"Stop. Playing. Kickybag."

With free will on, my sims seem to be obsessed with playing computer games. Not that I would know anything about that

Well, the timing is a bit awful.
When two townies go for a first kiss right in the middle of my sim's date.

"What a coincidence!"

All four members of the fraternity, despite wildly different approaches to their studies, all got a GPA of 3.3 from their latest round of exams. They had a round of pizza to celebrate.

Good Cowplant.

"I wonder if a Servo could become a PlantSim. Oh yeah! I've got custom potions now! Let's craft a PlantSim maker one."
Couple minutes later : "Drink up! ... Wait. Why are the needs overlapping? This can't be good ... I guess I should try to fix this and make the cure?"
Cures the Servo : Um. Why do you look like that? How do I get your robot head back? ...
Couple of hours later, the realization hit me : "OMG. Servos react badly to water. And what is it that PlantSims need? WATER."
I have come to accept how she looks now but that doesn't mean she scares me any less.

Here's a picture to go along with it. LOL.

"Don't worry, that's not gonna happen. Trust me, dearie."
Jenny Smith rolled a fear of having a baby... while she was 2 days from becoming an elder.

"...Did you really, though?"
Olive Specter was making a Baked Alaska when her beloved Grim Reaper came back for her. But when Ophelia moved back into her aunt's house after college, I was surprised that she had the option to resume cooking it, even though she only had 5 cooking points. She even managed to get it out of the oven unburnt... but when she went to light the flambe, she dropped it over herself and caught fire. She was okay, but she got the memory of learning to make Baked Alaska... even though she did not successfully make Baked Alaska.

She learned how to make it badly...

"Good luck, you crazy bastard." To Ripp Grunt, as he headed to work drunk off his arse, with the flu and in a dire need to pee.

"No, dammit, you are not going to bed before your mom gives you your teen makeover!"

"I leave you alone for 2 seconds and you're drinking coffee instead of going to bed" (middle of the night, teen with school in the morning)
"Apparently one cup of coffee wasn't enough" (adult had coffee before going on a date. Before the date ended he was asleep on a bench in front of the bowling alley)

Stop complaining abut being bored and do something fun!!!

Put the baby down and feed the toddlers!
Stop crying and go to work.
Yes, I'm asking you to clean up. Don't whine about it.
Don't make the kookoo sign at your brother. He just lost his wife.

"How many massage tables could you guys want?!"
Cornwall and Regan Capp, being Fortune sims, frequently roll wants to buy random crap that they don't actually need. For some reason, they seem to be OBSESSED with massage tables... despite the fact that they live in a rather small townhouse Downtown with their young daughter. At one point, they both had the want at the same time, so I decided to humor them and stick the massage table in Regan's inventory... Silly of me to think that would satisfy their obsessions, apparently... because they both rolled the same want. AGAIN.

Well they can't use the table if it's in their inventory.

My most frequent saying in Sims 2 is "why do you need more kids because you have plenty of children!!!!!" The fact that I have BO's mod Unlimited Sims does not help the situation

"I did not realize that you were this stupid."

Mary Gavigan persistently rolled baby wants, but she and Nathan tend to produce nearly-identical kids over and over if you breed them, even rolling the pacifier, so I wasn't going to do it, but - she met Trent Traveller and they had three bolts, and I've got them in a house which, though aesthetically really nice (it was built as part of a contest which the builder won) is getting on my last nerve for playing, and which is no good for a toddler. So her getting pregnant again would be a good excuse to move them. She and Trent had no reluctance whatsoever to start an affair - all I had to do was let them check each other out and they started hitting on each other autonomously. So right after Isaiah and Nathan left this rainy Tuesday morning, she called Trent for an at-home date without even getting out of her nightie and they soon made their way upstairs, even with my "no want, no woohoo" rule. The first one didn't take, but they rolled make-out wants when they fell asleep after, and it's a good bet that you can get another woohoo want to roll after fulfilling that one, so I woke her up and set her to it again. They were about to hop back into bed, purple hearts a-blazing, when I realized that Nathan had just returned home, but I decided to let the chips fall as they might and went ahead. Fortunately for them, Nathan was busy jumping up and down in a puddle on the front sidewalk and didn't hear the chimes. By the time Mary told Trent good-bye he'd come in to watch TV, but he just sat there watching Trent (fully-clothed; not all sims are idiot) come downstairs grinning from ear to ear and waved at him.

Now, to pick a new house for them.

I really don't think you should be eating that. It really is too badly burnt.

"You've done it Ginger, you've done it. You've held that family together for over eight years. Despite appalling housing conditions, a pittance of a teenage wage that Gavin has been able bring in. Despite a lack of help, and sometimes downright hostility from those in authority. When other teens have been out enjoying themselves with boyfriends and girlfriends, you've had to endure a life of almost unremitting drudgery. If you're sometimes a bit tetchy, it's hardly surprising. I know you've been trying to persuade Regina Tsvirkunov to move in with you for a while, and I was confident you would succeed, but I had no idea how much money she might bring with her. She's never been wealthy, and I feared she might not be able to make much of a financial contribution. Well, she's actually brought in §15.5K, and that's more than enough to get you out of the financial mire you've been in for years. I see she's already replaced all your beds -- you'll be able to get a good night's sleep too.

"I see that Georgia and Garrett will be starting school soon too. So you and Gavin will be able to start going to school regularly, assuming that's what you want. You've both worked hard for a long time with very little reward. I honestly don't know how you've managed -- somebody weaker would have broken down under the pressure years ago. Go and buy some new clothes for yourselves and for the children! And go out and enjoy yourselves! If anyone has earned it you have!"



The Newsons were down to §156 before Regina moved in. The §87 a day that Gavin was able to earn as a junior medical orderly just wasn't enough to cover the basics. I have long noticed Regina Tsvirkunov, until yesterday a Veronaville townie, as one of the kindest and most considerate Sims in my game. Always ready to listen and befriend. Now she'll be able to buy some new clothes too.

The most common thing I tell them:

"Oh, god, no! Don't look at me." And I turn the camera away. I hate it when they look at me lol

Eli and Ami Your lifetime wishes need to be changed.I don't think that jobs are available in the new colonial settlement of Pleasant Valley when it's only early spring in the year 1600.You'll be tending crops and building the house you need before winter arrives.

Game says "The application has crashed. The application will now terminate."
I say "ffs."

"I know your toddler is screaming her lungs out downstairs, but sure, let's cuddle for 30 more minutes."

"Why are you suddenly so hostile at him? Yeah he flirted with your husband that one time, but you didn't even notice! ... Did you? Did you?"

"Please don't wear white on your brother's wedding." (I forgot to change his formalwear)

"Wake tf up, your girlfriend is giving birth!" (happens every time )

"Ravi, this isn't what we usually do in church."

I've never been inside a church before but this doesn't seem right

"You already have pizza and none of you is hungry" as a Greek house uni sim goes to get yet more pizza on campus. But do I stop them? Nope.

It'll keep hot in inventory indefinitely and be very useful in the future.

I was worried for a moment in case Julian would be jealous! Glad you found a mod to work for you!

I never thought of putting it in inventory lol, thank you!

'Dinah, you are a mess.'

When Dinah Salmon, a woman in a healthy passionate relationship and nearly an elder, invites a random teen into her home because she wants to meet someone new. Instant chemistry, spends some time tossing a football with him and somehow manages to say goodbye with a kiss, fury, and a -37 relationship score.

"STOP! DO. NOT. LET. THEM. HAVE. 10 BABIES! THE HOOD WILL EXPLODE!"

I can't help myself, as usual.

But aren't big families so cuuuuuute?!!?!?

They are! None of my sims seem to want babies, I think I'll end up with zero living population!

[QUOTE=LauraPamplonaS]But aren't big families so cuuuuuute?/QUOTE]
How do you get them all at the same time to stand for this nice picture?

I have a few poseboxes in the game, so I look at what pose I want them to have, and then I put them on OMSPs at floor level so that they don't stick to each other when I'm placing them so close together (I have to snapobjectstogrid off). I turn off autonomy so they don't go rogue, since that can mess up the poses. Or, if I want them to smile like in this picture, I use the in-game "pose, stand still" and they don't move until I tell them to.

There is this pinterest board with a lot of poseboxes for the sims 2: https://www.pinterest.com.mx/earthm...s-2-pose-boxes/
I've gotten most of mine here, although I'm sure you can find many more if you google something more specific!

Jenny Smith passed away, and in her life insurance popup, it says: "Jenny's friend, Toddler New Year, got $840."

Me: "Really? I didn't realize you were that close."

I'm choosing not to think about this too hard.

I have a breeding fetish when it comes to sims, especially if they're poor or farmers and I need to be creative with their home. Then I hate that I have to play them individually when they grow up and move out and think of their storyline when they grow up, so I kill the less interesting siblings so the remaining siblings can have some character development. :D

Hanging out in Monopolis
 

[Spoilered because the post depends on the pictures]

(context: James Roberts decided to Brag to his new friend Dina Ross)

"All of *two* Best Friends, eh? Whoo!"

(Dina will become his third best friend pretty soon. Still not worthy of bragging rights. )

"What are you doing you f****** idiot?!"
Every time a vampire goes out in the sun while I'm not watching and returns to the house with all red motives. They really have no self-preservation.

"What kind of university sets the final exam at 2 am?"

Well I cussed at the butler for things like picking up my baby (Leave him alone!), refusing to clean plates, and wasting food. I wish he was more customizable.

Oh, it's that good old University of Life that every old man ever chatting to you at a bus stop has attended. A hard school, but its graduates end up experts in every field, so it must be worth it. At least if you believe said graduates.

One that awards degrees in Paranormal Studies?
Jack Gill says that he and his live-in boyfriend Ravi are "students at the University of Life". By that he means that instead of going to school, they go to all-day night clubs. (Jack and Ravi are the two boys that my serious Knowledge teenage friends, Andrew and Julian, have just fallen madly in love with!)

"Let her mourn, you insensitive jerk!"
The carpool wouldn't stop honking for Kristen to get to work, even though she was busy mourning her boyfriend Loki.

Me to Andrew (after Bob Dylan)

"May you stay . . .
. . . Forever Young!"

In fact I'll be happy to dedicate the whole song to Andrew, and to his equally young husband Julian:

When it comes to staying "forever young", there's a lot to be said for the "Aging off" cheat!

[EDIT] I did briefly wonder if their "strong foundation when the winds of changes shift", was failing them when they both simultaneously fell in love with Romance teen Jack Gill. But I think it's just that my aging and old-fashioned mind is struggling to keep up with their young ways of thinking.

"If SP gets them married, how will that work out? She's old enough to be his mother. What would they do together?"

"No. Mercutio. Stay."
I don't trust him walking in Tybalt's general direction one bit.

"Get in the van!"

One that has a vampire student or exam proctor?

"You know what, bitch? Fine, get eaten by flies."
-Me to Natasha Una as she complains about putting her plate in the dishwasher

"For goodness sake stop bothering my sim while he is working. He needs the money to resurrect his dead wife."

"She can't call you back because she's a toddler."
Me when a townie is complaining why Kaitlynn hasn't been in contact for a while.
"Aiden must be one popular kid."
For some reason, all the other kids keep bringing him home from school.

Stop trying to enter the bathroom when somebody else is in there! Wait your turn...

I had a sim with the ambition to have more then one romantic partners and it went a little something like

" its hard enough keeping one romantic relationship how can i make 20?"
"You know shes a lot more calm then i would have been walking on my partner cheating"
"HOW WAS I supposed to know making out with a guy in front of his boyfriend... makes the boyfriend angry?"

Also having not played for like 10 years and forgetting Sims use WhooHoo i asked my boyfriend
"Wheres the s ** button? how do i make them do it?"

Honestly the romantic life wasnt for me

"This is a wholesome time. These kids are all kidnapped"
- Me referring to my sim kids summer camp.

Don't get out of bed to tell me you want to go to bed!!

"This is a confusing amount of medieval clothing for someone who does not play historical neighbourhoods."

Eli don't cancel cooking to read a book when you need breakfast.Ami don't just keep reading when you need to take a break to eat and get on with earning for the next wall sections to go up on your house build.

After encountering the CAS clothing shader glitch: "Okay, I guess this shirt is radioactive."

"Oh, Pescado. Never change."

Sorting through my body shop - makeup folder: "That's a lot of options for freckles."

"Why is this taking so long to loa—wait a moment."

I'd moved my old neighbourhood to my save folder to load it in SimPE. I forgot to move it back out before starting my game.

"Boo-yahble. Boo-yahble."
--me, trying to pronounce buyable--much to my friend's dismay.

"I've yet to see a correlation between pets and futuristic-looking objects. I guess it's better than releasing country/cowboy themed furniture two point o... which would be something TS4 would definitely do... Wait."

"Yes, your wife is very attractive. You've been married for 10 years. Go give the dog a bath."

"I wonder if I can make them ACR sofa.... Welp, her dad is home. A chaste kiss and a goodbye, that is!"

"Well, that would've been a pain to fix."

I made a Sim consisting of a married couple and one of the spouse's siblings. In CAS, I set the family ties wrong so that the siblings were married. Good thing I re-did the family ties a last time before saving. (Especially since it's hard to tell what the ties are on the family tree editor!)

"There's THREE OTHER chairs at the table! Stop whining about being blocked from getting to THAT ONE!"

"I think I broke something."

"Apple bottom jeans, boots with the furrrrrr"

-Me lately when I enter CAS

[3:04 AM] Bulbizarre: For my rich Sims, I just turned one of their five bathrooms into a laundry/linen room
[3:04 AM] Bulbizarre: they'll just have to make do with four bathrooms

"Oh, shut up."
Building without cc (except for a wall or 2)
and the lot screams at me:

Adele! Adele! Adele!
(This, if you don't know what I am talking about: https://modthesims.info/m/1374247)

And see the pic.

