# Actual things you actually said (or heard) in the last 24 hours **URL:** \ **Category:** Not Games\ **Created:** [4 February 2021 14:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198 "2021-02-04T14:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 124
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2025 12:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2464 "2025-08-07T12:25:52Z")
Oh I dunno, you won’t be bored at least… ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2025 13:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2465 "2025-08-07T13:43:39Z")
“It’s possible, on reflection, that having ping pong balls hurled at them whilst being shouted at in Shakespearean is not for everyone” ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2025 21:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2466 "2025-08-07T21:55:25Z")
That sounds like an Edinburgh Fringe sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2025 21:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2467 "2025-08-07T21:56:57Z")
Indeed it is! ![image](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/75c106466336b56933b3ea8d3dfdade4e0739149.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2025 14:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2468 "2025-08-10T14:56:42Z")
(Thinking someone might be an unwitting alien agent.) “What is the Sung for ‘stand on your bed and dance like a chicken’?” ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2025 22:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2469 "2025-08-10T22:00:30Z")
“What if it’s Grover with a flame-thrower?” ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2025 10:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2470 "2025-08-12T10:00:15Z")
"I put a pen and pad by the bed so that if if an important thought woke me up in the night, I could write it down. “It happened last night, and this morning I found that I’d written: ‘Do the thing.’.” ---
**Author:** ![Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/sexagesimalian/32/10542_2.png) [@Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Sexagesimalian)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2025 23:58 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2471 "2025-08-12T23:58:53Z")
“Zhu Li! Do the thing!” ---
**Author:** ![dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/dscheidt)\ **Post date:** [13 August 2025 01:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2472 "2025-08-13T01:06:35Z")
> [@Phil](#): > > “It happened last night, and this morning I found that I’d written: ‘Do the thing.’.” “Touch the puppet head “? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [13 August 2025 09:35 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2473 "2025-08-13T09:35:28Z")
“It’s a normal family tree, right? I mean, not a straight line or a loop?” “Or a Möbius strip?” ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [13 August 2025 09:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2474 "2025-08-13T09:55:20Z")
Back in the early days of Facebook when it was fun (and mostly memes) I joined a group called “Can this Möbius Strip get more fans than itself?” ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [13 August 2025 12:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2475 "2025-08-13T12:14:13Z")
> [@dscheidt](#): > > “Touch the puppet head“ I looked up those lyrics, and I don’t have much idea what that song is about. I see why you referenced it, though! I guess “Put your hand inside the puppet head” means taking control… ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 13:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2476 "2025-08-15T13:45:08Z")
“L likes the tip, but E prefers the… you know what? I’m not sure we can talk about asparagus preferences out loud.” ---
**Author:** ![Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/sexagesimalian/32/10542_2.png) [@Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Sexagesimalian)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 17:44 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2477 "2025-08-15T17:44:21Z")
OK, I didn’t _hear_ this, but I thought it was rather ridiculous. ![Screenshot 2025-08-15 at 9.39.44 AM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/e/a/ea5a9fc546da5ae8ff5c7e7dae68c75431c8257c.jpeg)How can a toy not be a toy? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 17:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2478 "2025-08-15T17:47:59Z")
“You can only Boud once.” (Imperium, after Boudicca goes into hustory.) ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 18:03 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2479 "2025-08-15T18:03:50Z")
> [@RogerBW](#): > > Boudicca I love this lady. Forgotten by history (at least in US schools) but a superstar of historical board and video games. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 18:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2480 "2025-08-15T18:45:08Z")
> [@Acacia](#): > > I love this lady. Forgotten by history (at least in US schools) but a superstar of historical board and video games. Boud games. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 19:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2481 "2025-08-15T19:26:11Z")
Certainly when I was at school (UK 1970s-1980s) “doing” the Romans in Britain included Boudicca as standard. At that point many textbooks used the older standard “Boadicea”. ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 19:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2482 "2025-08-15T19:37:26Z")
Makes a lot of sense. I imagine you all are scant on Sacagawea and Molly Pitcher on that side of the pond. ---
**Author:** ![Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/griffster77/32/1048_2.png) [@Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Griffster77)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2025 21:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/2483 "2025-08-15T21:21:52Z")
Forgotten? Really? I mean, I can understand why US schools wouldn’t teach about her, because why would they teach about Roman Britain, I suppose, but we definitely got taught about her at school. [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198.md?page=123) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198.md?page=125)