😂
I filled the power vacuum that Randmart left, he was like a deposed third world dictator.
Now, I'm just keeping it warm for the glorious return of the Zig. Wink.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9KVCEHirsal4klOg/giphy.gif)
Go fetch ziggy. This place is getting stuffy.
If siamesedream is running the show, he'd better up his game. This place is somnolent. ;)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on April 08, 2018, 07:27:05 PM
If siamesedream is running the show, he'd better up his game. This place is somnolent. ;)
Open Pub will help you get your Zzzzzzz.
It's better than Nyquil.
:sleep:
...oh sorry, did you say something? I nodded off there for a moment...
😉
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on April 08, 2018, 07:32:22 PM
:sleep:
...oh sorry, did you say something? I nodded off there for a moment...
😉
:incazzato:
I sprinkled my sleep dust.
Mr. Sandman, bring me a siamesedream :D
You put yourself to sleep, didn't you? 😉
If tumbleweeds could roll through a message board, they'd be drifting along 'round here these days. I think Snoopy's brother Spike might sign up as a member here. 😂
I got high on my own supply.
Thnort some, it's lovely.
Don't make me raise my eyebrows at you...
Careful, you never know what's in the red Solo cup I'm drinking from... 😉
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on April 10, 2018, 08:35:50 PM
Careful, you never know what's in the red Solo cup I'm drinking from... 😉
Gin? ;)
Quote from: siamesedream on April 10, 2018, 08:38:09 PM
Gin? ;)
I don’t even remember the last time I had hard likker
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on April 10, 2018, 08:35:50 PM
Careful, you never know what's in the red Solo cup I'm drinking from... 😉
Do you live in Atlanta?
Quote from: SnarlyMarly on May 03, 2018, 10:52:52 AM
Do you live in Atlanta?
She was born in Maine, lives in Mass.
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 12:54:50 PM
She was born in Maine, lives in Mass.
Hey, bub! Whaddaya think, that you’re running this board?! >:(
;)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 02:59:08 PM
Hey, bub! Whaddaya think, that you're running this board?! >:(
;)
I'm on a power trip.
Quote from: RandMart on May 03, 2018, 03:09:17 PM
nah, just a tool
I learned from watching the best, and the best are in Yammering.
Quote from: RandMart on May 03, 2018, 03:09:17 PM
nah, just a tool
Here ya go, Mister Foo Fighter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1bqZEz02Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1bqZEz02Y)
Quote from: RandMart on May 03, 2018, 03:09:17 PM
nah, just a tool
Well, watch yerself, mister, referring to me as a “young lady”... :skep:
:D
Quote from: RandMart on May 03, 2018, 03:34:03 PM
Which part did I get wrong?
There’s an implied hierarchy in that phrase, with the person wielding it assuming the power. :specs:
BOOM! Shut youse menfolks down! [mike drop] ;)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:15:40 PM
BOOM! Shut youse menfolks down! [mike drop] ;)
I've slipped into sullen silence, but unruly hilarity will follow!
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 06:43:53 PM
I've slipped into sullen silence, but unruly hilarity will follow!
:bat:
:D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:48:26 PM
:bat:
:D
What's that you've got in your hand? A bat? Or a hero sandwich? :yikes:
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 06:50:53 PM
What's that you've got in your hand? A bat? Or a hero sandwich? :yikes:
Don’t you Philly peeps call em hoagies?
Oh wait, I forgot... you and that RandMart fella is Joisey guyz...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:57:56 PM
Don't you Philly peeps call em hoagies?
Oh wait, I forgot... you and that RandMart fella is Joisey guyz...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I)
Strange fetish.
Someone recently heard me speaking and thought I was from the midwest. I really must not have an accent.
I usually call them subs, but we do have Wawa now, so I'll order a hoagie, if I ever get a sandwich there.
Maybe running gets his GI tract all atwitter?
There’s a Wawa near my mom. I like their coffee well enough, but I’d never get food there!
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:10:54 PM
Maybe running gets his GI tract all atwitter?
There's a Wawa near my mom. I like their coffee well enough, but I'd never get food there!
Being drunk makes the food taste better.
You stop there late at night, and owlishly blink in the fluorescent light as you order yer hoagie.
