By the way, Groban's CD is awesome. Beautiful, almost breathtaking music. This is what this generation needs more of.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
quote:If I like Josh Groban and trade crepe recipes with another guy...
All it means is you are full of crepe.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
YOU MAKE CREPES AS WELL!?!?!
I don't know about trading but I love crepes. You can put just about anything in a crepe and I love them. Mmmmm.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Aren't crepes French? You traitor!!
Posted by jRc (Member # 1335) on :
quote:You can put just about anything in a crepe
Including Josh Groban. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Crepes were my family's Christmas morning breakfast. Strawberries, bananas, apple sauce, cool whip, powdered sugar - all on hand to fill them. What is your crepe recipe?
But yes, you flounced just a bit closer to gay. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
These are pre-war crepes.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I heard they're from Belguim...
**rimshot**
I learned how to make them on my mission, and will never give them up. As far as I'm concerned, I've Americanized them. They're especially good with Nutella, which I hear is also made in Belguim.
Any Josh Groban fans?
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Patrick, I've seen the music videos you like; Groban and crepes are the least of your worries.
Seriously, though, if you were you wouldn't have to ask.
[ April 07, 2003, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Caleb Varns ]
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Just call them palachinki (instead of crepes) - the tasty Bulgarian (one of the few supporters of the US from the get-go ) equivalent. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Patrick, please don't say "rimshot" when asking people if you're gay.
Posted by Cassandra (Member # 4566) on :
I love Josh Groban!!
ahem . . . I'm going away now.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
**puzzled by Nathan's 'rimshot' comment**
And I didn't 'flounce' anywhere, my dear Kate....
Caleb -- I actually listened to the Smiths on the way in to work today.... Oh boy.
-- Patrick, who is very comfortable in his sexuality, but has to get a reality check every once in a while.....
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
If only you didn't giggle like a girl so often, there would be no question.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I'm listening to Groban right now on the internet.
It's... ummm... yeah.
Imagine a whole album of songs like "The Circle of Life" and "Underneath the Same Bright Star".
One of these days, Patrick, I'm gonna make you a Dream Theater fan.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Of course Trogdor isn't gay? Can you imagine Trogdor in a fabric store choosing just the right piece to accentuate the warmth of the color on his walls???
For one thing, Trogdor would burninate the entire building.
(apologies for the stereotyping, it's all in the name of humor)
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
"Underneath the Same Bright Star"
Don't you mean Somewhere, Out There?
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Caleb --
One of these days I'm going to get you to enjoy gay music. Keep listening boy, he's got more talent in his left armpit than your 'Spock's Nose' or 'Dreamy theaters.'
And Belle, a fabric store is one place you'd never find Trogdor. And like you said, I'd burninate the place upon arrival.
[ April 07, 2003, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Trogdor the Burninator ]
Posted by Cassandra (Member # 4566) on :
Hey, there's nothing wrong with Josh Groban Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Can I just say that I've posted more than one thread about Josh?
I have the CD and the DVD.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
You know why JK doesn't like the songs. He can't understand them. Some of them are in Italian. Poor boy.
I have the translations if you want Caleb. Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
You have? Bump em! They must have been around when I wasn't, sorry....
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Having studied opera for three years and having BEEN to Italy, I probably speak more Italian than you do.
Yes, I meant "Somewhere Out There" but couldn't think of the name... so I went with my best guess. Apparently it worked.
And for the record 'gay music', in my mind, has nothing to do with sexuality and everything to do with its Michael Boltonesque quotient.
Josh Groban may have a talented armpit, but when it comes to music, my progressive artists will blow away pretty much any synthesized-part-disney-part-aria-ballad-based hack that you can think of.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
I admit to a bit of dislike for Josh Groban, mostly because him and that Irish guy who "survived impossible odds and now sings really good" kept bumping Nova when PBS was doing telethon week. But he does have a nice voice. He doesn't even look that cheesy when he sings.
How old is he? I swear I remember the name and face from high school or somewhere.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
21
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
He's early twenties, advice. He was 16 when he "started out"
edit: what kayla said
I enjoy the Josh. I enjoyed him on Ally McBeal, and that enjoyment transferred over to his CD's. Plus he was originally going to pursue musical theatre. That's good stuff, right there.
