fact could be much worse given some stuff you see on the news these days.  So he was playing my paladin last week when I told him it was time to go to the store.  He said "Ok, just a second" and put the sword on his back as he sat down to "camp".</p><p>As for myself...the worst offender for me is finding myself typing serious e-mails for work and putting in EQisms, emoticons and LOL's.  Luckily, I catch them in spellcheck.  At least I hope I do.</p>

[Spyderbite]

<cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>So, did you yell back or quietly ask the call to be turned over to you?</blockquote>Heh.. actually I did just that. I took the call and I was able to difuse the customer by asking which Sony game he played. When he said SWG.. we had a fun debate about why EQ2 was better and vice versa. I also reversed a late fee on his account as a courtesy so that his station subscription would clear and not cause an overlimit charge on his account. In return.. he promised to start a character in EQ2.. ^^

[Calthine]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>So, did you yell back or quietly ask the call to be turned over to you?</blockquote>Heh.. actually I did just that. I took the call and I was able to difuse the customer by asking which Sony game he played. When he said SWG.. we had a fun debate about why EQ2 was better and vice versa. I also reversed a late fee on his account as a courtesy so that his station subscription would clear and not cause an overlimit charge on his account. In return.. he promised to start a character in EQ2.. ^^</blockquote>Wow, totally above and beyond the call!  Pun intended.

[othera1]

i have never done anything that is like that 0.0 i am not that addicted but i would love to see people walking around with 100 50 cent coins(silver) and trading it for $1(1 gold)

[Rijacki]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>So, did you yell back or quietly ask the call to be turned over to you?</blockquote>Heh.. actually I did just that. I took the call and I was able to difuse the customer by asking which Sony game he played. When he said SWG.. we had a fun debate about why EQ2 was better and vice versa. I also reversed a late fee on his account as a courtesy so that his station subscription would clear and not cause an overlimit charge on his account. In return.. he promised to start a character in EQ2.. ^^</blockquote>Wooo!  Great <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Calthine]

<cite>othera1 wrote:</cite><blockquote>i have never done anything that is like that 0.0 i am not that addicted but i would love to see people walking around with 100 50 cent coins(silver) and trading it for $1(1 gold)</blockquote>...  Okay, I guess I'm strange...  I carry change <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Asmara]

Great read guys! Keep 'em coming =)However... if you are one of those people that say 'lol' in real life, please be aware that I may feel a sudden urge to slap you =P

[Killerbee3000]

you mean you will say /e %t slap?<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Daine]

Oh yeah, it's far too common among us eq2aholics lol.  My friends and I have pretended to harvest stuff before, and one even saw shinies driving home one night.  It's the sounds that get me though...sometimes a truck's brakes outside will sound like a friend logging on or me getting a tell and I'll look up in confusion for a moment lol.  Ah, the carryover between worlds...I also do a lot of the other stuff:  trying to zoom in on pictures, saying L O L out loud, seeing eq2 abbreviations in RL abbreviations, and probably close to everything else that's been mentioned thus far but I'm too lazy to go back and look up <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[fogcat]

<p>Oh I forgot one!</p><p>Lately, phone solicitors or people annoying in general I have thought in my head about how to put them on "ignore" only to realize there is not button for annoyance in RL</p>

[Cresh Enddo]

Stuff like this happens to me ALL the time. Three very recent examples:1) I told hubby I didn't know if I was going to be able to call him back 'cos my cell was almost out of mana.2) I was walking around by my office and stopped dead in my tracks because I could SWEAR I saw a shiny out of the corner of my eye.  I stopped and looked at the spot for a couple of seconds before I realized what I was doing.3) I noticed a hole in my shirt and started thinking about where the heck I could find a mender in my town.And this one is not really a 'what the heck am I doing' moment, but the best man at our wedding reception toasted us and said GLHF (the actual letters, not "good luck, have fun&quot<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> as the close of his speech. He's a gamer too...

[firefairy]

<p>When me and my husband were playing EQ heavily - we were stopped at a red light and there was a man on the corner, husband turns to me and says "I wish that guy wouldn't stare at us" to which I reply "I will just cast invis"</p><p>I didn't even realize I said it till he started laughing at me. </p><p>I have said gratz several times. And have refered to naps as medding. </p><p> <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Eddes]

<cite>Troubor wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I remember when I had only been playing for about 3 or 4 months, seeing a sign in a grocery store advertising their "Artisan bread".  </p><p>My first thought:</p><p> "Artisan bread..can't be THAT good..at best the baker is level 9!".  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>LOL! nice

[mellowknees72]

<cite>Miss_Jackie wrote:</cite><blockquote>I usually have dreams about redecorating my house or fighting some baddie. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote><p>omg!  HA!  I frequently have dreams where I'm with friends or my husband, and we have to fight our way through a cavern full of gnolls to get to the grocery store or whatever.</p><p>A couple of days ago, I saw some new plantings at a recent construction site that looked EXACTLY like harvestable shrubs, and I immediately thought - hey!  I need that shrub!  LOL</p>

[mellowknees72]

<cite>Asmara wrote:</cite><blockquote>Great read guys! Keep 'em coming =)However... if you are one of those people that say 'lol' in real life, please be aware that I may feel a sudden urge to slap you =P</blockquote>LOL is best used in RL as a verb, as in "Omigod, that was so funny I LOL'ed".

[Corgidad]

In addition to being guilty of quite a few of the above...-- I often wear a headset at work while talking on teleconferences at my desk... I cannot count the number of times I have hit R-CTRL to "key up" to talk on my teleconference!  (thanks, Ventrilo)-- I have learned to walk and feed my dogs in the time it takes to catch the spires from Antonica to Tenebrous Tangle...-- We use an instant messaging program at work, and no one seems to understand why I mistype "OK" as "KK"-- I swear that the storm drain cover at the edge of my parking lot at work IS the entrance to the Vermin Snye from the Peat Bog!Thanks for the laughs,Corgi

[metacell]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote>11) If you turn on your computer, and your internet connection icon has a red 'X' on it, and your heartbeat suddenly goes through the roof, and you frantically unplug, then plug  in every wire connection, and call the cable company every 5 minutes, and start breathing heavily, and the world starts spinning, till finally it comes back on, and then everything is back to normal... you might have a problem...</blockquote>Nah, that's perfectly normal. My gf acts that way every time we have a connection problem.

