Where did it come from?
t /not really here
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
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. - Nov 24, 2002 7:18:37 pm PST #843 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Betsy HP - Nov 24, 2002 7:21:44 pm PST #844 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Okay. Add this to Jargon:
Q. "I'm wearing X on my head right now and it's fucking great"?
In March of 2002 the inimitable Fayjay said:
See, we just illustrated the glorious affirmative process that is online communities.
Person A: I...I kinda like to wear rubber gloves on my head and pretend to be a chicken. Sometimes. Er. For a laugh, you know?
Person B: I do that every weekend.
Person C: I'm wearing a rubber glove on my head right now and it's fucking great! Those non-rubber-glove-wearers (henceforth to be called NRGW) don't know what they're missing!
Person A: Yeah!
Person B: Let's set up our own forum at World Crossing.
[Rebecca Lizard did the hard work of looking this one up. I just copy-pasted.]
bon bon - Nov 24, 2002 7:22:21 pm PST #845 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Rebecca Lizard - Nov 24, 2002 7:23:40 pm PST #846 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
hard work
Heh heh heh. I just have it as an email sig.
Jon B. - Nov 24, 2002 7:24:17 pm PST #847 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
For completeness' sake, can someone provide the thread/post in which that appeared?
t edit Never mind. Thanks Shawn!
Noumenon - Nov 24, 2002 7:29:15 pm PST #848 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
The question should include "right now" because we've used the thing to say "I'm slaughtering a sheep right now and it's fucking GREAT!!" Oh, we should have a big Internet poll about which words to capitalize and how many exclamation points to use.
Rebecca Lizard - Nov 24, 2002 11:21:53 pm PST #849 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
Also, wearing something "on your head".
Noumenon - Nov 25, 2002 12:19:16 am PST #850 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
We should really get a script to do this... but I search.phped and the current use of the phrase, the one that will get people asking, "What's the history behind this?" looks something like this:
I'm wearing a new bra right now, and it's fucking great! (Response: "I kind of doubt it's fucking great if you don't actually have it on your head." Point for Rebecca.)
I'm bedswapping right now, it's fucking GREAT.
I'm reading extreme-lefty news online right now and it's fucking great
I'm using Feria right now, and it's fucking great!
Tep, try 1800flowers.com.
I'm looking at them right now. (And it's fucking great...)
I'm wearing him on my head right now, and it's fucking great.
IMing the sweetie now, and it's fucking great!
I'm going home from work RIGHT NOW! and it's fucking great!
(Quote:)There are four deer in my yard right now.
(Response)and it's fucking great!!
I'm eating paté right now, and it's fucking great!
I have a freezer pack on my head right now...
and it's fucking great.
And so forth. Isn't the Internet fucking great?
Rebecca Lizard - Nov 25, 2002 12:22:11 am PST #851 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
Really anything that anyone says with "I'm [x]ing right now" or "I've got [x] right now" is just begging for it.
I love the Buffistas.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 12:53:12 am PST #852 of 10001
This is a terrible thing to have to post while everyone's having such fun, but it's been something I've had to think about recently at work.
What would happen if something libellous was posted here, and the libelee (obviously made up word, where's Shawn? got to hear about it?
If I post, for instance "Consolidated Widgets are a terrible company and are about to go bankrupt", we could, at least theoretically, be liable, right?
I'm just wondering who would get sued. If it's an individual, like Jesse or something, that's quite a scary thought.
Do we have a policy, first off, on deleting legally problematic content?
And if it happened, Joss forbid, what would be the consequences?