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Originally posted by Static:
... because I'm here in the 'Stan ...loved seeing that Book and Jayne would work out together...Book is just a little more 'frank' with Jayne...a little less 'aloof and priestly'?
We may sometimes forget to brush our teeth, but NEVER forget to clean our weapon.
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What interest, hobby or other geek-centric activity shown on the show made you sit up and say, "Neato Burrito".

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Originally posted by WildHeavenFarm:
Can you use 'companion' as a verb? Cuz that would get my vote. I mean, the Calvinball in "Bushwacked" was fun and everything, but which one would you rather be doing right now?

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Originally posted by WildHeavenFarm:
Can you use 'companion' as a verb? Cuz that would get my vote. I mean, the Calvinball in "Bushwacked" was fun and everything, but which one would you rather be doing right now?

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Originally posted by InevitableBetrayal:
The 'Stan...that would be Afghanistan, presumably. I was there with the original group of Marines and SEALs that took over Kandahar Airport. Keep your head down.

The one thing I really liked was Kaylee chasing river all over the ship for the apple in the beginning of War Stories (least, I think that was the ep). It's just nice to see how playful they can be when they're not "deep in the rough and tumble."

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Originally posted by LyraLyon:
I always assumed that River's clothes were flung together from the stuff that the other women had on board.

I did think of that,simply because she doesn't have that many clothes, but then me & my friend were trying to decide who donated what and it turned into a whole, way too involved thing.

Because we're dorks.

"But she was naked! And all...articulate!"

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Originally posted by Steve580:
My favorite activity was ... I guess what they were all doing at the end of OiS, spare Simon and his medics. Kaylee and River playing marbles, Jayne and Book working out as they talked...Early floating through space awaiting his inevitable asphyxiation...
-Steve

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Originally posted by Aerrin:
I absolutely adore it anytime members of the crew are just sitting around and being normal - when Kaylee's teasing Simon or Simon's telling medacad stories or Zoe and Mal are sharing 'war stories' or Book and Jayne are razzing each other...

To me, it's these 'normal conversation' scenes that really set up the relationships between characters, and I love them. Lovelove.

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Originally posted by Shiny:
Me too! My favorite is when River steals the bread from Jayne's plate. Priceless!

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Originally posted by Shiny:
Me too! My favorite is when River steals the bread from Jayne's plate. Priceless!

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What? Which episode? I always thought those two were a bit too friendly.

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Originally posted by flametree:
The card game was good.
I think it may be a mixture of cards and marjong.

I havn't played marjong in many years but the "plum" flow card rang a bell.

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Long Pai (Dragon Cards) follows Draw Poker rules unless otherwise stated.

6 suits (Plum, Peach, Orange, Apple, Apricot, Banana) of 12 cards (72 cards).

Ranks: 1-8 spots, Ace can be high or low. Face Cards: Tortoise, Unicorn, Phoenix, Dragon (The Ssu-ling "Heavenly Beasts" of Chinese myth)

In addition to the 72 regular rectangular cards there are 6 round cards called "Tall cards" one for each of the 6 suits.

The Dealer shuffles the regular cards and the player to the right of the Dealer shuffles the Tall cards.

The Tall card for that hand is revealed after everyone antes up. After the first round of betting, players can discard and draw up to 3 cards OR the face up Tall card can be claimed by a player instead of a discard/draw.

Claiming the Tall card allows the cards in one's hand, that are of the same suit as the Tall card, to become wild in rank. If the option goes around and the Tall is not claimed, the Dealer is forced to claim the Tall.

Another round of betting takes place and surviving players still in the game reveal their hands with the highest ranked hand taking the pot.

(One interesting thing to note is that "5 of a kind" is a possible hand in Long Pai, since there are more than 4 suits.)

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