This is my first visit to this
thread and I feel like I've walked into a very interesting party that's been going on for
the whole weekend.
Can someone explain what it's about? If that's not possible, just tell me where the drinks
are asnd I'll get started....
I am now an expert in ....Judah's
skidmarked undies.
Someone would want to claim to0 be
an expert in this area? Can you make much in conslulting fees? Did you need a degree for
this? Is it a growth field? I don't know if this is something you want getting out to the
genereal public. Reputations you know.
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Robert Frost
Drinks? Well, the mighty Church of
the Clueless is now accepting members, there's a pretty fair sugar and caffeine powered
party going in the Elections thread, and there's a spare coffee urn by the door. Need
anything else, call me.
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By the time you read this, you'll have already read it.
Originally posted by Hell's
Granny: This is my first visit to this thread and I feel like I've walked into a very
interesting party that's been going on for the whole weekend.
Can someone explain what it's about? If that's not possible, just tell me where the drinks
are asnd I'll get started....
There's two ways of looking at
this thread.
1) A poster named Kyoto (or Kyoko, I keep forgetting which) suddenly and with little
noticeable preamble suddenly flamed the entire board and had herself banned. No longer
feeling the need to be polite, snopesters began airing their long-held opinions that Kyoko
(or Kyoto) was a "confabulist" prone to making up dramatic and profanity-laced
stories.
2) The board has long needed a thread in which snopesters can just drop in and talk
without having to direct their comments to any particular topic. This thread happened to
provide for such a need.
I wondered when I saw the
JK/spider comment as well.
Silas, I think part of the problem is that we cross conversational paths fairly
infrequently - I generally steer wide and clear of the "hot" forums like
religion, politics and science and particularily away from threads that have subjects that
include the words: bush, gay, abortions, war, right wing, left wing, Jesus...or anything
where the topics may delve into a conversation that includes deep brainy discussions over
particular science topics. Those are the ones where I know I'll either end up upset (what
I read of some of the abortion discussion touched off a rather primal fear that someday,
someone else could legally force me to carry a pregnancy through against my will, so I
boogered off) or hopelessly lost.
You, OTOH, tend to be around those places and do well in those forums. I haven't been in
many active discussions with you all that incredibly often (or at least, in a while) and
when you come across as light humored, I may miss it completely because it's been X number
of weeks or months since we actively spoken to each other in a thread. This likely leads
to inadvertant and unintentional head butting, and I apologize.
I think we both also misjudge the weight of our own words - I didn't see as much anger in
my post as you interpreted - I just felt irritated and a bit taken aback. And I missed the
humor that you intended completely.
quote:
megaira and ali_marea are good people, whom I admire sincerely, and whom I would never
consciously attempt to hurt.
Ditto and it was very kind of you
to say that.
quote:
It is, however, mildly amusing that we can have a lengthy discussion of abortion in which
no one lost their temper...and angry words were exchanged over willow trees... Only on
snopes!
Indeed!!
Where's Tom Bombadil when you need him?
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feet. ~~~~ aspiring stewardess, Catch Me If You Can
Posts:
4537 | From: Off the Beaten Path | Registered: Mar 2000
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Originally posted by Christopher
in the library: There's two ways of looking at this thread.
1) A poster named Kyoto (or Kyoko, I keep forgetting which) suddenly and with little
noticeable preamble suddenly flamed the entire board and had herself banned. No longer
feeling the need to be polite, snopesters began airing their long-held opinions that Kyoko
(or Kyoto) was a "confabulist" prone to making up dramatic and profanity-laced
stories.
2) The board has long needed a thread in which snopesters can just drop in and talk
without having to direct their comments to any particular topic. This thread happened to
provide for such a need.
Enjoy the cookies.
Why, thank you! Is this chair
taken? I've bought along some popcorn, would anybody like some? This weather's been
strange lately- Oh wow! Didya see that? A classic double fore-arm flip-and-dive!
