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Natural Born Lithers

17:39 / 11.05.05

My son who is four and a half now, picks up a lot of Barbelith ways through osmosis, I am sure. Just last night, Keggers was looking after my son while I was at work. Keggers didn't want to miss Dr.Who and tuned in to it at 8pm while kicking me out the door. Apparently my son climbed on Kegs' lap and watched the show with great interest. My son woke me up this morning telling me all about Daleks being able to float over stairs.

There was another time when I picked up the new OSM (Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal) 2005-2006 concert season program. They have a set of concerts for children I was telling him about, one of which is in October for Hallowe'en. Attending the concert in costume is encouraged so, I asked him, "What do you want to be for Hallowe'en this year?". He told me he wanted to be a Ninja! Last year he was a Pirate. Coincidence? I think not.

There was the other time when Keggers and I were talking about Barbelith. My son was playing across the room and seemingly involved in something else. Suddenly, my son exclaims triumphantly, "ASS CANDLING!". As we were trying to hold back our laughter, I had to explain that was not a very nice thing to say. His first day of school might be his last if he kept that up! Out of everything we were talking about, how and why did he pick up on that!?

He has also picked up on the phrase "Blah, Blah, Blah, fishcakes...", and is very amused by it. Also, he has a love of baby hedgehogs. Haus, see what you have done?!

I am not sure if my involvement with Barbelith is altogether a good influence on my son, but it isn't an entirely bad one either. Anyway, he has Barbelith in perspective, as he was once heard remarking, "Barbelith is stupid."

More on the geeky side and not exclusively barbe-related; my son is showing a great deal of interest in the RPG department. Particularly, those table top, strategic simulation games such as Warhammer. (I have to admit here that I have a mild interest in them.)

I wonder if others are noticing the Barbelith Factor playing on their tender spawn?

19:16 / 11.05.05

He has also picked up on the phrase "Blah, Blah, Blah, fishcakes...", and is very amused by it. Also, he has a love of baby hedgehogs. Haus, see what you have done?!

I am utterly terrified.

ONLY NICE THINGS

20:36 / 11.05.05

Particularly, those table top, strategic simulation games such as Warhammer. (I have to admit here that I have a mild interest in them.)

Stop this while he still has a chance.

20:58 / 11.05.05

I second Haus. It's fun and all, but given the cost it's either Warhammer or college.

21:19 / 11.05.05

College is free in my province. He can do both!

21:21 / 11.05.05

Yes, but playing warhammer type games in college will cost you college. I know.

21:34 / 11.05.05

I am sure you can tell him all about that when the time comes. Perhaps there is a degree offered for Warhammering? MA? ME? MDiv? Perhaps the Invisibles College offers a course?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:08 / 11.05.05

I think the "ass candling" thing was my fault. Strix, I'm terribly, terribly sorry. (Not quite as sorry as I was when Lilly got cross with me for teaching her daughter to shout "gay bar!" while doing devil horns/ROCK!!! gestures. But that's largely because Lilly lives within punching distance, so I was obviously in more danger.)

That said... COOL!!!

22:36 / 11.05.05

I think I could deal with "gay bar" much better than "ass candling". I have been in constant fear of him yelling this out in the grocery store ever since that incident in the mall when he exclaimed at the top of his lungs, "WHO WANTS A TONGUE BATH?!" For those who are mortified right now...relax. It is a line that Spike the Dog says,(voice overs by Bruce Willis), from the Rugrats movie that my son picked up. I must have turned eleven shades of red.

01:33 / 12.05.05

You think that's bad, my son is named Barbelith, and both of fluxington's kids were born here!

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:01 / 12.05.05

Don't worry, mate, if I ever have a son I'll call him Qalyn.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:02 / 12.05.05

It won't actually be his name, you understand, but I'll call him it anyway.

06:19 / 12.05.05

Me too, if I knew how the hell to pronounce it.

06:52 / 12.05.05

Sounds like: Kay-lyn

09:51 / 12.05.05

Rhymes with espadrille.

12:37 / 12.05.05

I always pronounced it Qwaylin...like Qualudes

13:50 / 12.05.05

yeah.
me too.

14:42 / 12.05.05

Doesn't anyone else have children?

Tryphena Absent

14:54 / 12.05.05

I sold mine.

15:10 / 12.05.05

I'm very childish, if that's any use.

Waltzing Ganainm

15:54 / 12.05.05

Mine have been taking it in turns to hide behind the sofa during Dr Who (wipes a teary eye) makes me so proud.

22:33 / 12.05.05

I always pronounced it Qwaylin...like Qualudes

There is no U in Qalyn.

22:50 / 12.05.05

*sarcasm* Oh gee! Really? I knew I should have learned that whole reading thing!! */sarcasm*

23:16 / 12.05.05

There is no U in Qalyn.

Yeah, just like there's no I in team. I was always bothered that there very clearly is a ME in team.

23:24 / 12.05.05

There's also either a tame or a meat in team but if its a good team there's a mate in it.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

00:30 / 13.05.05

I pronounce it like a death-rattle, my head thrown back on the black velvet pillows as I gargle Pop-Rocks and Drambuie at the back of my throat. "K-k-k-k-kkkkkaaaahhhh..."

When the two naked pregnant witches who attend me start to clutch each other in panic, I sit up and scream "---LYYYN!"

Then we go and get waffles and play Micro Machines on the Playstation.

16:11 / 13.05.05

Hello? Is this a thread about Qalyn and how to pronounce his name?

Bah.

17:15 / 13.05.05

Doesn't anyone else have children?

See this thread

22:35 / 13.05.05

Bah.

I had nothing to do with this!

02:33 / 14.05.05

I have cats, and all they've learned from Barbelith is that mummy giggles more when she's drinking if the web page is grey, grey, white and black, with wee green buttons (the last of which is possibly unique to my browser settings. I can't remember what they might've looked like before.)

All my husband has learned from Barbelith is "and then Strix said and then Stoatie said and then Keggers said and then in the Barbequotes thread-" "Sweetie?" "Yes?" "I have no idea who these people are." "Oh. Yeah."

13:31 / 16.05.05

Doesn't anyone else have children?

Yes, 16 month old twin boys. They are too young to know about ass candling and the like, but I am conducting an experiment on them (they are identical) on something that was raised in the Laboratory forum.

14:15 / 16.05.05

I'd like to reiterate my prior statement here.