quote:Originally posted by Hastings: Oops, sorry P_C. I missed the tasks. I will complete them as soon as googling stops making my NFBSKing computer shut down!
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Que? Googling makes your computer shut down! A new one for me but bear in mind that there are a lot of techy minded people on these boards who wouldn't hesitate to help if you'd care to elaborate.
However, should you be using PC problems as an excuse to welsh out on your assigned tasks, you shall be condemned to a date with BIG Akido, the naked (except for his eyepatch), sex-starved, Georgian dancing Sumo, and you'd hate to know where he wants to insert his pegleg
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(Managed to log back in to say...) At the moment, anything will make my computer shut down. I am beginning to think I shouldn't trust my 'tech guru' friend...
Alas, I must remain uninitiated for now , but shall complete the tasks as soon as I can.
I pray the date with BIG Akido could be put off for a bit.
I may have to get Mr. Hastings to post a tech advice thing - I'm a bit of a tech-bimbo.
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So when do you end up officially getting initiated? Is there a trumpet fanfare? Will I get a badge? How about a parade? I would love a parade even if it is a virtual parade.
-------------------- The less you know, the more you believe. -Bono Posts: 457 | From: Philadelphia, PA | Registered: Jun 2006
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I am two words, not one, and both are capitalized (at least you didn't try to capitalize snopes!).
Your punishment is to identify to me (via PM -- we don't want her mentioned on the site) the screenname of She Who Must Not Be Named.
If you make it through a month-long initiation thread without abandoning the ULMB in despair, you're initiated.
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Oh yeah, and while you're at it, find out who is the Almighty DIC on this board, and what the "DIC" stands for.
- Pseudo_Croat
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Ok...DIC stands for "Defender of the Intergalactic Cosmos" however I am still working on who this person is...many a thread are gone...
ETA...of course...Canuckistan is the one to whom the title Almighty DIC is bestowed.
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What about the EBfH? Has anyone found her yet?
-------------------- Too much of this navel gazing and we'll disappear up our own arses. Danvers Carew Posts: 7465 | From: Oklahoma | Registered: Oct 2001
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*peers in* anything fun for me to help with yet?
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Good work, unklesamming in the dark. Speaking of The Almighty DIC, Canuckie, where are you?
Twenty points to the first person who tells me the name of my favorite song.
Twenty points to the first person who tells me who people say my son looks like. And sounds like, too. (It's the same person, by the way.)
Hi, Robyn!
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quote:Originally posted by Signora Del Drago: Twenty points to the first person who tells me the name of my favorite song.
"Favorite Song - Ah, come on, now! There are too many! Maybe "If You Remember Me" by Chris Thompson, or it could be "Our Last Farewell" by Fogelberg, or it could be "Till the End of Time" by Como, or it could be "Con Te Partirò" by Bocelli. . . Do ya' see my problem?
Or is it a trick question? Still working on the son question.
-------------------- The less you know, the more you believe. -Bono Posts: 457 | From: Philadelphia, PA | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote:Originally posted by guruwan2b: What about the EBfH? Has anyone found her yet?
From what I could tell someone referred to Jenn as an evil bitch from hell, but the thread has escaped. Am I correct?
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You are correct. Then everyone wanted to be an EBfH, so a club was started....
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unklesam has PM'd me the correct identity of She Who Must Not Be Named, so he is no longer on my list.
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quote:Originally posted by unklesamming in the dark:
quote:Originally posted by Signora Del Drago: Twenty points to the first person who tells me the name of my favorite song.
"Favorite Song - Ah, come on, now! There are too many! Maybe "If You Remember Me" by Chris Thompson, or it could be "Our Last Farewell" by Fogelberg, or it could be "Till the End of Time" by Como, or it could be "Con Te Partirò" by Bocelli. . . Do ya' see my problem?
Or is it a trick question? Still working on the son question.
Not a trick question, but I goofed. The threads where this particular song was mentioned seem to have expired. Sorry. It's "Listen, They're Playing My Song" by Waylon Jennings. I love so many, but that's my favorite of all time by anybody. I think the thread mentioning my son is gone, too. (I need to wake up, don't I?) It's Sam Elliott. So, I'll give you half the points for making such an effort. Here they are: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't spend them all in one place!
