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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
APRIL FOOL!

Hahahaha, bet I really had you going there! Bet you really thought I'd called Erin to Hell and was going to get mangled... what a wheeze, what a trick (rustle) what a classic! Bet even Lifeman couldn't have thought up a comedy moment (rustle) like that! Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgghhhhhhhh!!!! Waaaaargh! Let go Erin - OOOOOOOOOooooooooWWWww! SNAP, Scrunch aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhh-----------


We're sorry, ladies and gentlemen, we seem to have lost Norman there. But I'm sure he'll be back after some major surgery.

[ 14. April 2004, 16:25: Message edited by: RooK ]
 

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Posted by Robert Miller (# 1459) on :
 
Ha Ha Ha Ha
 

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Posted by Wood (# 7) on :
 
OK. It's lame. It's puerile.

It's stupid.

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But I laughed. I LAUGHED, OK? You see what you've done to me, you bastards?
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Good one.

It was nice knowing you.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Norman - are you going to change your name to "Norman the Organless" now?
 

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Posted by caz6-69 (# 3026) on :
 
I'm laughing but in a slightly scared kinda way.....
 

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Posted by Thurible (# 3206) on :
 
It got me too - but I bet she'll get you!

Thurible
 

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Posted by Ferinjen (# 4719) on :
 
Thanks, Norman, for brightening up a fairly shit day up to now. Hope that you come out alive!
 

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Posted by In TheOrgy (# 2964) on :
 
Thanks for reminding me it's April Fools' Day.

I've now got 7 minutes to think of a prank to play…
 

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Posted by Ophthalmos (# 3256) on :
 
I've called Erin to Hell before. What's so funny about that?

Oh yeah. Sorry, forgot what happened for a second there.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Yum... tastes like chicken.
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
Bandages! Bandages! Get your bandages here! Special deals on blood plasma, painkillers and splints! Private nursing care thrown in! Come and get it!!!!!!!!!!

Tubbs
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
Should I run a poll on the names we thought *had* called Erin to hell...

It got me!!!
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Since Norman the Stump has so kindly started this thread, I think we ought to take this opportunity to bring up any issues we'd like to discuss with the Community Editor.

You go first.

No, you go first.

After you.

No, please. After you.

Let me collect my thoughts first.

Well, that'll be a while.
 

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Posted by Nunc Dimittis (# 848) on :
 
*snort*
 

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Posted by J. J. Ramsey (# 1174) on :
 
Shouldn't someone cue the music from Jaws?
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Nice one, Norman. Or at least, nice place where one used to be.
 

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Posted by bob, short for kate (# 3198) on :
 
Oooooo.

I was wondering who the 'brave' soul who'd done this.

Nice one.


 

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Posted by Matrix. (# 3452) on :
 
I have an issue with the community editor. Erin you're being too nice. All these puppies and you're not kicking any of them....


Regards
M
 

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Posted by ChristinaMarie (# 1013) on :
 
Very good - you got me!



Christina
 

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Posted by Don JuaN (# 1852) on :
 
I knew that someone would try something, and I was dubious when I saw this thread. Still, it didn't stop me from smiling evilly with the mental image.
 

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Posted by Ronist (# 5343) on :
 
I knew he shouldn't have PM'd her. Sometimes carrying a joke to far is what ets yer neck snapped.
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
You guys are all calling him good at this?



PAH...all he did was the equivalent of cry Wolf in the theatre. It's not just amateurish, but every kid in my daughter's elementary class could do as good.

Real creativity would have created a faux confrontation.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

 

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Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :
 
Real creativity was the guy at our workplace who e-mailed everyone asking for volunteers to give 9 pints of blood each for 200 quid. Apparently he actually got 6 replies!
 

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Posted by Shagged at the Altar (# 5077) on :
 

After over a week without a computer or access to the internet, I came back to what I thought was going to be the most exciting thread since ... ever.

Aaah, it's good to be back.

 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 
This thread just makes me want to

Erin's admirers gather round again hoping to hear her dim-witted, foulmouthed abuse, while a relative newbie tries to ingratiate himself with her and the in-crowd. Pathetic.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
But it was the way she said "Yum... tastes like chicken."



David
so simple, yet so profound
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
That's funny, I'd got the impression that if I really wanted to ingratiate myself with the 'in-crowd', the best way to do it would be to start a thread entitled "Spawn is a moronic wanker". Still, as you so rightly say, I'm a 'relative newbie', so I'll bow to your greater experience in this area.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
That's funny, I'd got the impression that if I really wanted to ingratiate myself with the 'in-crowd', the best way to do it would be to start a thread entitled "Spawn is a moronic wanker". Still, as you so rightly say, I'm a 'relative newbie', so I'll bow to your greater experience in this area.

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
And your 'eagerness' to piss everyone else off with your twattish views, as well as to appear to be the only 'rebel' on the boards (ooh, you're so brave with that original post of yours on this thread) is...

(I invite a general contribution to finish off my sentence. No prizes for the winner, just the joy of taking part)

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There are plenty of rebels on the Ship. Didn't you know this was all about Christian 'unrest'?
 

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Posted by Choristerrr (# 473) on :
 
I think your nemesis with the movers and shakers came when you bravely played the organ over the airwaves at short notice, Norman
I can't recall anyone else being given shipmate status immediately since before the concept was invented....
meanwhile Spawn will have to graciously accept that he is a little red blob of a vegetable by comparison


BTW today is the first day I have ever regretted accessing threads by the 'today's active threads' button - the summary of the last post function rather gave the game away
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
Spawn's just jealous, because the In Crowd™ rejected his application for membership, even with the £1,000,000 cheque attached.


 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:
Spawn's just jealous, because the In Crowd™ rejected his application for membership, even with the £1,000,000 cheque attached.

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Originally posted by Choristerrr:
I think your nemesis with the movers and shakers came when you bravely played the organ over the airwaves at short notice, Norman

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Oh rats... I was hoping people might have forgotten that by now
 

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Posted by Don JuaN (# 1852) on :
 
Gah, that got a little disgusting. With Spawn's blatant and nearly autosexual granting Norman with his special brand of moronic disdain has veritably vaulted Norman into the In Crowd pen.

It makes me suspect that Norman may be a... plant. A tomato plant.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

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Originally posted by Don JuaN:
Gah, that got a little disgusting. With Spawn's blatant and nearly autosexual granting Norman with his special brand of moronic disdain has veritably vaulted Norman into the In Crowd pen.

It makes me suspect that Norman may be a... plant. A tomato plant.

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Originally posted by Spawn:

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:
Spawn's just jealous, because the In Crowd™ rejected his application for membership, even with the £1,000,000 cheque attached.

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Sshh - you promised not to tell.

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Darn, that was my out loud voice.

Oh well.


 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Little did I know, when starting this thread, that I would end up being called a complete and utter jerk by Spawn.

Bearing in mind the vast number of examples of his utter blathering fuckwittery that I have been privileged to read during my two months aboard, I would call that a very welcome (if unexpected) bonus.

RESULT!


 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Should somebody start a clique of people who would affirm Spawn's pathetic nature?
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Oh look, Spawn has a crush on me. How cute, in that "my skin has just crawled off my body and is whimpering in the corner" kind of way.

What I don't get is why the dickhead Spawn stays in my playground. And it IS my playground, you knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing cretin, so if the fact that people like me drives you as incoherently batshit as your posts indicate -- after all, no one can say anything nice or complimentary to or about me without you frothing at the mouth like some kind of rabid skunk -- why don't you fuck off to your own bulletin board? Leave me and mine alone, you worthless son of a bitch. You contribute NOTHING to the Ship.

Now piss off, insect.

[ 02. April 2004, 02:38: Message edited by: Erin ]
 

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Posted by Sir Barry White (# 2643) on :
 
Should this thread not be renamed 'Spawn calls Erin to Hell'?
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I would never have opened it.
 

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Posted by AdamPater (# 4431) on :
 
That's a bit rude, isn't it? Can't we all just learn to get along? After all, we're all in the one Family.

I thought this was a Christian web-site.
 

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Posted by Lyda D'Flowerd (# 4544) on :
 

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Originally posted by Erin:
Oh look, Spawn has a crush on me. How cute, in that "my skin has just crawled off my body and is whimpering in the corner" kind of way.

What I don't get is why the dickhead Spawn stays in my playground. And it IS my playground, you knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing cretin, so if the fact that people like me drives you as incoherently batshit as your posts indicate -- after all, no one can say anything nice or complimentary to or about me without you frothing at the mouth like some kind of rabid skunk -- why don't you fuck off to your own bulletin board? Leave me and mine alone, you worthless son of a bitch. You contribute NOTHING to the Ship.

Now piss off, insect.

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Ahhhhyesss.

Just when I thought, Oh well, just a lukewarm little April Fools joke from good old Norman, no fireworks here, Spawn dependably hums his whiny little jingle and we get a classic dogpile and an exquisite Erin riff.

" It just made my evening, " says Lyda, shamelessly brown-nosing The In-Crowd™.
 

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Posted by Cheesy* (# 3330) on :
 

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Originally posted by Spawn:
This thread just makes me want to

Erin's admirers gather round again hoping to hear her dim-witted, foulmouthed abuse, while a relative newbie tries to ingratiate himself with her and the in-crowd. Pathetic.

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Err yeah ok Spawn, I forgot that jerk doesn't count as swearing. Unlike wank which is foulmouthed abuse, clearly.

Prat.

C
 

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Posted by Matrix. (# 3452) on :
 
I glady withdraw my earlier comment.....

M
 

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Posted by Choristerrr (# 473) on :
 
Perhaps you should just pocket the £1 000 000 cheque and let Spawn have a board all of his own?

I wonder what it should be called?
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

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Originally posted by Erin:
Oh look, Spawn has a crush on me. How cute, in that "my skin has just crawled off my body and is whimpering in the corner" kind of way.

What I don't get is why the dickhead Spawn stays in my playground. And it IS my playground, you knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing cretin, so if the fact that people like me drives you as incoherently batshit as your posts indicate -- after all, no one can say anything nice or complimentary to or about me without you frothing at the mouth like some kind of rabid skunk -- why don't you fuck off to your own bulletin board? Leave me and mine alone, you worthless son of a bitch. You contribute NOTHING to the Ship.

Now piss off, insect.

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The usual proprietorial crap. It happens to be more fun playing in your playground, Erin. That's why I'm here and you'll be pleased to know I'm staying.
 

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Posted by Shagged at the Altar (# 5077) on :
 
And Spawn...
If you were suddenly to fall under a train and die a horrible, gruesome death, with your legs and arms mangled and not able to be put back together, we'd probably all miss you enormously. Or at least a bit. Or we'd at least wonder where that annoying little prick had gone to. Maybe. After a week or so. Or a month, maybe.
So I for one, am glad you are sticking around.

[ 02. April 2004, 07:58: Message edited by: Shagged at the Altar ]
 

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Posted by Choristerrr (# 473) on :
 
Ah, it's all clear now - that's no squished tomato: it's a bright red rubber ball which keeps insisting on bouncing back, no matter how hard you throw it....

(But watch your back - is that Erin's jaws I see just behind you, waiting to take a huge bite )
 

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Posted by Cheesy* (# 3330) on :
 
Don't tell me, Spawn, you like it here because it gives you ideas for your pathetic little contribution for that excuse for a 'news'-paper.

But then maybe there'll be a 'How I got thrown off of the website of christian unrest' column in the near future.

I still can't yet over the fact that scz was on a CU executive and you were a member of an SCM group Best joke I've heard in a long time.

C
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 

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Originally posted by Choristerrr:
Perhaps you should just pocket the £1 000 000 cheque and let Spawn have a board all of his own?

I wonder what it should be called?

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Originally posted by Spawn:
The usual proprietorial crap. It happens to be more fun playing in your playground, Erin. That's why I'm here and you'll be pleased to know I'm staying.

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Originally posted by Cheesy*:
Don't tell me, Spawn, you like it here because it gives you ideas for your pathetic little contribution for that excuse for a 'news'-paper.

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Originally posted by Spawn:
There are plenty of rebels on the Ship.

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Originally posted by Erin:
It's more fun playing in my playground because it's MY playground, dumbass, although you are either too stupid or too stuck up your own ass to figure that one out. I'm going with the former, considering that I'd lay money on the fact that you couldn't count your balls and get the same number twice.

At any rate, eat shit and die, asshole.

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Originally posted by Cheesy*:
Don't tell me, Spawn, you like it here because it gives you ideas for your pathetic little contribution for that excuse for a 'news'-paper.

But then maybe there'll be a 'How I got thrown off of the website of christian unrest' column in the near future.

I still can't yet over the fact that scz was on a CU executive and you were a member of an SCM group Best joke I've heard in a long time.

C

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Anyone who throws his cigarette butts out his car window hardly has the moral high ground here.

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Originally posted by Spawn:
You've made an excellent playground. I just don't go in for public displays of mutual arse-licking. But do what you want, I'll just vomit on the swings.

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Originally posted by Erin:
Tell me, Spawn, what IS your childhood trauma?

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Originally posted by Wood:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Tell me, Spawn, what IS your childhood trauma?

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Pssst! Erin!

His dad was an Archbishop. What more explantion do you need?

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Originally posted by Erin:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
You've made an excellent playground. I just don't go in for public displays of mutual arse-licking. But do what you want, I'll just vomit on the swings.

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My God, you are right, any display of positive sentiment IS "mutual arse-licking". I mean, really, it's not possible that when we say nice things to each other or joke that we could possibly mean it.

Tell me, Spawn, what IS your childhood trauma?

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Originally posted by Spawn:
So you're with me on this one, Sine?

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
So you're with me on this one, Sine?

