I'd like to apply for the Doorman.
I'm real good at that in real life .
And I can double as a chef till we get a real one.
Do we have to mind our P's and Q's?
This thread gets the award for coolest colored text!
It works!

You should really call yourself something other than admin, it's like me being called user. Just make up a name or get one from a book you like.

User is a great name!
So general.
I will, maybe Kelcin. I made that name when I tryed to make a language for a book I was going to write.
I can write Kelcin in my language .
I think I will post it.
I sound so weird.
Jacob, Elvis, Arba, Abraham, Israel, Kelcin, Ellington or admin.

How about "Glanayra?" It means Angel in my language. I have plenty more where that came from.

It seems a little fancy, though. Not someone you'd like to be familiar with. I'll keep at it.

You made a language too?
Can you write in it, or does it have a script yet?

It has its own script, grammar, vocabulary. It ties in with the world of my card game.

Awesome!
And you have really made a lot of words?
I've hardly made any.

I've got an okay number of named words, and more than twice as many words that have no meaning. So when I need one I just find an unused word and give it the meaning I need.

Cool .
I'll have a cup of Mystery coffee, a Dr. Pepper, some beef steak and A slice of birthday cake.

The following is being beamed to you from PHP.
Your mind will now be tooken over.
Please don't move.
Beaming.....
ERROR: It appears we have had an error. Please report this to my writer.

Hi equals 42

Don't you love PHP?
I'm going to give you a cookie ;).
It really works! Your mind will soon be mine!

Unfortunately, we are understaffed at the moment. Please wait until I can cook it myself. *evil grin*

Is your cooking safe .
Did the mind control work?

My complex mind baffled the thought-beam mechanism and reversed it's energies against itself, destroying it beyond repair! Kaboom!

My cooking is okay in real life, but you'd better watch out, on the internet I cook army swill!

*Shivers in boots*

New Years Spam!!!!!!!

We should serve spam here, we have so much of it .

Okay, here's the steak. It's a bit burnt. The cake has candle wax melted all over it, the Dr. Pepper is okay, but the mystery coffee bas made from whatever I swept up off the floor and chucked into the coffee pot. We need a janitor. >:D

I'll eat the steak, and Dr Pepper, but you can have the rest.

We do need a cleaner boy.
Well, once we finish the game we will hopefully have one .

Oh, that. Yes, well, I was trying to set it so giests could view posts. I figured that maybe the stuff had to be published before the public could view it so I hit select all and mass published all of it. That didn't fix the problem, but it did what you noticed.

Ok .
That's no problem then .

Who is your site host? And what is your bandwidth/space?

Dreamhost.
I am not sure how much we have, Dreamhost's site says we have unlimited plus 50GB.
Basically, we can do all we want as long as we don't make a really intensive thing.

Unlimited bandwidth??? How much does that cost?

It's their normal thing.
Like about 10 dollars a month.
I don't know if you know this, but I don't own this site, I was given it to run. So I can't be sure on the price.

Really? What's the whole story behind it?

I was interning with this man at his computer shop for a week, and on one lazy, he asked me if I wanted to run his Christian site. I said sure, and he gave me control.
That's it.
He has some other sites, here's the link to a few of them.

Not much here...
http://www.dekalbtx.com

A computer site.
http://www.bsods.com

This one is for his cute baby.
http://dekalbtx.com/levi

I've attached a pic to the main post. You can use it for an avatar if you like.

Testing the anonymous user posting form.

They're trying to say they give you more than their competitors' "Unlimited."

Edit: I think you got a good domain name. I played around finding other sites with different names in the address bar, and there is also havefaith.org and have-faith.org. Check 'em out, they look pretty good.

Ninetails, did you post the other anonymous comments?
I'll check out the other sites .

I did not post any other comments while logged out, but I have a good idea who might have.

Who?

Never mind. I thought my sister may have, but she wouldn't have known anything about shpambautz. It's fun to see how many ways I can spell that.

Lol .
I can't find his ip address. I wish I could.
Maybe it was one of those people that have been scaning the site for a very long time.

First, do you know what a variable is, and how it works?

Before we get started on the dry, dusty business of php, allow me to order a wasubi berry smoothie.

"Ah, the dreaded Wasubi berry. One succulent morsel and your fingers turn into claws, your teeth into fangs... My mother-in-law must have had a batch of these!"
-Thurston Howell III

A variable is like a letter in an algebra equasion, it can change. I understand how a veriable works.