[ April 07, 2003, 04:14 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Also afr, he was born and raised in California
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I will pay $5 to the first person who goes here registers the name of Trogdor the Burninator, then goes to a thread and burninates it.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I've got to admit that Josh Groban bores me to tears, and I even LIKE some classical music.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I must be getting old then.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Well, that probably means I didn't know him. He just seemed so familiar when first I saw his picture. Which wasn't too long ago. Perhaps a deja vu moment.
Edit: I must admit that they could have used higher resolution photos when they designed his site.
[ April 07, 2003, 04:30 PM: Message edited by: advice for robots ]
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Old? No.
Stale? Definitely.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
"Pictures of Josh! This forum is for posting or discussing pictures of Josh."
A forum on his site. Poor guy. He obviously didn't come up with these discussion titles by himself. Maybe his Mom wrote them for him?
[ April 07, 2003, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: advice for robots ]
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
They were probably written by the same guy that writes his songs.
*ducks*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Mmm . . . crepes . . .
Patrick, I'll trade crepe recipes with you any day.
<---Jonathon, who is very comfortable with his sexuality, but still loves crepes.
[ April 07, 2003, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Recipes? I think my memory altered mine - they kept sticking to the pan.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
hey, as long as nobody's trading "creep" recipes, i think we'll all be okay.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Hey Caleb, when was it you last sold over 300,000 copies of a record?
Oh yeah, never.
I have to admit, part of the appeal for me was the first Ally McBeal episode he appeared on. He was this incredibly geeky kid (and trust me, they did all the could to make him look geeky) and the whole show was about him suing a girl for reneging on an agreement to take him to the prom. Once Ally agreed to go with him, the major concern was if he could actually sing or not.
After 50 of watching this kid trip over his own two feet and be a complete spaz/dork/nerd, the whole audience was wondering the same thing. And when he started to sing...oh my God. I just had to wonder how a face like that could produce the voice of an angel. (and remember, they were trying to make him look bad...his looks have improved some, and the fact that he has so much talent makes him infinately sexier, but come on, he's still a bit odd looking.)
Caleb, what songs would you recommend for a voice like that? He did what he could. Granted there's not much call for his type of voice these days and it's not rock or pop. Broadway musicals would be great for him. I could really see him doing Phantom of the Opera. I think he'd be great in that. But with that face, and that voice, I just don't see a lot of opportunity.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Oh yeah. And Caleb is a big old turd. Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Selling 300,000 records doesn't make a good musician any more than selling a billion burgers makes McDonald's a "good" restaurant.
Most "good" musicians AREN'T that well known, because they aren't sex symbols or pre-packaged tv dinners.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Just like selling 300,000 doesn't guaruntee a quality musician, NOT selling 300,000 does not guaruntee a quality musician.
Edited for demeanor.
[ April 07, 2003, 05:51 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Caleb -- I challenge you to listen to the album all the way through one time, not just a cursory listen, but a good, heartfelt listen, and I bet you'll like it.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Kat, have you listened to that boy's voice? Or you Caleb? He can sing. He might have crap songs, but when David Foster picks you and produces a record that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise, you pretty much agree to sing what he asks.
You might dislike the song choice, but the voice...you can't knock the voice.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:I will pay $5 to the first person who goes here registers the name of Trogdor the Burninator, then goes to a thread and burninates it.
And JK, don't forget how close I live to you. Those "noogies till he bleeds" are not out of the realm of possibility. Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Jonboy, you are my hero. I'm so proud of you. I now owe you another $5...
That was the funniest damn thing I've ever seen.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Not selling 300,000 records doesn't guaruntee quality musicianship, sure. But YOU'RE the one who used album sales as a quality comparison tool.
I'll give the kid another listen. Tomorrow. But if I can't stand his Italian it'll all be over. Nothing worse than butchering a foreign language in song and calling it art.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Shame on both of you. ::gives disapproving look to Patrick and Jon Boy::
Kat, Caleb, listen to song 5 at the website Pat posted. How can you say that he doesn't have a great voice?
And how can you say that track 12 is bad?!? It's Bach for goodness sake! Listen to that one!
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Jon Boy, I think it would be appropriate if you included a link to this thread in THAT thread. It would only be fair to poor, burning peasantry.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I have no opinion of the voice; I have quite literally never heard a note.
