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Spilling a drink on the carpet is called "Making a sacrifice to GooFoo". GooFoo is the patron god of carpet spills. I used to use this acronym: SFTOID (prounounced SIF-toid). It stands for Sixty Feet, Trails Off Into Darkness. As in, "The hallway goes east SIFTOID".

I posted this exchange in another topic, but boy does it fit here.... Way back in the days of AD&D, I ran a group through the Slave Lords module series (A1-A4). In one encounter, the party encountered a never before seen creature. After some difficulty, they slew it, and the following snippet...

::bows:: Thanks so much! Behold the results of Mighty Java!!! (extra light, 3 sweet-n-lows). :D

There was this guy who owned a menagerie; he was a real animal lover. His favorite pets were a pair of porpoises that he had rescued when they beached themselves. He loved then, absolutely doted on them. But one day, it hit him...someday, those cute porpoises would die. He found the idea...

But Danny...it's hard to bardle nardle zousss with all those marbles in my mouth! ;)

During my college years, I actually saw a marked increase in female gamers in my group. When I made some roundabout inquiries as to why, the answer was... "......well, a lot of us know that to play this game you have to have a modicum of brains...also, if the guys are spending Saturdays playing...

I mentioned this elsewhere, but it works here as well... We have a Pun Fund. It's a small ceramic piggy bank with a large cork where the nose should be. An out of character pun is .25. A war story that sidetracks the game is .50. The money is used to defray costs of our Chrismas party...

Oh, the Higgins Armory rocks... I love that place! :)

We play every other weekend...and this one isn't it. :\

Gary If the "Get Thee to a Punnery" book is the one that has hot cross buns on the cover, then yes that would be the one! :) Thanks for the invite! I'd absolutely love to! I've learned that sometimes I never can tell where I'll wind up, so...if I'm in that area, you can bet I'll be in touch...

Gary- It'd be my pleasure, if I'm ever out in that neck of the woods ;) James Ward, eh? Now there's a name I haven't heard in a while! Outstanding! But back to puns here...there was this book, that came out in the late 70's, which dealt with puns. I forget the name! But one of the...

The most effective way of winning an argument is by showing results :) You did! Good on you! You get 5,000 XP!

You're welcome! And, with Thanksgiving approaching, I get to have some amazing stuffing that my wife makes...it's made with cornbread, which my wife bakes beforehand. Cornbread with bacon pieces in it! Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!

"Here lies Dino.... Intelligence 15, Wisdom 3"

What a BRUTAL, NASTY, MEAN thing to do!!!!!! ::::adds it to my DM Bag O' Tricks, laughing in that sinister mad villain fashion:::: BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! :]

:::clutches head in both hands and screams::: :eek:

:::Hands you the First Prize Trophy:::

Thanks! I'm pleased to be of service! I've had my share of swaggering bozos in past years, though my current group does not suffer from it! :)

Oh absolutely! One of my favorite stories involves a local bakery. The place burned down quickly, and witnesses say the fire started quickly, possibly the result of a sudden explosion. When the fire investigators checked it out, they found the cause... ...it was a Napoleon, blown apart.

Perhaps this could be introduced as a possibly fun form of euthanasia? DOCTOR: Mister Fumblebottom, you have three days to live... MR.F: OK, I want to be shot out of a catapult, then. DOCTOR: Excellent choice, Mister Fumblebottom. We have several programs to choose from. There's the "This is...