I have to confess. I don't get why the phrase "Older than Jesus" is considered disrespectful or offensive. The nailing one, yes. But the age thing I just don't understand.
It's possible that he's in the land of perpetual Wednesday, or the crazy melty land, or you know, the world without shrimp.
Anya ,'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
Kristen - Mar 24, 2005 6:24:31 am PST #4137 of 10001
Susan W. - Mar 24, 2005 6:47:15 am PST #4138 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
FWIW, I still like pithy, clever, show-offy thread names, even the pop culture ones DH has to explain to me because of the large gaps in my musical and cinematic knowledge. Which is why I really liked the "more worlds to conquer" option, because I had to explain it to him, and it's fun to be the one who gets to show off on occasion. Oh well. Water under the bridge.
Nutty - Mar 24, 2005 6:48:23 am PST #4139 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The weird part is, why does everybody die at 33? I mean, why not 37 or 41.5 or something? (I thought the Jesus one was funny, but I don't have a stake in his importance, so... and stake is the wrong word, isn't it?)
Therefore I propose: Natter 34: not dead yet.
The REAL real problem is that anything above 10 or so, we run out of number-oriented jokes to tell. THere is the occasional rapture of bullshit consensus around something hilarious like
four and twenty natters: WHO ARE YOU BAKING FOR??
...which I adored by the way, but there's not so many jokes you can make about 58, or 92, or 127.
Therefore I propose: we hit a limit and start over with numbers! Okay, that would be disastrous from an archiving standpoint.
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2005 6:50:30 am PST #4140 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
which I adored by the way
beams
aurelia - Mar 24, 2005 6:55:28 am PST #4141 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
natter natter bo-batter...
We could just leave this one as Natter 34 and go back to being clever with future titles.
Wolfram - Mar 24, 2005 6:56:07 am PST #4142 of 10001
Visilurking
If Beverly's proposal was a Proposal, then I'm fourthing. Not that I want to do away with thread titles (I don't.) But I think a discussion may be warranted and, for a variety of reasons, I'd rather see it in Lightbulb than here.
aurelia - Mar 24, 2005 7:00:21 am PST #4143 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Beverly did not include the word proposal. I'm thinking she was expressing an opinion, not proposing.
brenda m - Mar 24, 2005 7:09:40 am PST #4144 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
FWIW, I still like pithy, clever, show-offy thread names, even the pop culture ones DH has to explain to me because of the large gaps in my musical and cinematic knowledge.
I'm with Susan here.
I'm not sure I get why people who don't like the discussion on thread names bother to participate in them. What's the harm in just skipping that conversation? Or is it the thread names themselves that are an issue?
Laura - Mar 24, 2005 7:27:38 am PST #4145 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I like the clever.
beathen - Mar 24, 2005 7:40:29 am PST #4146 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I still like pithy, clever, show-offy thread names,
I think they're fun and changing the titles keeps the board "fresh".
Or is it the thread names themselves that are an issue?
I think it is more the fact that people enjoy arguing/discussing what the titles should be and people's emotions get too vested into the process. This is especially true for threads like Bitches & Natter, but they need to be changed so often anyway, so I just refer to them as "Bitches" or "Natter" - the rest of the title is just something fun. I'll throw my ideas and votes in, but in the end, really, it's not all that important.