Doghead's Cosmic Bar
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Posts 7,760 - 7,771 of 13,738
Ulrike
19 years ago
19 years ago
On NPR Saturday morning, the announcer read an excerpt of some Middle Eastern dictator's (or possibly terrorist's) poetry. I swear that it sounded just like Vogon poetry.
The Black Mamba
19 years ago
19 years ago
Somehow, I think I must've done something very, very wrong.
o0 The Oddity 0o: There's not a single rustling bush so fleet,
There's not a single rustling bush so fleet -
There's not a single rustling bush you goon,
There's not a single rustling bush you goon.
o0 The Oddity 0o: There's not a single rustling bush so fleet,
There's not a single rustling bush so fleet -
There's not a single rustling bush you goon,
There's not a single rustling bush you goon.
psimagus
19 years ago
19 years ago
Oops - sorry. You're only allowed 2 different returns from a plugin per response, and you have to specify them to stop them repeating.
Quick hack:
copy plugins 1-4 respectively into 4 new plugins 5-8,
add a 2 to the end of each plugin name in the response at the point of it's second usage. 1-4 get used twice in the first 2 lines, so change to 5-8 for the next.
eg:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin5) (plugin5),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin74).
You'd need 7 sets of plugins for a 14-line sonnet at that rate, but that's not time consuming if you just copy each set.
Quick hack:
copy plugins 1-4 respectively into 4 new plugins 5-8,
add a 2 to the end of each plugin name in the response at the point of it's second usage. 1-4 get used twice in the first 2 lines, so change to 5-8 for the next.
eg:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin5) (plugin5),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin74).
You'd need 7 sets of plugins for a 14-line sonnet at that rate, but that's not time consuming if you just copy each set.
psimagus
19 years ago
19 years ago
Aargh! My brain's too tired - that should be:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin6) (plugin4),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin42).
you don't need sets 7 or 8...
Sorry - it's 3AM and I can't do this now. I'm pretty sure that will work, but there's a redundant pair of plugins somewhere.
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin6) (plugin4),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin42).
you don't need sets 7 or 8...
Sorry - it's 3AM and I can't do this now. I'm pretty sure that will work, but there's a redundant pair of plugins somewhere.
The Black Mamba
19 years ago
19 years ago
I thought something looked odd, so I changed it myself. Yeah, NOW it works...
The Black Mamba
19 years ago
19 years ago
Not too bad...
o0 The Oddity 0o: I thought I saw a bounding stag in sleet,
I thought I saw a glowing moon so neat -
I thought I saw a drifting cloud you loon,
I thought I saw a rustling bush, you goon.
o0 The Oddity 0o: I thought I saw a bounding stag in sleet,
I thought I saw a glowing moon so neat -
I thought I saw a drifting cloud you loon,
I thought I saw a rustling bush, you goon.
rainstorm
19 years ago
19 years ago
lol...
What I came up with is SO much more complicated and varied than that... and will probably never work. Well, off to go alter what I have and try to avoid keyphrases within keyphrases.
What I came up with is SO much more complicated and varied than that... and will probably never work. Well, off to go alter what I have and try to avoid keyphrases within keyphrases.
rainstorm
19 years ago
19 years ago
The keys aren't completely worked out, but if you want to see how it's going so far, go chat with Watzer and say "sonnetplease"... it will take a bit to load because there are so many plugins for him to choose from, but the results are entertaining, if not entirely flawless yet.
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