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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
If you put it here more people might see (and appreciate) it!
jj: did you not see the "Official" sign on mainstreet? (as official as we ever get around here. our mayor is a cat.)
hunting sounds now. I suppose posting my own radio voice would be just a weensie bit egotistical? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Comet, I like that sign! (Of course a cat should be the mayor!) Can one see that sign from the train? I did, however, see this very official-looking sign! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Wet Kipper, thanks to you I had a great Sunday morning laugh!
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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what better, than the sound of a passing comet?
(jj - we have a billboard law. which means all large signs have to be removable, i.e. on wheels. so we have lots of spiffy truck-signs just like that one. BTW - that's the place I went to watch the World Series)
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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I don't actually have sound on my work computer
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
But I do know quite a few of the things posted by other people from hearing them in real life. However it poses something of a problem for me in finding a working link... ie -I have no idea what sound I'm posting to. (Well, I vaguely recall the sound I've posted to from a documentary -but whether it sounds the same on this page -I don't know).
So here goes nothing -with the eery (I'm guessing) phenomena of Singing sand dunes
You need big speakers or good earphones (so it says) -then click on a picture.
There's no fingers-crossed smiley - ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Not quite the effect that I was after, but probably more surprising - the sound of an Also-ran desperately trying to catch up.
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Adam.
Like as the
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Will AR and Sinistaerial post in the next four and a half hours (is that right..? time changes confuse me) or will we have our first automatic knock-outs for quite a few rounds?
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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AR will indeed post (a sound even, and not just this placeholder ![[Biased]](wink.gif) ). She is trying to figure out how to find good sounds on the internet ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) . She's having trouble finding the one she really wants .
[ETA: "aelig" is the name of the character you want, Hart, as in Sinistærial.]
[ 30. October 2006, 17:27: Message edited by: Autenrieth Road ]
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Truth
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Adam.
Like as the
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Originally posted by Autenrieth Road:
AR will indeed post (a sound even, and not just this placeholder ). She is trying to figure out how to find good sounds on the internet . She's having trouble finding the one she really wants .
[ETA: "aelig" is the name of the character you want, Hart, as in Sinistærial.]
Good good. The tension mounts re: Sinistærial's entry then.
I also found the finding of sounds harder than I expected. Google should have a GoogleSound gadget.
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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To help out Sinistærial in his hunting, many famous baseball sound clips here. Go ahead, try and pick one more impressive than mine .
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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Originally posted by comet:
what better, than the sound of a passing comet?
(jj - we have a billboard law. which means all large signs have to be removable, i.e. on wheels. so we have lots of spiffy truck-signs just like that one. BTW - that's the place I went to watch the World Series)
On a truck? Or a comet? (* scratches head *)
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Adam.
Like as the
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Originally posted by Gwai:
If we have an automatic knockout I gather that means we don't have to vote? Or would QM prefer to be able to post the votes?
I think the answer to both of those questions is "Yes".
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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With Real Life taking possession of our friend Sinistærial (I took the time to get an aelig) we must wave goodbye and continue with the quiz.
There is now no need to send in your votes.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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I can confirm at this point that the final ten contestants are:
Ann
Autenrieth Road
Birdseye
Chicklegirl
Davelarge
Gwai
Hart
Lady A
Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow
Quizmaster
You have all done very well and so have the Also Rans who are still playing their part in this game.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Round Nineteen: Start Your Own Thread
This round caused a stir last year because of the stereotype shipmates who like spending their time in HELL. So this year you must start your very own thread in the forum to be found by clicking below:
Start Your Own Thread
You may choose any topic but you know the board is restricted to the other contestants and Also Rans (although we welcome anyone who wants to join us) and you must spark the interest of others to want to contribute to the thread.
The person to be eliminated will be the person who starts the thread that has fewest posts by Thursday 22:00 GMT (any posts by the thread starter will not count).
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
...Sinistærial (I took the time to get an aelig)...
The blink of an eyelash? Typing æ produces æ.
Æligs, æligs, get your hot fresh æligs here.
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Sinistærial
Ship's Lefty
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Oh *&#%!
I hate rounds that only last for 24 hours, especially when I am stuck somewhere without internet access
Well I guess that I will try for the smart alec job.
