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Bob_Scopatz
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We are selling kitsch items here for use in commemorating unimportant events in our lives. Feel free to suggest new stock we should acquire. So far, our catalog includes:

1. The "mackillian" foam finger --I-- to commemorate mack's latest landmark achieved, or her book publication, or just because we like her spunky attitude about something.

2. The gay marriage kit consisting of a legally void marriage contract, two gowns or two tuxedos (you choose model A or B) and a handful of Minute Rice. Use it whenever the day at Hatrack has become too conventional.

3. The Newbie Guide to Hatrack Hygeine Self explanatory. Should be on every bookshelf or coffee table.

4. The God you Say/It's Sacrilicious coffee mug. One side has a witty but slighly off kilter saying about God, the other has important instructions on what to do in the event of a smiting. The life you save may be your own.

5. The <insert here> multipurpose tool. It has more blades than a bad Errol Flynn movie. There are also widgets and doodads galore. Every thing you need to help you insert things into other things in a generic sort of way.

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quote:
4. The God you Say/It's Sacrilicious coffee mug. One side has a witty but slighly off kilter saying about God, the other has important instructions on what to do in the event of a smiting. The life you save may be your own.
[ROFL] [ROFL] [ROFL]
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Amka
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I'm stunned, Bob. Speechless.

Minute Rice? Don't you KNOW how harmful that is to birds?

That is SO unPC. It's birdseed now, dude.

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I think we should use gravel.
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Bob_Scopatz
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Amka...that was the point. Minute rice...it's against nature. The stuff is parboiled to no longer resemble rice as God intended it. And it kills birds...

Oh well...

It's a stretch, but there was a joke in there. I promise.

So, what other products should we sell?

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gravel...LOL...that's a good substitution. The guests could engage in a ritual stoning of the happy couple.

[ March 18, 2004, 02:04 AM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]

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Bob, those are great.

I've been waiting at work for when I get the order for a wedding cake topper that includes two grooms or two brides... Hasn't happened yet, but someday...

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We should throw fire crackers at weddings. Those explode real good!

Thanks Ryuko!

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[ March 18, 2004, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]

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If you created any of those things (especially the sacrilicious mug) at someplace like www.cafepress.com, I would TOTALLY buy one. Or 20.

[Smile]

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Beca, your link has a comma at the end of it...

I like the store there that has fractal designs turned into art. Very cool.

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Perhaps if we through grits at weddings we can kill a few birds. If ants eat some grits they die, not that birds really have any relationship with ants.
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Bob I was thinking you should send some of your "sacrilicous" commments to Readers Digest. This months issue had a bunch that were soooooooo old and lame and un-Bob and been around on e-mail forever. And they paid the guy that submitted them at least $100 too.

AJ

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Clearly "Poisioning Pidgeons in the Park" is a must have item in the Hatrack novelty kit.

AJ

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Ryuko, I didn't say it was true, I said it was unPC. There actually is a difference.

Poor Bob and I, always misunderstood.

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quote:
A seminal work in the field.
[Eek!]

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Icarus, we'd like to carry your item. Please send 2 gross to the usual P.O. Box.

[Big Grin]

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[ March 18, 2004, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]

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Oooh, I need that geek guide. Although I have always had engineer friends, I'm just not that way. (Not that there's anything wrong with that)

It would be great to be able to decipher what the heck they're talking about.

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Unfortunately, the guide isn't much help. Its written in Classic Geek, which, while not a dead language, should be.
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[ March 18, 2004, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

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Ryuko...that was the funniest thing I've read on Hatrack in several weeks!!!

[ROFL]

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I'd like to immediatly order one copy of the following:

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Next day delivery please.

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How many addresses would you like that shipped to?
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I think I have some fluff around here somewhere.

[ March 18, 2004, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: Brinestone ]

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That's awesome, Zan. I'll take a whole case.
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zgator...only one. To be shipped to my current address.

I can't remember any previous or alias addresses...duh.

Oh forget it... [Frown] even my current address is invalid.

I'm so obsolete.

[ March 18, 2004, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]

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Bob, how about a troll detection sword. It would start glowing when there are trolls nearby the way Frodo's sword glowed when orcs were nearby. The sword could then be used to dispatch said trolls from Hatrack. [Big Grin]

edited for spelling

[ March 18, 2004, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: Derrell ]

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This thread reminds me of Sifl & Olly.

*sigh*

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Narnia, could we ger an Emoticon User Device that zaps people using the emoticons? [Smile]

Ouch. Who did that?

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[Laugh] HAAAAAAAA! [ROFL]

That was awesome!!

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We need a link to mack's book. *grin* That's a hatrack novelty item you can actually *buy*!

Also:
K.A.M.A. O/S for the P.C. (Mac version coming soon!)

Pros:
Completely A.I.
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Cons:
Completely A.I. (don't make any sudden moves towards her harddrive!)
Hotter than Heck (requires actual refrigeration unit)
Multilingual (curse words in Polish sound purrrrty!)
Only John L can make her work [Wink]

(edited for formatting)

[ March 18, 2004, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: jexx ]

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mack's book, a *real* hatrack novelty

[Wink]

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Hrumph!

Well, these things all SOUND good, but where's the testimonials?

huh?!

*savvy consumer*

[ March 19, 2004, 01:36 AM: Message edited by: fallow ]

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Well...I have a copy of mack's book and it's an actual book with words and a cover and everything! I haven't read it yet because my reading time is almost zero of late. Can't figure that out at all!

[Razz]

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He also has a free chapter from Cor's book that he has not read . . . [Razz]
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What!!! I do not!

What free chapter are you talking about? Did I take something with me and lose it????

[Eek!] !!!!

Tell me I'm not that lame!

I'm so sorry!!!

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