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:15:19 PM
Being drunk makes the food taste better.
You stop there late at night, and owlishly blink in the fluorescent light as you order yer hoagie.
:D
Looks like neither you nor I will be eating Wawa food anytime soon, then.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:19:23 PM
:D
Looks like neither you nor I will be eating Wawa food anytime soon, then.
I'll try it again at some point.
It really depends on the Wawa, some are better than others.
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:21:49 PM
I'll try it again at some point.
It really depends on the Wawa, some are better than others.
You plannin a tumble from teh wagon?’ :panic:
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:24:29 PM
You plannin a tumble from teh wagon?' :panic:
No, but am I crazy for contemplating eating a Wawa hoagie whilst sober? Maybe. :D
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:29:15 PM
No, but am I crazy for contemplating eating a Wawa hoagie whilst sober? Maybe. :D
Yes. I mean, prolly less gross than the glistening hot dogs on the rolly heating element, but still...
Nevertheless, I don’t wish to yuck your yum. It...might...be good.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:31:45 PM
Yes. I mean, prolly less gross than the glistening hot dogs on the rolly heating element, but still...
Nevertheless, I don't wish to yuck your yum. It...might...be good.
Hoagie roulette, will it be a yuck or a yum?
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:36:30 PM
Hoagie roulette, will it be a yuck or a yum?
I mean, if they make em to order, it’s no less appetizing than Subway. But still, will it equal the Publix sub?
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:48:57 PM
I mean, if they make em to order, it's no less appetizing than Subway. But still, will it equal the Publix sub?
I've soured on Publix subs recently. I went to a different Publix and was still disappointed.
I haven’t had a Publix sub in a couple years.
My go-to is Pizza Express in da heart o’ da gritty Nard. But you’re prolly outside their delivery radius. Maybe radial could quadcopter one to you! :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:53:12 PM
I haven't had a Publix sub in a couple years.
My go-to is Pizza Express in da heart o' da gritty Nard. But you're prolly outside their delivery radius. Maybe radial could quadcopter one to you! :D
You need to Fedex a publix sub to youself, with some dry ice.
Publix used to make a cheesesteak that wasn't bad, but they got rid of grills in all publix delis and discontinued the sandwich.
Quote from: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:58:24 PM
You need to Fedex a publix sub to youself, with some dry ice.
Publix used to make a cheesesteak that wasn't bad, but they got rid of grills in all publix delis and discontinued the sandwich.
I never had a grilled Publix sub. I usually get a turkey sub, but I like the Boars Head deli meat and they have a decent spicy mustard. If I’m getting a pizza shop sub, I usually go chicken parm.
Quote from: RandMart on May 04, 2018, 06:35:33 AM
That's what 7-11s are for
Henry Rollins wrote a wonderful piece about his convenience store of choice for SPIN back in 1985 [Vol 1 Number 2]
https://books.google.com/books?id=16jp_aFRHdgC&lpg=PP1&lr=&rview=1&pg=PA74&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
You know that 7-11 on Brace Road? We were hanging out one day when Keith Richards walked up
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/?post=6602070#p6602070
You know that Muhammad Ali used to live in Cherry Hill, I assume.
As well as some mobsters, some of the Gambino family, me thinks.
I used to love Spin magazine.
I remember the day of the Live Aid concert, it was hot as balls. I was in junior high, and I listened to some of it on the radio, probably YSP.
Quote from: RandMart on May 04, 2018, 06:36:59 AM
The irony here, bonita, is that my post was meant to convey the "The woman don't need a man to answer the question"
YMMV
So you could’ve said woman... :eyeroll:
;)
Quote from: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 12:47:53 PM
You know that Muhammad Ali used to live in Cherry Hill, I assume.
As well as some mobsters, some of the Gambino family, me thinks.
I have a student who moved here from Cherry Hill. Seems a civilized sort with no mob connections. :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 01:14:09 PM
I have a student who moved here from Cherry Hill. Seems a civilized sort with no mob connections. :D
:D
There was a gangland style hit in Cherry Hill, the hotel across from the racetrack, both track and hotel were demolished long ago.
The mob owned night clubs and restaurants in Cherry Hill, Cenelli's and Valentino's come to mind.
