I am WARNING you, this thread will be organised or dismantled. We will do everything properly here.
The Four Horsemen of the Hatrack Apocalypse have died out as knights, they don't function anymore. I'm not seeking the creation of a few pathetic cataphracts; this is the real thing.
We will create a new form of sinister, eternal Hatrack-based union of a "mob", if you want. This is not going to be a petty impression of a myth, this is going to be real. While "Sarcasm", "Cynicism", "Fluff" and "TomDavidson" are a nice combination - it's a failure. I'm talking username devotion, complete username devotion (which will have a consistent format!), commitment of acts and behaviour, forming an unbreakable union that surrounds a certain element. Sarcasm, Cynicism and Irony are an unbreakable union of three; Red, Yellow, Green and Blue are an unbreakable union of four.
No fixed number - yet - I want serious people with me, ready to sign up new usernames and use them when they post, prepared to truly, honestly and sincerely be a part of a plan. We are not the "utopian" former group, we will be THE THING.
Oh, and another thing, none of that crap about the aliens taking over us or the secret invisible people walking amongst us. No governmental conspiracies either, about the forming of this union. We are here to make the world more miserable than it is, not to develop fantasy theories.
Who is with me?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*tumbleweed blows by*
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
*gets flattened by tumbleweed*
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
*sneezes at dust in tumbleweed*
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
I don't think I have enough energy to post as part of a plan. The Thing, exciting as it may eventually be, sounds like a lot of work.
Besides, Cynicism, Sarcasm, Fluff and TomDavidson have cache. I'm a huge fan of cache. My one beef was that Britney Spears wasn't taken seriously in her bid to be a Horseperson of Hatrack.
Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :
Writing my play or being part of a sinister plot...writing my play or being part of a sinister plot...hmmm...think I'll go work on my play...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Real sinister plot manipulators don't talk about it on message boards.
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Maybe you could just identify a group of participants and then communicate with your minds.
Just trying to be helpful.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
But Britney Spears has absolutely no place at Hatrack. So she didn't fit.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Brinestone, you, for one, are potent as a deadly force.
Baboon, sorry, bubbun, sorry again, bunbun, is "trying to be helpful", with no great success. Dag, you ought to think seriously - we're not hiding around, we're going to do it honestly. Jess N, no place for you, I'm writing a play as well - so what? And you three "T"s, stop the fluff. Be serious or begone.
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Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
I am? *blushes*
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Brinestone, are you talking about Britney Spears or "Britney Spears?" I think an argument could be made that "Britney Spears" ie, the music and merchandising campaign, needs to be dissected as frequently as possible by people who have the public's best interest in mind--in short, Hatrackers, who know crap when they see it. She could certainly be useful as a sign of the downfall of a society.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Baboon, sorry, bubbun, sorry again, bunbun, is "trying to be helpful", with no great success.
Jonathan is trying to be funny, with no great success.
Keep trying, though. Eventually you'll get there.
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Jonathan, you really haven't provided a great deal of information on sought-after qualifications for participating in "the Thing."
What you do need? Good typists--Words per minute? Managerial experience? Short order cooks? I have great organizational skills. Certainly you could use someone with office experience on a sinister plot--you know, keep the filing organized and making sure everyone gets their messages.
Let me know if you'd like my resume. Ooh--I have a law degree and research experience. I just know I'd be a great addition to "the Team."
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
The question is, has there ever been a thread about Britney Spears on Hatrack? And if there were one, would it get more than six posts?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I don't know. Where does she stand on gay marriage, abortion, and the war in Iraq?
And does she like Firefly?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
There was one about her that I remember. It was about "beauty" as a concept, and then people judged others for judging, and it went downhill from there.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Yes. Humbleness is god, but so is self-confidence.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Can I be a deadly force tree? Or is that a tree with deadly force?
*shines with scary silver light*
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
FYI, Britney did throw her hat (linky) in the ring for Hatrack Horseman in 2003, but ultimately lost out to America Online, Marshmallowness, and Lust, all of whom were less qualified than Fluff.
See? Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
To quote a very wise poster, on another thread:
quote:Jonathan Howard noun: anything incomprehesible, in any language. We were having a lively debate, and he suddenly blurted a Jonathan Howard.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
What can you offer, Telp our friend?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The glorious light of the gods.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Comes in handy during power outages...
But then Hatrack wouldn't be working either.
Doh! I'm getting sucked in against my will!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
We are kind of destructive, Telp. I hate to tell you this, but I've got to have some verification of both your light being divine and you having loyalty to us.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
The Horsemen thread was Hatrack Comedy Gold. One of thye cleverest threads ever. You know what made it so good? It was original.
