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Thread: Circus: KOQ07 - Knockout Quiz 2007
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Bumbling on, seeing the obvious numbers!
WooHoo! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Fibre and Nachos for breakfast GOLDEN KEY?
![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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sharkshooter
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
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8 0 0 1 0 Quizmaster : Also Rans have been subdued this year
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I know I don't have the time to do much. I really didn't want to drop out by not entering a round, but it even took two tries to get knocked out!
[ 27. October 2007, 17:55: Message edited by: sharkshooter ]
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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If you'll still let me play...
Red Sox 4 - 1
1 00
2 20
3 01
4 00
5 10
6 00
7 11
8 20
9 00
We're doing a farewell tour of the country, so we're without net access a lot at the mo.
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Imaginary Friend
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quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
If you'll still let me play...
And me, and me...!
Red Sox 4 - 2 Rockies (is that right?)
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 1 0
5 0 0
6 0 1
7 0 0
8 1 0
9 0 0
Fingers crossed - I know nothing about baseball!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by davelarge:
quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
If you'll still let me play...
And me, and me...!
Red Sox 4 - 2 Rockies (is that right?)
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 1 0
5 0 0
6 0 1
7 0 0
8 1 0
9 0 0
Fingers crossed - I know nothing about baseball!
Except that game six, if it should go that far, will be at Boston. (Didn't Rugasaw already say that? ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ) Then you'd have to switch your scores the other way around! (Such as inning 4, Rockies 0, Sox 1. )
[ETA ...then the 9th inning will be 0, -, as the Sox won't have to bat again! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ]
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quote:
Originally posted by rugasaw:
For all those that posted a Boston win 4-2 and had a score of the game such as
9 4 1
Game 6 will be a home game for Boston and the Home team always bats last.
People posting things like that are being totally rational. Look at how QM said he's going to work out who to eliminate: the innings scores will only be looked at if the prediction of how many games each team wins is wrong. Hence, if someone thinks that B4-2C is the most likely number of games each team will win, but thinks that the second most likely is B4-1C as opposed to B4-3C they should be posting innings scores for Game 5, not Game 6.
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I love the twisted thought processes that this quiz generates.
Remember that whatever it is you thought you knew is only true if certain other facts are true......
I think
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LOL, Quizmaster and Caty. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Liberty
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I'm sooooooo confused. Still, 6 and 0 are the only sporting scores I'm interested in right now.
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Did Chelsea win 6-0 by any chance Icklejen? ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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More PLUSH points as we wait for the baseball.
10 0 1 0 1 Davelarge : An unusual link that I like
10 1 1 0 0 Chicklegirl : Loved the pictures
10 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Still predicting the future
10 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : World Series Soccer anyone?
10 0 1 1 0 Hart : Rugby and NFL, Both types of Armball
10 0 0 0 1 Rugasaw : An indication that Davelarge is probably right
10 0 0 1 1 Davelarge : For finding out the truth
10 0 0 -1 0 Wet Kipper : Does that ever happen?
10 0 0 0 1 Davelarge : For the link
10 1 0 0 0 Pure as Snow : I like the picture you painted
10 0 1 1 0 Rugasaw : A smart, if unusual, choice
10 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : Always looking for an unusual twist
10 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : I think that just about covers everything
10 0 0 1 0 Comet : For getting the very latest information
10 0 0 1 0 Comet : Nice pulling together of several pieces there
10 0 0 1 0 Flags Fiend : I did think about that when I set the condition
10 0 0 0 2 Caty the Southerner : That is the kind of help that earns points
10 0 1 0 0 The Rogue : Don’t show the girls or they will all want one
11 0 0 0 1 Chicklegirl : We love pedants here, this is a pedant's home
11 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : Memory can be a very useful asset
11 0 1 -1 0 Jedijudy : What has this to do with Piglet's friend?
11 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : Ever the Smartypants. Fancy a job?
11 0 0 0 0 Rugmaker : I love Stromboli since we sailed past and watched
11 0 2 0 0 Sharkshooter : The most unusual choice of the quiz
11 0 0 0 0 The Rogue : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Golden Key : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : How many colours are on that flag QM?
11 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : Nice link
11 0 0 0 0 Flags Fiend : Not your name, we always have a flags round
11 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : Nice juxtaposition
11 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : I am thinking about it
11 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : I have bookmarked that page
11 0 0 0 0 Rugasaw : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Lady A : For finding the Pink in a flag
11 0 0 1 0 Comet : Thank you for that nature lesson
11 0 0 0 3 Davelarge : For finding the perfect link
11 0 1 0 0 Chorister : Thanks for the puzzle, I think white is a colour
11 0 0 1 0 Flags Fiend : I agree with you
11 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Caty the Southerner : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : Why the sudden fascination with Pink?