Great!
Here is a very basic php program.
/*This is a PHP comment*/

<?php
/*You use <?php and ?> to tell the server that there is php code in between them.*/
$hi = "Hi";
/*In that line, we made a variable named $hi, and set it's value to "Hi". You ALWAYS put a dollar sign in front of variable names. the ""'s say that it is a string value.*/
echo($hi);
/*echo() is your friend. You use it to put stuff on the screen. In the line above this one, we tell it to echo $hi*/
echo(" Did I say you could use echo?");
/*You use ""'s to echo string data. I included a html new line thing, you probably now more about html then me .*/
?>
/*The closing thing.*/

The output of that program would be:

Hi
Did I say you could use echo?

I really hope I didn't confuse you.
Tell me if it made sense, I sometimes write really bad.

I've got it, I'll give it a try.

Hello There. What's Up? Is this good enough?

Excellent!
I forgot to tell you, if you want a newline, put \n in a string.
As in, echo("Hey you!\n");

Also, the php/html filter wasn't working, I changed it to get it to work .
I also forgot to tell you to put a ; after every line of code.

Giving it another try.
I think I've got it now.
Better?

I know about the filter not working, thanks for fixing it.

You used /n, while you should be using \n.
Plus, you have to have a \ in front of "s or 's in strings.
As in, echo("I've got this down\n");
and
echo("Some \"quotes\" that will show up.");

Also, you can't have a \n not in strings.
This won't work.
echo($hi\n);

Your not doing bad, I just haven't told you everything yet.
Good work!
Anymore questions?

Okay.

I have to end every statement with ;
A variable always starts with $
The opening and closing tags for php script are <?php and ?>
The \n can only be used inside of "quotes"

Very good .
Now, do you have a preference what we cover next, or do you want to quit for now?

We can keep going unless you want a break.

I've had 1 lessons.
I still have about 14 lessons to go.
Check out the code I wrote for it.

Very good!

I think we will do some form programming.

Okay, I'm ready for whatever you have for me. (I'm feeling overconfidant)

-12

The cafe seems to have a problem. I can't see the reply box or the post display dropdown lists. I see icons for editing all of the comments except yours. Are you still editing it?

When you read this refresh, and see if it works.
I think I fixed it.

Try to do the lesson again.
I had the wrong version of.

Edit this to see the lesson. The first part is the html form, and the next is the php.

<?php
/*Now you get to learn the if thing.*/
/*You use an if for a yes or no question.*/
if(isset($_POST['nametext']))
/*This if uses the isset() function. isset() replys as true if the variable exist. I have never used isset() before, but it is useful for places like this. The $_POST[] lets you use the form you made. To use it, you have $_POST['variable name'] in your code, and replace the form object name with the name of the form object you want the value of. You need to keep the ''s.*/
{/*You have one of these after the first part of the if.*/
$password = $_POST['textpassword'];
/*This line sets $password to equal whatever textpassword's value is.*/
$name = $_POST['nametext'];
/*Does about the same thing.*/
echo("\n\nYour name is ");
echo($name);
echo(".\n\n");
if($password == "xyzzy")
/*This if checks if $password equals xyzzy*/
{
echo("You have entered the right password.\n");
echo("I would give you a reward, but I can't think of one.\n");
}
}
?>

Yay! The CCC is working again.

I'll try to study this and practice it, although it may be a little while beofre I can do anything.

OK .
I got to go to bed sometime .

I made the nonamous zchpayum-bawwotzes post, and at least one more.

"It's fun to see how many ways I can spell that. :)"
Indeed.

Well, thanks for confessing .
You want to learn PHP?

Ninetails, I sort of got ahead of what I shuld of been teaching you, so unless you have done anything on that lesson, you can forget it, I need to teach you some other stuff, such as how to use cookies.

Good, I tried to figure it out, but I only got a little out of it. You can teach me some other stuff, then we can get back to that lesson.

OK .
We will start with cookies.
I'll get working on it .

