[Wrathblood]

Ok, the list only stands at 1 so far, but its a good one.

We get brief but violent thunderstorms rolling through on a fairly regular basis. Lots of rain and lightning, but are typically over in like half an hour, sometimes less. 10 minutes ago I'm standing in the living room, looking out a window to the front yard, watching it rain really hard when

kaboom!

As I'm watching, lightning strikes a 40' tall tree in our front yard and blows it fucking smithereens. Its now a 15' tall tree and the top looks like a toothpick that a giant chewed on for a while. I suppose should been worried about my house getting blown up or something, but its already stopped raining entirely, and I just can't get over how amazing that was. I'll see if I can get some pics of what's left of the tree.

[Sobeyet]

Sounds like the story of a terribly bored/old man.

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 05:18 PM, said:

We get violent on a regular basis, but are typically over in like half an hour. 10 minutes ago I'm watching it really hard and blow it fucking. Its now 15' tall and a giant chewed on for a while. I should been worried about getting blown or something, but kaboom! its already stopped, and I just can't get over how amazing that was.

^ more badass story.

[Wrathblood]

C'mon. You're really telling me that you wouldn't be impressed seeing a giant tree literally explode right in front of you?

Jaded, thy name is Cyborg Sobie.

[Sobeyet]

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 06:13 PM, said:

You're really telling me that you wouldn't be impressed seeing a giant tree literally explode right in front of you?

Maybe if you carved the remains into a bat and beat out Darryl Strawberry in a softball game with it. Even then it would be a distant second on the list behind "being able to pee anywhere you want."

[Wrathblood]

Living in the city has made you myopic towards the amazingness that is nature. Surprising, given your choice of avatar.

[Sobeyet]

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 06:40 PM, said:

Living in the city has made you myopic towards the amazingness that is nature. Surprising, given your choice of avatar.

Double rainbows, man!

Hey I can appreciate nature, as long as there's an indigenous population to serve me drinks and a working toilet nearby. If I feel the need to strangle something with my bare hands or pee on something to mark my territory there's always the native women.

[Wrathblood]

I have a bar downstairs with good scotch, and a town full of comely co-eds. Its nature at its finest.

[Sobeyet]

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 07:27 PM, said:

I have a bar downstairs with good scotch, and a town full of comely co-eds. Its nature at its finest.

You drastically reduced your ceiling on bad-assitude when you got hitched and popped out the chillun', maybe that's why you're so fascinated by rain and trees. Take some pictures when the co-eds get stuck outside in the rain.

[Wrathblood]

Wait... Sobie, I hesitate to even mention this because it seems entirely outside the realm of the possible, but... are you saying you don't like explosions? I mean, you ARE a guy, aren't you?

Did the doctors remove your testosterone when they did the operation?

[Sobeyet]

Explosions are great, but what's a bigger aesthetic spectacle, a tree getting hit by lightning or a Michael Bay-type explosion accentuated and crafted for maximum entertainment? On a philosophical level I find it more interesting that we've been able to harness explosions for our benefit (firearms, fireworks, combustion engine). There are some things we can't do yet (nuclear fusion, but good luck getting close enough to the sun to see it with the feeble abilities nature gave you) but overall it's not bad for a bunch of fat hairless monkeys.

Nature, like poor people and women, is meant to be conquered and exploited as I see fit.

[Guinthel]

Sobeyet, on 14 July 2011 - 12:11 PM, said:

Nature, like poor people and women, is meant to be conquered and exploited as I see fit.

please tell me that's original. I will proceed to turn you into a meme.

[Sobeyet]

Guinthel, on 14 July 2011 - 03:53 PM, said:

please tell me that's original. I will proceed to turn you into a meme.

Sobeyet, on 09 July 2009 - 10:41 PM, said:

I'm insulted at your implication that it takes effort on my part to spew bullshit

Who says the app process has gotten harder?

[Kbore]

Sobeyet, on 13 July 2011 - 06:23 PM, said:

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 06:13 PM, said:

You're really telling me that you wouldn't be impressed seeing a giant tree literally explode right in front of you?

Maybe if you carved the remains into a bat and beat out Darryl Strawberry in a softball game with it. Even then it would be a distant second on the list behind "being able to pee anywhere you want."

I think Homer Simpson made a better bat.

[Kaai]

Wrathblood, on 13 July 2011 - 05:18 PM, said:

I'll see if I can get some pics of what's left of the tree.

Where are the pictures? Believe it or not I am actually interested in what you started this topic for. How close was the tree to your house?