We need to have the number in the title.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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.
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§ ita § - Sep 22, 2008 7:27:40 am PDT #3176 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
megan walker - Sep 22, 2008 7:33:55 am PDT #3177 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, then, Natter 61*.
Laura - Sep 22, 2008 7:38:08 am PDT #3178 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.
1961 was a momentous year, so there's lots of possibilities....
So my first thought was how did we manage to get to 1961 threads in Natter already. Yes, I was alive in the 60s.
I like moon landings, baseball, and revisited, so no help at all really. '61 apparently an excellent year for Buffista creation.
aurelia - Sep 22, 2008 8:24:00 am PDT #3179 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm leaning toward Revisited.
I need someone to explain what the baseball asterisk is for. Sports has always been my downfall in Trivial Pursuit.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 22, 2008 8:41:38 am PDT #3180 of 6786
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
me too. Please explain the asterisk.
Kristen - Sep 22, 2008 8:48:47 am PDT #3181 of 6786
When Roger Maris was going after Babe Ruth's record for most home runs in a season, it was suggested that there be an asterisk after the number to indicate that he had accomplished his record during a longer season. (So the record books would have read 61*.)
ETA: That's the very brief, glossed over version of the story.
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2008 8:49:59 am PDT #3182 of 6786
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 home runs for the Yankees, which beat Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60, which was set in 1927. People HATED Maris because of this. How could anyone be better than the Babe? He really did get death threats and stuff.
Also in 1961, the number of games played in a season was increased from 154 games to 162, and Maris needed some of the extra eight games to break the record. So when Maris' accomplishment was put in the record books, there was an asterisk next to the 61, which was Major League Baseball's way of saying that Maris wasn't really as good as Babe Ruth.
tommyrot - Sep 22, 2008 8:52:14 am PDT #3183 of 6786
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Natter 61: Babe Ruth can bite me
Kristen - Sep 22, 2008 8:52:33 am PDT #3184 of 6786
The asterisk was never actually used. Instead, they split the record book into two parts. The first set of records being for pre-1961 and the second set being for 1961 and later, to account for the difference in the season length.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2008 8:59:23 am PDT #3185 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In general an asterisk means "stats set under different circumstances."
Not being a baseball fan it fails to have any resonance for me. Tommyrot's makes me laugh, though.