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Offline trynyti

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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #150 on: August 24, 2010, 07:51:38 PM »
The one in my sig about the butterfly is my favorite.

There's also a lot of others. I can't remember what book it's from, but I learned a lot of terminology for barfing from Marco:
"... You ever notice how many different ways there are to say 'throwing up'? There's vomiting, of course. Hurling. Tossing your cookies. Puking, a classic. Ralphing. There's cascading. But I prefer the terms that are more real. Like blowing chunks. Spewing your guts. Tangoing with the toilet. That's a good one. Technicolor yawn."

There's a lot of good humor, especially in the earlier books, that went over my head as a kid first reading these books. It's why Animorphs remains such a great series even now.

As for my favorite pairing...

Tobias shrugged his human shoulders.  He held up his hands to stare at his own fingers.  "It is me," he said, sounding like he doubted it.  "My old body.  Here."

I ran to him.  I don't really know why, I just did.  I wanted to touch him.  To know he was real.

"Ah!Ah!Ah!" he yelled.  He jumped back and suddenly threw his arms up and down.  He was flapping, trying to get away.  Trying to fly.  I had scared him by rushing at him.  "Sorry," he whispered, terribly embarrassed.  "Sorry."

I put my arms around him and hugged him tightly.
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #151 on: August 26, 2010, 10:03:56 PM »
I'm not sure where exactly this is or why I've remembered it when I've forgotten so many other things about the books, but (I think it's at the beginning of one of the books) there's this one scene where Marco and Jake are arguing over whether or not a food can taste like a color.  Or maybe it just talks about that argument.  It's so awesome because, on the one hand, it's completely ridiculous, but if you start thinking about too much you start wonder if you're doing things like changing your sense of taste because of expectation from visual stimuli.

Of course there are some reasons things do taste like colors.  We have pretty generic pairings of artificial flavor and color.  Also, if you're in need of a particular amino acid, foods of the appropriate color with all sound very appealing to you, even if their taste is pretty dissimilar (i.e. tomatoes and strawberries).

But mostly that argument is awesome!
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #152 on: August 26, 2010, 10:06:58 PM »
#14! :D Cassie mentions they had the argument.

...*cough* One of my friends and I totally have that argument sometimes.
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #153 on: August 26, 2010, 10:16:32 PM »
Then you and your friend are also awesome ^_^

Actually, I brought that up with some people I went out with tonight.  They weren't very much fun though: everyone just got stuck on the artificial color/flavor thing.... though that did mean we were trying to figure out exactly what "blue raspberry" is supposed to be.
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #154 on: August 27, 2010, 07:41:16 AM »
Haha, yeah... I've tried bringing it up with people... the last time I tried, I was horrified by how seriously they were taking it. :facepalm: How seriously can you take a question like "What color does cheese taste like?"
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #155 on: September 01, 2010, 07:38:39 PM »
Quote from: bizarrocarlos on March 13, 2010, 11:39:39 PM
ax:prince Jake
Jake: don't call me prince
ax:yes prince Jake

how can anyone forget that?

that was the first one i thought of for commenting!oh well,can always do another one
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #156 on: September 01, 2010, 11:55:39 PM »
Quote from: Stephquiem (May or may not be Tyler) on August 27, 2010, 07:41:16 AM
Haha, yeah... I've tried bringing it up with people... the last time I tried, I was horrified by how seriously they were taking it. :facepalm: How seriously can you take a question like "What color does cheese taste like?"

You know, there'd be a pretty easy way to solve that kind of argument if you knew somebody with the right form of Synesthesia. So, anybody know someone with gustatory -> color synesthesia?

Also, hi Estrid! Welcome to the forum ^_^
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #157 on: September 20, 2010, 11:42:59 PM »
One that I have never forgotten and never will:

Elfangor in Tobias' andalite dream thing:

"Out of respect for life you have to endure."
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #158 on: September 22, 2010, 09:23:44 PM »
  Ax wasn't in morph. I felt we were vulnerable here, just after dinnertime.

  "Are you sure we're safe, Cassie?" I said. She looked up from her math book. I tell you, it was a conspiracy.

  "You kidding?" Cassie said. "A PBS documentary on lemurs? A Dome ship could land on the lawn and my parents wouldn't even notice..."

(Book #45)
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #159 on: September 23, 2010, 12:19:41 PM »
My favorite's gotta' be when Cassie was trapped as a caterpillar and metamorph-osized into a butterfly: <Why does she not morphs back now?> "WHAT?!" <Yes, it should be simple, she still had two of your hourse to remain in morphs before she truly will be trapped.> "GET THAT BUTTERFLY!!!!!"
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #160 on: September 26, 2010, 11:03:43 PM »
We ran with a hundred nightmares on our heels.
- book one

there's a whole new nightmare

R . L   Stine   calling   Stephen   King   with   a   message from Anne Rice.

The milk carton had no immediate response. Maybe it wanted to think that over.
- Marco

I take it back. I apologize. I grovel. I beg.

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A fool is strong so that others will see. A wise person is strong for himself.
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #161 on: September 27, 2010, 12:05:09 AM »

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R . L   Stine   calling   Stephen   King   with   a   message from Anne Rice.

Where did this one come from?  I don't remember it, but it definitely made me laugh  ;D
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #162 on: September 27, 2010, 01:11:13 AM »
That's in one of the later books. Marco says it... and I'm totally blanking as to which one. I can vaguely picture the scene, but the details aren't coming. Maybe I'll find it when I have access to my books again...
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #163 on: September 27, 2010, 01:29:50 AM »
Quote from: AmberKatira on September 27, 2010, 12:05:09 AM


Where did this one come from?  I don't remember it, but it definitely made me laugh  ;D

The thirties I think?
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Re: Sentences you'll never forget
« Reply #164 on: September 27, 2010, 01:48:41 AM »
I think it's from #34, when the Arn guy calls upon Aldrea's ixcila.
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