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1. Spam. For the purposes of RB one word posts should be spam everywhere. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* should also be considered spam. Quality of content trumps speed of response.
2. Ditch the "competition for control of the universe". It has ceased to be funny, and often branches out into little mock battles that fall into the spam definition laid out above. We've got a PbP section for fights, and even the Town has an arena, I believe.
3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well.
4. Stop advertising other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.
5. Please stop with single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."
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(We all have too much spare time)
This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. There is an IRC chat thingy set up for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!
And now for something completely different, A NEW THREAD!!!
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Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You're still in the fire. Why are you in the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You died.
* Pogos in to techno music * Bounce, Pogo Bounce, Jump, Up and down.
Jump down and up, up and down,
Bounce bounce bounce bounce
Jump Pogo bounce,
Jump Pogo bounce,
Bounce, pogo bounce, Jump, up and down,
Jump down and up, up and down,
Bounce bounce bounce bounce,
Up and down, down and up,
Jump Pogo bounce,
Jump pogo bounce,
Bounce pogo bounce, Jump, up and down,
Jump down and and up, up and down,
Bounce bounce bounce bounce,
Bounce bounce bounce bounce,
bounce bounce bounce bounce...
* Pogos out as music fades. *
No...tap-dancing has the opposite effect of the Boogie. While the Boogie blesses the thread and assures its prosperity, the tap-dance curses it and condemns it to rot at the bottom of Friendly Banter.
Tap dance enough, and you could bring the accursed bug back down on us, after it being absent for nearly 8 months! Do you want that? Do you?
@^: Not just any chord, but a minor 7th. Such a smooth, jazzy gender.
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Last edited by ZombieRockStar : 08-04-2007 at 10:47 PM.
Woohoo!! New thread!!! Now let's start bombing this place
*Takes out a brand new box filled with C4*
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Many thanks to both Mr Saturn and B-Man for their avatars!! Antiform Sora, Haloween Sora, Majora's Mask Link, Wolf Link & Midna, KH Sora and Christmas in July Sora
Fine, I'll wait until page 2 next time.
C'mon, we've always done it! >.>
Mandible, thanks. =P I <3 that chord. 7ths are nice.
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Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You're still in the fire. Why are you in the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You died.
C4? Aww, you sunk my battle ship! (Big meanie.)
(Yes, I said that just to tweak @^'s chain a bit.)
Hehehe... And I didn't even have to detonate it...
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So I herd you liek Mudkipz by Mr. Saturn
Spoiler
Many thanks to both Mr Saturn and B-Man for their avatars!! Antiform Sora, Haloween Sora, Majora's Mask Link, Wolf Link & Midna, KH Sora and Christmas in July Sora
No...tap-dancing has the opposite effect of the Boogie. While the Boogie blesses the thread and assures its prosperity, the tap-dance curses it and condemns it to rot at the bottom of Friendly Banter.
Tap dance enough, and you could bring the accursed bug back down on us, after it being absent for nearly 8 months! Do you want that? Do you?
@^: Not just any chord, but a minor 7th. Such a smooth, jazzy gender.
Uh, hello, left AMEN because they weren't evil enough? Of COURSE I want that.
Also, tapdancing gives me an excuse to wear a top hat and pinstripes. Now an excuse for monocles and pocketwatches...
and swordcanes...
Yes, you can have my battleship. It's sunk. You'll have to retreive it from the deep. PM me for coordinates. Please enclose $3.99 for shipping and handling.
Also, speaking of chords, is anyone here familiar with the Flight of the Conchords? They are amazingly funny.
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Hehehe... And I didn't even have to detonate it...
That's a lot of C4 then... poor whales don't want to end up in chunks just yet.
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Founding member of the Kaylee club. If your relationship with your batteries has been going on for almost a year now, you can join too! Strawberries and Big City Doctors for all!
Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You're still in the fire. Why are you in the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. Get outa the fire. You died.
Yes, you can have my battleship. It's sunk. You'll have to retreive it from the deep. PM me for coordinates. Please enclose $3.99 for shipping and handling.
Coordinates? Duh, it's at C4, obviously. I'll keep my $3.99 (~$4.20 CAN), thank you.
I only had the one battleship, but I have a half-destroyed aircraft carrier you can get for a song (Lilac Wine, specifically).
FotC has a show on HBO that's quite good. It's a like a quirky musical sitcom made out of videos of their songs. It's all on YouTube. I'm too lazy to link them. There's about 7 eps worth so far.
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Why are we buying the broken husks of destroyed battleships? And can I have one?
If you can dive and get your pieces (at the right coordinates, of course), I guess you can have them...
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So I herd you liek Mudkipz by Mr. Saturn
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Many thanks to both Mr Saturn and B-Man for their avatars!! Antiform Sora, Haloween Sora, Majora's Mask Link, Wolf Link & Midna, KH Sora and Christmas in July Sora
Question: has anyone else noticed on the actual Simpson's intro that there's no blue on the school flag (as you zoom in, when Bart comes out there is) to the point that I think it's a Canadian flag and not American, and it's only American coming out?
Rawhide, in response to your last post in the last thread, my mind wiped all my memory of the events of April 1st, so as to keep myself from having to picture you as Kaylee.
ZRS, isn't this going a bit far with your love of Canada? I mean, I can understand national pride and all, but, sheesh.
ZRS, isn't this going a bit far with your love of Canada? I mean, I can understand national pride and all, but, sheesh.
Heh. But consider that this comes after 17 years of watching that intro again and again and again and I've only noticed it recently. So I think I'm excused in this.
Rawhide, in response to your last post in the last thread, my mind wiped all my memory of the events of April 1st, so as to keep myself from having to picture you as Kaylee.
Me as Kaylee? I was a Purple Monkey Dishwasher!
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That's a lot of C4 then... poor whales don't want to end up in chunks just yet.
