entertainment from the elderly!(not actually OT)

[alsih2o]

She said it was satanic to have someone decide what you can and can't do

lol! "my grandmother, the anarchist"!!!!!

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

That Rocks! - Creative too. At least she's not playing a Bard based on Ricky Martin or NSYNC...

 

[BiggusGeekus]

No fair!

My grandma is dead convinced that I worship Satan down in the steam tunnels by sacrificing virgins and stuff.

Not to hijack the thread, but can someone please tell me where all these virgins are we're supposed to be sacrificing?

It's hard to meet nice girls when you're a satanistic gamer.

 

[buzzard]

Advise the lady to not let her "Benny Goodman" character to fly though.

Your history of swing needs correction. Benny Goodman lived to a ripe old age. Glen Miller died in a plane crash during WW II.

Buzzard

 

[Shadowdancer]

That reminds me of when I was in college. I worked at a record store in the mall in San Angelo -- early 1980s. There was an elderly couple, both in their 80s, who used to come in at least once a month and buy rock music. Not a lot of heavy metal, although they did like AC/DC and Judas Priest. They bought mainly stuff like Tom Petty, Loverboy, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks. But they were fun to talk to -- they knew a lot about rock music.

I've always considered them to be role models. Now I can use this gaming granny as a role model, and roll model, too.

 

[Teflon Billy]

I ran "boot Hill" for my Grandma and Grandpa when I was about 13 years old and I've got to tell you ...they were completely out of control.

They needed horses, so they shot the stable owner and took some..then they went to saloon, proceeded to cheat at poker, and when the inevitable fight broke out punched a few faces in.

When numbers began to tell (and the brawl was turning against them) my Grandma began shooting everything in sight while my Gramp wrestled a shotgun away from one of the patrons and, inexplicably, shot the bartender.

After they looted the bar (*sigh*) they decided it was pretty much a countdown til the sherrif and his posse came after them, so they decided to "maintain the momentum" and charge into the Sherrif's office "guns a blazing".

They both took awful wounds in the shootout, but eventually prevailed and rode out of town, setting htings on fire as they went.

It showed me a who other side of the sedate elderly couple who had helped raise me. I think the world is lucky (really lucky) that they were both able to join the army in their early years...cause if they had not been able to support themselves legitimately, it's pretty clear to me (or was then) that they had the tools to turn to a life or crime.

They both thought the experience was great and played a few more times, but a few months later we moved onto Car Wars...which they had no interest in.

 

[alsih2o]

T.B. you got me rolling outta my chair on that one!

anyone else with an oldie who's a goodie?

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

Teflon Billy--that was absolutely fantastic. Crazy old people are the BEST!

My grandma was the first person I ever played D&D with. She's about 70 now, but is very very cool. She had played AD&D with her son and some neighbors back in the 80s, and played pinochle with the friends for quite a while afterwards. One day we found her old PHB, and I took it home, read it, and was instantly hooked. She mentioned this in passing to Mr. B, the friend, who gave me a call a while later: "So Jason...I heard you're interested in playing D&D..."

The best moment ever was a few years before we ever played, we were just sort of talking, and I was telling her about this "awesome video game" called D&D warriors of the eternal sun. "D&D? Oh I used to play that with Bobby and Mr. and Mrs. B down the street. I was a 14th level cleric!"

I really miss playing in that game... and Acerak is going to get his ass handed to him... NO ONE takes all of my stuff, makes me walk miles through a swamp back to town BUCK NAKED, and get's away with it!