You don't get to be original by copying something that is--all while putting down the original. Come up with your own clever ideas.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Next he'll be suggesting an alternative to the dingle.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by bunbun: Maybe you could just identify a group of participants and then communicate with your minds.
Just trying to be helpful.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: Next he'll be suggesting an alternative to the dingle.
Or an alternative for you. By the way, wasn't Dedalos's son's name "Ikaros"? *Grumble.*
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Technically, his name was written in another alphabet, so no, it wasn't.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:Or an alternative for you.
I think you pretty much have, in this thread. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Thank you, Icky. Why don't you go up higher? Hell, we might just rename the Aegean. PLEASE?
But, you see, Dag, I believe that the name in English is a transliteration of Greek; anyone with enough intelligence to use a Greek mythological character should know how to write it authentically. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
JH, there's really no need to be insulting.
And you ought to know that transliteration is more an art than a science. "Icarus" is a commonly accepted version.
Let it go. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: there's really no need to be insulting.
Retaliation, m'dear.
quote: And you ought to know that transliteration is more an art than a science.
Then why did I just study a year of phonology by an Academy professor? And why did I spend hours talking to him after class about phonetics and phonology?
Transliteration is only made a colloquial "art" by people who refuse to accept scientific approaches. Translation is an art, transliteration oughtn't be one; it's science until perverted otherwise.
I might just sign up as "Didaluss".
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Or as this...
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote: Retaliation, m'dear.
But you're not any good at it, Jon. In fact, all you succeed in doing when you fuss around like this is making yourself look pedantic. In other words, your attempted retaliation makes you look silly.
When someone says "your joke is unoriginal; you would do better to come up with your own humor" and you retort with "Says you. And I don't like the way you spell ancient Greek," well, we're not talking the Algonquin Circle, here.
"Icarus" is a commonly-accepted spelling. You may as well argue that "Jesus" is misspelled -- which it probably is, but let's face it: no one cares.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
quote:
[ August 24, 2005, 08:12 AM: Message edited by: Λαβύρινθος ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
It's a good thing you pointed out that was retaliation. Otherwise I wouldn't have known I was supposed to be stung.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Retaliation, m'dear.
How old are you?!? Old enough to know better than that, surely.
quote:
quote: And you ought to know that transliteration is more an art than a science.
Then why did I just study a year of phonology by an Academy professor? And why did I spend hours talking to him after class about phonetics and phonology?
Transliteration is only made a colloquial "art" by people who refuse to accept scientific approaches. Translation is an art, transliteration oughtn't be one; it's science until perverted otherwise
People like you come up with dreadful transliterations like Qedasia. I stand by my assertion.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
quote: People like you come up with dreadful transliterations like Qedasia.
What's that supposed to be? I've seen "Qeisaria" before.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Bunny, people will have an easier time liking you if you would stop correcting them and mocking them all the time.
Just quietly accept the fact that most people in this world are not as special as you are, and have some rachmanos on their poor, inferior selves.
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Tante, is that directed at Jonathan?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
'Cause if not...ka-KLICK!
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Has bunbun ever ka-KLICK'd a Tante? I should hope not.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
I think someone's Ritalin has expired... Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Life is tough, Tante. I have to try trolling.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by bunbun: Tante, is that directed at Jonathan?
Yeah. His nickname is now "Bunny"
quote:
quote:quote:Originally posted by Λαβύρινθος: How come you chose "Bunny"?
And, uh, duh...what's ka-KLICK? Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You should read Sluggy Freelance. Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Does ka-klick have something to do with the movie (which I know was based on a book, but I don't know if the same things happened) MISERY? My husband saw it and was telling me about it.
I sure hope no one is that attached to Alvin Maker.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jonathan Howard: Transliteration is only made a colloquial "art" by people who refuse to accept scientific approaches. Translation is an art, transliteration oughtn't be one; it's science until perverted otherwise.
Of course, it's important to note that Icarus is actually a translation into Latin, not merely a transliteration into the Latin alphabet. Also, this translation took place before k was adopted into the Latin alphabet.
quote:I might just sign up as "Didaluss".
But then you wouldn't even be pronouncing it correctly.
*shakes head sadly*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: You should read Sluggy Freelance.
Thanks. Got it.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Judging the book by its cover (title) - no thanks.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
So says someone going by the name AaBupivooq?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: So says someone going by the name AaBupivooq?
