How's everyone doing?

[Deus in Machina]

My dad has an unvarnished wooden box in which he keeps his teabags. He has had it for twenty-five years. He has a pair of metal tongs with which he squeezes teabags. He has kept these tongs on the lid of the box for twenty-five years. Every time he squeezes a teabag, a drop or two of concentrated tea residue comes away on the tongs, which then soaks into the unvarnished wooden lid of the box. After thirty years of absorbing tea, drop by drop, the box's lid is blackened, swollen, and cracked as if it had been scorched by a fire. No single great trauma has been inflicted on the lid. It has just taken a couple of drops every day for twenty-five years. I feel like this lid.

[New East Ireland]

My dad has an unvarnished wooden box in which he keeps his teabags. He has had it for twenty-five years. He has a pair of metal tongs with which he squeezes teabags. He has kept these tongs on the lid of the box for twenty-five years. Every time he squeezes a teabag, a drop or two of concentrated tea residue comes away on the tongs, which then soaks into the unvarnished wooden lid of the box. After thirty years of absorbing tea, drop by drop, the box's lid is blackened, swollen, and cracked as if it had been scorched by a fire. No single great trauma has been inflicted on the lid. It has just taken a couple of drops every day for twenty-five years. I feel like this lid.

Cats in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

[Deus in Machina]

My dad has an unvarnished wooden box in which he keeps his teabags. He has had it for twenty-five years. He has a pair of metal tongs with which he squeezes teabags. He has kept these tongs on the lid of the box for twenty-five years. Every time he squeezes a teabag, a drop or two of concentrated tea residue comes away on the tongs, which then soaks into the unvarnished wooden lid of the box. After thirty years of absorbing tea, drop by drop, the box's lid is blackened, swollen, and cracked as if it had been scorched by a fire. No single great trauma has been inflicted on the lid. It has just taken a couple of drops every day for twenty-five years. I feel like this lid.

Cats in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

[New East Ireland]

Cats in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

Oh, sorry.
Deus in the cradle and the silver tongs...
I keed, I keed. It's probably not the time for it anyways.

[Deus in Machina]

Oh, sorry.
Deus in the cradle and the silver tongs...
I keed, I keed. It's probably not the time for it anyways.

My dad isn't really important to the metaphor. He just happens to be the guy who owns objects.

[New East Ireland]

Oh, sorry.
Deus in the cradle and the silver tongs...
I keed, I keed. It's probably not the time for it anyways.

My dad isn't really important to the metaphor. He just happens to be the guy who owns objects.

I see. And how does that make you feel?

[Deus in Machina]

My dad isn't really important to the metaphor. He just happens to be the guy who owns objects.

I see. And how does that make you feel?

Slightly unnerved. But that may just ben the way you're responding to everything I say differently to how I expect. Your words make little sense to me. Why were you singing Harry Chapin before?

[New East Ireland]

I see. And how does that make you feel?

Slightly unnerved. But that may just ben the way you're responding to everything I say differently to how I expect. Your words make little sense to me. Why were you singing Harry Chapin before?

You mentioned your dad and a few things about his wooden box and silver tongs. That, and the fact that I am listening to said song right now (tearing up, mind you) made me want to say it. Probably not the thing to do and I apologise.

[Deus in Machina]

Slightly unnerved. But that may just ben the way you're responding to everything I say differently to how I expect. Your words make little sense to me. Why were you singing Harry Chapin before?

You mentioned your dad and a few things about his wooden box and silver tongs. That, and the fact that I am listening to said song right now (tearing up, mind you) made me want to say it. Probably not the thing to do and I apologise.

You don't have to apologise, I wasn't offended in any way, just confused. I kinda get it now, how what I said is similar to the song. Although the tongs aren't really silver. Probably stainless steel. I tell ya, when they named it that, they had not tested it with twenty-five years of tea drippings. They are filthy.

[New East Ireland]

You mentioned your dad and a few things about his wooden box and silver tongs. That, and the fact that I am listening to said song right now (tearing up, mind you) made me want to say it. Probably not the thing to do and I apologise.