Music is not currently a big part of my life. I HATE advertising, and go to great lengths to avoid it. The radio stations play the same crap, and are stuffed with ads. Ergo, I listen to NPR in the car. I do not believe in file sharing, and I refuse to pay more for a CD than for a DVD with extras. My musical friends are currently scattered from me (and I from them), so I don't know really to listen for. You can't read about music. I hardly watch television, don't have cable (no MTV), and I mute the commercials. If it doesn't show up on West Wing, Gilmore Girls, or Scrubs, I'm not going to hear about it.
Basically, listening to all the new music out there would take so much energy and money from me, I have given up. I have accepted this. It is something I regret, but I don't see a free, sans-advertising solution at the moment.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I've listened to tracks 5 and 12, now, and I offer this:
For a 21-year-old, the kid's got potential. He needs to get his voice out of his head and a little more grounded in his chest. And for god's sake, if you're going to sing *this* kind of music for a living, you need to sing your vowels correctly--or at the very least, consistently. Because he shoves his soft pallet into his nose when he enters the passagio, his higher notes sound totally unnatural.
But the potential is there (right now, anyway... his voice is still changing). It would also help if he could improve his phrasing. A lot of his melodies end up the aural equivalent of an ocean wave. Up. Down. Up. Down. I'm bored already.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Okay, I listened to much of the first album.
Yes, Patrick, that's pretty gay. Sort of like Andrea Bocelli - great voice, but he's an Italian Barbra Streisand. I say that having loved the words to "You're still you." and JG's voice on "To Where You Are."
*still listening* Okay, I LOVE male singing voices.
[ April 07, 2003, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Oh, well no wonder I liked the melody. It's Richard Marx. When I was 13, I figured out the melodies to my favorite Richard Marx songs on my flute, and whenever I got frustrated with practicing, I'd default to "Right here waiting for you."
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
JK, he didn't start training till he was about 15-16 and recorded most of that album at 19.
Not bad for a kid with little to no training.
Kat, me too! Men that can sing like that are just....yummy. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Good idea, Caleb.
Oh, and Kayla: Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I don't see that link there yet...
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Darn you Jon, I was SO going to do that!!
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Mwahahahahahaha!
Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :
I personally prefer Blintzes. No question of not being french there.
Feyd
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Did anyone take the time to read the other responses in that thread?
why...how...wha...how...wha?!?
What...I can't...I just can't even form coherent thoughts. I'll get back to you.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
"Just listen and become a Grobanite. Spread the Josh."
*cracks up*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:I know I already told you this, but this is a reminder. I'm coming to the Hollywood Bowl to see you. And I have never been to CA., so now you know how special you are to me.
I will be in the Terrace seating section (good seats) sitting with some other grobanites. So watch for us and I know you will.
(emphasis hers)
*suddenly feeling much better about own level of fan-girl geekdom, having never written anything close to this to Uncle Orson*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Those people deserved the burnination they received.
Posted by enjeeo (Member # 2336) on :
T
On the 'anything in crepes' thing, I found the most delicious thing the other day in a bakery in Kyoto. It was basically just sweet potato (maybe with a little flour or milk mixed in to make it smoother) wrapped up in a sweet crepe. So good!!!
enj
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
So, is someone going to post their wonderful crepe recipe or not?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I just listened to the track "The Prayer"
I think Charlotte Church did a good job, but Andrea Bocelli is much better with that song than Groban.
Yes, I like Bocelli's voice. Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I also tend to think of Bocelli as a hack.
Well, I actually respect the man's talent and hardship, and there are parts of his voice that are... shall we say, unique... and I even own his sacred arias album.
But that's because they're sacred arias, some of which are hard to come by with decent production quality.
My opinions aren't the most important, though. I'm one of those snobs that can actually list the differences between Luciano Pavarotti and Franco Corelli (Franco is my personal fave, btw).
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Wow, that board is a stalker's paradise.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Authentic French Crepes: a recipe from Annie with some smug musical advice.
Step one: Turn on Josh Groban
Step two: melt 2 tbsp. butter in a large flat pan (you're melting an ingredient and greasing the pan at the same time.) Pour into mixing bowl where you'll add everything else with a whisk.
Step three: Beat 6 eggs
Step four: Beat your roommate for recommending the Josh Groban CD. Take it out and use it as a spoonrest - you don't want to get batter everywhere.
Step five: Add 2 cups milk, 1 teaspoon genuine mexican vanilla (they don't make vanilla in France), and while you're in the mood, put on some genuine mexican music - by someone who writes their own songs and plays instruments.
Step six: Add a dash of this, 1/2 cup unrefined sugar (it's better for you), and whisk in 2 cups of flour.
