approximately three minutes after the alarms start going off

[thesettingsun]

SOME OF US DON'T HAVE POWERS THIS BINGO IS RIGGED

[Glad we got the complaining out of the way.]

Comments

[thesettingsun]

That's what I thought. So I wouldn't put much hope in petitioning them.

[saburai]

I suppose that means you're stuck going for one of the alternate bingos, then.

[thesettingsun]

One of them needs me to make a sandcastle at least as tall as myself, which sounds really difficult if not impossible. So I don't think I'm going for that one.

[saburai]

Is it really that difficult? If you piled sand into one big tower that reached your height for a short period of time, that would fulfill the requirements, wouldn't it?

[thesettingsun]

Can you call that a 'castle', though? It's more like a sand pile.

[saburai]

Castles have towers, don't they? If you put some decorations on it, I'm sure it'd be close enough.

[thesettingsun]

It doesn't say how long the sandcastle has to stay standing for, so... I think that might be doable after all.

[saburai]

I think most of these tasks would be borderline impossible without using the exact wording.

[thesettingsun]

Really? Most of the ones on my card aren't that bad.

[saburai]

One of mine involves attempting to create the world's largest pizza.

Admittedly, others aren't quite so bad, though perhaps more personal than I'd like.

[thesettingsun]

[After a quick google...]

I think you're fucked on that one, sorry.

[saburai]

Exactly why I'm hoping that "attempt" is the key word here...

[thesettingsun]

If you put forth a good faith effort, I think it'll be fine, but I don't think you can make a regular-size pizza and pretend to be surprised that it isn't the biggest ever.

[saburai]

That's certainly true. I think using a regular oven at all would signal an insincere attempt on my part.

[thesettingsun]

If it gets hot enough, you could probably bake it in the sun if you had a level surface that it would fit on.

[saburai]

Yes, that's what I was imagining. Like a child's mud pie, only with pizza dough.

[thesettingsun]

Hopefully tastier than a mud pie. Even if it's for bingo, you shouldn't let that much pizza go to waste.

[saburai]

I'm not sure it'll be very edible. I can't imagine it'd cook all the way through, even on a hot day.

[thesettingsun]

That's true. Don't get salmonella for bingo purposes.

[saburai]

I'll do my best to avoid it.

[thesettingsun]

Good luck with your bingo card, and try not to get hurt in general? There are a lot of these that could end badly.

[saburai]

Thank you, and I wish you the same. Best of luck achieving your bingo.