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I quiver with shame and awe. Also epilepsy.

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My sister died of epilepsy.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Dammit. I'm sorry. Seriously. I was just trying to throw something in that was off the wall, I didn't know. I'm sorry.

EDIT: you're not joking are you? Because that's not really funny, not by a long shot.

[ April 30, 2004, 01:47 AM: Message edited by: Book ]
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
d00d. I'm kidding.

I mean, about being offended. Not about the dying bit.

edit: Sorry, book. I've been almost merciless about that one. I still find it funny.

[ April 30, 2004, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Well, I'm still sorry. I am a professional ass.

Man, talk about a thread killer.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Epilepsy: The Thread and Sister Killer.

(I'm sorry, it's just such terrible taste, and it's still cracking me up.)
 

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Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
 

code:

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/me waits for the bonus points to roll in
 

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Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
 
That interchange was priceless!

It's deserving of www.bash.org
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
You know, usually I win the prize in the bad taste award, but now I clearly bow to the master. Clearly. I'm torn between revulsion and childlike admiration.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Ralphie, I'm glad you can laugh about it.

If I hug you, you'll kill me, won't you?
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Yozhik, because of your silly capital letter, you are lower. Had I used caps, I'd be number 2 or 3. <laughs>
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Now I would like to point out that although my member number is fairly high, it is still nice and big and round, which makes everyone happy when you're dealing with numbers.

[ April 30, 2004, 01:57 AM: Message edited by: Book ]
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
My grandfather died of being big and round.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
It happens.
 

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Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
 
Had we been Amway, then yes, your low numbers rock.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Yeah, we ain't playin spades here. Obviously, I win. Or something.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 

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Ralphie, I'm glad you can laugh about it.

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Sadly, I'm one of those people who deals with the tragic through comedy. I make people really uncomfortable while doing it, and I know that's part of the charm, which is really, really bad of me.

Example: I was talking to an Improv Comedienne that my sister LOVED, and who I've been an acquaintance with for a long time. (Her name is Lisa.)

I said, "You were Tina's favorite."

Lisa said, "Oh, that's really nice."

I said, "And now she's dead."

*awkward pause*
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
I thrive on awkward pauses, but usually I steer well clear on subjects of such... sensitivity.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
That's because you're a nice person, Book.

Whereas I'm a she-beast from the depths of Hades.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
I think I have a lot of evidence to disagree with both of those claims.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Ralphie: I deal the same way.

Yozhik: Hail this.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
That man's ass is remarkably high up on his back.

But I have seen such asses before, so whatever.

[ April 30, 2004, 02:22 AM: Message edited by: Book ]
 

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Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
 
I deal the same way, too. You should've seen all the suicide jokes I busted out after my aunt, my friend, my mom's friend, my cousin, and my uncle-who-wasn't-related-to-said-aunt all slit their wrists within a few years. Well, my mom's friend drowned herself in a bathtub after overdosing on tylenol PM (what a wimp), but you get the picture.
 

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Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
 
If I didn't have deflective humor I'd probably be dead. (joke?)

Recent situation:
Guy writes a goodbye note and blows off head.
We receive note, try to intervene, and are sad to learn we're too late.
Family, having discovered body, learns that his final interaction was with us and not them.
The statement is made: "I'm so mad, I could kill him!"
I laugh.
[insert people not agreeing or being too polite to say so]
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Hahahaha, that's genius.
 

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Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
 
Heh. That would've gotten a snort out of me no matter what the situation was.

I'm a delayed-emotion kind of person, so I certainly would've been able to see the humor in that, if I were them. I'd want to hit you, but I'd still find it funny.
 

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Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
 
Book is a hundred times the man I am. Or a hundred times something.
 

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Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
 
For a moment that thread title looked like:

"All Hail My Low Member"

Hmmm...a fine member indeed.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
What?
 

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Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
 

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Whereas I'm a she-beast from the depths of Hades.

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Right...
 

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Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
 
Richard is actually talking about a real situation over at another web board.

Shame on you 'orrible, 'ORRIBLE people!

-Bok
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
You know what this thread needs? That single digit Belgarath guy to show up and totally destroy everyone else's low member number hopes and dreams.

Of course, I have to hope and dream that the confusion sometimes caused by my sharing a first name with Mike gets me a teensy bit of vicarious low member number hopes and dreams. At least I know that no matter what else happens I'll still always have member number 1 at sakeriver.
 

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Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
 
Book -- I figured the numbers spoke for themselves.
 

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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
 
Ah. I see.
 

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Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
 
Hey what's my member number again?

Oh there it is.

Hmmmm not bad.
 

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Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
 
About 15 bad jokes about the wording of this topic just popped in my head.
 

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Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
 
Thank you for all the adoration. And references to death in various forms.

Mackillian, I especially want to thank you for your post with the picture. I've always wondered what you look like in person.

Mr. Funny, this is for you. ::Pokes Mr. Funny with very very sharp hedgehog prickles. Foolish Mr. Funny wails in agony.::

Richard Berg, you get a million bonus points for your lovely ASCII portrait, and for knowing what "yozhik" means.

ak, you are forever condemned to walk in the dust of my slightly higher member number. Mwahahah!

vwiggin: We are not Amway. We are *stars*.

Skillery: I don't have a member. I'm a girl.
 

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Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
 
Gee, thanks for ruining my thread, Mike.
 

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Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
 
Yozhik, it wasn't original. Beyond the inside joke, it's supposed to be evidence of Hatrackian age and memory; *you* drew it, back before there were member numbers...
 

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Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
 
Yozhik:

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I'm a girl.

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Oops. With such a low member number I thought you might have been Al Gore or whoever invented the Internet.
 

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Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
 
Oh, yeah, it used to be part of my sig, back when I did Russian translations!
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Not only has Richard Berg been around since the paleolionic, he's got it all saved to disk! (I wonder how many times I've contradicted myself since then?)
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
And I can't shake the connection between skillery and Hillary. So if the Former First Lady and the Former VP fight, who will win?
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 

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Oops. With such a low member number I thought you might have been Al Gore or whoever invented the Internet.

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This, btw, was the perfect save.
 

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Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
 
That bash.com place is really freakin' funny.
 

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Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
 
Looking over my thread, I see that not a single person has posted any of these:

::sighs::
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
Okay okay. Here's to your low member number. I imagine amirat (my first sn) was there or thereabouts, but this one won't be.

Satisfied now?
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
*sings*

"All hail.... All hail! All hail, divine emolliate!"
 

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