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I'm not quite sure how you got that from my comment, but I am prepared to say that I value your point of view and your knowledge and think the Ship, for me, would be a poorer, duller place without it.

You have even on occasion almost changed my mind on some issues.

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You always do this to me, Sine. Get me all emotional and gushy in the middle of a playground fight. I'll go home blubbering in a moment.

What I meant was my recollection that I wasn't the only one defending the practice of throwing cigarette butts out of car windows. But that may have been my faulty memory.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

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Originally posted by Spawn:
What I meant was my recollection that I wasn't the only one defending the practice of throwing cigarette butts out of car windows.

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Originally posted by Erin:
Look at little friendless Spawn, so desperate for attention that he has to throw a whiny temper tantrum in the middle of a thread which has nothing to do with him. He won't leave a website whose leader he doesn't like, whose ethos he mocks and whose broad sentiment he couldn't be at odds with more if he tried, because even the negative attention is better than the unacknowledged existence he would go back to leading.

It's sad, really. If he wasn't such a dick I would feel sorry for him.

Again: what is your childhood trauma that you hang around a place you don't like? Are you some kind of sick masochist freak?

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Originally posted by Erin:
Again, I ask: what is your childhood trauma that has resulted in you needing to voluntarily infest a website whose leader you do not like, whose membership you hold in contempt and whose ethos you mock?

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Originally posted by Spawn:
I fell out of a tree and hit every branch on the way down.

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That might explain what you'd argue with Wood, now what about the croc?

M
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
"croc"???? now that's what I call living dangerously
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace* (# 4754) on :
 

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Originally posted by Spawn:
You missed your vocation as a head shrink. But Erin, maybe you hadn't realised that not everyone needs Ship-of-Fools in place of a life. I like purgatory and hell and that's pretty much it.

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Well, except for your inexplicable love jones for Erin. And you a married man, no?

You might want to talk to someone about that.

Charlotte
 

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Posted by Matrix. (# 3452) on :
 
I'm a fast runner Alan...
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
Can you manage 35 mph ?
 

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Posted by Matrix. (# 3452) on :
 

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from the site Alan links to

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"Stay safe and watch from a distance"

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Your engagements with the management have never, not once, been anything but a nightmare for me to clean up.

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Originally posted by Spawn:
I've already said I like SOF but you're drawing too many conclusions to say I don't like you or the membership - I don't even know you.

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Originally posted by Erin:
And you, sir, are a goddamned liar. All you have to do is read your own words on this thread.

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
That weren't no flame shuggie, more of a slightly glowing ember.....

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Yeah but embered by sasha doesn't quite sound...

...actually sounds like some intriguing sex game. Your place or mine Sash?
 

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Posted by Níghtlamp (# 266) on :
 
This must be the most successful April Fool I have seen on the ship and I am so glad I didn't close it when I first saw it.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Spawn, you are such a fucking liar. If you really meant that, you'd have kept your goddamned trap shut and not turned a fun thread into your own personal vendetta. What makes it doubly worse is that you lured that crazy bitch Sasha out of her straitjacket.

Fuck off and die. Both of you.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

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Originally posted by Erin:
Spawn, you are such a fucking liar. If you really meant that, you'd have kept your goddamned trap shut and not turned a fun thread into your own personal vendetta. What makes it doubly worse is that you lured that crazy bitch Sasha out of her straitjacket.

Fuck off and die. Both of you.

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Alligators were here long before us and have proven remarkably adaptable. Many conflicts between alligators and people are perhaps perceived rather than real. Good judgement can reduce serious incidents to a minimum.

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Originally posted by Matrix.:

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from the site Alan links to

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"Stay safe and watch from a distance"

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Where's the fun in that?

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Oh, I don't know. This thread for example ...
 

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Posted by Thông (# 4487) on :
 
Great thread Norman! Hee hee! Look what you started now. Erin with all her favourite people!
 

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Posted by chive (# 208) on :
 
This is fun. Thanks Sasha - you're inclusion of me in your mini tantrum has made me feel so much part of this community.

I'm a girl but don't let that stand in the way of a good bitch.

<Wondering which smilie she should use to make the post as inane as all her others>
 

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Posted by shuggie (# 3141) on :
 
Nice to be appreciated for my body for once.

Chive - we all assumed you were a he - cos you like women and this is a Christian website.



(Gratuituous smilie implying sarcasm for the hard of thinking among you. Hi LFD!)
 

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Posted by Ley Druid (# 3246) on :
 

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Originally posted by Spawn:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Look at little friendless Spawn, so desperate for attention that he has to throw a whiny temper tantrum in the middle of a thread which has nothing to do with him. He won't leave a website whose leader he doesn't like, whose ethos he mocks and whose broad sentiment he couldn't be at odds with more if he tried, because even the negative attention is better than the unacknowledged existence he would go back to leading.

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I've already said I like SOF but you're drawing too many conclusions to say I don't like you or the membership - I don't even know you.

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Maybe she's projecting her own feelings on to you Spawn.

Dear Leader,
In what manner shall you lead us today? If you tell us to leave, shall we not stay? If you command, shall we not disobey? If you demand it one way, shall we not do it another? If you say "no", shall we not say "yes"? If you insult us, shall we not laugh?

Thine is the leadership, the bulletin board, and the website. Forever and ever. Amen.
 

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Posted by Pyx_e. (# 57) on :
 
Have we ever had a "shit magnet" thread before?

P
 

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Posted by Sasha (# 2832) on :
 
Sorry Chive, I thought you were a guy because it's usually just teenage boys who fall out of their chairs laughing when they encounter "bad words" on the net.

Now, Ley Druid's post ? That was funny.
 

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Posted by Don JuaN (# 1852) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sasha:
Sasha carefully raises her stake with Pyx_e's head on top (complete with fake arrow running through) and fixes it in the sand.

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Originally posted by Cheesy*:
I still can't yet over the fact that scz was on a CU executive and you were a member of an SCM group Best joke I've heard in a long time.
C

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Originally posted by Ado Janine:
<Tiny little tangent> :

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Originally posted by Cheesy*:
I still can't yet over the fact that scz was on a CU executive and you were a member of an SCM group Best joke I've heard in a long time.
C

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I don't understand the phrase... What was Strath doing on an executive? And does his ladylove know? Explain please. Thank you.

And now back to your scheduled free-for-all...

<totally off-track tangent closed>

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Originally posted by Erin:
I ascertained a couple of weeks ago that I had died and was in hell, paying for all of my sins. But then things started to improve everso slightly, so maybe I was just dreaming it.

And then this thread comes about, and Spawn, Sasha and Ley Druid -- three of the four most retarded members of the board -- none of whom can let an opportunity go by without telling me how much they detest me, as if (a) I give a flying rat fuck or (b) they matter, decide to dogpile, reinforcing my belief that I AM in hell paying for all of my sins, as well as the sins of every other asshole on the planet. After all, I don't think even Hitler deserved to have them as part of his fan club. All it's missing is the King Retard and then I'll have the complete set.

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Originally posted by Spawn:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I ascertained a couple of weeks ago that I had died and was in hell, paying for all of my sins. But then things started to improve everso slightly, so maybe I was just dreaming it.

And then this thread comes about, and Spawn, Sasha and Ley Druid -- three of the four most retarded members of the board -- none of whom can let an opportunity go by without telling me how much they detest me, as if (a) I give a flying rat fuck or (b) they matter, decide to dogpile, reinforcing my belief that I AM in hell paying for all of my sins, as well as the sins of every other asshole on the planet. After all, I don't think even Hitler deserved to have them as part of his fan club. All it's missing is the King Retard and then I'll have the complete set.

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How come you get so pissed off then, Erin?

I thought for a second you were going to have a moment of epiphany and realise that you were the fourth most retarded member - but I suppose self-awareness is not your thing.

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
I can think of two...i wonder who she means...

M

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Originally posted by Spawn:
This thread just makes me want to

Erin's admirers gather round again hoping to hear her dim-witted, foulmouthed abuse, while a relative newbie tries to ingratiate himself with her and the in-crowd. Pathetic.

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you're drawing too many conclusions to say I don't like you or the membership - I don't even know you.

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I sometimes quite like your posts.

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Please sir, can we, too, also quite like Erin's post but without your picking on us? No, seems not. Just you that's allowed to like them, then?

Maybe we're too stupid to really understand them as perfectly as you must do. Therefore, when you like them it's a reflection on your intelligence and insight, and when we like them it's because we're sycophants. Nothing like a consistent argument for proving your point, Spawn, and yes (old joke coming up) that was nothing like a consistent argument .

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I think you play the part of playground bully with consummate professionalism and I dislike that, but I don't confuse that with who you really are.

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But how I struggle with this. 'I don't even know you' but 'I don't confuse [what you post] with who you really are.' Translated as: I don't know you but I do know that how you represent yourself isn't really you. Uhmmm. Anyone else noticed the fatal flaw in that <ahem> devastating argument ?
 

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Posted by Pyx_e. (# 57) on :
 

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
I can think of two...i wonder who she means...

M

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My money's on Lifeman.

[Can we start a poll?]

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Great behinds think alike, he gets my vote too.

P
 

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Posted by Matrix. (# 3452) on :
 
Ahh, you see, i thought she meant NP or Hermit. Who else do we add to the poll?

M
 

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Posted by Pyx_e. (# 57) on :
 
Anselmina you have them rapier like mind of a highly trained theologian, and he wants it back.

P
 

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Posted by Sasha (# 2832) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

And then this thread comes about, and Spawn, Sasha and Ley Druid -- three of the four most retarded members of the board -- none of whom can let an opportunity go by without telling me how much they detest me, as if (a) I give a flying rat fuck or (b) they matter, decide to dogpile, reinforcing my belief that I AM in hell paying for all of my sins, as well as the sins of every other asshole on the planet. After all, I don't think even Hitler deserved to have them as part of his fan club. All it's missing is the King Retard and then I'll have the complete set.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
Ahh, you see, i thought she meant NP or Hermit. Who else do we add to the poll?

M

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sasha:
Uh, no. Complaining that the three of us had decided to dogpile you wasn't sarcasm, it was just self pity. Nice try, though.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sasha:
Uh, no. Complaining that the three of us had decided to dogpile you wasn't sarcasm, it was just self pity. Nice try, though.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:

quote:

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Originally posted by Sasha:
Uh, no. Complaining that the three of us had decided to dogpile you wasn't sarcasm, it was just self pity. Nice try, though.

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Boy, is that projection or what.

I thought it sounded more like a daycare worker who was having a really bad day with the three year olds.

Or a mailman trying to shake a couple of rat terriers off the cuffs of his pants.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Welcome to ship of fools' online casino.

quote:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
Ahh, you see, i thought she meant NP or Hermit. Who else do we add to the poll?

M

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I've got a $25.00 donation to the organ fund that says it's Lifeman. (That is to say, YOU pay if it's Lifeman. I'll pay if it's NP or Hermit.)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Welcome to ship of fools' online casino.

quote:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
Ahh, you see, i thought she meant NP or Hermit. Who else do we add to the poll?

M

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I've got a $25.00 donation to the organ fund that says it's Lifeman. (That is to say, YOU pay if it's Lifeman. I'll pay if it's NP or Hermit.)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin, King Retard, Our Leader:

quote:

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Originally posted by Sasha:
Uh, no. Complaining that the three of us had decided to dogpile you wasn't sarcasm, it was just self pity. Nice try, though.

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Twilight you ignorant slut. You are the one who is ALWAYS bitching about dogpiling, so I felt compelled to point out what a fucking hypocrite you're being on this thread. This thread had nothing to do with you, and yet you are doing the EXACT same thing that you are constantly bitching about in the Styx.

So how are you enjoying your hypocrisy, bitch?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Twilight:
Erin, we're just giving you a tiny little dose of your own medicine.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Welcome to ship of fools' online casino.

quote:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
Ahh, you see, i thought she meant NP or Hermit. Who else do we add to the poll?

M

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I've got a $25.00 donation to the organ fund that says it's Lifeman. (That is to say, YOU pay if it's Lifeman. I'll pay if it's NP or Hermit.)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
How about EVERYONE getting off on this thread pays up $25 to the Organ Fund?

Don't shut up - put up.

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Ha! It's done and in the mail room.

We hate to interrupt our regularly scheduled thread for the SoF Spring Pledge Drive but just let me say, now that the check is in the mail, I feel great.

Wouldn't you like to feel great too?
 

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Posted by Thông (# 4487) on :
 
Does paying the money help when suckin up to the leaders?
 

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Posted by Coot W*nkMeister Eckhardt (# 220) on :
 
I saw the title and thought: 'Oh please, let this be a joke, yet... that too will be a disappointment'. Was a bit predictable boring even. Stormie Normie Luvvie, why don't you come up to Heaven and try to create some *real* humour. God knows, we need it.

And by the way, Chorister:

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I think your nemesis with the movers and shakers came when you bravely played the organ over the airwaves at short notice, Norman

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(my italics) "I do not think it means, what you think it means".

This is how you win, Twilight:
Make a list of your enemies, then rank them, from weakest to strongest. Go to the weakest. Kill. Then work your way up the list. Do not take them all on at once. It is not efficient. You cannot wage war on many fronts at once. Just one at a time. (This is a public service announcement).

Also, I just sent the Ship some money and I am a poor poxy welfare recipient. Let's see some of youse do it.
 

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Posted by duchess of delights (# 2764) on :
 
Uncle Sign, you 're so darn cute, it hurts.
That smile just drove the knife into my heart.
Sheesh.
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
My money's on Fiddleback as King Retard. And it will be in the mail.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Y'all realise that since you're all giving to the organ fund if you're wrong, she'll probably pick a zero-post apprentice and maximise the takings...

I know I would
 

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Posted by Amos (# 44) on :
 
Well, if it's Fiddleback, I'll be happy to bet 25 quid (to the Organ Fund) that he won't show up, since it looks like his Lenten discipline involves shore leave.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Grits:
My money's on Fiddleback as King Retard.

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Nah. In a moment of weakness she once listed Fiddleback as one of the people she likes. It's Lifeman. I'm sure of it.

I'm willing to add to my already very generous pledge* if I'm wrong.

* Which is in the mail. Did I mention that. Yes, I believe I did.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Hmmm... if you're willing to give just to find out who I think is the biggest asshole on the Ship, I wonder how much you'd pay if I were to abuse my powers and ban them...
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
You're probably right, Sine. King of Comedy = King Retard. It's almost too easy.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
This is kind of like those charity auctions where people bid for a date with attractive bachelors and bachelorettes, but in reverse.
 

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Posted by Ley Druid (# 3246) on :
 

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Originally posted by Erin:
Hmmm... if you're willing to give just to find out who I think is the biggest asshole on the Ship, I wonder how much you'd pay if I were to abuse my powers and ban them...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
Anselmina, I don't make the mistake of confusing the persona people acquire on boards like this (and I do the same) with who the person is. I can't say I dislike Erin because I've never met her and I don't know her. I might like her if we ever met - God forbid.

Did I answer any, part or none of your purgatorial question?

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Sure, and at the risk of being barred from the thread, thank you for trying . But I still don't get how you know you're not confusing an on-board persona with a persona you admit you don't know. That's all. If you don't know Erin how do you know her on-board persona isn't exactly how it's presented? Quite logical, really.

And you say you don't like her gang. Who are her 'gang'? Are they the people who 'like' her posts, or the people who 'like' her posts the way you do? I'm just trying to figure out why it's okay when you say something is likeable, but risible when others also clearly enjoy the same thing.

quote:

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Originally posted by Twilight:

Anselmina may not understand this but it is perfectly possible to like someone and appreciate what they do but still be irritated by a single aspect of their personality.

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I'm fascinated to know why I may not 'understand this'. Please do tell me about myself, Twilight. I'm sure to learn something instructive and meaningful, no doubt . Unless of course you, too, are coming from the 'everyone but Twilight is too stupid to really appreciate what is going on here' school of thought.

Anyway, I await revelation of myself at your insightful hands !
 

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Posted by Ley Druid (# 3246) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
How about EVERYONE getting off on this thread pays up $25 to the Organ Fund?

There are friggin' holes in the boat right now 'cos too many people are coming onboard, burning up more and more bandwidth and landing us with bigger bills.

Don't shut up - put up.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin, the Leader:
willing to give just to find out who I think is the biggest asshole on the Ship, I wonder how much you'd pay if I were to abuse my powers and ban them.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin, the Leader:
the biggest asshole on the Ship.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ley Druid:
Maybe the Leader thinks that you, Ancient Marina, are

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin, the Leader:
the biggest asshole on the Ship.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I really wish that Ley Druid would get a fucking hobby that doesn't involve masturbating while following me around like a little mange-infested puppy dog.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Twilight:
Anselmina may not understand this but it is perfectly possible to like someone and appreciate what they do but still be irritated by a single aspect of their personality.

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On the other hand, there are some idiots on this board who insist on daubing a bloody great bullseye on their arses every time they post.... guess who?

Gremlin
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ley Druid:
Dear Ancient Marina,
Did you ask permission from the leader of this playground to utter your idea?

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Dear Ley Druid,

I am personally putting £25 into the Organ Fund to buy you a clue, or at least a hint. On the blue bar on the left is a link marked "Who's What?" Click on that and scroll down to Ship's Officers.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Actually, Ann, I would say that not even Ley Druid is that stupid*, and he's just trying to sow discord amongst the ranks.

*Then again, he could be.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
I hope other posters are inspired by Ann's generous gift. Make a pledge now in honor of your most or least favorite shipmate.

And to all of you who, like myself, have always meant to pledge to the organ fund: Let me tell you, I just feel so darn good now. It was a bit more than I had intended, and it's coming out of what I was going to give my church for the summer school for underpriviledged neighborhood children, but screw 'em, this glow of satisfaction is worth it.

Now...back to the regularly scheduled mud-wrestling.
 

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Posted by Lyda D'Flowerd (# 4544) on :
 
Damn&Double-damn!!

When I bought my new avatar several weeks ago, I tossed in an extra 20 bucks to the organ fund. :whine: Do I hafta do it again to play asshole casino?

(If so my money's on Fiddleback. There ain't nobody can get on Erin's last nerve like Fiddleback. )
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
Now, see, that's what I thought, too. But, noooooo, sez Sine, gotta be Lifeman. Put your money on Lifeman, little lady. Only $25.00 a guess. Step right up and...

Well, now that Lyda's spoken up, I think I'm going back to my original bet of Fiddleback.
 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 

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Originally posted by Grits:
But, noooooo, sez Sine, gotta be Lifeman.

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He is clearly not to be trusted. "Simply 'Normous" and "Norman the Organ" are probably in cahoots with each other. Or one is the other's sockpuppet.
 

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Posted by Lyda D'Flowerd (# 4544) on :
 
I'm with you, Ruth and Grits.

Lifeman? He's just mildly annoying; Erin brushes him off like a fly. Aside from his inflated idea of his own comic sensibilities, his odd nonsequitars, and the ability to cling to an irritating point of view interminably, what could possibly make him the King? Lifeman doesn't inspire passionate ire, at least in Erin as far as I can see.

No, it's Fiddleback.
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace* (# 4754) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Y'all realise that since you're all giving to the organ fund if you're wrong, she'll probably pick a zero-post apprentice and maximise the takings...

I know I would

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I'll send Erin Scharffen-berger chocolate if I'm right.

Charlotte
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace* (# 4754) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Amos:
Well, if it's Fiddleback, I'll be happy to bet 25 quid (to the Organ Fund) that he won't show up, since it looks like his Lenten discipline involves shore leave.

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If so, good on him, and I mean that in a completely non-snarky, non-ironic way.

Although at the rate this thread has taken off, it still might be going strong on Easter .

Charlotte
 

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Posted by Choristerrr (# 473) on :
 
Gosh, I do love Organ Recitals. This has got to be your best one yet, Norman.

(nemesis or no nemesis )


I vote for Lifeback Fiddleman.......
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Blimey, when I found I'd been called a jerk by Spawn, I thought I'd had a successful thread. But no, I wander off for a day, come back and find that I've tempted that brainless whinging flea-ridden bitch back onto the boards. After she so comprehensively showed herself up a few weeks ago, I really thought she'd gone...

...and she made a pitiful attemt to flame me as well! What larks!
 

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Posted by Wood (# 7) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
What you don't realise, Spawn et Les Arse-kisseurs de Spawn, is that the supposed Erin Arse-kissers on here have probably all had a bloody good fight with her at some time.

The reasons are easy to see, because she's wrong about so many things; indeed a completely insane bitch on politics, politics and of course politics.

What you mistake for arse-kissing is simple respect of someone who can be so pathologically wrong about nearly everything, and yet dedicate so much time (completely wasted, of course) on this place, given that she has recently pointed out that she doesn't give a fuck about Christianity.

She's wrong about that as well, of course.

The thing is, Spawn, you're actually one of the biggest playground bullies on the boards. I suggest you sit down, take your head out of your arse and work out why.

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What Karl said, only not as forcefully put.
 

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Posted by Faithful Sheepdog* (# 2305) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
The thing is, Spawn, you're actually one of the biggest playground bullies on the boards. I suggest you sit down, take your head out of your arse and work out why.

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Psychological projection, anyone?

Karl, a substantial dose of emotional maturity would help you to avoid being such a prat. You're so in love with the output of your own mouth that you can't see the gaping hole where your brains should be. There are some sensible and well-informed liberals, you know.

Neil
 

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Posted by Coot W*nkMeister Eckhardt (# 220) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
Blimey, when I found I'd been called a jerk by Spawn, I thought I'd had a successful thread. But no, I wander off for a day, come back and find that I've tempted that brainless whinging flea-ridden bitch back onto the boards. After she so comprehensively showed herself up a few weeks ago, I really thought she'd gone...

...and she made a pitiful attemt to flame me as well! What larks!

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quote:

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Originally Drooled by a Fuckwit

Papio comes to mind as well

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Go fuck yourself, K?

(little boy voice) OOO, Sasha doesn't like me. Think I'll cry myself to sleep

Listen. Has it ever occured to you that those who get flamed a lot tend to be fuckwits. That they tend not to respect the ship, or are given to making sweeping judgements about other people, or just don't apologise when when the whole world knows they are wrong? Every occured to you that the only people who moan about the "in-crowd" are the people who simply can't make many/any friends here? Ever occured to you that people can still cause offence to me even if I don't know them IRL? Do you know me IRL? Shut the fuck up then.

Fuck you, you fuckmuppet.

Oh, and cheers for sneaking you petty little "insult" in where you hoped I wouldn't notice.
 

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Posted by Rat (# 3373) on :
 
OK, an outsider enters the race. Sometime, somewhere, I remember Peronel saying that s\he had it on good authority that Erin hated her guts (or words to that effect). No idea what the context was to that.

So I'm backing Peronel.
 

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Posted by Thông (# 4487) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
waffly fuck stuff. Ever occured to you that people can still cause offence to me even if I don't know them IRL? more waffly fuck stuff.

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Touchy?
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace* (# 4754) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Nah, not too new, anyone who's paid attention for five minutes can arrive at that conclusion.

OK, I'm bored with the argument now, so time to concentrate on the far more interesting tangent. I'm going to start eliminating people. To begin...

I really do like Fiddleback, even though I know he cackles maniacally as he tries to drive me absolutely batshit on purpose.

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but I can just see that.

And now for a word from Propeller Heads Inc.:

My Organ Fund donation is better than in the mail because I used the Organ Fund ad link at the top of the page. Has a secure server and everything. (All right, I made it last night, but I hedged my bets by sending the extra $25 anyway.)

I am quite sure, from my own experience tending an e-commerce site, that the credit card co. and the service Simon uses take out a cut, so give a little extra if you use that link. Thank you.

We now return you to the exciting elimination round for the coveted "Mr./Ms. Ship of Fools Asshat 2004" title, in progress.

Charlotte
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Thông:

quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
waffly fuck stuff. Ever occured to you that people can still cause offence to me even if I don't know them IRL? more waffly fuck stuff.

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Touchy?

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quote:

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This is how you win, Twilight:
Make a list of your enemies, then rank them, from weakest to strongest. Go to the weakest. Kill. Then work your way up the list. Do not take them all on at once. It is not efficient. You cannot wage war on many fronts at once. Just one at a time. (This is a public service announcement).

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin . . . I really wish that Ley Druid would get a fucking hobby that doesn't involve masturbating while following me around like a little mange-infested puppy dog.

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Jumping right into the fray like an idiot....I completely misread this and thought Erin said LD was masturbating while being followed around by a little mange-infested puppy dog. A pink, fluffy, yappy puppy dog.



Sorry. I'm back in control of myself now.
 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
Well Tortuf, there are exceptions to every rule or maybe living in Tennessee has caused you to lose your independant mountaineer spirit. Have you checked your truck for gun racks and confederate flags, recently?

[Mousethief racks up two more brilliant posts. I love watching the meter click.]
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The bitch doth protest too much, methinks.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I really do like Fiddleback

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Ah hah! I knew I'd remembered correctly. Some of you people need to pay closer attention.

Being the slimy little sycophantic suck-up that I am, I remember nearly everything the alligator bitch goddess says. Self-preservation, really. Living on the same continent you can't be too careful.
 

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Posted by Ultraspike (# 268) on :
 
I'm putting $25 on Cosmo. It's been awhile since their last great feud, but gators have a long memory, I'm told.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Why can't you people see what's right before your eyes?

Lifeman. It's got to be Lifeman. I may not be certain about the physical Resurrection, but I'm sure about this.

I've got money riding on it.
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
hehehhehehehh this is so funny.

Maybe we ought to *pay* the organ fund in order to play.... just so if it *is* lifeman the ship still benefits....

I was tempted to start a poll after the first page... maybe it could be a game thread
 

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Posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss (# 2522) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

I really do like Fiddleback, even though I know he cackles maniacally as he tries to drive me absolutely batshit on purpose.

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And I kinda like Nonpropheteer. Should we start a twelve-step program?
 

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Posted by Louise (# 30) on :
 
I always thought it was Lifeman, unless Erin is going way back in history and has someone else in mind.
L.
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
maybe its simon j
 

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Posted by Ancient Marina (# 105) on :
 
Mmmmmm, thankyou Lord... <murmured reverently but loud enough for you to know I am an empty vessel in direct touch with the Almighty>

Even now I am laying holy hands on my iMac screen. I can hear the gentle vibrato of a Hammond B3, played by Norman. As I speak I am singing along, with a robed choir, the verse of a hymn dedicated to you all - 'The Bitch Is Back'.

I can reveal that the Lord has laid it on the heart of eight contributors to this thread to donate a total of £270 (approx US$500) to the Organ Fund.

But I am believing for <sudden increase in volume of B3, thanks Norman> A WHOLE LOT MORE...

I believe God wants you to make it £500. I said £500.

Billy Graham asks you to get up out of your seat. I'm not even asking you to do that. Just move your cursor about seven centimetres, heavenwards, click for glory, then say the Hellmates prayer after me...

Lord, I admit I am a tight-fisted bastard (Lord, I admit I am a tight-fisted bastard) and it's probably been several months since I gave any thought (and it's probably been several months since I gave any thought) to how this stays ship afloat financially (to how this stays ship afloat financially).