[Bellenoche]

<p>I have to admit I have done a few of these myself, But for hubby and I the arguement was over how "Sow" is pronounced. I say "So" he says "sow" (like the female pig). </p><p>Another good one, was driving on the interstate a few months back and without thinking said aloud "thats stupid they should just solo"  my husband looked at me funny untill he realized the car tag in front of us read " NEC LFG" which i read as Necro LFG.</p><p>But I think the best one was just the other day.. I called my sister ( Jairy breakwind LOL) to have her ook at an e-mail I just sent her. SHe said she couldnt she was decorating for halloween which I immediately replied with  "just tab-out a second."  She started laughing and said "no i mean RL" and I replied " So, umm you cant tab out?"</p><p>/bonk me</p>

[Torkema]

I answered "ROFL" in a corporate email a while ago.(i should add that i live in a 100% spanish speaking country)The email, was directed to mostly everyone in my sector.Took me 2 weeks of lunches to explain what "ROFL" meant, where i learnt it... and of course when you mention Online Roleplaying you get the <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> and you need to go over all the basics, even telling them that it doesnt involve the slaughtering of livestock or baby rabbits.<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Torke.

[Off]

<cite>vladimirk wrote:</cite><blockquote>I answered "ROFL" in a corporate email a while ago.(i should add that i live in a 100% spanish speaking country)The email, was directed to mostly everyone in my sector.Took me 2 weeks of lunches to explain what "ROFL" meant, where i learnt it... and of course when you mention Online Roleplaying you get the <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> and you need to go over all the basics, even telling them that it doesnt involve the slaughtering of livestock or baby rabbits.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" />Torke.</blockquote>Classic. 

[Kazaa]

<p>Lately I've caught myself prefacing my AIM/Trillian messages with "/g".  Thankfully all the people I talk to online are big geeks like me, so I just say it's an EQ2 thing and that's generally enough.  They still laugh at me though. XD</p>

[Devilsbane]

<cite>vladimirk wrote:</cite><blockquote>I answered "ROFL" in a corporate email a while ago.(i should add that i live in a 100% spanish speaking country)The email, was directed to mostly everyone in my sector.Took me 2 weeks of lunches to explain what "ROFL" meant, where i learnt it... and of course when you mention Online Roleplaying you get the <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> and you need to go over all the basics, even telling them that it doesnt involve the<b> slaughtering of livestock</b> or baby rabbits.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" />Torke.</blockquote>Seems you have been in the crafting instances too long. There is at least two places to slaughter livestock in the game, Commonland farms and Death Fyst Citadel. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Chickenlady]

<cite>Kazaaki@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Lately I've caught myself prefacing my AIM/Trillian messages with "/g".  Thankfully all the people I talk to online are big geeks like me, so I just say it's an EQ2 thing and that's generally enough.  They still laugh at me though. XD</p></blockquote>I find that I do that occasionally....  I have been known to do it in emails as well!

[Calthine]

Got caught in a traffic jam the other day (which NEVER happens here.  Okay.  Hardly ever.) and I actually said out loud "Gods, I *hate* this zone!"  Turns out <a href="http://newsminer.com/2007/10/19/9429" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">someone wiped</a>, bad.  7 car accident, people think they can do 70 on two inches of fresh snow. 

[Off]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Got caught in a traffic jam the other day (which NEVER happens here.  Okay.  Hardly ever.) and I actually said out loud "Gods, I *hate* this zone!"  Turns out <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newsminer.com/2007/10/19/9429" target="_blank">someone wiped</a>, bad.  7 car accident, people think they can do 70 on two inches of fresh snow.  </blockquote>You'd think by now that people up there would know how to drive on it /shakes her headI'm so jealous too; Alaska is one high end zone I'm afraid I'll never get to see <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" />.  It's not that I haven't got the gear, it's that my hubby is too much of a summer/sun worshiper <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Calthine]

<cite>Offem wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Got caught in a traffic jam the other day (which NEVER happens here.  Okay.  Hardly ever.) and I actually said out loud "Gods, I *hate* this zone!"  Turns out <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newsminer.com/2007/10/19/9429" target="_blank">someone wiped</a>, bad.  7 car accident, people think they can do 70 on two inches of fresh snow.  </blockquote>You'd think by now that people up there would know how to drive on it /shakes her headI'm so jealous too; Alaska is one high end zone I'm afraid I'll never get to see <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" />.  It's not that I haven't got the gear, it's that my hubby is too much of a summer/sun worshiper <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>Come in June.  We have GLORIOUS summers.

[khanthemighty]

Here are, yet again, some more...1) If you see any form of the number "1337" and you automatically think it's Leet..***For a Sign of the Apocolypse, go here... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet</a>2) If you can't do anything without thinking "/" first...3) If you have ever said, outloud, to ANYONE, "...lemme call my mount..."  and then click you car door lock clicker...Words that have double meaning, if you play too much...1) DOT = Damage Over Time (EQ2 junkies)            = Department of Transportation (everyone else)2) DPS = Damage Per Second (EQ2 junkies)            = Department of Public Safety (everyone else)3) RL = Real Life (EQ2 junkies)         = Ralph Lauren (everyone else)4) AE = Area of Effect (encounter) (EQ2 junkies)          = American Eagle Outfitters (everyone else)

[khanthemighty]

I know that a lot of you have enjoyed the previous posts, but for those of you who think this is all jibberish, or to those who want to understand, but just need help, use this helpful translator to find out what everyone is talking about...<a href="http://www.brenz.net/l337Maker.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.brenz.net/l337Maker.asp</a>Enjoy!

[Calthine]

<cite>khanthemighty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Here are, yet again, some more...***For a Sign of the Apocolypse, go here... <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet</a></blockquote>I'm having flashbacks to my Linguistics classes.  Someone, somewhere, is doing a doctorate dissertation on the evolution of 1337.

