Kablammo!

• Sometimes I get bored or distracted at work and I wish I could play some ADoM.
• Not that I’m ever actually going to, mind you.
• Speaking of ADoM, it kind of sucks (for non-chaotics) how Kranf Niest is so much better at teaching the Healing skill than Jharod is.
• “Kranf Niest”, the nefarious doctor, is clearly derived from “Frankenstein”.
• Frankenstein — what is that, Franken-stone?
• Maybe Al Franken knows.
• Babelfish tells me Franken means “Franconia”.
• Interesting how a region in Germany shares its name with a stop on the DC metro.
• Vienna is a metro stop as well.
• And what’s the deal with Vienna Fingers?
• Does the city of Vienna actually have anything to do with light-colored cream-filled sandwich cookies, or did they just go with “Vienna” because light-colored sweets seem to automatically imply “vanilla” and “Vienna” sounds kind of like “vanilla” but with more cachet?
• But then what about Bavarian Fingers? “Bavaria” sure as hell doesn’t sound like “chocolate”.
• Shapes aside, it’s interesting to note the color sequence: Vienna Finger, Oreo, Bavarian Finger. Like day turning into night.

1 Comment

• Celia says:

  October 16, 2006 at 19:04

  My home is actually in Vienna on the DC metro

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