By far the funniest thing said at TAM2

[shanek]

"Does the account manager take PayPal?"

Trust me...if you were there, you'd be rolling!

[bignickel]

"The second coming of Christ"

Again, you'd have to have been there.

[kittynh]

how about any of the great Julia S lines?

I'm probably getting this wrong, but when she told her mom she was an atheist her mom replied something like, "But this doesn't mean you're not going to mass anymore, right?" I was actually laughing so hard I was choking at one point and Andrew was getting ready to slap me on the back.

[Brown]

I liked:

"What is DLH??"

[shanek]

Originally posted by Brown
"What is DLH??"

LOL! "Is it hockey?" That was a great one, too. As far as raw humor goes, Dino and Victor just blew the other guests away! I'm SURE my laughter got picked up by the mics and will be audible on the DVD...

[Electric Monk]

Originally posted by kittynh
how about any of the great Julia S lines?"What are you gonna do? I'm the weaker Blue-Footed-Booby Baby."

--James

[Chaos]

What blew me away (d@mned if I know why) was:

"Roses are red,
violets are blue.
sugar is sweet,
Phil Plait still sucks!"

[SkepticScott]

If I don't mention it, MoeFaux and Brown will kill me:

"The Aristocrats"

AYHTBTM
(Another You Had To Be There Moment)

[Electric Monk]

Originally posted by SkepticScott
AYHTBTM
(Another You Had To Be There Moment) AYHTBSHDOGRLTBTM
(Another You-Had-To-Bid-Seventeen-Hundred-Dollars-Or-Get-Really-Lucky-To-Be-There Moment)

I'm waiting for your account of this adventure, Scott, seething with jealousy.

--James

[Brown]

Originally posted by SkepticScott
If I don't mention it, MoeFaux and Brown will kill me:

"The Aristocrats"

AYHTBTM
(Another You Had To Be There Moment) I pondered mentioning this, although I debated whether it was properly a "TAM2 moment" or some sort of "TAM2 adjunct moment."

The hell with it.

(Carey-like arm gesture) "The Aristocrats!!"

Most people will not know what the hell we are talking about. But before the end of the year, perhaps they will.

[Brown]

Another good adjunct YHTBT moment: Penn Jillette's spot on impression of Albert Brooks: "Penn, it sounds like a great idea, you're right, I should be doing it...."

[shanek]

Originally posted by Chaos
What blew me away (d@mned if I know why) was:

"Roses are red,
violets are blue.
sugar is sweet,
Phil Plait still sucks!"

Fortune cookie #1: Phil Plait sucks.
Fortune cookie #2: Phil Plait still sucks.

[Chaos]

Another good one was Mr. Randi´s "Well, I have a modicum of skill with locks..."

[bignickel]

My german coversations with Chaos. :D

[Jeff Corey]

Originally posted by bignickel
"The second coming of Christ"

Again, you'd have to have been there.
I hope they did that trick with a large thumbtip.

[Phil]

{paraphrasing}

"I like coming to skeptics conferences. When you sneeze, no one says anything."

Phil Plait --- The Bad Astronomer

[bignickel]

Originally posted by Phil
{paraphrasing}

"I like coming to skeptics conferences. When you sneeze, no one says anything."

Phil Plait --- The Bad Astronomer

I said "Gesundheit" when people sneezed, but that's force of habit. It's from my mother's side of the family.

[The Bad Astronomer]

Originally posted by Phil
{paraphrasing}

"I like coming to skeptics conferences. When you sneeze, no one says anything."

Phil Plait --- The Bad Astronomer

:D

I actually thought of that months ago, and decided I couldn't work it into my talk well. Then I figured it would be handy later, as it wound up being. However, I also noticed-- because I was thinking about it!-- that there were very few sneezes during the talks. That was doubly irksome because with the dry dusty air, I expected lots of sneezing. Oh well, I got to use the line anyway.

[kittynh]

probably not the right thread...

but I sent my friend that loves Vegas some links about the meeting, and this was her reply....

hhhmmmmm......



from Lissa....

Omg! Barbara! I was just scrolling down that website reading what Jeff
the webmaster was saying in his log of the convention weekend- and I
noticed he said they went over to the Hard Rock cafe to a club they heard
about- and then he said something about talking to girls from Greece- I
may be wrong, but I bet they went to (and aren't admitting to it on the
site exactly!) a really famous strip joint that is right across from
Hard Rock-lol!
In fact, it is used in the Chevy Chase Vegas Vacation movie-lol! He
walks in there in one scene...I can't remember the name of it now! But I
am thinking that is where he went since he said someone had told him to
go there- I know alot of stars fly in from LA to go to that club- It
maybe the Paradise club? not sure...

[MoeFaux]

The name of the club is Club Paradise. It's a classy joint.

[kittynh]

Next TAM we have to take Pool boy....

[MoeFaux]

I've been told I need to post this:

The funniest line? "Moe's hardness scale".

The back of the room where I was sitting was cracking up.

[Jeff Corey]

I think he meant Moh's hardness scale. It's for testing rocks and minerals, not for testing the efficacy of Viagra(TM).

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Jeff Corey
I think he meant Moh's hardness scale. It's for testing rocks and minerals, not for testing the efficacy of Viagra(TM). Not when you are sitting near Moe. She spelled it right the first time.

[exarch]

Originally posted by Mercutio
Not when you are sitting near Moe. She spelled it right the first time.I still think it should be Moe's softness scale ...

[kittynh]

Well on Sunday Ian Rowland said to me (in a very British accent) "Are you demented?"

It really cracked up myself and Karl (who was also acting "demented" though Ian couldn't see him)

Karl was doing some kind of ballet moved from having seen the show "O" the night before and as I was walking toward him I was doing a few of my own in return. Ian basically saw a nut coming at him...

so it was all Karl's fault. But, said in a British accent it sounded like pure Monty Python to me!

[NoZed Avenger]

Originally posted by Phil
{paraphrasing}

"I like coming to skeptics conferences. When you sneeze, no one says anything."

Phil Plait --- The Bad Astronomer

Actually, I said "Bless you" to several people after sneezes.

Definitely worth the looks.

[Phil]

Originally posted by NoZed Avenger


Actually, I said "Bless you" to several people after sneezes.

Definitely worth the looks.
Of course. Who wouldn't want to be blessed by the NoZed Avenger?!

In fact, from now on when people sneeze, I'm going to say, "NoZed bless you!"

[MoeFaux]

When people sneeze, I say, "I bless you", or "that's funny", or nothing at all.

[Phil]

Originally posted by MoeFaux
When people sneeze, I say, "I bless you", or "that's funny", or nothing at all.
I set their hair on fire, give them a wedgy, and then run away screaming.

Folks usually go to great lengths to avoid sneezing in front of me.

[Doubt]

Originally posted by Phil

I set their hair on fire, give them a wedgy, and then run away screaming.

Folks usually go to great lengths to avoid sneezing in front of me.

Well that clears things up a bit. The real reason you keep your hair so short is that somebody else already did this to you!

:D

[Marc]

Originally posted by Phil

I set their hair on fire, give them a wedgy, and then run away screaming.

Folks usually go to great lengths to avoid sneezing in front of me.


If you find a cold man and give him a fire, you keep him warm for a night.

If you find a cold man and set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.

[Jeff Corey]

The Second Coming of Christ wins hands down.

[CFLarsen]

Originally posted by Jeff Corey
The Second Coming of Christ wins hands down.

With the placement of the used towel "coming" a close...well, second! :)