[AvalonSpirit]

<p>the other day my BF and i had an argument over the pronunciation of riposte and nacre, he actually got a dictionary to look them up.  then yesterday he came home from the dentist carrying a small white bag.  simultaneously he says " I got loots"  and I say "what kinda loots did ya get?"</p><p>awhile back a friend text messaged me something and i replied woot.  to which he replied what the hell is a woot?? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Xalandra]

<b><span style="color: #990000;">Yeah this game can really blurr the lines of fantasy & reality. I've done stuff like this numerous times. There was one time when i went for a walk in my neighborhood & as i was trying to decide which street to take i was thinking to myself i need to pull up my map....like the one in EQ. Also just the other day...i was out harvesting while it was raining in the game...decided to take a break...i walked out on my balcony & said outloud "oh it quit raining" LOL. There was even a time while i was playing my warlock i was trying to avoid a puddle b/c i didn't want to get my robe wet. Needless to say i have been playing this game way too much.</span></b>

[XustinuS]

well a few months ago i went for shopping with my roommate whch plays eq2 also ... then we saw an awsome jacket and asked how many PLATZ it was.... we both didnt realise we were talking about platz and gold all that time just u must have seen how the personnel looked at us for about 10 secs.. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[NANEEJE]

<cite>Beena@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>My ex and I used to host an EQ bar-b-q every July 4th weekend.  We'd have guild members coming from all over the country to come stay with us for the weekend.  Our neighbors always wondered what kind of weirdos were there this time LOL  The second year we had done this one of our friends came in his "Wizzie" outfit, staff and all.  OMG it was great...of course the neighbors were left wondering again.  They could hear our discussions about going on raids, aggro, the monk and shadow knight's feign death skill working (or not as the case may be), evac, and such things.  One day one of our neighbors saw us outside at the grill and came over so that he could satisfy his curiosity.  When he did, we were all sitting around the picnic table saying things like "you pull, I'll root, Buck can nuke..but the druid has to make sure she doesn't do any healing until we're sure the root sticks."  Poor man went home stratching his head.  I don't think he ever did fully understand the addiction that is EQ.  Not sure many people do...other than fellow EQ players.  Anyway...just my 2cp worth.</blockquote>lol, did anyone else catch that????? ^ just my 2cp worth? love it  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[NANEEJE]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite>I'm so jealous too; Alaska is one high end zone I'm afraid I'll never get to see <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" width="15" height="15" />.  It's not that I haven't got the gear, it's that my hubby is too much of a summer/sun worshiper <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>Come in June.  We have GLORIOUS summers.</blockquote>oh.. you mean PERMAFROST? ya, beautiful there...

[Rijacki]

<cite>Manifest@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><b><span style="color: #990000;">Yeah this game can really blurr the lines of fantasy & reality. I've done stuff like this numerous times. There was one time when i went for a walk in my neighborhood & as i was trying to decide which street to take i was thinking to myself i need to pull up my map....like the one in EQ. Also just the other day...i was out harvesting while it was raining in the game...decided to take a break...i walked out on my balcony & said outloud "oh it quit raining" LOL. There was even a time while i was playing my warlock i was trying to avoid a puddle b/c i didn't want to get my robe wet. Needless to say i have been playing this game way too much.</span></b></blockquote>*snicker* I'm glad I'm not the only one.  I've been in game while it's raining and thought "drat, I can't run to the store in the rain" and it was sunny in the real world.  I've also been in game with it getting late night -in game- and thought, "drat, ran out of time to do thus and so cause it's getting dark" and it was around noon in the real world.

[Snowdonia]

After dropping the kidlets off at school today, I was driving home and was stopped behind a car whose license plate had the last three letters, BRT.... Immediately thought, "Be Right There" when I looked at it.That's kinda par for course for me though. I tend to see in game acros in license plates a lot.

[Devilsbane]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Offem wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Got caught in a traffic jam the other day (which NEVER happens here.  Okay.  Hardly ever.) and I actually said out loud "Gods, I *hate* this zone!"  Turns out <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newsminer.com/2007/10/19/9429" target="_blank">someone wiped</a>, bad.  7 car accident, people think they can do 70 on two inches of fresh snow.  </blockquote>You'd think by now that people up there would know how to drive on it /shakes her headI'm so jealous too; Alaska is one high end zone I'm afraid I'll never get to see <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" width="15" height="15" />.  It's not that I haven't got the gear, it's that my hubby is too much of a summer/sun worshiper <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>Come in June.  We have GLORIOUS summers.</blockquote><p>Now you have to let me know about a few things. Like how long is your longest day? Do you get those two sunrise/sunset days? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>Since the last expansion I have found myself saying things like "Thank the Gods", "For Tunare sake", etc. I believe my neighbors think I am in a cult. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Calthine]

<cite>Devilsbane wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>Now you have to let me know about a few things. Like how long is your longest day? Do you get those two sunrise/sunset days? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /><p>Since the last expansion I have found myself saying things like "Thank the Gods", "For Tunare sake", etc. I believe my neighbors think I am in a cult. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>Where I'm at during summer Solstice week (June 21-ish) we have full daylight for a week.  The sun technically sets in that it dips below the hills.  For less than an hour.  (About a hundred miles north it doesn't set at all that week.)I use "Holy Tunare" (pronounced Too-na-ray) all the time IRL!

[Morgonn]

Thank the gods I'm not the only one...Instant messenger conversation with my daughter:chitchat about her husband, kids, etc.  Normal stuff..My daughter: Dad?Me: Yeah?My Daughter: Why are you typing /g before your messages?<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[VladisSar]

<p>talking to my RL friend about my upcoming birthsday preparations and aging up:</p><p>"Don't worry, I don't plan to <i>level up</i> this fast!" <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Devilsbane]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Devilsbane wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>Now you have to let me know about a few things. Like how long is your longest day? Do you get those two sunrise/sunset days? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> <p>Since the last expansion I have found myself saying things like "Thank the Gods", "For Tunare sake", etc. I believe my neighbors think I am in a cult. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>Where I'm at during summer Solstice week (June 21-ish) we have full daylight for a week.  The sun technically sets in that it dips below the hills.  For less than an hour.  (About a hundred miles north it doesn't set at all that week.)I use "Holy Tunare" (pronounced Too-na-ray) all the time IRL!</blockquote><p>Ah, that mean the week of christmas (Dec 21-25) you never have a sunrise. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>Last time I made an important call to my spouse from my cell phone the call dropped inexpertly. When I called back I apologized for going "LD'".  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Apinia]

I say woot quite a lot in normal conversation, and when I see something funny I 'think' LOL but don't tend to say it particularly. Last week my gf texted me to see where I was as I was late back from work, and I texted back 'omw'.I do have what I call "Everquest dreams" when I have gone to bed after a long session, where I dream I am playing the game, and then I get annoyed when I next log in and realise I hadn't actually completed my HQ and I have to do it all again as I only dreamt that I did it.What I was wondering, was because I play in third person mode (camera behind my character), I dream that I am playing the game, but if I were to play in first person mode, would I dream I was IN the game?This doesn't happen very often btw!