I almost forgot this, you need to learn about arrays.
Here is an array used in a small program.
<?php
/*The hero of this program, the array. The syntax for an array is like a normal variable, except you use []'s and in between them, you can put a name, and give a value to that name. You use special arrays alot latter, so make sure you understand them now .*/
$hi[0] = "hi";
$hi[1] = 1;
$hi[3] = "This is cool .";
$hi['admin'] = "He is the coolest .";
$hi['hi'] = "\none of admin's favorite words.\n\n";
echo("Hi is ");
echo($hi['hi']);

/*All of those are pieces of arrays.*/
/*You can use print_r(variable_or_array_name) for echoing arrays and variables in a semi readable format.*/
print_r($hi);
?>

Hope you understand it.

Oh boy, I think I need a vacation to rest my brain. All I've done during the holidays is wear my brain out with information overload.

In other words, I can't get any further with this php thing until my brain gets working again. Maybe we should pause the lessons for now and resume later.

Sure .
Just post when you want to continue .

I propose an expedition to the basement, or the attic.

Of the cafe??? *shudders*

Yep!
Shall we go to the basement or the attic?

Attic first
because it comes before basement
in the dictionary.

OK.
Who wants to go first and be eate... get the glory?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I'll go first, I can't afford to have you stumble upon my cooking supplies any giant spiders.

Thank you Ninetails, I never knew you cared this much about my safety.

Do I? Erm, I mean, You're welcome! Of course I care about your safety! I wouldn't want you to run into the, um, spider webs and piles of dust up there, would I? I think I'll just close the attic door now....

Don't close that door!
We shall go where no man has gone before!
*Draws loaf of French bread*
Onward!
*Jumps up into the attic*
Help!

*watches as admin falls through gypsum board ceiling and lands on pile of bread, coating it with white dust*

Hey *cough cough* you're making the *cough* bread dirty! *cough cough*

*Jumps up and throws Zapdotep and Ninetails a loaf of french bread*
Prepare to be poked!
*Jabs at Zapdotep*

*catches bread and flourishes*
*lobs bread at admin and runs to lock the attic door*

Eat my bread Zapotep!
Ninetails, help me.

Okay.
*slams admin upside the head with bread*
You said you needed help, maybe this will cure you of your need to explore forbidden territory!

As for eating bread...
*draws bread knife and slices bread and slaps jam on it*

How about an expedition into the laundry room?

We have a laundry room???

Of course we do!
We have every room you can think of.

Then wouldn't it make this the Cerulean Cosmologist Tower or something like that?

No, we just have a very strange cafe.

I always thought that the cafe was a huge one, full of dungeons, laundry rooms and coke machines.
Well, if there isn't a laundry room, we can go to the scary house across the street.

We had torture chambers, but we didn't need them (or did we?) so I use the racks to stretch noodles, and the iron maidens have hams hanging from them.

That is probably against restaurant code.
I hope the Inspector doesn't come soon.

We have a fake front door that rerouts to the only respectible room in the cafe. It's a little kitchen with a bar and some chairs. After he looks around and we usher him out the door, we fix the door so that it once again leads to the proper establishment.

*Sighs in relief*
We would of had some big problems if he had gotten in here.

Only one ever made it in, and he was a changed man. He could never turn us in because he was reduced to a whimpering mess. And he just barely made it to the kitchen!

Then how come we aren't affected?

HE's a health inspector, we're not. You haven't seen my bedroom, have you? I'm immune to any kind of mess.

So there is a benefit from having a dirty room!
I think I'm immune too.

Should probably fix that gaping hole in the ceiling.
*glues a periodic table of the elements poster over hole in ceiling*

I know how to do it .
*Duct tapes a piece of cardboard on the hole in the ceiling*

Duct-tapes admin to the ceiling.

*Kelcin rocl's!(Rolling on the ceiling laughing)*

Serious LOL's!

I hate "LOL" but this calls for it IMO.

Glad you liked it .
Are you going to let me down?

No.

testing

Welcome test!
I've been thinking of adding you to some of the games as a villain.

Hacking my test account.... That's a new low .
I found a cool private message module.
I think I will install it when I'm back. If I remember.
Remind me please .

Do you want to make a thing like the cafe, but for Christian living?
I think we should do some articles on Christianity for nonchristians and new Christians.

You are in charge of the site for now Ninetails.
And you are in charge anytime my internet is down.
I will be back tomorrow, but may not be on, cause Church.

God bless you!

admin

PS: Don't burn down the place .

PPS: I also found a module that replaces text smileys with pictures. It lets you change the smileys . If you want it tell me.

"Hacking my test account.... That's a new low ;)"
You haven't seen me doing lego battle against my friend.

I'm in charge!
*burns Cafe*

Smilies would add some flavor.

