1) THE BASIC IDEA: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 7 days, you win!
2) Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and responses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3) In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthemrore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4) So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for seven days.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Yes! Has it been six months already since I let WWC win?
Is there a prize for the winner?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, come here and I'll give it to you.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
What is it?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't think you would like it.
Posted by Kid Prime on :
What he said.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Is it a 30-gig MP3? God, I want one so BAD!!!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I don't think that was what he had in mind.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
who says I have a mind?
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Quis has a mind. I am an eye-witness to its existence.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
You can see his mind? I thought the mind was an intangible concept!
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
I refuse to participate in this rebooted thread out of respect for the original incarnation.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Lad Boy can see intangible concepts. That's one of his powers.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Nah, Lad Boy could see my mind through my glass plate.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
How often you gotta clean that thing?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I like it when my plates are so clean that I can see myself.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I bet your mother loved you as a kid, not leaving anything on your plate like that.
(edit because i am so stupid i missed RH post and responded to a previous previous post)
[ January 13, 2007, 05:58 AM: Message edited by: Faraway Lad ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Actually, she did.
And you could have responded to Miner's post. That's okay by the rules.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Heck, I can respond to my post by the rules, since it's less than five away from this one.
Posted by Reboot on :
You enjoy talking to yourself then, yes? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Reboot, you've been here 3.5 years and you just realized that?
Posted by Reboot on :
'Course not - I'm just surprised to see him admit it Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I have to get intelligent conversation somehow.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Is this a place to find intelligent life? If so, I don't belong! Posted by Abin Quank on :
Intelligent Life?
Here?
In This Thread?
Notverylikelyizzit?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
The trick is to see how long you can keep the thread going without it.
That's the trick for a lot of threads, come to think of it.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
ARRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!!!
DIE, DIE, DIE!!!!!
(You have activated the Auto-reply feature of Abin's Computer, on your head lie the consequences!)
Er, oops, don't know how Abin's old auto-reply went off...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
"Beam me up Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here." has become cliche.
Posted by Reboot on :
Ah, for the days when me & Abin blew up a Cobalt statue a day...
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
What's stopping you now?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The restraining order?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You can take out a restraining order on behalf of a statue?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, restraining orders restrain actions. So you could restrain someone from coming within a certain distance of you, stop them from filling in some public wetlands, or destroy a statue.
Posted by Reboot on :
Nah, no restraining order, Cobalt just gave up on the reconstruction efforts.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So you wore him down, eh?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You don't hear that said a lot.
Posted by Reboot on :
Pity - otherwise we might not get attacked by his demonic children every five minutes...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Were paternity tests ever given?
Posted by Reboot on :
He admits to it - do we need tests?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Hm...now you've given me an idea for a totally new idea for a thread. Ok, I admit it, its not totally new, or not even a little new...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Now see what we have done? Given Cobie an idea for a new thread.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Not only is this thread getting too long, it's getting too dangerous!
Posted by Lad Boy on :
ISn't banishment the reward for "winning" one of these contests?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
As long as you don't banish me to Khundia and I can visit now and then, I wouldn't mind
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Khundia it is then.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The Visit Khundia tuourism office is extatic!
Posted by Kid Cobalt on :
Ugh. Khundia cuisine is not the most pleasant. Have you had the pickled space dragon's tongue? It tastes like charcoal and oddly enough, peanut butter.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Is the slogan of the Khundia Tourism Board "Come visit Khundia before we come to your planet and subjegate you!"?
Posted by LARDLAD on :
On the upside, you haven't seen Shakespeare performed until you see it done in the original Khundian!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Does Kent get royalties?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RE-STARTING OF THIS THREAD HAS REACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY ABIN'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Does Abin get royalties for the automatic response?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
A full eight days after this thread started.
Abin's computer's automatic response system must be older than h-- um... older than... older than... JB's creativity block. Yeah, that's it. (wipes forehead)
Posted by Reboot on :
It should be pointed out that, even if Abin's auto-kill posts worked, he wouldn't win since they're non-sequitors by definition Posted by LARDLAD on :
Would a post asking for the definition of "non-sequitor" itself count as a non-sequitor, therefore disqualifying the post from being the possible winner of the contest because it's a non-sequitor?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
It depends. If the notion of something's being non-sequitor, or the rules more generally, or even just winning the contest had been brought up in the five preceding posts, then it's perfectly on-topic.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
So basically, we can talk about non-sequitors here for a while...as long as a post itself isn't a non-sequitor, like a random: "WHHHOOOOO, PARTY!!!!!" Right?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RE-STARTING OF THIS THREAD HAS REACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY ABIN'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor just five, count'em five, posts ago.
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
of course, the only way to let this thread die is to ignore it.
Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by LARDLAD: So basically, we can talk about non-sequitors here for a while...as long as a post itself isn't a non-sequitor, like a random: "WHHHOOOOO, PARTY!!!!!" Right?
Yep
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor just five, count'em five, posts ago.
However, it doesn't seem very "auto" in its reply when it's got this paragraph in it, does it now? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I created the character "Non Sequitor" in some tag-team on the DC boards.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Did he survive the experience?
Posted by LARDLAD on :
He (have we established definitively that N-S is a he? And if he is indeed a he, does that somehow make him more relevant, since a non sequitor is by definition irrelevant to anything going on? BTW, it's spelled "non sequitur" according to dictionary.com, though the -or put there by Quis could've been intentional as N-S personifies the concept.) has appeared in tag-teams as recently as 2006.
[ January 21, 2007, 11:51 PM: Message edited by: LARDLAD ]
Posted by Abin Quank on :
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RE-STARTING OF THIS THREAD HAS REACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY ABIN'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor just five, count'em five, posts ago.
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATED!
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
That's our Abin, the Zen Master of calm.
Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor just five, count'em five, posts ago.
Actually, it was four Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
You know Abin, I generally am not trying to win this thing, but I'd be thrilled if I caused nobody else to win but killing the thread in a way that qualifies as cheating Posted by Reboot on :
"Generally"? You try some times but not others? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Reboot:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor just five, count'em five, posts ago.
Actually, it was four
Math skills are not required by the GL Corps any more.
I just hope any other employment out Abin may be engaged in does not matter if it's 20 percent off. Posted by Abin Quank on :
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RE-STARTING OF THIS THREAD HAS REACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY ABIN'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATED!
This post is definately a sequitor, rather than a non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor sometime within the required number of posts. Maybe, sort of...
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
[ July 01, 2007, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: Abin Quank ]
Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Math skills are not required by the GL Corps any more.
Well, that explains one small part of how Jordan got back in...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So the Guardians don't have to worry about that sexual harassment suit?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: So the Guardians don't have to worry about that sexual harassment suit?
Of course not. Who has jurisdiction over them, anyway? When you're top dogs of the entire universe, you're accountable to no one.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who said that the Guardians are top dog in the universe? They did, that's who! Sounds like mere self-promotion.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Reboot:
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Math skills are not required by the GL Corps any more.
Well, that explains one small part of how Jordan got back in...
Once they gave Rayner a ring, they could hardly make a case for having standards, could they?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
we went from choosing "the best of the best" to choosing "whoever we happen to run into first," and later with Tachyon, "ah! He won't be missed."
Guardians just ain't what they used to be.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Actually, Tachyon was made by New Gods, come to think of it...
so...
benevolent immortal power brokers in general just ain't what they used to be.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Rayner has a cute butt that looks good in the green lycra. I have no problem with his membership.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Benevolent immortal power brokers in general just never were what they should have been.
But then again, what is?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I have no problem with Kyle Raynor either.
By the way, what happened to Abin's automatic response?
Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Benevolent immortal power brokers in general just never were what they should have been.
But then again, what is?
Wheeled tomatoes. They simply are what they should be - stupid and time-consuming Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Some would say that that is what this thread is.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Those people would be right.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Does that make this a bad thread, then?
Posted by Caliente on :
Bad to the bone, baby!
Posted by dedman on :
Bones are full of marrowy goodness!
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Ummmmmm....marrowy goodness!
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad Servings: 4
Ingredients
* 12 x 7-8cm pieces of middle veal marrowbone * 1 bunch of flat-leafed parsley, picked from the stems and chopped * 2 Shallots, very thinly sliced * 1 modest handful of capers, (extra-fine if possible) * juice of 1 lemon * 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil * freshly ground salt and black pepper * toast, to serve * coarse sea salt
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC. Place the bone marrow in an oven-proof frying pan. Roast the marrow for 20 minutes until the marrow is loose and giving, but not melting away.and place in a hot oven for about 20 minutes, until the marrow is loose and giving, without melting away.
2. Mix together the parsley, shallots and capers. Make the dressing by mixing together the lemon juice and olive oil.
3. Just before serving toss the parsley mixture with the dressing and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
4. Scrape the marrow from the bone onto the toast and season with coarse sea salt. Serve with a pinch of parsley salad on top.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I still haven't read Bone volume 9.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Humming "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Do not feed chicken or turkey bones to dogs or cats.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
do not feed dogs or cats to chickens or turkeys.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Do not feed the BEARS!!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Is this the Threat-Down?
Posted by LARDLAD on :
And don't taunt Happy Fun Ball!!!!!!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's a big boy. It can take it.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Happy Fun Ball is a boy?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
what is a threat-down, and how is that not a non-sequitur?
Posted by dedman on :
Don't you watch the Colbert Report?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Nah, it's way too serious of a show for my tastes.
Posted by Reboot on :
[ January 25, 2007, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Reboot ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And to spell it out for Kent:
Bears are frequently featured on Stephen Colbert's Threat-down.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Colbert is about the best thing on TV nowadays.
Posted by Reboot on :
And in the ginger corner we have a common or garden cat; while in the black corner, we have a huge ^&*!ing bear. Let's see how that goes...
Fairly definitive, I'm sure you'll agree.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Cute picture Reboot.
Colbie, I still prefer the Daily Show over the Colbert Report
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I've seen Colbert enough to get the bear reference, but the "threat-down" escaped me.
I too prefer The Daily Show.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You guys aren't even trying to kill this thread anymore, are you?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: You guys aren't even trying to kill this thread anymore, are you?
No
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If you really want for us to kill this thread, I can once again begin extolling the virtues of the Dewey Decimal Classification System!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Ah, the Dewey Decimal system!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And don't make me bring up ERISA again. Although I think Lad Boy woould like that.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Ah, Dewey.
If only he'd beaten Truman, maybe we would have been spared this classification system nightmare.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
I think Dewey was the most underrated of Donald's nephs. He had mad skills!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The 1948 election would either be in the 324s or 973s.
Wild ducks are in the 598s. Domestic ducks are in the 636s.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Where would you find ERISA?
I realize that asking a question is not a good way to kill this thread. The natural inclination is to respond to a question.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Particularly when the person you ask is a librarian!
Employment Law is in the 344s.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Factoring 344 reduces it to the following product of prime factors.
344 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 43
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Why would there be such a gap between wild and domestic ducks?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Mathematics is the 510s.
Wild animals are in the 590s for zoology. Domesticated animals are in the 636s for agriculture. This also includes pets.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
Where would books about sex be? The 69s? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Sexuality is mostly in the 306s, but there will be related books in many places.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Then isn't it time to make "306s" an euphemism?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
If anybody can do it, we can.
Posted by Reboot on :
What do Peugeots have to do with anything?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I think their backseats would probably be too small to be appropo.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: You guys aren't even trying to kill this thread anymore, are you?
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RE-STARTING OF THIS THREAD HAS REACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY ABIN'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATED!
Nobody cares if this post is a sequitor, or a non-sequitor, so there.
paid for by the committee to kill this thread, Outdoor Miner;Chairman, A. Quank;Treasurer
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The whole backseat thing is just too cliched.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Automobiles would be in the 629s.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think Rockhopper Lad needs a new schtick if he wants to win this contest.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I got yer schtick right here, Rocky!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I think it's a great thread killer idea myself.
In fact, it's so good, I'm leaving this thread immediately and suggest all of you do the same.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
good bye then OM, will I see you over at shakes for a beer (or three) later?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Sacre le Teeds!
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
What kind of place is this?
Contests to kill things?
I can see I'm needed here.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think Outdoor Miner will be back.
I mean just look how Gary Concord, the Ultra Man has come back.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
No, no, I'm leaving for good.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sure you say that now.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's true.
I'm walking right out of this thread, and you should all follow me. Let's go.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK, I'll stay behind to turn off the lights.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
They're automatic lights. They'll be fine.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
One can't be too careful. A short in the automatic off switch could start a fire and then we would be subject to a huge lawsuit. I don't mind hanging around to make sure things are fine.
Posted by dedman on :
Hey, why is it so dark in here?
Posted by Lonestar Ranger on :
I'd prefer it if someone completely random killed this thread...someone like me.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'd support that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think I can be random enough to kill this thread.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You guys are still here?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
so much for Outdoor Miner leaving for good.
Posted by Reboot on :
Indeed, the drunkard fails to go through on his vow. Suprising Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I did leave for good.
You guys stayed, however, and thus the evil continues.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Evil? Pointlessness is evil?
Since when?
...what's that?...
...okay, you do have a point about John B and Rob L.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I remember the animated movie from 1971, "The Point" about a land where everything and everyone had a point except for a little boy.
The hit song was "Me and my Arrow" (Arrow was the name of the boy's dog)
Me and my arrow Straighter than narrow Wherever we go, every one knows It's me and my arrow
Me and my arrow Taking the high road Wherever we go, everyone knows It's me and my arrow
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I loved that movie! I remember seeing it when I was very little. I liked the little boy Oblio. They were so mean to him!
Oh. *ahem*
Animated films are in the 791s.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Does your library have Watership Down?
Truly a must-see.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I went to the Boston Public Library today and one of the books I picked up was The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Volume 1.
I don't think the Boston Public Library uses the Dewey decimal system.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
BPL is one of two major public libraries in the United States (the other is New York Public Library) that are affiliated with the Association of Research Libraries. ARL libraries all use the Library of Congress system. LC is used by most college and university libraries. Its main weakness is that it was designed for one collection: that of the Library of Congress. This results in whole letter areas (LC uses letters of the alphabet for its major categories rather than numbers) devoted to things that the Library of Congress might have a lot of, but few other libraries would. "V" being devoted to naval history is a good example.
Dewey uses just ten areas, all of which are pretty broad:
000s Generalities 100s Philosophy 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language 500s Science 600s Applied Science and Technology 700s Fine Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History
Of course, I've used Dewey professionally for the last 8 1/2 years, so I'm more used to it.
Oh, yes. Library Science is in the 025s! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gosh Rockhopper Lad, you are just too knowledgable about Libraries and things related to libraries.
And I am enjoying the Seven Soldiers of Victory archive.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Another satisfied library patron. Posted by Lard Lad on :
Hey! Shhh--Keep your voices down!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Figures Boston would be so out of step with the library world.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Is Boston not out of step with the rest of the world in totality?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Good point.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If the whole world jumped off a cliff, wouldn't you rather be in Boston?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"If?" Where have YOU been for the past 6 years?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Boston
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
his point is thus proven, folks.
Posted by Lonestar Ranger on :
This thread has been commandeered by the LVMBP. Once we kill it, you'll all learn that we're dead serious.
Posted by dedman on :
Thanks but I'm the only dead one around here, and its going to stay that way!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Ranger's post constitues a non-sequitor. Therefore we can ignore his "commandeer"ing.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
But if we refer to a post that was itself a non sequitur, doesn't that make the referring posts non sequiturs themselves and therefore ineligible for the contest?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Jeepers! Haven't you folks read the rules? That question is covered there!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Who has time to read? We're men of ACTION, dammit!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod, that's such a like lame line. You can't read because you're men of like action.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Like, whatEVER!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Posted by Lard Lad on :
Totally tubular! Gag me with a freakin' spoon! Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Valley Girl
He's a Valley Girl...
Posted by Reboot on :
Abin, you're posting with the wrong alt...
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Like that Mr. Lardy is so not one of Gramps' alts. Cuz that would be like totally poaching considering that Mr. Lardy is like Mr. EDE's alt. And like Mr. EDE is one of like Mr. Cobie's alts and everybody like knows that Mr. Cobie is like the alt that Mr. Nighty uses when he wants to like mess around on the MMB but he doesn't like want anybody to know.
But we like do so it's not really a secret or any junk like that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So who's alt does that make me?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
um, an alt of strawberry daquiri?
Posted by Reboot on :
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hmmm.... Is a graelim considered a non-sequiter?
And I am an alt of a drink?
Posted by Reboot on :
Well, it was the preceding posts that made me go Boom (and NC never did the "brain going everywhere" exploding head smiley I asked for...)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I didn't know Strawberry Daiquiri posted here.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Can't be her. She's on ice.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
with Frio? I'd pay to watch.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'd prefer Superboy and Mon-el.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
What? A figure skating sex-show? I bet we could stage it in Amsterdam.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who mentioned figure skating?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Figure skating is so passe.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hopefully after this post, this thread will also become passe.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: Figure skating is so passe.
I'm tellin Tanya on you!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Bring it on.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
This thread is close to becoming passe.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Then we should kill it.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
But shall we give it a mercy killing or be sadistic and drag it out to a long slow lingering death.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
life is a slow lingering death.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Life is a big glossy photo magazine.
Posted by Lonestar Ranger on :
Life is a Alternate identity passed from real poster to real poster.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Life. Don't talk to me about life.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent anymore of it.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Well I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
What were you doing in the car park?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Parking cars, of course. And me with the brain the size of a planet. Not that I'd complain, mind you.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You? Never.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Poor Marvin.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
He got what he deserved.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Marvin may have, but what did Wendy and Wonder Dog ever do?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Guilt by association.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Should we punish the guilty or rehabilitate them?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
All crime is committed by the living, therefore life itself is a crime.
- Judge Death.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
[aside] It's one of the little men from the village. He's come about the reaping? I don't think we need any? [/aside]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Always look on the bright side of life.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Well, that just got a song stuck in my head that will probably be there all night.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
just be thankful it's not Celine Dion.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
She Canadian, eh!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
She's Quebecoise, so she probably doesn't say "eh!"
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Just another crime against culture committed by our neighbors to the north.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Youth Culture Killed My Dog by They Might Be Giants
Youth culture killed my dog And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair) And his suicide can be justified By the tastemakers, how they cried and cried and so
Bacharach and David used to write his favorite songs Never, never, never would he worry, he'd just run and fetch the ball But the night lights and my dog's life aren't exactly one and the same
Youth culture killed my dog And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair) And the judgement made in the city of hate Just broke his spirit so
Bacharach and David used to write his favorite songs Never, never, never would he worry, he'd just run and fetch the ball But the hiphop and the white funk just blew away my puppy's mind
I don't understand what you did to my dog And I don't understand what you did to my dog I don't understand what you did to my dog I don't understand what you did to my dog
Youth culture killed my dog (Youth culture killed my dog) And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair) And his suicide can be justified By the tastemakers, how they cried and cried and so
Youth culture (youth culture) Youth culture (youth culture) Broke his spirit so (broke his spirit so) Broke his spirit so Youth culture (youth culture) (youth culture) Youth culture (youth culture) (youth culture) Broke his spirit so (broke his spirit so) Broke his spirit so
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
but did youth culture break his spirit so?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
What does Celine Dion have to do with youth culture?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
tragic.
worse than drugs, teen pregnancy and reality shows combined.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But enough about this thread....
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'd say this thread would make a good reality show, but "good reality show" is inherently an oxymoron.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
They Might Be Giants is a kick-ass band.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It goes without saying that They Might Be Giants is a kick ass band.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But we're saying it anyway.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Who are they?
And Miner how much to rent that space?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who are They Might Be Giants? Only the kick-assious band in the world.
They Might Be Giants consists of John Flansburgh & John Linnell. They are based out of New York althought they both grew up in Lincoln Massachusetts.
·They Might Be Giants perform the theme and created all the incidental music for Comedy Central’s hit “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
They Might Be Giants composed and performed the song “Doctor Evil” that opens and closes Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
·They Might Be Giants won a Grammy in 2002 for the “Malcolm in the Middle” theme song, “Boss Of Me.” The band has performed the song on The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien and Britain’s Top of the Pops. They Might Be Giants also wrote the incidental music for the first two seasons of “Malcolm.”
They Might Be Giants have also written and performed theme songs for “The Oblongs,” "Higglytown Heroes," "Resident Life," and ABC’s “Nightline Primetime," as well as songs for “The Simpsons,” "Home Movies," "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Courage the Cowardly Dog."
They Might Be Giants’ name is derived from a movie from 1970 starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward, and is of no greater significance.
Television Appearances
3 Joe Franklin Show appearances (including their first in 1985) 6 Late Night with Conan O’Brien appearances 3 Late Show with David Letterman appearances 2 Top of the Pops (UK) appearances 4 Tonight Show with Jay Leno appearances 1 Today appearance 1 Good Morning America appearance 1 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart appearance 1 Larry Sanders Show appearance 1 Home Movies appearance 1 Higglytown Heroes appearance 1 Blues Clues appearance 1 Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast appearance 1 Malcolm in the Middle appearance 1 Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn appearance 5 Nightline Primetime: Brave New World appearancesSelected Discography
They Might Be Giants have four official websites -
www.tmbg.com for podcasts, amazing streaming animations, free MP3s and a ton of archival and special stuff (given an “A” by Entertainment Weekly)!
That's all anyone really needs to know.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Also, they wrote the song "Instanbul was Constantinople" that a lot of people know. Animaniacs (the cartoon from a few years ago) used to play that song a lot.
Quis, EXCELLENT use of 'kick-assious'.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Oh well if one of them plays the accordian thats all I need to know
Maybe to someone who follows music a bit more closely that I do they might be better known but to be honest out of all that Quis I only recognize "boss of me"
I know, I know, Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Also, they wrote the song "Instanbul was Constantinople" that a lot of people know. Animaniacs (the cartoon from a few years ago) used to play that song a lot.
Actually, that's one of the few songs they've done that they didn't write. But they did the version most people know.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: Oh well if one of them plays the accordian thats all I need to know
Maybe to someone who follows music a bit more closely that I do they might be better known but to be honest out of all that Quis I only recognize "boss of me"
I know, I know,
I think that and the Austin Powers song is the most most people would know.
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
So who, if anyone, actually cares about any of this?
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Who knows? It's a mystery
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not really. They Might Be Giants are arguably the most important band not to receive significant amounts of media and pop-cultural attention.
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
How in the universe can a "band" be classified as "important"?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had a huge impact on attitudes, fashion, and capitalism. Heck, ABBA during their heyday was the single biggest source of income for the Swedish government. I would say that that makes them important.
One could also argue that a band could be personally important, affecting a person's outlook, views, sense of being, emotions, etc.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That's how music scenes generally start.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Darn, I had three whole days. And the thread even went to page 2.
Talk about a bummer of a scene.
Omigod. that horrible song "Bad Day" suddenly popped into my mind and it doesn't seem to be leaving.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Which horrible "Bad Day" song?
I know several.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The one they used on American Idol
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Someone should make a 'Meh? Day' song about how boring songs like "Bad Day" can lead to a pretty boring mood for everyone around you.
And then it should end with something totally out of the blue like a double-homicide/suicide. Now that would be a Bad Day.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
"Bad Day"...Meh.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Fortunately, I don't watch American Idol.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Neither do I.
Miner, weren't you going to leave this thread?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I did.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I see. You came back
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
No, not at all.
I left for good.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
He's just a figment of your imagination.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Then why can I see him too?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You should probably have your eyes checked.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
just make sure you don't lose your claim ticket.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
whats a claim ticket good for?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
to reclaim the eyes you've had checked.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Make sure they hand you the right pair, too.
Boy, that can be awkward otherwise.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
sometimes it's good to look at the world through somebody else's eyes.
Posted by Lard Lad Robot on :
<click>Um, hello!<click>
[ March 01, 2007, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: Lard Lad Robot ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
... I was going to try to fix up Lard Lad Robot with Denise, the Sentient Vending Machine, downstairs at the Bureau of External Affairs (tm) office.
But on second thought, there's just no way those two would <click>.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Just so you know, I am not going to try the veal, and I'm not tipping my waitress either.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I bet you go cow tipping.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
didn't you and Pov go cow-tipping in Arkansas?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I bet they did.
Posted by Lard Lad Robot on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: ... I was going to try to fix up Lard Lad Robot with Denise, the Sentient Vending Machine, downstairs at the Bureau of External Affairs (tm) office.
But on second thought, there's just no way those two would <click>.
<click>Query: "fix up"?<click>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
He really didn't tell you anything, did he?
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Did he tell you though Miner?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Maybe.
I wasn't paying much attention, though.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Lard Lad was no tattletaler.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
unless you got him drunk.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
And really, how often did that happen?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Only Gladys knows for sure.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm not as think as you drunk I am!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You couldn't be.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If I joined the US Army I could be all that I can be.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
So, you could be as drunk as you wanted?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I expect so. Just not as gay as I want.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
unless you wanted to initiate legal proceedings and/or civil disobediance.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't tempt me.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
<little devil caricature sits on Quis' shoulder and whispers:> bunk rooms! group showers! muscular, sweaty guys! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
*turns to little devil caricature*
You so do not know how to tempt me.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<little angel caricature sits on Quis' shoulder and whispers> Legal proceedings! Mega-trials! I'm out of order? You're out of order! Hi, Oprah! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When was the last time we say little angel & devil caricatures on someone's shoulders?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I didn't know we'd ever done it before.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Speaking of not knowing, i forget what i was going to type.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
that never stops us!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
True dat.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I must have been channeling Cobalt Kid. I meant to type "saw" not "say".
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Poor Cobes.
Our permanent spelling scapegoat.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I actually once got a job because I was a good speller. It was a clerical position for a small engineering firm. It wasn't a great job, but I still think getting a job for being a good speller is kind of funny.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not to mention a lost art.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
One place where I worked, the boss interviewed a teenaged girl to do some clerical work and hired her right after interviewing her. He asked her if she could start right away and she said "yes". So, he asked me to show her what we did. As I was explaining things to her she asked if she could be excused for a minute. It seems she was doubled parked and needed to move her car.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: Poor Cobes.
Our permanent spelling scapegoat.
or maybe skaypgote? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My dad was saying that Scooter Libby was a scrap goat.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Isnt there something slightly off about an old guy called Scooter.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I believe the Washington Post recently had an article about exactly that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I read the Boston Globe.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I dont have time to read a morning paper so have to get my news from the BBC website.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I used to read BBC online every day, but I've fallen out of the habit.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am liking the new Dr. Who series. I watch it on BBC America
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I don't watch much TV anymore. But I'm accumulating a good many DVD collections of TV shows.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I was watching less TV, but TV seems to have gotten good again. Heroes and Ugly Betty are the two best examples.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Having seen both I have to say British TV is still better, (with some glaring exceptions) than most American TV.
Sorry!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Don't apologise (spelt with an "S" on purpose). You're quite right.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Problem is Rocky, a lot of Brit TV is heading the same way as your stuff. With silly cuts, daft camera angles, whooping crowds for no reason, huge advertising breaks, and hours and hours to fill with no real new ideas.
I really hope the BBC hangs on in there as it is going to be the only station on TV that is not chasing the glorious pound sign and heading straight for the lowest common denominator. I am really really sick of reality TV at the moment.