Step seven: Pour batter, about 1/3 cup at a time into hot (medium high) buttered frying pan. Rotate pan until it's spread out and thin. Avoid this.
Step eight: You'll run out of music before you get all the crepes cooked. To be authentic, listen to something Breton- hey, they brought us crepes, King Arthur and funny hats. Isn't this better than opera wannabes?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Crepes 1/2 C all-purpose flour 2 eggs, well-beaten 2 t peach syrup or apple juice (the original recipe calls for brandy or something -- surprisingly enough, I don't keep brandy on hand) 2 T powdered sugar 3/4 C milk 1 t butter, melted
Sift flour and add to eggs and fruit juice. Fold in sugar, alternating with milk. Add butter. Beat well with electric mixer. Cook them in traditional crepe fashion.
Raspberry filling 1 3 oz. package cream cheese 1/4 C raspberry jam 1 T sour cream 1 T powdered sugar 1/2 t vanilla
Mix 'n' chill. You'll probably want to double the recipe, though.
Chocolate sauce 1 12 oz. can evaporated milk 1 6 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 C butter 2 C sifted powdered sugar
Mix milk, chocolate chips, and butter. Bring to boil, stirring constantly, till chips are melted. Add sugar slowly. Bring back to boil; boil for 8 minutes, stirring constantly.
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I feel obligated to point out that the Bretons who brought us crepes and funny hats aren't the same Bretons who brought us King Arthur. The former live in Brittany, France, while the latter live in Wales. And what's up with that Breton music? They're speaking French, not Breton!
[ April 08, 2003, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The best crepes I ever made were actually Mexican. Actually, I made it up, but it should be Mexican:
Puree a bunch of mangoes Add cinnamon and sugar, so make a mangosauce. You know, like applesauce, but made of mangoes.
Melt some dark chocolate, add cinnamon and cayenne pepper (ole!).
Fill crepes with mangosauce, drizzle with xocolatl caliente, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Excelente!
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
They must not love Josh too much, they haven't come here to defend him.
I don't think writers spur on such fan-girl mania as singers and actors. I mean can you imagine making a banner that said "Become an Orsonite, Spread the Cardness?"
It's just not done. Usually the giddiness is sparked by a character. Who would devote websites to Orlando Bloom if he had never been cast as Legolas? The problem with singers and actors, is they ARE their character to an extent. With an author, there is a separation there.
Most of the hysterical, wait in line at midnight pre-teens describe themselves as Harry Potter fans, not JK Rowling fans.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Isn't that terrible, though? If someone from Groban's website had come in to hatrack and burniated my geeky buddies, I'd be causing Grobanian Havoc.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
oh man, i so wish someone would appear from a fan site just to defend josh groban.
seriously, that would make my day complete.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Maybe I should do some more burninating and see if I can get them all riled up.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Chocolate Dessert Crepe Batter
3 eggs 1 cup flour 2 Tablespoons sugar 2 Tablespoons cocoa 1 1/4 cup buttermilk (or 1 1/4 cup regular milk with 1 Tablespoon lemon juice) 2 Tablespoons melted butter
In mixing bowl:
Beat eggs. Add flour, sugar and cocoa alternately with buttermilk, beating with whisk until smooth. Beat in melted butter.
Refridgerate for 1 hour.
Cook on upside down crepe griddle.
Mmmmmm.... chocolate crepes...
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Burninate Jon Boy!
Burninate!
Show them what jatraqueros are made of!
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Hmm. Maybe that was too much. Now I feel like I should apologize or something. I'm a dragon, not a troll!
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
From the Josh Groban web site....
quote: Hey guys, it was just a little fun. A friend dared me, and I took the challenge. No harm intended. I don't even know who Josh Groban is. Anyway, sorry.
Dude... I can't believe you sold me out. Now Josh will never trade crepe recipes with me...
Your Mini-Pat status is on shaky ground......
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
I second T's comment about using "rimshot" in a thread asking whether you're getting more gay.
Thankfully, Patrick, the fact that you were skillfully able to sidestep your Freudian slip keeps your heterosexual facade intact... Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Sold you out? I did nothing of the sort. I didn't blame you for it. I felt bad, and I didn't want to do something that would get me banned from Hatrack. But don't worry; I'll redeem my Mini-Pat status at the get-together Saturday.