"You haven't seen me doing lego battle against my friend."
*Shivers in boots*

"Smilies would add some flavor."
They sure would .
And we can add all we want!
We could make a smiley out of your picture .
Something like: *ninetails*

I'm trying to make a battle system for YOURDOOM's forum game "Mellor".
It is not quite as easy as I thought.

I'd like to do a forum game like that, but I'm not sure how we would do it.

"Do you want to make a thing like the cafe, but for Christian living?"
If I do it, what should I name it?

By the way, you made the 100th post.

I burnt the Cafe on it's 100th post! O_O

I know battle systems are hard, I've been inventing them for years and only one had turned out right. I'd like to help, but it seems that mine are too complicated for a forum game.

He hasn't told me if he likes it yet.
It is a simple one.
I have been looking for some phpBB3 integration modules, I think I may give up. I lost sleep thinking of how different it would be.

I'm off to church in a while.

I installed the smileys modules, a user titles module, and a private message module.

It's not quite working.

Kill any that are bad.

What's a casual observer?

I don't know.

Do yall like the forums?

It has to do with ranks. 1-10 is Casual Observer.

I am an Angel .

Hey, this is post 111!
-9T

I'd like a cheesecake.

Sun-dried tomato and garlic herb feta cheese cheesecake coming right up!

I'm sorry I've been inactive, I've been busy with the concerns and daily issues of real life.

That's ok, nice to know you didn't decide you didn't like the site .
This cheesecake doesn't look the way I thought it would.
Maybe you should use cream cheese.

Do you like Legos?

Just wondering.

I do, I just haven't played with them for a while.
What kind of stuff do you make?

All sorts.

I've been mostly building castles for the last 3 years, but now I'm getting back into space.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Freela

Your castle is cool.
I should get back into legos, maybe it will help my creativity.
I looked at a lego wiki, and saw that there is a bunch of lego wargames and RPGs. Maybe we should do a Lego RPG, not online, but as a game you play with your real legos. I think it could be fun. Tell me what you think.

I should get back into legos, maybe it will help my creativity.

Always worked for me.

I will!
There are all kinds of cool things I can do with legos.
I am going to get all my legos and see what I've got.

I have looked at my legos and I have an OK amount of them.
Did you make all the stuff at your link?

I've created everything except the "Brickfan93" folder, which belongs to my friend. He's a moderator at Brickarms.com and he was shipped a bunch of prototype weapons to try out and he hosted his pics there.

That is cool!
I like the way you have your transports on those cool backgrounds.
Did you take the picture with the backgrounds? Or did you add it after you took the picture?

I used Gimp to cut out everything around the ship so the background would show through. 'Twas a pain.

Must of been one.
But it looks neat .

I hope your wisdom teeth extraction is fun .

It's a pain. I'm doing waaaay better now and I'm recovering in record time. Got a great big hole in one corner where the stitches came undone, but everything else is going perfectly.

I made my earlier shout while under the influence of the drugs and I was highly emotional for no reason at all. I took a nap directly after the first shout and was over it all when I woke up. (Although I was drooling blood.) After I got cleaned up I made the second shout. Now I've given a progress report.

Thanks for your concern.

Your welcome.
A hole in your mouth, sounds ecky.
It's ok about the shout, people on drugs do all kinds of things.

Let's have a party to celebrate you recovering good!
We could go to the attic or basement, we could have a pillow fight, and we can do anything you want!

There's always the embalming room...

I didn't know we had a embalming room!
Let's go there!

You yourself said we have every room imaginable.

I know, but I thought you said we couldn't do that.
To the embalming room!
*Begins to walk to the embalming room*

Here's my recipe:

Whole wheat bread, toasted
Teriyaki chicken
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Pickles
Cucumbers
Banana Peppers (optional)
Green bell peppers
Sweet onion sauce

It's a fantastic sandwich that gives you an immediate boost of energy and keeps you full without giving you nasty cramps if you need to excercise right away.

Sounds great.
I'm starting to droll...

EDIT: Want to make a book on the site for recipes?

Kelcin enters the embalming room.
The room has a erry glow coming from somewhere in the room.

Kelcin: "I think I heard something..."

Kelcin is grabbed by something.

Kelcin: "Help!"

*Kelcin's shout is followed by a slurp and a burp as he is swarmed by man-eating plants that have grown huge from exposure to the embalming chemicals in the room.*

Oh well, I guess I'm in command now!