I have just spent a Saturday night in front of the TV (and I remember the great old days when a Saturday night consisted of the football results, Doctor Who and then a variety show like Morecambe and Wise or Cilla Black) Tonight we had a clip show of bloopers, followed by “celebrities” dancing on Ice (think Olympic ice dance routines with an X factor judging panel, and the skaters are “entertainers and sportsmen” then a rather good drama called Primeval before going back to the Dancing on ice c**p.
Its no wonder people go out to the pub!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Unfortunately, we get a lot of your not-so-good stuff as well as the great stuff on BBC America and PBS. Of course the very existence of BBC America tells us something. I never heard of CBS UK. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I was amazed revisiting the UK in '01 how big Jerry Springer and other mindless American-ish things were on British television. I don't think there's as big a quality difference as there used to be.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Totally agree Kent. The latest horrible thing they are trying to foist on us now is, celebrity cooking.
I mean surely there are some good writers and directors out there who can give us some good drama and comedy?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
You know... the whole "reality TV" genre began with The Real World on MTV. Which just goes to show you that all the people who thought that that evil rock-n-roll network would destroy civilization were right!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: I mean surely there are some good writers and directors out there who can give us some good drama and comedy?
There are.
But they cost money, whereas there are people out there willing to be abused and embarassed on TV for almost nothing. Very cost effective.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I was reading something the other day which was trying to claim that, due to the success of its commercial arm the BBC was actually very well off for cash thank you very much. The article was trying to argue for them to take risks and put on drama/comedy/documentaries. The success of Dr Who has lead ITV (the main terrestrial commercial channel) to produce a series called Primeval all about rifts in time which let all sorts of dinosaurs and stuff through to the present. A team of scientists and civil servants are set up to contain the problem and hide it from the public. Its pretty good stuff and shows that you can make good entertainment for a Saturday night audience.
I agree though, costs and profits are a driving factor, and as advertising revenue falls the tv companies need to find cheaper programmes and more ways to boost income.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I remember seeing a couple of episodes of a British comedy called "So Haunt Me" about a family who has the ghost of a Jewish woman living in their house (previously her house). Hearing a British/Jewish accent was a little strange.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The BBC of olde is the best example I can think of for not leaving TV solely to market forces.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: The success of Dr Who has lead ITV (the main terrestrial commercial channel) to produce a series called Primeval all about rifts in time which let all sorts of dinosaurs and stuff through to the present. A team of scientists and civil servants are set up to contain the problem and hide it from the public. Its pretty good stuff and shows that you can make good entertainment for a Saturday night audience.
Sounds like fun.
I hope the special effects are better than the early Who dinosaur invasion episodes.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Special effects are done by the same team that did the Walking with Dinosuars programmes and are preety much state of the art CGI.
It is fun as long as you dont study it to hard and just go with the flow.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
sounds neat. maybe I'll get to see it someday.
In any case, it's time for a round of drinks!
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Its Friday afternon so I have already had three such rounds.
Hic!
(but dont tell the boss) Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll drink to that!
Hic!
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Well I had a boozy weekend so here on sunday night I can still say
Hic!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
well then it's time for a Monday pick-me-up!
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Went to a bar for lunch, but wasn't picked up.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
well, go back and try again!
practice makes perfect, young man!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
damn I have two bar jokes but both rely on hearing them.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
at least you passed the bar.
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
did you get me something? i'm thirsty...and my hands are shaking.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
nothing like a whiskey to steady those nerves, son. here ye go.
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
would a villain hand me a drink?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Of course he would.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
why wait for a villain when I'm handing you one?
Posted by dedman on :
I think hanging out with Concord now classes you as a villian Kent.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And for being the last person to post in the "villian at the end of the thread" thread
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I'll drink to that. (Appropriate response in almost an LW thread.)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
me, too. To villains!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Even I'll drink to that! Hey, without villains, we heroes would be out of work--either that or we'd have really boring stories.
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
or we'd just fight each other. like we do sometimes anyways.....but that is kinda boring.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It worked for Marvel.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'd say that constant fights become boring.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"Hey! You wanna fight?" "Them's fightin' words!" -from The Simpsons
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
"They fight, and fight, and fight and fight and fight! The Itchy and Scratchy Shooooooww!"
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Marge: Homer! There's someone here who can help you... Homer: Is it Batman? Marge: No, he's a scientist. Homer: Batman's a scientist! Marge: It's not Batman!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I've always hated the Simpsons, even when it was first introduced and immensely popular when I was just a kid.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gee and the Simpsons have always had nice things to say about you, Cobie.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
That's just because I'm so handsome. People always have nice things to say about handsome people at first. Posted by Faraway Lad on :
yeah. AT FIRST.
You little heartbreaker you. Took me months to smooth over that little incident with the Taltarian Ambassadors daughter, the pinapple and the tub of cream.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
MMMMM... pineapple!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Uh Darden, that wasn't cream... Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I don't want to know.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Uh Darden, that wasn't cream...
You know I thought it didnt taste like cream.
What was it? Mascarpone?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Darn it, this shouldn't be another thread about Cobie.
Posted by Reboot on :
Paremesan is a nicer cheese than marscapone.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Mozzarella beats them both.
Posted by Reboot on :
Nah, that's not even as good as Wensleydale!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Wensleydale is not as good on pizza, and is therefore useless.
Posted by Reboot on :
Mozzarella's inedible on crackers, and that's more important.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Pizza is a meal. Crackers are a snack, and thusly matter less.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't like any cheese.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I used to feel the same way, but I have grown to like some types over the years.
Posted by Reboot on :
Next thing, he'll be saying he likes advocaat.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Thanks for the information. Seeing as I don't drink, I wouldn't like the advocaat. Even if I did drink, I don't think I'd drink an advocaat.
I have to learn not to ask questions if I want to win this little contest.
Posted by Reboot on :
Well, look at the context of my phrasing. I don't like advocaat either [Not that I drink either, but that's just another strike on top of the eggyness...]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I do drink on occasion, but I think I'll give advocaat a pass. It might be interesting made with avocados, though.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I don't think I could drink that, even if I was already drunk.
Posted by Reboot on :
Why do I think that's not true? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Pilate: What is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths Are mine the same as yours?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think we should just wash our hands of the whole thing.
Posted by Reboot on :
I think you should just wash your hands Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's the pit for me, then.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Smell ya later!
Posted by Reboot on :
Frell you!
Posted by dedman on :
is frell even a word?
Posted by Reboot on :
Indeed it is, ghostboy.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
"Frell" score 8 points in scrabble. However, it does not appear in the Merriam-webster dictionary.
Posted by Reboot on :
That cacophony of catastrophic "corrections" to comprehensible communication?!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Alliteration will not help you now.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
A good point. Alliteration sometimes doesn't help. Peter Scolari's career did kinda stall out after he portrayed the always alliterative Michael Harris on Newhart.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I had three days. Count 'em, three days. I could have been a contender.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Never.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It's amazing what happens when someone brings up '80s sitcoms.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Talking about 80's sitcoms:
Leesen very carefully, I weel say zis only once...
'Allo 'Allo! is back.
BBC2, 9PM, Saturday 28th April
Yay!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Never saw 'Allo 'Allo. But I'll take your word that its return is a good thing.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
If you liked Are You Being Served then you'll like this.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When I was a kid, I saw the show "No, Honestly" which I really liked.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Sorry, I've never seen that.
Has "The Goodies" ever been shown over there?
I've recently bought a boxed set of some of their shows and am happily reliving my misspent youth.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I believe the Goodies have been shown here, but I have not seen it.
I currently bought the box set of season two of Kids in the Hall
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Is that the "I'm squeezing your head!" show?
That has become a drunken catchphrase for me and my mates.
"I'm squeezing your head!"
Now that could conjure up ALL KINDS of images.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, the headcrusher is in a couple of episodes.
Posted by Reboot on :
Anyone remember Catchphrase with Roy Walker?
"Just say what you see!"
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Never heard of it.
I've seen 'Allo 'Allo though. It was OK.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
"deal or no deal" is the current game show catchphrase. Along with "are you smarter than a fifth grader"
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've known some pretty bright fifth graders.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: "are you smarter than a fifth grader"
Given that I don't watch the show, I'd have to say yes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I've watched one full episode and part of another. The contestant has three helps. One is if they get the question wrong but the kid helping them gets it right, they are "saved". The contestant gets to also "peek" at the kid's answer once. And gets to "copy" the kid's answer.
I didn't see any question I would have needed help on.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I stand by my previous post.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Of course you do
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm just sayin'.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And I'm just agreeing.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
As long as we're on the same page.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
yup page 27.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
27 pages?
This thread will never die.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
yes it will. Either by everyone stop posting or by reaching post 2500
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But if the rules are the same as last time, 2500 posts doesn't kill it. The game continues in another thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Only if someone starts another thread. However, the 2500th poster doesn't win.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Like I said, this will never end.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OH it can end. there just might not be a winner
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
In Legion world we are ALL winners.
Just not at this thread
Posted by Reboot on :
#Welcome now my friends to the thread that never ends...#
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
We're so glad you could attend.
Come inside. Come inside.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No need to welcome me. I have been here for quite a while.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But isn't a welcome polite regardless?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, but we don't have to be polite with each other because we are friends.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That actually makes sense.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am glad you see it my way.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I was rendered speechless by your logic.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Not totally. Just for 4 days.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Still, it's unusual.
Posted by Pov on :
But is it cruel...? Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It wasn't enjoyable, but it wasn't cruel.
Cruel would be the continuation of this thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So we have determined that this thread is not unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution. That is a relief.
Miner, you can contribute to the ending of this thread by not replying to this post.
Posted by Pov on :
Yeah.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And now we have heard from the johnny-come-lately
Posted by Zombie Pov on :
I only love you for your mind, Quis.
....mmmmm....
Braaaiiiinsss....
------------- Undead for a day
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I can't decide what's more horrifying.
That Pov has become a shambling, brain-eating menace from the grave, or that he's kept the "No Pants" rule in the process.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
totally off topic but if recently dead males and feamales meet up can Zombies breed?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That really is not off topic as Outdoor Miner talked about Zombie Pov in the previous post.
And if any zombie could breed, it would be Zombie Cobie.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
can you imagine the horror that would be the spawn of a Zombie Cobie and A Zombie Elizzzaaaa!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes I can.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Coming Soon to an Alt Near You.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Did we really need to be giving him new ideas?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Some people don't know when to stop posting.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You shouldn't talk about Kent like that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I was talking about myself
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That's OK then.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It does look like this thread won't stop
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
See? Told you.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sure, go ahead and gloat.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Okay.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I was being rhetorical.
Nice band by the way. I'm requesting Snowbird.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
as opposed to requestiong Freebird?
Posted by dedman on :
*holds up lighter*
FREEBIRD!!!!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You're getting "Personality Crisis" by The New York Dolls and you will like it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK grumble grumble grumble
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
See? Now was that so bad.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Duudde... I thought this thread was about the Dead...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Alright I putting on some They Might Be Giants
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Which one?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Flood
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Good choice.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Why thank you.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You are quite welcome.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Here at Legion World, we practice gracious etiquette.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
...and perhaps someday we'll get it right.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
practice makes perfect.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
How do you get to Broadway? - Practice!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
or take a left on 42nd and walk three blocks.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Come and meet those dancing feet On the avenue I'm taking you to, Forty-Second Street. Here the beat of dancing feet. It's a song I love the melody of, Forty-Second Street. Little nifties from the Fifties, Innocent and sweet. Sexy ladies from the Eighties, Who are indiscreet. They're side by side, They're glorified, Where the underworld can meet the elite, Forty-Second Street. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Gotta Sing! Sing!
Posted by Pov on :
Like the prison? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I love to sing-a About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, I love to sing-a, About a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a, Anything-a with a swing-a to an "I love you-a," I love to, I love to sing!
I was born a singin' fool-a, Lah-de-dah! Ol' Major Bowes is gonna spot me, Got through Yale with boula-boula, Lah-de-dah! Old microphone's got me!
I love to sing-a, I love to wake up with the south-a in my mouth-a, And wave a flag-a, With a cheer for Uncle Sammy and another for my mammy, I love to sing! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The greatest song ever sung by an owl! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Pov: Like the prison?
You haven't seen the 2005 version of The Producers, have you?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I prefer the original movie. Ditto for Hairspray
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I prefer the original movie. Ditto for Hairspray
Perhaps, but the musical version of Hairspray's existence is justified by the scene on Ugly Betty where Justin acts it out on the subway.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh I don't mind that they made Broadway shows out of Hairspray & the Producers. I just can't see them making a movie out of the Broadway shoes.
I also never saw the remake of the In-Laws as I loved the original with Peter Falk & Alan Arkin.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Never saw Hairspray.
I like both versions of "The Producers."
I only saw the original of "The In-Laws."
I'm not usually big on remakes, but since "The Producers" was retooled as a musical for Broadway, I found it the recent flick different enough to appreciate.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I won't argue with you. I am all argued out form the Hannity board.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Oh, the insanity of Hannity!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It's no Legion World.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There is only one Legion World!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I do not believe the two boards would mix well.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
If we had to merge with another board, which one would you choose?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
the Rutherford B Hayes Fan Club.
we'd easily outnumber/overwhelm its three members (one of which posts here [not me], but I'm not tellin' who).
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Rutherford B. Hayes may only have three fans, but his wife Lucy was a character. She refused to serve alcohol at White House functions and was called "Lemonade Lucy."
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Need I say more? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Good point!
Lucy Hayes also started the tradition of rolling Easter eggs on the White House lawn. I probably couldn't have told you that much about her husband, honestly, but I knew about her.
Posted by Pov on :
Not carnally, one should hope. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm a Tilden man myself! Darn Florida!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's always Florida.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Unless it's Ohio.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ah the Buckeye State.
There are three states I have an interest in just because of the state name and I don't know why these state names stick out for me. Those being Kentucky, Arizona, & Idaho
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I have a similar interest in Oregon and Alaska.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
For some reason Rutland sticks out as a County name for me. (Smallest county in England I believe)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Darn I was so close.
I also have an interest in Oregon because of reading about the Whitmans in American History
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You will never win.
I'm not familiar with the Whitmans.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That would be Narcissa and Marcus Whitman, missionaries who were early settlers in that part of the country.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
But how are the Whitmans connected with Kevin Bacon, hmmm?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am so happy that I don't care if I win or not.
Ding dong the wicked discriminatory amendment is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Congratulations!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It would seem though that the thread most assuredly is not dead.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think Outdoor Miner was congratulating me on not winning.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That too.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm glad that's settled.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I'm glad the cloud of potting soil from an overturned planter in my water garden has settled. I can see the fish again.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I just got the image of a cloud of potting soil hanging over Lad Boy's head.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
And what do you think that image means?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Could it mean that Lad Boy has a dirty mind?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
suprising... no one.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I didn't know Lad Boy smoked.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't know if he smokes, but he is smoking hot.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
If you're into guys, perhaps.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think you can recognize the attractiveness of a person even if you are not attracted to that gender.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Oh, absolutely. I saw a picture of Audrey Hepburn once where she was so beautiful, I cried.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
See.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
there's a difference between recognizing attractiveness and describing them as "hot," IMHO.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I can accept that.
Of course, as a man who is attracted to men, I also accept that "hot" is an appropriate adjective for Lad Boy. Posted by Abin Quank on :
Cali is hot!
Frio is Hotter!
Lad Boy is just another LW Hunk!
(The difference is small, but crucial)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Lad Boy is just another LW Hunk!
"Just another LW Hunk."
Hmm.
I think someone needs to do a calendar.
Joeboy, are you reading this?
[ June 27, 2007, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
LW Hunks:
Lad Boy Pariscub Rockhopper Lad MLLASH Eryk Davis Ester Joeboy Ultra Matt
Cobie, can you think of anyone else to add to the list?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Hunks:
Icefire Italian Boy Semi Vee Quislet Esq. Mattropolis
Hotties:
Calente Stealth Ravenette84 Mechana Harbinger
And of course the utterly spellbinding Crujecki
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You can tell Abin is straight if he thinks I am a hunk. Or maybe he means a hunk of blubber.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I don't know about that, Quis. You always looked rather spectacular in the Glittery Business Suit...of Space!
Now, for there to be a calendar's worth we need twelve. If I may be so bold to include all of Quis' recommendations and some of Abin's suggestions, lets try this for a calendar:
January: EDE February: Lightning Lad March: Joeboy April: Kid Prime May: Cobie June: Lash July: Lad Boy August: Ultra Matt September: Pariscub October: Quis November: Nighty December: Rockhopper Lad And Vee as a teaser for next year! Thoughts?
[ June 28, 2007, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Lard Lad on :
*huff* It appears your calendar has at least one glaring omission! *huff*
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hmm. We'll make it a sixteen month calendar then, starting in September.
September: Vee October: Lardy Suggestions for November and December?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Lard Lad would be on the cover so as to increase sales. We may need to set up a Customer Service center to handle all the complaints that it isn't an All-Lard Lad calendar.
I would ask for the Month of November as that is my birth month.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, when I put on my thong, I'm irresistable, baby! Yeah!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's a nice try, but not even that mental image will kill this thread.
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
Does wounding the thread severely count?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I don't think we'll feature Gary Concord in the calendar.
Outdoor Miner, on the other hand... Hmmm. We already have a penguinoid (moi), an ursoid (Pariscub) and a-a-a Quislet (?), so why not an insectoid too!
And Quis, I think we could accommodate your request for November. We'll switch you with Nightcrawler, who would be fab for a Halloween theme!
[ June 29, 2007, 01:18 AM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Coolness.
And I think Lad Boy for July is good too. I can picture him in red, white, & blue bike shorts.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There's no doubt about it! This will the best-selling calendar of all time!
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
Good.
While you fools were here talking about it I went to the Legion World Patent and Copyright Office and registered the idea and format.
So when you're ready to publish let me know...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sounds like when Donald Trump tried to trademark "You're fired!"
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF ABIN TO THE BOARDS HAS CREATED A NEW AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definately a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor like a few posts ago or sometime within the required number of posts or some junk like that... Maybe, sort of... AND ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
this thread is the only thing EDG's bullets can't kill.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
can they wound it just a little though?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Only one way to find out.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Please, let's not resort to violence.
Can we go back to discussing the calendar, now?
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF ABIN TO THE BOARDS HAS CREATED A NEW AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definately a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Reboot referred to the auto-response system being a non-sequitor like a few posts ago or sometime within the required number of posts or some junk like that... Maybe, sort of... AND ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
October 5-14 1582 is a great place for a time traveler on the run to hide.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
In the then-British Empire it would have to be September 3 to 13, 1752.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I don't get this thread at all ... can someone explain it to me ...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: I don't get this thread at all ... can someone explain it to me ...
I suppose it can't hurt to reiterate the rules:
quote: quote:From Thread I: THE RULES:
1) THE BASIC IDEA: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 7 days, you win!
2) Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non sequiturs. Posts that are responses to non sequiturs are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non sequiturs, and responses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3) In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4) So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for seven days.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
This thread has rules?????
Why?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Can't ignore 'em if they aren't there.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I ignore things that aren't there all the time.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But do you actively ignore them?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll ignore that.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Yes, but I'm here. It's a different thing entirely.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And I choose not to ignore you by responding.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
hmmm. Coulda sworn someone posted after my last post, an hour and a half ago.
Guess there was nothing worth reading. (yawn.)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Is anything in this thread really worth reading?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm back. So you can start ignoring me now.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
OK.
Rockhopper, what would you want to read about on this thread?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well there are the lyrics to 42nd street on page 31. Although Rockhopper Lad posted those himself.
On the bottom of page 24, Reboot posted a link to a Wikipedia article on advocaat.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Okay. Occasionally there are interesting things posted here. I apologize.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I thought you were asking a question, not making a statement.
Anyway, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, today in 1925 the Scopes Trial began in Dayton, TN.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Those damn, dirty monkeys!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ha! EDE, you reminded me of the Onion's century-in-review book: They had Cornelius and Zeyra testifying at the Scopes Money Trial.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Were they witness for the prosecution or the defense? No wait, don't tell me.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
OK, I won't.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Thank you.
And the featured article on Wikipedia today is:
Daylight saving time (DST), also summer time in British English, is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn; the ancients lengthened summer daylight hours instead. Presaged by a 1784 satire by Benjamin Franklin, modern DST was first proposed in 1907 by Briton William Willett, and in 1916 saw its first widespread use as a wartime measure aimed at conserving coal. Despite controversy, many countries have used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.
Adding daylight to afternoons is said to benefit retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours,[1] however farmers have complained about the change.[2] Extra afternoon daylight appears to cut traffic fatalities;[3] its effect on health and crime is less clear. DST is said to save electricity by reducing the need for artificial evening lighting,[4] but the evidence for this is weak,[5] and DST can boomerang by boosting peak demand, increasing overall electricity costs.[6]
DST's clock shifts complicate timekeeping and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, medical devices, recordkeeping and heavy equipment.[7] Many computer-based systems can adjust their clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone, particularly when DST rules change.[8] Origin
In this ancient water clock, a series of gears rotated a cylinder to display hour lengths appropriate for each day's date. William Willett invented DST and advocated it tirelessly.Though not punctual in the modern sense, the ancients adjusted daily schedules to the sun more flexibly than modern DST does, often dividing daylight into twelve hours regardless of day length, so that daylight hours were longer during summer.[9] For example, Roman water clocks had different scales for different months of the year: at Rome's latitude the third hour from sunrise, hora tertia, started in modern terms at 09:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 06:58 and lasted 75 minutes.[10] After ancient times equal-length hours eventually supplanted unequal, so civil time no longer varied by season.
Benjamin Franklin suggested firing cannons at sunrise to waken Parisians.While an American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin anonymously published a letter in 1784 suggesting that Parisians economize on candles by arising earlier to use morning sunlight.[11] Franklin's mild satire proposed taxing shutters, rationing candles, and waking the public by ringing church bells and firing cannons at sunrise, in the spirit of his earlier proverb "Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."[12] Franklin did not propose shifting clocks; like ancient Rome, 18th-century Europe did not keep accurate schedules. However, this soon changed as rail and communication networks came to require a standardization of time unknown in Franklin's day.[13]
In 1905, the English builder and outdoorsman William Willett invented DST during a pre-breakfast horseback ride where he was dismayed by how many Londoners slept through the best part of a summer day.[14] An avid golfer, he disliked cutting short his round at dusk. Two years later he published his proposal,[15] but his idea was not acted on immediately. Germany, its allies, and their occupied zones were the first European countries to use DST, starting 30 April 1916. Most belligerents and many European neutrals soon followed suit, but Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year, and the United States did not use it until 1918. Since then the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.[16]
Benefits and drawbacks Willett's 1907 proposal argued that DST increases opportunities for outdoor leisure activities during afternoon sunlight hours. Obviously it does not change the length of the day; the longer days nearer the summer solstice merely offer more room to shift apparent daylight from morning to evening so that early morning daylight is not wasted.[15]
However, many people ignore DST by altering their nominal work schedules to coordinate with daylight, TV broadcasts, or remote colleagues.[17] DST is commonly not observed during most of winter, because its mornings are darker: workers may have no sunlit leisure time, and children may need to leave for school in the dark.[5]
Energy use Delaying the nominal time of sunrise and sunset increases the use of artificial light in the morning and reduces it in the evening. As Franklin's 1784 satire pointed out, energy is conserved if the evening reduction outweighs the morning increase, which can happen if more people need evening light than morning. However, statistically significant evidence for any such effect has proved elusive. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) concluded in 1975 that DST might reduce the country's electricity usage by 1% during March and April,[4] but the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) reviewed the DOT study in 1976 and found no significant energy savings.[5] In 2000 when parts of Australia began DST in late winter, overall electricity consumption did not decrease, but the morning peak load and prices increased.[6] In North America, there is no clear evidence that electricity will be saved by the extra DST introduced in 2007[18] and though one utility did report a decrease in March 2007 five others did not.[19] DST may increase gasoline consumption: U.S. gasoline demand grew an extra 1% during the newly introduced DST in March 2007.[20]
Economic effects Retailers, sporting goods makers, and other businesses benefit from extra afternoon sunlight, as it induces customers to shop and to participate in outdoor afternoon sports. For example, in 1984 Fortune magazine estimated that a seven-week extension of DST would yield an additional $30 million for 7-Eleven stores, and the National Golf Foundation estimated the extension would increase golf industry revenues $200 million to $300 million.[21] Conversely, DST can adversely affect farmers and others whose hours are set by the sun. For example, grain harvesting is best done after dew evaporates, so when field hands arrive and leave earlier in summer their labor is less valuable.[2] DST also hurts prime-time broadcast ratings[22] and theaters, especially drive-ins.[23]
Clock shifts correlate with decreased economic efficiency. In 2000 the daylight-saving effect implied an estimated one-day loss of $31 billion on U.S. stock exchanges.[24] Clock shifts and DST rule changes have a direct economic cost, since they entail extra work to support remote meetings, computer applications and the like. For example, a 2007 North American rule change cost an estimated $500 million to $1 billion.[25]
Public safety
Clock shifts affect apparent sunrise and sunset times in Greenwich in 2007.[26]In 1975 the U.S. DOT conservatively identified a 0.7% reduction in traffic fatalities during DST, and estimated the real reduction to be 1.5% to 2%,[4] but the 1976 NBS review of the DOT study found no differences in traffic fatalities.[5] In 1995 the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated a reduction of 1.2%, including a 5% reduction in crashes fatal to pedestrians.[3] Others have found similar reductions.[27] SDST has been projected to reduce traffic fatalities by 3% to 4% in the UK, compared to ordinary DST.[28] It is not clear whether sleep disruption contributes to fatal accidents immediately after the spring and autumn clock shifts. A correlation between clock shifts and accidents has been observed in the U.S. but not in Sweden. If this twice-yearly effect exists, it is far smaller than the overall reduction in fatalities.[29][30]
In the 1970s the U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) found a reduction of 10% to 13% in Washington, D.C.'s violent crime rate during DST. However, the LEAA did not filter out other factors, and it examined only two cities and found crime reductions only in one and only in some crime categories; the DOT decided it was "impossible to conclude with any confidence that comparable benefits would be found nationwide."[31] Although outdoor lighting makes potential crime victims feel safer, it may actually encourage crime.[32]
In several countries fire safety officials encourage citizens to use the two annual clock shifts as reminders to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. This is especially important in autumn, just before the heating and candle season causes an increase in home fires. Similar twice-yearly tasks include reviewing and practicing fire escape and family disaster plans, inspecting vehicle lights, checking storage areas for hazardous materials, and reprogramming thermostats.[33][34][35] This is not an essential function of DST, as locations without DST can instead use the first days of spring and autumn as reminders.[36]
Health
The William Willett Memorial Sundial is always on DST.DST has mixed effects on health. In societies with fixed work schedules it provides more afternoon sunlight for outdoor exercise, which can contribute greatly to health. It alters sunlight exposure; whether this is beneficial depends on one's location and daily schedule, as sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in the skin but overexposure can lead to skin cancer. Sunlight strongly influences seasonal affective disorder; DST may help in depression by causing individuals to arise earlier[37] but some argue the reverse.[38] The Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness, chaired by blind sports magnate Gordon Gund, successfully lobbied in 1985 and 2005 for DST extensions,[1][39] but DST can hurt night blindness sufferers.[40]
Clock shifts reduce sleep duration and efficiency,[41] and the government of Kazakhstan cited health complications due to clock shifts as a primary reason for abolishing DST in 2005.[42]
Complexity DST's clock shifts have the obvious disadvantage of complexity. People must remember to change their clocks. People who work across time zone boundaries need to keep track of multiple DST rules, as not all locations observe DST or observe it the same way. The length of the day becomes variable. Disruption to meetings, travel, broadcasts, and billing systems is common, and can be expensive.[43] Near an autumn transition from 02:00 to 01:00, a clock reads times from 01:00 to 02:00 twice, possibly leading to confusion.[44]
Computer-based systems may also require downtime or restarting when clocks shift. Ignoring this requirement damaged a German steel facility in 1993.[7] Medical devices may generate adverse events that could harm patients and not be obvious to clinicians responsible for care.[45] These problems are compounded when the DST rules themselves change, as in the Year 2007 problem. Software developers must test and perhaps modify many programs, and users must install updates and restart applications.[8]
Some clock-shift problems could be avoided by adjusting clocks continuously[46] or at least more gradually—for example, Willett originally suggested weekly 20-minute transitions—but this would add complexity and has never been implemented.
