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Liberty
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oh! i know it! i know it!
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
oh! i know it! i know it!
![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Imaginary Friend
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Oops. That was me that just posted the disappointed smiley. I didn't check which of us was logged in.
If only there was a muppet smiley...
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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As I'm not a Person In Charge... ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
That was funny, davelarge!
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Quizmaster
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SMART POINTS AVAILABLE:
5 pts each at the moment for the remaining unbroken codes:
Quizmaster (Jedijudy is almost there)
Autenrieth Road (It cannot be as hard as I make it)
Golden Key (clues hidden in this thread)
Lady A (The first line of a well known book)
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Quizmaster
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Question for Autenrieth Road and Lady A:
Is your code a vigenere?
A simple YAY or NAY will do.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I have (I think) finally cracked QM's code, after many sleepless nights and dreams about what it could mean.
I dreamed I was in this room last night, and I determined that QM was trying to tell me something.
He was! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
My brain hurts now. (davelarge's supervisor's wife's name?? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) )
[ 28. November 2006, 00:42: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
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Quizmaster
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You are a star Judy.
5 Smart points for being the first to crack my code.
It will appear on the other site shortly.
That Leaves 3 codes uncracked.
We are working on them at the other site.
Autenrieth Road
Golden Key
Lady A
Any more clues you three?
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Imaginary Friend
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Aaargh! I thought the deadline was last night, so I got to the office today expecting to discover my fate, only to find out that I'm going to have to wait another whole day! How am I going to cope?!
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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Prozac. It's working for me. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Question for Autenrieth Road and Lady A:
Is your code a vigenere?
A simple YAY or NAY will do.
What, me be simple?
NAY, thought I. Actually, what I thought (thought I) was: "what the heck is a vigenere?"
Then I figured I ought to look it up just to check if maybe it's a vigenere by accident. I still don't think it's a vigenere, but perhaps it has some elements in common with one.
Shall meander over to the other site later on to pop in a hint or two.
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Quizmaster
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Just marking the late entries .......
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Autenrieth Road
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Late? Who are you calling late? I consider 21:55 to be just about perfectly on time!
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Quizmaster
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Also Ran Points for Autenrieth Road, Golden Key and Jedijudy.
My heartfelt thanks to Patdys who sent me some lovely South Australian edible cowpat. It arrived safely in spite of the address that you used. I am sure it went via Ursa Minor.
Thanks also to the three contestants. This is a close run contest.
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chicklegirl
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What I want to know is: does South Australian edible cowpat in some way figure into the 20 questions round? If so, I fear I was way off the mark--the closest I got was Jell-O.
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Quizmaster
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THE ANSWERS
Birdseye:
1. Venice
2. Zero
3. Hearing
4. 11 m/s
5. 0.14%
6. Spring-heeled Jack
7. White
8. Flesh-eating beetles
9. The ravens, Hugin & Munin
10. Wednesday
Chicklegirl:
1. Kock
2. 1845 by Peter Cooper
3. His Girl Friday
4. A Tale of Two Cities
5. Rodolfo (Puccini's La Boheme)
6. The Landlady
7. Cabeza de Vaca, Cow's Head
8. Dandelion Wine
9. Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States in combat duty wherever ordered? & Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attacks of foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese Emperor, to any other foreign government, power, or organisation?
10. Honouring the Dead
Davelarge:
1. Brisbane
2. Two
3. Hampshire
4. Lee Robinson
5. Sets horizontal spacing
6. London
7. Reading
8. Buckminsterfullerene or Graphene
9. George Monbiot
10. Olga Falko
Now for the scores ...............
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Quizmaster
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Chicklegirl got an incredible 19 out of 20 but could not answer Dave Large's question 10.
HOWEVER
Of her first three questions which should have been easy there are 4 blobs where people failed to find the answer
SCORE = 25
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Quizmaster
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Birdseye scored 16 out of 20 including getting the correct answer to Davelarge's question 10.
AND
All of the first three questions were answered by all who attempted them.
SCORE = 26
SO
Birdseye is one of the finalists.
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Quizmaster
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Davelarge scored 15 out of 20
BUT
One person who attempted his questions failed to answer question three.
SCORE = 24
Which means ............