But I admit that there are very few places (but I admit that there are very few places) where I can learn how to fit (where I can learn how to fit) words like asshole, flying, masturbation and rat fuck into one sentence (words like asshole, flying, masturbation and rat fuck into one sentence).

So here is my miserly donation to the Organ Fund (so here is my miserly donation to the Organ Fund) which bears no relation to the amount of pleasure I derive (which bears no relation to the amount of pleasure I derive) from insulting my fellow shipmates (from insulting my fellow shipmates) with creativity and flair (with creativity and flair). Amen (Amen)

[ 03. April 2004, 20:33: Message edited by: Ancient Marina ]
 

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Posted by Don JuaN (# 1852) on :
 
Can I donate Canadian Tire money? Give like Santa, save like Scrooge. Although, it is fun to slip this Canadian currency to overpriced café minions since they typically mistake a 10-cent bill for a Canuckistani 10-dollar bill.

The third form of Canadian currency is empties, for those trivia lovers out there.

I'd bet on Lifeman, but I find myself hoping that it isn't him because that annoying dipshit would enjoy the attention too disgustingly much.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Another elimination round... while I don't particularly care for her (and yes, that is me employing the fine art of British understatement), it is not Peronel, either.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
I believe God wants you to make it £500. I said £500.

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Yes, Lord. I just wanna say, Lord, I know we can make that goal...Lord. And we wanna lift up those shipmates who have pledged during this fund raising drive. Who says you can't buy your way into Heaven?

Think how stressed you feel when you log on and the ship is down for maintenence. And you think you'll have to deal with real life until it's back up again.

What if it. just. wasn't. there? Huh? Scary thought, isn't it?

...I'm getting a custom avatar too!
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
er...ahem...not to impugn such an inspired rhapsody....but it's a B3. ...back to the choir now...
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Anyone who pledges $120.00 (that's just $10.00 a month!) wins a free dinner with Bob Edwards...I mean, Rowan Williams.
 

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Posted by Ancient Marina (# 105) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Zeke:
er...ahem...not to impugn such an inspired rhapsody....but it's a B3. ...back to the choir now...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
the Lord wants you to give three grand to this ministry.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:

quote:

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she has recently pointed out that she doesn't give a fuck about Christianity.

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What Karl said, only not as forcefully put.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
which bears no relation to the amount of pleasure I derive (which bears no relation to the amount of pleasure I derive) from insulting my fellow shipmates (from insulting my fellow shipmates)

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RooK and Forky best take out bank loans.
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
Amid much domestic financial discussion, my donation has been made. Unfortunately I won't be meeting the celebrated and superannuated pontifex maximus for elevenses, but I expect soon to receive the neat coffee mug. Question: for 25.00USD, do you also get the handsome plastic ballpoint pen, the Ship's logo proudly emblazoned thereupon, or is that reserved for donors at the next giving level?
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Blimey... I wander off again and come back and find I've been accused of playing a HAMMOND Organ!!

I'm speechless with horror.

.
.
.

By the way, I hope that comment earlier about me being too new to start being rude and ranty was not entirely serious, as anyone who's been on this board recently will notice that I started insane foaming-at-the-mouth rantings (as only an organist can) several weeks ago

And, as Erin has so kindly pointed out, while it may take a while to work out the subtleties of most people's personalities, there are one or two muppets whose true colours hit you in the eyeballs within minutes
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
Personally, I'm betting on NP
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Zeke:
for 25.00USD, do you also get the handsome plastic ballpoint pen, the Ship's logo proudly emblazoned thereupon, or is that reserved for donors at the next giving level?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
I'm speechless with horror.

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quote:

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as Erin has so kindly pointed out,

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Sycophantic ass-licker. Have you no shame?

Sorry. You're an organist. What was I thinking.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Organists do not lick arses (or indeed asses), sycophantically or otherwise. We do, however, have a perfectly serviceable sense of self-preservation
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Zeke:
How much of a donation is required for the boxed set of Martin PC Not's Greatest Incomprehensibilities?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
We do, however, have a perfectly serviceable sense of self-preservation

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
Personally, I'm betting on NP

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Time to eliminate another one... it is not Nonpropheteer... I admit to having a weakness for him.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Yes!!!
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
I'm an NP fan myself!

(BTW, Sine, I don't know what you're so happy about. Every guy she eliminates just brings the coveted crown one step closer to you!)
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
[whispered aside]

Zeke, your PM box is full!

[resume normal programming]
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
I'd be content with Miss Congeniality.

(I'm really looking forward to the swimsuit competition, though.)
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
I think it would be remiss of us not to mention our more modest levels of giving and what you will receive for your sacrificial giving:

Six Feet Under level:
For $20.00 you get Watchman's personal e-mail address and a Watchman-English dictionary.

Karma Chameleon level:
For $15.00 you get to change your Ship name every time Coot changes his.

Animal House level:
For $10.00 you will receive an indepth study of the history, influence and world overview of GIN.

Mouseketeer level:
For only $5.00 you will receive copies of every "random" thread ever posted on the Ship.

Weakest Link level:
For a buck fifty you get to start a new game thread in The Circus.
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
OK, I have to chime in now and say that my immediate, no-thought-process-at-all reaction to the question was
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Lifeman
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
Ok, the here are the higher levels of giving:

Donating $10 earns you RooK's undivided attention for a week.

Donating $50 earns you RooK's undivided attention for a day.

Donating $100 means RooK will ignore you for a day.

Donating $500 means RooK will ignore you for a month.

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As Sine says "I upped my pledge - Up yours!"
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
To paraphrase someone else's wit (before JohnBoot calls me on it):

A day without RooK is like a month in the country.
 

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Posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss (# 2522) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
Personally, I'm betting on NP

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Time to eliminate another one... it is not Nonpropheteer... I admit to having a weakness for him.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss:
Jeez, NP what have you been slipping in your posts?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss:
You gotta admit, MT, that along with his abrasive demeanor NP carries a certain charm....

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mousethief:

quote:

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Originally posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss:
You gotta admit, MT, that along with his abrasive demeanor NP carries a certain charm....

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Not to me.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
So the only ones remaining are hermit and Lifeman, is that correct? No one else has any guesses?

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People just don't pay attention, do they? They'll all slap their foreheads and say "D'oh!" when you tell them.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
Oh, for heaven's sake, am I the only one who knows it's Father G?
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Tortuf:
Bless you Mousethief.

Did I tell you that xenos is trying to convert me to Orthodoxy?

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Sweets for the sweet. But who's Xenos?
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
An apprentice Shipmate here in Nashville.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
Xenos

Welcome, Xenos, if you're reading this!


 

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Posted by .Moschops. (# 3034) on :
 

quote:

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originally posted by fatprophet (referring to Erin):

Yet is she not mere mortal flesh? Prick her and does she not bleed?

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quote:

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Originally posted by RuthW:
They'll all slap their foreheads and say "D'oh!" when you tell them.

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quote:

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And then this thread comes about, and Spawn, Sasha and Ley Druid -- three of the four most retarded members of the board -- none of whom can let an opportunity go by without telling me how much they detest me, as if (a) I give a flying rat fuck or (b) they matter, decide to dogpile, reinforcing my belief that I AM in hell paying for all of my sins, as well as the sins of every other asshole on the planet. After all, I don't think even Hitler deserved to have them as part of his fan club. All it's missing is the King Retard and then I'll have the complete set.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:
Is the fund drive still underway? I did my taxes today and discovered that I owe the government $4,500. My butthole is clenched up so tight that I can't get my wallet out of my pocket.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Zeke:
Too Much Information

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Too little remuneration.


 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
Back away from NP you hussies! I've got a shot-gun and a pack of coonhounds that say he's mine!

Anyhoo.
The Organ is right. Erin implied it was someone current so we can forget about Merseymike and the J person.

My new guess - Kyralessa. Not sure why, maybe just because I like him. I actually think Chast might be right with Fr G but I hated to say it.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Kyralessa.

Hmmm...a dark horse enters the race. You know there could be something to that.

I'm sure it's not the new, improved Father G., though. He's been downright jolly since he came back from his vacation.

But, for better or worse, I'm still sticking with Lifeman. I'm not fickle.
 

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Posted by linzc (# 2914) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Twilight:
Erin implied it was someone current so we can forget about Merseymike and the J person.

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quote:

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The Organ Fund is a voluntary fund, open to donations from all shipmates. Think of this site as shareware. If you enjoy coming here regularly, then maybe you'd like to think about contributing. You can play an important part in establishing Ship of Fools as a permanent feature of the Internet.

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• Lifeman
• hermit
• Fr Gregory
• Kyralessa

quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
So my question for you, Erin, is: would this King Retard be the sort of person to engage in this behaviour as well?

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• Lifeman
• hermit
• Fr Gregory
• John Boot

Time to eliminate... hermit. Wasn't he the one who started the gun thread in Heaven? That endeared him to me forever.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Ooh. JohnnyBoyo. Gee, that's tempting.

No, I'm sticking with my first pick. You've got to follow your instincts in these things.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
I have settled on John Boot. Esp as, being the suck up that I am, I know Erin dislikes fence sitting

so, I am going with John Boot
 

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Posted by Beenster (# 242) on :
 
Is the answer going to be our special easter message from Erin I am wondering?
 

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Posted by Pyx_e. (# 57) on :
 
I remember one of Erin's replies to the king of comedy that is Lifeman in a Hell thread about Palestine / Israel. It left in me in no doubt about her true thoughts on the subject of his immortal soul, his capacity to rub two brain cells together and doubts about his ability to do anything but send the gene pool in to a terminal spiral.

A different league from her usual charming banter.

In my mind there is no doubt.

He is the fourth rider of the Apocalypse. Is the end nigh?

I think when we know them all we should have a sweep stake of the order.

P
 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
The finalists appear to be:

• Lifeman
• hermit
• Fr Gregory
• John Boot

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quote:

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Originally posted by Matrix.:
now what about the croc?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Faithful Sheepdog*:

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
The thing is, Spawn, you're actually one of the biggest playground bullies on the boards. I suggest you sit down, take your head out of your arse and work out why.

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Psychological projection, anyone?

Karl, a substantial dose of emotional maturity would help you to avoid being such a prat. You're so in love with the output of your own mouth that you can't see the gaping hole where your brains should be. There are some sensible and well-informed liberals, you know.

Neil

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quote:

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Originally posted by RuthW:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
The finalists appear to be:

• Lifeman
• hermit
• Fr Gregory
• John Boot

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Didn't Tom Day put his money on Ender's Shadow?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Hardly matters. I've only re-set half the clocks anyway. And I'm just putting tape over the microwave and the VCR.

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Inane grinny post...

Thank goodness my cell phone and computer reset their own selves!
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Could I humbly (got to practise this sycophancy thing) request that those times be translated into British Summer Time (or GMT if you prefer), or at least some explanation as to how those US time zones translate into UK time zones? I have a suspicion it'll be the middle of the night, but never mind.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I'll reveal the second runner-up at 4p CDT and the first runner-up (and, by default, the winner) at 7:57p EDT. So the books are officially closed.

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OK, I'll work it out

EDT is 5 hours behind us, and CDT is 6 hours behind.

So the second runner up will be revealed at 10pm BST

The winner will be revealed at 12:57am BST


Hmm, might have to wait in suspense until tomorrow for the winner!

(Somebody please correct this if I'm wrong)

[ 04. April 2004, 17:35: Message edited by: Norman the Organ ]
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
10 o'clock and two in the morning. I think.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
What about the hour difference between the time zones Erin specified?
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Norman got it... 10p and 1a.
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
Bloody hell, you're going to make me do math on Sunday?!?
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Hey, I received two bottles of Glenmorangie as compensation for my sojourn in hell, and I've already opened one today. If I can do the math (and type correctly!!) I am thinking you can, too.
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
You didn't offer to share any of the Glenmorangie with me. Don't you love me anymore?
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
Well, sure you can do it. You're aided by the Holy Water of Life. You're probably faster than a bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
The ten year old, or one of the decent ones?
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
You can probably even put all of your commas in the right places.
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
too late to be an official entry - but i thhought freggers - mark 1, the new revised one seems a bit nicer.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:
Well, sure you can do it. You're aided by the Holy Water of Life. You're probably faster than a bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

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I am also the best looking and coolest chick in the entire world at the moment. I wandered down to T&T because, you know, that kinda thing interestes me even more when I'm a wee bit soused, but there's NOTHING there that gets the juices flowing. At least, on the front page.

Alan, I got a bottle of the ten year old AND a bottle of the twelve year old port wood finish.

Tortuf, come on down. I am in no condition to drive to Nashville at the moment.

[and only one typo!!]

[ 04. April 2004, 17:54: Message edited by: Erin ]
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Aack - if this weren't Hell already, I'd feel inclined to call Erin out just for the time zone switch in the middle of that sentence.
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I wandered down to T&T because, you know, that kinda thing interestes me even more when I'm a wee bit soused, but there's NOTHING there that gets the juices flowing. At least, on the front page.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
I remember one of Erin's replies to the king of comedy that is Lifeman in a Hell thread about Palestine / Israel. It left in me in no doubt about her true thoughts on the subject of his immortal soul, his capacity to rub two brain cells together and doubts about his ability to do anything but send the gene pool in to a terminal spiral.
P

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Yes, but only a few weeks ago, Erin promised to donate a vital organ if only NP and I would leave - and now she says she has a soft spot for him! (Perhaps it's the spot where the organ was removed.) So you can't always go by how colorful her flames are, Pyx_e.