But you forgot to point out the funniest part of that thread, Pat:
quote:....PS....Please do NOT register at this other board and respond...That is what they are waiting for.. " DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS !!! "
Yeah, 'cause there's a conspiracy by all of Hatrack to lure Grobanites over here and devour them. That's what trolls do, you know.
[ April 08, 2003, 09:29 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
They'd probably stay.
You're such a troll.
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
quote:You're such a troll.
Bite me.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Jon boy. Get it right: --I--
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
Hey mack: 00
Posted by Sharkey (Member # 4336) on :
--I--
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Damn skippy. Posted by Sharkey (Member # 4336) on :
**bites Snarky**
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Thanks EG, I was getting worried there for a second... glad to know it was seconded.
By the way, in about 15 minutes, Im going to start making some crepes. Darn thread made me hungry.
Posted by Sharkey (Member # 4336) on :
*still has no idea what 'rimshot' means*
*to me, a rimshot was the snare drum followed by a cymbal to signify when something is supposed to be funny.*
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
*pats Pat* Of course it is. You keep it that way too.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
I believe the primary connotations arise from the first syllable, rather than the second. Though once the first's connotations are realized, the second takes a whole new meaning.
[ April 08, 2003, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: fugu13 ]
Posted by Sharkey (Member # 4336) on :
Ahh.... Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
*sits back eating his orange and banana creame filled crepes*
Left over crepes for the morning. Im thinking scrambled eggs, chopped up bacon, cheese, peppers and onions.
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
*snarks Sharkey*
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
The South Park movie could also help you clear things up. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Okay, now I'm starving. And I need to buy a crepe-maker.
This is why I avoid advertising! Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
lol - The Grobanites think jatraqueoros are trolls!
What's happening to the internet community, if one message board can't communicate via fluff wih another message board? Especially if the later is exclusively a fluff message board to begin with!
Think about it, though. We may have inadvertently stumbled onto a new hatrack recruiting method. Maybe we should make tracts, too, giving prospective posters a bullet list of choices, running down Hatrack, Ornery, Navoo... and maybe even pweb. Well, maybe not pweb. But we could mock it up with a dental plan and vacation benefits. Free newbie training!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Maybe we could start making OSC greeting cards.
"Many consolations and support for the pain without which you wouldn't know who you were."
"Even if I could change time to erase a terrible event, I'd still meet and love you."
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Their moderator deleted my apology, but left a couple of my burninations. What's the deal with that? Sheesh!
But anyway, I like the idea of benefits and newbie training. I mean, what newbie doesn't need training?
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Deleted the apology???
Perhaps the recruiting ought to take place on more...fertile...ground. If you know what I mean.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Well, um, in their defense, as far as they know, we ARE trolls. We DID post on their board just to get 'em riled up, right?
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
But if they'd read our thread, they'd see we aren't TROLLS. Weirdos, sure, but trolls?
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
LOL! Jon Boy got banned!
That's fine work, son. Fine work.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I'd go over there and register my "Hatrack" sn, but I'm too afraid that they wouldn't let me try to explain. Unless maybe I planted the explanation in a post full of psuedo-stalker Grobanian praise.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Maybe we should all go to various sites and try this. I may try the John Tesh site.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
What would really be funny is if Josh really *did* read that thread, and he happens to be a Strongbad fan and appreciates good Trogdor burnination.
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
As far as I know, I wasn't banned. I assume I would've received an email from their moderator if they were banning me. I'm just wondering what's up with the random post deletion.
I was wondering the same thing, Belle. But I doubt we'll ever know.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
I'm surprised they deleted three posts and left three. How odd.
Of course the only ones they left up are the ones with the links to here...
::gives Jon Boy the evil eye::
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
This is everyone's fault but mine. I blame Caleb for telling me to link to Hatrack.
[ April 10, 2003, 12:38 AM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
I will gladly take some of the blame for trying to invite complete strangers into an inside joke and watching Jon Boy get banned for it.
I wasn't doing anything else, anyway.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I feel I should point out that I haven't actually been banned. They just deleted a few posts, that's all.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Well go back there and muck it up about Josh, then! Gah.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
As much as I would love to burninate all of Grobania, I would hate to do something that would get me in trouble at Hatrack.
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
Don't be rude, be pleasant. Go back and explain (our)selves. Tell them Josh has a fan base at Hatrack and it spilled over into their forum as a heartfelt internet joke. It's not like you spammed their forum!