DST inherits and can magnify the disadvantages of standard time. For example, when reading a sundial one must compensate for it along with time zone and natural discrepancies.[47]
Politics
Retailers generally favor DST. United Cigar Stores hailed a 1918 DST bill.Daylight saving has caused controversy since it began. Proponents argue that it helps to "enlarge the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country."[48] Critics "detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves."[49] Historically, retailing, sports, and tourism interests have favored daylight saving while agricultural and evening entertainment interests have opposed it, and a war or economic crisis is often associated with its adoption.
The fate of Willett's 1907 proposal illustrates several political issues involved. The proposal attracted many supporters, including Balfour, Churchill, Lloyd George, MacDonald, Edward VII (who used half-hour DST at Sandringham), the managing director of Harrods, and the manager of the National Bank. However, the opposition was stronger: it included Prime Minister Asquith, Christie (the Astronomer Royal), George Darwin, Napier Shaw (director of the Meteorological Office), many agricultural organizations, and theater owners. After many hearings the proposal was narrowly defeated in a Parliament committee vote in 1909. Willett's allies introduced similar bills every year from 1911 through 1914, to no avail.[50] The U.S. was even more skeptical: Andrew Peters (R-MA) introduced a DST bill in May 1909 but it soon died in committee.[51]
World War I changed the political equation, as DST was promoted as a way to alleviate hardships from wartime coal shortages and air raid blackouts. After Germany led the way, the United Kingdom first used DST on 21 May 1916.[52] U.S. retailing and manufacturing interests led by Pittsburgh industrialist Robert Garland soon began lobbying for DST, but were opposed by railroads. The U.S.'s 1917 entry to the war overcame objections, and DST was established in 1918.[53]
War's end swung the pendulum back. Farmers continued to dislike DST and many countries repealed it after the war. Britain was an exception: it retained DST nationwide but over the years adjusted transition dates for several reasons, including special rules during the 1920s and 1930s to avoid clock shifts on Easter mornings.[54] The U.S. was more typical: Congress repealed DST after 1919. Woodrow Wilson, like Willett an avid golfer, vetoed the repeal twice but his second veto was overridden,[55] and only a few U.S. cities retained DST locally thereafter.[56]
Wilson's successor Warren G. Harding opposed DST as a "deception". Reasoning that people should instead get up and go to work earlier in the summer, he ordered District of Columbia federal employees to start work at 08:00 rather than 09:00 during summer 1922. Many businesses followed suit, but many did not, and critics gave the scheduling mess names like "Ragtime" and "Daylight Slaving Time"; the experiment was not repeated.[57] More-recent economic theory suggests that general agreement about the day's layout confers so many advantages that a standard DST schedule usually outranks ad hoc efforts to get up earlier, even for people who personally dislike the schedule.[58]
Since Willett's day the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals of DST, with similar politics involved.[59] In the UK the sport and leisure industry supports a proposal to observe Single/Double Summer Time (SDST), a variant where clocks are one hour ahead of the sun in winter and two in summer.[60] In the U.S. the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Convenience Stores successfully lobbied for the 2007 extension to DST;[39] in the mid-1980s Clorox (parent of Kingsford Charcoal) and 7-Eleven provided the primary funding for the Daylight Saving Time Coalition behind the 1987 extension, and both Idaho senators voted for it on the basis of fast-food restaurants selling more French fries made from Idaho potatoes.[1] In early 2007, Western Australia continued to debate a trial use of DST and several politicians changed positions after public sentiment swung against it.[61]
Observance practices Main article: Daylight saving time around the world
Clocks advance when DST starts.In a typical case where a one-hour shift occurs at 02:00 local time, in spring the clock jumps forward from 02:00 standard time to 03:00 DST and the day has 23 hours, whereas in autumn the clock jumps backward from 02:00 DST to 01:00 standard time, repeating that hour, and the day has 25 hours. A digital display of local time does not read 02:00 exactly, but instead jumps from 01:59:59.9 either forward to 03:00:00.0 or backward to 01:00:00.0. In this example, a location observing UTC+10 during standard time is at UTC+11 during DST; conversely, a location at UTC−10 during standard time is at UTC−9 during DST.
Clock shifts are usually scheduled near a weekend midnight to lessen disruption to weekday schedules. A one-hour shift is customary, but Australia's Lord Howe Island uses a half-hour shift.[62] Twenty-minute and two-hour shifts have been used in the past.
Coordination strategies differ when adjacent time zones shift clocks. The European Union shifts all at once, at 01:00 UTC; for example, Eastern European Time is always one hour ahead of Central European Time.[54] Most of North America shifts at 02:00 local time, so adjacent zones do not shift simultaneously; for example, Mountain Time can be temporarily either zero or two hours ahead of Pacific Time. Australian districts go even further and do not always agree on start and end dates; for example, to start DST in 2006 Tasmania shifted clocks forward on October 1, Western Australia on December 3, and the remaining DST-observing areas on October 29.[63]
Start and end dates vary with location and year. Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.[54] Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.[64] The 2007 U.S. change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, and Congress retains the right to go back to the previous dates once an energy-consumption study is done.[65]
Beginning and ending dates are the reverse in the southern hemisphere. For example, mainland Chile observes DST from the second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March, with transitions at 24:00 local time.[66] The time difference between the United Kingdom and mainland Chile may therefore be three, four, or five hours, depending on the time of year.
Time zones often lie west of their idealized boundaries, resulting in year-round DST.Argentina, western China, Iceland, and other areas skew time zones westward, in effect observing DST year round without complications from clock shifts. For example, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is at 106°39′W longitude, slightly west of center of the idealized Mountain Time Zone (105°W), but Saskatchewan observes Central Standard Time (90°W) year-round so Saskatoon is always about 67 minutes ahead of mean solar time.[67] The United Kingdom and Ireland experimented with year-round DST from 1968 to 1971 but abandoned it because of its unpopularity, particularly in northern regions.[68]
Western France, Spain, and other areas skew time zones and shift clocks, in effect observing DST in winter with an extra hour in summer. For example, Nome, Alaska is at 165°24′W longitude, which is just west of center of the idealized Samoa Time Zone (165°W), but Nome observes Alaska Time (135°W) with DST, so it is slightly more than two hours ahead of the sun in winter and three in summer.[69]
DST is generally not observed near the equator, where sunrise times do not vary enough to justify it. Some countries observe it only in some regions; for example, southern Brazil observes it while equatorial Brazil does not.[70] Only a minority of the world's population uses DST because Asia and Africa generally do not observe it.
Terminology In the normative form, daylight saving time uses the present participle saving as an adjective, as in labor saving device; the first two words are sometimes hyphenated. Daylight savings time and daylight time are common variants.[71]
Time zone names typically change when DST is observed. American English replaces standard with daylight: for example, Pacific Standard Time (PST) becomes Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). British English uses summer: for example, Central European Time (CET) becomes Central European Summer Time (CEST). Abbreviations do not always change: for example, many (though not all) Australians say that Eastern Standard Time (EST) becomes Eastern Summer Time (also EST).
The American English mnemonic "spring forward, fall back" (also "spring ahead…", "spring up…", and "…fall behind") helps people remember which direction to shift clocks. Much of North America advances clocks before the vernal equinox so the mnemonic is technically incorrect there, but a proposed substitute "March forward…"[72] works only in the northern hemisphere, and is less robust against future rule changes.
Computing
A 2001 public service announcement reminded people to adjust clocks manually.Many computer-based systems can shift their clocks automatically when DST starts and finishes, based on their time zone settings. Two implementations in wide use today are zoneinfo and Microsoft Windows.
Zoneinfo The zoneinfo database maps a name to the named location's historical and predicted clock shifts. This database is used by many computer software systems, including most Unix-like operating systems, Java, and Oracle;[73] HP's "tztab" database is similar but incompatible.[74] When temporal authorities change DST rules, zoneinfo updates are installed as part of ordinary system maintenance. In Unix-like systems a process's TZ environment variable specifies the location name, as in TZ='America/New_York'.
Older or stripped-down systems may support only the TZ values required by POSIX, which specify at most one start and end rule explicitly in the value. For example, TZ='EST5EDT,M3.2.0/02:00,M11.1.0/02:00' specifies time for eastern North America starting in 2007. TZ must be changed whenever DST rules change, and the new TZ value applies to all years, mishandling some older time stamps.[75]
Microsoft Windows The procedure for adjusting and patching the DST configuration of Microsoft Windows varies with release.[76] Windows Vista supports at most two start and end rules per time zone setting. In a Canadian location observing DST, a single Vista setting supports both 1987–2006 and post-2006 time stamps, but mishandles some older time stamps. Older Microsoft Windows systems usually store only a single start and end rule for each zone, so that the same Canadian setting reliably supports only post-2006 time stamps.[77]
These limitations have caused problems. For example, before 2005, DST in Israel varied each year and was skipped some years. Windows 95 used rules correct for 1995 only, causing problems in later years. In Windows 98 Microsoft gave up and marked Israel as not having DST, causing Israeli users to shift their computer clocks manually twice a year. The 2005 Israeli Daylight Saving Law established predictable rules but Windows zone files cannot represent the rules' dates in a year-independent way. Partial workarounds include manually switching zone files every year[78] and a Microsoft tool that switches zones automatically.[79]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'm used to cell phones more or less automaticallyadjusting themselves to local time - afeature I first noticed in Vegas last year.
But when I arrived here, my cell adjusted to a three-hour difference. No biggie, figured I - Alberta (which I knew to be Mountain time) must not do DST (not everywhere does), I concluded.
Wrong! I wandered around for 2 days unaware my cell clock was off by an hour - until I arrived 1/2 late for a meeting (and I thought I was being too early)!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Alberta does observe Daylight Saving Time, but Saskatchewan does not.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings time.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Most of Indiana didn't, but they do now.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Most of Indiana didn't, but they do now.
boy, we sure taught THEM!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Mmmm, mmmm
Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there I wish I had you, to talk to
If a man ever needed dyin' he did No one had the right to say what he said about you And it's so cold and lonely here without you Out there the laws are coming I'm scared and so tired of running
Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there I wish I had you, to talk to
It hurts to see the man that I've become And to know I'll never see the morning sunshine on the land I'll never see your smiling face, or touch your hand If just once more I could see You, our home, and our little baby
Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there, oh
I wish I had you, to talk to
I hope this letter finds its way to you Forgive me love for the shame I put you through And all the tears Hang on love to the memories of those happy years Red lights are flashin' around me Yea love it looks like they found me
Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there I wish I had you, to talk to
Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there ("This is the police, you are surrounded, give yourself up") Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there ("This is the police, give yourself up, you are surrounded")
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Gary Indiana Gary Indiana Gary
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ah show tunes. What a lovely way to kill a thread.
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow There's a bright golden haze on the meadow The corn is as high as an elephant's eye, An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.
Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin' Ev'rything's goin' my way.
All the cattle are standin' like statues All the cattle are standin' like statues They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by, But a little brown mav'rick is winkin' her eye.
Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin' Ev'rything's goin' my way.
All the sounds of the earth are like music All the sounds of the earth are like music The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree, And a ol' weepin' willer is laughin' at me!
Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin' Ev'rything's goin' my way. Oh, what a beautiful day!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Nah. Quis is not straight enough to be Curly.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
But he is happy enough to be gay...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Are you telling me that someone who sings that song is straight?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Come on. It's a show tune! How straight can it possibly be?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My point exactly
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
So bring on the show tunes! This little number, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood", was sung by Julie Andrews in Camelot on Broadway:
St. Genevieve, St. Genevieve, It's Guenevere! Remember me? St. Genevieve, St. Genevieve, I'm over here Beneath this tree. You know how faithful and devout I am, You must admit I've always been a lamb, But Genevieve, St. Genevieve-- I won't obey you anymore. You've gone a bit too far! I won't be bid and bargained for Like beads at a bazaar. St. Genevieve, I've run away, Eluded them and fled, And from now on, I intend to pray To someone else instead!
Oh Genevieve, St. Genevieve, Where were you when my youth was sold? Dear Genevieve, sweet Genevieve, Shan't I be young before I'm old?
Where are the simple joys of maidenhood? Where are all those adoring, daring boys? Where's the youth pining so for me He leaps to death in woe for me? Oh, where are a maiden's simple joys? Shan't I have the normal life a maiden should? Shall I never be rescued in the wood? Shall two knights never tilt for me And let their blood be spilt for me? Oh, where are the simple joys of maidenhood?
Shall I not be on a pedestal, Worshipped and competed for? Not be carried off, or better still, Cause a little war?
Where are the simple joys of maidenhood? Are those dear gentle pleasures gone for good? Shall a feud not begin for me? Shall kith not kill their kin for me? Oh, where are the trivial joys, Harmless convivial joys, Where are the simple joys of maidenhood?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I didn't know Julie Andrews was gay.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
was she gay as Victor, or as Victoria?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The "Victor" character was allegedly a gay man. Of course, she is a gay icon, and she was playing Guenevere when she sang that song, who, of course, was a queen! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Anne is Queen and Queen is Anne. What is Queen Anne?
Spaghetti is Queen Anne. Pasta is not.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Well, I'm glad we've cleared that up.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
That's why we put Quis on retainer, as I recall.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Recall is Queen Anne. Retainer is not.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"Queen Anne's Lace" by Mary Leslie Newton
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, has washed her lace (She chose a summer's day) And hung it in a grassy place To whiten, if it may.
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, has left it there, And slept the dewy night; Then waked, to find the sunshine fair, And all the meadows white.
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, is dead and gone (She died a summer's day), But left her lace to whiten in Each weed-entangled way!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
A grassy place and a summer's day are Queen Anne. Mary Leslie Newton is not.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
What about Leslie Neilson, though?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Leslie Nielson is not Queen Anne. Brigitte Nielsen is Queen Anne.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
As least we're doing well in the Neilsons this season. When's Sweeps Week?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I know a way to improve our ratings...
We'll let Lori Morning Guest Star and have everyone tell their favorite Lori Morning Story!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
the idea is to kill this thread, Abin, not to incite people to kill you.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sweeps week is Queen Anne. Lori Morning is not.
[ July 20, 2007, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think the weight of the pancake is putting a strain on poor Quis.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Putting is Queen Anne. Pancake is not.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I loved the issue where Lori Morning unexpectedly kissed Rond Vidar...
That was such a cute touch, and his reaction to the kiss was just priceless.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
An issue that includes a priceless kiss is Queen Anne. Rond Vidar is not.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I wonder if Lori would have gotten on well with Queen Anne?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gotten on well is Queen Anne. Wonder is not.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Lori Morning hasn't been seen in quite a while. I wonder if we should form a search party?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you search; we'll party.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
We'll is Queen Anne. Party is not.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Quislet is Queen Anne. Esq. is not.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Quislet is not Queen Anne. Quislet, Esq. is not Queen Anne. Kent Shakespeare is not Queen Anne. Abin Quank is not Queen Anne. Pagan Lass is Queen Anne. MLLASH is Queen Anne. Rockhopper Lad is Queen Anne.
Posted by Pagan Lass on :
While I am in no way dismayed by being likened to Queen Anne, I fail to understand why I am being so honored.
But in any case, Carry On My Loyal Subjects, Carry On.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Carry on is Queen Anne. Loyal Subjects is not.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Oliver is Queen Anne. Dinah is not. Anne is Oliver Queen. Not is Dinah.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oliver is not Queen Anne. Oliver Queen is Queen Anne. Green Arrow is Queen Anne. Dinah Drake-Lance is not. Black Canary is not.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Quuen Anne has asked me to serve papers to Quislet, Esq., enjoining him from using Her name without permision.
(serves Quislet, Esq. papers)
Posted by Pov on :
[TheTodd]Milestone Post Self-Five! *slap*[/TheTodd]
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Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Git yur coat, younk lady... ve are goink for a leetle ride.
Posted by Pov on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank:
ROLL CALL, please! Is this from SDCC '06?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by Pov:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank:
ROLL CALL, please! Is this from SDCC '06?
Why Yes, Yes it is...
Abin Quank, Quislet Esq, Caliente, Ravenette84, L.E.G.I.O.N.John, Kent Shakesphere, Mowgli, Nightcrawler, and Outdoor Miner.
Pic taken by Antiquated-Computer-Collector Lad
Hiding just out of the picture, Mechana.
Somewhere across the bay, Monkey Eater Lad.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
photos of LW gatherings are Queen... ah, never mind.
Posted by Pov on :
Thanks, Chuck!
That's OM?! He got a haircut and grew a goatee for SD '06! That still your current look, dude?
I know you and Quis and Kent, of course, and recognized Gary and Cali from previous pictures. It's nice to have faces to put to the others-- L*John, Ravenette and Mowgli-- though L*John's the only one I remember posting recently.
Thanks again. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Pov: That's OM?! He got a haircut and grew a goatee for SD '06! That still your current look, dude?
No.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The Todd is Queen Anne. Ravenatte84 is Queen Anne. Outdoor Miner is Queen Anne.
Photos of LW gatherings is not.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
no one cares, Quis.
that routine is sooo last page.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ahh you are just upset because you haven't figured it out.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'm not upset.
I'm just attempting to aid you; the joke (if there was one) has grown stale from too much repetition.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Speaking of "stale", my grandmother made the best bread pudding. In addition to stale bread, she would add whatever baked goods were in the house (cookies, cake, doughnuts, etc.). It was scrumptious!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Mu mom used to make a lemon meringue cake. It was a chocolate layer cake with lemon and meringue. The chocolate and lemon go well together.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
when done right... it seems that either baking is becoming a lost art, or that most bakers don't use decent ingredients anymore.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My dad is waitng to use the apples from his tree to make some apple pies.
Oh and Apple Pie is Queen Anne. Lemon Meringue Cake is not.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'll admit I've always wanted to try that Mock Apple Pie recipe on the back of the Ritz Cracker boxes.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
I once had a boyfriend who made mock White Castles out of Ritz Crackers and corned beef. The relationship didn't last very long.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't mock Ritz crackers!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I actually preferred Hi Ho Crackers, but I don't think they make them any more. When Keebler bought out Sunshine, they got rid of a lot of their products. Saddest of all was the Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie was looked on as a knock-off of the better-known Oreo and was discontinued. In reality, Hydrox was introduced four years before the Oreo. I always thought Hydrox were much better than Oreos. Oreos have a slightly bitter taste and, until very recent times, were made with lard. Hydrox cookies had a softer flavour and had always been vegetarian. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Keebler is Queen Anne. Sunshine is not
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That doesn't make the loss of Hydrox any less sad.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
When a familiar product or brand name, you've grown up with disappears, it can be a sad thing. Movin' On jeans from Levi Strauss for example.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Funny Face fruit drink mix is another example.
And a couple of racist ones
And a couple I never saw Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I guess cultural sensitivity was starting to creep in by the mid-70s. I remember them as "Jolly Olly Orange" and "Choo-Choo Cherry".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The site where I got the images Funny Face site has Injun Orange and Chinese Cherry as the originals for 1964-1965 and Choo choo Cherry and Jolly Olly Orange as replacements in 1966.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I also remember the Frito Bandito.
Aye, yii, yii, yiiii, I am the Frito Bandito. I like Frito's Corn Chips, I love them I do. I want Frito's Corn Chips, I'll get them from you.
Aye, yii, yii, yiiii, Oh, I am the Frito Bandito. Give me Frito Corn chips And I'll be your friend. The Frito Bandito You must not offend
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Then there were Otter Pops: Strawberry Short Kook, Sir Isaac Lime, Little Orphan Orange, Louie Blue Raspberry, Alexander the Grape and Rip Van Lemon.
I don't remember the Frito Bandito, but I do remember W.C. Fritos.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I wonder if toxic dumping concerns are what eventually killed the notion of marketing something as "Artificially Sweetened Imitation Drink Mix" .
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
W.C. Fritos replaced the Frito Bandito. But he didn't have a catchy song.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
No, he didn't; however, when I first saw something with W.C. Fields on TV I asked if he was supposed to be W.C. Fritos. Posted by Ram Boy on :
W.C. Fritos is just a vague memory for me. I can remember the Sunkist Monster much more vividly.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I have no recollection of the Sunkist Monster.
I remember when Exxon brought back their tiger mascot. They had a commercial in which he had been in a retirement home for old corporate symbols/characters.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember the Sunkist Monster. His name was Ralph, as I recall. He always wanted to get a Sunkist orange.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The sunkist monster sounds vaguely familiar, but I could be mixing it up with another memory.
I's forgotten all about the WC Fritos and the Frito Bandito.
They all pale compared to the Kool-Aid jug bursting through the wasll, shouting,"Oh, yeah!"
Posted by Ram Boy on :
I remember the 7-up electric butterfly commercial from the 70's. A couple years ago I was at a club and they started playing it on a giant screen near the dance floor. That was wild.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Ah, the Kool-Aid Man: "Oh yeaaahhh!"
I don't remember the 7Up butterfly, but I do remember the Uncola Man.
Posted by Pov on :
Budman!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
But could Bud Man beat Libby the Kid and his Libbyland Dinners?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The Cheerio Kid had Go-Go-Goooooo!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I only remember the Kool-Aid guy.
Probably for the best.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
It's time like this I regret giving the A.R.G. to Everyday Girl...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
omigod! like did gramps not think she was like responsible enough or something?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
omigawd! I thought,like, she, like, borrowed it or, like, something.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF ABIN TO THE BOARDS HAS CREATED A NEW AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definitely a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Mr. Shakeyrear and Mr. Quizzy-Poo have like decided that making fun of me is cute or some junk like that. Maybe, just like maybe they sort of feel like they're safe cuz they're like good friend's of Gramps an' I won't take them off at the knees if they don't like knock it off right like now ... AND IF THEY WANNA KEEP THIS NONSENSE UP THEY LIKE CAN BUT... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My dear Everyday Girl (although I feel that is a misnomer as you are quite Extraordinary and far from Everyday),
I would never make fun of you. My above post is how I normally speak. All my other posts (including this one) is me putting on airs and making fun of those oldsters.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
EDG, could add up the number of times you've called me "Mr. Shakeyrear" for me? I've lost count, myself.
Once you've done that, we can weigh if my spoofing of you was out of line.
I thought we were friends, and last I knew, friends could make a friendly jibe at each other once in a while, as long as no ill was intended.
friends?
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
OHMYGOD, Mr. Shakyrear, Mr. Quizzy-Poo, I'm sorry... I kinda like over-reacted or something...
[ August 02, 2007, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Everyday Girl ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Doesn't she look cute when she blushes?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I think she's cute any ol' time.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Wait til she's 18, Mr. Shakeyrear
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Cute as in "what a cute kid," not cute as in what you are implying, Mr. Quizzy-Poo.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Nice save, Mr. S.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
OHMYGOD!
You guys are such like PIGS!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No, dear girl, I am a rabbit with a pancake on my head.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And I am from a planet where sentient life evolved from penguins.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
If by pig you mean someone who likes to get dirty, I'd say that description is applicable to me. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My understanding is that pigs are actually a very clean animal.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I've never heard one curse, in any case.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Nor have I seen one come out of an adult book store.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
How often do you check the adult book stores to make sure?
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
whats an adult book store?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
In North America, "adult book store" is a euphemism for a store in which one buys pornographic materials, that is, things that only adults may buy.
Odd that we're discussing this in post #666. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Discussing the Book of Revelation at post #666 would have been spooky.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Weren't the Addams Family supposed to be spooky?
and mysterious....
and kooky?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Welcome back WWC, where have you been?
And the thing I hated most about the Adams Family movies was taking Thing out of his boxes.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Hey Quis!! I've been kinda busy but I'm back now.
I've missed you guys.
I quite liked the Adams Family but I was always a bigger Munsters fan.
Herman and Granpa (or was it Grampa) were such a great double act.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think it's "Grandpa".
Welcome back, WWC! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
According to IMDB it is "Grandpa".
When I was younger, I definitely preferred the Addams Family over the Munsters, thinking the Munsters as being too silly. I have since learned to appreciate the Munsters. Although If forced to choose between the two, I would go with the Addams Family.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think I also would prefer The Addams Family, but The Munsters has some great points:
*The comedic chemistry between Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis.
*Yvonne DeCarlo's patient foil for both of them as Lily.
*In a few episodes, the idea of looks-based discrimination is subtly, but effectively, addressed.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Poor Marilyn. Her looks always drove people away.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod, like Eddie was like such a cute little puppy... Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
I even liked the 80's (or was it 90's) Munsters series they made.
Sacrilege I know but I am a Munsters nut.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Butch Patrick was not the first Eddie. They had a different actor in the pilot. They also had a different actress for the wife and the wife's name wasn't Lily.
Posted by Caliente on :
Who's Butch Patrick?
Posted by Stealth on :
Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, the Munsters' grade-schooler son. He looked like a werewolf cub (come to think of it, if his dad looked like Frankenstein's Monster and his mom and grandpa like vampires, where did he get the werewolf genes from?)
Oh, and welcome back, WWC. Posted by Lard Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, the Munsters' grade-schooler son. He looked like a werewolf cub (come to think of it, if his dad looked like Frankenstein's Monster and his mom and grandpa like vampires, where did he get the werewolf genes from?)
There's probably a fanfic about that. Somewhere.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Either that or a made for video film of an "adult" type.
Thanks Stealth. It's good to be back.
I've missed you guys.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
I wish Everyday Girl would stop missing everybody and kill this thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, the Munsters' grade-schooler son. He looked like a werewolf cub (come to think of it, if his dad looked like Frankenstein's Monster and his mom and grandpa like vampires, where did he get the werewolf genes from?)
Oh, and welcome back, WWC.
Werewolf genes are recessive.
Posted by Stealth on :
Anyone remember this bit from a very funny movie?
"HOWL"
"Werewolf!"
"Where wolf? There wolf!"
Ironic that I'm participating in all this werewolf talk, because werewolves usually scare me.
[ August 14, 2007, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: Stealth ]
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Was that from American Werewolf in London?
The bit I found funny was when he is sitting in the porno theatre talking with the ghosts of his victims and the girl ghost is SOOOO cheery and upbeat. She has been ripped apart by a werewolf and she's STILL Little Miss Sunshine.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Werewolves scare me too. I think it's the ripping and shredding thing. Werewolves make Dracula and the Mummy look like gentle cream puffs.
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by walkwithcrowds: Was that from American Werewolf in London?
No, it was from Young Frankenstein. American Werewolf is one of the few werewolf movies I like, though -- not just because it's funny, but also because I think the nightmare with the gun-toting zombies is scarier than anything to do with the werewolf.
quote:Originally posted by Ram Boy: Werewolves scare me too. I think it's the ripping and shredding thing. Werewolves make Dracula and the Mummy look like gentle cream puffs.
Amen to that.
[ August 14, 2007, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Stealth ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm not a big werewolf fan, but my very favourite would be Howler from the 1980 cartoon Drak Pack. For one thing, he had a wolf head, not a human head with a lot of hair an a wolf nose. He also had one of my all-time favourite super-powers, super-breath--which I always guessed to be an homage to the Big Bad Wolf huffing and puffing and blowing the little pigs' houses down.
Having said that, the eponymous Drak was may favourite character on the show, being, among other things, one of the few mainstream animated vampires at the time who had powers beyond changing into a bat. He was a fairly versatile shape-shifter and occasionally displayed other powers, such as telekinesis.
That was a good show and I think about five people other than me in the whole world remember it. Posted by Stealth on :
I remember it. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm glad someone else does. Looking back, I think Drak Pack had the best-written dialogue of any Saturday morning cartoon of that era. It also had a great voice cast, including Hans Conreid, in one of his final roles, as Dr. Dred.
I hope it's issued on DVD some day.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The part in American Werewolf in London I really liked was where he was dreaming in the hospital. When the nurse opens the drapes and he thinks he woke up until the gunmen crash through the window. Then he really wakes up by the same nurse opening the drapes and he is not quite sure if he is awake or if he is still dreaming.
It is kind of like in Sandman, when Morpheus curses the evil guy's son to eternal waking.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
I can sort of remember a cartoon about a werewolf who hung about with some kids and the used to solve mysteries and stuff ( a bit of a rip off of Scooby Doo).
I think he had super breath as well...I'm not sure.
I think it was called Fang Face.
Does this ring any bells with you guys or am I just mixing up memories of something else?
I could always just google "Fang Face"?...hmmm
I'll be right back...
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Well if anyone feels like trusting a wiki entry then there is an entry for it there.
"..Highly derivitive of Scooby Doo..." pretty much sums it up.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, there was a cartoon called "Fang Face". I never watched it, but I believe it was of the Scooby Doo genre.
There was also Jabberjaws about a shark and a bunch of teens solving mysteries in a futuristic underwater society. Jeannie about a genie (with a bumbling sidekick genie) and some teens solving mysteries. Speedy Buggy about a talking car and some teens solving mysteries. And one of my favorites, The Funky Phantom about the ghost of a Revolutionary War era guy and his cat who solved mysteries with some, you guessed it, teens.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Remember Mr. Jaws, the shark with the top hat and a heavy German accent? Gotcha!
Posted by Stealth on :
Mr. Jaws also had a derby-wearing sidekick called Catfish.
That Fangface wiki entry doesn't do it justice. Firstly, Fangface was created by Scooby-Doo's true creators, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who had just left Hanna-Barbera to start their own production company; the first season of Fangface was as good or better than any of the incarnations of Scooby-Doo (okay, maybe not quite as good as Scooby's seminal first season, but then what is?) Finally, Fangface, which always had real monsters instead of criminals in monster masks, influenced the Scooby season that follow it, using real monsters for the first time; unfortunately, that was also the season that introduced Scrappy-Doo , and, even more unfortunately, Ruby-Spears ruined Fangface by cutting the episodes to half-length so that it could be part of the two-hour Plastic Man show and then by creating their own equivalent of Scrappy (I can't remember the worthless little thing's name ATM).
And BTW, Fangface never scared me, despite his being a werewolf, partly because the transformations were not graphic and partly because Fangface was basically a bumbling clown with fur.
[ August 15, 2007, 09:53 PM: Message edited by: Stealth ]
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
"..a bumbling clown with fur..."
Now that IS scary!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That would be Coulrophobia - an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's not abnormal if they're really out to get you.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I would say that it is abnormal if clowns are really out to get you.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
How do you know they're not?
With their pasty white faces, and blood red grins, their blood chilling laughs and their bulbous red noses...and that's just the Maths Teachers I'm talking about!
Clowns are worse.
They're evil, I tell you!
EVIL!!!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Hmmm? Did someone call me?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me your colour, darling I know who you are Come up off your colour chart I know where you're coming from Call me on the line Call me call me any anytime Call me my love you can call me any day or night Call me Cover me with kisses, baby Cover me with love Roll me in designer sheets I'll never get enough Emotions come I don't know why Cover up love's alibi Call me on the line Call me call me any anytime Call me oh my love When you're ready we can share the wine Call me Ooh, he speaks the languages of love Ooh, amore, chiamami chiamami. Oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi Anytime anyplace anywhere anyway Anytime anyplace anywhere any day, anyway Call me my life Call me call me any anytime Call me for a ride Call me call me for some overtime Take me out and show me off Put me on the scene Dress Me in the fashions of the nineteen nighties You're the man no in between I know what you words can mean Call me call me any anytime Call me for a ride Call me call me for some overtime Call me in my life Call me call me in a sweet design Call me call me for your lover's lover's alibi Call me on the line Call me call me any anytime Call me Oh, call me, ooh ooh ah. Call me my love. Call me, call me any anytime.
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
Bah!
This thread is indicative of everything that is wrong with Legion World.
It should therefore live forever, as a warning.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Actually like all threads here, it'll get locked at 2500 posts. No one may win, but it won't go on forever.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But it will be reborn into a new thread most likely.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Edith: "Maybe he came back to life, like the milk company."
Gloria: "You mean reincarnation?"
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
In my next life I am hoping to be 'reincarnationed' as Shakiras underwear.
It's a dream I have.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, but by that time she'll be like 80 years old.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Let the poor guy's dreams alone, already.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bung, bung, bung, bung) Make him the cutest that I've ever seen (bung, bung, bung, bung) Give him two lips like roses and clover (bung, bung, bung, bung) Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over.
Mr. Sandman (male voice: “Yesss?) bring us a dream Give him a pair of eyes with a “come-hither” gleam Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
So, was that song addressed to Wesley Dodds, Garrett Sandford, Hector Hall, Dream of the Endless or Sandy Hawkins?
[ August 24, 2007, 06:44 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Did they really sing "bung, bung, bung, bung"?
Posted by Ram Boy on :
And of course, even in the forties it was a gay man's hairdo that set the standard. (We have a great hair heritage)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The a capella gruop, the Flirtations do their own version.
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Please make him gargle, and brush with Gleem Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci, But not as closeted as Liberace!
...
Mister Sandman, (Yes) I need a man (What kind of man?) No one psychotic or Republican (I'll do what I can) Give him two legs, like Greg Lougainis But make him public about his gayness! Posted by Lard Lad on :
Like that old song (the original)...just wish the weekend would end, so the roleplay can get back underway!
How backwards is it for one wish for weekdays to begin and weekends to be over? Well, if you've ever worked in retail, I don't have to explain! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Lard Lad sings Loverboy Everybody's working for the weekday Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, I'm like Bizarro Loverboy!
Posted by Gary Concord, the Ultra Man on :
Well, the bizarro part fits, anyway
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Me am not Bizarro Esq, Quislet.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Well, that's a relief.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
R-O-L-A-I-D-S
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
If this thread is getting to you like that, you might want to take some time off.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
R-O-L-A-I-D-S may spell "relief", but America spells "cheese" K-R-A-F-T.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
America may need to bone up on it's spelling.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Wha chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Probably trying to get us to add a "U" to everything.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
As in "eveurything"?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Just like that.
It's insidious, and must be stopped.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
get with the programme.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
and be a good neighbour.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Just two more days..... Argh!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Read your sig again, and weep.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I just need to find a suitable distraction for you. Hmmmm.. Phyllis Diller, a container of Cool Whip, and the latest issue of Cat Fancy magazine...
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
'Phyllis Diller and a container of cool whip'?
...mummy, I'm scared.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't forget the latest issue of "Cat Fancy" magazine.
Posted by Reboot on :
I have no idea who Phyllis Diller is.
I suspect this is A Good Thing.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917) is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. The stage character she created was a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who made jokes about a husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. She is also known for her distinctive, cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. More on Ms. Diller
Posted by Reboot on :
What part of "suspect this is A Good Thing" did you not get, hmmm? Posted by Ram Boy on :
The “REAL” facts about Phyllis Diller:
Born Phyllistine Daisy Hitti-Usus in Babylon around 1520 BC. Phyllis showed an early talent for both pottery making and stand up comedy. Opting to pursue the latter, Phyllis changed her last name to Diller and delved into a career in comedy . Her first one woman show, “Not in My Hanging Garden You Won’t!”, brought her both critical acclaim and national attention. She quickly became a favorite of Babylon’s ruler The All Powerful And Mighty Prince of The Sun and Ruler of the Cosmos Before Whom All Must Bend Or Perish, Neppubal-Appsolar. After the fall of Babylonian Empire she eventually moved to Hollywood and frequently paired up with comedy legend Bob Hope.
Phyllis, the early years:
[ October 19, 2007, 03:35 PM: Message edited by: Ram Boy ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Wow! All that and she appeared in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies too!
Posted by Stealth on :
And there was also an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 where Crow T. Robot did a spot-on imitation of Phyllis Diller's voice.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
And she had a recurring role on the CBS soap "The Bold and the Beautiful" as a hairdresser and confidante to Darlene Conley's Sally Spectra (may Darlene rest in peace)!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who makes the fog surrounding the Golden Gate simply disappear? Phyllis. Phyllis. Who makes the warning bells on the cable cars play the "Gangs All Here"? Phyllis. Phyllis. Who charms the crabs at Fisherman's Warf right out of their shell? Who lights the lamps of Chinatown just by walking in view...who? Phyllis! Phyllis! Phyllis! It sure isn't you!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man, Phyllis sure brings back memories of the '70s...Phyllis and Charro.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Cootchie - cootchie
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Ah, Charo. I loved it when she would attempt to say the name of my native state and it would come out "Massachoochoo".
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I remember when Charo did commercials for Maaco and pronounced it "Mah-ko"!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My goal to not abide by the rules of this thread and disqualify myself, but still cause the thread to die anyway so no one wins at all remains the same.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Fat chance with such topics as Charo and Phyllis being raised.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
is Phyllis being raised from the dead because if thats so she should be over on Scott's Zombie army thread and not here.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't think Phyllis Diller, Cloris Leachman, or Charo are dead. So no zombies here.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Posted by Pov on :
QUAAAAANNK!!! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
BWAHA-HAH-HA-HA-HA!! Posted by LARDLAD on :
Damn! That's gotta make the Top Ten all-time best Legion World moments!!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What? Abin's maniacal laugh?
Posted by Caliente on :
Nah, I still remember that from the last Kill This Thread contest.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That was so last thread.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
This season's threads are all about the accessories.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize!"--Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias.
Posted by My Wee Fem on :
Accessories YaY!!! This thread needs new shoes and a purse and a belt and one of those bling-bling things...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Olympia Dukakis is cousins to the former governor of my state and one time presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis, whose wife Kitty underwent electroshock therapy for her depression.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
She thought she was depressed before? You should have seen her when she got her electric bill.
Posted by LARDLAD on :
My electric bill for August was the highest in recent memory.
[ September 26, 2007, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: Lard Lad ]
Posted by Sir Roy on :
The slaughter of this thread gives me an electric feeling!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Are you sure that's not just the Viagra kicking in?
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
It's not Viagra....He just REALLY likes slaughtering threads.
Posted by Pov on :
Sir Roy... the threadkill speCIALISt...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hardly, there are three (now 4) posts after his.
Although I just caught your clever little hidden word.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Good POVservation.
Okay, not as clever as the Pantless One, but I tried.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, Pov didn't have to change any spelling.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, I hate Tori Spelling, too!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I guess you don't watch Tori & Dean: Inn Love.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
since when do the Tories love Howard Dean?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's a stretch, Kent.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You should have waited til Oct 7 and really bum me out.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Actually, this is a stretch: Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
But only temporary. Jimmy needed to keep imbibing the Elastic Lad serum in order to keep stretching. It's a good thing the serum mixed well with rum.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, the serum's a little bitter unmixed.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Jimmy can be a little bitter unmixed too.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Perhaps he should attend more super-hero mixers.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, but you know how it is. Some super-villian gate-crashes and the next thing you know someone is dead.
The sidekicks' lounge out back is the happening place anyway.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Jimmy's probably more a sidekick anyway.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Probably?????
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: The sidekicks' lounge out back is the happening place anyway.
Hey, Quis... you should read Rick Veitch's "Brat Pack."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Perhaps I will.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Will you do a 500-word critical essay on it, Quis?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
In a word - no.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod, Like, Why Not????
<Folds arms across chest, stares at Quis while tapping foot, disapprovingly>
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Because young lady, I have better things to do. Like make up gift ammo baskets for someone special.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod, And who might that like be, Mr Quizzy-Poo?
<Clasps hands behind back, draws circle in dirt with the toe of her shoe, smiles shyly...>
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well Sweetest Day is this Saturday. And it seemed like the ideal gift for the sweetest person on Legion World - my bf Sir Roy!
Posted by Caliente on :
Awww, how romantic! I'm sure the artist formerly known as the Royal Inquisitor will love it! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
He'd better or I'll Inquisitor his as... eh I mean I'll be disappointed.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Mr Quizzy-Poo that is just so like WRONG!
You said AMMO Gift Baskets and that Cutie Sir Roy uses an Atomic Axe! Atomic Axes don't need no Steenking Ammos!
But Cute Lil Everyday Girls (with Big Guns) do...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Everyday Girl,
Didn't you know that Roy likes to skeet shoot?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
That's imhumane to the skeets!
I'm calling PETA!
Save the skeets!
Posted by Lad Boy on :
Somebody should get k.d. lang to do a benefit concert on behalf of SKEETA (SKeets Earning Ethical Treatment Aloft).
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Go for a bigger star who isn't as messed up as k. d. lang, like Britney Spears.
Posted by Caliente on :
Ah Britney. Now there's a classy broad. She turned herself in to the police not far from where I live, you know.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You live with Britney????? omigod! How cool is that!!!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! No she doesn't live with me Mr. Quizzy-Poo! You're just being silly.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Oops! she did it again.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Where's Abin? There is an "oops" to clean up.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
His automated "Die, thread!" message hasn'tr been around lately; maybe it's broken and he's been trying to fix it.
Posted by Caliente on :
Maybe his submarine sunk!
Posted by Nova Girl on :
I lived in a yellow submarine for a while. It belonged to a Frenchman who fancied himself a marine biologist.
Posted by Caliente on :
And how did the Colonel take that?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
with the Rope in the Billiard Room, much to Prof. Plum's surprise.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Was Mrs. Peacock married to Captain Peacock?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I will not allow this thread to devolve into a "Are You Being Served?" thread.
Posted by Caliente on :
Why not? I love Are You Being Served?-- it's a great comedy.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That is beside the point.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
What's in front of the point?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The person you are trying to intimidate.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Spoken like a lawyer.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man, it's past time this thread became deader than Lard Lad!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF ABIN TO THE BOARDS HAS CREATED A NEW AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definately a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Mr Shakeyrear referred to the auto-response system being broken like a few posts ago or sometime within the required number of posts or some junk like that... Maybe, sort of... AND ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
paid for by the committee to kill this thread
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well if you all stop posting, this thread will die.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
we'll stop if you stop.
well, maybe.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK I'll stop ..... after everyone else.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
After you, my dear Alphonse.
After you, my dear Gaston.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
This is beginning to look like a cartoon with the Gopher Twins, Mac & Tosh.
Posted by Nova Girl on :
No the Frenchman's name wasn't Alphonse or Gaston.
He was called Michel and with my BFFs Eleanor Lane and Penny Rigby, we spent some time on this funky planet where the sky was marmalade and the sea was green.
We were saving the baby seals. But it was hard because the yellow submarine scared them away. Okay, so we were a bunch of rich kids out for revolution from across universe, but out there our money couldn't buy us love. And all we needed was love.
Once we got back to where we once belonged, we really realized it got hard to be someone. But somehow it all worked out.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
<-----------still breaking the rules.
So if I edited the thread title of this thread and tricked everyone into not posting to it, would it still count?
Even if not, wouldn't it be kind of funny to see at least one poster get mad about it? Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF COBALT KID TO THE KILL-THIS-THREAD, THREAD, HAS ACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definitely a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Mr Mr Cobalt is still breaking all of the rules for participation in this thread or some junk like that... Maybe, sort of... AND ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
Paid for by the Committee to Kill This Thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Nova Girl, you write the songs that make the whole world sing.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: <-----------still breaking the rules.
So if I edited the thread title of this thread and tricked everyone into not posting to it, would it still count?
Even if not, wouldn't it be kind of funny to see at least one poster get mad about it?
no, it would not count.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I would say it counted if mine was the last post when Cobie changes the title that tricks everybody into not posting.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!!!
LIKE DIE YOU STINKY OLD THREAD!!!
DIE! DIE! DIE!
THE RETURN OF COBALT KID TO THE KILL-THIS-THREAD, THREAD, HAS ACTIVATED THE AUTO-REPLY FEATURE IN EVERYDAY GIRL'S COMPUTER!
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! ONLY EVERYDAY GIRL'S AUTO-REPLIES ARE REAL AUTO-REPLIES!
NOW FULLY-SEMI-AUTOMATIC! (JUST LIKE HER GUNS!)
This post is like definitely a sequitor, rather than a stinky old non-sequitor, because Mr Quizzy-Poo wants to send ME to Reform School or some junk like that... So I'm joining up with Mr Miner in making apsotutely posirootly sure that Mr Quizzy-Poo never... ever.... in a million bazillion years wins the Kill This Thread Contest!!!!!!! AND ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES... WELL YOU JUST DON'T WANNA LIKE GO THERE!
Paid for by the Committee to Kill This Thread.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: <-----------still breaking the rules.
So if I edited the thread title of this thread and tricked everyone into not posting to it, would it still count?
Even if not, wouldn't it be kind of funny to see at least one poster get mad about it?
no, it would not count.
Even if I wait until you have the last post? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Cobie,
I refer you to my post.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I see. Deal
Lets just let a few more posters see this to maximize the anger level Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What anger level. I would think posters like Evryday Girl and Abin would be delighted if this thread went away.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Do we need to send all these posters on an anger management course?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
sounds good!
ROAD TRIP!
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
why does the road want to trip you up?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Just remember, don't pull to the side of the road after a rain storm unless there is a redneck angel named Jake around.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
AAA now posts Jakes every 5 miles along the busier-travelled back roads.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It is better to find a Jake on a less busy back road.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll keep that in mind if we ever road trip together.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't forget, I'll need someone to keep Jake's sister occupied.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ah, the sacrificed I'll make for a friend.
but, hey, if someone's gotta do it... this mission's too dangerous for a gay guy! (blatant plug for thread in S&LSH).
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!
I don't like... Get It.
Was that some kinda same-sexist comment or some junk like that?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
well, EDG, Jake was a nice redneck fellow that Quis is hoping to run into again.
If Quis and I were traveling together and ran into Jake, Quis is suggesting that I could entertain Jake's sister while he can spend time with Jake.
I was joking that entertaining Jake's sister would be a favor I'd be willing to do for Quis, and that such a favor would be something that should not be delegated to someone who would not be... appreciate of Jake's sister's company.
I hope that helps. You'll understand better when you're older.
Posted by Caliente on :
Uhh... I'm older, and I definitely don't understand. How about we talk about Halloween instead?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
okay!
what are you going to be?
Posted by Caliente on :
Well I already was Garrison Hearst (football player from the 49ers) or his groupie depending on who you asked and Aphrodite on Friday and Saturday nights, respectively. I think I'll be Hearst again on the actual day. It's a much more comfortable outfit.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Jokes lose a lot when explained.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I think I will be Lard Lad for Halloween... Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Why don't you put some jelly in your bellybutton and go as a cookie?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It looks like Kent is reverting back to childhood.
Not a good sign. People should avoid posting to this thread so it doesn't happen to them.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you're right, Quis! Show us how.
Posted by Clive on :
Perhaps, you should show us as well, Mr. Shakespeare?
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! I know how to do that trick!
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Bah now you've all upset the crazy munchkin.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!
Like, are you talkin' to me? Mr Tamper-Puss?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Tamper Lad and Everyday Girl, you need to go outside if you are going to play rough.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I hope EG is properly dressed to go play outside now its getting cold. Has she got her little bobble hat on and her idiot mittens with the strings attached?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
we had a light dusting of snow this morning, but it's all melted now.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
They are predicting a Noreaster for tomorrow here in Boston.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember those. They can be nasty.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
cloudy and blustery here, but only the occassional bit of precipitation (the little bit I felt seemed like frozen rain). Most of the storm is waaay to the west, luckily.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I survived the Nor'easter that was Hurricane Noel. It wasn't that bad for me. My apartment didn't even shake (which is had done in high winds before)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
In Boston, wouldn't that be a frappe, not a shake? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Nope.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I guess that's a different kind of shake.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
this conversation leaves me shaken, not stirred.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
James Bond quotes will do you no good.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Which reminds me, two friends of mine got married this summer and for a gift I gave them four martini glasses (which were on their Crate and Barrel registry list) and presented them in a basket with three cardboard tubes: one containing a bottle of vermouth; one, a bottle of vodka; and one, two jars of olives.
Needless to say they were pleased. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: James Bond quotes will do you no good.
HELP!
I feel terribly threatened!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think you mistake me for a Terrible Threatener. I merely warn people about them.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Ah, but couldn't your warning about the Terrible Threateners be a veiled threat?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
A threat of a threat is still a threat.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
but is the threat of a treat, a threat or a treat?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
A post from Faraway Lad is always a treat.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
what a suck-up! But it'd be worse if it wasn't true.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My nose is clean.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm glad you're not suffering from fall allergies.
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Or faltering fall allergies. Or even awful, faltering, fall allergies. Or awful, faltering, fall allergies that make you fall. Or that you are full of awful, faltering, fall allergies that make you fall. Or that you are full of awful, faltering, fall allergies that make you fall and feel like a fool.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yup, none of those things pertain to me.
PS: you are not winning this version of the game.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Nor are you.
Posted by Caliente on :
Am I?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who am I, Dream Girl? You have as good a shot as anyone. I had a better shot when Miner was AWOL (or was he on a secret mission?)
This version has lasted longer than the original thread.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Wouldn't it be funny if Abin wins?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No. It would be funny if Everyday Girl won.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It would?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
definitely. think about it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...oops! didn't mean imply that you do not think.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That's okay. I didn't infer it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
good. you're a wiser bird than I.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Just so long as you don't assume. One should never assume.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll assume you're correct.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Never a good assumption in this case.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Then send it back and order a new case!
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Never send anything back.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Then send it to the front!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gee, I don't know if I am coming or going. Is this the Janus Society?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Conrad Janus has a society of his own?
Posted by walkwithcrowds on :
Nah, they have just relaunched JSA again but they used the wrong letters on the cover, so now it's CJA.
The sales have went up apparently.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
So Conrad Janis came over from Earth-23? Who'd have thunk he'd sell better than Alex Ross covers!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Janus or Janis? Make up your mind kent Shakespeare.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Why should I, when even he obviously can't!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It would appear to be Janis.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Leave it to Rocky to bother with "facts." Bah!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Yeesh! Try to help someone out and look what thanks I get! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I say he was still Conrad Janus on Earth-23, and only changed to Janis to confuse us.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Or maybe he's just two-faced?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So now Rockhopper Lad wants to bring in the Batman fans.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'm sure he'd do a much better job than DC at this point.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Probably, but Rockhopper Lad would have him fighting the Penguin every issue.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Or have a revisionist point-of-view, in which the Penguin is the misunderstood good guy and Batman is an agent of a repressive, authoritarian regime.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You mean the Penguin is not a misunderstood good guy????
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
only in Bloom County and its sequels.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Oswald Cobblepot is mostly just an annoyance, though he does kinda give penguins a bad name. Of course, I'm not big on Batman either: I prefer my super-heroes to have super-powers.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
re: your 1st sentence: I'm glad to read I'm not the only one who thinks so. re: your 2nd sentence: I'll prioritize a good story/concept first, but I'll respect your right to your perspective.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who could really give penguins a bad name? They are so cute and lovable. OK maybe not so cute and lovable when they regurgitate food for their young 'uns, but still...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
baby seals are cute and lovable. they still get clubbed.
If I were a pengiun, I'd sleep with one eye open. just sayin'.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Geeze, it's my birthday and you can't let me have the last post in this thread for one more day. Talk about clubbing baby seals. Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Ewwwww... Clubbing Baby Seals!
Thats just so like... Gross!
Pick'em off from 200 yards with a 9mm. Thats the sportin' way to like do it...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
would they get to shoot back?
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Only at Heather Mills McCartney.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Is she still going by Mills McCartney or has she gone back to just Mills even if the divorce is not final?
(A question is probably not the best thing to post to get the last post)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
dodging bullets on the ice, she hasn't had a chance to answer.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Shooting at figure skaters - new Olympic sport.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
reminds me of my ideas to spice up the Winter Olympics: Biathalon participants don't just have to shoot at targwets, they have to avoid being shot from pillboxes along the route.
And then there's bungi-luge...
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod!
Gramps's new computer doesn't like have an auto-reply feature so Gram asked Uncle Geek B. Quank to write a new program or some junk like that to replace the old Auto-Replies.
It'll debute right after Mr. Cobalt gives Gramps his copies of the other passwords...
Have you guys met Uncle Geeky yet? He's kinda like different... But WE love him.
Oh and Bungi-Luge sounds like fun...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Uncle Geek sounds like an Uncle Feter wannabe.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"Did I ever tell you about my uncle Geeky?"
I am reminded of Gabe Kaplan.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I'm not. who is he?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
He was the teacher/main character on a 70s sitcom called "Welcome Back, Kotter," which is probably best remembered for launching John Travolta to stardom.
Kaplan's trademark was a slew of bad jokes, that all began with, "Did I ever tell you about my uncle..." These uncles were clearly fictional, as he had at least one uncle joke/story per episode over 3-4 years.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gabe Kaplan now does hosting duty on one of those poker show.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Funny that Travola only registered over here as a result of Saturday Night Fever. Then (thankfully) he never really bothered us again for many years.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
That flick came out either during WB,K or immediately right after. It was basically a very similar character: Brooklyn lower class Italian-American. The only difference was the movie character had potential/talent, while his sitcom character was clearly not destined for any sort of success.
Even over here, after those efforts plus Grease, he kinda went away for many years as well, only occassionally popping up in second-rate flicks and a SHF sequel in the 80s.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So we have Quentin Tarantino to blame for the resurgence of Mr. Travolta.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
among other things.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
SNF was during the WBK run. Travolta left the show about mid-way through because he was now "too big a star" for the likes of them.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'd forgotten that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And I had forgotten that you forgot that.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'd forgoteen that we'd ever discussed the finer points of Welcome Back, Kotter. Perhaps because we never finished out post-modernist analysis of how Happy Days symbolized the dynmaics of how popular culture was perceived to have undermined the nuclear family in 1950s Cold War America.
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: So we have Quentin Tarantino to blame for the resurgence of Mr. Travolta.
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: among other things.
Yes, such as Brian Michael Brainless and his oh-so-self-consciously "clever" dialogue that makes all the characters sound alike.
And BiMBo* also has a 70s pop culture fetish, so we have a totally smooth segue. Am I good or what?
*This nickname coined by Set.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Makes me glad I am not familiar with that person's work.
And yes, Stealth, you are not only good... you are the best.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
In the words of Tina Turner You're simply the best, better than all the rest Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met Posted by Lard Lad on :
Well...Bendis did bring us the doggie-style BMWF action in "Alias", y'know.
Hey, just sayin'....
Posted by Stealth on :
Kent, Quis, thank you both.
Lardy, I read some issue summaries of Brainless's earlier, allegedly better works, and apparently they have stuff like a female character forced to watch other women being tortured. I wouldn't read that even if someone offered to pay me. Combined with She-Ultron and She-Carnage and Tigra's beating (I hate Tigra but I wouldn't wish that atrocity on any female character), it leads me to the conclusion that Brainless must always compare other women to his mother and find something lacking.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
The above post was meant to be humorous, Stealth. But, seriously, I think it's unfair to judge a guy's body of work wholesale based just on what you've read combined with "issue summaries". Alias was a quality series, start to finish. Yes, it was gritty and lots of unpleasant things happened. But don't dismiss Alias based on plot summaries. It's unfair to those of us who appreciate some, if not all, of Bendis's works.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Okay, I'm officially lost. Still, my confusion of the analysis of the works of whatzisname will not kill this thread!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Mine either, whoever he is/was/will be.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Rockhopper Lad,
Lost? Have you tried Hari Krishna? (Old Muppet Movie joke)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
as opposed to a "new" Muppet movie joke.
Posted by Stealth on :
Lardy, I admit I was unfair and I apologize for offending you -- I assure you that was never my intention. I also apologize to anyone I might have offended with that post.
Most of the time I can just laugh at writers I don't like, but sometimes I just feel so bitter that it results in regrettable posts like that one.
And, to steer this thread back where it was heading: I love the first Muppet movie, especially the scene where the electric mayhem gives the Studebaker a wild paint job.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Not offended exactly, Stealth, but definitely felt I should call you out on that one. So no apology necessary!
Muppet Movies? Bah! They pale in comparison to the series that started it all! (But the first movie was the only watchable one!)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Lard Lad: Muppet Movies? Bah! They pale in comparison to the series that started it all!
By which you mean Sesame Street, yes?
Posted by Stealth on :
Thanks, Lardy.
I like the first Muppet Movie a lot, I think I saw it about ten times when I was a little girl. Not a fan of any of the ones that followed, though.
I can't decide whether I like The Muppet Show or the peak years of Sesame Street better, but at the moment, I'm leaning toward Sesame Street because I'm enjoying the heck out of the DVD set Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2, because it covers 1974-1978, which were the years I was watching it, before my family moved to South America (they had Muppet Show reruns there, but they showed only the version of Sesame Street that was produced in Mexico for all the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.)
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Definitely preferred The Muppet Show over Sesame. It was more subversive and was pure entertainment without all that learning rubbish! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I haven't seen Sesame Street in so long, I wonder how it would hold up. Actually, I haven't seen either in so long, but Muppet Show memories linger more.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I've been told that Sesame Street jumped the shark when they made Mister Snuffleupagus visible to all the other characters. It's been downhill ever since.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I only vaguely recall Snuffleupagus.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Does anyone know who wrote the original "jump the shark" episode of Happy Days?
Posted by Stealth on :
Joe Glauberg and Walter Kempley.
Posted by CJ Taylor on :
Which do you think they are more proud of:
writing that episode
or
creating a cultural phenomenom
Posted by Stealth on :
Neither. They're equally ashamed of both.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Some say Buffy jumped the shark in Season 5 with the intro of Dawn. I say it never did.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Green Lantern has fought the Shark.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
on many occassions. Once, the Shark was working for Qward, even.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who didn't work for Qward?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Ralph Dibny, but only because they wouldn't hire him. Also, Pete Ross failed the drug test (he didn't take enough, not even in is obsessive-corporate-exec days of DCCP).
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ralph was subcontracted though.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That's a bit of a stretch.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ouch. that's just plain wrong.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Outdoor Miner can do no worng - at least as far as puns go.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
how can you say that? You've roomed with him, too.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I can say it very easily. I have a firm grasp of the grammatical structure of English and have no speech impediment.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Yes you do. You're from Bahh-ston.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I was visiting friends in Scotland once and we were walking into Balmoral (The Queen's summer house). I was reading the pamphlet on the place. My friends were just saying how I didn't have an accent. Then I said in my normal voice not trying to talk differently "Hey the entry funds go to the royal can-sah society." At which point they bursted out laughing and said "There's the accent!"
They were also amused by my saying "I'm all set." when they would ask if I wanted something. And I had to explain what cold cuts were.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Kent, as a transplanted Bostonian, I can attest that it's "boss-ton" not "bahh-ston".
On the other hand, when I moved to Detroit, I had to get used to people pronouncing my name "jahn".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Dang, halfway to winning and it was on the second page too.
And Rockhopper Lad is correct on the Bostonian pronunciation of "Boston".
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Yeah, I've never understood why people think Bostonians say "bahh-ston". New Englanders, in fact, make the sharpest distinction between a short "o" and broad "a" of any speakers in the United States.
That being said, I've moved around so much and my speech pattern has been so affected by TV and radio that it's very difficult to determine exactly where in the US I come from.
Not to pick on Michigan too much, but I found it amusing the two years I lived there that the folks there claimed not to have an accent and then would say things like "Jahn, get ahf the ruff and go-oo to skoo-will."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I had a co-worker once who grew up in the Mid-west. She always said "War-shington". I noticed that John McCain in his ads says "War-shington" too.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
People who say "Warshington" also say "warshing machine" and "warshroom". Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And they talk about Bostonians adding Rs where they don't belong.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Bostonians only add an "r" after a word ending in a vowel which precedes a word beginning in a vowel. When I lived in Boston in the '90s, I remember a lawyer doing a commercial on TV where he suggested calling his "law roffices".
Some British people do this also, such as when Hyacinth Bucket brags of her sister Violet's "Mercedes, sauner and room for a pony".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I loved when Eartha Kitt rolled her Rs when she played Catwoman.
Purrrrrrr-fect!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: People who say "Warshington" also say "warshing machine" and "warshroom".
I've noticed certain pockets (or perhaps midwest tranplants) in Upstate NY doing the same. Another common-but-not-universal upstatism I've noticed since I was little: names like Sean and Dawn are sometimes pronounced "Shon" and "Don."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Much like Rockhopper Lad complaininig about being called "Jahn"
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Sometimes I miss the auto-reply feature I had in my old computer...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Why Not?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I just don't.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Never ever?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hardly ever...Oh. Sorry. I was having a Gilbert and Sullivan moment. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Those are the best types of moments to have. Better than a senior moment. Not that I know personally about senior moments.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I haven't had a senior moment since my last year of undergrad.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's good.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Sure is.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Now that we are in agreement, there is nothing more to say.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Has anyone seen the Amy Fisher sex tape?
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Unless you meant the Army Fishermen sex tape, no.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
enough for him to resign, apparently.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
He's not cute enough for me to want to see that tape.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm guessing he doesn't have Super-Cuteness.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Not to me he didn't.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
But, apart from Rockhopper, who does?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There are very few. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
the few, the proud, the Sphenisciformes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Marines in dress uniform are as cute as penguins.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
to you, perhaps. pas moi.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
They're cute in a different way. Personally, I think the penguins are cuter, but military uniforms aren't my thing.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
They aren't on the top of my list either, but they do have a certain je ne sais quoi
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Of course my tastes are all over the board. When people ask me what my "type" is, I always say "male!"
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you should work at the post office, then.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well the post office does offer special delivery.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Quis just loves playing Post Office.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hmm.
That mail/male bit was a bit much. I'll bet even the worst speller on Legion World (whom I will not identify by name, but he has the same initials as Clark Kent and resembles a number of statues) knows the difference between those words!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not necessarily. Many postal carriers are male.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No longer called "mailmen"
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
tell that to the little old ladies. When I was a rural carriers, they still did.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The postal service does call them "letter carriers", of course.
Though the mail/male discussion does remind me of a character played by Charlotte "Mrs. Garrett" Rae on Sesame Street in the early '70s: Molly the Mail Lady.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Charlotte Rae thinks Joan Collins is a witch (although she used the B word). Joan Collins responded by asking who the old cow was.
Posted by Stealth on :
Arf!
Moo!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
sounds like more of a catfight to me.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Meow!
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
hisssssssssssssssssssss!!!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
This thread seems to be turning into Animal Farm.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Some posters are more equal than others.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
None are more equal than you and I, Rockhopper Lad.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Equality is all very fine and well, but why should everybody have it?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Equal is good, but I prefer Splenda.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I prefer the real thing rather than Splenda
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Some of us have no choice.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'd rather have no sweetener than the fake stuff; they taste too artificial; they taste even sweeter than sugar, and it's just too much.
It gets even more annoying trying to find convenience store drinks with neither sugar nor artificals.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I actually can't tell the difference between the artifical sweetner and sugar.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I hope you can tell the difference between margarine and butter.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, margarine's cheaper!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Margarine also has had some of the best commercials:
Blue Bonnet ("Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it." ) Chiffon ("It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! If you think it's butter, but it's not, it's Chiffon!") Imperial (The crown appears as the person takes a bite.) Parkay (Michael Bell's voice saying "Butter")
Just to name a few.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Fabio hocking I can't believe it's not butter should easily accomplish the impossible dream of resolution of this thread.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter's finest moment was undoubtedly in a soliloquy spoken by Alice the Verger in an episode of The Vicar of Dibley:
"You know that stuff they're selling now at the local shop, 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter'. Well, you know, I can't believe it's not butter. Then yesterday ... I bought this other stuff, like a sort of home-brand you know... Well I can't believe the stuff that is not 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' is not 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter', and I can't believe that both 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' and the stuff I can't believe is not 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' are both, in fact, not butter. And I believe they both might be butter, in a cunning disguise. And in fact there's a lot more butter around than we all thought there was. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It takes real brains to play stupid.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you ought to... never mind.
Rocky: margarine needs better commercials, since it's selling an inferior product.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That's true. I've always wanted to see a butter commercial where they say that their product tastes just like margarine. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I always felt sorry for whatever outfit it was that decided to call itself "the Leading Brand," since everyone was always bashing it, and you never saw anything called "the Leading Brand" on the shelves, meaning the smear job was quite successful.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Yeah, that "better than the leading brand" thing got really old. Maybe it was the leading brand because it was a better product--or maybe it just had better marketing and merchandising. I always felt that was what led to the demise of the Hydrox cookie. I always preferred them to Oreos, which were, in fact invented four years after Hydrox, but Oreo had better marketing and merchandising and became the "leading brand" (with, admittedly, a much better name). People perceived the Hydrox as an Oreo knock-off and, eventually, it was discontinued.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
From All in the Family:
Mike: New and Improved! New and Improved! What did we have before "old and lousy"?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Rob Reiner made a better director than actor. But what a Meathead!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
As much a meathead as anyone who posts after this post. (excluding myself)
Also anyone posting after this (except for me) admits to kicking puppies and kittens, pulling the tags off of mattresses, and purposely putting the replacement roll of toilet paper on the wrong way.
[ January 18, 2008, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Nice try, Quis, but my sterling reputation attests to the fact that I am neither a meathead nor do I engage in any such silly behaviours as you have described.
The next person, however...
Posted by Ram Boy on :
..is deeply concerned about the plight of endangered threads everywhere. Killing threads for sport is inhumane and just plain cruel.
POSTING SAVES THREADS!!!
And threads combine to make the fabric of our LIVES!!!
Like silk TAFFETA !!!
[ January 18, 2008, 11:58 PM: Message edited by: Ram Boy ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Quis' efforts to smear those who post after him are merely a self-serving ploy - a ploy any sentient may feel free to disregard. Cobie can, too. Posted by Faraway Lad on :
So just whats wrong with what quis' said? Dont we all do this
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You all do but I don't. At least that is what my previous post says.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Can we talk more about silk taffeta? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't think I could stop you even if I said "no".
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
but you could try at least.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK.
No more discussion about silk taffeta. You may, however, talk about chiffon.
Posted by Stealth on :
Every time I see or hear the word "chiffon," I think of that 80s novelty song by Julie Brown, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hooooo - It was homecoming night at my high school Hooooo - Everyone was there, it was totally cool Hooooo - I was real excited, I almost wet my jeans Hooooo - 'Cause my best friend Debbie was homecoming queen
She looked so pretty in pink chiffon, chiffon Riding the float with her tiara on, tiara on Holding this humongous bouquet in her hand, bouquet She looked straight out of Disneyland
You know, like the Cinderella ride, I mean definitely an E ticket, E ticket The crowd was cheering, everyone was stoked, was stoked I mean it was like the whole school was totally coked or something The band was playing Evergreen And all of a sudden somebody screamed
Look out! The homecoming queen's got a gun!
{Refrain} Everybody run, the homecoming queen's got a gun Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a gun
Debbie's smiling and waving her gun Picking off cheerleaders one by one Oh Buffie's pompom just blew to bits Oh no, Mitzie's head just did the splits God, my best friend's on a shooting spree Stop it, Debbie, you're embarrassing me How could you do what you just did Are you having a really bad period
{Refrain}
Stop Debbie, you're making a mess Powder burns all over your dress
An hour later the cops arrived By then the entire glee club had died, no big loss You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her Tear gas, machine guns, even a chopper "Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of the float" Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said She aimed and fired and now the math teacher's dead Oh it's really sad but kind of a relief I mean, we had this big test coming up next week
{Refrain}
Debbie's really having a blast She's wasting half of the class
The cops fired a warning shot that blew her off the float I tried to scream "duck" but it stuck in my throat She hit the ground and did a flip, it was real acrobatic But I was crying so hard I couldn't work my Instamatic I ran down to Debbie, I had to find out What made her do it, why'd she freak out I saw the bullet had got her right in the ear I knew then the end was near
So I ran down and I said, in her good ear, "Debbie, why'd you do it?" She raised her head, smiled, and said "I - I did it for Johnny." Johnny? Well like who's Johnny? Answer me, Debbie, who's Johnny? Does anybody here know Johnny? Are you Johnny? There was one guy named Johnny but he was a total geek, he always had food in his braces. Answer me, Debbie, who's Johnny? Oh God this is like that movie Citizen Kane you know where you later find out Rosebud was a sled? But we'll never know who Johnny was because like she's dead.
Everybody run, the homecoming queen's got a gun Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a Everybody run Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a...
Posted by Stealth on :
Wow. Thanks for making it a full-fledged blast from the past, Quis.
My favorite lyric has always been:
"God, my best friend's on a shooting spree. Stop it, Debbie, you're embarrassing me."
Pure gold.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Chiffon always makes me think of 1970s/early 80s margarine commercials.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well, it's not nice to fool Mother Nature!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Are we back to discussing maragarine now?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Blame Kent.
But you could always just stop posting here and thus not discuss margarine.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Sorry. Margarine is even more annoying in real life at the moment... a lot of places here use the word "butter" as a generic that includes margarine; if you're asked if you want butter, you might get margarine. If you ask if it's real butter, not margarine, you get looks of confsuion as aparently no one else ever asks.
But let's blame Quis for anything in this thread that the rest of us don't like.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't like that, but I refuse to blame myself.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Margarine is a fun word to say, though.
In the "Nasty Genie" thread once, someone wished for a Butterfinger and someone, I think it was Lad Boy, granted it saying they now had a butter finger and a margarine head.
Since then, I've used "margarine head" as a mild insult, usually to reckless drivers.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Wow, that's great self-restraint, Rocky! My language for those drivers is normally more...colorful!
I bet you're one of those guys who say things like "sugar!" and "son of a biscuit!" and "oh, Fuddruckers!" a lot! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Guilty!
"Poop on a cracker" is one of my favourites. I also often say "Heavens to Mergatroyd".
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Well, kiss my grits! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Thanks, I'll pass. Posted by Lard Lad on :
Where'd "poop on a cracker" come from?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm not sure. I might have made that one up on my own.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
In any case: good one, Rocky! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well "shit on a shingle" is the colorful name for chipped beef on toast.
Here is a picture of Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well "shit on a shingle" is the colorful name for chipped beef on toast.
Here is a picture of Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That really looks disgusting. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It may also be where you got "poop on a cracker"
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Not directly. I remember people saying things ending in "on a cracker" or "on a Ritz Cracker" a lot. That's not to say SOS didn't influence it.
This morning, I must confess, I called another driver something more along the lines that Lardy was talking about last night. It happens occasionally. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Confession is good for the soul.
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
hmm..still not dead?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The thread or my soul?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Or me? Yeah, DB, Lard Lad's dead...I'm just an algorithm programmed with his personality.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: That really looks disgusting.
It's actually not so bad, if done right.
My dad was both nostaglic and appalled by the "shit on a shingle" he used to get served in the Army, during the Korean War.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I haven't beef for many years, but if I were to start again, I don't think that would be how I would start.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll certainly grant it is not optimal way to experience beef.
A nice juicy steak, filet mignon, or even plain-ol roast beef with au jus are much better, in my opinion.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Rockhopper Lad, I thought you liked meat. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I eat poultry and seafood, though not every day. I understand the term they use for people like me know is "flexitarian"; that is, I am sometimes a vegetarian and don't eat certain meats. I haven't eaten beef or pork in many years.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ignoring my double entendre, I see.
Posted by Disaster Boy on :
the more meat the better.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I wish I could be a vegetarian, but I'm an addict.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I wish I wasn't so fond of food in general, let alone one particular type. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I agree.
When I'm hungry, I feel it; it's hard to ignore. Sometimes I even get irritable, and sometimes I even feel slighly nauseated (especially when hungry and travelling in a car/bus without fresh air).
I evny those who can just multiple meals and not even care. I can miss an occassional meal here and there, but not several in a row.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Mmmmmmm Doughnuts .... Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I had leftovers tonight... ground beef, onions, hot pepers, salsa in whole wheat tortillas.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My best friend Tom took me out for dinner to a little Italian place we go to sometimes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am a very very fussy eater. I don't eat tomatoes in any shape or form, so I don't eat any Italian food. Good thing I am not Italian or live in Italy.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I miss really good Italian; it's one thing as a northeasterner I've taken for granted. It's not as much a part of the cultural fabric here in Canada.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
In the words of South Park - Blame Canada!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Not just a wacky catchphrase, but a way of life.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It's about time you posted to this thread.
You also have a couple of inane questions in the other thread.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
let him relax and settle in first! he just got here.
...
okay. NOW, Miner.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
"NOW, Miner" Will it make it as a wacky catchphrase?
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Like Not On Your Life, Mr Quizzy-Poo!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ah Brittney, They finally let you out of rehab. Oops! Wrong Brittney.
Hmmm... "Wrong Brittney!" That could be my wacky new catchphrase.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Catchphrases work best when they just sort of happen. I'm sure your catchphrase will just come to you when you're not looking for it.
Of course, they say the same thing about men. I've been not looking for years and nothing's happened! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you catch more phrases with honey than you do with vinegar.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I rather like vinegar. I especially like salt and vinegar potato chips/crisps.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Maybe if you didn't use so much vinegar, you could attract the men.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Laying off the onions might not hurt either.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No one mentioned onions.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Kent did.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You are right. He did. But no one else did.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I want accountability, dammit!!!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
It's on the shelf, right between Accessibility and Adamantium.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<throws the book at Kent>
Posted by Teronna on :
Be nice to the books! They're people too!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When it is raining or snowing, I always make sure my books are protected.
And from my years in law school, I realized where the phrase "Throw the book at him" comes from. Those law books are heavy and would do much damage if you were hit with it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...so one can sue/press charges at someone who injures you with the book. Thus you can throw the book at one who throws the book at you, thus perpetuating our society's overreliance on lawyers.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Presumably, the book being thrown in the phrase "Throw the book at him" is being lobbed by a baliff. The baliff acting in his/her official capcity would be considered part of the government. And the government is immune to civil suits*.
* the government can waive this immunity.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
bah! I know where the Bailiff parks. He better watch it if he knows what's good for him.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Bailiff, throw that effin' thick-ass law book at Kent! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
--Dorothy Parker
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I love Dorothy Parker. The story I most love about her was when she and her arch-nemesis Clare Booth Luce both arrived at a restaurant at the same time. Mrs. Luce said "Age before beauty." To which Dorothy Parker looked at Mrs. Luce, replied "And pearls before swine." and walked into the restaurant.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
One of my favorite Dorothy Parker quotes.
"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I like "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Woman to Dorothy Parker: I didn't attend your party because I can't bear fools.
Dorothy: Your mother could.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Dorothy Parker vs. Winston Churchill: who would win? That would be a true battle of wits.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That sounds almost like an episode of Histeria, a cartoon that did not get the notoriety it deserved.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Never heard of it.
Please send me a signed-and-numbered gold-plated limited edition for my next birthday, if you would be so kind.
or maybe you could post a link.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Histeria! was a cartoon produced by the same people who brought us Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs with portrayed events of history in a fun way. People from different times and places would often be juxtaposed. I loved it!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It's time for An-i-man-i-acs And we're zany to the max So just sit back and relax You'll laugh till you collapse We're An-i-man-i-acs
Come join the Warner brothers And the Warner sister Dot Just for fun we run around the Warner movie lot They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught But we break loose... And then vamoose... And now you know the plot
We're An-i-man-i-acs Dot is cute and Yakko yaks Wakko packs away the snacks While Bill Clinton plays the sax We're An-i-man-i-acs
Meet Pinky and the brain Who want to rule the universe Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy wacks 'em with her purse Buttons chases Mindy While Rita sings a verse The writers flipped We have no script Why bother to rehearse
We're An-i-man-i-acs We have play for play contracts We're zany to the max There's baloney in our slacks We're An-i-man-ee Totally and zany Here's the shows namey An-i-man-i-acs Those are the facts! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Et en français:
Voici l'heure des Animaniacs On a disjoncté un max Soyez cool; soyez relax Sur le rire pas de taxe On est les Animaniacs
Nous c'est Yakko et Wakko Je suis Dot leur petite soeur Pour égayer le studio on a joué les agitateurs Comme ça n'a pas beaucoup plu Ils ont bouclé les Warners On s'est enfui et nous voici pour votre plus grand bonheur
On est les Animaniacs Dot vous charme; Yakko s'éclaxe Wakko est super-voraxe Et Bill Clinton joue du sax' On est les Animaniacs!
Y'a Minus et Cortex Qui veulent diriger l'Univers Les pigeons font du zèle Rififi pique une crise de nerf Toubeau poursuit Mindy Rita déclame des vers Les auteurs flippent, on jette leur scripts et ça les désespère
On est les Animaniacs On a signé des contraxes Nos folies vous désaxent Suivez nous pour faire des frasques Les Animani Qui sement la zizanie Qui ont des drôles des manies Aniii-manii-acs! On s'marre un max Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Just don't go all Jerry Lewis on us.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OH! LAAAAAA-DDYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
How'd I know that was coming?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Either you are psychic or it was an obvious next post. I'd say it was an obvious next post.
Although I could have gone with: Glayvin!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Actually, this thread is going so long it could be a telethon.
New rule: Everyone other than myself who posts from now on must contribute a cash pledge to me!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'll be sure to post date my check to February 31, 6969.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Thanks!
My bank is run by an obscure branch of Zoarastrians; in their calendar February has 31 days, at it is currently the year 6969.
That is very thoughtful of you!
[ February 13, 2008, 01:22 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's still ten years before you can cash it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not if I edit out my typo. (I did)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ret-con! Fah!!!!!
Posted by Teronna on :
I can't give you what I don't have! Which is currently money.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'll give you all I've got to give, If you say you love me too, I may not have a lot to give, But what I've got I'll give to you, I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
A song break is always pleasant.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Especially the Beatles.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I personally could see a direct correlation between last week's NASA deep-space broadcast of the Beatles' "Across the Universe" with the eventual formation of the United Planets by the 30th century.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
So are John, Paul, George and Ringo now the inspiration for the Legion?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Heather Mills = Charma?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I did NOT need that image of Paul as Grimbor stuck in my head.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Who said Paul had to be Grimbor? Seeing how many people hate Heather Mills, I figured she had to be Charma.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And I suppose that makes Yoko Ono Glorith?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Mills would make a better Glorith: known/accepted only by certain era(s) of fans, and never as beloved as Charma.
I'd put Ringo's mrs, Barbara Bach as Charma, given the whole sexy-70s thing.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, but who really hates Barbara Bach. Part of Charma's power is to cause intense feelings of hate.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
to her foes - not to fans.
people really hated their (Bach and Starr's) movie Caveman. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I really hate the Geico cavemen.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
that's so simple to do that a--
never mind.
Posted by Stealth on :
"No, Cavey, you're not supposed to EAT the TULIPS!"
Posted by Teronna on :
Remember that Cavemen tv show that lasted for about a month last year? The writer's strike actually did something good for the general public!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
heard about it. never saw it.
couldn't envision it going anywhere, any more than a "Where's The Beef?" series, or a "Drop the Chilupa" series.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I saw one episode. It was amusing in places, but not really funny. It tried to be hip and snarky, but mostly ended up being pretty silly.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You watched one whole episode. You are a brave man sir.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
The cavemen from the Geico ads have always reminded me of some cavemen from a kid's TV show back in the 70's. I think it was Land of the Lost but can't say for sure.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I don't recall cavemen on Land of the Lost, but it's possible.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
ARRGH!
THE SHEER BLATHERING INANITY OF THIS THREAD HAS REANIMATED THE AUTO REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!
DIE!!! DIE!! DIE!
Any resemblance to auto-replies generated by other computers is purely superficial and meant only to confuse the gullible.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There was an animated series roughly contemporary with Land of the Lost called Valley of the Dinosaurs, which did have a cave-dwelling family. I haven't seen that since it ran in the '70s.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
wasn't there a land of the lost in the early 90's i remember watching one on nick years ago it didnt have that it very old look to it at the time
they had a cave girl, that was/wasn't one she was half naked most of the time
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There was a remake in the early '90s. It was an attempt to update it, similar to what they did with the British series The Tomorrow People. In both cases, people who grew up with the original tend not to like the remake.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I remember seeing one episode of the old Tomorrow People. One of them sneaked into an office by posing as a telephone sanitizer.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: There was an animated series roughly contemporary with Land of the Lost called Valley of the Dinosaurs, which did have a cave-dwelling family. I haven't seen that since it ran in the '70s.
I remember that! I think it started well after LOTL, and didn't run as long... but that's off of memory.
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: wasn't there a land of the lost in the early 90's i remember watching one on nick years ago it didnt have that it very old look to it at the time
they had a cave girl, that was/wasn't one she was half naked most of the time
I only saw glimpses of the remake; they somehow had a lot more technology with them. An SUV, even, I think... in the original, it was just the trio with whatever they had on them in their boat, as I recall.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I remember seeing one episode of the old Tomorrow People. One of them sneaked into an office by posing as a telephone sanitizer.
Clean phone! Clean phone! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
telephone sanitizers make me think of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV and books, not the crappy movie).