My last and final vote is for Fr. Gregory.
I look forward to being his Queen.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 
So this thread has moved on to the gang deciding who is outcast according to the whim of the leader. Fits in well with so many of your principles doesn't it?
 

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Posted by Ancient Marina (# 105) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
Mmmmmm, thankyou Lord... <murmured reverently but loud enough for you to know I am an empty vessel in direct touch with the Almighty>

Even now I am laying holy hands on my iMac screen. I can hear the gentle vibrato of a Hammond B3, played by Norman. As I speak I am singing along, with a robed choir, the verse of a hymn dedicated to you all - 'The Bitch Is Back'.

I can reveal that the Lord has laid it on the heart of eight contributors to this thread to donate a total of £270 (approx US$500) to the Organ Fund.

But I am believing for <sudden increase in volume of B3, thanks Norman> A WHOLE LOT MORE...

I believe God wants you to make it £500. I said £500.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
So this thread has moved on to the gang deciding who is outcast according to the whim of the leader. Fits in well with so many of your principles doesn't it?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
So this thread has moved on to the gang deciding who is outcast according to the whim of the leader. Fits in well with so many of your principles doesn't it?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:

quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
So this thread has moved on to the gang deciding who is outcast according to the whim of the leader. Fits in well with so many of your principles doesn't it?

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son of fundyboy?

P

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Just so you all know, my vote for supreme asshole can be bought by huge donations to the Organ Fund.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Just so you all know, my vote for supreme asshole can be bought by huge donations to the Organ Fund.

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Alternatively, what do we get for donations to the Huge Organ Fund?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Maybe, if you all suck up to me enough, dumbfuck here will be so disgusted that HIS principles will kick in and he will go the fuck away. I'm not betting on it, though, because he seems like a big talker who turns into a giant pussy when it comes to putting his money and actions where his mouth is.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Just so you all know, my vote for supreme asshole can be bought by huge donations to the Organ Fund.

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Alternatively, what do we get for donations to the Huge Organ Fund?

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A huge organ.

Five manuals, 32' pedal reed, solo tuba stop, enclosed solo division, ten-rank mixture...

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There is a type of therapy you can have for this sort of thing. In this case, they'd sit you in front of Westminster Abbey organ, then just before you climaxed, show you pictures of naked women. Gradually you learn to associate sexual pleasure with what you're meant to.


 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
So, Erin, you're about to announce the third placed person on your nominations list for the biggest ass- (or indeed arse-) hole on the Ship. What I want to know is, do the two runners-up rank higher or lower than the three people you mentioned at the beginning of all this (Spawn, Sasha and Ley Druid)?
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Make no mistake, Spawn, if I really wanted to get rid of you, you would be gone. I still have the big red "ban this walking pusbag" button on my keyboard. It's one of the perks of the job. The fact that I actually have that power is what allows me to tolerate the vile crap you insist on vomiting onto the boards. Speaking of which... isn't it about time for you to wander off to Purgatory and slam the ECUSA again? I mean, what, it's been like five minutes, hasn't it? You must be going through withdrawal.

Nuff of that. Huge organ... mmmmmmmmm... I'm all tingly. Might need to take a moment.

[ 04. April 2004, 18:55: Message edited by: Erin ]
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
There is a type of therapy you can have for this sort of thing. In this case, they'd sit you in front of Westminster Abbey organ, then just before you climaxed, show you pictures of naked women. Gradually you learn to associate sexual pleasure with what you're meant to.

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You mean other people don't... um...

ah.

Off to T&T to start a thread
 

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Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
Well, I suppose if you held down the 32' low C reed and were sat on something vibrating with the rest of the building it would be merely physiological, but generally, no, they don't.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Make no mistake, Spawn, if I really wanted to get rid of you, you would be gone. I still have the big red "ban this walking pusbag" button on my keyboard. It's one of the perks of the job. The fact that I actually have that power is what allows me to tolerate the vile crap you insist on vomiting onto the boards. Speaking of which... isn't it about time for you to wander off to Purgatory and slam the ECUSA again? I mean, what, it's been like five minutes, hasn't it? You must be going through withdrawal.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Make no mistake, Spawn, if I really wanted to get rid of you, you would be gone. I still have the big red "ban this walking pusbag" button on my keyboard. It's one of the perks of the job. The fact that I actually have that power is what allows me to tolerate the vile crap you insist on vomiting onto the boards.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
Mmmmmm, thankyou Lord... <murmured reverently but loud enough for you to know I am an empty vessel in direct touch with the Almighty>

Even now I am laying holy hands on my iMac screen. I can hear the gentle vibrato of a Hammond B3, played by Norman. As I speak I am singing along, with a robed choir, the verse of a hymn dedicated to you all - 'The Bitch Is Back'.

I can reveal that the Lord has laid it on the heart of eight contributors to this thread to donate a total of £270 (approx US$500) to the Organ Fund.

But I am believing for <sudden increase in volume of B3, thanks Norman> A WHOLE LOT MORE...

I believe God wants you to make it £500. I said £500.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
Okay, you didn't actually directly threaten me. But when I say that I'm not leaving, and then you reply that you have the power to get rid of me then what is it?

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It's a refutation of your pussy "as much as you wish, I'm not going anywhere" big man (albeit completely ball-less) standing up to the playground bully bullshit. I am telling you and everyone else that if I really, truly want you or anyone else gone, YOU ARE GONE. You will not be here to tell me that I can't get rid of you. I don't have to "try" to get rid of anyone, least of all some little scrote like you.

Capisce?

[ 04. April 2004, 19:29: Message edited by: Erin ]
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
Okay, you didn't actually directly threaten me. But when I say that I'm not leaving, and then you reply that you have the power to get rid of me then what is it?

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It's a refutation of your pussy "as much as you wish, I'm not going anywhere" big man (albeit completely ball-less) standing up to the playground bully bullshit. I am telling you and everyone else that if I really, truly want you or anyone else gone, YOU ARE GONE. You will not be here to tell me that I can't get rid of you. I don't have to "try" to get rid of anyone, least of all some little scrote like you.

Capisce?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I am enjoying the hell out of it, as a matter of fact. What I enjoy even more, goatfucker, is that not a single contributor to this thread -- either for or against me -- has suffered any official or unofficial repercussions, yet you in your limp-dicked fantasyland confuse some strong language with abuse of power and a power trip.

Go bother someone else, impotent little man, you've bored me now.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
The occasional reminder that you have all the power serves to keep everyone in line - is that it? You really are one confused person.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
The occasional reminder that you have all the power serves to keep everyone in line - is that it? You really are one confused person.

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Clearly not, as you won't shut the fuck up. But then, you are standing up for truth, justice and the American Way, no doubt. In addition to being a pathetic attention-seeking loser, because this thread had completely moved away from you and then you had to go and try to wrestle the spotlight back onto yourself. So that makes it TWICE that you have come to this thread which has jackshit to do with you and stood in the middle of the room shouting "I'm going to kick and scream and throw myself on the floor unless you pay attention to me!!" at the top of your lungs.

That said, I will be announcing the second runner-up in less than one hour. That gives you plenty of time to get your self-righteous weenie indignation all fired up.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
Why should I shut up?

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Because you are SO TEDIOUS. God I feel like downing the entire bottle of valium right now.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
Just stick with the Glenmorangie.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Nah, I sobered up. I think I'd be risking it if I were to do it twice in one day.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
Spawn - go and stick your head in a blender. You think that constantly slagging Erin is big, clever and rebellious. It isn't. It is just sad. Not everyone on this thread always agrees with Erin. I certainly don't. I am a socialist for fuck's sake. On the other hand, anyone with a
brain knows how instrumental Erin has been in making this board work and those of us who love the ship are grateful to her for that, if nothing else.

What I have found is that if you keep to the 10 commandments and don't post fuckwitted drivel too often, the management tends to let you alone.
whether they like you and agree with your ideas or not. That suits me. If you don't like the ethos of the ship, and you have repeatedly said that you do not, then leave. I promise you that most people won't mind.

But don't think that insulting people each and every time you post anything at all, on any board at all, is gonna make us all want to listen to you. We all know that ship is not a democracy and how Papio or Spawn thinks the place ought to be run is not the point. I am neither defending that not critiquing it. It is just how it is. You can get used to it and enjoy what you do like or you can carry on being a fuckwit. Your choice.

I have little doubt that you will accuse me of being an ass-licker or an Erin-lover or something equally predictable and pointless, and which will probably say more about you then it does me. That's fine. I don't mind. Please, just get over what problem you have got with the ship or, if you feel you cannot, then please at least stop boring us to tears about it.
 

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Posted by Angel* (# 4690) on :
 

Papio!
 

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Posted by Louise (# 30) on :
 

quote:

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Monty Python's Holy Alligator of Antioch Part 293 Scene XII
ERIN:Shut up!
SPAWN: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
ERIN: Bloody peasant!
SPAWN: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about. Did you see her repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
Spawn - go and stick your head in a blender. You think that constantly slagging Erin is big, clever and rebellious. It isn't. It is just sad. Not everyone on this thread always agrees with Erin. I certainly don't. I am a socialist for fuck's sake. On the other hand, anyone with a
brain knows how instrumental Erin has been in making this board work and those of us who love the ship are grateful to her for that, if nothing else.

What I have found is that if you keep to the 10 commandments and don't post fuckwitted drivel too often, the management tends to let you alone.
whether they like you and agree with your ideas or not. That suits me. If you don't like the ethos of the ship, and you have repeatedly said that you do not, then leave. I promise you that most people won't mind.

But don't think that insulting people each and every time you post anything at all, on any board at all, is gonna make us all want to listen to you. We all know that ship is not a democracy and how Papio or Spawn thinks the place ought to be run is not the point. I am neither defending that not critiquing it. It is just how it is. You can get used to it and enjoy what you do like or you can carry on being a fuckwit. Your choice.

I have little doubt that you will accuse me of being an ass-licker or an Erin-lover or something equally predictable and pointless, and which will probably say more about you then it does me. That's fine. I don't mind. Please, just get over what problem you have got with the ship or, if you feel you cannot, then please at least stop boring us to tears about it.

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Papio, I've said before I like the Ship. I like many of the people on it - I like reading many of the threads even where I don't have the time or the expertise to contribute. I've learned a lot.

I don't have a problem with the Ship. I freely admit I've caused fireworks on some threads when I haven't liked what some people have said. On at least one occasion I've responded too strongly.

But if I don't like the ganging up on people or the way sometimes people throw their weight around or what I've characterised as the arse-licking then I'm going to say something about it. Sorry, but that's it.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
There we go, it's 10pm here.

Drumroll please.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Spawn, I am in complete awe of your nobility. No, really, I'm all verklempt.

Our second runner-up and winner of a brand new radar range and a year's supply of turtle wax is...

*drum roll*

Fregory!!

Lifeman and JohnBoot, please retire to your rooms until the talent round. Also, be aware that should either of you try to mount a swimsuit competition I shall be forced to kill you. HORRIBLY.
 

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Posted by Lyda D'Flowerd (# 4544) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Louise:

quote:

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Monty Python's Holy Alligator of Antioch Part 293 Scene XII
ERIN:Shut up!
SPAWN: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
ERIN: Bloody peasant!
SPAWN: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about. Did you see her repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?

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Continue ad nauseam.

Sine, I felt moved in my heart to match your donation. I think we should make this thread pay per view.~italics LdF

L.

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Especially Spawn. What a goldmine!!

I made my donation a little while ago.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
[ignorant newbie]

Who is JohnBoot?



[/ignorant newbie]
 

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Posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss (# 2522) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Twilight:
Back away from NP you hussies! I've got a shot-gun and a pack of coonhounds that say he's mine!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Lyda D'Flowerd:
Especially Spawn. What a goldmine!!

I made my donation a little while ago.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

Lifeman and JohnBoot, please retire to your rooms until the talent round. Also, be aware that should either of you try to mount a swimsuit competition I shall be forced to kill you. HORRIBLY.

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'Talent round'?
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Lifeman and JohnBoot, please retire to your rooms until the talent round.

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We can get a good two pages off of what their talents are.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 
Many thanks, Alan. Since I haven't come across JohnBoot in my time here, I have no idea what he may have done to see him raised to these dizzy heights. I'll just have to watch and learn.
 

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Posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss (# 2522) on :
 
Holy Shit, the post rate on this one is fierce!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Thanks guys.

I leave this thread for a measly day and a half, and there's another five pages to wade through.

It was a pretty good way to spend the last three parts of an hour, though

[what the sod ia a huur?]

[ 04. April 2004, 21:19: Message edited by: Marvin the Martian ]
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
PS - contribution made, even if I am too late to vote. You're right sine, it does feel good
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
[ignorant newbie]

Who is JohnBoot?



[/ignorant newbie]

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
JohnnyBoyo is a stereotypical Irish-American who thinks the IRA are freedom fighters and the British eat Irish babies for breakfast, redeemed only by the fact that he has an impressively vicious wit.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Don JuaN:
In retaliation, here's some nude photos of Erin

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I've seen that one. Do you have the one of her on her back with the Reptile World man scratching her stomach? I hear it's hot.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
You forgot horny.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
I'll admit that my donation wasn't a lot, but I am skint. What can I say? I promise that when I get a job, if I still have internet access, I will make a make a monthly contribution by direct debit.

RooK, you can give me you undivided attention (re:sarkycow) if you want.
 

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Posted by Norman the Organ (# 5477) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Don JuaN:
Did you realize that the organ fund thingy doesn't accept Canadian Tire money? Elitist, that's what that is.

In retaliation, here's some nude photos of Erin.

Take that you drunked, power-mad maniac. Spawn was right all along!

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The two-click rule, RooK, the two-click rule!

