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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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True to form I can safely say about PATDYS ....
"I did not see that coming".
I could call him a coward for being unable to make a call but I will call him brave for the self sacrifice so typical of heroes in games like this.
We will have to make this into a film now.
Eliminated:
Pure as Snow
Qualifiers:
Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Rugasaw
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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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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND FOURTEEN : QUIZMASTER
In this round you have to take on the guise of the Quizmaster (no easy task) and post a round of your choice together with the rule and the qualifying element.
I shall be looking for structure, content, ease of understanding, ease of misunderstanding, and the subject which should be as different from all the other rounds as possible.
I am able to and I will make a call so one of you will be eliminated.
Please post as if you are the quizmaster because I may simply copy your post for future rounds.
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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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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Pssst, chickle, look here.
(But I bet you already knew that ![[Biased]](wink.gif) )
Actually, I didn't know about that, PATDYS, so you should get a point for being helpful. And now that I understand what this new job would entail...
See, I thought I could just lay around all day in my pink sock monkey jammies, be a Smartypants, eat a few bon-bons, and collect a fat paycheck, but no... this would actually require work.
It's not that I have anything against work--in fact, I just started a new job a couple months back--but I'm not sure my new boss would be very tolerant of having to share my attention with the KOQ. Maybe next year (when the new boss is potty-trained)?
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If you want to be happy, be.
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Adam.
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Patdys, you are a gentleman with the wiles of a cad. I salute you!
(My round will follow once I've done some thinking...).
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Ave Crux, Spes Unica!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Chicklegirl, your new boss is adorable!!!
PatDYS, you are amazing! What an angel!
Dear QM, I foresee a sleepless night while I ponder this challenge.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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I'd sing your praises PATYDS but I know this just frees you to be weirder than before. Watch out Comet he's coming after you.
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Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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ROUND UMPTEEN: PIRATES
Choose a pirate and justify why your pirate is the most evil of all pirates. The poster with the least evil pirate will walk the plank.
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Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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ROUND ELEVENTY-SEVEN: REVISIONIST HISTORY
Name one event in the history of the world that you would change. Provide a link to a description of that event. Explain how you would change that event, and why. Tell us how the world would be different today with your change.
The argument must be clear and brief. The more obscure the event, the better.
The least convincing argument gets the guillotine.
[ 31. October 2007, 04:34: Message edited by: comet ]
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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A belated sig for PATDYS from the spa in the Also-Ran balcony.
"Never jump in a pile of leaves with a wet sucker!"--Linus, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".
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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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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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UNLUCKY ROUND 13: LEAST FORTUNATE JOBS
For this round you must nominate the most unpleasant, unfulfilling, unenviable job imaginable. The caveat: you must provide a link to documented proof that the job exists. Bonus points for photographic proof. Extra bonus points if it is actually your job and you provide a picture of yourself at work.
ETA: Thanks, JJ! (she is, isn't she?) The hours and the pay are terrible, but the bennies include hours of snuggling, so my job satisfaction is way up there! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
[ 31. October 2007, 06:05: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
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If you want to be happy, be.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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In keeping with my avatar:
Round unspecified - Nebulae
- Each contestant shall post a link to a nebula.
- When all contestants have entered, a vote shall be taken to determine which is the most beautiful. Each contestant will rank all entries from the most beautiful to the least beautiful.
- The contestant whose nebula is considered the most beautiful will be eliminated.
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"We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass."
Brian Clough
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Making music together
Pick a musical note. Sharps and flats are allowed.
I will then play your chosen note, along with the notes posted both before and after yours, , to make a 3-note chord.
The person whose chosen note makes the worst sounding chord will be eliminated.
To give the first posters something to match with, I shall provide a "D" as the first note. - this will also be used as the 3rd note for the final contestant
given that we may have more contestants than there are notes, you may pick the same note as someone else, but this must not result in 2 identical notes in a chord.
[ 31. October 2007, 09:53: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
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Caty S.
I read, therefore I am.
