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Amanda Sedai Registered user Last page view: 7926 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
I was just showing ADOM to my dad. He doesn't know the first thing about RPGs, but he's into computers as much as I am, so I thought he would find the "December 24th bonus" interesting. I explained to him how it reads the date from the computer's clock, and how you can cheat by setting the clock to Dec 24 or July 2. Unfortunately, I explained all this to him while in the inventory screen, which resulted in a rather awkward situation: "Your character wears a girdle?" (Anyone read 8-bit theatre? "For +3 endurance, I'd wear my own underwear over my armor." -Red Mage, explaining why he wears a girdle.) -Amanda Sedai, a save-scumming newbie. (Hey, at least I saved that little girl's dog. Gimme some credit... ;-)) |
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Tha Messiah Registered user Angel of Death Last page view: 7780 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
They all take after comic book superheroes.Wearin underwear over their pants. THE MESSIAH,I'm here now,Worship me. |
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Gyr Registered user Last page view: 8156 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes and 52 seconds ago. |
Err..umm...can't claim surety on this, but I was sorta under the impression that a girdle was a type of wide belt rather than some sort of undergarment. |
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Tha Messiah Registered user Angel of Death Last page view: 7780 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
A girdle is a sorta undergament which usually has a belt. THE MESSIAH,I'm here now,Worship me. |
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Amanda Sedai Registered user Last page view: 7926 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
I remember the first time I wore a cursed girdle. I got the message that said I couldn't remove my armor because of the girdle being over it, and thought "I know trolls are stupid, but this can't be telling me I've been wearing my underwear over my clothes and didn't even realize it!" -Amanda Sedai, a save-scumming newbie. (Hey, at least I saved that little girl's dog. Gimme some credit... ;-)) |
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Tha Messiah Registered user Angel of Death Last page view: 7780 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
Lol that means superheroes are dumb! THE MESSIAH,I'm here now,Worship me. |
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Gyr Registered user Last page view: 8156 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes and 52 seconds ago. |
Ok, ok. From The American Heritage Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary: (pub. in Boston, Massachusetts 1987, by Houghton Mifflin Company) "1.a. A belt, sash, or the like, worn at the waist. b. A band or structure that encircles like a belt." The other versions/usages you refer to are more modernized slang I suspect. At any rate, in ADOM and every other frpg I've ever heard of, the term girdle refers to a belt-type device and NOT an undergarment of any sort. [Edited at 14:17, Saturday, December 29, 2001 by Gyr] [Edited at 14:18, Saturday, December 29, 2001 by Gyr] |
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Craig Unregistered user |
Hmmm maybe people are confusing corsets with girdles? |
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Tha Messiah Registered user Angel of Death Last page view: 7780 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
No no.I know what a corset is.A girdle is a belt like undergarment. THE MESSIAH,I'm here now,Worship me. |
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Duke Ravage Registered user Gravebane Zombie Last page view: 5666 days, 9 hours and 28 minutes ago. |
people are not confusing corsets w/ girdles. why would someone want to make a corset out of iron?? why would someone want to make underware out of platinum for that matter???? ivan.sourceforge.net |
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Amanda Sedai Registered user Last page view: 7926 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
Uh, that would be uncomfortable... I still think girdles are sometimes considered a type of underwear. I remember when I was in Italy a couple of years ago, I saw a store that was selling girdles that were supposed to make you look thinner. It was so funny, because there were "before and after" maniquins and the "after" maniquin was not only thinner but taller! Whoever built it thought that if you press your stomache in the fat makes you taller. I don't know if they were calling it a girdle, because I don't speak Italian, but still it was a belt that was meant to be worn under clothing. -Amanda Sedai, a save-scumming newbie. (Hey, at least I saved that little girl's dog. Gimme some credit... ;-)) |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 12 hours, 17 minutes and 55 seconds ago. |
Isn't those "squeese your waist in" things called girder-belts (sp?)? They are quite simmilar to girldes, in that they are worn around the lower torso, but while a girder belt is used to make you look slimer, a girdle is meant to offer protection for your kidneys and other soft waist regions (makes it harder to knock the wind out of you and such). I think I've seen amatur boxers wear girdles (of some kind)... Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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no, no, no! a garter belt is meant to hold stockings up... |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 12 hours, 17 minutes and 55 seconds ago. |
D'oh my bad, those are corsets... Anyway maybe Amands's father got girdles and garther belt's confused... Eh, the names sound kinda simmilar anyway... Bah, who cares... Just get me a girdle of giant strenght and I'm happy :P Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |