The Index of the Giant's Comments IV - A Rich Source of Quotassium

[Gwynfrid]

Only a fool thinks it's funny?

[Lissou]

I vote for

The Index of the Giant's Comments V - On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[137beth]

Surely there should be a way to combine banannas and Star Wars in one thread title?

[dmc91356]

The Plantain Menace?

[DaggerPen]

The Plantain Menace?

I'd like to change my vote.

[Peelee]

I'd like to change my vote.

Seconded. Just call it Episode IIIII.

[Gift Jeraff]

Another vote for
The Index of the Giant's Comments V - On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[IthilanorStPete]

Surely there should be a way to combine banannas and Star Wars in one thread title?

A Fully Ripe and Operational Banana Tree?

[Emanick]

The "On A Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need This Index" title isn't funny. I'm going for The Plantain Menace or, if that's not a contender, Writes Back.

[ti'esar]

I think I'm going to vote for The Plantain Menace.

[factotum]

Yeah, Plantain Menace is great (apart from the whole reminding us of that terrible, terrible movie, of course ).

[Kurald Galain]

The Index of the Giant's Comments V - On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

The Index of the Giant's Comments V - Organized Stalking

I like these two.

[Quild]

The Plantain Menace?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker, but the joke was hard to get and required some research.
Also, why a joke about episode 1 since it would be the fifth thread?

The Index of the Giant's Comments V - On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

Wasn't this done already? Or maybe it just was suggested already.

The Index of the Giant's Comments V - Organized Stalking

I like it.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Wasn't this done already? Or maybe it just was suggested already.

I've got it in my signature - maybe you've seen it there?

GW

[littlebum2002]

Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker, but the joke was hard to get and required some research.
Also, why a joke about episode 1 since it would be the fifth thread?

Plantains are cousins of bananas. It would have been a pretty clever pun for the 1st thread, if our resident banana had been curating it then.


Also, I propose we don't have an 8th thread, instead we have thread 7, part 2.

[Kish]

I'm going to say:

1) That the thread needs a vote on whether "the thread documents things Rich says that dispel someone's confusion and makes no judgment on whether that confusion was legitimate" or "the thread documents only things that cannot be derived from the comic" becomes a new thread rule, and one of them should be.

2) In the absence of such a rule, I'm voting to include the Twitter comments under debate. Sorry, Grey Wolf et al.

[factotum]

Also, I propose we don't have an 8th thread, instead we have thread 7, part 2.

Isn't that more of a Harry Potter joke than a Star Wars one? Or is that the point?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Isn't that more of a Harry Potter joke than a Star Wars one? Or is that the point?

I believe it is meant to be a Discworld joke. You do not mention the 7+1 number.

GW

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I've been a fan of "On a Saner Forum We Wouldn't Need This Index" since it was proposed a year and a half ago, so how could I not vote for it now?

[littlebum2002]

Isn't that more of a Harry Potter joke than a Star Wars one? Or is that the point?

I believe it is meant to be a Discworld joke. You do not mention the 7+1 number.

GW

Actually, it was a Harry Potter joke, but the Discworld joke works, too.

[nogall]

Actually, it was a Harry Potter joke, but the Discworld joke works, too.

as long as we can call Index VII - the forum awakens...

[hroþila]

I think there are enough bad SW puns out there. An absolutely brilliant one didn't come up, so don't force it for the sake of having an SW reference.

[Peelee]

I think there are enough bad SW puns out there. An absolutely brilliant one didn't come up, so don't force it for the sake of having an SW reference.

I disagree; The Plantain Menace was glorious, if far too late and not actually possible at the time.

[Markozeta]

The Plantain Menace?

I'd like to change my vote.

[Gwynfrid]

The Plantain Menace?

You, Sir, win this thread. I don't care that it's not the right thread number, and I even don't care that it refers to the biggest movie disappointment of my lifetime: This has my vote.

[hroþila]

The pun itself is good, granted, but the V is a deal-breaker for me. It'd feel forced.

[Joerg]

The plantain menace gets my vote.

[ORione]

I'm going to say:

1) That the thread needs a vote on whether "the thread documents things Rich says that dispel someone's confusion and makes no judgment on whether that confusion was legitimate" or "the thread documents only things that cannot be derived from the comic" becomes a new thread rule, and one of them should be.

2) In the absence of such a rule, I'm voting to include the Twitter comments under debate. Sorry, Grey Wolf et al.

I don't think either of those rules would work. The former would have us putting in quotes about things that are unambiguous in the comic that the questioner overlooked or forgot. Like, if the Giant answers a question about what happened to the Eye of Fear and Flame. The latter makes sense, but would result in arguments about whether or not something is derivable from the comic, which that argument was largely about. Although I suppose it would help if someone wanted to include the hypothetical answer about the Eye just because the Giant said it.

[littlebum2002]

We could have a reboot of the Index and start over at I, just to get in a good pun

[Markozeta]

We could have a reboot of the Index and start over at I, just to get in a good pun

OK, OK, we can make this work.

The Reformed Index of the Giant's Comments I - The Plantain Menace

The old index would ignore everything else and call itself the Orthodox Index of the Giant's Comments.