Invite them over for crepes or something.
Oh, and link them to the Burnination game on homestarrunner.
And definitely refer to them as Grobanians. And register a new Hatrack name: Grobanian Burninator.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
You could always post semi-seriously there, but at the end of each post burninate. Also, droll wit would likely be more acceptable than straight off burnination.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
There. I invited them over for crepes. We'll see if anyone takes us up on the offer.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Link, please?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Jon Boy, I couldn't find your new post - did they delete it too?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
The navigation on that board is a little funky, I think. Anyway, here is the new link. It seems that old links won't show the new posts (notice the "start" and "stop" numbers in the URL), so you have to go back and get the new URL.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
Alright David Bowles, you have a lot of explaning to do...
[ April 10, 2003, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: Pat ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Tell! Tell! It didn't work!
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
try it now..
**is horrified**
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Wow. There's a lot of Josh Groban stuff on that page, even for a fan BB.
Why don't we have a "Cardonite Group Hug" ring of smilies? It just doesn't seem fair.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
We haven't invited you in yet, Ralphie. Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Pat that was mean!
Apologize to David.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
**innocent look**
What are you talking about?
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
Let's just say it's payback for an april fools day joke I fell for....
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
And What's up with their "I want to rub your llama thing?"
Do we need Papa Moose to help explain this one?
I wish someone would come over from their forum to talk to us. I mean, we're not really trying to be ugly, quite a few of us here like Josh.
Somebody post an anonymous nick and password so they can post without having to register! The only one I know is General Sycophant and I don't want to tarnish the General any more than he has been lately.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
And it's all in good fun... if it's too mean, I'll delete it.....
Posted by Cynicism (Member # 4804) on :
That whole website is just frightening. I had no idea that Grobanites existed. Now that I know, the world seems a more dangerous place.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
That's why Patrick is my hero.
Hey, I just noticed that they deleted my post again! I try to invite them over for crepes, and that's the thanks I get. Pshaw!
[ April 11, 2003, 12:23 AM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Patrick, that's just wonderful. Now, link so Niki can see it. She'll be so proud!
Posted by David Bowles (Member # 1021) on :
Patrick, you are dead, sir.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Maybe we could start making OSC greeting cards.
"Many consolations and support for the pain without which you wouldn't know who you were."
"Even if I could change time to erase a terrible event, I'd still meet and love you."
katharina, I adore you. These are brilliant.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
David ... David, David, who knew you were such a fan-boy? Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I think my favorite comment was "Do you believe in memes? Cause I do."
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Belle, I also liked the "Please respond quickly --" signature. It captures the essential earnestness, naivete and gosh-darn-boyishness of DB so accurately.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
CT needs to quit her silly job healing sick people and post all the time.
And David needs to stop leading a dual online life!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Rakeesh, I've just been discussing life plans with my husband, and I think that after my last year of residency (e.g., after June 2004), I'd be much happier with a primarily academic job.
I'm slowly burning out, and I don't like the Miss Crabby-Pants Effect. I miss the soul-healing time with my friends and alone reading, and I miss you guys a lot, too. But I wouldn't have traded the work experience for anything -- it's taught me a lot about myself and this profession, and I hope to put that to good use.
Just be able to sleep most nights, too.
*warm hug
Posted by Mama Pimp (Member # 3485) on :
Pat, just cuz you all confused bout yo sexuality don't mean you gots to drag ol' DB into it. You know, he been bitchin' to me bout how you stalkin' him and so forth, how you all declarin' yo love for him in longass emails wit' poetry and such. Boy, you gots a fambly already! And yo religion frown on that sorta thing, from what I unnerstand. So buck up, boy! Act like you like doin' the dirty wit' mamis and not wit' thugs, yo.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
DB's deft usage of the rolling smiley makes that post even funnier.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
Another example of good headline usage.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Um.
If listening to "gay" music, or the music of gay artists, makes you gay... then I am sooo gay.
I won't listen to Josh Groban for fear of going all creepy-Mrs.-Robinson on his adorable little--
*Clears throat*
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
quote:Maybe we could start making OSC greeting cards.
"Many consolations and support for the pain without which you wouldn't know who you were."
This is my favorite katharina-ism of all time. Every time i read it it makes me laugh.
[ June 20, 2003, 01:07 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
This whole thread is one of my favorite Pat-isms or all time. Ah, the memories.