"Oh, shut up!"

"Real loving son, aren't ya?"
Edward Contrary lit himself of fire and died due to a tragic leaf-burning accident- soon after, Rick came outside, sighed, and immediately started sweeping his dad's earthly remains. (Don't worry, Edward is fine, Opal managed to successfully plead for him)

In my current hood, I had two Sims get caught in a fire so that a third Sim could plead for the life of one of them. It took a few tries because the RNG gods were being an asshole that day. Each time the plead failed, the third (extremely neat) Sim would just sigh and start sweeping up the mess.

"Well, that looks incredibly stupid." - After placing a gazebo roof that was far larger than the gazebo itself.

"Oops." - I moved in a family and realized that I'd forgotten to add a front door.

"Oh, so you WANT to get hit by lightning? I'll hit you with lightning, you dumb pixel!"
(hit 'smite" on the bat box)

Pixel jumps and runs into bathroom..."Hope you're happy now! Bet you don't want to do that again!"

The octagonal/round roofs are tricky. If you have a 6x6 octagon, try placing the roof on the 4x4 square of complete tiles in the middle. Then it places where I expect it to.

Only yesterday I discovered that Sims can sing rowdy songs: one of mine got drunk (mod) and started to sing with another Sim who was (presumably) sober but did not mind it at all.
I've never seen this before; I tried to trigger it once more with another Sim but I found out that I have no idea how.

It's a FT LTA benefit related to the Pleasure aspiration.

"Looks like a fixer-upper." - I used Clean Installer to install a CC-heavy lot without the CC. Missing floors and walls everywhere.

"Sir, could you wait at least a few minutes before macking on your ex-sister?"

To get around Create-a-Sim limitations, I made two teen "siblings" and then severed their family ties to make them unrelated. Soon after, I saw the "First Kiss [ACR]" come up in the queue.

If it's anything like Chris Hatch's "EPs", then it's the "sing folksong" interaction, starts being heavily autonomous after "drinking". You can trigger it manually on Chris Hatch's, so I guess you can on that one? :-)

"One of these days I'll cut down on all these bedding recolours."

(I won't.)

"Hmmmm, not sure you should be doing something like that with a burn victim..."
So the next rotation after the incident described above, Opal rolled a want to have another baby- I like to imagine her husband's brush with death reminded her of the fragility and value of life, I felt obliged to go through with it. Except, given how her husband had, less than a day ago, painfully burnt to death, I'm kinda struggling to see how they would safely... um, conceive... I opened up an incognito tab and tried to research this, but google doesn't seem to be giving me the results I'd want.

"OK there cool it with the demon head"-
-me trying to get a good screenshot and a Sim decides to turn their head 180 degrees

"Oh, for god's sake, just booty call them and have done with your moping around!"

"Chester Gieke's future girlfriend? Well, depends on which way he swings...."

Blossom Moonbeam rolled turn-ons for red hair and glasses. Alas, Chester is in another dorm.

"You're literally crossing the street. You don't need to do all the dramatic swooping."

"Pescado, is that you?"

Upon seeing this article from the Beaverton (Canada's version of the Onion).

"Meh, who needs the circle for the terrain spray tool anyway?"

Every so often, it randomly disappears, until the next time I reboot the game. I mean, the tool still works. It's just the visible "circle" of where you're spraying isn't shown, so you only see it as the terrain changes.

To be honest, I can't be bothered to reboot the game, so I just spray without it when it stops working, it's actually not as necessary as it seems, and I can still spray neatly!

Fire up the Baby BBQ!

I want my baby back baby back ribs! Get in my belly!


You have to be of a certain age / generation to get this.

"...oh, right. I knew I forgot something."

"I might have downloaded too much CC..."

Blasphemy! Until your computer is on fire, there is no such thing.

To be honest, I miss the Sims 4's search function. It's one feature that's extremely useful when you're trying to find a specific item amongst many.

I miss the filtering options from the Sims 3.

"What are you stomping your feet for! Stop that and play the chess game!"

"Oops..sorry pixels, I didn't put the chess board in the right position..." (custom chess boards don't have timers)

I wonder if Maxis added the clock [i]just[i] so players can orient it.

Remember, white SQUARE always goes at bottom right from the player's perspective.

EDIT: I meant white square! Dammit.

Yeah, I will never remember that. I can't even grasp how that's supposed to work. Left and right are less intuitive than people think they are.

Probably. The clock goes between the players, not in front of either player - if you place the chess table against a wall, it is good to put the clock on the wall side.