Haven't seen anything like that since Giant Haystacks quit the ring! Yes, thanks, I'd love
a cold beer....
ok, I don't want to look like a
butthole here I sent a PM to Silas because I'm shy about stuff like this
on the board. I'm not used to butting heads with anybody...except maybe Moose *grin*
Anyway, I agree with what meg said (not meaning to ride coattails)
I think we're all cool with each other. If anybody isn't, give me a holler or PM me or
something. I know I can't please everyone, but I try not to make enemies
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Posts:
1343 | From: Pittsburgh, PA | Registered: Aug 2002 |
You know, it has been really
interesting to follow the permutations of this thread. From flameouts, confabulists and
cookies, to throwing your hands up in the air, to Judah's disturbing photo gallery...where
can you grow a willow tree and cottonpicker and maroon and Bugs Bunny; the list goes on
and on. Maybe this is what it would have been like if James Joyce and William Faulkner had
tried to do their stream of consciousness writing by committee.
I was also thinking that it might be interesting if the Penalty Box had a Hall of
Bannination (my apologies to Trogdor on the name). It might prove instructive to freeze
that particular moment when a poster crossed the line and headed to that fateful shore. On
the negative side, it could just be cruel amusement, or reward bad posters by giving
trolls a goal (hey, that rhymes). But I had honestly forgotten Sexion (and never knew what
happened) until he was mentioned in this thread.
Great, now "troll goal" is stuck in my head - Stressa
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Please, act like you got some sense! - Andre 3000
Posts:
1525 | From: Washington, DC | Registered: Aug 2002 |
I'd just like to say that I've
just spent 2 1/2 hours reading this so far (in a library nonetheless) and, in turn with
reading the links and searching for previous Kyo posts, I'm only halfway through. This
post is going up because I'm leaving in an hour and a half and I just want to make sure
that I get a post in this legendary topic (can't do it at home because my computer's
broken ). Besides, after the hour and a half I'm sure I'll have an
entire new slew of posts to respond to.
-Sevi
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Posts:
748 | From: The Shire | Registered: May 2000 |
I bet if we try really
hard, we can beat the 788 posts over in the "I believe in God" thread. We'd
probably be there now if musician_01 were here....
24k" "Kate
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comes with the awareness of that holy,playful Presence.
Dean Koontz
RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure!
Posts:
768 | From: One Door Away From Heaven | Registered: Nov 2002
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Originally posted by 24kKate, in
the library, with a dog: I bet if we try really hard, we can beat the 788 posts over in the "I
believe in God" thread. We'd probably be there now if musician_01 were here....
24k" "Kate
What about the abortion thread....
799 and kind of still going. Think that one can be beat?
Posts:
255 | From: California | Registered: Dec 2003 |
Originally posted by Angl Utterly
Clueless Rdr: I really had no idea "cotton-pickin'" was racist in origin. Makes sense,
somewhat.
I, too, have used it as a fake swear word. I find the real ones are more effective,
however.
My favorite "fake" cuss
words were from the old comic strip "Rick O'Shay" by Stan Lynde. You'd get such
gems as "Son of a Badger!" and "Schmird!"
I also find that some minerological terms make very effective cuss-words. "Schist!
Chert! Karst!"
Silas ("stick that in your strike-thrust fault") Sparkhammer
I'm particularly fond of FRELL,
from Farscape. The funny thing is that I have never, ever seen Farscape, but my friend
loves it, and she got me to start using that word. (Kind of like how I worked GLURGE into
my mom's vocabulary and she has never been here.)
Then there's Schimmelpennick. It's the name of a Dutch cigarette company or something... I
got it from a little cigarette tin that I bought from my great aunt at a yard sale because
I thought it was such a cool word. It's fun to say. Schimmelpennick! Schimmelpennick!
And, hey, can I join the Church of the Clueless? I'll bring girl scout cookies and pizza!
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Posts:
431 | From: State of Denial | Registered: Jan 2001 |
There! Finished in time! Granted,
I skimmed the last two pages, but still. 'Tis a lot of posts.
About Kyo: Whatever. This thread is about much more than that alleged... erm, person. I
feel so much more enlightened than I have before I opened it. I'll be straight up- I want
in the Church of the Clueless. I may have no cookies readily available, but how about a
quick cookie hymn?
quote:
COOKIE-PICKIN' MAROONS (YA
MORON)
Oh we're just a bunch of cookie-picking maroons
But that doesn't necissarily make us racist in any way
Here are your cookies from the Church of the Clueless
Now we just want you to go away
Oh great cookie we sing to thee
Oh great cookie we hail to thee
Oh great cookie we we love thee
But we dare not eat thee
Until we find us some milk.
So? Am I in?