11 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Chicklegirl : FIAT award
11 0 0 -1 0 Quizmaster : I think you should reconsider that one
11 0 0 -1 0 Comet : You should know the rules by now
11 0 0 -1 0 Comet : He might just be too well known
12 0 0 1 0 Hart : Finding some significance in the date
12 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : For viewing the Bible as a Soap (not so wrong)
12 0 0 -1 0 Golden Key : For losing it
12 0 1 1 0 The Rogue : A mind capable of winning this quiz
12 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : Thanks are always helpful
12 0 0 1 0 Wet Kipper : Sharp observation, exactly what is needed
12 0 0 1 0 Lady A : We are fairly relaxed here in the KOQ
12 0 0 -1 0 Jedijudy : Holding the straight part of the stick
12 0 0 0 0 Golden Key : FIAT award
12 0 0 -1 0 Sharkshooter : Are you serious about J.R.Ewing?
12 0 0 1 0 Lady A : It was so tough it knocked me out
12 0 0 0 1 Hart : Thanks for the summary
12 0 0 1 1 Caty the Southerner : Spotting the obvious mistakes
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Inability to spell
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : For predicting confusion ahead of time
12 1 1 1 1 Pure as Snow : Thanks for the motivation
12 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
12 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : Useful link for timing problems
12 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : Not that it matters any more for you
12 1 0 1 -1 Caty the Southerner : Lovely assonance of logic there
12 0 0 1 0 Hart : What YOU said
12 0 0 -1 0 Jedijudy : I expected nothing less
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Asking irrelevant questions
12 0 0 0 0 Hart : FIAT award
12 0 1 0 0 Mertseger : For getting an infinite number into a finite post
12 0 1 -1 0 Pure as Snow : I don't like people cleverer than me
12 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : I must watch that movie
13 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : Adding food to almost every other link
13 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : Helping an Also Ran
13 0 0 -1 0 Comet : Someone else holding the straight part
13 1 1 1 1 Mertseger : How did someone that bright get knocked out?
13 0 0 1 -1 Davelarge : Rubbing Comet in it - I like that
13 0 1 -1 0 Comet : I know what you mean about problem fonts
13 0 0 1 0 Golden Key : Also Rans have more fun
13 1 0 0 0 Pure as Snow : I will award an L point for GK's groan
13 1 0 0 1 Ann : Putting Wet Kipper straight
13 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : For satisfying Hart
13 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : For that summary
13 0 1 0 0 The Rogue : Different rounds test different people
13 0 0 1 0 Rugasaw : That is all we need to happen now
13 0 0 0 1 Hart : Thank you for making me feel hard
13 0 0 1 0 Comet : Good call
13 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : I tried, but you WILL support the ROCKIES
13 0 0 1 0 Hart : A very good question with no answer
13 0 1 0 0 Comet : Have you ever thought of acting as a career?
13 0 0 0 1 RuthW : Thanks for the advice, but I am fully aware
13 0 0 0 2 Caty the Southerner : Some excellent links there
13 0 0 -1 0 Rugmaker : And just have a think about the Red Sox winning
13 0 0 0 1 Hart : I don't think we need to worry about that
13 0 0 -1 1 Rugasaw : Useful information but Hart already told us
13 0 0 1 0 Hart : If only Ann was right, I would watch it
13 0 0 1 0 Golden Key : For getting mathematics into baseball
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chicklegirl
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
11 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : Ever the Smartypants. Fancy a job?
You mean, I can make money being a Smartypants? I gotta tell my dad that he's been wrong all these years!
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Imaginary Friend
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It seems to all be over - a series sweep for the Red Sox.
So, now Quizzy has to interpret his own rules for deciding who's out...
![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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WooHoo!!! Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox!!!
Celebrating from the Spring Training home of the Baseball World Champions!!
[Made it homier. ]
[ 29. October 2007, 11:44: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
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Rugmaker
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I don't think it's going to be very hard for QM to decide who's out! Still, I'd sooner be out of the quiz than cheer for those pesky Red Sox !
(Anyway, I seem to remember that it starts to get much harder about now, so I reckon also-ranning is the place to be.)
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quote:
Originally posted by Rugmaker:
(Anyway, I seem to remember that it starts to get much harder about now, so I reckon also-ranning is the place to be.)
Also-running, surely
I have a funny feeling that ij and I might be out soon due to time pressures. Much spoiling and trouble-making to be done from the side-lines, I think ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Rugmaker
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Although having just read the thread, it may be that some didn't post or posted too late, so I might just get away with it and be in a top spot for the brinkmanship award....
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Quizmaster
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Rule bending is all part of the quiz and I have to decide whether to eliminate four late entries or one who got his entry in on time, but who unwisely opted for the Rockies.
He was lucky once before with his pre-round answer but this time he has run out of luck.