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ROUND X: PLANTS
You must find seven flowering plants. You must link to pictures of each of those plants in flower. Each link must include the botanical ('latin') name of the plant, and you should also list the seven botanical names in your post. The flowers on the first plant you link to must be red, on the second they must be orange, on the third yellow, the fourth green, the fifth blue, the sixth purple and the seventh white.
You must not choose more than one plant from any genus, or any plant already chosen by another contestant. You may choose a different subspecies or variety of a species chosen by another contestant.
The total number of letters in each set of seven botanical names will be added up; the contestant with the median number of letters will be eliminated.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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ROUND FAUX: ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
Choose an atmospheric phenomenon and post a link to a picture and a separate link to information about your choice.
You must also post the reason for your choice.
If someone fails to post, or fails to follow the instructions, that person will be knocked out. If everyone posts successfully, we will vote on the most interesting phenomenon.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!*
* pretending to be an Arsenal fan has tipped me over the edge!
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Ann
Curious
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ROUND YUMPTY-TUM: A MEAL TO IMPRESS
You are entertaining someone you wish to impress - your boss, your future in-laws, the lady in charge of the flower arranging you wish to volunteer for; this is a meal for four.
Post recipes for the meal, which will include a starter, a main course and a dessert. The recipes should include preparation time and an approximation of the calorific value. You will get a point for each minute preparation time and each calorie in one portion (* show your workings). Time spent letting the meal get on without your supervision isn't counted.
The meal with the most points is eliminated.
* The other contestants can call foul if you underestimate either.
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Adam.
Like as the
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Round Twenty-two sevenths: picture hunt
Everyone must pick the (ship-)name of a shipmate and type it in to Google images. They then post a link to their favorite picture from the first page of samples Google gives.
Once everyone's posted, we then try to guess which shipmate each poster has posted a picture of. The quizipant eliminated will be the person whose picture garnishes the number of correct answers furthest from the median.
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Ave Crux, Spes Unica!
Preaching blog
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flags_fiend
Shipmate
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Round Robin
Everyone picks a type of bird , the person who picks the bird closest to the median score when the letters in its name are assigned values a=1, b=2,..., z=26 and added together is eliminated.
flags x
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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ROUND ONE BILLION, THREE HUNDED AND NINE : EXPRESSIONS
Each contestant must post(in bold) a saying or phrase (such as 'a shaggy dog story', or 'out of the drying pan into the fire'), and invent a story behind it's conception and usage. Posts must include a link to the real history behind the phrase.
If everyone posts, contestants will vote on the stories. Each story will be marked out of ten for believability, humour, creativity and originality. Points will be deducted by Quizmaster if he has not previously heard of the expression.
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"I'ma be what I set out to be, without a doubt, undoubtedly"
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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PROCRASTINATORY ROUND: I'LL THINK OF A TITLE LATER
Each participant will post a link to an online procrastinatory activity. Each participant must then post a list, after 8:00am Friday British time, of how much time they wasted on each link before Thursday 10:00pm British time. The participant posting the link with the median total time wasted will be eliminated.
[N.B. Activity means some sort of interaction is required, reading is not enough, minutes will be added/deducted in the elimnatory direction for excessive pop-ups.]
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Photo Round
Please link to one image you like and write a brief paragraph about why you like it.
Everybody may rank each picture out of 10, where 10/10 means you like it a lot.
Lowest average score is out (score/number of people voting for the image).
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Marathon run. Next Dream. Australian this time.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Round About:
Post a link to the craziest road sign. I will eliminate the one I think is most boring. And as an also ran, I can't eliminate myself. So one of you will have to go. LOLOLOLOLOLOL ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Postal Flurry Round
All participants must post on this thread before the deadline. Assuming everybody does post before the deadline, the person whose most recent post prior to the deadline has the oldest (earliest) time-stamp will be eliminated.
The deadline for this round will be: Noon GMT, November 4, 2007.
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Round 15: Quizzes
In this round you must post a link to a suitable quiz. This quiz must be able to be answered by anyone.
Everyone must post their answer to your quiz by PMing myself after all quizzes have been taken. Points awarded by myself for number of questions, though if there are too many, I may subtract points. All answers must be PMed to me by by 22:00 English Time on Friday (whatever date inserted here) along with your vote from favorite quiz to the one you'd never like to see again. Scoring will be on number of questions (see above), number of different answers and the vote.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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I have a decision to make.
