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Theophilous Thunderwulf says: What have you done to fuck with people? Was it a long, carefully planned piece of psychological warfare, or do you favour quick, off-the-cuff comments that confuse the terminally gullible? Have you been dicked with, and only realised many years later? Are you being dicked right now? Tell us everything.

(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25)
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Grumelot
Round my house one time, I was talking to a couple of friends (an actual couple) and we got onto the subject of drama classes. I had done drama GCSE, the girl, P, had done a lot of drama classes somewhere else. The guy, S, had not.

I mentioned off-hand that we had studied the art of talking in grumelot in class, and she delightedly burst out "Gah? Ohsoud lty asellfui aad hablabaga!" I happily replied "Ohdo hoaugyu shu buarrtey yekl!"

At this point S was just looking at the pair of us in astonishment, with a slightly fearful look in his eyes. This turned out to be prescient, as while we were jabbering on, P gestured to the guitar strap I was holding (home-made from two belts) and suggested "Kakurash oblada 'whippy-whippy'? *whipping hand like a lasso*"

So I dutifully chased S with the guitar strap for a little bit.

Later, after his repeated demands to know how we could understand each other, and "What the hell is grumelot?!" we told him that grumalot is basically speaking gibberish in theatre, while doing all the communication with exaggerated gestures.

Lots of fun :)
(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 16:31, 3 replies)
rhubarbrhubarbrhubard
Send a gunboat!
(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 16:47, closed)
rhubarb is not recommended.
bottles and bottles of water is the preferred crowdmumble.

/ponce
(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 16:48, closed)
From your post it appears I've spoken this for years....
not intentionally though. and not in a theatre, either.
*sighs*
(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 18:01, closed)

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