Bronze Medal to DAVELARGE
The finalists are: Birdseye and Chicklegirl
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chicklegirl
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I'll be sending my financial appreciation to Google via FedEx first thing in the a.m.
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Well Played Davelarge! See you with us other commentators.
Congratulations Birdseye and Chicklegirl. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
May the best quizzipant win.
I note that the best you can do on here is a B or a C given the A is gone.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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I love that current signature PATDYS.
Shame it may have changed if people are reading this during the next quiz.
![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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THE FINAL : SHIP OF FOOLS
For the final of the Knockout Quiz 2006 on the world renowned Ship of Fools I want you to prepare and publish a manifesto.
You are going to be the Captain, the Pilot, the Manager, the Executive Officer of the Ship of Fools but you have to obtain the votes of the members in order to achieve that status.
What would be your policies? What would you change? How would you run things? Add anything you think would be relevant to such a manifesto which should be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 500 words.
Also Rans should publish their own manifestos to obtain the point in the final.
Also Rans will then get the chance to vote for the best manifesto.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE MANIFESTOS IS TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER (Usual Time 22:00)
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Autenrieth Road
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Davelarge scored 15 out of 20
BUT
One person who attempted his questions failed to answer question three.
SCORE = 24
Which means ............
Bronze Medal to DAVELARGE
Oh dear, that appears to have been me. Because I misread "county" as "country." But Quizmaster probably did not misread "England" as "Hampshire" in scoring my submission. Sorry, davelarge.
(Unless Quizmaster really did mean "failed to answer question three" and not implicitly "failed to answer question three correctly." ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) )
I expect I will have gotten a new glasses prescription by the next time the quiz rolls around.
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Imaginary Friend
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Autenrieth Road - Please don't worry. I should have thought about that possibility when I set the question.
I'd like to say thanks to all my fellow competitors - this has been a ball
But most of all, thanks to Quizzy for his (I presume Quizmaster is a man?!) hard work, devotion, sense of humour and all-round brilliantness
Right then. Where's Raoul....?
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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<sigh> I can't believe I trawled all through the documents on the bloomin' LaTeX website in order to find out the command and STILL got it wrong...
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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*snap* Raoul, on your way over here, would you be so kind as to bring one of those orangy-drinks with the parasol? You can give that to davelarge before you start his massage.
Congratulations to Birdseye and Chicklegirl!! Welcome to the SkyBox, davelarge! Well played!
Oh, QM...did you like the special throne we added to the SkyBox for you? The one with the heated memory foam cushions and built in cooler?
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Hazey*Jane
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
THE FINAL : SHIP OF FOOLS
For the final of the Knockout Quiz 2006 on the world renowned Ship of Fools I want you to prepare and publish a manifesto.
You are going to be the Captain, the Pilot, the Manager, the Executive Officer of the Ship of Fools but you have to obtain the votes of the members in order to achieve that status.
What would be your policies? What would you change? How would you run things? Add anything you think would be relevant to such a manifesto which should be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 500 words.
Also Rans should publish their own manifestos to obtain the point in the final.
Also Rans will then get the chance to vote for the best manifesto.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE MANIFESTOS IS TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER (Usual Time 22:00)
Flippin' heck.
You've got a lot harsher since last year. I think Custard. and I had it relatively easy in comparison!
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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Oh I don't know <sigh> at least we've got the weekend to assess the voting demographic, put together a few pie-charts, work out a campaign, order a new suit and hire a spin-doctor...
Wouldn't it be easier just to have an arm-wrestling contest -or a round of scissors, paper, stone... just think -Chicklegirl and I could both pm Quizzie with scissors paper or stone and then he could say who'd won!
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Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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I have a dream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of church brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in cyberspace.
I have a dream that one day this internet-ional community will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all posts are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Internet Explorer the sons of former Linux users and the sons of former mac owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the ship, a ship sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in an internet community where they will not be judged by the eloquence of their posting but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the Ship with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our boards into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that the net will be free one day.
Let freedom ring from the Styx!
Let freedom ring from Purgatory!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Hell!
Let freedom ring from The Circus!
And when this happens, When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every I.P. and every address, from every packet and every socket, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, internet savvy and newbie, one-line quipper and blogger will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
I have a dream.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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I have to go with AR - what in the world????
No, mine is more of a 'take the first sentence, underneath put the alphabet, then take the alphabet to rewrite the sentence' kind of thing. I don't think that's the same thing!
Additional hints can be had by PMing me.
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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My manifesto for the final round (with apologies to St. Matthew):
AND seeing the multitudes of shipmates, he went up into the Ship: and the hosts and admins came unto him: and he taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in post count: for their posts shall increase in Heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted in All Saints.
Blessed are the meek inquirers: for they shall inherit the Styx.
Blessed are they which do hunger after scriptural knowledge: for they shall be filled with Kerygmania.
Blessed are the liturgical: for they shall obtain Ecclesiantics.
Blessed are the pure in thread: for they shall see Limbo.
Blessed are the funmakers: for they shall be called the children of the Circus.
Blessed are those threads flogged unto death: for they shall be Dead Horses.
Blessed are ye, when trolls and flamebaiters shall revile you, for ye may thrust them down to Hell.
Ye are the salt of the Ship: but if the Ship has lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and trodden under foot of sockpuppets. Whosoever therefore shall break one of the Ship’s ten commandments, shall be called the least in the Ship: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called to host.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not flame; but I say unto you, that whosoever is a jerk unto a shipmate is in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall attack the person and not the issue, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall get personal, shall be in danger of Hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy post to the thread, and there rememberest that thy shipmate hath ought against thee; first be reconciled to thy shipmate, and then come and offer thy post.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not commit sockpuppetry: but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new username without a name change amnesty hath committed sockpuppetry already in his heart. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, before typing in a sockpuppet, and not that thou should be banned from the Ship.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, post nice things about them that flame you, send chocolate to hosts and admins even when you disagree with them, and pray for them which get on your nerves; that ye may be the children of the Ship of Fools: for the Ship maketh itself for the benefit of the cranky and the kind, and is a cybercommunity for the cheerful and the churlish.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as the Ship of Fools itself is perfect in its disorganized religion.
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{On engraved stationery with real silver ink from the depths of the Also-Ran Luxury Suite.}
I've posted some starter tips on decoding my code, over on the other quiz board, on the "Golden Key" thread in the "Codebreakers" section.
{Sends catered buffet down to the final competitors. Arranges for couturiers, tailors, and stylists to polish them up for the last part of the contest.}
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--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
{Sends catered buffet down to the final competitors. Arranges for couturiers, tailors, and stylists to polish them up for the last part of the contest.}
(manicured hand flips back elegantly coiffed hair) I'm feeling rather resplendant--and the prime rib was delectable! Thanks to the gracious host/ess in the Also-ran box on high!
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{Nods regally but not arrogantly at Chicklegirl while swinging in hammock, watching 80s movies, and eating chocolate-covered raspberries.}
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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***comet steps up to the handy podium in the Also-Ran box and clears her throat as the applause dies down.***
In a world shrinking in size, we are coming to know those whom we once would have called strangers. Foreigners. Others.
Today, the “neighbor” in “love thy neighbor” isn’t just the difficult man down the street or your annoying coworker or that nice woman from the supermarket. Your neighbor is someone from perhaps another country, with other customs and even languages than your own. yet, as children of God, we are still called upon to love them all.
Perhaps, this new neighbor isn’t so geologically far away, but comes from a different political or faith background. Perhaps they life a lifestyle you believe to be repugnant, or amoral.
But Jesus told us to love them.
This is our calling, our blessing and our greatest challenge.
In this shrinking world, it is easy to find “like minds” to spend time with. It’s easiest - the path of least resistance - to discuss difficult topics with those who agree.
But we are not called upon to love those who join the same clubs or churches as us. We are not called upon to love the pretty, the smart, or the kind. We are called upon to love our neighbors - all of them.
And so I welcome you to the Ship of Fools. A place where all neighbors are, or can be, represented. A place where you have to get past your biases to get along. A place where that Love that God demands of us is real, and hard, and a daily stretch of our comfort zones.
On the Ship, you will learn about your neighbors. You will pray for them, fight with them, play with them, and grieve with them. Better, you will be held accountable for what you say and do, and will grow. This is not easy, but it is what God demands of us.
Love.
So climb aboard. Read what your neighbors say. They will shock you. Disgust you. Anger you. They will also make you laugh, and weep. And if you are strong enough, and stick around, you will learn to love them.
Which is all He ever asked.
Thank you.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Chickegirl has solved my code! Congrats to her and I'm hoping she gives the book a read!
'perhaps I should offer a copy to people who crack it' - Lady A muses
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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i'm starting to see a direct correlation between chelsea NOT being top of the league and the existence of this quiz!
stop it now - toss a coin! declare StevieBoyWonder the winner.
come on - for the good of Shevchenko's health! please quizzie, pretty please!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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A NEW ROPE
It is a period of frequent posting.
Rebel bulletin boards, striking
from a hidden site, have won
their first victory against
the evil Sockpuppet Empire.
During the battle, Shipmate
spies managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's
ultimate weapon, the DEATH
GADGETS FOR GOD, an armored space
bobblehead with enough power to
destroy an entire brain.
Pursued by the Empire's
sinister agents, Princess
Erin races home aboard her
ship-of-fools, custodian of the
stolen plans that can save her
people and restore
laughter to the galaxy....
Return of the Captain
Simon has returned to his home planet of Styx in an attempt to rescue his friend Ancient Mariner from the clutches of the vile gangster Chick the Tract.
Little does Simon know that the Sockpuppet Empire has secretly begun construction on a new armored space bobblehead even more powerful than the first dreaded Gadget Star.
When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of fools struggling to restore freedom of worship to the galaxy…
Attack of the Clowns
There is unrest in the Fruitcake Zone. Several thousand sockpuppets have declared their intentions to leave the Ship.
This separatist movement, under the leadership of the ridiculous (BANNED), has made it difficult for the limited number of Hosts and Admins to maintain peace and order in the galley.
Rev. Gerald, the former Smiter of the Universe, is returning to the Zone to vote on the critical issue of creating an Navy of the Public Scrutiny to assist the overwhelmed H&A’s...
I hope that's not groaning I'm hearing. ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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The Force is strong with this one!
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If you want to be happy, be.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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In packs, the fiercest wolf is king,
The loudest singer leads the choir,
In government the party nods
Behind the fiercest, loudest liar.
The longest mackerel leads the school,
The chief’s head-wife is She most large;
And on this ship, the biggest fool
Must surely be the fool-in-charge.
Don’t make me Captain of the ship,
My compass sticks, my stars are crossed;
I’d lead us on a fearful trip,
What’s more, I’d shoot the albatross!
In desert parts, you’ll find, the fleet
March through the sands on cloven feet;
And steering them to the Bazaar,
A silk-swathed trader, not a Tar.
Our craft’s no stately galleon,
Nor quinqireme from Ophir come,
Our battered tub is virtual:
An ether-cruising asylum.
Our crew: ungovernable and wild
Of wandering souls ten thou’ and more,
A scurvier bunch you ne’er did see,
Since Blackbeard’s crew in 'days of yore'.
Don’t give me epaulettes or pips,
I’d make a lousy admiral.
I’d crash us into other ships,
And drown us, Circus, Styx and all!
Our company is not a crew;
The ‘Ship’ is more a raft,
With each paddling his own canoe:
A driftwood knot of craft.
Who will lead our mad armada
As the rocks and fireships near us?
This flotilla needs no 'Captain',
But a guiding light to steer us!
Sharks to port, and pirates starboard,
Blue beneath and clouds above,
All that keeps our hearts from sinking
Is the hope that God is Love.
So lend me oars, I’ll pull my weight,
And gladly join you on the trip.
I’ll brave the howling tempest, BUT…
Don’t make me captain of the Ship.
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Life is what happens whilst you're busy making other plans.
a birdseye view
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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And lo, Autenrieth Road was struck with a spirit of uncreativity, on a day when she had vowed to do some work and the Manifesto deadline loomed at 5 p.m. local Maine time. And the hearts of the also-rans rose, as they anticipated passing her in the POSH points. And the hearts of the contenders for Gold Prize Knockout Quiz winner rose, as they were thankful for one less entry to distract from their scintillating efforts. And the heart of Quizmaster fluttered, as he anticipated handing out negative points to hapless Autenrieth Road.
