This is why vert will never fully trust or love me. :) The incident involves
the first time Max and Jolo attempted to set up a Bolofest during their
annual post-Thanksgiving conference trip to Chicago. Due to typical laziness,
nobody bothered to set up the rendezvous properly, resulting in the
following funny story. -Jolo
IRC log started Fri Apr 26 15:20
<vert> conor san
<vert> i was gonna leave in about an hour
<vert> maybe earlier
<vert> but
<vert> i don't know my way around da city
<vert> so
<vert> don't do the same bullshit that jolo made me do
<Jolo> heh
<Jolo> fool
<vert> fuckin' jolo
<Jolo> how can u not know chicago?
<Jolo> even i know chicago by now
<Jolo> just dont make me park :)
<vert> i don't live there
<vert> whatever
<Squelch> chicago is easy
<Squelch> hehe
<vert> squelch!
<vert> oh
<vert> there he is
<Jolo> where u live sq?
<Squelch> did pins tell you where to meet?
<Squelch> nw side
<vert> jolo made me go down the magnificent mile at 5 o'clock during
christmas shopping season
<vert> to meet him at the hotel
<Squelch> near where 90 and 94 split
<vert> i paid 10 bucks for parking
<vert> and he wasn't fuckin' there
<Squelch> ugh
<Squelch> well we won't do that to you :)
<Jolo> heh
<vert> needless toay
<vert> i was pissed
<Jolo> do it to it
<vert> to say
<Jolo> we waited and waited and waited
<Jolo> it was all pooh's idea to abandon you
<Jolo> yeah that's it
<vert> oh fuckin' bullshit
<Jolo> blame pooh
<Jolo> :)
<vert> lamer
=== Action: Jolo is blameless
<vert> then
<vert> they gimme a pager number
<vert> of a guy that's not even with them
<Jolo> heh
<vert> i'm wandering around uchicago
<Jolo> who did we give a number for? sbcm?
<vert> yeah
<vert> fucker
<vert> i'm still bitter about that
<Jolo> heh that definitely was pooh's doing
<vert> don't know where the hell they are at
<vert> i'm checking labs
<vert> but they are locked
<vert> so
<vert> i go to mute's dorm
<vert> and i dont' even know his number
<vert> so i have the desk guy
<vert> call up
<vert> and of course he's not there
<vert> then i look in front of me...
<Jolo> heh by now we're in game #6
<vert> and there is this ancient mac plus
<vert> running telnet
<vert> so i log into my account
<vert> all these people are behind me
<vert> waiting to use the machine
<Jolo> where's the mac, on the security dude's desk?
<vert> and i get on irc
<vert> and mute says, "sorry, we are in a game... i will be there in a
few minutes"
<Jolo> (i never heard this full story)
<vert> WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!
<vert> it took me 5 hours to find the mother fuckers
<vert> grrrrrrr
*** You have been kicked off channel #bolo by vert (will this make me feel
better?)
*** Jolo has joined channel #bolo
*** Topic for #bolo: <_sluggo> the easiest way to kill someone with a
knife is to shoot them
*** Topic for #bolo set by Jolo on Fri Apr 26 14:44:39 1996
*** Users on #bolo: Jolo @chromium Squelch _nix_ _sluggo @Mr_Nature @vert
@_Samhain @gewb
<vert> maybe a little bi
<vert> bit
<Jolo> yer a little bi
<Jolo> bitter?
<Jolo> :)
<Squelch> hehe
<vert> fuck that
<Squelch> well it's not xmas now
<Jolo> heh
<Squelch> and we're not meeting at a hotel
<vert> then jolo promises me to get me beers
<Squelch> so you're safe
<vert> but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
<Jolo> that was indeed lame
<vert> no beers neither
<Jolo> wtf up with that
<vert> god damn lamers
<Jolo> fuxing chicago had no beers?!?
<Jolo> i was dumbfounded
<vert> house of tiki my ass
=== Action: Mr_Nature goes for a beer
<Jolo> what was the story anyway? was it cuz we were in university territory?
<vert> i have no idea
<Jolo> unbelievable
<vert> prolly cuz it was 3 in the mornin
<Jolo> it wasnt even late
<Jolo> no way, it was like 11
<vert> no
<vert> at least 2
<vert> when we split up
<Jolo> was it that late? heh i forgot
<vert> yeah
<vert> i didn't find you til 9
<vert> bitch
<Jolo> hehehhehehehe
<vert> or 8
<vert> rather
<Jolo> i'll have to post this
<vert> i'd been driving for 5 hours
<vert> oh screw you
<vert> you and your damn posts
<vert> now i'm mad again
<Jolo> doh
<Jolo> there there
<Jolo> dont be mad
<Jolo> go meet Squelch
<vert> grrrrr
<Jolo> he'll buy you a beer
<Jolo> maybe even 2
*** Signoff: vert (EPIC - Main screen killed)
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