Eliminated:
Rugmaker
Qualifiers:
Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Rugasaw
I hope you keep going as an Also Ran Rugmaker.
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Rugmaker
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Are you any relation to a certain Australian rugby referee who has a problem with videos, QM?
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Quizmaster
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quote:
Originally posted by Rugmaker:
Are you any relation to a certain Australian rugby referee who has a problem with videos, QM?
Get the rule book out.
Is the line in or out? Do you have to step ON the line or OVER the line to be out? Questions like these are not the most important questions.
Why is it SO important that nobody watching or playing the game understands the rules? That is the important question.
The real reason we love competition is so that every so often we can argue about the finite details when the reality of the case is that there is a good case for arguing the situation both ways.
In actuality, it was both A TRY and NOT A TRY and that will remain the situation forever and a day.
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Rugmaker
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Thank you for clarifying the situation so, er, clearly.
Do I feel a round of dodgy sports decisions coming on? If so, can I have the Russian linesman from the 1966 World Cup Final please.
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Ann
Curious
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If you want dodgy sports decisions, you can't beat the PE teacher who put me in for the 100m hurdles, knowing my personal best at high jump was six inches lower. Three points for a refusal - I did get within a foot of the first hurdle full pelt before stopping dead in my tracks - and I didn't even bump into the hurdle!
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I have the greatest dodgy sports decision for my entry if we do that round.
think - unlikely sled dogs...
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Adam.
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Part of me really doesn't want to do that round, as I can't think of anything to offer as an entry; another part of me really wants to hear that story!
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Quizmaster
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ROUND THIRTEEN : PATDYS SIGNATURE
quote:
Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Could we have a round where possible sigs are offered, four line max etc etc and vote on the best?
In a departure from convention (just for a change) Pure as The Driven Yellow Snow is to be handed a bye for this round. As punishment for the bye he will be forced to decide who must leave the competition at the end of the round.
All competitors and Also Rans should post their idea of a good signature for PATDYS. PATDYS himself should rate the entries from best to worst as he sees fit, and the worst of the competitor entries will be the person to be eliminated.
N.B. The winner may find their entry appearing in all PATDYS posts for the forseeable future.
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Ann
Curious
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Pure brute force and ignorance, but
Driven so much faster
Yellow streaks come flashing by
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Well, Patdys liked this quote well enough to put it on the quotes thread in Circus, so I'm hoping he still likes it (and it's a very good quote, if I may say so, Mr. Patdys, sir).
quote:
To [Chesterton], Christianity wasn't a chore and a strain - it was something that illuminated his whole being, bringing laughter and joy and hope. In an age where Christianity is more akin to constipation than laughter, we desperately need more like him. -- Cheesemeister
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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I think comet might be able to do something about the sled dogs with this round.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Providing Asshats, Trolls, (and) Dipwads Yahweh's Smitings.
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comet
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(I'll save the dog story for later)
I wanted to use this:
quote:
A vivid sense of delight takes hold of one, when for the first time one penetrates the surface. After thousands of years of fear and effort Man has at last succeeded in getting beneath the top layer of the sea, winning a long battle against asphyxia and terror. A palace untouched by human hand, with its gardens of rock and water where living creatures play the part of flowers, is the goal of all our striving.
Philippe Diole. The Undersea Adventure. 1953.
but it's more than four lines. so we'll have to settle for a quote from the great Zappa the Elder:
quote:
Vigilo sicco qua huskies vado, quod dont vos eat ut crocus snow. ~Frank Zappa
which is latin for those sage words: watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Gleaning from posts, I started with "Why use three sentences when one will do." Then mucked about with ethics quotes, then with the Schrodinger's Cat link, and finally have decided on,
"Ethics - it's not just a game of Whack-A-Mole."
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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I see through this attempt to stop me posting for a round.
To make it easier, here is some information about me.
Humour is very very important to me.
Married, two kids 9 and 6. Sometimes is more mature than the kids. But only sometimes.
Studying some theology.
Writes some bad creative short stories.
works in a hospital ICU.
Grew up with Monty Python and the Goodies.
In front of me on my desk I have the omnibus of Gary Larson, Calvin and Hobbes, three works on the atonement and a plastic pirate hook.
Loves Jazz.
Loves Diana Krall.
Unerring knack of killing gold fish.
Loves fantasy.
Scuba Dives.
My favourite sig will stay at least until Christmas.
QM, could you please notify me of the end of the round.
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chicklegirl
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PATDYS, perhaps you would consider an homage to a magnificent writer who passed earlier this year:
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." ~Kurt Vonnegut
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Quizmaster
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My entry for this round:
The Australian equivalent of Prozac.
or
The human equivalent of Prozac.
Same sentiment, different noun.