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hitchhiker's is where I first heard of telephone sanitizers too. Tomorrow People is where I first saw one, albeit someone pretending to be one.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
If I remember correctly, when I was young I would see Tomorrow People listed in TV Guide, on channels we didn't get. Never saw it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You do indeed remember correctly.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It was on Nickelodeon in the early '80s and on some PBS channels. I own the entire run on DVD, but they are "Region 0" with PAL color. Oddly enough, the DVD player I bought seven years ago for $80 (cheap at the time) translates it to NTSC automatically, which more expensive brands would not!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
there were lots of things listed in TV Guide when I was young in the 70s that I would never see until decades later - if ever. Even Man From Uncle or Twilight Zone, which didn't really get syndicated in the Albany area during the 70s (at least not during hours I was allowed to watch TV as a kid). The original Avengers, too, although by the early 80s we had our first independent TV station which ran The New Avengers as late-night fare.
The Albany edition of TV Guide would list NYC stations, too, which seemed like a TV smorgasborg of offerings. Despite only having 4 channels until the 80s, we had one kick-ass PBS station, comparable quite favorably to many much larger metro area's ones, I have since found.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Aah good old PBS. Exposing me to Dr. Who.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Quis, you have one of the greatest PBS stations in the country in Boston in WGBH.
Of course, KUHT in Houston has the distinction of being the first public TV station in the United States, founded in 1953.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
If anything can kill this thread, it's talking about PBS!
<yawn>
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Whoever posts after me agrees to triple their PBS pledge each year gfrom now on; or - for those who do not pledge - they agree to start at $5000 and triple it each year thereafter.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Fine by me. And you agreed to pay the pledge.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Pledge is good. Is has a lemon-fresh scent and cleans the woodwork really well.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Pledge is actually a horrific product to use on wood. That's one thing I recall from my furniture restoration days.
Posted by Ash Wednesday on :
This place is so strange. Why would anyone want to kill a cute, cuddly, little thread?
How CRUEL can you people be?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If you were a student of history, you would know just how cruel people can be.
Posted by Ash Wednesday on :
Are you telling me that Legion World History is filled with Cruelty?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No. Just look at Cobalt Kid.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Rather not, its bad enough having to look at all those statues in the back garden. I wonder when he's coming around to collect them?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Every poster after this one (excluding myself) gets a free indestructible Cobalt Kid statue in their front yard or living room. You cannot refuse or give away said statue.
Posted by Ash Wednesday on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Every poster after this one (excluding myself) gets a free indestructible Cobalt Kid statue in their front yard or living room. You cannot refuse or give away said statue.
How many of those Wonderful Statues do you have?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Welll, we are expecting a huge shipment from Balumphus any day now.
Posted by Ash Wednesday on :
Well, I'll just have them diverted to my private pleasure moon then...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
We could just have your private pleasure moon carved into the likeness of Cobalt Kid. I have a team of Daxamites who specialize in that sort of work.
[ February 28, 2008, 11:41 AM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Is the moon big enough to represent Cobie's ego?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Probably not. We may have to rearrange planets and stars so that they form the image of Cobalt Kid.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That's about right. Cobie's ego needs its own constellation. Posted by Teronna on :
Would he agree with the above comments about his ego if he were to pay a visit to this thread?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Actually, yeah, he probably would! Posted by Teronna on :
Oh okay, carry on then!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The character Cobalt Kid is well-known in LMB continuity for his huge ego. In the context of an in-LMB Universe post, a comment like that about his ego is one thing.
A personal attack on the actual man behind the character would be another thing altogether and would be totally inappropriate and unacceptable.
Posted by Clive on :
Sometimes, they're hard to tell apart, though! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Clive: Sometimes, they're hard to tell apart, though!
I agree, and I've met Cobie several times.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Its true, my heroic confidence and dashing good looks deserve their own constellation.
Kent has met Legion World's greatest hero several times, as well as Legion World's most mischievous villain, Abin Quank. Just ask the DC booth at any con about Abin's villainous deeds Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Yet strangely, Abin is welcomed at casinos... professional courtesy, perhaps?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Hey! I gave them back after I finished with them!
And Casinos just love me...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Casinos only love your money.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
people only go to casinos to lose money no one really wants to win
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I have friends who love going to casinos. It doesn't really appeal to me, but each to their own, I guess.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Casino gambling is just another tax on the poor.
Posted by Harbinger on :
And the sandwiches they serve are awful!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I like peanut butter sandwiches, but not peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Of course, Quis is from Massachusetts, home of the Fluffernutter! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yup, loved the fluffernutter as a kid.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
casinos are the most fun between 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
ARRGH!
THE SHEER BLATHERING INANITY OF THIS THREAD HAS REANIMATED THE AUTO REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER
DIE YOU BASTICH THREAD!
DIE!!! DIE!! DIE!
Any thread containing a link to an article containing pictures of how to assemble a fluffernutter sandwich must DIE! ...Preferably in a slow and horrible manner.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Poor Abin. I think he's a little stressed out. Maybe a nice Fluffernutter would cheer him up!
Posted by Teronna on :
Hmm...any relation to Senator Jarrett Barrios, who was mentioned in that lovely article, Abin?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I do not like peanut butter sandwiches or marshmellow spreads in general, but I am partial to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Teronna,
Did you click the link in the article to the one for Sen. Barrios?
He is a cutie. Too bad he already has a husband.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Of course not all marshmallow creme is created equal. Marshmallow Fluff is by far the best. Here in Houston, we only can get it (that I'm aware) at one store not far from my house that has a large Kosher section.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
you know what marshmallows suck? the ones that come in hot Coco they melt way to fast and you get to enjoy them
Posted by Teronna on :
Bah those dehydrated cardboard things? Those, and the ones that come in Lucky Charms cereal, hardly count as "real" marshmallows.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Actually, those are the only marshmellows I like.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
i have to disagree with you there they melt way to fast to enjoy them
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The dehydrated strawberries now in some cereals are good. When you add the milk they rehydrate very well.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I haven't tried those. I may have to. Lately, I've been eating Weetabix most mornings and Egg Beaters with vegetarian bacon on mornings when I have more time.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
how can it be bacon if it didn't have a soul at one point?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
dehydrated fruit is cool, on cereal or as trail food.
Posted by Teronna on :
Dried fruit is good, with the exception of dried banana. Ick.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
i like dried banana's the taste interesting like a banana but not one
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
There's a fruit store on our street It's run by a Greek. And he keeps good things to eat But you should hear him speak!
When you ask him anything, he never answers "no". He just "yes"es you to death, And as he takes your dough, he tells you...
"Yes! We have no bananas We have no bananas today!! We have string beans and onions, cabBAges and scallions And all kinds of fruit and say We have an old fashioned toMAHto A Long Island poTAHto, but
Yes! We have no bananas We have no bananas today!"
Business got so good for him that he wrote home today, "Send me Pete and Nick and Jim; I need help right away." When he got them in the store, there was fun, you bet. Someone asked for "sparrow grass" and then the whole quartet All answered:
"Yes, we have no bananas We have-a no bananas today. Just try those coconuts Those wall-nuts and doughnuts There ain't many nuts like they. We'll sell you two kinds of red herring, Dark brown, and ball-bearing. But yes, we have no bananas We have no bananas today."
[ March 07, 2008, 09:27 AM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Stealth on :
We can't have all this banana talk without...
(cue 80s synthesizer horns)
Last night I was dreaming I was locked in a prison cell When I woke up I was screaming Calling out your name
Whoa-oh
And the judge and the jury They all put the blame on me (The blame on me) They wouldn't go for my story They wouldn't hear my plea
Only you can set me free 'Cause I'm guilty, guilty Guilty as a girl can be Come on baby can't you see I've been accused Of love in the first degree
(I can't remember the second verse and I'm too lazy to google it.)
(I know I've mentioned this before, but I share a birthday with Keren Woodward.)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gee if you were going for Bananarama songs, why not "Cruel Summer"?
Hot summer streets And the pavements are burning I sit around Trying to smile But the air is so heavy and dry Strange voices are saying What did they say Things I can't understand It's too close for comfort This heat has got right out of hand
(chorus x 2) It's a cruel, cruel summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you've gone
The city is crowded My friends are away And I'm on my own It's too hot to handle So I got to get up and go
(chorus) You're not the only one (chorus)
(chorus) You're not the only one (chorus) Posted by Stealth on :
Because I prefer Bananarama's ultra-camp ultra-pop phase to their earlier, more down-to-earth phase.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ah! you're both bananas.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
In the words of a song: Yes! We have no bananas We have no bananas today!" Posted by Stealth on :
Bananas can be very a-peeling.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That's right up there with my Sandy Eggo pun in the Waffles thread.
Posted by Stealth on :
And thus, I crown myself the Empress of Inanity!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Empresses aren't usually very stealthy... just so you realize.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
But can the Empress of Inanity top a petite flower/giver goddess/fashion plate/saint?
Posted by Stealth on :
Kent, I'm a different sort of empress, who is destined to be celebrated in the history books.
Quis, having just flaunted my ego, I must confess that I'd unquestionably bow down to Judy Tenuta.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I have complete faith in your imperial abilities, Stealth.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The best criminal in the world is one who doesn't get caught. Hard to imagine a stealthy empress being in the history books.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...unless she's hiding in plain sight!
Posted by Stealth on :
Yes, I have a group of well-trained lookalikes who substitute for me whenever I go underground to undo the schemes of my enemies.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Watch out for the Stealth Squad! tm
[ March 14, 2008, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Stealth on :
That's a great name. I should have it trademarked. Thanks, Quis.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Too late. See above.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
the Legion of Substitute Stealths!
Posted by Stealth on :
LOL
Thanks, Kent. That one's even better.
There's Night Stealth, Polar Stealth, Chlorophyll Stealth, Rainbow Stealth, Porcupine Stealth, and Infectious Stealth.
I'm way ahead of you this time, Quis.
Legion of Substitute Stealths tm Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I hope Night Stealth adopts a 70s-era costume.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sure, leave out Stone Stealth, Color Stealth, and Fire Stealth.
Posted by Stealth on :
Oops.
Uh...those three were rejected because they weren't convincing enough as me. They couldn't fake an obsession with the first thirty years of the Avengers comic.
Posted by Teronna on :
They were rejected from the rejects? Ouch.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So, is there Wasp Stealth, Giant Stealth, Iron Stealth, Thor Stealth, Captain Stealth, Hawkeye Stealth, or Scarlet Stealth?
Posted by Stealth on :
Of that list there's only Giant Stealth.
There's also Black Widow Stealth, Crystal Stealth, Black Knight Stealth, Hercules Stealth, Sersi Stealth, and Vision Stealth.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I suppose Hulk Stealth would require too much of a suspension of disbelief.
Posted by Stealth on :
She-Hulk Stealth would rock, though.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
but she's already signed with F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. '04.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
She-Hulk Stealth rocking goes without saying.
Posted by Stealth on :
F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. '04 is so promising that I'm willing to forgive She-Hulk Stealth's commitment to it. I've heard rumors that Sue is going to die early on -- killed by an artificially-aged-to-adulthood Valeria. And Franklin is finally going to do what they'll never make him do in the regular FF -- he'll develop a messiah complex (no connection to the putrid X-Men mega-crossover) and become the team's most fearsome cosmic opponent since Galactus.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Almost got to the second page.
And don't say bad things about Sue "we gotta beat the commies" Storm
Posted by Stealth on :
Oooh, and who will ever forget the scene where the Thing's toilet explodes?
LOL
Oh, that Johnny. That crazy, nutty, looney, funny, immature, psychotic, sociopathic, murderous kid.
Needless to say, the Thing clobbers him.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think Ben and Johnny were/are secret lovers.
Posted by Stealth on :
Aha. That explains a lot.
Hey, this version of the FF that we're making up as we go along is more interesting than anything in Mark Millar's FF.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I just love to post negative things about Mark Millar. It feels sooooo good.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Millar: the second coming of Gerry Conway.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The Golden Age of Apocalypse Now
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Millar: the second coming of Gerry Conway.
How true, how true.
Hopefully Millar will never become Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.
During the fifteen minutes that Conway was Marvel's EiC, he caused a lot of damage, some of which has never been reversed.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: The Golden Age of Apocalypse Now
Yeah.
I think the worst is over, though. The first issue of Millar's FF sold well below expectations. Let the backlash begin!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You know Stealth, Mr. Millar has had nothing but nice things to say about you. Posted by Stealth on :
Call me cynical, but I think his nice words are sweet nothings. They're every bit as fake as that creepy grin he puts on for photographs.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Creepy grin? How so? You mean like a pedo-smile or something?
Posted by Stealth on :
No, like somebody who hates everyone and everything but bottles it up, and who tries too hard to hide it behind a fake smile.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man, that must be some smile! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Smile, darn ya, smile You know this great world is a good world after all Smile, darn ya, smile And right away watch lady luck pay you a call Things are never black as they are painted Time for you and joy to get acquainted So make life worthwhile Come on and smile, darn ya, smile
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
we need a small simile for "smile."
ah! I'm getting alliterative again.
Posted by Stealth on :
Save some face You know you've only got one Change your ways While you're young Boy, one day you'll be a man Girl, he'll help you understand
Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it
Looking back At sunsets on the East Side We lost track Of the time Dreams aren't what they used to be So things slide by so carelessly
Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it
And someone is calling my name From the back of the restaurant And someone is playing a game In the house that I grew up in And someone will drive her around Down the same streets that I did On the same streets that I did
Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it
Oh no oh no no no Oh no oh no no no
My god, these lyrics are awful! I listened to this song* 20 times and never paid attention to the lyrics until tonight. Well...um...it still has a nice melody, and it has something to do with smiling.
*"Smile Like You Mean It", from the Killers' first album, "Hot Fuss", which I used to call "The Good Killers Album" (the second one, "Sam's Town" is "The Bad Killers Album"), but now I'm not so sure about that.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
You're never fully dressed without a smile!
Posted by Stealth on :
"A smile makes a lousy umbrella."
-- Linus Van Pelt
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"Good grief"
-Charlie Brown
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I really like that Linus strip where he says that a smile makes a lousy umbrella.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Linus sucks.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Only his thumb.
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I really like that Linus strip where he says that a smile makes a lousy umbrella.
It's amazing the way that Charles Schulz was able to convey, with just a few well-placed lines, an extremely forced closed-mouth smile and a look of desperation, followed by a glum facial expression and a dripping mess of unruly wet hair.
Like a lot of Peanuts strips, I can look at it for the thousandth time and still laugh out loud.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Another of my favorites is one of the early strips. The two girls (Violet and Patty - not Peppermint Patty) were talking. One says "That Charlie Brown is amazing." The other asks "what do you mean?" The first girl responds "Just the other day, three big kids from the third grade were chasing him. They were getting closer and closer. And suddenly Charlie Brown organized a discussion group."
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not a huge Peanuts fan. I enjoy it, but it's not something that I dwell very much on.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I didn't like the later stuff, but the early ones are great. The comic strip BC is the same way.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
BC jumped the shark somewhere in the early 1980s.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I won't argue with you there.
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I didn't like the later stuff, but the early ones are great.
Quis, I would be interested to know when you think Peanuts jumped the shark. It seems that most people think it happened somewhere around the mid-1960s when Snoopy became the star. I disagree, I think 1965-1967 is one of the strips highest peaks, and I like the next ten years or so after that very much (never understood why there's such widespread hostility towards the 1970s Peanuts -- sure, it lost its edge, but Charles Schulz was finally in a happy relationship and I find those strips infectious in their contentment, for the short term at least; hell, I even like Sally talking to the school building. There, I said it!
Another element I loved about 1970s Peanuts were the wacky antics of Peppermint Patty and Marcie, one of the greatest comedy duos of all time IMO. But these two also have to do with where I think Peanuts jumped the shark, and that's during the long story arc where Charlie Brown is in the hospital and Marcie admits she has a crush on Charlie Brown. It completely ruined the character dynamics of Marcie and Peppermint Patty, and by this point Schulz's contentment seemed to be curdling into disinterest and laziness. I think most of the 1980s Peanuts is okay, but the 1990s Peanuts is torture to read.
Having said that, I must add that Peanuts is the only newspaper strip that truly has a special place in my heart. I went through phases of loving Bloom County, Calvin & Hobbes, Fox Trot, and Dilbert, but I ended up giving away all my trade paperbacks of those strips.
Not Peanuts, though. I'm proud to say I still have all the Peanuts trades and digests from my childhood and I am currently having a wonderful time collecting the bi-annual Complete Peanuts hardcovers.
Wow, this post turned out long. But that's a mark of how much Peanuts means to me.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I would not know when I think Peanuts jumped the shark. I never was a consistant reader. I had read some of the earlier strip in paperback (which were great and funny) and would occasionally see a newspaper strip from the current day (90s 00s which weren't funny)
In that respect, I think Watterson made a smart decision to end Calvin and Hobbes before he got burnt out.
Posted by Stealth on :
Yes, Watterson made the best choice.
On the other hand, his lack of new work in the years since would seem to hint that Calvin & Hobbes became something of an albatross.
Watterson makes an interesting contrast with Berke Breathed. Maybe Watterson invested his earnings more wisely than Breathed, and is independently wealthy while Breathed is not. But Bloom County (which already showed signs of burnout a couple years before its end) clearly became an albatross that has been weighing all over Breathed's subsequent work.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Saleslady: (shouting) Albatross....albatross....albatross.... albatross....albatross...albatross....albatross....albatross Man: Two good humors please. S: I haven't got any good humors, I've just got this bloody albatross....(shouts) Albatross M: What flavor is it? S: It's a bird mate, it's a bloody bird, it's not any bloody flavor....(shouts) Albatross M: It's got to be some flavor, I mean everything's got a flavor. S: All right, it's blood albatross flavor, it's bloody sea bloody bird bloody flavor....(shouts) Albatross M: Do you get wafers with it? S: Course you don't get bloody wafers with it, it's a bloody albatross isn't it...(shouts) Albatross M: I'll have two please. S: I've only got one you [*********]....(shouts) Albatross....albatross.... albatross....albatross
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"Peanuts" is my all-time favorite. In fact, while I was in Minneapolis, I was hoping to get over to St. Paul to see where Schulz had grown up. Alas, it didn't happen.
As for "Peanuts" jumping the shark, for me it began jumping in 1988 when the four-panel format was abandoned, only to jump back in the mid-'90s when Schulz again found his voice using Rerun.
That having been said, I think the early to mid '60s are its greatest era.
Patty (not Peppermint Patty) and Violet are, in my opinion, the two most under appreciated, and, in the later years, underused characters.
Charlie Brown will always be my very favorite.
And, yes, Snoopy is one of the reasons I adopted a beagle.
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, that's one of my favorite Monty Python sketches.
Rocky, I hadn't thought of the change in format from 4 panels to 3 (and later, even less), but I agree. The unique rhythms of the humor were lost. And I think it's wonderful you adopted a beagle. I know this isn't quite the same, but I have a toy beagle I named Belle, after Snoopy's sister.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I had thought of naming my dog Snoopy, but I decided that kind of lacked originality.
I do have all the volumes of Complete Peanuts thus far. The 1967-68 volume (with Violet on the cover) is due out on the last day of April!
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Whenever I saw Violet either in the strip or on TV, I would think of Shrinking Violet. Has anyone ever reimagined the Peanuts as a group of super-heroes?
Charlie Brown- Everyman Lad Lucy - Fussbudget Girl Peppermint Patty - Sir Lass Linus - Blanket Boy
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hmm...
Snoopy: Flying Ace Schroeder: Kid Concerto Sally: School Girl Frieda: Naturally Curly Hair Lass
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Pigpen-The Mess Charlies Teacher-Unintelligble Woman
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Rerun (Linus's Little Brother)-Duplicated Boy Lucy-Psychiatric Lass Snoopy-Big Nose Kid Franklin-WhyamItheonlyblack Kid
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I can see the whole gang gathered on Winath to resurrect the main character in:
"You're a dead man, Charlie Brown."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hey there already is a thread in Spaceopoly for giving Legion names to other characters.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
okay, lets give Peanuts names to Legion characters!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
You'll notice that Cosmic Boy and Charlie Brown have the same initials.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Good Grife!
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I do have all the volumes of Complete Peanuts thus far. The 1967-68 volume (with Violet on the cover) is due out on the last day of April!
Yay! Thanks for the information, Rocky. I'll be counting the days.
One of my favorite story arcs is from 1967 -- Charlie Brown goes to camp with Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace. Among other things, they enter a boat race but Charlie Brown gets exhausted after they only get four feet from the dock.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Ah, yes. That arc was adapted for animation in It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown.
That was also the year that José Peterson appeared. His mother was Mexican and his father was Swedish. They ate tortillas and Swedish meatballs.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I knew a woman in a similar niche whose last name was Peterson; she was half Swedish and half Peruvian.
Posted by Stealth on :
The Jose Peterson arc is also where Peppermint Patty bluntly tells Charlie Brown that he'll never be good at baseball and he should try shuffleboard. LOL
Did this real-life Peterson play baseball? If she did, that would make it totally spooky.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Of course, the following year, 1968, saw the story arc where Peppermint Patty goes to camp and becomes tent monitor for three younger girls, one of whom, named Clara here, bears a striking resemblance to the girl we would meet a few years later as Marcie.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I get the sensation of climbing Mt Everest naked and then dying of hypothermia shortly thereafter.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: The Jose Peterson arc is also where Peppermint Patty bluntly tells Charlie Brown that he'll never be good at baseball and he should try shuffleboard. LOL
Did this real-life Peterson play baseball? If she did, that would make it totally spooky.
Not that I'm aware of.
Posted by Stealth on :
Rocky, what I think is really funny is that we could see Clara's eyes through the glasses, but Marcie's glasses were always opaque.
Ram Boy, Those commercials were so annoying! One of the few things from my eighties childhood that I don't miss.
Kent, that's actually a relief; otherwise it would have been too weird.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There was a York Peppermint Pattie commercial in the eighties that showed people on a farm saying "Indiana loves New York--with more chocolate" and also had other states, ending in "New York loves New York".
I imagined another: Two tackily dressed tourists ("Florida loves New York") and going through a few others, ending with Paul Revere riding through the night proclaiming "Massachusetts loves New York".
Well I thought it was a good idea anyway!
Posted by Stealth on :
I remember a commercial from the eighties that I liked: two women are chewing gum (can't remember the brand) and one of them says, "If this is sugarless, I'm Miss America." Boom, she turns into Miss America.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think it was Carefree. The other woman looks at her friend, now a beauty queen, and says, "I'll try a stick!"
Posted by Stealth on :
I also remember commercials for Tab and Diet Pepsi with very similar jingles:
"Tab, Tab Cola what a beautiful drink."
"Diet Pepsi won't go to your waist."
It's amazing I remember even this much, because throughout the 80s I only spent summer vacations in the States.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember when Diet Coke first came out wondering why they were doing that when Tab already existed.
Of course now that there's Coke Zero, I prefer that to either of the others.
Posted by Stealth on :
I think Tab and Diet Coke each have their own special flavor.
I buy Diet Coke most of the time and save Tab for special ocassions, like when I bought that DVD set of the Firestorm season of Super Friends. Tab takes me back to those aformentioned summer vacations in the States during the 80s.
Never tried Coke Zero, I'm too loyal to the elder statessodas.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I stopped drinking soda a little over a year ago now I'm addicted to Lipton Diet Iced White Tea with Raspberry.
Well maybe addicted is a strong word to use...
but I drink about a case a week.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'm not a big soda-drinker, but do enjoy a real Coke or a root beer now and again.
I'm not into diet sodas - they taste awful - but Dr. Brown's Diet Cream is actually pretty good.
Posted by Stealth on :
When I was growing up in South America, there was a sorta-fruit-punch-flavored, magenta-colored soda called Tropical, which I liked. It's one of the few things I miss about South America.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Even if this thread were close to dying, I'd suggest torture it some more and then set it on fire.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
but what if this thread is a masochist? It might enjoy that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
you mean this thread hasn't died while I was away?
Posted by Stealth on :
Even if the Earth blows up, this thread will survive.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
oh did someone splice in some cockroach DNA?
Posted by Stealth on :
DnA are cockroaches disguised as humans?? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
that would explain why they fled when I turned on the lights.
Posted by Stealth on :
Time for some light entertainment.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Laser Floyd?
Posted by Stealth on :
Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction holding me fast, how Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything No navigator to guide my way home Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension thats learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i
Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments... Altimeters - check both (garbled word) - on Navigation lights - on Strobes - on (to tower): confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure (tower): hello again, this is now 129.4 (to tower): 129.4. its to go. (tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots. (to tower): 3-8-echo Easy on the brakes. take it easy. its gonna roll this time. Just hand the power gradually, and it...
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air, Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
Theres no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I remember when that came out - what a big deal it was for Floyd to get back together! Me and some friends camped out for tickets in beautiful downtown Passaic, NJ... my first and only real time ever doing so (TicketMaster was already ruining the camping-for-tickets experience even then).
Posted by Stealth on :
Back then, I was still living in Ecuador, and as far as I known, the Floyd tour didn't include my little country.
By the time they did the Division Bell tour, I was living in the States. I could have, but didn't, go see them because, well...I was young and stupid and made a lot of bad decisions, of which that was one.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
At first, in 87, it seemed they were only going to play Toronto and somewhere out west; then they started scheduling a full tour (and later a follow-up in early 88). A bunch of us, close to a dozen, went down to the Meadowlands in NJ and saw them there - on my 19th birthday, no less (gee... that was slightly more than half my lifetime ago... I'm feeling old). about half of us even stayed over at one of the hotels.
I saw them again the following spring in 88, and was rather disappointed actually - it was the exact same show, with the exact same banter.
I was less keen on their Division Bell release, and skipped the tour. A co-worker of mine went had loved it though.
[ April 11, 2008, 07:03 AM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Stealth on :
My favorite album of theirs is The Piper At the Gates of Dawn -- it's so much of its time AND timelessly weird at the same time! I haven't yet heard any of Syd Barrett's solo work, but I'm intrigued.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I haven't listened to a lot of older Floyd in about 20ish years; friends of mine had all the obscure stuff. I only had the main albums plus a few of the lesser known ones. I recall that album name, but do not for the life of me recall the contents.
Posted by Stealth on :
Do the song titles "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive" ring any bells?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
on first blush, I can't say that they do.
"Interstellar Overdrive" might be tickling a memory, or it might be a misfiring of some faulty synapses.
Posted by Stealth on :
In what can't possibly be a coincidence, I was looking through some old audio cassettes yesterday and found one tape of odds and ends including an album track from Pink Floyd's The Wall, "Run Like Hell," which I then remembered I had taped off a CD of The Wall several years ago. The song had impressed me as though the Floyd were attempting to prove they could compete with the then-hip post-punk paranoia of bands like Magazine and Ultravox. I still haven't played it, though, because I'm worried I won't like it as much as I did back then.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I actually picked up The Wall on CD for the first time this winter. It was a whim, and it was dirt cheap. I actually hadn't heard the whole thing since my last turntable died in '93.
Posted by Stealth on :
Talking of prog-rock bands, I recently got to hear King Crimson's debut, In the Court of the Crimson King, for the first time. I liked it a lot, but I'm not sure about investigating further, since the lineup seems to change with every album, Robert Fripp being the only constant.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Never got into KC. I tried to follow some of Fripp's later work (he and Andy Summers did a couple projects together, as I recall), but never got into that, either.
Posted by Eryk Dumaka Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Talking of prog-rock bands, I recently got to hear King Crimson's debut, In the Court of the Crimson King, for the first time. I liked it a lot, but I'm not sure about investigating further, since the lineup seems to change with every album, Robert Fripp being the only constant.
If you like ItCotCK, you should at least check out In the Wake of Poseidon, which is very much in the same vein.
