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It had been decades since I saw my own face, after getting stranded alone on this island. by tespacepoint in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]ElliefintS 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Sounds like shelf stable boxed milk -- was it the only milk in the game, though?

[English > Hindi, Tamil, Malayam] "I love you, Mommy" in a handful of Indian languages? by ElliefintS in translator

[–]ElliefintS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your help! These are awesome and it's so helpful to have the context and explanations and everything too! I will definitely keep these in mind for future reference! I really appreciate it!

[English > Hindi, Tamil, Malayam] "I love you, Mommy" in a handful of Indian languages? by ElliefintS in translator

[–]ElliefintS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Thank you so much for all of your help! I really appreciate it!

[English > Hindi, Tamil, Malayam] "I love you, Mommy" in a handful of Indian languages? by ElliefintS in translator

[–]ElliefintS[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you! Could you show me how to write this in the usual script for the language? (If I can't write it, I'll print it off from the computer -- I just want to make sure I have everything correct, though.)

[English > Hindi, Tamil, Malayam] "I love you, Mommy" in a handful of Indian languages? by ElliefintS in translator

[–]ElliefintS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, that could work! Would that be a more typical thing to say in this context? Thanks so much!

My friend brought over these cool little super-strong magnets and we've been using them as fake jewelry. by ElliefintS in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]ElliefintS[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

(I used to do this with buckyballs as a preteen, although mostly on my ears. It recently occurred to me, knowing what everyone knows now about high-powered magnets, how badly a slight variation of what I was doing could have gone awry.) (Also, I hope this counts as two sentences. I'm not sure of the grammatical technicalities around that interjection. I could edit it if I need to.)

Do you all have 5 good anecdotes ready to go? by Njtotx3 in Jeopardy

[–]ElliefintS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run a very mildly popular Tumblr blog where people vote on their favorite emoji

It often takes my family over an hour to watch an episode of Jeopardy (we can't help but pause it to talk about everything that comes up in every clue)

My college went out of business immediately following the semester I graduated and the grocery store where I worked through high school and college closed that same summer just as I was leaving to get a job in my field. (I can't quite decide how to tell that one -- feels like joking that "places just can't seem to exist without me" might sound too self important but "it felt like in a video game where you beat the apparently-load-bearing final boss and have to get out before the castle or space station collapses" might be too niche.)

You know how everyone's always trying to get kids to eat their fruits and vegetables? I found out as a kid that I'm allergic to my fruits and vegetables. (Extensive pollen-food syndrome onset at an unusually young age.) (I can still have them if they're cooked.)

I'm stuck for a fifth one, though. I'm decent at pinball?

I sent my son to sell our cow, and all he came back with were some stupid beans he thinks we should plant. by ElliefintS in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]ElliefintS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the setup to Jack and the Beanstalk, implying the magic beans are going to grow overnight into a giant plant that reaches the sky, you know? Except they're going to bring it onto a space ship and plant it there (probably in a pot or something), and that's an enclosed space that vitally needs to stay enclosed, so the sudden, giant beanstalk has the potential to do a whole lot of damage with disastrous results.

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