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Okidoo, things are getting a little slow on the initiation front. Let's see if I can shake things up a bit:
Your next task is to find a D&D miniature you like and give it a nice repaint job.
Then, find a thread on this message board that deals with D&D.
- Pseudo_Croat
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God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts. Posts: 4578 | From: Sunrise, FL | Registered: Apr 2002
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Ok, I cannot figure out how to give my miniature a paint job, but I think it'd look dashing in the colors of the paint jars at the top of this page. But that's just me.
-------------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning- Einstein Posts: 290 | From: Boston, MA | Registered: Mar 2005
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Not much glurge writing has been going on lately (except in the Photo Contest). Thus I have inspired myself to assign a new task.
Take this post and glurgify it. If you are brave (and or stupid) enough you can then send it out to the wild yonder and see how long it takes to get back to us.
Then find out the term we would use for such a thread as Pseudo_Croat suggests be started. And explain why starting one is not a good idea. And then suggest a more appropriate place for such a milestone post.
Hop to it.
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Thought everyone would like an extra dose of Ann before going into the "torture" chamber I mean anti gravity chamber with her so you have something to talk about. This was in my in box this morning. Enjoy.
A father and his teen-aged son were headed out to a camping trip when they stopped by a convience store for some coffee. The son asked his father if he was allowed to start drinking coffee yet, and the father pondered for a bit and asked his son if he thought he was ready for the responsibilty of drinking such a strong beverage explaining that once he started drinking coffee, he would crave it in the mornings to help wake up, and abuse of the beverage could lead to confusing headaches some caused by lack of coffee, some caused by too much coffee. And the son said, let me pray about it dad. So the son and the father prayed and both felt God saying, "my son, you have prayed to me showing you consider the matters of coffee with great deliberation, as I intended when I gave you and all my children this beverage. Go and drink responsibly." So the father and the son hearing these words from God petted a puppy, and proceded into the store. Just as they opened the door, a man in a ski mask was seen escaping out the backdoor. All the occupants in the store had been murdered.
See, if they had not respected God and coffee, not gone to him for Wisdom and guidance, they would have persished that day. The man in the ski mask was intent on killing eveyone in the store.
Thank God for coffee!
Now forward this to everyone you know who likes to drink coffee in the morning so they can share in God's glory.
And the term is hijack. And I would guess unhijackable would be a better thread.
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Nice use of a gratuitous puppy unklesamming. I see you have received your share of glurge.
As for Brad from Geaorgia's post, yes he did hijack this thread and Unhijackable would have been a good place to put his post. However I was looking for the term that describes the type of thread that Pseudo suggested he start (there are two names that we use for such posts/threads).
Good try but try again.
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(takes serarose's now-pastel-colored Gargantuan Black Dragon, makes it real, melts Ann Coulter into a pool of glop, turns the dragon back into a mini, and calls on a hazmat team)
Well, since the initiation thread seems to have ground to a halt, I figured I'd do something to pass the time here.
Maybe next time, we should PM newbies about joining the initiation thread?
- Pseudo_Croat
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*clears throat* I know this is late to the party, but a new idea for our initiates! *raises glass of furry jello shot*
Let us tread lightly in the threads that are passing away. Let us read them in their entirety and if we passout after the 23rd page, we will raise our heads and pledge to soldier on until we have finished them. Let us note the last post to deal with the topic at hand's date. Unless we have new and un-discussed information to impart on our fellow snopesters, let us refrain from adding or Me tooo! or re-hashing already beaten to death ideas if that last post's date is older than we are. Let us raise our glasses to letting tired threads rest in peace! Let them raise their weary heads no more!
All those in favor, say Aye!
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Jeez, I've been following the thread, and I've noticed that the initiation has gotten teh complicated since I was initiated! I didn't know a lot of this stuff Kudos to all you newbies!
(Oh yeah, and can someone find me a picture of a teddy bear that should be in jail? I've always wanted one of those )
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quote:Originally posted by unklesamming in the dark: Hey MapleLeaf...how bout this fella?
Bravo! well done indeed.
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