And lo, in those hours Autenrieth Road thought maybe the spirit of creativity would return to her, but in the meantime she needed to get to work and beat on some databases.
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Truth
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Erin wept.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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The policies of the Quizmaster Party:
1. There shall be a regular quiz with a prize for the winner.
a) The prize could take the form of a personal avatar.
b) The prize could be a name change if needed
2. There shall be a place for photographs of shipmeets.
a) This shall take the form that it used to.
b) The photos shall be in date order starting with the latest.
3. There shall be open discussion of topics found in Dead Horses.
a) This is because some people are new here.
b) All children should learn how to win tic-tac-toe.
4. There shall be links to all the temporary boards.
a) These shall be contained on a 'Ship History' page.
5. There shall be a list of future shipmeets.
a) This shall be in date order.
b) This shall take the form it used to.
6. There shall be more permanent rooms in the cafe.
a) The gangplank is a stupid place for so many to stand.
b) The poop deck is a much more appropriate place.
7. There shall be a board to start foreign language threads.
a) This will allow shipmate to practice their language skills.
b) This will encourage non-English viewpoints.
8. There shall be love for all shipmates.
a) Even those who wind us right up.
b) Sometimes a hard slap is the most loving move.
9. There shall be reward for innovation.
a) This will take the form of 'thread of the week'.
b) A prize shall be awarded for such a thread.
10. There shall be safety for all shipmates.
a) A reporting system shall exist to mark those who make life unpleasant.
b) Anyone marked shall be investigated by the hosts and admins.
These are the policies of the party according to Quizmaster.
We also have a serious side:
Our Real Manifesto
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The more questions I ask the more I ask fewer questions.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Autenrieth Road
Shipmate
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And lo, Autenrieth Road went to work. And she did not beat on databases (except the database of Ship postings).
But first she went by the copy shop to make copies of EFM materials for all her classmates. Except, yea, when she got to work, she read an email saying that she should just send them as attachments instead of as paper mail. And lo, she was very wroth at the unnecessary expense to which she had gone.
And then she went to a Client Service training session, and lo, it was interesting at least in as much as vast baskets of chocolates were served.
And then she met with the Help Desk Manager to talk about options for her new palm device.
And then she thought about modelling her manifesto on the 95 Theses, and had a clever intro all planned involving Martinrieth Road and the door of the Wittenberg Quiz, but, alas, the 95 theses were most incomprehensible and not at all susceptible of pastiche in aid of improving the Ship.
So at last, yea, she settled on the interesting proprosition of simple truths, simply stated and proclaimed:
Nobody acts like a Jerk.
and
Everybody gives to the Organ Fund.
And then she pressed "Add reply" and hoped that her laptop clock, if it be slow, were not more than 3 minutes slow.
[And yea, verily verily she Edited her post To Add: the official Ship Clock indicates that if anything, her laptop clock is 1 minute fast. And she breathed a sigh of relief, and settled down to vote on the other manifestos. And Quizmaster better not ding me for editing my post, because it had to be an edit to make the point effectively. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) .]
[ 05. December 2006, 20:58: Message edited by: Autenrieth Road ]
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Truth
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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So now we need the votes:
Please place all the manifestos in order from your favourite at No.1 to your least favourite at number seven.
Please PM me with your votes and I will publish them on the Knockout Quiz site when the voting is over.
Votes should be in by Friday 8th December 22:00.
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The more questions I ask the more I ask fewer questions.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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{Via phonograph record and wind-up Victrola from the site of the IgNobel prizes , Also Ran table}
Welcome! Welcome! (1)
(Twenty-four second version.)
We will work together to make everyone welcome; keep the ship reasonably clean and tidy (so we don't trip over anything); give everyone luxurious, quilt-covered bunks with built-in TVs and radios, fully-stocked mini fridges, and bins of toys; create a library that can hold an infinite collection of books and other media; expand the spa suites; and play bingo three times a week to benefit the Organ Fund.
Plus daily bri--offerings to the hosts, admins, tech folks, and the hardware and software.
(Seven word version.)
Kindness, fun, and comfort food for all!
Goodbye! Goodbye! (2)
1. Traditional opening speech of the IgNobel ceremony.
2. Traditional closing speech of the IgNobel ceremony.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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