Less Dying, More Game & Midget Runners
Sunday, 11. October 2009, 19:40:56
Typically it was all go for a Sunday. There were two marathons (one 11 mile and one 25 mile) running different routes through the town as well as a load of traffic on the way to a local rugby match. The town centre was packed with people. At one point I was crossing the town square and some day-glo pink wearing midget ran smack bang into my knee (almost making me drop my XL double bacon cheeseburger 
), bounced off, said "Excuse me" in a tone that people only use when they've got witnesses and don't expect you to follow them home with a chainsaw, then kept running. No sorry or anything. People have no bloody manners these days.
While I was browsing the shops I found a copy of Fable II. As my older readers know I'm a fanatic for this game, and regularly load it up to play a new character type on it. If you're not in the know the Fable games stand out feature is that your character changes depending on your actions. Level up your strength and you'll get more muscled, eat fattening foods and you'll soon have an over hanging belly, continually be evil and you may grow horns, get beaten in combat and you'll gain a scar that stays with you throughout the game. There are plenty of examples of this throughout the core game but the downloadable content adds much more to the game. However, we're not online here (yes, I know I must be to have written this post, but mobile browsers can't download things over Xbox Live) so we couldn't get any of the DLC packs. The version of Fable II that I found was the Game Of The Year edition with all the DLC added onto the game disc so I snapped it up, and it's given the game a new lease of life for us with a few new areas, plenty of new quests, some new events and creatures, and some new abilities. Plenty to play with.
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Zaphira # 11. October 2009, 20:00
selurus # 11. October 2009, 20:40
Don't think a chainsaw would be ideal when a laser blaster is handy.
Dacotah # 11. October 2009, 22:53
clean # 11. October 2009, 23:28
Zappy'sthe mysterious flu virus had some lingering effects, otherwise you would have nuked the midget!gdare # 12. October 2009, 04:39
fammcdon # 12. October 2009, 04:51
theoddbod # 12. October 2009, 07:21
Ooh, that's got to suck if you're only doing the 11 mile one...no bragging rights in the office
rose-marie # 12. October 2009, 07:30
funz81 # 12. October 2009, 09:01
Furie # 12. October 2009, 09:50
Tils, Selurus & David - If the burger had dropped the marathon would've turned into a relay race using midget limbs. As for lasers and nukes, that sort of technology is easily traced back to me, so we go with the old classics for grudges.
Carol, Darko & Bud - I used to metabolize illness pretty quickly. When Kim met me she could get ill, pass it on to me, watch me have an hour or two of sniffles, nausea and headaches, then see me get better way before she'd even hit the worst of it. You get older though and these things slow down. Not swine flu as far as I know, although I did have a thought about the constant coughing being throat cancer.
Mart - All they have to do is make sure people are waiting at the starting point for them and then tell them they made it all the way. Plenty of photos of them will be in the newspaper after all and they only distinguish between which marathon they take part in at the finish line.
Rosie - Would we leave you for a game? *strokes forehead comfortingly* Well, not one that's only part new anyway.
Dacotah # 12. October 2009, 09:56
May-be if you had more C you could have metabolize it quicker now.
funz81 # 12. October 2009, 10:18
Been away from those bloody tempting junk food for a almost year now, yet the fat stays around my belly
Furie # 12. October 2009, 10:28
Carol, I just had a faster metabolism when I was younger. Until I was mid twenties I had to eat twice as much as I do now just to keep at a healthy weight too. I miss that.
funz81 # 12. October 2009, 10:45
I don't want to be skinny either (I'm a hypochondriac so being skinny is definitely not for me!), just miss the flat stomach I had when I was younger... ahh... the golden age
fammcdon # 12. October 2009, 10:49
theoddbod # 12. October 2009, 10:49
funz81 # 12. October 2009, 11:06
theoddbod # 12. October 2009, 12:28
Dacotah # 12. October 2009, 14:55
Diabolical # 12. October 2009, 22:09
funz81 # 13. October 2009, 10:33
Furie # 13. October 2009, 10:58
Diabolical # 13. October 2009, 11:00
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Furie # 13. October 2009, 11:35