I wasn't ready for a sight like that

[ 04. April 2004, 21:49: Message edited by: Norman the Organ ]
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Spawn:
What's your point, Pyxe? Is it an attempt to be deliberately ambiguous, have I missed something, or are you an idiot?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Don JuaN:
Did you realize that the organ fund thingy doesn't accept Canadian Tire money? Elitist, that's what that is.

In retaliation, here's some nude photos of Erin.

Take that you drunked, power-mad maniac. Spawn was right all along!

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Fuckin' A, you guys, somebody on this board is gonna get me fired...
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
What can I say? I'm an exhibitionist.
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
monthly direct debit.... theres a thought....

Thhis threads inspired me!!! Does the ship lose money if i do it online (contribute that is ) or shall i go right ahhead...?
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
I dont need to contribute - i got it right

I will tho
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace* (# 4754) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Anselmina:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:

Lifeman and JohnBoot, please retire to your rooms until the talent round. Also, be aware that should either of you try to mount a swimsuit competition I shall be forced to kill you. HORRIBLY.

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'Talent round'?

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I think I might need to nip out and replace _my_ bottle of whiskey (sadly depleted during the Cold from Hell) for that.

(Bushmills, just to get JohnBoot going .)

Charlotte
 

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Posted by elsi (# 2098) on :
 
Well I was going to say Lifeman, but after recent posts I've got this feeling Spawn is endeavouring to qualify for 2 entries in the top 4!

Either way...top thread, so despite being broke a small donation to the organ fund is on it's way!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Bedtime for Martians. I look forward to reading the revelation tomorrow.

(my money would have been on Lifeman, but it's past the entry deadline...)
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by elsi:
despite being broke a small donation to the organ fund is on it's way!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Seeing as how we're at T minus 84 minutes and counting, I should take the time to thank both Norman and Spawn. You see, after my time in cnoversion hell, I had kinda lost interest in regular posting on the Ship...

...Along comes Spawn, with his Rage Against the Machine, selective anti-authority stance, and viola! I am sucked back into it, big time. I wonder if he has any idea that if he'd just kept his fucking trap shut, this thread would have died after about maybe 28 posts and NONE of this would have happened. So my hat's off to you, Spawn, for being the catalyst of the very thing you seem to loathe.

Why yes, poetic justice IS my bitch.

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Glad to be of help, Erin. It'll be good to see you posting more again. More chance for me to vent my spleen.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
So my hat's off to you, Spawn, for being the catalyst of the very thing you seem to loathe.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
It'll be good to see you posting more again. More chance for me to vent my spleen.

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I cry FOUL!!! This is a deliberate insult of those of us with congenital asplenia.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
Well spotted Pyx_e

I am sticking with John Boot, as (I think) I was the first to suggest him, but please correct me if I am wrong.

However, I shall not be all *that* surprised if it is Lifeman. I have met Lifeman IRL and confirm that he is a twat.


(Ok, I am drunk. So was Erin )

[ 04. April 2004, 22:56: Message edited by: Papio* ]
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
But these are all fundy tactics, ones you power mad nutters are both loath see in yourselves and even more pissed off about when you end up on the receiving end.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
My point Spawn was that I had a friking revelation that your “impossible to pin down” churchmanship / political position is in fact that of a fundy with a large vocabulary. It has been bugging me for a while because you will not actually describe in any significant detail where you are coming from (apart from your hatred of liberals, but then you won’t define what you mean by liberal so its all a bit confusing really) . But seeing you and Faithful Sheepdog post on the same thread gave me the epiphany.

You are a fundy, but one who cleverly disguises himself with a dictionary and an avoidance of biblical quotes.

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You do talk delightful rot sometimes, Pyxe.

I'm rather flattered to think you've spent time trying to work me out. If your revelation helps you then by all means categorise me how you like. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not unduly bothered by what others think of me.
 

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Posted by chive (# 208) on :
 
I'm beginning to worry the server will crash come the great denouement.

Such is the excitement.
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:

quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
But these are all fundy tactics, ones you power mad nutters are both loath see in yourselves and even more pissed off about when you end up on the receiving end.

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But his mom is really gracious and lovely though. She smiled at me once in a receiving line like she'd been waiting her whole life just to meet moi.

I cut him a lot of slack for that.

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quote:

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In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not unduly bothered by what others think of me.

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You sound more like a very early model of Erin with every post. A sort of 4lb late 70's Walkman (no Dolby) compared to a 60 gb Creative Zen MP3 player.

Glad I made you laugh though

Sine, she probably thought you would make her son a lovely wife, if only he would stop all that beatniking around in Clifton. It was either that or gas.

P
 

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Posted by Spawn (# 4867) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
Well, it's midnight here, so I shall leave this thread to the US shipmates, people from other time zones and insomniac UK people. I'll look forward to the revelation in the morning, though to be honest it's lost its shine somewhat as it seems impossible that there could be a shipmate who could match the virtuosic fuckwittery of our fundy friend. Shouldn't there be a "reopen nominations" option in this sort of situation?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
It was either that or gas.

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No. Actually it was less than a week after our late, possibly lamented, ECUSA national convention, at a cathedral where the bishop, dean, and congo were bitterly divided.

I was most impressed by his folks' behavior, regardless of what they really thought. It was a class act.
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
How much is it worth not to lock/delete/limbo this thread in the next 20 minutes?

Donations to the Organ Fund folks
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Lifeman. Lifeman.

Roll dem bones. Baby needs a new pair of shoes.
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
Sarky you are wonderful but I'm afraid the Organ Fund will have to await my liberation from debtors' prison later in the month.

Huia
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
...

Wonder how the Organ Fund is looking.

My figer is poised over the 'close thread' button
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
The moment of truth is at hand... who shall it be? The raving cretin from Manchester, or the paranoid freak from the Midwest?

Decisions, decisions.

While I dearly, dearly love both Sine and Pyx_e, to the point where I would gladly fuck both of them if the opportunity presented itself, Papio picked the winner. For no one can match the gibbering fuckwittery displayed in this thread. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... JohnBoot!!
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
Strange - I thought Erin would favour long-term fuckwittery over the short-term-but-lighting-up-the-sky fuckwittery.

Ah well, you live and learn
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Look, I already mailed a very generous check Friday to Jacksonville. Plus I've got $25 on Lifeman, and the $25 in honor of Spawn.

Give us a break.

(Did I mention this was coming out of my sacrificial giving for under-priveledged children in my neighborhood? I think I did.)
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
Huh. Will you look at that? I just had an anti-climax, right here in front of my computer. Anyone got an anti-Kleenex?
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Damn! Damn! Damn!

Fuck! Shit! Hell!

(Thank God "The Ten Commandments" is on tonight. I'll have another cocktail and pretend I'm Ann Bancroft as "Pharoh's daughter.")
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
This is why the Lord frowns upon gambling.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Also, just as an fyi... when in doubt, listen to the WooKiee:

quote:

---

Originally posted by Don JuaN:
I'd bet on Lifeman, but I find myself hoping that it isn't him because that annoying dipshit would enjoy the attention too disgustingly much.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
Or, you can do as Ancient Mariner did, and just e-mail me and ask outright.

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quote:

---

"I need another oarsman for my barge...the strong one...there."

---

quote:

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You can worship whatever gods you please, so long as I can worship you.

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quote:

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"Let the name of Moses be unheard for all time."--Seti

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
Sigh... That was a great thread, wasn't it? I was so totally clueless about his issues, which made it even funnier, I guess.

Here's to JohnBoot, King Retard.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
You know, Sine, you could have at least PRETENDED to be flattered by my having deemed you shag-worthy, even if you don't like the icky girls.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Did we make Mariner's goal? Please say we did.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
You know, Sine, you could have at least PRETENDED to be flattered by my having deemed you shag-worthy, even if you don't like the icky girls.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
I didn't know you were a papist. Me, I already know I'm going to hell, so I figure I might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
you are one sick mofo

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Mousethief:
Can a gay guy be a mofo? More like a fafo, wouldn't it be?

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Ah damn MT. I was thinking that but you beat me to it.
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Sick minds think alike, I guess
 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 
Two minor points:

1. Someone posted a link to my profile, and I noticed that - somehow - my adopted home of Detroit was no longer listed. As I've grown fond of Detroit, I was going to complain, but it struck me that I could change it myself - and I did.

2. I cringed at the use of the word "retard" by some posters. Although this is a bit politically-correct, I think that (as the nuns use to say) you're all clever enough to come up with another word that's equally as spicy!
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
Nope. "Developmentally disabled" just doesn't have the same ring to it. "King retard" almost has grandeur. Almost.
 

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Posted by Coot (Such a nice boy) (# 220) on :
 
Oh no! I was wrong! For these and all my other sins I will take the cat bickies out of my children's mouths and go and donate another $30 to the Organ Fund.
 

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Posted by Coot (Such a nice boy) (# 220) on :
 
Please Erin, confess it. You do really hate Lifeman more. You just picked JB so we'd give more money? You know this will just encourage him. I'm thinking of the Roger Waters album Radio KAOS. My least most-hated poster is...
 

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Posted by Kelly Ahhhyeeesss (# 2522) on :
 
Oh , Johnboot, not JB. World was rocked for a moment.
 

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Posted by Angel* (# 4690) on :
 

Haven't laughed so much in a long time.
Is this to be a regular addition - High ranking officials hate lists?

 

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Posted by Nonpropheteer (# 5053) on :
 
Sorry I'm a little late.

So did I miss anything?

As much as I like coon dogs, shotguns and bunnies w/axes - that whole thing made me a little nervous. Closing my blinds now...
 

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Posted by Ancient Marina (# 105) on :
 
As of 11.43pm UK time Sunday 4 April:

£553.17 (US$1023 approx) has been raised for the Organ Fund from this thread alone.

Did bitching ever bring such a blessing?

Halle-cash-elluyah.

Now we can start work on our online biblical theme park...
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
Now we can start work on our online biblical theme park...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:

Now we can start work on our online biblical theme park...

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quote:

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Originally Posted by Erin

Papio picked the winner.

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Do I get a prize?

Also - Lifeman, much as I think your posting style does no-one any favours, least of all yourself, I don't think I should have made the comment about meeting you IRL that I did. I feel bad about it, so my apologies for that.
 

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Posted by Thông (# 4487) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
Well fuck it.

Does this mean you like Lifeman?

P

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
Now we can start work on our online biblical theme park...

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Kerygmanic Park ... watch Leviathan frolic in the waves, ride the Ark across the Deluge to Mt Ararat, be swallowed by a great fish, travel with Paul through the Roman Empire ... don't be satisfied with merely reading the words of Scripture, live them!

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Pyx_e.:
Well fuck it.

Does this mean you like Lifeman?

P

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quote:

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Originally posted by Coot (Such a nice boy):
Please Erin, confess it. You do really hate Lifeman more. You just picked JB so we'd give more money? You know this will just encourage him. I'm thinking of the Roger Waters album Radio KAOS. My least most-hated poster is...

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This was never who I dislike most. It was the list of people whose bizarre offense-taking habits cause me to lose the will to live. My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 
I thought it was a list of the 4 most retarded people on the ship?
 

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Posted by Ferinjen (# 4719) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
This was never who I dislike most. It was the list of people whose bizarre offense-taking habits cause me to lose the will to live. My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Papio*:
I thought it was a list of the 4 most retarded people on the ship?

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Ferinjen:
You can just imagine Ancient Mariner's eyes registering $ and £ signs as he reads this...

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And they say that the Americans are the greedy capitalist pigs...
 

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Posted by IntellectByPenis (# 3185) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by JohnBoot:
2. I cringed at the use of the word "retard" by some posters. Although this is a bit politically-correct, I think that (as the nuns use to say) you're all clever enough to come up with another word that's equally as spicy!

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ferinjen:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
This was never who I dislike most. It was the list of people whose bizarre offense-taking habits cause me to lose the will to live. My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.

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You can just imagine Ancient Mariner's eyes registering $ and £ signs as he reads this...

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by IntellectByPenis:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.

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£10 worth of book tokens, a bar of generic supermarket dark chocolate (70% cocoa) and a bottle of blended Scotch whiskey with a scuffed label says Mersey Mike's on it.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

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Originally posted by IntellectByPenis:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
My "I hate you with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns" list has different names on it.

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£10 worth of book tokens, a bar of generic supermarket dark chocolate (70% cocoa) and a bottle of blended Scotch whiskey with a scuffed label says Mersey Mike's on it.

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I don't think you'll find anyone who's going to take that bet.

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quote:

---

You can just imagine Ancient Mariner's eyes registering $ and £ signs as he reads this...

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That'$ re£rehen$ible and £o$itively without ba$i$.
 

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Posted by The Mid (# 1559) on :
 
It is comforting to find that after several months of being away, one can come back and find things just as they were when one left, and still just as entertaining as ever!!
 

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Posted by Gremlin (# 129) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Spawn:
I've learned a lot.

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quote:

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I don't have a problem with the Ship. <snip>

But if I don't like the ganging up on people or the way sometimes people throw their weight around or what I've characterised as the arse-licking then I'm going to say something about it. Sorry, but that's it.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Gremlin:

quote:

---

Originally posted by Spawn:
I've learned a lot.

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But not how to live with authority.

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quote:

---

However, the people (or person, given the context of this thread) who throws their weight around most, is the person with the most weight to throw! I.e. Erin... member no. 2! You complain that Ship of Fools BBS is not her private board, well, actually, it is, in as much as it is anyone's (other than Simon's). She just happens to have sufficient patience to let crap like you post on it.

Now get over it, you annoying little arse-wipe, and go play somewhere where the landlady can put up with seeing you vomit on the pavement every time you post.

Gremlin.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Thông:
Are you sure it wasnt a strawberry?

