Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

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


Steph L. - Jan 13, 2004 11:00:22 am PST #6506 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I think that we would choose a date on which to threadsuck and no posts would be taken after that date. However, if the last 1000 posts on that date were FOAMY! FOAMY! FOAMY! the linguists might get a tad annoyed. Just FYI.

I think you shouldn't tell us the date. Seriously. You know how, when someone's watching, you act differently, less natural? Well, if we know an ending date, I think we can't help but be aware of it, and it would affect our posts.


Jon B. - Jan 13, 2004 11:03:55 am PST #6507 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Another reason to let erin make the formal proposal: Under our rules, once the proposal has been made and secondses are received there's four days of discussion and then three days of voting. If we jump the gun and propose before erin has all the details, we could be voting before we know exactly what we're voting on. There's no reason to rush.


Wolfram - Jan 13, 2004 11:07:03 am PST #6508 of 10005
Visilurking

If we jump the gun and propose before erin has all the details, we could be voting before we know exactly what we're voting on.

That's what I meant, but Jon says it better.


erinaceous - Jan 13, 2004 11:36:33 am PST #6509 of 10005
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

I've just sent a long and question-filled email to the Guy Not In Charge But Who Handles All The Practical Details.

And I think not telling y'all the cutoff date is a good idea. Also, it means I won't be up all night threadsucking to make an arbitrary deadline.


DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:44:25 am PST #6510 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also, it means I won't be up all night threadsucking to make an arbitrary deadline.

I'm pretty sure DXM has all the threads archived already and could send you everything except the currently active or unarchived threads. Should we decide to go that way. And I'd like to.


Steph L. - Jan 13, 2004 11:45:25 am PST #6511 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

could send you everything except the currently active or unarchived threads.

Even better, because then there's no chance of the Observer Effect.


amych - Jan 13, 2004 12:55:02 pm PST #6512 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

And yes, 'foamy' doesn't count unless it's in context. Unless you are angling for 'foamy' to be an interjection, in which case shout it all you want ...

Shiny!


erinaceous - Jan 13, 2004 1:04:45 pm PST #6513 of 10005
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

Ooh! If DX has all the archived threads that would be FOINE. Thanks for pointing that out. 10 hours (I am not joking) in the office (a real office, not my home one, where I can do ten hours standing on my head) has be-liquided my brain.


DXMachina - Jan 13, 2004 1:20:27 pm PST #6514 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yup, I have every single one of them.


Atropa - Jan 13, 2004 2:00:30 pm PST #6515 of 10005
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

This sounds so. freaking. cool!

(If gloatycakes makes it into the dictionary, I will be a happy, happy girl.)