[Calthine]

Any one else have a note to pay your game house rent on your calender?

[Apinia]

No? Really?I just pay mine when I log in, but I do keep it up to date.Oh one thing I remember, my gf doesn't play EQ, she doesn't like games. Just after I first started playing, she came home from work one day (I had a day off) and she said 'what did you do today?'. I said proudly 'I made a bed'. She said 'You made the bed, you mean you actually did something round the house?'. 'No', I replied sheepishly, 'I made A bed, with my carpenter - in the game'. That was back in the days when you had to make all your own sub combines so it did take me a while as it was my first one and I only had 6 slot bags.Even today she still says things like 'where have you been today?' and I reply 'Zek, Enchanted Lands, Coldwind Point'. And she gets annoyed because I don't tell her its game related.

[Rijacki]

Dreams.. Last night (or rather this morning before waking) I had an amusing one. I dreamt the firmware I just released yesterday for work had made a change in the game, an addition to an area deep in... a villiage selling clothes and cloth and the like. New stuff, not like anything we have now. So I was going to go there with Niami and I think Domino. But it was our real selves kinda as our game selves in a place that was sorta recognisable as in game but sorta like a movie set done to be the game. Not to go into the details of the baby dragon we had to avoid and the golem we had to get a key from, we had to go through a cave and then down a cliff path. The amusing bit there was I thought 'hey I could just float down' (I was my arasai R'jack) and did but kinda thump-ish cause it was -me- with arasai wings. Anyway at the village, I saw Brenlo ducking through some tents and a couple other devs in the distance. The clothes were different, but the were chintzy costume materials. I kept wondering what they looked like in game graphics. I found this real cute top and held it up to show Niami who turned to hold up a cute top she found, the same one. Oh and I was looking for extra small tops so they would fit me *laugh* (I am a plus in RL). I am so not into shopping... but have been looking for cute things for my Arasai. I woke up with a bit of a giggle. Nice way to start the day.

[Shadowtzer]

<p>Oh I have had alot of these kinds of things happen since I started playing......</p><p>I live in New Mexico (USA) and its pretty much desert around me. While driving, I always look at the bushes and rocks and wonder if I need to pull over to harvest. One day, my friend and I were just wandering around in the desert and I held my hand up and was moving it around. She asked me what I was doing and I told her I was trying to see which things were harvestable. I have seen many "shinies" and have run up to them thinking that it could be the one piece of the collection I needed only to find that it was an old empty beer can that caught the light of the sun. </p><p>Just the other day I went to the store and was over in the bakery eyeballing their goodies. The lady behind the counter asked me if I needed any help and I responded "Yes, do you have any xegonberry cheesecake?" Two guys within earshot just busted out laughing and she just looked at me funny. I took that as a No! </p><p>Sending text messages to my friends I have said: OMW, BRB, BBL, IMHO, AFK, LOL, [Removed for Content], and have used abbreviations similar to the ones used for locations in EQ2 such as WM (Walmart), AGS (Albertson's Grocery Store), SGS (Shell Gas Station), CCoC (Corbett Center on Campus), MVM (Mesilla Valley Mall). I have both in person and in texts have used terms like "I am going to camp this sale", "Can I borrow some silver pieces for the soda machine?",  at the pet store "Does that pet come with rent reduction?". Just for giggles I went into a knife store and was asking the salesman which blade carried the highest procs and which blade could be used by what class. </p><p>I am also a student and in class one day, we had to write a short paper on some random thing. I was digging through my backpack looking for a pen or a pencil and my professor asked me "Did you forgot to stop by the merchant and grab some incense?" I busted out laughing and everyone just looked at us. I then asked her if she could trade me some mystical incense for some coin. </p>

[Kazaa]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any one else have a note to pay your game house rent on your calender?</blockquote>No, but that's a really good idea, since I *always* forget.

[Wintersheart]

<p>Thanks Avonna for starting this thread...I have had a blast reading everyone's posts about EQ in RL..here is my 2cps worth as someone said...</p><p>I was doing my normal half hour eq in the wee hours of the morning. I didn't think twice about waking up my other half from a dead sleep becuase I was lost in Sol Eye and needed him to navigate me to Naggy.</p><p>I was talking to my mom on the phone and put her on hold because I saw a npc that was rare and needed both hands to kill him.</p><p>My other half and I have our own "Ding"dance we do in RL.</p><p>My friend called me on the phone and during the conversation asked why I seemed a bit upset and I launched into a rant about just dealing with someone who was cherry picking harvesting nodes. After winding down from the rant she said in an incredulous voice "so your upset with someone you don't know taking things from you that don't even really exist in real life "? Well when you put it like that ; ) She is such a NOOB !!!!</p><p>...and after reading my post I'm wondering if I need to spend some time away from EQ heh</p><p> Wintersheart <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Devilsbane]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any one else have a note to pay your game house rent on your calender?</blockquote>I do check my Broker sells more then my RL Bank account balance.

[Wookin]

<cite>Shadowtzer@Butcherblock wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>... I am also a student and in class one day, we had to write a short paper on some random thing. I was digging through my backpack looking for a pen or a pencil and my professor asked me "Did you forgot to stop by the merchant and grab some incense?" I busted out laughing and everyone just looked at us. I then asked her if she could trade me some mystical incense for some coin. </p></blockquote><p>This cracked me up!  Meeting unexpected folks in RL that know the game tickles me to no end.  </p><p>One of my RL and game friends used to work in the same office with me.  She decorated my office with millions of post-its while I was out on vacation and spelled out "LEWT HO" with them in one area.  Explaining that phrase to non-gamers is interesting.  =p</p>

[Galeden]

<p>Wow this was great lol so glad I saw it.  A number of them apply to me, especially dreaming  you finished a hard quest or something and waking up and thinking, DOH ROLLBACK!  And I always refer to pennies as coppers.</p>

[Prrasha]

<cite>Snowdonia@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>After dropping the kidlets off at school today, I was driving home and was stopped behind a car whose license plate had the last three letters, BRT.... Immediately thought, "Be Right There" when I looked at it.That's kinda par for course for me though. I tend to see in game acros in license plates a lot.</blockquote>Just today, I drove in to work behind a truck belonging to some landscaping firm.  PWN 313. I LOL'ed.  Who "owns" at landscaping?