I'd say the trio of mid-70s albums with John Wetton (Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and Red) are probably the best, though they don't match ItCotCK in terms of raw influence.
The 80s albums are okay, but I tend to think they sound a little dated. They've got a lot of New Wave and World Music Influence. However, I'm of the opinion that anything with either Tony Levin or Bill Bruford on it are worth listening to, and so having both of these guys on it makes this a must listen.
The stuff since the 80s has varied quite a bit in quality, but none of it has been too exciting. I really think Fripp needs to work with someone other than Adrian Belew, because I think their partnership has gotten kind of stagnant. Their next album is supposed to feature the drummer from Porcupine Tree, however, so I'm curious what it's going to sound like.
Posted by Stealth on :
Wow. Thanks, EDE. I'll definitely give the Wetton albums (I like his work in other bands) and ItWoP a go. Probably not the 80s though, because while I generally like New Wave, I have to say that World Music is an instant turnoff for me.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I am not a fan of Wetton's solo work.
Belew's solo work, what little I have encountered, I have enjoyed.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And here I thought this thread would be dead and not discussing music.
Posted by Eryk Dumaka Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Probably not the 80s though, because while I generally like New Wave, I have to say that World Music is an instant turnoff for me.
To give you a little bit better description, they're very much in the same vein as the Talking Heads's Remain in Light (which also features Belew). The "world music" comes mostly in the form of Indonesian or African-stye polyrhythms.
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Dumaka Ester:
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Probably not the 80s though, because while I generally like New Wave, I have to say that World Music is an instant turnoff for me.
To give you a little bit better description, they're very much in the same vein as the Talking Heads's Remain in Light (which also features Belew). The "world music" comes mostly in the form of Indonesian or African-stye polyrhythms.
That's what I was afraid of. Talking Heads are IMO the most overrated of the New Wave Bands. Guess I'll be sticking to 70s KC.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: And here I thought this thread would be dead and not discussing music.
Okay, how about we discuss whether there might actually be a sheep with genius-level intellect? I have a picture in my head of a sheep wearing a mortarboard hat and a cloak.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You all were discussing King Crimson and noone thought to PM me? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
we thought you were snubbing us.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
He was....
Posted by Stealth on :
No one's interested in a discussion about intelligent sheep?
Okay, how about this:
Has anyone heard about the REVOLUTIONARY new ice cream flavor?
It's called Durutti Tutti Frutti.
(If a stoopid joke like that won't kill this thread, I don't know what will.) Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
You were discussing intelligent sheep and Cobie didn't post here?
Posted by Eryk Dumaka Ester on :
Cobie prefers his dates on the dumb side.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
If they're not talking about me, they shouldn't be talking at all!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
We aren't talking, we're posting.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
and Snubbing...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
and
Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying
Posted by Abin Quank on :
But not singing...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
no. it's rather dusty in Springfield today.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
You can get rid of that little bit of earth with some wind and fire...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
If someone posts to this board and doesn't finish the sentence, does it
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
there are two kinds of people in the world: those that communicate in complete thoughts and sentences, and... well... you know...
Posted by Abin Quank on :
...
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
... = S
Posted by Abin Quank on :
...=S/aeiou
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
and sometimes Y
Posted by Abin Quank on :
But never Q, X, or #!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
1000/3 = 1?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not quite as catchy as 26+6=1.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I Prefer: LW + SD = Awesome!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
LW pwns SD!
Posted by Abin Quank on :
4me pwns = ????
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ask EDG.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Waiter, one bowl of alphabet soup, please, with extra "J".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Faster than a rolling 'O' Stronger than silent 'E' Able to leap capital 'T' in a single bound! It's a word, it’s a plan...it's Letterman!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Wouldn't a real Bostonian prefer Leno?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Jay Leno came from Andover, MA, not Boston.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
As a Massachusetts native, I understand that Andover (A fairly distant northern suburb by Boston standards) is a world of difference, but as someone who has lived away from there for many years, I also understand how someone who is not from Massachusetts might not understand that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's their problem, not mine.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
but you're the one making such a fuss.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stating a fact is making such a fuss????
Still the whole thing is illustrative of my theory that the farther one travels from their home, the farther their "neighbor" can be.
For example: Living in Boston, I would not consider someone living in Cambridge, MA a neighbor, but if I met such a person in San Diego, I might be prompted to say "You're from Cambridge? Why, we are neighbors!" Then if I was in Perth Austrailia and met someone from Providence, RI, I might say "You're from Providence? I'm from Boston. We're neighbors!"
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That reminds me of when I was in Europe several years ago. I met a couple from Vancouver on a train in England. Then, a week later, in Paris, I met a couple from Toronto. I mentioned to the latter couple that I had met the folks from Vancouver a week earlier, adding "of course, they're from the other side of the country", to which the woman from Toronto quipped, "That's okay: Most Americans would ask 'Do you know them?'".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It would have been really freaky if they did know them.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Know your Canadian geography!
Posted by Stealth on :
And drink Canada Dry ginger ale!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
It's not...too...sweet!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Ginger ale is so hard to find in Texas. You can usually buy it in supermarkets, but it's almost impossible to find a bar or restaurant that has it to order.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Try ordering Birch Beer anywhere.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I had a glass of birch beer at a restaurant in Philadelphia once.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ginger beer is more rare than either, in my experience.
Posted by Stealth on :
A great fast-food place in South Florida called Char-Hut serves Fanta birch beer.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Can't seem to find butterbeer anywhere!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
bojemoi! I don't even want to contemplate that one!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When Kent starts channelling Colossus, it is time to shut this thread down.
Posted by Stealth on :
Wait. Wait. Let's discuss something else instead. Maybe...uh...butterflies?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
We discuss butterflies on the All-Butterflies thread. (look for it)
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Do butterflies drink butterbeer?
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, I tried but something seems to be wrong with the search function.
Lardy, I'll bet they drink it with bread & butter.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: When Kent starts channelling Colossus, it is time to shut this thread down.
Colossus!? I thought I was channelling Reuben Flagg!
Posted by Stealth on :
Reuben Flagg! Woooo, First Comics! One of those early-mid 80s bright spots in comics history that makes me wish I had been in college back then instead of grade school.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Is he related to Randall Flagg?
Posted by Stealth on :
No, he's the protagonist/anti-hero of American Flagg, a comic book series by Howard Chaykin which was one of several First Comics titles that were edgier and more imaginative than most of what Marvel and DC were publishing at the time (the Alan Moore Swamp Thing would be the major exception.)
In addition to American Flagg, First published Grimjack, Starslayer, Whisper, Warp, and sizeable chunks of Nexus and Dreadstar.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, I know. Just slyly checking to see if you're familiar with ol' Randall. Are ya?
Posted by Stealth on :
I've read several Stephen King novels, but The Stand is not one of them. I only know about the character of Randall from reading a book about the writings of King up that point. I couldn't get into the TV mini-series version of The Stand, either. I'm sure I'll read it eventually, it's just that over the past few years my non-sequential reading has been mostly non-fiction -- like the old saying goes, truth is stranger etc.
Of the King books I've read, I liked Salem's Lot the best -- IMO much better than the TV adaptation (or was there also a second, more recent one?)
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, there was a second Salem's Lot starring Rob Lowe a few years back made-for-TV. It was a lot more faithful to the book than the David Soul version, but still left a lot to be desired. There were some good performances, though, so it's worth a look, I'd say.
And the book is OUTSTANDING!!!! I haven't read all of King's books by any means, but everyone I have read--SL, The Shining, It and The Stand are all must reads, IMO!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I've only read Carrie and haven't seen any Stephen King movies (well no more than bits and pieces here and there)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
another AF! fan! Cool! Another reason to love Stealth! First Comics also published Jon Sable.
there are lots of great, half-forgotten 80s indies.
Anyone remember Dalgoda?
The Stand is the only King novel I've read (both versions), but seem to recall reading a short story or two.
Posted by Stealth on :
Lardy, was the head vampire in the second SL adaptation less of a non-entity? That's what bothered me the most in the first adaptation -- in the book, he was a classic villain.
Quis, you're very lucky you haven't seen any King movies. Most of them are terrible.
Kent, I've never read Dalgoda, but I liked some of the Eclipse books: Miracleman, Crossfire, Sabre, Scout...also the one-shots focusing on rare and obscure works by talented creators, and the Legion, Teen Titans, JLA, and Doom Patrol indexes.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Stealth, the head vampire Straker was played by Rutger Hauer in the remake, so you can bet he was much less of a "non-entity". I wasn't completely satisfied with that performance even then, but to me, Salem's Lot as a novel was much less about him and more about the town's death. And I think the newer version brought out that horror pretty well with some good lead performances and side characters. Still far from perfect, but much improved from the David Soul version.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't give up on us, baby Don't make the wrong seem right The future isn't just one night It's written in the moonlight And painted on the stars We can't change ours
Don't give up on us, baby We're still worth one more try I know we put a last one by Just for a rainy evening When maybe stars are few Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through
I really lost my head last night You've got a right to stop believin' There's still a little love left, even so
Don't give up on us, baby Lord knows we've come this far Can't we stay the way we are The angel and the dreamer Who sometimes plays a fool Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through
It's written in the moonlight And painted on the stars We can't change ours
Don't give up on us, baby We're still worth one more try I know we put a last one by Just for a rainy evening When maybe stars are few Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through
Don't give up on us, baby Don't give up on us, baby Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
whatever happened to Rutger Hauer, anyway?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
He still shows up a lot, Kent. Remeber he was in Batman Begins, right?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I've yet to see that, actually. I was dirt-broke when it came out.
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I saw it in Meridian, Mississippi. The only other movie I've seen in Meridian was Superbad.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've never seen it, but then I don't really care much for Batman.
Please, no Oswald Cobblepott jokes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
How about Burgess Meredith jokes?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
don't forget Danny Devito!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Believe me, I'm trying!
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
hey he is a good actor..most of the time
Posted by Stealth on :
He was by far the best thing in the TV show "Taxi."
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I never cared for "Taxi"...but I was, like 12 at the time. So I probably wasn't the target audience for it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Christopher LLoyd's Reverend Jim Ignatowski topped Danny DeVito's Louie DePalma.
[during a written driving test] "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Pssssttt... what does the yellow light mean? Bobby Wheeler: "Slow down." "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: What... does... the... yellow... light... mean? Bobby Wheeler: "Slow down"! "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Whaaaat... dooooeeees... theeeee... yeeeel-looowwww... liiiiight... meeeeaaan?
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
th worst thing he ever did was junior
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Like Lardy, I was under the target age for Taxi in its original run. As an adult, I saw reruns and appreciated the writing, but its characters had to be the most annoying and unlikeable folks ever assembled on a sitcom. I will admit that I thought Bobby was kinda cute.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hopefully your tastes have improved.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
In men or TV shows?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Men. I know Bobby was supposed to be the cute guy on the show, but he was only an eighties pretty boy. And I say "UGH!"
Now Fox Mulder. Posted by Stealth on :
I crushed on both Mulder and Scully. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My tastes have changed over the years. I don't really have a "type", other than male. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I loved Taxi back in the day. I was thinknig of the "yellow light" bit just the other day.
X-Files was okay, but I was never wowwed by it. Mostly I was annoyed because they never seemed to solve a case. Gillian Anderson was hot, though.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh those bee-stung pouty lips.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
not to Jolie levels, though.
Posted by Stealth on :
Angelina Jolie looks like a fish.
And she's a sh*tty actress.
And she's a homewrecker.
And she called her newborn daughter a "blob."
Posted by Abin Quank on :
If you can't say something nice about someone it's best to say nothing at all.
But sometimes it hard to restrain one's self...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Then there's the Steel Magnolias version: "If you can't say anything nice, come sit by me!"
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That quote comes from Alice Roosevelt Longfellow
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Wherever that quote came from, I love Steel Magnolias. It has some great lines:
"The only thing that separates from the animals is our ability to accessorize."
"All gay men have track lighting and all gay men are named Marc, Rick or Steve."
"When it comes to suffering, she's right up there with Elizabeth Taylor."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Bette Davis movies are the classic source for gay men quotes.
"But you are, Blanch! You are in that wheelchair!"
"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
"What a dump!"
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Perhaps so, but there's nothing quite like Shirley MacLaine telling Olympia Dukakis, "You're too twisted for color TV, Clairee!"
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: If you can't say something nice about someone it's best to say nothing at all.
But sometimes it hard to restrain one's self...
Exactly.
Did I mention that her father's plastic surgery has left him looking like Kilowog?
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Then there's the Steel Magnolias version: "If you can't say anything nice, come sit by me!"
I was about to post, "That's music to my ears," but then I remembered I'm using only my eyes. Uh...that quote is a sight for sore eyes? Either way, I can get behind that sentiment.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: That quote comes from Alice Roosevelt Longfellow
I'll definitely have to do a search on her.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Than there was this exchange between Winston Churchill and Lady Nancy Astor
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Churchill was a great one for quotes.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
One of my fav Churchill quotes went something like this
Female MP "winnie you are a drunkard"
Churchill "and you madam are ugly ........but in the morning I shall be sober"
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Apparently Winston admitted to trying sex with another man while in college.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
surely you mean public school dont you Quis?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I imagine I do mean public school.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Which is what we on this side of the pond would call private school.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Winston Churchill describing the Royal Navy
"Rum Sodomy and the Lash"
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Winston did have a way with words.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Yes. I believe it was Winston Churchill who coined the expression "ha-chachacha".
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
No, but that's an understandable mistake. I get Winston Churchill and Jimmy Durante confused all the time.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
With me, it is Shirley Temple and Benito Mussolini that get mixed up. Mussolini never danced with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. And Temple did not invade Ethiopia (at least not publicly).
Posted by Ram Boy on :
I often confuse Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan with Bob Dylan playing the harmonica while playing Albert Hall.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. I'd love to turn you on Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"Albert Hall" reminds me of how I've always wanted to write a story set on a university campus that has buildings called Carter Hall, Shiera Hall and Hector Hall--and maybe Diedre Hall and Monty Hall, too.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
There is (was?) a brand of cigars called Carter Hall, so it's entirely possible.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Now that I've looked it up (thank you, Wikipedia), Carter Hall is an estate in Virginia. I expect the tobacco may have taken its name from it. Perhaps that's also where Hawkman's name came from.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The Monty Hall on your campus should house the financial aid office.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
And require potential aid recipients to dress up in funny costumes before deciding between what's under the box or what's behind curtain #3.
Posted by Stealth on :
One of the first comic books I ever read was an issue of Daisy & Donald with a story that spoofed "Let's Make a Deal." Donald went to the auditions as a dancing monkey (somehow the full-head monkey mask fit him quite snugly, even though his beak should have poked clear through the mask. Of course, that didn't bother me at the time because I was two years old.)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I remember a Donald Duck & Scrooge McDuck Christmas story. Scrooge is making out his Christmas list (One bobby pin for Grandma Duck, one marble each for Huey, Louie, & Dewey) Donald gets this slide projector that hypnotizes people. While Donald goes to make sure Scrooge is in his money bin, the boys put a picture of a dog in the projector. Donald then makes Scrooge look into the projector and tells him "you will lavish this person with gifts" Donald thinks the picture is of him.
Scrooge following the compulsion, feels the need to give this dog lavish presents and when he hears the song "the Twelve Days of Christmas" decides to give the dog the gifts in the song. Hilarity ensues because Donald thinks Scrooge is going to give them to him and realizes he can't afford 12 drummers, 11 pipers, 10 lords, 9 ladies, 8 maids & cows, ets.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It always creeped me out that in those Disney comics, humans had those little dog noses. I mean, really, what was that all about?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
They were dogs, not humans.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
When I was young, I had the same confusion, Rocky.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Were they dogs? They had human ears and no tails. Whatever they were, they were creepy!
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, I read hundreds of Disney duck stories during grade school, yet I don't remember ever reading that particular Xmas one; hopefully it'll get reprinted soon (my mom buys Uncle Scrooge and WDC&S for herself, and she shares them with me, so I'll be looking out for this story.)
Rocky, I didn't find the "dog-people" ("deeple?" "pogs?") creepy like you did, but I did think it was annoying. Interestingly enough, Carl Barks didn't like them either, and he actually got away with one story where everybody except the ducks was drawn as humans (the one where Donald and the kids get caught up in espionage, and the enemy agent looks just like Donald.)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Back in my CBS days, we once rigged the "top 5" of the month ballot box to put Uncle Scrooge up there.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm surprized you had to rig the ballot box
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
it was a slow month; I forget how but we knew there were only 3 ballots in there.
So myself, two co-workers (one of which was a big Scrooge fan) and a regular customer (ditto re: fan) were all chatting one day, a couple days before the ballot ended, and the customer lamented that Scrooge would never make the top 5. Since all four of us had yet to vote, we did... and voila!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So what do you have planned for this November?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...that took me a minute.
I don't work for Diebold of the Florida or Ohio boards of election, so I have no say in any election fraud that may occur this year.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Bah! Florida is so 2000 and Ohio is so 2004. And Diebold is so easy. I was expecting something so sneaky and underhanded and undetectible. I am very disappointed.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Of course if Uncle Scrooge had controlling interest in Diebold, in 2004...well, actually, it probably wouldn't have made a bit of difference. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Read "How to Read Donald Duck" by Ariel Dorfman
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'm still waiting for the book "How to Read Ariel Dorfman."
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Would you believe that a copy of How to Read Donald Duck sells for $131.85 on Amazon?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gee maybe I should sell my copy.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'll buy for $3.47. Posted by Pov on :
Make that $Can, and not that worthless American $... Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Aha! Pov flip-flops in currency! yer political career is finished before it began!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Gee Kent you could have let Pov have a couple of days thinking he would kill this thread before yanking the rug out from under him.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
why? Rocky only gave me 2 days of false hopes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, but Pov hardly ever posts to this thread.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
good point. Pov, I'm sorry.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
On behalf of Pov, I accept your apology.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Aha! Pov really IS an alt of Quis!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No you have it backwards, Quis is an alt of Pov, who is an alt of EDE, who, of course is an alt of Nightcrawler. You are an alt of me.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
So who is Cobie an Alt of again? And just how many children does that man have??
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
philosophers have pondered just those questions for time on end, my friend.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ever since Cobie fathered the first philosopher.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
Just dont let him father the last philosopher as well or the circle will be closed and the universe will end.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
d'oh!
you... weren't... supposed... to... give... him.... IDEAS!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I can fix that.
Hey Cobie! Look at this string I am dangling! Don't you want to reach out and bat at it?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Is Cobie a cat, now?!?!?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Shhhh! It's a secret.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
That's one way he could get some pu--
er...nevermind. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
no need to get catty.
Posted by Stealth on :
This thread is so purrrrrrr-fectly inane.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Suddenly, I have a craving for Meow Mix!
Posted by Stealth on :
Meow, meow, meow, meow Meow, meow, meow, meow Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow Posted by Ram Boy on :
Cobie kitty... Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
yeah, but you haven't seen how vicious he can be...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Aw! he's just a pussy cat.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
that's just what he WANTS you to think!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What he wants and what he gets are two separate things.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
until he's litter box trained, you're still in for it.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
until he's litter box trained, you're still in for it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You are repeating yourself, my friend.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
You are repeating yourself, my friend.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
You are repeating yourself, my friend.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ut oh! Kent is stuck. Carefully lift up the needle and blow the dust off of him.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
hey! I'm rather sensitive in that spot.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Scandalous! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If you want scandal, go read the LMBP Enquirer.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Does the Enquirer know about people who walk around in orange polo shirts?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
only if someone has sent them a hot tip.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What about a burnt orange tip?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Have we only seen the tip of the orange?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Orange you curious to find out?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Can something round like an orange have a tip?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Are we starting to answer questions with questions in the wrong thread?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Better that then making orange puns.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I don't recall there being a rule in this thread against answering questions with questions. On the other hand, the object of this thread is to be the final poster, in which case asking a question, while not forbidden, may be unwise.
Oh, and a navel orange often does have a tip. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's not a tip. That's an outie.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
As opposed to an Audi.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am an invertebrate punster, spineless unable to resist a pun. So slug me!
Posted by Pov on :
That would be a salt.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Sometimes I say to people "That's big of you. It can't be bigamy because that's illegal and who wants a sick bird?"
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
don't quit your day job.
if you ever get one again, that is.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
But I open in Atlantic City in two days.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've never been to Atlantic City, but I've owned property there many times.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You, monopolist you!!!!!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Go directly to jail! Do NOT pass go!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Lardy!?! What was that steamy mound you left behind in Marvin Gardens?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Um, a new hair treatment? Go ahead, Kent..try it!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Tanning skins used urine initially. How did they figure that out?
And who first used bird's nest in a soup?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
What Quis is tryin't to say, Kent, is: Be the guinea pig!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Kent's too big to be a guinea pig.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
That's very big of you.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It can't be big of me (bigamy) because that's illegal and who wants a sick bird.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
gay marriage was illegal not that long ago in your 'hood, and still is in many places. It's time for a bigamy come-back.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think I've heard that argument before.
Great avatar, BTW, Kent! Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man, bigamy should SO make a comeback!
Of course, then I'd have to convince "John Smith" to go along... Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Just move to Utah!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I think I've heard that argument before.
Great avatar, BTW, Kent!
figures. and here I thought I was joking.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Go to the Hannity boards and you'll hear lots of arguments against gay marriage.
Including "Stop lying to the children!"
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
"Stop lying to the children!" about what?
That (soc-con) Christians have a monopoly on marriage?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
For that matter, to whose children are we allegedly lying? Is it specific children or is it children collectively?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
and, one assumes, the Hannity crowd approves of lying to children with the standard GOP-approved version of US history.
Not to mention "Intelligent Design"/creationist lies.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Boy that really perked this thread up.
That particular Hannity Board poster thinks that telling children that homosexuality is natural is lying to them.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I really should visit that Hannity board and see just who I can get annoyed first
Posted by Abin Quank on :
WARNING! WARNING!
THIS THREAD IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ACTIVATING THE AUTO REPLY FEATURE OF ABIN'S COMPUTER!
THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COMMITTEE TO KILL THIS THREAD Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: I really should visit that Hannity board and see just who I can get annoyed first
Just be prepared to be annoyed.
And they do ban posters on that board.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
So, if as Quis revealed in another thread, YouTube References are gaurenteed thread killers...
But unfortunately, because your post was not "on topic" it would not have won if it was the last post in this thread.
This one could
[ July 19, 2008, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Abin Quank on :
One What?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What are you talking about? Posted by Faraway Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: I really should visit that Hannity board and see just who I can get annoyed first
Just be prepared to be annoyed.
And they do ban posters on that board.
How quick do you reckon I could get banned?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
just tell the truth about Bush. Ultra-Cons have a hard time facing reality, and prefer to blame the messenger than listen.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: But unfortunately, because your post was not "on topic" it would not have won if it was the last post in this thread.
This one could
"THE RULES:
1) THE BASIC IDEA: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 7 days, you win!
2) Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and responses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3) In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthemrore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4) So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for seven days."
So When in doubt Rule 4 applies?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I think the point is your "automated" response violates #2 and is ineligible to win. If it succeeded in killing the thread, the most recent non-sequitor would win.
of course, if you goal is to kill the thread without "winning," you'd be free to non-sequitor to your heart's content.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I thought he was talking about my YouTube Post.
Same old, same old I guess...
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Wait, this thread needs rules lawyers now?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Just Quis, the Super Rules Lawyer... of Space!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Here.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
All rise!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I see you all have. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
perversion of the law!
Posted by Abin Quank on :
AhHA! So which law is perverted? Hmmmm?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's Legion World. Which one's aren't?
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
If you disagree with the leader's interpretation of the law, the galactic terrorists will win.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Nah, the Galactic Terrorists are something like 27 - 46 and their two best hitters are on the DL.
They ain't winning nothin' this year...
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
How many rebuilding years do the Galactic Terrorists need?
It wasn't like this when Spacebrenner was still running the show.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
As they lose all their 'roided-up players and pay off their contracts, it'll be awhile 'til the GTs can cycle in enough clean players who are also talented to replace them.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
roids, we don't need no stinking roids
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
these aren't the roids you're looking for.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Your Jedi mind tricks will not work on me! What was I saying?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
these...aren't the 'roids...we're looking for...
Posted by Pov on :
Hey!
Who wants to see my 'roids? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
AIAIIAIA I've been blinded!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I'm blind, too...but in my case it's because of something mom warned me about... Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
At times like this, I wish I had listened to what my father said.
What did he say?
I don't know. I didn't listen.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
He said, "Give large sums of cash to your on-line friends!"
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You obviously don't know my father.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Or I knew a side he never revealed to you.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
My dad didn't swing that way.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
your dad was a swinger!?!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Every Sunday morning in the summer, he'd be out there swinging ... his golf clubs.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Is that a nine iron... or are you happy to see me?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm always happy to see you.
Posted by Pov on :
The more, the better? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm no size queen
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'll take your word for it.
But just this once.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Why?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm feeling charitable.
Also, drunk.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
that's what Wednesday is for.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That, and new comics.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
they still print those?
Posted by Pov on :
On toilet paper.
Read 'em and wipe.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm not into that, Pov.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Make Mine Marcal!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Just don't squeeze the Charmin!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Poor old Mr. Wipple!
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
on of our ice cream vans sells Mr Whippy ice cream
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ice cream vans that play the theme from "The Sting" over and over again need to be nuked.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Nonstop from toilet paper to ice cream.
Backwards?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Depends on the brand.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
While in San Diego, I did see a drug store that also sold ice cream.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you've only seen that in Sandy Eggo?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
yup
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
There aren't as many as there used to be.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod Mr Miner, you should open one up.
Then you could give me free ice cream.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Free ice cream, with sarcasm sprinkles!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
sprinkles? more like a thick coating.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
MMMMM sarcasm!!! Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man, I've got sarcasm all over me, and I can't get it off!!! Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! I'll get a firehose...
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Don't bother, I've got a lighter.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Is it a Felix Lighter?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It'll light Oscar too.
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! I've heard of Burning Sarcasm.
But I never thought I'd see it...
Posted by Lard Lad on :
(lotta things she'll never see...like maturity)
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! (lotta things he'll never see... like his... feet)
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Hello! De-super-fatassed here!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! That doesn't make up for your little tiny... feet. *giggle* **Snicker** ***Guffaw***
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Hey, I'm telin' your Gramps if you've been watching my nudie flix!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! It doesn't count if there's nothing there to see! Posted by Lard Lad on :
Stop lookin' at my flix!!!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Quit leaving them laying out everywhere!
They're even in the cheerleaders locker room!
That's why they laugh so much! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
EDG 2 LL 0
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Well, I heard that someone has to stuff her training bra to make it look like she has something in there!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
EDG 2 LL -1
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Scorekeeping must be good for killing threads. This slipped to page two!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
And you......saved it.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
How about that? I'm a hero!
Posted by Gary Concord, an Ultra Man on :
Keep telling yourself that...
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah--Rocky--it wants to die! It's just languishing in the Old Threads Home on life support.
PULL THE PLUG!!!!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Done.
You may all leave the thread now.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I can't let you do this, Miner. The guilt would just be too much!
Leave. I'm prepared for this.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Are you perhaps unaquainted with the word "Done"?
Really, you should go. Be with your loved ones.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
No...no...you go. I'll stay with the remains all night until the funeral.
Posted by Gary Concord, an Ultra Man on :
Bah! None of you wimps have the guts to actually carry out the execution of this thread.