-"I could be the pastor of obliviousness!" Sevi
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Posts:
748 | From: The Shire | Registered: May 2000 |
Originally posted by 24kKate, in
the library, with a dog: I bet if we try really hard, we can beat the 788 posts over in the "I
believe in God" thread. We'd probably be there now if musician_01 were here....
24k" "Kate
What about the abortion thread....
799 and kind of still going. Think that one can be beat?
The biggest thread was the
"Another Questions Game" that used to be in the UL Contest #7 with 987 posts.
It's long gone now.
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BIRTHDAY LIST! (1/28/04)
Originally posted by Mur(uti)der
for Hire: Gee, now that Kyoko & Spider in the ointment are both gone, the seedier side
of me wonders if they're going to get together & have some massive post about how her
kittens were killed by british invaders re-enacting the Battle of Sterling Bridge. Ok, I
*really* need to go to bed now.
No, they were killed by fluoride.
Because they were Scottish.
-Tabby
the princess with claws
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peanut butter for the mind." -me on my fantasy novel-in-progress
Originally posted by tagurit: I really liked JK Will and I miss him. He was not in the same category as Kyoko,
AFAIC.
I guess you never got on his bad
side . I do kind of miss him though, we haven't had a good
"British Royal Family are No Better than Pond Scum" thread in ages.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Posts:
3560 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2001 |
Originally posted by tagurit: I really liked JK Will and I miss him. He was not in the same category as Kyoko,
AFAIC.
I guess you never got on his bad
side . I do kind of miss him though, we haven't had a good
"British Royal Family are No Better than Pond Scum" thread in ages.
No, I suppose I never did get on
his bad side. I ignored some of his posts, though. Just like I ignore some of other
people's posts.
I should add, I was responding to Muruti's post, not Tabby's and Mama Duck's.
tag
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Posts:
5837 | From: Michigan | Registered: Mar 2000 |
Originally posted by Broadway
didn't do it: Then there's Schimmelpennick. It's the name of a Dutch cigarette company or
something... I got it from a little cigarette tin that I bought from my great aunt at a
yard sale because I thought it was such a cool word. It's fun to say. Schimmelpennick!
Schimmelpennick!
I use "Kricfalusi" as a cuss word now and then... John Kricfalusi is the guy who
created Ren & Stimpy... I don't think he'd be too angry to learn that his name is in
the air when I hit my thumb with a hammer...
quote:
And, hey, can I join the Church of the Clueless? I'll bring girl scout cookies and pizza!
Pizza! But pizza is...un-cookie!
It is anti-cookie! It is a-cookie!
So, like, sure! Love the stuff!
Silas ("when come back bring pie") Sparkhammer
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told by Turks to Vietnamese,
told by kids to scare their mommies,
by Haoles to Malahinis.
Posts:
7973 | From: San Diego, CA, USA | Registered: Sep 2000
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Originally posted by tagurit: I really liked JK Will and I miss him. He was not in the same category as Kyoko,
AFAIC.
I guess you never got on his bad
side . I do kind of miss him though, we haven't had a good
"British Royal Family are No Better than Pond Scum" thread in ages.
No, I suppose I never did get on
his bad side. I ignored some of his posts, though. Just like I ignore some of other
people's posts.
I should add, I was responding to Muruti's post, not Tabby's and Mama Duck's.
tag
I think I got sucked into some
arguments with JK because he was so *OTT nasty* about some things that I felt very
strongly about. Not the British Royal Family incidentally but other things.
And of course there was the time he directed me to all the finer slums of Glasgow when I
asked for tourist tips. I can laugh now...
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Sir Winston Churchill
Posts:
3560 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2001 |
Originally posted by Christie: I think I got sucked into some arguments with JK because he was so *OTT nasty*
about some things that I felt very strongly about. Not the British Royal Family
incidentally but other things.
What is OTT?
quote:
And of course there was
the time he directed me to all the finer slums of Glasgow when I asked for tourist tips. I
can laugh now...
Oh, forgive me. I cracked up when
I read that. Did he really? Well, you know, there are some great bars and pubs in some of
the lesser neighborhoods in Detroit and sometimes people that go into Detroit often
recommend them to people that never go into Detroit, sometimes with disastrous results.
Once some friends who had never been in Detroit were directed to a bar in the warehouse
district and witnessed someone shot and murdered [in a drive-by] as they were leaving [the
bar]. Scared them out of their wits.
tag
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Posts:
5837 | From: Michigan | Registered: Mar 2000 |
Originally posted by Christie: I think I got sucked into some arguments with JK because he was so *OTT nasty*
about some things that I felt very strongly about. Not the British Royal Family
incidentally but other things.