[JackCrichton]

<cite>Prrasha wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Snowdonia@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>After dropping the kidlets off at school today, I was driving home and was stopped behind a car whose license plate had the last three letters, BRT.... Immediately thought, "Be Right There" when I looked at it.That's kinda par for course for me though. I tend to see in game acros in license plates a lot.</blockquote>Just today, I drove in to work behind a truck belonging to some landscaping firm.  PWN 313.I LOL'ed.  Who "owns" at landscaping?</blockquote><p>Lancelot "Capability" Brown</p><p><a href="http://www.capability-brown.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.capability-brown.org.uk/</a>  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[janmystique]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any one else have a note to pay your game house rent on your calender?</blockquote>Oh! I thought <i>everyone</i> did that! <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[LadyNigh]

<p>Thank you for the laughs <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I thought I might be a bit loooney and now I don't feel so crazy.</p><p> My story is, I saw a sale on boots at the local mall and when I went in and started going over the tags my son says...Mom, what are you doing? and I replied....Trying to find the stats. He laughed and said gee mom, I thought I was bad wondering if those gloves had a proc.... and later that week,  my husband and I were out to dinner and he asked the waitress if the food was Strength or agility, sighs....we play to much lol</p><p> And yes, Calthine...I too have been driving along and found myself trying to find my compass <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> hehehe</p>

[Golu]

I was wrestling with my 2 youngest sisters the other day (4 and 5, I'm 17) and my friend ( a WoW player, Blegh) walked out into his yard and looked at me and i screamed "STUN LOCK" inadvertently <img src="/smilies/1cfd6e2a9a2c0cf8e74b49b35e2e46c7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Atmu]

Well, thanks to all for the good laughs and I am guilty as well. The /r using on AIM or MSN is one thing but I am a fanatic house decorator and found myself lately standing in front of a small carpet in a supermarket thinking how this might look in my friends house I am decorating at the moment. Greetings =)

[valkry]

<p>The day before my son was born, my husband reallized how bad my addiciton was. He had been out that day getting in what would probably be his last golf game for a while. </p><p>He walked in & asked how I was doing. I said, in this order, "I advance quite a bit in crafting, oh! and I'm about 20 mins apart right now." He couldn't believe that I spent hours in early labor playing EQ, and the look he gave when I explained..."But I wasn't grouping, just crafting, so if I had to stop for a contraction, no one would get killed." <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Calthine]

OMG. I did almost the same thing when my eldest was born, back in my EQ1 days.  Poor kid, he was colicky, and I discovered that the EQ1 load theme would soothe him....

[Rijacki]

<cite>valkry wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The day before my son was born, my husband reallized how bad my addiciton was. He had been out that day getting in what would probably be his last golf game for a while. </p><p>He walked in & asked how I was doing. I said, in this order, "I advance quite a bit in crafting, oh! and I'm about 20 mins apart right now." He couldn't believe that I spent hours in early labor playing EQ, and the look he gave when I explained..."But I wasn't grouping, just crafting, so if I had to stop for a contraction, no one would get killed." <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>Very recently one of our guildmates and his wife were having a baby.  After the raid, the guildy mentioned, while getting into a group with some of us, that his wife was having contractions. We all kind of boggled a bit but he was so non-plussed (even with it being, I think, their first) because she was still only 30 mins apart.  We went down to Kaladim and waited around a bit for the ring event (that didn't happen) before one of the others had to head off for work.  The guildmate and his wife had the baby that night *laugh*.  (And she's back in game, too, now, rejoicing over getting her character transfered from another server finally)

[Roanin]

<p>This was an extremely awesome post.  Made me choke on coffee several times and have my coworkers giving me funny looks as their normally very shy, very quiet coworker is cackling like a fiend.  </p><p>I'm guilty of a lot of these.  </p><p>My fingers' natural resting state is WASD.</p><p>Headlights at night out of the corner of my eye or reflections in puddles always spark a momentary, "oh shiny!"</p><p>I have specifically rescheduled social events around raids.  I've also ignored calls during raids.</p><p>The worst was when in the grocery store and I saw a tub of Clorox wet towels with the words "20% more wipes!" across the front and the first thing I thought was, "well that can't be good."</p>

[Calthine]

<cite>Reyvin@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The worst was when in the grocery store and I saw a tub of Clorox wet towels with the words "20% more wipes!" across the front and the first thing I thought was, "well that can't be good."</p></blockquote><b><span style="font-size: small;color: #ff3366;">O.  M.  G.  </span></b>/falls off her chair laughing

[Anona]

<cite>Reyvin@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The worst was when in the grocery store and I saw a tub of Clorox wet towels with the words "20% more wipes!" across the front and the first thing I thought was, "well that can't be good."</p></blockquote><p>I wonder if Alemos can get that as his motto....*wanders off to post this on the Blackhawks forums*</p><p>For those who don't know, that's our guild's main healer...and his sig on our forums is "last man standing".  ROFLMAO</p>

[Rijacki]

<cite>Reyvin@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The worst was when in the grocery store and I saw a tub of Clorox wet towels with the words "20% more wipes!" across the front and the first thing I thought was, "well that can't be good."</p></blockquote>*giggle*Yeah, you've been raiding too much *nod*.

[Zabom]

This just happened this morning and I had to take my lunch break to post it. I work at a Radio Shack. A customer came in and was looking at a laptop that we had just put out on display. There was no price tag on it yet so he asked me what it cost. I immediately answered "700 plat". Without missing a beat, the customer answered "I can get it cheaper on the broker."  We both paused in the conversation for a second because we knew there was something odd there but had to figure out what. The silence was broken when he said "LoL".

