Good lord! I see 140 new posts in Bureau...wonder what's happened. New natter title! sheesh
On this topic, Jess is me.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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
Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2004 10:00:26 am PDT #1955 of 10001
Up with the sun
kat perez - Aug 20, 2004 10:03:08 am PDT #1956 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I like Natter 27: No Consensus.
If we're going for a threes theme, then I like Natter 27: Once, twice, three times a Natter. The Commodores, that's the good stuff.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2004 10:03:54 am PDT #1957 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why does DXM get to pick? Why can't I? I'm working on some ideas myself.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 20, 2004 10:16:16 am PDT #1958 of 10001
What is even happening?
DX, Lilty tried posting someting to the Somervillains list, but couldn't. Is that because of the anti-spam measures? (She just posted in F2F, because she'll come into town on Tuesday).
Jesse - Aug 20, 2004 10:20:14 am PDT #1959 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks, Jen! Whoot.
Is that an official proposal, Jesse?
A mere suggestion. And I will try to notice if people are (IMO) jumping the gun next time.
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2004 12:06:20 pm PDT #1960 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
A mere suggestion. And I will try to notice if people are (IMO) jumping the gun next time.
What's jumping the gun? dcp mentioned that we had only 400 posts left at 10:30 pm board time last night. The first title suggestion was at 4:46 this morning, which was only about 8½ hours before the old thread closed. The problem wasn't that there was too much time, it's that people proposed too many thread titles (55, to be exact). How are folks supposed to consense when rather than discuss the current options, people just keep throwing out new titles.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 20, 2004 12:40:19 pm PDT #1961 of 10001
What is even happening?
Maybe it's kind of a vicious circle, DX. It seems like we throw out a lot of titles when no one title seems to be grabbing more than a few of us. Then, we get silly, and just kind of throw stuff at the wall 'til something sticks.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2004 1:13:16 pm PDT #1962 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
my favorite is still:
Natter 27: We already did a three cubed thing, didn't we?
Me too. Recurring and incessant references to three cubed are always and ever good.
dcp - Aug 20, 2004 1:18:36 pm PDT #1963 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
400 posts remaining seemed a reasonable point to prompt people to start thinking about names for a new Natter thread, given how fast Natter can move. In the event, it took about 38 and a half hours for those 400 posts to come in, with the last 100 posts taking about 3 and a quarter hours. How about we try a trigger point of 200 posts remaining next time?
Cashmere - Aug 20, 2004 2:09:49 pm PDT #1964 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Natter 27: An Unholy Alliance of Actuaries and Australians
How can I not get behind this??? The word actuary can scare off a lot of people.