Oooh. Like it. Especially as I could easily be interpreted as going through one of those myself recently.
Natter 25: Wanna hear our two bits on the subject?
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Gris - Jun 02, 2004 3:40:51 am PDT #1016 of 10001
Hey. New board.
DXMachina - Jun 02, 2004 3:42:40 am PDT #1017 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Just for reference, the Natter 25 title at WX was "Natter 25--5x5, B."
Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2004 3:57:52 am PDT #1018 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh. Wow. That works on so many levels.
Fred Pete - Jun 02, 2004 4:05:41 am PDT #1019 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Well, there's always --
Natter 5x5: It's Five Feet Tall and It's Five Feet Wide.
Only most people probably won't get it.
Gris - Jun 02, 2004 4:07:29 am PDT #1020 of 10001
Hey. New board.
t raises hand
I don't get it.
Could go for "Natter 5x5 - What the heck does it mean, anyway?" or something similar but more clever.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2004 4:16:32 am PDT #1021 of 10001
What is even happening?
Natter 25: Shave and a Haircut
This one.
(Did anyone else's father (or mother) sing the couplet: Shave and a haircut, two bits. Who ya gonna marry? Tom Mix!)
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2004 4:18:51 am PDT #1022 of 10001
What is even happening?
toast and coffee...
NovaChild, did you watch BtVS? Faith's way of saying everything was fine, was to say "five by five" which is a military/radio communications way of saying "all clear."
5x5 = "five by five"
Fred Pete - Jun 02, 2004 4:19:02 am PDT #1023 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nova, they're lyrics from a popular song of the 1940s.
Gris - Jun 02, 2004 4:19:41 am PDT #1024 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Although I secretly agree to Cindy's choice (of the titles presented so far, anyway - I'm sure somebody will come up with something much better than any of them in the future days), I must protest it's adoption. P-C can't get TWO Natter titles IN A ROW. His ego would grow, like, real big and stuff.
Who knows what kind of monster we might unleash?
ETA: Cindy, yes, I knew that part. My joke came from the fact that nobody knows what it comes from, in the show. As in:
Tara:
Five by Five? What does that mean?
Willow:
That's just it, nobody knows! It's stupid!
(Not exact quotes. Approximate. From the one before "Who Are You?" whose name I never remember.)
EATA:
Didn't know the radio "all clear" thing, though it makes sense. Still don't know what the heck it MEANS, though. Does it actually come from that song?
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2004 4:28:31 am PDT #1025 of 10001
What is even happening?
Didn't know the radio "all clear" thing, though it makes sense. Still don't know what the heck it MEANS, though. Does it actually come from that song?
NovaChild, five by five is the measure of the strength of the signal:
FIVE BY FIVE: Comes from military radio operators [was in use by time of Korean War (1950-53) and appeared in print in 1954 – see below and] who used the phrase to tell the person they were talking to how well they were being heard. There was a five point scale in two categories, strength of signal and clarity of transmission. A strong, clear signal was coming in ‘five by five,’ lesser signals would be judged with lesser numbers. An similar but less quantitative expression was ‘coming in loud and clear.’ Radio operators, pilots, the military, and others picked up the phrase and used it to characterize generally good circumstances. So when someone says everything is ‘five by five,’ things must be going well and they are doing fine.