Oh never mind -- this post = not as funny as I thought.
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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.
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JenP - Feb 25, 2004 10:36:24 am PST #6900 of 10005
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2004 11:38:06 am PST #6901 of 10005
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm all in the hey, let's err on the side of not offensive, shall we?
Which is to say, that it's one of the few terms remaining in my lexicon with offensive origin that I'm still trying to exclude. So, guilty in this corner. And hey, let's err on the side of not offensive!
How's about just 'Istanbul!'?
Wolfram - Feb 25, 2004 11:42:09 am PST #6902 of 10005
Visilurking
not Constantinople?
Aims - Feb 25, 2004 11:43:29 am PST #6903 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It really doesn't matter to the Turks.
DebetEsse - Feb 25, 2004 11:47:47 am PST #6904 of 10005
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hmmm
"One Quote in all the World", maybe?
Or something less heavy-handed. Hmmm
DXMachina - Feb 25, 2004 12:02:40 pm PST #6905 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
"One Quote to Rule Them All"
DavidS - Feb 25, 2004 12:39:17 pm PST #6906 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How about substituting "pants" as in the long running LoTR thread game?
"Istanbul got Pantsed!"
Aims - Feb 25, 2004 12:51:36 pm PST #6907 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like "Istanbul got Spazzed." It's total context. Like "foamy" as someone brought up earlier.
kat perez - Feb 25, 2004 1:27:21 pm PST #6908 of 10005
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I love all the verbizing of nouns going on in here. Döppelkat would be so proud. I also love "Istanbul got spazzed." but if it's going to ruffle a lot of feathers, I'd just as soon go with "Istanbul got pantsed." (Keep the verbize alive)
Kat - Feb 25, 2004 2:40:00 pm PST #6909 of 10005
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Döppelkat would be so proud.I am so proud!! But I'm against spazzed, though less than spaz (the non-verbed form) for all the reasons stated.
I'm also against the announcements in press, not because of tedium, but because of redundancy. There's few other instances where we post "Hey! We're talking about this in this thread right now!"