<@root_> Say...this is kinda weird 
<@root_> but I'm not sure you ever paid me back for your processor 8)
<+philblamefool> no, i haven't. i haven't had any money.
<@root_> Ah!  8) 
<+philblamefool> but next month is triple paycheck month. so i'll actually have money.
<@root_> Ok.  That's no problem 8)  I was just trying to remember if you had or not 8)
<+philblamefool> no, of course not. you'd remember my most definitely not sly attempts to slip you money
without anyone seeing.
<@root_> Yes, it's true. My MONEYDAR is quite strong.
<@root_> I can spot a clever scheme to give me money from a mile away
<+philblamefool> hahaha 
<@root_> Maybe more.  Hard to say.
<+philblamefool> that sort of thing really doesn't occur with enough frequency to do a statistical analysis.
<@root_> You'd be surprised.  Ever wonder where that change you left on your dresser went?  Little gnomes 
grab it and give it to unsuspecting strangers.
<+philblamefool> they must be forgetting about me. i have mounds of random change all over the place. it 
just keeps building. 
<+philblamefool> i can't pick something up without change falling all over the floor.
<@root_> No, no.  You're just a breeding ground like me.  See, there's a myth perpetuated by the government 
that they manufacture money in places called "mints"
<@root_> The truth is that it's decentralized.  Money breeds with itself.  The gnomes act like bees and 
crosspollinate
<+philblamefool> i'm a government conspiracy?
<@root_> That's why US money has changed so much in recent years.  It's starting to absorb genes from 
European money.
<+philblamefool> that...is the most awesome thing i've heard all day
<@root_> We all are.  We're part of their plot to avoid international embarrassment.
<+philblamefool> i think they're failing.
<@root_> (I thought so too which is why I'm formulating a post about it right now)
<+philblamefool> i guess money is not unlike rabbits
<+philblamefool> or rats 
<@root_> Not at all.  Money's a plant.  It really DOES grow on trees.
<+philblamefool> just as long as i don't find metal shavings all over my floor, i'll be fine
<@root_> You ever wonder why diamonds are so valuable?  It's because they're proto-quarters!
<@root_> Put them in a breeding ground with a bunch of coins and all of a sudden *bam*, you've got money 
rolls.

kalisphoenix

<@root_> You there!  Writing man!  
<+kalisphoenix> Oh dear.
<@root_> I knew I'd get that reaction from you.  It's just what I needed.
<@root_> Feel like you need a story idea?  I've got a real doozy 8)
<root_> (You've suggested programs to me, so it seems only fair to reciprocate, you see)
<kalisphoenix> Sure, but by submitting it you are hereby relinquishing all claim to the idea and 
derivatives thereof, etc etc.
<kalisphoenix> :)
<root_> Yeah, yeah, I know.
<root_> I'd write it myself, but I'm severely out of practice for writing anything other than science fiction
<kalisphoenix> Do it.
<kalisphoenix> Seriously.
<kalisphoenix> Write.
<kalisphoenix> You're always encouraging me to program, dammit, so I'm going to bug the shit out of you 
about this.
<root_> hehe.  But then I'd be using my higher brain functions!
<kalisphoenix> Go to http://forums.thedouglasfamily.org/ , sign up, and say you want to be part of the 
Hackathon. 
<kalisphoenix> A story (or something) per week all summer.
<kalisphoenix> With a pizza party you could, uh, fly out for.  Or something.                   
<kalisphoenix> Or get yer significant other to do it.
<kalisphoenix> Or both.