Take a 24 hour break.
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Adam.
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Hey, hey, boss, did you hear that?
The nice man on the internet said I'm on a break. Yes, for twenty-four hours. Yes, that's why I'm not doing any work.
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Ave Crux, Spes Unica!
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
I have a decision to make.
Take a 24 hour break.
Oh, the tension... you could cut the atmosphere with a butter knife...
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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"We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass."
Brian Clough
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Betcha Quizzie is figuring out which is the hardest one and picking it for our next challenge!! ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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This one has proved tough and I am feeling the pressure but I have narrowed the loser down to one of three:
Comet
Icklejen
Lady A
The reason these three have been chosen is because of the complication. I prefer to keep it simple.
Any of these could form a round later in the competition.
So, in a rare display of power, I have to make a decision .....
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Eliminated for expecting too much of the contestants:
COMET
Qualifiers:
Ann
Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Rugasaw
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND FIFTEEN : NEBULAE
- Each contestant shall post a link to a nebula.
- When all contestants have entered, a vote shall be taken to determine which is the most beautiful. Each contestant will rank all entries from the most beautiful to the least beautiful.
- The contestant whose nebula is considered the most beautiful will be eliminated.
This one has absolutely everything I require for a Knockout Quiz round. Well done Davelarge.
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Caty S.
I read, therefore I am.
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The exotically named Abell 39.
Is it my imagination, or does it look like a jellyfish?
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Ann
Curious
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Psst, Mertseger, did you miss the bit about the most beautiful nebula losing? In this round, there's safety in mediocrity.
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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Since I like the Pleiades Nebula this will insure that mine will not be most liked.
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Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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I will pick Nebula 11
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Lady A:
I shall float off across the cosmic sea on the Bubble Nebula.
I would have called it the the Brain nebula.
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Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Since yesterday was Hallowe'en, I would like to present the Ghost Head Nebula.
I guess it does look a little spooky!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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quote:
Originally posted by Ann:
Psst, Mertseger, did you miss the bit about the most beautiful nebula losing? In this round, there's safety in mediocrity.
There's also safety in being an also-ran, but, yes, it's truly a beautiful nebula, isn't it?
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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A beautiful nebula is a terrible thing to waste.
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Imaginary Friend
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
This one has absolutely everything I require for a Knockout Quiz round. Well done Davelarge.
Aw, shucks. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) Thanks Quizzy ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
My entry will be the boomerang nebula.
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"We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass."
Brian Clough
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I guarantee that QM will like this nebula.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Snowball in Hell
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Eliminated for expecting too much of the contestants:
COMET
*lower lip quivers... eyes well up...
assumes big eyed, forelorn look... *
okay.
*sniff*
I understand.
*snurfle*
I'll just be going then...
bubye now...
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
( it's been fun! timing is good, real life was getting hectic. with this little gem, for example)
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Golden Key
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(From the grand land of Also-Ran.)
Round Infinity: Create A Universe
...utilizing your choice of the following:
--Moebius strips;
--Alchemy;
--Quarks (either the particles or clones of the "Star Trek: DS9" character");
--Moose and Squirrels;
--Left-over Halloween candy;
--Butterscotch pudding (extra points if homemade);
--Random flotsam and jetsam found in pockets and gutters, behind sofa cushions, and at the back of the fridge.
Create this universe within 24 hours. (God was such a slow-poke ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) ) Gather random people from the streets to help you make a brief video of the new universe, and post it on YouTube. Provide a WORKING link here.
Bonus points will be given if you create life directly or indirectly within the universe, or if it spontaneously occurs. You MUST provide a written explanation, in 25 words or less, of how the life occured. (We're NOT going to let creators get away with THAT mistake again.) ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Points will be deducted if any form of life from this universe winds up in your new one. I mean it. I really, really mean it. I mean it so much that I'll call PETA and report you.
Now go away, all of you, while I enjoy a well-deserved chocolate bar.
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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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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) That made my morning GK! Now I can go to work with a grin, even at 5am!
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