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quote:

---

Originally posted by JohnBoot:
Two minor points:

1. Someone posted a link to my profile, and I noticed that - somehow - my adopted home of Detroit was no longer listed. As I've grown fond of Detroit, I was going to complain, but it struck me that I could change it myself - and I did.

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quote:

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Originally posted by IntellectByPenis:
Now who do I remember having a tomato avatar once before...

Ah yes. He was from Liverpool.

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Merseymike, whom I happen to like, has been banned for a sufficient amount of time for his enemies to get over his posts, I would have thought.
 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 
I'm sorry to hear about your lack of delight in your sojourn(s) and/or visit(s) to Detroit, Mr. Ultraspike.

It doesn't reflect well on the hospitality of either my fellow Detroiters or me!
 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
Well Papio, that's the difference between banning and suspension Banning is forever; I think of this from time to time as I stand on the edge of the abyss.

So do I get to be queen? I've read the Johnboot thread and I disagree with every word he says so it should make for a bumpy reign.
 

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Posted by Ultraspike (# 268) on :
 
That's Ms. Ultraspike, Mr. Boot. And it wasn't the people pf Detroit I found disagreeable but rather the quality of life.
 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 
"Ms. Ultraspike" - so noted; please accept my apologies for the mistake.

I hope you are happier in your present ville de choix!
 

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Posted by Ley Druid (# 3246) on :
 
Dear JohnBoot,
Erin has used a word not found in my diction.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
you are one sick mofo

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ley Druid:
Dear JohnBoot,
Erin has used a word not found in my diction.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
you are one sick mofo

---

What do you think the use of this word, "mofo", might indicate about the person who used it?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ferinjen:
You can just imagine Ancient Mariner's eyes registering $ and £ signs as he reads this...

---

And they say that the Americans are the greedy capitalist pigs...

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Nonpropheteer:
Sorry I'm a little late.

So did I miss anything?

As much as I like coon dogs, shotguns and bunnies w/axes - that whole thing made me a little nervous. Closing my blinds now...

---

I just love it when I make men nervous.
 

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Posted by Ado Janine (# 3337) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
I didn't know you were a papist. Me, I already know I'm going to hell, so I figure I might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
What I enjoy even more, goatfucker

---

Apart from whether or not Spawn deserves this, the first thing I imagined here was some kind of sword out of a fantasy novel. "'Behold!' cried Zargoth. "Long-prophesied to bring freedom to our people! The ancient sword -- GOATFUCKER!'"

I was going to point out that it reminded me of "Stormbringer," but as the author's name is Michael Moorcock, I just couldn't.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Lyda D'Flowerd:
And unless Fr. Gregory's entire body of work is considered, I don't think his recent work is up to Erin's standard of fuckwitdom.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
Our second runner-up and winner of a brand new radar range and a year's supply of turtle wax is...

*drum roll*

Fregory!!

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:
Our second runner-up and winner of a brand new radar range and a year's supply of turtle wax is...

*drum roll*

Fregory!!

---

Well, he was on the list anyway.

Oh, and Papio:

quote:

---

Originally also posted by Erin:
Lifeman and JohnBoot, please retire to your rooms until the talent round. Also, be aware that should either of you try to mount

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Oh God, I really didn't need the image which flashed into my mind a split-second before I read "a swimsuit competition."

I really have been spending too much time on T & T.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
Don't you just luv Cecil B. DeMille. Eat your heart out, Mel Gibson. And Charlton was pretty darn hot half naked...a long time ago.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Mousethief:
Can a gay guy be a mofo? More like a fafo, wouldn't it be?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Don JuaN:
Chast, dude, you've got to read the whole thread before you start posting. Honestly. You're dribbling.

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Setting the Wayback Machine and heading back to page... whatever the hell it is...
 

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Posted by Angel* (# 4690) on :
 
Hello - has this thread run aground? We appear to be in a different universe. Has the thread been scuppered? Derailed, in boating terms?
I do wonder sometimes.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by kentishmaid:
Now that's not fair. I've got
"SpawnCarey fields forever"
going round and round my head now.

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Here's a picture of a fruit bat, by the way. It's completely unrelated to this thread, but the window was still open and before I closed it, I thought I'd share it with you all. Isn't it adorable?

quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:

quote:

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Originally posted by IntellectByPenis:
Now who do I remember having a tomato avatar once before...

Ah yes. He was from Liverpool.

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Merseymike, whom I happen to like, has been banned for a sufficient amount of time for his enemies to get over his posts, I would have thought.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ado Janine:
Oh, come now, there's a big Sin Quotient difference between doing Sine and doing a sheep.

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quote:

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Originally Posted by Chastmastr

Does that mean he's coming back?

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quote:

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Originally posted by chive:
The lunatics appear to have taken over the asylum.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ley Druid:
Dear JohnBoot,
Erin has used a word not found in my diction.

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
you are one sick mofo

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What do you think the use of this word, "mofo", might indicate about the person who used it?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
It's obvious that he offended some shippies quite badly. I don't think he would deny that. But he can't answer back, can he?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:


<snip>
I am just struggling to think of anyone else who gets regular mentions on the ship after having been banned. Perhaps there are people, but I can't think of them.
<snip>

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I'll always think of Watchman and his differently-literate bride with nostalgia. Nobody could tenaciously spout pages and pages of whacko nonsense like that pair. It was sort of like Twin Peaks: absolutely riviting for a time then you got burnt out on dancing dwarfs. Ah, me.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
I am just struggling to think of anyone else who gets regular mentions on the ship after having been banned. Perhaps there are people, but I can't think of them.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
I am just struggling to think of anyone else who gets regular mentions on the ship after having been banned. Perhaps there are people, but I can't think of them.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
I think it is time for a pledge break. Ancient Mariner, are we on track for meeting today's pledge goals at Ship of Fools?

Just like SN, I've upped my pledge. Up yours, too.

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The Captain informs me that we are now nudging a total of £600 of much-needed dough from posters on this thread.

Seriously - to those who have, a huge thank you for making this happen. It is really appreciated.

Hey, this is Hell, I'm coming over all gooey and using unacceptably heart-warming vocabulary.


 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Norman the Organ:
Who is this "reepicheep" who seems to be on lots of old threads? He/she has a very low member number and seems to be banned...

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quote:

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Is it ... someone who has gone overboard never again to step foot on our hallowed decks? Cos I know one very strong candidate

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quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
PS good for you for reading old threads

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I'm very distressed actually, as I have discovered that I am a prime numbered shipmate, and missed out on the meet
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
Hey, this is Hell, I'm coming over all gooey and using unacceptably heart-warming vocabulary.

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Money does that to people
 

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Posted by JimT (# 142) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ado Janine:

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
I didn't know you were a papist. Me, I already know I'm going to hell, so I figure I might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.

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Oh, come now, there's a big Sin Quotient difference between doing Sine and doing a sheep.

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
[And Spawn my son my son. The best thing that ever happened to me was coming to terms with Erin's unchecked, uninhibited, and unassailable authority, which she grinds into the noses of those who make demands on her time over personal scrapes and scuffles. You are confusing the criminal authority of the playground bully with the legitimate authority of the harsh Mother Superior who really wishes to squeeze and hug the little urchins whose ears she is twisting because they make her life a living Hell.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Papio*:
You people honestly think that Mike was that bad? Wow. I disagree, obviously, but I can see that is no point is arguing about it.

I'll get me coat.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:

quote:

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Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
I think it is time for a pledge break. Ancient Mariner, are we on track for meeting today's pledge goals at Ship of Fools?

Just like SN, I've upped my pledge. Up yours, too.

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The Captain informs me that we are now nudging a total of £600 of much-needed dough from posters on this thread.

Seriously - to those who have, a huge thank you for making this happen. It is really appreciated.

Hey, this is Hell, I'm coming over all gooey and using unacceptably heart-warming vocabulary.

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With this pledge break, we are starting to turn the tone from Public Radio ("But you can't do that to Bob Edwards!") to one of our two public TV stations where I live ( sums it up perfectly). This TV station used to be riding high (anyone remember Bill Nye, the Science Guy?), but is now very close to bankrupcy. Give 'em a buck, and they'll wash your feet in their tears.

Fortunately, SOF hasn't stooped that low. Yet. I hope.

Keep the Ancient Mariner from making an arse out of himself. Pledge to the Organ Fund at whatever level you can afford. Every pledge to SOF is appreciated. Click the link at the top of the page, now. Everyone at Ship of Fools thanks you for your support. Remember, that number is....

(I bet the shipmates from UK, NZ, OZ are wondering WTF this is all about. On the other hand, I suspect many of the Canuckistanis are within reach of a US public radio or television station, so they know all too well. I know the two radio stations in Seattle are constantly thanking listeners in BC for their support during pledge breaks.)
 

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Posted by 'Balaam' (# 4543) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
PS good for you for reading old threads

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
You're really not worth any more of my time.

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Tell someone who cares.

Gremlin

(edit: OMG! I couldn't even raise the emotional, cognitive, & psychological energy to insult it )

[ 05. April 2004, 21:27: Message edited by: Gremlin ]
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
I missed Joanne, she was before my time. But from what's been said about her, she was a very disruptive individual who pissed everyone off but was gone very quickly - though she left an enduring legacy in how these boards are run. Spawn you can blame her for putting Erin in charge.

To satisfy the criteria for the sort of person Erin was refering to longevity on the boards would, I'd say, be one of the significant criteria. The flash-in-the-pan idiot trolls who post for a few days making such a nuisance of themselves that they get banned and everyone cheers are arseholes of the highest order. But, it takes long-term ongoing sailing close to the wind and only occasionally crossing the line building up a reputation of fuck-wittedness without actually becoming bannable who are the most likely to be on Erin's list of least favourite posters.
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
That sounds like your typical ESFP drivel, Cresswell.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
Typical ENFP denial of genius in others
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Spawn:
I respect Erin - how could I not after last night (I had a truly fantastic cigarette afterwards) but I still see her as the playground bully. It seems to me that she wants people kicking at her authority and as Sasha/Twilight says, I aim to please.

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quote:

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Originally posted by 'Balaam':
This old thread contains information about Joanne

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quote:

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Posted way too many times by Spawn:
I still see [Erin] as the playground bully.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
Actually, what I would dearly love is for people to quit being jackasses and leave me the fuck alone. Seriously. I am so sick of the "well I'm going to save the boards from Erin" bullshit that you, Twilight & Co seem to have dedicated your lives to.

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Touchy.
 

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Posted by Emma. (# 3571) on :
 
you are one sad puppy spawn. You have such a sad life... *pitys*
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
Spawn is as insightful as a star-nosed mole staring at broken mirror.

Underground.

[ 05. April 2004, 22:24: Message edited by: RooK ]
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
And once again I am sticking the gun to my head.

Gah.
 

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Posted by Níghtlamp (# 266) on :
 
Nah INTP drivel.
 

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Posted by Níghtlamp (# 266) on :
 
Sometimes I must refresh a page.
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 
Which is a typical mistake for an FCUK, Nightlamp

-------------------------

If you want to see more sparkling repartee, quick-fire exchanges and humorous asides, then you'd better keep pledging folks.

I know we can make £750 in this section of the show.
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
Fool! I am the INTJ mastermind! Tremble before my egotistical might.

[HELLHOST]

No suicidal ideations, Erin. Or else I'll unleash my sycophantic wrath.

[/HELLHOST]
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 
Spawn, as Erin said last night, you've been a great friend to the ship. One post on page one, and now, ten pages later, over six hundred pounds have been raised.

Bless you.

(I sent Madam Etheredge an extra check today in your honor. Whether it will be returned uncashed, I've no idea. But I doubt it.)
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:
If you want to see more sparkling repartee, quick-fire exchanges and humorous asides, then you'd better keep pledging folks.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:

quote:

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:
If you want to see more sparkling repartee, quick-fire exchanges and humorous asides, then you'd better keep pledging folks.

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Can you give us a link?

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Not until we reach £7500 Sine
 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
What angered me in JohnBoot's recent posts was his co-opting of Bob Jones University as his favorite "bastion of Protestant bigotry." We all know that Bob Jones University is a "bastion of racist bigotry" and all of us bigoted anti-Bob Jones bigots will not stand idly by while other bigoted anti-bigots steal our bigots from our own winnowing fork of anti-bigotry. Not without a fight at least.

But since JohnBoot does have a favorite bastion of Protestant bigotry I do wonder what is his favorite bastion of Catholic bigotry is?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Moo:
Does this thread set a record for the greatest number of posts in the shortest space of time?

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ley Druid:
Dear JohnBoot,
Erin has used a word not found in my diction.

quote:

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Originally posted by Erin:
you are one sick mofo

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What do you think the use of this word, "mofo", might indicate about the person who used it?

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Apparently, it is a reference to lawyers. (Thanks to Vincent Flanders of Web Pages that Suck for making me aware of this one.)

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
On another note, I was indeed stunned that anyone could think that Grits would slur an obviously Catholic name like "Vincent." That has surely broken any kind of record I may have set and I thank JohnBoot for doing so.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:
Not until we reach £7500, Sine

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grits:
Here's to JohnBoot, King Retard.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Erin:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ferinjen:
You can just imagine Ancient Mariner's eyes registering $ and £ signs as he reads this...

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And they say that the Americans are the greedy capitalist pigs...

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I fail to see the connection. If, however, you have a good nominee(s) for your favorite bastion of Catholic bigotry, it would be kind of you to share it with us.

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quote:

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One thing the town lacks is diversity. Only 3.8 percent of the population is nonwhite, up from an anemic 1 percent 10 years ago. More than half the citizens are Catholic. When an Irish Catholic weds a German Catholic, it's considered a mixed marriage. Dubuqueland boasts five convents and a monastery and, with the possible exception of Vatican City, may have more nuns and priests per capita than any city in the world.

