I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.

Book ,'Serenity'


Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

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


Jon B. - Mar 10, 2003 8:14:10 am PST #7004 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

From the ballot Sophia Brooks "Sunnydale Press" Feb 25, 2003 11:55:53 pm EST

Item 1: VOTING

A yes vote on this item signifies the voter agrees that we should create a voting system for community decisions that do not require immediate action.

Exemptions: Thread naming, disciplinary action against trolls (although the process itself could come up for a vote at some point) and tasks currently performed by Stompy Feet, including but not limited to board maintenance.


Anathema - Mar 10, 2003 8:20:41 am PST #7005 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero

Thanks again.

Maybe the next B thread should be called:

Bureaucracy 2: Ask and you shall receive


Jessica - Mar 10, 2003 8:32:11 am PST #7006 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Quick interjection -- "timelies" should be added to the FAQ, in the dialect section. Something like:

Q: Timelies? When?

A: "Timelies" is a multi-time-zone-friendly greeting for our poly-time-zone community. It evolved from "Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening/Night!" into "Timely Greetings!" and eventually the simple "Timelies" you see being used on the board today.


Jon B. - Mar 10, 2003 8:37:31 am PST #7007 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Good one Jess. I've bookmarked and will add ASAP.

Lost in the voting kerfuffle has been the Mythology FAQ Lyra Jane compiled and I formatted. If everyone's happy with it, I'll excise the overlapping questions from the regular FAQ and set up links between the two.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Mar 10, 2003 8:38:23 am PST #7008 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

And possibly also 'MWAH', since there was a question about that in Bitches this morning, and I have to admit I'm slightly unclear-- is there more than one version, or something?


Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2003 8:41:27 am PST #7009 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think MWAH is a kiss and Mwah-ha-ha-ha! is evil laughter.


Jessica - Mar 10, 2003 8:41:47 am PST #7010 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

And possibly also 'MWAH', since there was a question about that in Bitches this morning

"Mwah" is a big kiss. Say it out loud. "Mwah!"

Not to be confused with "Muahahahaha!" which is an evil laugh.

[scary x-post!]


Jon B. - Mar 10, 2003 8:42:26 am PST #7011 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

You need to put specific objects in your sentences, Am-Chau. I've no idea what you're talking about. t edit Oh! never mind


Am-Chau Yarkona - Mar 10, 2003 8:45:51 am PST #7012 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

It's good to have these spellings standarized.

Q: MWAH? Are you kissing me or is that your impersonation of Frankenstein?

A: It's all in the spelling. MWAH is a kiss (try saying it out loud) and Mwah-ha-ha-ha! (sometimes Muahahahaha! or inbetween those two) is the scary-evil-crazy laugh. You know the one.


Rebecca Lizard - Mar 10, 2003 8:49:48 am PST #7013 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

... I think "mwah" is a pretty standard thing. I don't think it's a Buffista thing or even an Internet thing. I don't think we should put it in the FAQ.