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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Carex, that really is the mother of all threads! You had Hazey Jane really worried there.
Of course, the true test of brinkmanship would be to post a thread on Khite
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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In a staggering display of not only brinkmanship but nerve and discipline too, Carex posted late and survived by a single post.
Eliminated: Ann (14 posts)
My personal commiserations to a long standing and I must say impressive player of not only this Knockout Quiz but the prior versions. I had hoped you would go all the way this time (stop it Marvin). Maybe I SHOULD run another one in 2006. What say you?
QUALIFIED: Auntie Doris Carex Chorister Custard Hazey Jane Hennah Marvin the Martian Moth MrSponge2U Nutmeg Papa Smurf Professorkirke Smudgie
THE LUCKY THIRTEEN!
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND FOURTEEN: INTERNET SOUNDS
In this round you must post a link to a noise that is stored on the internet. It may be a short and funny noise. It might be a song. It might be a full length reading of Lord of the Rings. You choose the sound (noise) that you want to enter as your choice.
Once all the noises are posted (time limit Friday night) I shall list them and you will order them according to taste (1=Best, 13=Awful). You PM me your order and the highest score is eliminated.
Also-Rans are welcome to enter, in which case the numbers will continue 14,15,etc. You place ALL the noises according to taste.
-------------------- The more questions I ask the more I ask fewer questions. OR========================================= The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Ann
Curious
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As an also-ran I'll inflict this on you all - all twenty minutes of it.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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quote: Originally posted by Ann: As an also-ran I'll inflict this on you all - all twenty minutes of it.
I'll only listen to it if you can explain to me the meaning of chaplet
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Custard
Shipmate
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Smudgie - your link didn't link to the sound in question.
This link, however, does link to your sound. But you have to post it.
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Ann
Curious
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I thought a Chaplet was a shorter version of the Rosary Beads - with one set of beads, rather than a full set of five decades. A sort of Prayer-lite. From what I've read, the prayers made for a Chaplet can be said on a Rosary, they just have more repetitions.
But, this site says that a Rosary is a particular type of Chaplet - one where the prayers are dedicated to Mary.
Chaplets and Rosaries.
The pictures show the Chaplets as being shorter.
-------------------- Ann
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Moth
Shipmate
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I'll have Old Harry's Game You need only listen to the Eastenders sketch at the beginning, if you like, but all of it is funny.
There is the end of the news before it starts - just skip through!
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Hazey*Jane
Ship's Biscuit Crumbs
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Given how many fans there were in the Heaven thread, I hope this will go down well.
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KenWritez
Shipmate
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quote: Posted by Quizmaster: ROUND THIRTEEN: SHIP THREADS
For this round you have to start a ship thread and PM me the name of the thread and on which board you started it. You are not allowed to add your own comments to it. You have to leave it up to others to comment or ignore your thread.
QM, I and every other host have enough to do without you creating this thoughtless and manipulative game which does not benefit the Ship one whit and which adds to the workload of every host onboard here.
If you ever suggest this theme again, I will ask the admins to review the situation and to suspend your posting privileges.
-------------------- "The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd." --Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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One of my favourite TV programmes when I was a kid... Topcat
Auntie Doris x
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Carex
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Quizmaster: In a staggering display of not only brinkmanship but nerve and discipline too, Carex posted late and survived by a single post.
Eliminated: Ann (14 posts)
My most sincere appologies for the after effects of my post and the problems it may have caused. It may have been a clever entry, but unfortunately on hindsight it was inappropriate in the greater context of the ship community.
I am withdrawing from the competition, and I would be delighted if Ann were to be permitted to fill my vacant slot. (She certainly deserves brinkmanship points!)
- Carex
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe RooK-Annoyer
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Carex, I wouldn't withdraw on the basis of your thread. Hell is for intemperate ranting and is a safety valve as you probably already know.
I've added my response to that Hell thread.
QM, Thankyou for the quiz. It is an incredibly positive experience and I am extremly grateful for all your hard work. I look forward to having another go in 2006. Please note the finacial donation out of repect to yourself.
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MrSponge2U
Ship’s scrub
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I think a nice song will make everyone feel better.
I suggest something from Over the Rhine.
Over the Rhine - Born
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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I was really struggling to think of anything, so I have found a link to one of my favourite comedy sketches. This page gives a transcript of Abbott and Costello's " Who's on first". On the left hand side is a mucical note which gives a link to the sound wave.
Hope it brightens your day.
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Custard
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Smudgie: Thanks - you are my friend for life... and I reckon Quizmaster should be giving you a few brownie points for that.
You really are too kind.
Here's my sound:
Handel's Hallelujah Chorus
from this site, which offers this track as a free sample of their recording.
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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Host Note
Let's keep on topic here - and keep to round 14. There is a hell thread for people to use.
On a personal note, Carex - please don't withdraw from the Quiz as I think it would be a shame.
Tom Day Circus Host
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Erin
Meaner than Godzilla
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I've already posted this on the aforementioned Hell thread, but here it is again just to make sure that everyone understands the policy. Which is: posting threads for the sake of posting threads or scoring points (of any kind) is not a productive or sanctioned use of the boards. Quizmaster owes each of the OPs a big fat "thank you" for putting thought into their threads, because if there had been a spate of vacuous threads he'd have found himself on a two-week shore leave.