Quote from: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 01:19:17 PM
:D
There was a gangland style hit in Cherry Hill, the hotel across from the racetrack, both track and hotel were demolished long ago.
The mob owned night clubs and restaurants in Cherry Hill, Cenelli's and Valentino's come to mind.
I’ve told you about my in-laws’ neighbors in east egg, NY, I think. An old dude who owns a barbershop and drives a Ferrari (and has a huge Italianate home...it’d make Gatsby’s mansion seem humble). My FIL is sure the dude is some sort of mafioso. :D
Old-world haircuts!
Quote from: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 04:17:48 PM
Old-world haircuts!
Take the Bryl Cream, leave the Barbicide.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 06:15:08 PM
Take the Bryl Cream, leave the Barbicide.
Keep that straight razor away from me throat.
Quote from: RandMart on May 05, 2018, 10:37:52 AM
"In the beginning, God made three BIG mistakes. The fist was Man, the second was Wo-Man, and the third was The Poodle" - Frank Zappa
https://youtu.be/GlkoQ4bUE5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKqCu6RcdI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKqCu6RcdI)
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(Ruler of Europe)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on May 08, 2018, 04:03:22 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180508/0f607f11ddf3d24650d82a06fbb384f2.jpg)
(Ruler of Europe)
:D
Not sure I’ll post here without siamesedream around. I feel like Nick Carraway toward the end of Gatsby:
http://youtu.be/AWIHAjKSGic
Quote from: RandMart on June 06, 2018, 09:32:53 PM
Oh yeah, in case people forgot
This forum is NOT Private, like the Yammerland one is, so do NOT post anything here you'll have to explain away later
Haha, totally forgot! This was meant to be the PR and Marketing thread to build the CH base and lure them into the Private Rooms. Ha. Haha.
Quote from: Clb on August 27, 2018, 05:32:33 PM
Haha, totally forgot! This was meant to be the PR and Marketing thread to build the CH base and lure them into the Private Rooms. Ha. Haha.
Doing a bang up job with that, huh?
To get back to the original question, it would appear so!
Quote from: PWWP on September 06, 2019, 09:40:53 PM
To get back to the original question, it would appear so!
Wait... I thought PWWP was PeterP. Or xero.
Either way, git crackin, sparky! This board ain't exactly lively. Up the zazz factor!
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 06, 2019, 10:08:06 PM
Wait... I thought PWWP was PeterP. Or xero.
Either way, git crackin, sparky! This board ain't exactly lively. Up the zazz factor!
A late inning post by the zigster, unexpected!
Quote from: PWWP on September 06, 2019, 10:18:20 PM
A late inning post by the zigster, unexpected!
Just tryna up the zazz factor here. It's more zzz 😴 factor... :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 07, 2019, 10:28:37 AM
Just tryna up the zazz factor here. It's more zzz 😴 factor... :D
:sleep: Makes good bedtime reading.
Quote from: PWWP on September 07, 2019, 02:22:45 PM
:sleep: Makes good bedtime reading.
I'm jazzed on kombucha!
Quote from: PWWP on September 07, 2019, 04:37:12 PM
😄Gimme some!
I bet Publix sells it. Guava is usually a safe flavor bet. Jump on da SCOBY train!
This afternoon's kombucha flavor: mango mint. Took a few sips to get into the flavor, but upon reflection, I'd say...I'd get it again!
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 04:52:27 PM
This afternoon's kombucha flavor: mango mint. Took a few sips to get into the flavor, but upon reflection, I'd say...I'd get it again!
.
Does it come in cans or tea bags?
Quote from: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:04:01 PM
.
Does it come in cans or tea bags?
Glass bottles. The one time I got a canned kombucha, it was actually 6%ABV. I dumped it after a couple sips (I didn't notice it was hard 'bucha initially)...the funk is not improved by the flavor of alcohol. :D
It's fermented and bubbly, so it's not simply steep a bag.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:10:22 PM
Glass bottles. The one time I got a canned kombucha, it was actually 6%ABV. I dumped it after a couple sips (I didn't notice it was hard 'bucha initially)...the funk is not improved by the flavor of alcohol. :D
It's fermented and bubbly, so it's not simply steep a bag.