[pantswearer]

<p>The other day, I was off and my wife was at work. It was getting close to the time that I had to logout and go pick her up, and I was trying to decide, "what can I do that will only take about 15- 20 minutes?". Then the message in my chat window helped me to decide: "You are thirsty and have not selected anything to drink".</p><p>So, I decided to leave a bit early and go to Starbucks. Since I'd be going to the downtown location I just grabbed a few bucks, I didn't want to take ALL my coin along, just in case I got zerg'd along the way. There's a drive-thru Starbucks a bit closer that I could have gone to instead, but I hate trying to click on the broker when there's a bunch of people still on their mounts in the way. </p><p>Once I had my white mocha laden coffee, which I swear gives +power regen and +AGI, I started to drive to my wife's workplace. Rush hour traffic was beginning, and when some n00B cut me off, I gave him the finger and immediately thought to myself, "that ought to get me a skill-up in aggression".</p><p>I did manage to arrive a bit early, and so as I was pulling toward an empty parking space I actually said out loud, "this looks like a good place to camp her spawn". </p><p>(Please don't tell my wife that I called her a "spawn"!) <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Spyderbite]

Got another one.. I've been shopping for a new car.. well.. newer car *chuckles* Figured I'd better think about vanity plates and was searching the availability of the following:VenPvPHarvstrRatongaLuvRatTwink22LvlLckd eq2pvp<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Shotneedle]

<p>Last night I had the wierdest dream...It was a combo of my old high-school and the newbie isle...lol</p><p>I was eating at a table, then one of my friends came by and told me I'd be late for class, so we got up and walked towards the class, but then when we got out the door suddenly we were on the beach on the newbie isle...and I was a ratonga... o.O</p><p>And the other day, my wife asked me if the toilet was broken...</p><p>Her: "Honey, why is the toilet broken?"</p><p>Me: "Maybe a warlock nuked it."</p><p>Her: *takes computer powercord* </p><p><img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Can't play for a few weeks...stuck runnin around the forums on my work laptop <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p>People just don't understand us ... </p><p>So, last night me & the hubby went out to with some friends, let me clarify that, a Gamer Friend and his NON Gamer Girlfriend. </p><p>After dinner Me, My hubby & our Gamer friend were standing outside the resturant waiting for her to get out of the restroom and we natually started talking about plans for tomorrow (today/sunday) ... </p><p>Our Gamer Friend wanted us to come back up for a party for a friend of his GF's, we said our regrets but Sunday was double exp day and we were hoping to ding a few levels on our crafters.  He accepted this with a nod of understanding and expressed his feeling of remorse that his game (VG) hasn't had double exp days for awhile .. </p><p>In the middle of this his GF comes up and my friend tells her that we can't come to the party, on Sunday, because they have double exp day, the regret evident in his voice .. the confusion evident on her face.  There the 3 of us stood in close proximity of being close friends for a long time all with the same expression of trying not to laugh at her expression and there she stood, slightly away from us teetering in indecision as to come closer .. with the confused look of someone trying to figure out where the punchline is to the bad joke .. </p><p>LOL .. even after We explained it was a for a game .. she still didn't understand.   She thinks video games are a waste of time .. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>The hubby & I have a private bet as to how long this relationship will last.  My friend is a confirmed multiple boxer.  He doens't craft but he does raid and exp.   He HAS to have 3 accts up or he gets bored.   3 boxing VG .. right there that says "Crazy Gamer for Life" ... </p>

[greenmantle]

<cite>Shotneedle wrote:</cite> <blockquote><p>Her: "Honey, why is the toilet broken?"</p><p>Me: "Maybe a warlock nuked it."</p><p>Her: *<b>takes computer powercord</b>* </p><p><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>Can't play for a few weeks...stuck runnin around the forums on my work laptop <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>Hint always buy kitchen appliances that take standard ie computer compatible power cords <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Calthine]

<cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The hubby & I have a private bet as to how long this relationship will last.  My friend is a confirmed multiple boxer.  He doens't craft but he does raid and exp.   He HAS to have 3 accts up or he gets bored.   3 boxing VG .. right there that says "Crazy Gamer for Life" ... </p></blockquote>OMg, doesn't every Gamer know that if you want a long-term relationship with someone it required a cable modem, router, and their own machine?  Get them hooked *before* you get serious!  (Hubby got me hooked on EQ1 before he proposed.)

[Spyderbite]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>(Hubby got me hooked on EQ1 before he proposed.)</blockquote>*snap* Now I knew where I blew it... *kicks at the dirt*As for the 50% exp.. Boss called and asked if I wanted to come in and work. This is a brand new job mind you. I replied "Sorry.. its 50% exp today". To which she says "Oh.. but you'll get 100% more experience if you work today".I couldn't help myself and said "But, I can't make Palladium Bangles with imbues there".There was some awkward silence and then a "Ok... I'll see you tomorrow, Chris" XD

[Shaes]

<p>So I'm taking my 2-year-old son (who BARELY says anything you can understand) to my Mother's house before work today, and we get stuck in traffic because there's an accident off to the side of the road and everyone is rubber-necking.  So I'm starting to get [Removed for Content] because I'm running late and I say, "Zander I really wish these idiots would just pay attention and drive", and without missing a beat he says, "Yea, Da-da... freakin' (screams) NOOBS!!"</p><p>I laughed so hard I almost wet myself...</p><p> Also on Halloween, I had to work and didn't get home until after he was done Trick-or-Treating, so when I got home and asked him what he got, he grabs his candy bucket and runs up to me and says, "Look Daddy - Loots!"</p><p> Am I a bad Father????</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<cite>Shaesta wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>So I'm taking my 2-year-old son (who BARELY says anything you can understand) to my Mother's house before work today, and we get stuck in traffic because there's an accident off to the side of the road and everyone is rubber-necking.  So I'm starting to get [Removed for Content] because I'm running late and I say, "Zander I really wish these idiots would just pay attention and drive", and without missing a beat he says, "Yea, Da-da... freakin' (screams) NOOBS!!"</p><p>I laughed so hard I almost wet myself...</p><p> Also on Halloween, I had to work and didn't get home until after he was done Trick-or-Treating, so when I got home and asked him what he got, he grabs his candy bucket and runs up to me and says, "Look Daddy - Loots!"</p><p> <b>Am I a bad Father????</b></p></blockquote><p>For that?  no ... </p><p>When your son's pre-school sends the cops to your office to inform you, that your son has been sneaking up on the kids on the playground and stunning and trying to "BS" them with 2 pairs of saftey scissors to earn faction tokens .. then .. you might be a bad father ..  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Zabom]

<cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Shaesta wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>So I'm taking my 2-year-old son (who BARELY says anything you can understand) to my Mother's house before work today, and we get stuck in traffic because there's an accident off to the side of the road and everyone is rubber-necking.  So I'm starting to get [Removed for Content] because I'm running late and I say, "Zander I really wish these idiots would just pay attention and drive", and without missing a beat he says, "Yea, Da-da... freakin' (screams) NOOBS!!"</p><p>I laughed so hard I almost wet myself...</p><p> Also on Halloween, I had to work and didn't get home until after he was done Trick-or-Treating, so when I got home and asked him what he got, he grabs his candy bucket and runs up to me and says, "Look Daddy - Loots!"</p><p> <b>Am I a bad Father????</b></p></blockquote><p>For that?  no ... </p><p>When your son's pre-school sends the cops to your office to inform you, that your son has been sneaking up on the kids on the playground and stunning and trying to "BS" them with 2 pairs of saftey scissors to earn faction tokens .. then .. you might be a bad father ..  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>And be carefull that he doesn't start "showing the teacher how he feels about it"

[Smirkey_of_Nektulos]

My dream I just woke up from half an hour ago was one of the strangest and most vivid I've had in weeks.  I had to share it.  Basically, it involved hitting a jackpot in provvy bushes and Albertson's fried chicken for my wife and I.Okay, now to explain - I live in Las Vegas where there are slot machines (almost always video draw poker) in nearly every supermarket and convenience store.  You can play for either nickels or quarters mostly, and if you play quarters then the jackpot for loading a machine with 5 quarters will be either $1,000 or maybe a little more if the jackpot is on a progressive meter so that it increases as people play without hitting it.  Of course, you are also paid far lesser amounts for other winning hands, which are usually down to a pair of jacks or higher for your bet returned to you.  As for Albertson's, it is a national supermarket chain and during the day you can buy fried chicken at the deli of reasonable quality at a good price.In this dream I was coming home from somewhere one evening on my bicycle and at one point decided to stop in a 7-11 for a drink.  On the way out I put a $10 bill in a quarter machine to try my luck.  I played for a bit and then got dealt 4 cards to the royal flush in hearts.  I discarded the losing card, drew, and got another losing card.  Boo!  A few hands later, I was <i>dealt</i> the royal flush at odds not as steep as hitting the Gigglegibber Lotto, but still about 640,000 to 1.  Now the crazy part is that when the cards were shown on the screen the machine didn't "lock up" and go into jackpot mode like they normally do (after all, you can't be dealt a better hand so there's no point in discarding and drawing).  I had to stare at the cards for a minute, trying to figure out if I had clubs, spades, or a mix of the two.  Turns out that instead, I was dealt the 10, J, Q, K and A of <i>provvy bushes</i> for a progressive jackpot of around $1,050.  Yay me!I collected the money and then began the second part of the dream, which was getting a fried chicken dinner from Albertson's for my wife and I before the deli section closed for the night.  And yes, in the dream I was thinking about completing this new "quest" to improve my wife faction.I woke up as I was locking the bike up to the rack outside of the front of the store.Thanks for reading!  Time to go harvest some more T6 roots!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Katsi]

The first time I did something like this, (that I'm aware of), I was on my way home from work.  I had just left the building, and was on the opposite side  of the street from a couple who were having an argument loud enough to be heard clearly three blocks away.  My reaction?  I grumbled "Take it to tells, please, people!"  I didn't realize what I had said until I was almost home.My building is open to the public, and has motion sensitive doors, so when it's windy, all sorts of stuff gets blown in.  One fall day, as I was leaving, I walked out the elevator onto the ground floor and saw a skinny brown leaf on the floor!  OMG! I grabbed it up and brought it home, and was a bit confused at my hubby and son when they started laughing at me... But it WAS an Antonican Ficus Leaf, I SWEAR!And, yes, I do tend to refer to people's ages as their levels too.- Katsi

[Birkenstocky]

<p>Okay I am laughing thinking about this .. but one time in the heat of passion ... at the right time I said "DING!"</p><p> Thank god it was a gamer lol.</p>

[Khiara]

<p>I was driving along a busy area that floods frequently so they did work and installed alot of drainage...ergo  lots of manhole covers and i kept thinking "that's an odd place for the downbelow" ><</p><p>Also my hubby and i ...who also plays...will be watching movies and classify each character...like "Definitely a zerker...no no..that's DEF a swashy..." </p><p>Methinks a tad too much EQ2 hehe</p>

[Khiara]

<p>I couldn't resist...with 10 pages this might already be on here..but it's worth repeating...omg i'm SUCH an everCRACKHEAD lol</p><p>25 Signs That You may Be Playing Too Much EverQuest II 1) After being mugged in a dark alley you write a nasty letter to your city's Mayor demanding that muggers be nerfed because there is no way that four low level thugs should be able to take a level 70 Shadow Knight. 2) You've accidentally greeted a friend more than ONCE with "Hail.." 3) You have sat around with your friends and assigned class and level to real world figures. "I could beat the Pope." "No way dude, the Pope is EASILY a level 70 three up Heroic Templar!" 4) When looking for the arcade in the mall, you've actually (for a split-second) "seen" a waypoint trail. 5) Your boss demands that you redo the marketing strategy guide for the next quarter because your suggestion of "Using the mailroom clerks to Zerg them" has been rejected. 6) While going through a messy divorce, you laugh at your spouse getting "half" because the lawyer foolishly forgot to include plat and in-game items. 7) It takes you two hours to get ready to go to work, but when raiding you can use the bathroom, prepare a meal, pour yourself a glass of soda, set the DVR to record your favorite movies and take out the garbage all within about seventeen seconds. 8 ) You haven't used your hands to pick up a dropped pen in over two years, and your "Monkey Toes" are so over developed that your shoes no longer fit properly. 9) You had to turn down a date with the that hot chick from marketing because your guild was raiding new content that night and you need the DKP. 10) You actually put down on your resume that you had a "Server Wide First" and then go into detail about the event. 11) You once (even in your head or to yourself) converted the change in your pocket to in game currency. (Quarter = Plat, Dime = Gold, Nickel = Silver, Penny = Copper) 12) Your E-Harmony profile states in large bold letters "NO WORLD OF WARCRAFT PLAYERS!" 13) While driving to work you come up with and design in your head an "Auto-follow" feature to work with your "Cruise Control". 14) Red Bull not only gives you wings, but they send you cards on your Birthday and Christmas. 15) You still think that your spouse was being unfair, and that "Lucan" is a good STRONG name for a boy. 16) After sex you snuggle up to your partner and ask in a playful voice..."So, did you Ding?" 17) You don't worry about getting STD's or other diseases because all your "cures" are at master one. 18 ) You're convinced that your co-worker's bad breath is a frontal AoE and have tried to get others to "turn him" during meetings. 19) You've been involved in serious debates on whether or not you can legally "backstab" with a fountain pen. 20) You've reported to your spouse that your lawn is "bugged" because you have repeatedly harvested every rock, shrub, and root - but have yet to get a rare. 21) You can't remember the exact date of your 6 year old's birthday, but upon looking at the screen your child can tell you the level, class, race, name, and "history" of the character you are playing. 22) You spend hours trying to find your name on novelty mugs and key chains only to realize that you were looking up your character. 23) You refer to your near death experience as the time you went "link dead". 24) Your wrist watch alarm is set to go off the moment a "lock out timer" expires in game. 25) You just counted up how many things you've done on this list and are now paranoid that others will think you are an addict.</p>