Hey, Pat, you still owe me five bucks.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Nutella is made in Italy. I'd recommend staying away from chocolate spreads made in Turkey, Israel or Greece. The ones from Austria and Spain are okay but vastly inferior to Nutella.
And, ummmm, where's Pat's crepe recipe? I wade through all the Groban-crap and all there is is some weird thing from Jon Boy with apple juice?
[Actually Annie's recipe looks great as does T's, but his is chocolate. I'm a purist.]
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Oh, yeah and...
Crepemaker? Jeez, kat, these are crepes not tortillas. The only proper thing to use is a cheap, battered crepe pan.
Posted by Chamrajngar (Member # 3242) on :
we should make greeting cards good idea!(((katharina)))
Posted by Chamrajngar (Member # 3242) on :
WOW! I'M FIRST ON A PAGE! WOW!
(I'm easily excited, can ya tell?)
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Zal, did you even try my recipe? I'm rather hurt. *sniff*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Zal: so where do I get a good, used crepe pan?
Jon Boy: Okay, now you're a girl. *hands him some kleenex* Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*dabs delicately at eyes with Kleenex, then blows nose on Kate's sleeve*
Thanks. I feel a lot better now.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Eewwwww.....!!! *wipes snot on JB's backpack*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Backpack? I'm out of classes for the summer, so my backpack is sitting in a corner of my room right now. That means that you'd have to be in my room, which is a violation of the BYU Residential Living Standards. Are you trying to get me in trouble?
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I thought there already was a girl in your room.
EDIT: Dude, wrong conclusion. Jon Boy is alone in his room, but there is a girl in his room. Therefore, Jon Boy is the girl.
Trust me, no one wants to think about your chastity line.
EDIT 2: Except for Kayla, of course.
[ June 20, 2003, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: Zalmoxis ]
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Not until I get married, dude. Until then, no female crosses the Chastity Line.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
*psssst* Here's a hint for you, Jon Boy:
The best way for a true man to approach girly things is to be a purist about it. To show your interest is strictly in the ideal form and not all the accompanying frou-frou. Ergo, a recipe that subistitutes apple juice for brandy just doesn't work -- even if it tastes good.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
::Tries to imagine Jon Boy's chastity line.::
Posted by Chamrajngar (Member # 3242) on :
yeah... why am I posting here?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Zal:
Kayla: I'd rather you didn't.
Posted by Chamrajngar (Member # 3242) on :
lol. ditto.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
You roll you're eyes now, but three years from now when you decide to take up quilting or tole painting or scrapbooking, you'll be glad I taught you this principle.
kat: Try DI. Steal one from your favorite, cosmopolitan aunt. Become penpals with a LDS missionary in France and have him send you one. Ask for one of Pat's hand-me-downs.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*suddenly decides to give up quilting*
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I say you go for something manly that still allows you to sew: taxidermy!
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Hee hee this is the funniest thread ever. Can't believe I missed it! Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I still can't believe the gits at the Josh Groban forum didn't have the cojones to come post. Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
Yes Trogdor, it means you're gay.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ha ha ha ha ha!
I told you guys that no one ever really leaves Hatrack.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
yes, pat, and there's something i've been meaning to tell you.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
shameless bump for Dan Raven.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Pat! Where have you been?
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Bump for Joldo
Also, this thread is teh funny... Too bad the Grobanite links no longer work.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: I still can't believe the gits at the Josh Groban forum didn't have the cojones to come post.
O_O
That's the most vulgar I've ever seen you be!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
lol.
Posted by Griffin (Member # 7166) on :
quote:Originally posted by Trogdor the Burninator: ... does it make me gay?
Just wondering.....
By the way, Groban's CD is awesome. Beautiful, almost breathtaking music. This is what this generation needs more of.
No, it does not make you gay, having intercourse with the same sex makes you gay. duh. And here's a fun story. I first heard Josh Groban in French class while eating crepes. With a class of 5:1 females to males I had to listen to all his music, if you know what I mean. And you know what? I liked it. Very calming and inspirational. As for this generation, I don't believe they need to be calm and inspired. I believe this generation needs to be more conscious. Maybe System of a Down will help with that.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Pat never did pay up on that bet.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
As I watched The Muppets last night, I was reminded of this thread...
"Though it might not qualify as “racy,” Pepe’s comment about Groban giving him the feels (“He’s a handsome man and gender is fluid”) will likely elicit a few “Huh?”s from the kiddos tuning in."
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