I find myself a bit torn here -- on the one hand, I don't have a problem with any of the threads in and of themselves, and would never have known if this thread hadn't made an appearance, but on the other hand I am disappointed to know that it was all part of a game and not started for the sake of discussion. On a discussion board, that really should be the guiding principle behind threads.
In this instance, no harm, no foul. But don't let it happen again.
Erin Community editor
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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after all the seriousness and maturity of the sounds which have been selceted so far, I have no choice but to go for something like this
(supposedly a squeaky pig toy)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Funny, that's just how I would have imagined Smudgie's avatar sounding, having her tummy squeezed.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Quizmaster: I had hoped you would go all the way this time (stop it Marvin).
Excuse me? How can I stop it before I've even started?
(yes, that's my entry )
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Nutmeg: This page gives a transcript of Abbott and Costello's " Who's on first". On the left hand side is a mucical note which gives a link to the sound wave.
It certainly did, but technically you haven't posted a link to the sound file, merely to a page it's accesible from.
OK, it's a pedantic technicality. But do you really want to take the risk?
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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Thanks for pointing that out Marvin. I could not find a direct link to it, but it is one of my very favourites. I hope you took the time to listen to it. Just reading the transcript is dull. You have to consider the momentum they have in delivering it, one mistake and it would all be lost.
I can't find a better link, but according to this page this sketch was for Abbot and Costello
quote: Their most famous and arguably best routine is "Who's on First", which, according to http://www.abbottandcostello.net/, was named the routine of the millenium by Time magazine.
I'll bravely stick with my choice. If I go this round well it makes it easier for the rest of you.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Nutmeg: I could not find a direct link to it...
[Helpful Martian]
(works in IE, don't know about other browsers...)
- Right-click the musical note on the page you linked to
- Select "Copy Shortcut"
- Paste the shortcut into your post
- Job done
- Simple as
- Bob's your mother's brother
[/Helpful Martian]
-------------------- Hail Gallaxhar
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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thank you Martin for being so helpful
Indeed I have followed your instructions to the letter and am now able to provide a direct link to Abbot and costello's "who's on first" .
marvin for your help.
-------------------- " Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" - Groucho Marx
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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In that case, here's mine again as well.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Nutmeg: thank you Martin for being so helpful
After all I've done for you...
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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Oh marvin the Martian please accept my humblest and most sincere apologies.
Sorry Sorry Sorry
XXXX
I did get it right down the bottom of the last post if you look. [ 14. October 2005, 12:09: Message edited by: Nutmeg ]
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Quizmaster: You place ALL the noises according to taste.
I think brinksmanship points should go to whoever doesn't give their own sound the best mark...
-------------------- Hail Gallaxhar
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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I can only find an mp3 download of my sound.
I think it is the best sound in the world - a beer bottle being opened and poured into a glass. I'm thirsty just thinking of it...
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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quote: Originally posted by Quizmaster: ROUND FOURTEEN: INTERNET SOUNDS Also-Rans are welcome to enter.
In that case I give you: the dolphin song
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Hennah
Ship's Mother Hen
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This song is one of the funniest I know, and just makes me want to go find a park with some pigeons in.
It's only a short clip, but you get the idea. ..
The lyrics are here. Anyone who can rhyme "try and hide" with "cyanide" is a cracking songwriter to me.
Hen
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Carex
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Tom Day: I think it is the best sound in the world - a beer bottle being opened and poured into a glass. I'm thirsty just thinking of it...
Certainly that would get my vote for best TASTE so far... though I might have to try roasted warbler in orange glaze sauce to see if it tastes better.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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Trekkie Alsoran
Can you guess what it is yet ?
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Soundly Knocked Out: Professorkirke
Qualified: Auntie Doris Carex Chorister Custard Hazey Jane Hennah Marvin the Martian Moth MrSponge2U Nutmeg Papa Smurf Smudgie
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND FIFTEEN: INTERNET VIDEO
In this round you must post a link to a VIDEO that is stored on the internet. It should be a short video and not a full length feature film. My guideline would be less than 5 minutes.
Once all the videos are posted (time limit Sunday night) I shall list them and you will order them according to taste (1=Best, 12=Awful). You PM me your order and the highest score is eliminated.
Also-Rans are welcome to enter, in which case the numbers will continue 13,14,etc. You place ALL the noises according to taste.
Have you seen what I did there?
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Jason™
Host emeritus
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Prepare to die.
Stop it, I mean it. Anybody want a peanut?
Cross-posted right out of the game. [ 14. October 2005, 21:41: Message edited by: professorkirke ]
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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I nearly posted this last round, but figured you did not need a video as well. It is an Australian Beer Ad. A great big Ad. It's kind of catchy, and nice and short.
-------------------- " Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" - Groucho Marx
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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pipped again prof luv?
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Jason™
Host emeritus
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Perhaps I will take myself too seriously and call you to Hell over this.
Or perhaps I won't. I'll keep you guessing...
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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My personal favourite video clip at the moment can be found... here.
Auntie Doris x
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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quote: Originally posted by professorkirke: Perhaps I will take myself too seriously and call you to Hell over this.
Or perhaps I won't. I'll keep you guessing...
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