I'll have to try, the soft version.
Quote from: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:14:19 PM
I'll have to try, the soft version.
And start calling it 'bucha ;)
It's weird, but it fits the bill of "bubbly" and not-soda when I have a beer jonesing.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:16:48 PM
And start calling it 'bucha ;)
It's weird, but it fits the bill of "bubbly" and not-soda when I have a beer jonesing.
That's when I usually go to fake beer, like Busch NA, or Odoulski, but I know that you think they taste gross.
Quote from: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:24:51 PM
That's when I usually go to fake beer, like Busch NA, or Odoulski, but I know that you think they taste gross.
Yeah, I'm particular about what I want in a beer flavor. I'd rather go for a totally different taste than fake beer. But it's got the same ABV as fake beer. :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:35:42 PM
Yeah, I'm particular about what I want in a beer flavor. I'd rather go for a totally different taste than fake beer. But it's got the same ABV as fake beer. :D
I'll get me a bottle this week.
Quote from: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:45:32 PM
I'll get me a bottle this week.
You can post insulting things about me if you don't like it. :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:50:08 PM
You can post insulting things about me if you don't like it. :D
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I'll write a scathing review of my bucha drink!
Quote from: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 06:04:54 PM
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:50:08 PM
You can post insulting things about me if you don't like it. :D
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I'll write a scathing review of my bucha drink!
Does anyone call it 'bucha, anyway? {insert Internet Outrage totem here}
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 06:11:44 PM
Does anyone call it 'bucha, anyway? {insert Internet Outrage totem here}
:D
I picked up a ginger and cayenne kombucha today (the supermarket had a huge display of some wild flavors this morning). Will report back on its zing! I would've tried it today, but between baseball, work, and running, then an early departure, I missed my "I want a drink" hour. :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:00:12 PM
I picked up a ginger and cayenne kombucha today (the supermarket had a huge display of some wild flavors this morning). Will report back on its zing! I would've tried it today, but between baseball, work, and running, then an early departure, I missed my "I want a drink" hour. :D
Yes, I want a full 'bucha report!
Quote from: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:05:10 PM
Yes, I want a full 'bucha report!
I should start a perpetual kombucha thread. I bet it'd draw in new posters! The CH has devolved to perpetual everything—nothing new to be discussed—this'll draw in fresh specimens o humanity! :D
I also have a pink lady apple flavored 'bucha and a pineapple one.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:11:52 PM
I should start a perpetual kombucha thread. I bet it'd draw in new posters! The CH has devolved to perpetual everything—nothing new to be discussed—this'll draw in fresh specimens o humanity! :D
I also have a pink lady apple flavored 'bucha and a pineapple one.
No rules in this thread.😉
I'd try the pink lady.
Quote from: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:27:54 PM
No rules in this thread.😉
I'd try the pink lady.
No rules? It's the Outback Steakhouse of threads! 😂
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:29:26 PM
No rules? It's the Outback Steakhouse of threads! 😂
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Quote from: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:30:56 PM
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Board (CH...open pub just...is) more boring than ever. :(
NYT article about whether bucha is beneficial! (Read it pre race this am, too lazy to find it now.) Thing is, if you're hoping for a superfood, ye'll prolly be disappointed, but if AF alternative drinks are what ye seek (without going cutesy mocktails), it's aight if you dig the flavor.
Quote from: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:30:56 PM
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Remember when the CH used to be entertaining and lively? Them was good days!
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 01, 2019, 08:26:30 PM
Remember when the CH used to be entertaining and lively? Them was good days!
I wonder how many people were online at any give time in ye olde CH? 100, 200? You could log on at 11 pm at night and the board would be packed.
Quote from: PWWP on November 08, 2019, 10:20:36 PM
I wonder how many people were online at any give time in ye olde CH? 100, 200? You could log on at 11 pm at night and the board would be packed.