*locks door and throws key away*

In response to your comments in the shoutbox:
Yes, the sandwich recepie is safe and meant to be used IRL. However, there are many more sandwich recepies for great sandwiches to be ordered here at the CCC!

That's good news!
*Kelcin grabs a bottle of Round UpTM and sprays the man eating plants*
Kelcin: "Take that!"
Man Eating Plant(MEP): "Take it easy! You people don't pay me enough for this! Can I have a different job?"
Kelcin: "I could make you the Cafe gardener..."
MEP: "I'd love that!"
*MEP dances for joy, and frees Kelcin*
*Kelcin trys the open door, but isn't able to*
Kelcin: "Help me with the door please."
MEP: "Anything for you boss!"
*MEP breaks down the door*
Kelcin: "Thank you!"
*Kelcin leaves embalming room, and MEP goes to garden*

Wow, I've never seen a plant dance before.

Added Occupation: Gardener.

"Wow, I've never seen a plant dance before."
My site has finally had an impact on someones life .

"Added Occupation: Gardener."
Thanks .

I got left at church today, and I got to go home with our pastor. It was fun .
I may try and write a story about it, but we shall see.

Do you know any foreign languages?
I just found out that I am going to Europe in March.
So, you will be top dog for a while. Here is a set of keys to the site.
*Hands set of keys to Ninetails*

Be sure to feed MEP, or he may go on a rampage.

About the MEP, I've realised that he will make an excellent gardener after all. I can't afford to have people discovering my mushroom patch brussels sprouts.

He will be great at that!

I thought it would be fun to play a game in the Cafe.
If you don't want to do it just tell me.

The Quest for the Cookie of Mischief

"One Cookie to rule them all, one Cookie to find them, one Cookie to bind them all in a cup of milk."

Not so long ago, Test cooked five dozen cookies of crumminess, and gave them to all the anonymous users. Then he cooked the most powerful cookie of all, the Cookie of Mischief. The Cookie of Mischief was a special cookie, in that whenever someone took a bite out of it, it would grow and fix its self, and would cause the person who bit it to become addicted to it, wanting more of it. Using the cookie, Test controlled the anonymous users, and made them his minions. But when he was laughing his evil laugh, he lost the Cookie, and Gotum took it. MEP saw this, and warned the Moderators. The Moderators saw that they must find Gotum, and take the Cookie. Then go to Mount Milk, and throw the Cookie of Mischief into it, to destroy Test's power.

The Moderators are in the main Cafe room, deciding where to find Gotum.
MEP is there also.
Kelcin is sipping a cup of coffee.
Ragal is cooking spaghetti in the kitchen.
There is a strange bush moving around the floor here.

"Forth, fellowship! We must abandon all caution and find the Cookie!"

Ninetails eats spaghetti.
Ninetails arms self with soap and broom.
Ninetails has left the main Cafe room and entered one of many unmarked passageways.

"Yes"
Kelcin arms himself with a loaf of French bread.
Kelcin Follow Ninetails.
"Be careful, and DON'T TOUCH THE LEVER!"
Points at lever.

You're daring me to.

Ninetails pulls lederhosen (Like I'm going to pull the lever) off of hook on wall and hangs back up.
Ninetails opens random door and charges thorugh.
"WOW! I didn't know we had that room."
Ninetails is in barber shop.
Scissors and combs hang from the walls like so many torture weapons, and chairs are placed about.
There is a trail of cookie crumbs leading to a chair.

Maybe I was....

Kelcin returns to main Cafe room, and chases bush around room
"Ninetails, help me catch this thing!"
Bush runs into barber shop and jumps on the chair.
"Careful, could be a trap."

Ninetails ignores bush and follows crumb trail.
Ninetails finds half of an anonymous users cookie.
"Instead of a MEP we need a PEM. Plant-Eating-Man. I wonder if bushes taste good?"
Ninetails eats bush and finds out the hard way what eating a habanero bush is like.
"WAAAAAATER!!!!!"

Kelcin watches Ninetails jump around screaming for water, and wonders what he should do.
"To help or not to help, that is my question. Help!"
Ragal runs in with pot of spaghetti, and offers Ninetails some.

Ninetials finishes off 'Pasghetti' in record time and bursts through another door in search of liquid.
*Screaming in pain*
Ninetails is now in the bakery room, the scene of the crime. There is an industrial kitchen and many ovens in there. Evil legions of Gingerbread Orcs are being baked, creating a delicious smell.