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"...and so, ladies & gentlemen, as the goldfish of time swims round the bowl of fate, before being flushed round the U-bend of eternity..." - ISIHAC
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Caty S.
I read, therefore I am.
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I suggest:
"My shipmates went to the Knockout Quiz, and instead of a T-shirt they got me this lousy new sig."
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Imaginary Friend
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Right, for want of anything more inspired I'm going to enter:
PatDYS: Spikey
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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this is out of respect that he's managed to tangent the entire quiz...
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PATDYS: proudly tangenting since 2005
ij x
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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... and because I enjoy his witty asides, and links to "motivational" posters...
... and coz I'm hoping sucking up will help ...
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Imaginary Friend
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Sucking up always helps...
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rugasaw
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The PATDYS signature of the future.
quote:
I am not very interesting but I make up for it by not being funny.
Or is this a description of myself. Whatever, I am still using it for my entry.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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I have read and taken note, and came up with this.
quote:
Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?
I'm not sure that man needs the help. Calvin & Hobbes
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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More slush than drizzle.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Wet Kipper
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quote:
THe best of a bad bunch
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Quotes I Would love to Use
Pure brute force and ignorance, but
Driven so much faster
Yellow streaks come flashing by
'Sno wonder he's a disaster
Ann
Loved the creativity and self depreciation
"Ethics - it's not just a game of Whack-A-Mole."
LadyA
Made me laugh
"My shipmates went to the Knockout Quiz, and instead of a T-shirt they got me this lousy new sig."
caty the southerner
Made me laugh a lot
PATDYS: proudly tangenting since 2005
icklejen
damn, you are onto me
I am not very interesting but I make up for it by not being funny.
Rugasaw
Made me laugh a lot, and self depreciating
Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?
I'm not sure that man needs the help. Calvin & Hobbes
Doublethink
Sadly Accurate
Quotes I Would Possibly use
To [Chesterton], Christianity wasn't a chore and a strain - it was something that illuminated his whole being, bringing laughter and joy and hope. In an age where Christianity is more akin to constipation than laughter, we desperately need more like him. – Cheesemeister
Hart
I did enjoy this, but hadn’t used it. Possibly too long for me?
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." ~Kurt Vonnegut
Chicklegirl
Made me laugh and I appreciated the sad edge
The Australian equivalent of Prozac.
Quizmaster
Made me laugh a lot, too upbeat for my sig possibly- now exlax or ipecac…
"...and so, ladies & gentlemen, as the goldfish of time swims round the bowl of fate, before being flushed round the U-bend of eternity..."
flags_fiend
enjoyed the quote but don’t know the source well enough
More slush than drizzle.
Chorister
This was fun and pithy
Quotes I probably wouldn’t use
Vigilo sicco qua huskies vado, quod dont vos eat ut crocus snow. ~Frank Zappa
Comet
Liked this, but Latin is too high brow for my sig
Providing Asshats, Trolls, (and) Dipwads Yahweh's Smitings.
JediJudi
It was funny, but I couldn’t see it adorning my All Saints posts.
PatDYS: Spikey
davelarge
I appreciate the connection, but never got into Buffy I’m afraid
The best of a bad bunch
The Kipper
grins, I should really only pay out myself in my sig
Quotes I Couldn’t Use
A vivid sense of delight takes hold of one, when for the first time one penetrates the surface. After thousands of years of fear and effort Man has at last succeeded in getting beneath the top layer of the sea, winning a long battle against asphyxia and terror. A palace untouched by human hand, with its gardens of rock and water where living creatures play the part of flowers, is the goal of all our striving.
Philippe Diole. The Undersea Adventure. 1953.
Comet – too long
I like this. I get a real sense of the wonder of God diving. Leafy sea dragons and rock formations shout out 'Not only I am your God who made these, but I have a damn good sense of humour too
Hmmmm.
So, I could divide the quotes into these groups, but then struggled over where to go from here. So I looked at the thread again and the rules.
The Rules
In a departure from convention (just for a change) Pure as The Driven Yellow Snow is to be handed a bye for this round. As punishment for the bye he will be forced to decide who must leave the competition at the end of the round.
All competitors and Also Rans should post their idea of a good signature for PATDYS. PATDYS himself should rate the entries from best to worst as he sees fit, and the worst of the competitor entries will be the person to be eliminated.
And I saw one more quote I had missed.
Clearly not an adorable ickle cutie-pie fuzzum-wuzzums.
Patdys
I liked this quote, but of all the others, it is the only quote I was seeking to get rid of. It clearly came last. I looked at the rules and saw I was handed a bye. Tangentially, I read this as a goodbye.
So, I have identified the worst entry; the only quote I would dispose of; honoured the letter of the rules, and twisted them to my own purposes. I'm a happy man.
So farewell Patdys.
And thankyou all for the quotes
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