[Devilsbane]

<cite>K'hara wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I couldn't resist...with 10 pages this might already be on here..but it's worth repeating...omg i'm SUCH an everCRACKHEAD lol</p><p>25 Signs That You may Be Playing Too Much EverQuest II 1) After being mugged in a dark alley you write a nasty letter to your city's Mayor demanding that muggers be nerfed because there is no way that four low level thugs should be able to take a level 70 Shadow Knight. 2) You've accidentally greeted a friend more than ONCE with "Hail.." 3) You have sat around with your friends and assigned class and level to real world figures. "I could beat the Pope." "No way dude, the Pope is EASILY a level 70 three up Heroic Templar!" 4) When looking for the arcade in the mall, you've actually (for a split-second) "seen" a waypoint trail. 5) Your boss demands that you redo the marketing strategy guide for the next quarter because your suggestion of "Using the mailroom clerks to Zerg them" has been rejected. 6) While going through a messy divorce, you laugh at your spouse getting "half" because the lawyer foolishly forgot to include plat and in-game items. </p><p><b>Since all virtual propety is owned by SOE, they can not be included in divorce decrees. Thank the Gods! </b>7) It takes you two hours to get ready to go to work, but when raiding you can use the bathroom, prepare a meal, pour yourself a glass of soda, set the DVR to record your favorite movies and take out the garbage all within about seventeen seconds. 8 ) You haven't used your hands to pick up a dropped pen in over two years, and your "Monkey Toes" are so over developed that your shoes no longer fit properly. 9) You had to turn down a date with the that hot chick from marketing because your guild was raiding new content that night and you need the DKP. 10) You actually put down on your resume that you had a "Server Wide First" and then go into detail about the event. 11) You once (even in your head or to yourself) converted the change in your pocket to in game currency. (Quarter = Plat, Dime = Gold, Nickel = Silver, Penny = Copper) </p><p><b>Plat = $2+ Dollars on Station Exchange</b>12) Your E-Harmony profile states in large bold letters "NO WORLD OF WARCRAFT PLAYERS!" </p><p><b>No Former World of Warcraft Players....EQ/EQ2 alts OK</b>13) While driving to work you come up with and design in your head an "Auto-follow" feature to work with your "Cruise Control". 14) Red Bull not only gives you wings, but they send you cards on your Birthday and Christmas. 15) You still think that your spouse was being unfair, and that "Lucan" is a good STRONG name for a boy. 16) After sex you snuggle up to your partner and ask in a playful voice..."So, did you Ding?" </p><p><b>A week after you hook-up your partner tells you 'Ding!'</b>17) You don't worry about getting STD's or other diseases because all your "cures" are at master one. 18 ) You're convinced that your co-worker's bad breath is a frontal AoE and have tried to get others to "turn him" during meetings. 19) You've been involved in serious debates on whether or not you can legally "backstab" with a fountain pen. 20) You've reported to your spouse that your lawn is "bugged" because you have repeatedly harvested every rock, shrub, and root - but have yet to get a rare. 21) You can't remember the exact date of your 6 year old's birthday, but upon looking at the screen your child can tell you the level, class, race, name, and "history" of the character you are playing. 22) You spend hours trying to find your name on novelty mugs and key chains only to realize that you were looking up your character. 23) You refer to your near death experience as the time you went "link dead". 24) Your wrist watch alarm is set to go off the moment a "lock out timer" expires in game. 25) You just counted up how many things you've done on this list and are now paranoid that others will think you are an addict.</p></blockquote>26. You make a post to correct another player's 'Play too much...' post.

[Alycs]

<cite>Katsi wrote:</cite><blockquote>The first time I did something like this, (that I'm aware of), I was on my way home from work.  I had just left the building, and was on the opposite side  of the street from a couple who were having an argument loud enough to be heard clearly three blocks away.  My reaction?  I grumbled "Take it to tells, please, people!"  I didn't realize what I had said until I was almost home.My building is open to the public, and has motion sensitive doors, so when it's windy, all sorts of stuff gets blown in.  One fall day, as I was leaving, I walked out the elevator onto the ground floor and saw a skinny brown leaf on the floor!  OMG! I grabbed it up and brought it home, and was a bit confused at my hubby and son when they started laughing at me... But it WAS an Antonican Ficus Leaf, I SWEAR!And, yes, I do tend to refer to people's ages as their levels too.- Katsi</blockquote>As she's my sister RL, yes...she does this.  And it's HER fault I play this addictive game...she bought me a new computer so I could try the Trial of the Isle KNOWING I'd get addicted. lol  Yup...I did.And yes, she's said take it to tells before.  *snortsnickers*Now, here's bad...take in 20(mumblesomething) of the <a href="http://www.sca.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Society for Creative Anachronism</a>, Table Top role playing games - the majority being D&D in various incarnations as well as LoTRO and EQ2....saying Aye was a common thing for me long before EQ1 came out!  Same with dearth, plethora, coin, gold, add in baraks - $1 worth of copper, and SCA coin - and many others.  It takes all I can do NOT to say Mae Govannen or anything else Tolkien related whilst logged into Dejenchri! And now, I've got like a dozen aquantances/friends trying to get me to play WoW with them.