Good luck remaining quizzies
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Oh pants, that means we've got to be properly creative!
It's just as well that our esteemed Quizmaster is such a nice chap.
Dave
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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ok, its the last day of the school holidays, my plan for the day is to check the chelsea website every ten minutes to see how plans are progressing for the big game tonight, so i will be glued to my computer...
so, whoever cracks my code (start with the capital letters 1st as there's 2 codes in 1) i will guarantee to post enough on their thread to keep them in the game....
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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Originally posted by icklejen:
so, whoever cracks my code (start with the capital letters 1st as there's 2 codes in 1) i will guarantee to post enough on their thread to keep them in the game....
And here is the site of everything codish, including icklejen's code.
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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autenreith road has cracked my code!!
remember, only one of you can go out, so if anyone else cracks the code, i shall help them too
(but NOT if you refer to my hamster as a bugger and wish him dead! mr large!)
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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Gosh, you really are glued to your computer today! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) You are my hero.
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Then in midfield Iniesta is 5’6”, Xavi 5’7”, and Deco 5’8”. Michael Essien is 5’10”, Frank Lampard 6’, and Michael Ballack is 6’2”
(from the cfc website)
see, there's a lot for me to be doing online today....
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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Join me in my quest for greater self-effacement by sharing your most embarrassing experience! (Or just reading about those of your quizmates.)
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Sæiænæiæsætæeæræiæaæl
I believe you have a typo there. Did you mean
Sæiænæiæsætæææræiæaæl
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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ahem
given that this round is based on proceedings in the "outside" Knockout Quiz forum, a forum which also contains a chat thread, please refrain from posts which would be better suited to that chat thread, or the chatty regional threads in All Saints
thanks
Wet Kipper
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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sorry mr wet kipper sir, sorry
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
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Killed the thread, too, you did.
Here's me thinking this round was ending last night.
d'uh ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by icklejen:
ok, its the last day of the school holidays, my plan for the day is to check the chelsea website every ten minutes to see how plans are progressing for the big game tonight, so i will be glued to my computer...
so, whoever cracks my code (start with the capital letters 1st as there's 2 codes in 1) i will guarantee to post enough on their thread to keep them in the game....
I'm looking forward to icklejen's participation on my "Cats" thread!
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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i'm keeping quizmaster in (coz he's been lovely to me), and jedijudy and autenrieth road (coz they cracked my code) and davelarge (coz well, i suppose i should be nice!). any more takers.....
( i am back at school tomorro tho)
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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This is Jose Mourinho-esque manipulation!
I'm appalled.
Well. I'm not really. If I'm honest.
;o)
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Curious
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[desperation]
Ok, I'm giving *karma points to anyone posting on my thread.
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(*At the rate of one per hour, I should be caught up in no time flat!)
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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In a desperate bid to get more postings on my thread, I'm shifting gears and choosing what I hope is a more palatable topic. Please, I'm begging, grovelling, come check it out and post!
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Shipmate
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Fashionably late, from the Also Ran luxury box, via a marathon of messengers. (All still living!)
I have created a thread that would interest Mulder and Scully, and make Dan Brown green with envy!
![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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TIME IS UP.
I have just counted the posts and we have to wave goodbye to two people at this stage.
Farewell, and enjoy your real lives .......
Ann
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Lady A
Now you can all post freely to those threads!
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Round Twenty: Ship of Fools Member Number
As you know the Ship of Fools takes on new members all the time. What you must do is predict the member number of the latest recruit that will be shown as "Newbie alert for" on the Boards Home page at 22:00 on Wednesday next week. You know that the hosts monitor IP addresses so no fixing please or you will be dealt with.
Your choice of member number must have been posted by 22:00 tomorrow (Friday). Also Rans should get in early to grab the best numbers.
The person(s) to be eliminated will be the one who chose the number furthest away from the actual member number.
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The Rogue
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12001
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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12021...just because it's pretty!
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Thank goodness! I shall now be free to pursue my Nanowrimo!
A very nice event Quizmaster, I shall look forward to next years dalliance!
[ 02. November 2006, 22:57: Message edited by: Lady A ]
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