Ragal sits down and sings about spaghetti.
Kelcin ponders what to do, now that the fellowship has been broken.

Anyone read any of Shakespeare's plays?
I just read As You Like It, and it was great .

Want to make something like this for fun?
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Life-a-Roleplaying-Game

We can make it Christian, which adds religion, which I think is in a lot of role playing games.

You're really reaching for ways to have an RPG without actually having to create anything.

If I did that I would create something, just not program it.
I want to make a game, and I know if I tried I could, but I never plan, so I end up with nothing. Why can't anything be simple!
But I have the answer to my laziness, but I am too lazy to use it.

Alas poor Kelcin, he has the key, but cannot use it.

I must plan my battle against that fiend laziness. I will sharpen my sword, prepare my armor, and defeat it!

Sorry for that, I just couldn't miss the chance to do that, and it is true.
I am off to plan for battle.

So, what nonsense shall we have today?
We could play Nerf-like war, I could come up with how to play it.

Happy Birthday Ninetails!

Unless I am mistaken, today is your birthday!

I have here a coupon that entitles the owner to a forum game designed by me!
Here is the coupon.
*Kelcin hands Ninetails coupon*

May you have a very happy birthday!

Happy late birthday Ninetails!
Would you like to be on my side next time I try taking over the site?

Noooooo! Not another forum game! But seriously, though, make a real game!

Had a nice and simple birthday, but everyone seemed to think it would make a perfect testing ground for their assorted practical jokes!

I've spent hours trying to get my MIDI to USB converter to work and I'm really ticked. Hopefully it will work and be worth the trouble.

Still, yesterday I was KING!

I guess I'll make a real game...

I've spent hours trying to get my MIDI to USB converter to work and I'm really ticked. Hopefully it will work and be worth the trouble.
Is it for some type of instrument?

Had a nice and simple birthday, but everyone seemed to think it would make a perfect testing ground for their assorted practical jokes!
That's is funny .

Still, yesterday I was KING!
Did they rebel against you?

Why would anybody rebel against you?
I think it be fun to have you as king, but perhaps you were over using your right to have people tortured.

My siblings just like to rebel!

.
Did they chop your head off?

No, they gave me a can of green boiled peanuts.

This could be an interesting story, The rise and fall of King Ninetails the Birthday Boy
Of course, we'd have to exaggerate everything.

Is there anything else we want to do on the site besides computer games?
Is there anything you would like to do Ninetails?
A Christian Lego guild?
We could use Legos and take pictures of them, and build a story around the pictures.

I'm not trying to get out of having to make games, just wondering.

Perhaps we could do that and my idea.
We can make screenshots in AoE, then make a story from them.
And format them the way Ninetails did in his Lego story.

howdy y'all folks! this is my second time on this site

Welcome to HF Rover!
I hope you enjoy your time here.

Vat is vif ze peengvin, eh? You can't do anysing vif zem, zey just eet und svim und slide on ze ice!

how do y'all like my icon? (

Here is Google Translator's version of what Ninetails said(with the language that the original text is in set to auto detect, and the translate to language English).

Barrel vif peengvin them, eh? You can not do anysing vif zem, zey just eat and svim and they slide on ice!

After reading this, here is my translation.

That is of the penguin, eh? You can't do anything of(with) them, they just eat and swim and slide on the ice!

I just discovered that I like translating this stuff.

Don't you know fake German when you read it?

Vat is vif ze peengvin, eh? You can't do anysing vif zem, zey just eet und svim und slide on ze ice!
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What's with the pinguin, huh? You can't do anything with them, they just eat and swim and slide on the ice!
Where did you get the barrel from?

I thought it could be that.

Google found the barrel .
It must of thought this had some secret message in it.

Actually, a vat is like a large barrel or a tub, usually used to contain large amounts of food or drink, particularly when mixing or stirring during cooking or other types of preparation. I guess that vat is barrel in German, it wouldn't surprise me, since a lot of Latin-based or influenced languages have a similar vocabulary.

Good point!
I had forgotten that vat meant anything.

I am now teaching young Rover the way of the smiley.

First, you must learn the first smiley.
You write it like this, but without the spaces.
: )
Which results in this.

wise old master, ye have have teached me the way of the smileys.
howdy