1000 Clues You Play Civ IV Too Much

[Retrograde]

Not sure if this has been done before, but:

2283) When working on a home project (Building something, like a desk or whatnot), you whip your family to finish it faster.

 

[jdp29]

2284)

While studying the law at school, you see the word Currency, which pertains to the most current authority in a case, and you think that its a great tech to have since it gives you more traderoutes.

 

[joanne]

2285) when made to pick between newly purchased white bread and old moldy white bread you think about eating the moldy "tiles" because it's got flood plains and 3 and the others are just empty desert "tiles"

2286) when you meet someone you haven't seen for a long time you think about "reestablishing diplomatic relations" and "renegotiating trade deals"

2287) you try to explain real world affairs and geopolitics in terms of civ4 (ah, the June 2009 protests in Persia were the result of Ahmadinejad's defiance of the UN nuke ban resolution... in order for Brazil's economy to really take off, they have to cottage up the Amazon... the root cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict are the two shrined religions in Jerusalem... )

 

[kingbeef]

2288) You recite the tech advancement quotes in relation to anything that happens eg. telling someone that "if they chase two rabbits they will lose them both" when they're busy at work.

 

[katipunero]

2288) You recite the tech advancement quotes in relation to anything that happens eg. telling someone that "if they chase two rabbits they will lose them both" when they're busy at work.

 

[The Mike]

2288) You recite the tech advancement quotes in relation to anything that happens eg. telling someone that "if they chase two rabbits they will lose them both" when they're busy at work.

Ha ha ha -- I'm guilty of that one!

"Everything is worth what a purchaser will pay for it"


2289) You pick out fat crosses in the floor tiles when you are in the bathroom at work

 

[Sciguy001]

2290) Whenever you read a clue after 2000 you realize that it has in fact been posted before. Then you can from memory point out the exact clue that was identical to this one in the thread's past.

2291) You are genuinely surprised that a there has been a two month gap between posts on a Civ IV thread

2292) You dig up a two-month old civ IV thread to give 3 clues that aren't even funny

 

[WolfHound22]

2293:

You think that Isabella was a fanatical Buddhist.

 

[remake20]

2294: You don't care that this thread is way past it's original goal, if it relates to civ, it never dies.

 

[hockeyrox38]

2290) Whenever you read a clue after 2000 you realize that it has in fact been posted before. Then you can from memory point out the exact clue that was identical to this one in the thread's past.

2291) You are genuinely surprised that a there has been a two month gap between posts on a Civ IV thread

2292) You dig up a two-month old civ IV thread to give 3 clues that aren't even funny

wait, wouldn't the coincedence of the last statement cause humour?

 

[hewhoknowsall]

Sorry to bump, but:

2295: You wonder why whoever's leading China is stupid enough to use police state in a time of peace...or maybe they're planning for a war!!!!!!

2296: You don't notice any military units in your city and freak out; surely any random guy with a club would easily raze your large metropolis, its citizens and its police force with ease! Not even a reinforced bunker could stop that!

 

[PreLynMax]

2,297) You bump this thread again just to see what happens.

 

[Öjevind Lång]

2,297) You bump this thread again just to see what happens.

2,298. You still read this thread.

 

[steve_w]

2,299. You find yourself laughing in the street when you remember #625

625) You retain two men with rifles and a an armed man on horseback and install them in your home together with two cannon before you dare go out shopping. You fear that without these precautions, your neigbours would raze your house while you are away.

 

[Öjevind Lång]

2,299. You find yourself laughing in the street when you remember #625

3,000. Your remember how much fun this thread has supplied to many people.

 

[Jarlaxe Baenre]

2301:

You're concerned that Öjevind Lång skipped 700 numbers.

 

[Skwink]

2302: You would like to see Öjevind Lång's math teacher's credentials.

 

[Jarlaxe Baenre]

2303:

You care about 2301, 2302 and 2303.

 

[cardgame]

2304: You mod the game to involving the forum categories as nations, moderators/admins as leaders, and rename all your Great People after forumites you respect

 

[Archon_Wing]

2305: You go outside your house and see no copper, iron, or horses, then demand the map be regenerated.

2306: You think the U.S. military just needs to do more collateral damage.

2307: You only walk along hills and forests because you're afraid of wild animals.

2308: You are angry that you're not walking any faster despite the road giving you a movement bonus.