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I fail to see the connection.

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I admit that I don't understand people who use the word "retard" as a jocular form of opprobrium.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grits:

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I admit that I don't understand people who use the word "retard" as a jocular form of opprobrium.

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Retard is a word from my youth. I believe my brother and I were especially fond of calling one another that. It's even more pointed when preceded by "You big...", "You stupid...", or any other appropriate adjective. For the Ship of Fools, I guess that adjective would be "King".

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quote:

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Originally posted by Thông:
Freak is another good one. JohnBoot - would that be better for you?

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
Say, Grits, I've been meaning to ask: did you grow up with Catholic counter tops, or Protestant? I guess ours were Protestant, but I'm not sure how to tell.

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Could anyone tell me how you might tell the difference? Did the builder not say, JimT?

Gremlin,
 

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Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :
 
I dunno, Thong, I reckon Blob has a certain ring to it.

I therefore crown the chief cobbler, King Blob.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
If I remember rightly, reepicheep was the last Ship incarnation of Angel, AKA Angelfish, AKA Angel of the North. (Not the Angel who's currently on the Ship.)

She didn't get banned, she left.

As for Miss Monica - wow, now there was a lady. I believe she can still be found hanging around Wood's website.
 

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Posted by Thông (# 4487) on :
 
Freak has a better sound to it cos of the possiblity of elongating the vowel sound. Blob to me sounds a little non-descript.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Gill H:
She didn't get banned, she left.

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Yep. She posted a "farewell cruel Ship" rant on a thread in the Styx and stormed off ... Erin (I think, may have been another Admin) promptly deleted her registration details to ensure that having voluntarily left she didn't then return. Which is why she's listed as banned.

I chat to her occasionally, and she doesn't have any intention of returning ... but if did want to I'd be very surprised if she could.
 

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Posted by Angel* (# 4690) on :
 
Gill H. When I joined the ship and tried to be just angel, it wouldn't let me, so I became Angel*.
Now I know the previous angel had a history I know why people in the cafe asked me if I was the angel returned.
 

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Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :
 
In that case, Thong, might I suggest 'Smeeeg', a la Kryton in Red Dwarf.....
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Gremlin:
Could anyone tell me how you might tell the difference?

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
Say, Grits, I've been meaning to ask: did you grow up with Catholic counter tops, or Protestant?

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Why, thank you for asking, Jim. Actually, my countertops have always been purely nondenominational, which may explain my occasional inability to distinquish between the Prostestant/Catholic variety.

However, if I were ever to discover I had been given countertops which were at variance with my own preferences and desires, I'm sure I would try to find a way to live peaceably with them, just the way they are.

When you have as much countertop space in your kitchen as I do, it's easier to deal with a little of this and a little of that.

(BTW, my grease stains usually resemble a montage of a 7-day creation.)

[ 06. April 2004, 12:22: Message edited by: Grits ]
 

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Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Grits:
When you have as much countertop space in your kitchen as I do, it's easier to deal with a little of this and a little of that.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:

quote:

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Originally posted by Gill H:
She didn't get banned, she left.

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Yep. She posted a "farewell cruel Ship" rant on a thread in the Styx and stormed off ... Erin (I think, may have been another Admin) promptly deleted her registration details to ensure that having voluntarily left she didn't then return. Which is why she's listed as banned.

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
Certainly nothing comes close to the threads where you've posted. They are the #1 bastion of Catholic bigotry in my personal experience.

#2 however, would be Dubuque, Iowa. I lived there from 1982 to 1985.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Moo:
As I recall, before she stopped posting, she changed her location to BANNED, giving the impression that the admins had thrown her off.

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I admit that I don't understand people

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quote:

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Originally posted by Moo:
As I recall, before she stopped posting, she changed her location to BANNED, giving the impression that the admins had thrown her off.

She had previously set up a rival board where people were encouraged to post about how awful Ship of Fools was.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mousethief:

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I admit that I don't understand people

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From the mouths of babes and hinfants...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Níghtlamp:

quote:

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Originally posted by Moo:
As I recall, before she stopped posting, she changed her location to BANNED, giving the impression that the admins had thrown her off.

She had previously set up a rival board where people were encouraged to post about how awful Ship of Fools was.

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I seem to remember the former and in the latter at least one person joined the rival board to question what they were up to.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Wanderer:
Folks, I know this is Hell, but I am getting a bit uneasy about discussing Angel of the North in her absence. I don't know all that happened back then, but I remember her board and her asking people NOT to post anything negative about the Ship. Still, it was all a long time ago, and a rather troubled period generally, so could we just let the whole topic drop?

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quote:

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Originally posted by kentishmaid:
How d'ya know he wasn't referring to American punctuation, hmm? I know that may be a complete apostrophe, but really, you don't have to bracket them all together you know.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Moo:

quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:

quote:

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Originally posted by Gill H:
She didn't get banned, she left.

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Yep. She posted a "farewell cruel Ship" rant on a thread in the Styx and stormed off ... Erin (I think, may have been another Admin) promptly deleted her registration details to ensure that having voluntarily left she didn't then return. Which is why she's listed as banned.

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As I recall, before she stopped posting, she changed her location to BANNED, giving the impression that the admins had thrown her off.

She had previously set up a rival board where people were encouraged to post about how awful Ship of Fools was.

A lot of people here are not prepared to welcome her with open arms.

Moo

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Moo and Alan - Had been wondering about reepicheep for ages. Thanks for that, even though it wasn't in response to me.

 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:
This mention of periods in a bad light is offensive.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:

quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:
This mention of periods in a bad light is offensive.

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I have bad lighting in some parts of my house. I Take Offence in the Style of JohnBoot to you comparing my house to American punctuation.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:
There's lighting in my office. And I know someone else who has a house with lightbulbs in it. I take Offence in the Style of JohnBoot at you suggesting that light can be a bad thing.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
I know many people who live in buildings other than offices or houses. I take Offence in the Style of JohnBoot at you rexclusive use of these two building styles and implying that people in other buildings are in the dark.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This could keep going for a while...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:
Not everyone is necessarily going. Some might be coming. I take Offense in the Style of JohnBoot at your implication that we are all headed in the same direction.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:

quote:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This could keep going for a while...

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Not everyone is necessarily going. Some might be coming. I take Offense in the Style of JohnBoot at your implication that we are all headed in the same direction.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:
I have friends with dark hair.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:
I have a bald friend and I have also heard of some people who have a hairless cat. I take Offense in the Style of JohnBoot to your hairist bigotry.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Scot:

quote:

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Originally posted by Wood:
I have friends with dark hair.

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I have a bald friend and I have also heard of some people who have a hairless cat. I take Offense in the Style of JohnBoot to your hairist bigotry.

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Some people have dogs. I Take Offence in the Style of JohnBoot at your implicit assumption that cats are a "normative" pet.

Petist.
 

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Posted by Wood (# 7) on :
 
I also Take Offence in the Style of JohnBoot at Alan for beating me to my punchline, thus proving himself to be bigoted against me and biased against everything I have ever posted ever.

He is also responsible for the Troubles in their entirety because he is English and it stands to reason.
 

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Posted by Choristerrr (# 473) on :
 
Ah, so reepicheep was AOTN! I'm not very good with name changes and was rather slow on the uptake there.
I wonder who else is really someone I think has left or been thrown off?
At least Wood always stays Wood. Thank heavens there are some things you can always depend on.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by The Wanderer:
Folks, I know this is Hell, but I am getting a bit uneasy about discussing Angel of the North in her absence. I don't know all that happened back then, but I remember her board and her asking people NOT to post anything negative about the Ship. Still, it was all a long time ago, and a rather troubled period generally, so could we just let the whole topic drop?

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Really now. Because, you see, I read it, and I remember quite well how much not only the Ship, but myself and Simon, were trashed. If that was "not posting anything negative" I can only imagine what was censored.
 

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Posted by JimT (# 142) on :
 
I Retort in the Style of JohnBoot that your petty experiences of offense are nothing in the face of centuries of Hideous Protestant Oppression of Catholics.
 

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Posted by Ancient Marina (# 105) on :
 
This thread has meandered so drearily in the past day or so that I may have to start preaching stewardship again if it doesn't pick up...


 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Grits:

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I admit that I don't understand people who use the word "retard" as a jocular form of opprobrium.

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Retard is a word from my youth. I believe my brother and I were especially fond of calling one another that. It's even more pointed when preceded by "You big...", "You stupid...", or any other appropriate adjective. For the Ship of Fools, I guess that adjective would be "King".

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quote:

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Originally posted by JimT:
I Retort in the Style of JohnBoot that your petty experiences of offense are nothing in the face of centuries of Hideous Protestant Oppression of Catholics.

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I take offence in the Style of JohnBoot that only Catholics suffer Hideous Protestant Oppression. What of the members of churches (small c) of Christ or non-denoms that are endlessly mistaken to be Protestants and receive the contempt of such anti-Prots as JohnBoot?

(Such people even casting aspersions on others' kitchen designs. )

[ 06. April 2004, 16:07: Message edited by: Lyda D'Flowerd ]
 

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Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:

I blame the parents.

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Spookily enough, I was just thinking of you, JB, and I thought exactly the same thing !
 

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Posted by Callan. (# 525) on :
 
Originally posted by Lyda D'Flowered:

quote:

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I take offence in the Style of JohnBoot that only Catholics suffer Hideous Protestant Oppression. What of the members of churches (small c) of Christ or non-denoms that are endlessly mistaken to be Protestants and receive the contempt of such anti-Prots as JohnBoot?

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:
I blame the parents.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Anselmina:

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:

I blame the parents.

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Spookily enough, I was just thinking of you, JB, and I thought exactly the same thing !

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quote:

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Originally posted by Anselmina:

quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:

I blame the parents.

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Spookily enough, I was just thinking of you, JB, and I thought exactly the same thing !

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quote:

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
If they're orphans they don't have any relatives.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Unless they have brothers or sisters. Maybe aunts or uncles, cousins, grandparents, nephews, nieces, children of their own ...

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quote:

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Originally posted by JohnBoot:

It's not fair, but we're trapped within the language we use.

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That language is rather inclusive actually and is hardly trapping us; I believe you are speaking about the cultural trap of believing you have to use what when. But, being trapped by culture would not be unusual for you, eh?
 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
As in the tradition of royalty, I knew little of the King until the day we were crowned. Now I'm getting to know him and I must admit I am very impressed.

In this one thread he has bravely defended people with mental problems (it really is crude and insensitive to use the term "retard" as an insult), he has been helpful with grammar tips and he has irritated Anselmina. I like him!

Shyly,
Queen Twlight
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Yes, but his mistress is the Whore of Babylon.


I can just see the 16th century woodcutting now.
 

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Posted by Ultraspike (# 268) on :
 
Maybe we should start a dating agency here in Hell.
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
Imagine if JohnBoot and Sasha were to breed...
 

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Posted by JohnBoot (# 3566) on :
 
Er, Ms. Ultraspike, I'm sure you're a wonderful person and that the beauty of Our Creator shines in your face and your figure and your mind, but you're just not my type.

Sine, I believe, though, per the governmental records of the county in which he resides, is single.
 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
Did y'all see how I made the advances yet Ultraspike got the rejection?

It's good to be the queen!
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

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(it really is crude and insensitive to use the term "retard" as an insult)

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Originally posted by Simply 'Normous:
I also pick my nose and eat boogers.

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Originally posted by Erin:
I don't remember designating anything but a king.

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As the only woman in the "list" I sort of assumed the position.

I was going to ask you first, Erin but I didn't want to bother you.

Anyway, Sine just threw a bucket of cold water on my humor mood so I'll abdicate without a fuss.
 

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Posted by Ultraspike (# 268) on :
 
Um, Boot, if you're referring to Captain Simon, he's married. Otherwise I'd go for him in a New York minute.
 

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Posted by The Prophetess (# 1439) on :
 

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I sort of assumed the position

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Skip the "sort of"---it spoils the view.
 

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Posted by Simply 'Normous (# 3631) on :
 

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You know what really gets me about you Sine Nomine? You float across this ship all day every day saying any catty, flippant thing that comes to mind with a totally free pass.

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Time after time I get suckered into a carefree, light hearted, albeit teasing, frame of mind that YOU have started and so I respond in kind and then get burned for it.

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My post was joking - any fool should have been able to see that

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No one says , "Oh my Sine's so awful, he just implied that all Catholic priests are pedophiles!"

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you don't own this board as much as you've been acting like it lately.

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Originally posted by Ultraspike:
Um, Boot, if you're referring to Captain Simon, he's married. Otherwise I'd go for him in a New York minute.

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He can be quite garulous

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
Right then. That makes perfect sense, JohnBoot. Or, rather, it helps reaffirm the sense we've made of your previous assertions.

You're an idjit.

[ 06. April 2004, 20:43: Message edited by: RooK ]
 

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Posted by Stoo (# 254) on :
 

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He can be quite garulous

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Originally posted by Ancient Marina:
This thread has meandered so drearily in the past day or so that I may have to start preaching stewardship again if it doesn't pick up...

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Never start a thread in the Styx. In fact I try to avoid even posting on threads in the Styx.

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He can be quite garulous about his newt collection, and when he get's excited, you can sometimes tell that he has a pulse.

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He looks like George Costanza, but not quite as skin-and-bones-ish.

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George Costanza is fat.
 

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Posted by Papio* (# 4201) on :
 

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I know I haven't started a thread in Styx since Norman the Toady arrived. What a mindless follower he is to jump on someone he doesn't know for something he has never seen

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