You don't have to apologise, I wasn't offended in any way, just confused. I kinda get it now, how what I said is similar to the song. Although the tongs aren't really silver. Probably stainless steel. I tell ya, when they named it that, they had not tested it with twenty-five years of tea drippings. They are filthy.

So, twenty five years of a few drops of tea on a box a day, and the box looks like it was caught in a fire?

[Deus in Machina]

You don't have to apologise, I wasn't offended in any way, just confused. I kinda get it now, how what I said is similar to the song. Although the tongs aren't really silver. Probably stainless steel. I tell ya, when they named it that, they had not tested it with twenty-five years of tea drippings. They are filthy.

So, twenty five years of a few drops of tea on a box a day, and the box looks like it was caught in a fire?

Yeah. I can get you a picture of it if you want. It's not really that interesting. It was just the best allegory I could think of for my current state of mind.

[New East Ireland]

So, twenty five years of a few drops of tea on a box a day, and the box looks like it was caught in a fire?

Yeah. I can get you a picture of it if you want. It's not really that interesting. It was just the best allegory I could think of for my current state of mind.

You don't have to. It is kind of interesting though. It shows that nothing can take too much of anything.

[Potarius]

I'll be doing better once I eat this bratwurst.

[Deus in Machina]

Yeah. I can get you a picture of it if you want. It's not really that interesting. It was just the best allegory I could think of for my current state of mind.

You don't have to. It is kind of interesting though. It shows that nothing can take too much of anything.

A lesson for us all.

So, how you doin'?

[Herrebrugh]

I'll be doing better once I eat this bratwurst.

Bratwurst?

[Germanic Templars]

I'll be doing better once I eat this bratwurst.

isn't that the type of sausage that looks likes an old mans wiener who has an erection?

[New East Ireland]

You don't have to. It is kind of interesting though. It shows that nothing can take too much of anything.

A lesson for us all.

So, how you doin'?

Meh.

[Potarius]

I'll be doing better once I eat this bratwurst.

isn't that the type of sausage that looks likes an old mans wiener who has an erection?

Depends on the old man.

[Deus in Machina]

A lesson for us all.

So, how you doin'?

Meh.

I'll be doing better once I eat this bratwurst.

isn't that the type of sausage that looks likes an old mans wiener who has an erection?

It does taste pretty good though.

[Zeth Rekia]

Yeah. I can get you a picture of it if you want. It's not really that interesting. It was just the best allegory I could think of for my current state of mind.

A lot of things come to Zeno's mind when reading that:

What does the box taste like?
Does it burn?
How much would it sell for?
Can you eat it?
How many slivers of tea soaked wood can one peel the lid into?

[Deus in Machina]

Yeah. I can get you a picture of it if you want. It's not really that interesting. It was just the best allegory I could think of for my current state of mind.

A lot of things come to Zeno's mind when reading that:

What does the box taste like?
Does it burn?
How much would it sell for?
Can you eat it?
How many slivers of tea soaked wood can one peel the lid into?

I don't know, almost certainly, I can't sell it because it isn't mine, probably but I don't want to, and I don't know.

[Zeth Rekia]

A lot of things come to Zeno's mind when reading that:

What does the box taste like?
Does it burn?
How much would it sell for?
Can you eat it?
How many slivers of tea soaked wood can one peel the lid into?

I don't know, almost certainly, I can't sell it because it isn't mine, probably but I don't want to, and I don't know.

Great, cause' you made Zeno very hungry for lids.

[Germanic Templars]

isn't that the type of sausage that looks likes an old mans wiener who has an erection?

Depends on the old man.

Does taking Viagra with vodka count?

[Potarius]

Depends on the old man.

Does taking Viagra with vodka count?

I suppose.

[Deus in Machina]

I don't know, almost certainly, I can't sell it because it isn't mine, probably but I don't want to, and I don't know.

Great, cause' you made Zeno very hungry for lids.

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