Begone with the lot of you, I'll personally oversee this thread's demise.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Lard Lad: No...no...you go. I'll stay with the remains all night until the funeral.
They're not going anywhere.
And if they try to, I'm best prepared to deal with it.
You should go.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Go, Miner--Gary and I've GOT THIS!!!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
No, I can't let you do it.
You both have too much to live for.
Probably.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
(where's that can of Raid...)
Posted by Gary Concord, an Ultra Man on :
<Prepares to sucker punch Lardy>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<Grabs some popcorn>
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<eyes embarrassing pix he keeps of Gary for bribery purposes>
Posted by Gary Concord, an Ultra Man on :
<Steals Miner's Popcorn>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<Grabs more popcorn>
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<evaporates all the butter>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's not butter.
Can you believe it?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<doesn't believe it>
<sprays popcorn w/Raid>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<'ports popcorn into Lardy's Lair>
<Gets more popcorn>
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<swaps popcorn for Funyuns>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<swaps Funyuns for different Funyuns>
Look, shouldn't you be out framing Cobalt Kid for something?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
No. Never framed him for anything.
<swaps Funyuns for Bloomin' Onion>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<Swaps Bloomin' Onion for Onion Straws>
Then shouldn't you be out not framing him for anything?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Why? He's already guilty of plenty without framing him!!!
<swaps onion straws for popcorn>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<swaps popcorn for grubs>
Then shouldn't you be out building a case and all that?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
We're watching the Space Ranger situation before we make our move.
<swaps grub for bamboo>
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
<swaps bamboo for eucalyptus leaves>
Well, technically you aren't watching the Space Ranger situation, you're wasting time in here.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
so am I.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<swaps Miner and Kent for self>
I win! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Congratulations!
But I think I am being a little premature with the congrats.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Wow, this thread has come back from the dead more often than Madonna's career!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
With Cobalt Kid being one of the topics for this thread, no wonder it will never die!
Thanks Cobie fans!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
We're hoping that if we keep referencing you, someone will mistake this for the statue thread and blow it up.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Stinkin' Glory Hound Cobalt...
*grumble*
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
*Psst!*
Mention the statue. It could work.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
The Cobalt statue? The one I pee on ritualistically, daily?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Yeah, that one.
Talk it up.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Well, it's absolutely GREAT to pee on! I highly recommend peeing on it!
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: We're hoping that if we keep referencing you, someone will mistake this for the statue thread and blow it up.
KA-BLAMMO!!! Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Thanks!
OK, you can all move along now. Nothing to see here.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
[sound of Lardy pissing on Cobalt statue's remains]
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Dude, it wasn't actually here.
But good job anyway.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Man! Who or what did I pee on, then?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I dunno.
Any chance Cobes got caught in the explosion?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
If so, I'd pee on his corpse!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That went without saying.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
But I said it anyway! Where should I pee, now?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Is there a Lard Lad statue on LW?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Maybe an Outdoor Miner statue?
Posted by Jailbait Lass on :
I'm pretty sure there's an Outdoor Miner statue! After all, there's an Outdoor Miner day! One of the few before that tradition was cancelled.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
An "Outdoor Miner Day"? Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Yeah, an Outdoor Miner day.
You got a problem with that?
Posted by Jailbait Lass on :
I think its October or November. Its a day EDE and Cobalt bumped all of the Outdoor Miner threads.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
We celebrate by eating bugs?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I didn't know that's what "bumping threads" meant on your planet.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Certainly this thread doesn't need bumping.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I think everyone should have a day.
I totally missed mine! Yesterday was my third anniversary on Legion World!
Posted by Gary Concord, an Ultra Man on :
Well then, I officially proclaim Yesterday as Rockhopper Lad Day.
There now you have your day, enjoy it!
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Just a random site I found.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I'll forego a day in my honor--I'll just take championship of this contest instead!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Like that will happen
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Like what will happen? And like if it does like happen will it like happening?
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Britney, have this thread quarantined while I stay and investigate!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod! Like quarrantine yourself, Lard-Butt Lad!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Have the thread evacuated, and I will!
Posted by Everyday Girl on :
Ohmygod, the thread is like officially evacuated, nobody here but me, and the barriers are set up.
Now go quarrantine yourself, IN YOUR LAIR!
And don't come out until we send the all clear message.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Nope. Guess we'll have to stay...together. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It's like Survivor, without the sense of basic decency.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Dudn't stop ya from tryin' ta win! Posted by Stoopid Cat on :
**Meow**
Lardy and sense of decency in the same sentence?
Ain't that an oxymoron?
**Meow**
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Risin' up, back on the street Did my time, took my chances Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast You change your passion for glory Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive
CHORUS: It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight Risin' up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry They stack the odds 'til we take to the street For we kill with the skill to survive
CHORUS
Risin' up, straight to the top Have the guts, got the glory Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop Just a man and his will to survive
CHORUS
The eye of the tiger... Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Speaking of lack of decency....
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, doesn't hold a candle to "Burning Heart".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Elton John Candle In The Wind
Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you paid Even when you died Oh the press still hounded you All the papers had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the 22nd row Who sees you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
*sniff*
Anybody else smell treacle?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Please. Have some respect for the dead.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
(hmmm...never struck me as a Deadhead)
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I didn't know Elton John had died.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: I didn't know Elton John had died.
Nah, but Elton may not outlive this thread at this rate!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Issac Hayes didn't. Posted by Lard Lad on :
Nor did Bernie Mac. Posted by He Who Wanders on :
What is this, Legion of the Dead?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Geoff Johns needs Black Lanterns.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: Geoff Johns needs Black Lanterns.
(embarassed to admit I was thinking the same thing )
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm not.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Well, you should be! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Outdoor Miner doesn't need to be embarassed about anything.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Too true.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
'nuff said!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I concur.
Thread over.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Or...is it?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It would be if you all stop posting to it.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Okay.
So concludes "Kill-This-Thread II"!
<music fades>
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Such a nice ending. No need to spoil it with any more posts.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Yeah, that would be a crime!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Officer! Officer! Over there! Arrest that man!
Posted by Lard Lad on :
"Why, yes, citizen...he is awfully arresting! Captivating, too!" Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh, I'm sorry officer. I didn't realize you were blind.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
One of my all-time favorite signs is "Drive Blind Person Slow". I imagine it means "Drive slow(ly), there is a blind person hereabouts who may have trouble crossing the street" or some such.
Posted by Ravenette84 on :
I like the "slow children near" signs. It can mean so many diffrent things! but I like to think it means there are "special" children near. I get this awful image in my head of... well things I shouldn't say out loud... but it's funny
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Two morons went bear hunting. On the way they saw a sign that said "Bear Left". So they went home.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
The next time someone tells you anything is possible, strap a set of skis across their shoulders and tell them to go through a revolving door.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Or, tell them to end this thread.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I was little I wondered what those "Ped xing" signs meant. Now that I look at it, I'm surprised I didn't think it was something Chinese.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When I was little, I thought that when people vanished on "Bewitched" it was because they had invisible suits they put on.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
When I was little, I thought everything on TV in black and white was made before God invented color.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That's cute, Miner. I thought color was only temporary and black-and-white movies and TV were things where the color had worn off.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Kids usually only see thing in black and white.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Not me. I saw the world in glorious, fabulous Technicolor.
I suppose we should have known then.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
So, even though I refuse to play by the rules for this thread I'll still post to it. I don't really want to win, I just want the thread to die.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And you think a post like that will kill this thread?
It's going to 2000 with no winner.
Go ahead and prove me wrong.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm trying to, but all these other people are getting in the way.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I want Miner to win it. Because I feel like he'd take little joy in it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I just want to see if Miner is still living after I win this.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
That could be funny too
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Although, Miner might be able to live without drawing breath. You never know with his kind.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
True. But it'd be at least funny to see Kent's reaction then.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
It's always funny to see Kent's reaction.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Gawd, hasn't this thread died yet? Pull the plug and rally round for the wake.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I keep telling people that this is the final post and not to post anymore, but do they listen?????
(Technically, that doesn't matter as these are written words. Perhaps I should ask "Can't they read???")
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
-------------------
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Okay, I've locked this thread, it's officially dead.
Go home ya whippersnappers it's over! PFFFT! DONE! FINITO! FINISHED!
<turns off the lights>
<leaves>
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
(I think Abin forgot to lock the door.)
Posted by Abin Quank on :
{CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!}
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Hey--no cursin' allowed here, Quank--don't make me get my posse after you! Posted by Abin Quank on :
[Mr. T Voice]You ain't got no Posse, fool...[/Mr T Voice]
<Deadbolts Thread Door SHUT>
Posted by Lard Lad on :
<snaps deadbolts with bolt-cutters>
<throws party with posse>
Posted by Abin Quank on :
<Throws stinkbomb into posse party, bolts door shut from the outside>
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Kewl! Smells like my socks!
<party kicks into overdrive>
Posted by Abin Quank on :
<Walks away, confident that the smell of Lardy's socks will soon utterly destroy this thread...>
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Lardy's offline. Perhaps he passed out from too much partying.
The thread, alas, endures.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Still Stinks...
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
The thread or Lardy's socks?
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Both, actually...
Although Lardy's socks are somewhat stronger...
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
The odor that lingers . . . a lot like this thread.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
We could just end this thread with this post...
Posted by Lard Lad on :
...or continue with the "sock hop"! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
You rang? Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said...never mind.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Do Rockhoppers sock hop?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Are Rockhoppers sock hoppers? What do you think? Posted by Lard Lad on :
Dunno, but I'm pretty sure they're question-dodgers! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...but not LA Dodgers or Brooklyn Dodgers.
Maybe Artful Dodgers tho.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Wouldn't that be a Twist?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Let's twist again, like we did last summer!
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Ohhhh, oh those summer nights....
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Let's not go there and say we did.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Summer is almost over.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
say it ain't so! it finally stopped raining.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I still want to move this thread to another forum so people will forget about it.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Would that be against the rules?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Bah
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That would be an abuse of your moderator powers.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
But it would be funny. To me that is. And maybe Hrun.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I'd have to agree on the funny! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
you want funny?? Here's funny.
There's a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, ''Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280!'' Herman says, ''I know, but there isn't just one, there are hundreds!''
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
That's actually quite enjoyable! I'll steal it and use this weekend.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You cannot steal what is freely given.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
But can you give what has been freely stolen?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Are you accusing me of dealing in hot goods? Don't answer that!
Still will this thread reach 2000 (and be lockled) before Cobie gets Double TT Status. I'm thinking this thread will be locked first. I don't think there will be a winner.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
I think you're right on all accounts. And if the only way to kill this thread is to max it out and lock it, than I'm in!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
"then" you are in.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
And I can have my posts proofread throughout this threads deadly end!
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
"Thread's"?
I think Cobaltus Fever has affected Quislet, Esq. He spoke of a "yooung" lady on another thread!
[ August 27, 2008, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: Legatus Ferrous Rodentus ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
At least I haven't latinized my name.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
But think of the glory if you did! You would be the High Magistrate of not only Legion World, but the entire World! It would be glorious!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
By glorious, I assume you mean dorky.
And as they say "What does it profit a man to gain the world, but lose his immortal soul?"
Funny story: Back in religion class the question was what is the difference between a human soul and an animal soul. The correct answer was that a human's soul is immortal and an animal's soul is mortal. However, I left off the "t", so my answer was that a human's soul is immoral while an animal's soul is moral. My teacher said that that was probably true but not the correct answer.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
How would one latinize Quis's name?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No comment on my funny story??? Posted by Lard Lad on :
Actually, I think the answer you typoed was more accurate. Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
<------------thought it was funny!
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
I can't believe there are four or five others on the MMB, yet I'm the only one posting.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
You are not the only one posting.
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Sometimes I get confused and think I'm posting on the "five words" thread when it's actually the "answering questions with questions" thread, etc.
I'm glad there are no such restrictions here.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yup, no restrictions. I am able to post totally nude on this thread only.
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Do you have to quickly change into and out of your clothes when switching between threads then?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Come on over and you can see for yourself.
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Do you have a teleportal I can use?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Alas, no. And not even a web-cam for you to watch me.
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Oh well! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hopefully not everyone wil be so disappointed.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus:
Emoticons don't count in this contest of wills.
Posted by Cobaltus Primus Augustus on :
*choke*
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Response accidentally posted to wrong thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Heimlich maneuver needed on Kill-This-Thread!
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
[whacks Cobaltus sharply on the back; a small object is dislodged and flies across the room]
What is this?
*gasp*
A potato! Posted by Pov on :
(29 hours until potato was dislodged. As if he wasn't brain-dead already...) Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
What was most shocking was the fact that the potato wasn't expelled from his mouth...! Posted by Pov on :
Wouldn't want to catch that "hot potato"! Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Um... remember the "Tater Surprise"... that I served you for dinner?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No wonder the dog got sick.
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
I think Cobaltus was turning to potatoes for comfort after the livestock ban took effect.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Not everything is related to role playing.
Posted by Pov on :
Tell that to Cobie. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I have half a mind to lock this thread so Pov wins.
Ooops!
Posted by Legatus Ferrous Rodentus on :
Confession time:
I don't even like the Legion. I just post here because I have a fetish for one word posts, five word posts, and answering questions with questions.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
We knew that.
Posted by Masked STU on :
It takes one to know one!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm rubber and you're glue what you say bounces off me and sticks to you!
So there! Posted by Hot STU on :
[tattles on Quis to teacher]
Posted by Lard Lass on :
<flashes boobs>
Posted by Hot STU on :
Please, miss, may I have another?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh you straight men and your obsession with boobs.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If you can explain that to me, Quis--or their fascination with lesbian congress--I'll treat you to dinner next time I see you in person.
Posted by Hot STU on :
Well, don't go around being all mopey and stuff... Here...
[STU flashes a certain, extremely impressive part of his newly-HOT physique]
That's a freebie. The next one'll cost ya! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I've seen better. Heck, I've had better. Posted by Hot STU on :
Wake up Quis! Wake up! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Wha - What? Oh! I had the weirdest dream. STU thought he was well-endowed and Lard Lad thought he had boobs.
Posted by Hot STU on :
And you thought you had a boxed lunch social!
(And I don't "think"; I know. )
Posted by Lard Lass on :
<flashes boobs to show Quis that they're real and they're magnificent>
Posted by Hot STU on :
[follows Lard Lass to this thread and quickly seizes the opportunity to cop yet another feel]
Posted by Lard Lass on :
<flees but flashes boobs in secret delight>
Posted by Hot STU on :
[cops yet another feel, and smiles, knowing that Lard Lass's poorly-suppressed delight clearly underscores the rapid erosion of her lesbian feelings]
Posted by Lard Lass on :
*sobs*
Why are you DOing this?!?! You know I'm really a guy under all this!!! One who is/was your FRIEND!!!!
How far are you going to take this?!?!?!
<boob flash of despair>
Posted by Hot STU on :
There is no WAY there's a guy under all that!
The one known as "Lard Lad" is dead and gone -- LONG LIVE LARD LASS!
Posted by Lard Lass on :
EEK!
<'ports away, sans any boob flash at all this time>
Posted by Pov on :
<leaves wave forlornly in the LW air, while monkey throws poo>
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Take your role play elsewhere! It is not wanted nor needed on this thread.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
But if its in the confines of the rules of the thread, how should it matter? There's so many inane threads on the MMB, well past 5 or 6 at this point, that the only way to live with them is to use them for whatever purposes a poster desires.
PS - Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't see "inane" in the title of this thread. Posted by Pov on :
But it does say "Kill" and "Dead". Inane posters beware! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
[Arlo]Shrink, I want to kill. I want to kee-ull, KEE-ULL KIYULLL!!![/Arlo]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
hey! that kinda goes with my avatar!
exterminate! Ex-ter-min-ate! Ex-TER-Min-ATE! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!!
Posted by STU on :
[STU takes out a little silver box with a single red button. The box is labeled "Deus Ex Machine." He pushes the button. Nothing happens for a few seconds. Then, everything happens. Three parallel message boards align, and the posters from Board-D and Board-E are sent back to their respective boards, with no memory of all that transpired during the Crisis. The Blacklight Posters and the Figure in the Shadows (identity still unknown) are sucked through a rift in space, and deposited safely back into the Banned-'Em Zone. Giant Robotic Lesbian, no longer needed to bring peace to Legion World, returns to her storage hangar. PoverTree reverts to Poverty Lad. Lard Lass reverts to her original male, heterosexual self. STU reverts to his unmasked, un-hot, plain old self.]
Thus endeth the role-playing.
[STU makes the outline of a door in thin air, opens it, and walks through it into a field under an unfamiliar starry sky. The door closes behind him. The words "GON OUT BACKSON BISY BACKSON" materialize in the air as wisps of blue flame, and then slowly fade.]
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
NooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted by LardLad on :
<somewhere, in solitude, Lardy sits alone, lamenting the loss of his gorgeous female form and, particularly, those wonderful, wonderful boobs--the flashing of which gave him incomparable joy.........>
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Does this mean STU doesn't have a mancrush on me any more? I know Lardy does, but then, how can he help it?
[ September 12, 2008, 04:48 AM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Does this mean STU doesn't have a mancrush on me any more?
I dunno, let's see...
[shakes Magic 8-Ball]
"Reply hazy, try again."
I guess you'll have to ask him when he gets back from wherever he is.
By the way, where is he?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
He's ascended to the STUniverse.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Or maybe STUtopia?
Posted by Pov on :
Wouldn't that be a DEscention? Posted by Stu Rat on :
Maybe he went back to STUniversity.
Posted by LardLad on :
Aw, that's STUpid!
Posted by Stu Rat on :
I don't really have a response to that, but I'll post now, lest I forget to do so later, thereby allowing Lardy to win. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
As if you'd forget.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Later there is not later. Look at that 3 month US T-bill yield. 0.03%? this implies that there are no 90 day t-bills available.
09/17/08 0.07 1m 0.03 3m 1.03 6m
3 month US-Dollar LIBOR is 3.03% A spread of 300 basis points. It's full point over the Federal Funds Rate. It was even worse Tuesday LIBOR hit 6%. There was no money out there.
If analysis of the money market and interbank finance doesn't kill this thread nothing will.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Bueller?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
IN the first version of this thread, Lad Boy tried talking about ERISA. That didn't work.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Erisa would be a pretty name for a girl.
Posted by LardLad on :
Isn't that a Green Lantern?
Posted by Pov on :
Next person to post in this thread has to give Lardy a spongebath.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Alright!!!!!!!!!!! This will be one sponge bath he'll never forget.
Posted by LardLad on :
At last---A BATH!!!
Posted by LardLad on :
I've always wondered what the excitement was all about!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Hold on to your booties Lardy.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Be sure to clean every square inch! (He's bearly 5'7"...)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh, like you think I'm not going to be thorough.
Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Stu Rat: Be sure to clean every square inch! (He's bearly 5'7"...)
And barely, even less! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh, you are bearly too. I have seen your picture.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
He's bearly legal! Posted by LardLad on :
Do I have legitimate bear appeal, Quis?
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Are you sure you want to make the object of your mancrush jealous by allowing someone else to give you a spongebath?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Perhaps he'll enjoy seeing Lard Lad getting a sponge bath.
Posted by Pov on :
WHY did I ever think that would scare off this crowd? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you must have been hanging out with too many Mundies lately.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
yes, I've been re-reading my Fables TPBs now that they're out of storage.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I never got into that series.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
your loss.
I delved into the Trades almost 2 years ago. It's truly a wonderful, magical series... in more ways than one.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: you must have been hanging out with too many Mundies lately.
Are you just another manic Mundy?
Posted by LardLad on :
Wish it were Sundy?
Posted by Stu Rat on :
'Cause that's my fundy.
Posted by LardLad on :
I don't have to rundy!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Even ruining that great Bangles hit won't stop this thread. However the end is fast approaching.
Posted by Pov on :
89 posts til lockdown! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
88!
in other words, 80 isn't hungry anymore.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
If this thread is closed without a winner having been declared, LW will collapse!
Better to let me win now, rather than risk catastrophe...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
If we survived Lard Lass, Dark STU and all of Cobie's offsrping, I think we'll be okay.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Kent, you must change avatars more frequently than anyone else on LW! I think you make up for the fact that I rarely have one...
Posted by LardLad on :
Have you ever had one?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
STU - Avatar virgin
Posted by Stu Rat on :
I-- er, STU has had a couple before. There was the weiner dog from Liberty Meadows (STU Puppy), one of Semi's collies (during the STU leadership term), and a lion (STU Lion).
I might have an avatar again someday, if I can find one that's appropriate.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
There are plenty to choose from.
Posted by LardLad on :
But make sure you choose wisely...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That has never worked for this group.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Stu Rat: I-- er, STU has had a couple before. There was the weiner dog from Liberty Meadows (STU Puppy), one of Semi's collies (during the STU leadership term), and a lion (STU Lion).
You also used that "UTS" logo (a college, wasn't it?) as I recall.
Posted by LardLad on :
I think his avatar should be of a one-eyed monster.
I'm just sayin'...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't think we have any x-men avatars (Cyclops)
Posted by LardLad on :
Unless you count Nightcrawler, of course. (But we all know he was meant to be a Legionnaire! )
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I stand corrected
Posted by LardLad on :
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I expected you to say "I stand erected".
Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
quote:Originally posted by Stu Rat: I-- er, STU has had a couple before. There was the weiner dog from Liberty Meadows (STU Puppy), one of Semi's collies (during the STU leadership term), and a lion (STU Lion).
You also used that "UTS" logo (a college, wasn't it?) as I recall.
Ah, yes -- during STU's "UTS" phase. I'm not sure I recall what it stood for... Union Theological Seminary? University of Technology, Sydney? Posted by LardLad on :
Does that really need to be said? Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I expected you to say "I stand erected".
Poor Lardy rarely stands erected these days... Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
STU and Lard Lad have a difference of opinion.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by LardLad: I think his avatar should be of a one-eyed monster.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
STU, your post has to be in regards to only the previous five posts to be elegible to win.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: STU, your post has to be in regards to only the previous five posts to be elegible to win.
OK. Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Stu Rat:
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: STU, your post has to be in regards to only the previous five posts to be elegible to win.
OK.
I think he understands, now, Quis! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'm glad that is settled. Now we don't have to post anymore.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Not ever?
Posted by LardLad on :
Never ever!
Posted by Stu Rat on :
For real?
Posted by LardLad on :
Yup! Posted by Stu Rat on :
You can't be serious!
Posted by LardLad on :
See my serious face?
Posted by dedman on :
That looks more like a sad face to me
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: That looks more like a sad face to me
The one with the beard or the one with the nipple above it?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When will that quesadilla get eaten? Com'on already Lard Lad.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
no! don't! It's his only protection from Orange Shirt Guy, who is lurking just out of camera range.
Posted by LardLad on :
Quesadilla?!?! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well, whatever it is. Just take a bite already.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Man, what will it take for me to help Quis win this thing already?
(BTW, I still refuse to follow the 'must reference the previous posts rule--I don't really care if I win or not )
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Me neither... I couldn't care less if I win or not.
[single bead of sweat on forehead possibly betrays true feelings]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stop posting to the thread. That would help me win this.
I know you just want to see if Outdoor Miner really will stop drawing breath.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
Where's OMie been lately, anyway? I don't think I've seen him post in a few weeks.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I don't know. He was missing for a while. Then just before and after San Diego, he posted a bit.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
I still don't care whether I win or not.
Nope, not a bit.
Posted by LardLad on :
Congratulations on your ambivalence. Sort of.
Posted by Stu Rat on :
I'm honored. I guess. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If you don't care whether you win or lose, you must not mind this post then.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
ambivalence is sooo last week. Losers.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I miss Loser Lad
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
HA! Thought you won, didn't you? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (takes breath) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by LardLad on :
Woulda been more dramatic if it went a couple more days, eh? Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yeah, day six would have worked must better
Posted by Ram Boy on :
According to the HoLOLy Scriptures, day six was when the Creator made all teh living stuffs -
That is pretty dramatic.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Bah! Anything that borrows its name from Phil Collins isn't work clicking on.
Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
What's Phil up to these days, anyway?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Here is the latest from the Official Phil Collins web site Phil Collins News
[ October 02, 2008, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Here is the latest from the Official Phil Colloins web site Phil Collins News
How big of Phil Collins to also feature news of Phil Colloins, whoever he is. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Oh like you've never made a typo.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Not nearly as often as Phil Colloins. He makes typos all the time.
Of course, years ago, I was in charge of the library's e-mail reference service. There were more than a few replies that started with "Thank you for suing the library." Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
Well, there is a Tarzan icon on Phil Collin's website. Maybe it's Col-Loin cloths?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
When I worked at the bank, we all developed certain set phrases ("Good Morning", "May I help you?") One day when it was busy with a line to the door, the teller on the end, as one customer left here window, waved her hand in the air and called out loudly "May I thank you?"
Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Here is the latest from the Official Phil Colloins web site Phil Collins News
How big of Phil Collins to also feature news of Phil Colloins, whoever he is.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Oh like you've never made a typo.
Do ya think Quis thought he was responding to Cobie, here? Another victim of Kent's silly, silly avatar swiping! Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
I used to get you and Doublechinner confused all the time. There are a couple of others who use the same avatar, although many of them don't post that regularly.
Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Werezompire Stu: I used to get you and Doublechinner confused all the time.
Yeah, I made him stop using it! Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
It'd be kind of funny if a bunch of posters decided to all use the same avatar. Imagine if we had a half dozen bubble-butted monkeys running around posting at the same time! Posted by LardLad on :
Before you came back, there was a fad among the usual suspects here (including me) to use another prominent poster's avatar. I think it started with Kent using Eryk's Calamity Emu avatar.
Hilarity ensued. (not really )
Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
Another reason why I don't use an avatar!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I think you should pick an avatar on post 9999
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Maybe The Artist Still Known as Prince.
Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
The Poster Formerly Known As STU.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
That would make your acronym TPFKAS.
Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: That would make your acronym TPFKAS.
Doesn't really sing for me.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
It can be pronounced "tipfcuss."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I still just call him STU
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Does he come when you call him?
Posted by LardLad on :
Maybe if you promise him a treat?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Heeeeere STUey, STUey!
(remember when STU used to use that doggie avatar?)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
If I give you all a STUey Snack, will you stop posting?
PM if you want a Stuey Snack.
Posted by Werezompire Stu on :
What does a STUey Snack taste like?
Posted by LardLad on :
Like you, I'd suppose... Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So scooby snacks tasted like Scooby??? I don't think so.
Posted by Pov on :
Like Scooby droppings? Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you all realize that this thread has to be shut down in a few posts.
no one will win.
Posted by Yellow Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Werezompire Stu: What does a STUey Snack taste like?
Remember the way the art teacher's room used to smell like back in high school?
Oooh yeah!
Posted by LardLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: you all realize that this thread has to be shut down in a few posts.
no one will win.
Bummer. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
There is always Kill this Thread III:The Thread That Would Not Die
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
And with just three posts left (including this one) I just might start the new thread.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, that's what I'll do.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
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The original chocolate sandwich cookie was looked on as a knock-off of the better-known Oreo and was discontinued. In reality, Hydrox was introduced four years before the Oreo. I always thought Hydrox were much better than Oreos. Oreos have a slightly bitter taste and, until very recent times, were made with lard. Hydrox cookies had a softer flavour and had always been vegetarian. 
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Scrappy-Doo 
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