I wonder what the turning point was? I mean, by the time I started posting regularly in 2013 or '14, Facebook was already a fully established thing, so it's not like "everyone just went to FB" is a legit claim. Was it Election '16-related Internet Outrage, or did the general mood begin to sour prior to that? Who knows. Maybe everyone just got old and boring. :D
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 01:20:51 PM
I wonder what the turning point was? I mean, by the time I started posting regularly in 2013 or '14, Facebook was already a fully established thing, so it's not like "everyone just went to FB" is a legit claim. Was it Election '16-related Internet Outrage, or did the general mood begin to sour prior to that? Who knows. Maybe everyone just got old and boring. :D
Time for bid whist and bingo!
I don't think Yammering was ever as crowded as ye olde. The turning point here was probably the election, but from 2013 to 2016, it was already thinning down population-wise.
Ye olde was lightening in a bottle. Internet message boards had a novelty appeal at the turn of the century, it was bound to wear off, but ye olde died before that could happen.
Quote from: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:02:46 PM
Time for bid whist and bingo!
I don't think Yammering was ever as crowded as ye olde. The turning point here was probably the election, but from 2013 to 2016, it was already thinning down population-wise.
Ye olde was lightening in a bottle. Internet message boards had a novelty appeal at the turn of the century, it was bound to wear off, but ye olde died before that could happen.
Welp, there's your answer with your pining for the old days.
But specifically here, there was a lightness—heck, peeps could make jokes instead of disappointed head-shaking in a thread about a 12-yr bday party at Hooters. Now, IAP gets run outta town for some rigid thinking around (not) tipping. When did that change? Was it a Buddha-like awakening, or self-important wokeness that suffused teh CHommunity? Genuinely curious.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 05:37:33 PM
Welp, there's your answer with your pining for the old days.
But specifically here, there was a lightness—heck, peeps could make jokes instead of disappointed head-shaking in a thread about a 12-yr bday party at Hooters. Now, IAP gets run outta town for some rigid thinking around (not) tipping. When did that change? Was it a Buddha-like awakening, or self-important wokeness that suffused teh CHommunity? Genuinely curious.
Fall of 2016, many assholes here. And it had nothing to do with politics. Or maybe politics was the excuse for assholey behavior.
Quote from: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:42:11 PM
Fall of 2016, many assholes here. And it had nothing to do with politics. Or maybe politics was the excuse for assholey behavior.
I call "before then." But agreed on the genesis.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 05:46:02 PM
I call "before then." But agreed on the genesis.
A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.
Quote from: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:49:41 PM
A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.
I think the "wokeness" moment started surrounding non-Trump issues, more about asserting control over the steampunk dinosaur that is this message board. I guess, if it's important to one's sense of self(importance)...good for them.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 06:08:22 PM
I think the "wokeness" moment started surrounding non-Trump issues, more about asserting control over the steampunk dinosaur that is this message board. I guess, if it's important to one's sense of self(importance)...good for them.
:roll:
I'd agree with that.
Quote from: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:49:41 PM
A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.
Trumpies (are there any here??) posts something infantile. Immediate pile on. Certain regulars troll on a regular basis. All quiet on the front.
Quote from: SnarlyMarly on November 11, 2019, 07:23:02 AM
Trumpies (are there any here??) posts something infantile. Immediate pile on. Certain regulars troll on a regular basis. All quiet on the front.
If you're talking about the internet in general, I agree. A lot of people left the ch in the 6 to 12 months following the election. And they weren't Trumpies or trolls. They left because the message board is/was super toxic.
Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 04:08:32 PM
Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)
😂 The Stasi lights!!
Quote from: PWWP on November 14, 2019, 04:59:07 PM
😂 The Stasi lights!!
He's prolly got a bitchin Tony Hawk poster on his bedroom wall.
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 06:18:33 PM
He's prolly got a bitchin Tony Hawk poster on his bedroom wall.
😄SK, always 10 years behind what's really going on!
Quote from: PWWP on November 14, 2019, 06:46:44 PM
😄SK, always 10 years behind what's really going on!
Like the entire state of Maine ;)
Quote from: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 04:08:32 PM
Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)
Or on Jeopardy!!!
Quote from: SnarlyMarly on November 15, 2019, 07:22:01 AM
Or on Jeopardy!!!
:D
I wish him the best.
In the latest Stephen King novel, exceptional children are kidnapped and taken to a top-secret government research institute. This boy's level of precociousness is on par with the main character's.