What is OTT?
quote:
And of course there was
the time he directed me to all the finer slums of Glasgow when I asked for tourist tips. I
can laugh now...
Oh, forgive me. I cracked up when
I read that. Did he really? Well, you know, there are some great bars and pubs in some of
the lesser neighborhoods in Detroit and sometimes people that go into Detroit often
recommend them to people that never go into Detroit, sometimes with disastrous results.
Once some friends who had never been in Detroit were directed to a bar in the warehouse
district and witnessed someone shot and murdered [in a drive-by] as they were leaving [the
bar]. Scared them out of their wits.
tag
Sorry, OTT means Over The Top (at
least to me).
The slums in Glasgow was an odd one because he listed all these places with lovely
romantic sounding names and then Dara posted a "JK you naughty boy" post and
spoiled his fun. I always wondered if he would have told me himself or waited for my
outraged post after I came back .
Now that I think of it though, sometimes JK and I really were on the same page about
stuff, not often its true, but sometimes. And he could be very funny when he wasn't
grinding those axes of his anyway.
Dammit I think I really do miss him .
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Sir Winston Churchill
Posts:
3560 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2001 |
Originally posted by Broadway
didn't do it:
And, hey, can I join the Church of the Clueless? I'll bring girl scout cookies and pizza!
Pizza! But pizza is...un-cookie!
It is anti-cookie! It is a-cookie!
So, like, sure! Love the stuff!
Silas ("when come back bring pie") Sparkhammer
Pizza is round. Cookies are round.
Therefore, pizza is (are?) cookies!
24k"grammer book please!"Kate
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This isn't just the joy of freedom, or of being fully alive, but the piercing joy that
comes with the awareness of that holy,playful Presence.
Dean Koontz
RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure!
Posts:
768 | From: One Door Away From Heaven | Registered: Nov 2002
|
COOKIE-PICKIN' MAROONS (YA
MORON)
Oh we're just a bunch of cookie-picking maroons
But that doesn't necissarily make us racist in any way
Here are your cookies from the Church of the Clueless
Now we just want you to go away
Oh great cookie we sing to thee
Oh great cookie we hail to thee
Oh great cookie we we love thee
But we dare not eat thee
Until we find us some milk.
So? Am I in?
-"I could be the pastor of obliviousness!" Sevi
And so was born the first Church
of the Clueless hymn.
COOKIE-PICKIN' MAROONS (YA
MORON)
Oh we're just a bunch of cookie-picking maroons
But that doesn't necissarily make us racist in any way
Here are your cookies from the Church of the Clueless
Now we just want you to go away
Oh great cookie we sing to thee
Oh great cookie we hail to thee
Oh great cookie we we love thee
But we dare not eat thee
Until we find us some milk.
So? Am I in?
-"I could be the pastor of obliviousness!" Sevi
And so was born the first Church
of the Clueless hymn.
And sure you're in.
I guess.
Watch out for the dogs.
That darn
Brad got "Cotton Fields" stuck in my head so I went out looking for a midi file
to sing it to. After playing it a few times, I began playing some of the other selections
on the site. So, just about the time I come back here, I've got "The
Entertainer" playing. Now, I'm singing Sevi's hymn to that! Appropriate, I suppose.
tag
Edit: You think it's easy singing Sevi's hymn to "The Entertainer?" Huh?
*someone tosses tag a cookie*
Yer darn straight!
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Posts:
5837 | From: Michigan | Registered: Mar 2000 |
posted
posted
I sent a PM to Silas because I'm shy about stuff like this
on the board. I'm not used to butting heads with anybody...except maybe Moose *grin* 
posted
). Besides, after the hour and a half I'm sure I'll have an
entire new slew of posts to respond to.
"Kate
posted
posted
posted
posted
. I do kind of miss him though, we haven't had a good
"British Royal Family are No Better than Pond Scum" thread in ages.
posted
.
That darn
Brad got "Cotton Fields" stuck in my head so I went out looking for a midi file
to sing it to. After playing it a few times, I began playing some of the other selections
on the site. So, just about the time I come back here, I've got "The
Entertainer" playing. Now, I'm singing Sevi's hymn to that! Appropriate, I suppose.
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