My god, I'd never realized the etymology of "labyrinth" before! Tante, that's so cool! I expect that the French lapin has it roots in the Greek word for rabbit, eh?
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
quote: catacomb - labyrinth - maze - rabbit
<singing>One of these things is not like the others...</singing>
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, a rabbit warren is like a labyrinth. A cute little bunny labyrinth with a cute little bunny in the middle. But beware -- that rabbit's got a mean streak in 'im a mile wide.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Ah, the warren. I was not seeing ANY association on that one. Still, the rabbit itself is not a maze. Unless you're in a little shrunken spaceship inside its blood vessels, I suppose.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Ah, "Fantastic Voyage III -- The Voyage Continues"
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Fantastic Voyage III: Hare Raising Adventure
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Ah yes, Icky. That's much better. Hats off! Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Is that the one where they lop off a suspicious growth and biopsy it?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I had a hutch that someone would turn this into a pun-fest.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I shun punsters like lepus.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
You cad, bury this thread right away, the punsters don't need any egging on!
--Enigmatic
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
This is all just a great big yolk to you, isn't it?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
It's nice to see the punsters coming out of their shells though, they're usually so reserved, but I guess this is an oeuf.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Oh, Ick, I'm your brother (as your father built me).
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Yes, Jon, we all know the story.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
I'm just setting friendship foundations.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Has this approach worked for you in the past?
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
It was never attempted in this approach (by me).
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
When the experiment's over, let me know how it went.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
It will be postponed until the 4th Ashes Test is over. Meaning Monday if we're lucky.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
We'd better not risk another frontal assault. That rabbit's dynamite.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: My god, I'd never realized the etymology of "labyrinth" before! Tante, that's so cool! I expect that the French lapin has it roots in the Greek word for rabbit, eh?
I'm not so sure about that. Shvester's link said that labyrinth could also mean "rabbit warren," not "rabbit." The OED says that labyrinth is ultimately of unknown origin, so it probably doesn't involve the ancient Greek word for "rabbit."
Also, it's unlikely that the b would have devoiced to p as it was borrowed into French. Most words went the other way (from p to b or v). There's also the problem of y going to a short i.
But now I wonder where the French word came from. It's obviously not from the original Latin, which was cunniculus.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hence "Coney Island", which used to be full of rabbits before it was full of hot dog stands and roller coasters.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
This seems like an awful lot of discussion of labyrinth without mentioning David Bowie. So I just did.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: And, uh, duh...what's ka-KLICK?
Forgot to post this earlier... ka-KLICK is the sound of the ignore function I want on this board {evil grin}
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
So how can an operating system be simultaneously more complicated and less usefull than anything out there. @#$% demonic penguins.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Enigmatic: This seems like an awful lot of discussion of labyrinth without mentioning David Bowie. So I just did.
--Enigmatic
I thought I had in this thread, but it turns out it was a different thread. Thanks for picking up the slack.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:It's obviously not from the original Latin, which was cunniculus.
*gasp*
::reports post::
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
!!! Icky
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I thought the same thing as Icarus. But then I thought "Bunnicula?"
--Enigmatic
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Icarus:
quote:It's obviously not from the original Latin, which was cunniculus.
*gasp*
::reports post::
Thank goodness this isn't . . .
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
quote: I thought the same thing as Icarus. But then I thought "Bunnicula?"
How about letting me remain Λαβύρινθος instead of Bunnicula?
ETA: Ahem!
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
quote:Originally posted by Λαβύρινθος:
quote: I thought the same thing as Icarus. But then I thought "Bunnicula?"
How about letting me remain Λαβύρινθος instead of Bunnicula?
I get the distinct impression that one of us is not getting the joke. I'm open to the possibility that it may be me. In other words, what are you talking about?
Ic gave a "shocked" reaction as a joke because "cunniculus" sounds similar to a word for a sexual act. The same thing had occurred to me, but he beat me to the joke, so I also mentioned the similarity to the name of a book about a vampire rabbit.
Who is to "let you" remain with your latest screenname? Last I checked it was not in our power to stop you from using it, so you can remain it as long as you like.
--Enigmatic </painfully unfunny post>
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Well, wasn't I being given dozens of nicknames such as "Bunny", "AaBupivooq" etc.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Tante gave you one nickname -- Bunny. Near I can tell all the rest you've given yourself. So no, you weren't.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
Fine. Blame me for everything, why don't you? J/k.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Okay, sounds like a plan! When will you start taking responsibility for my lawn not being mowed yet, hmmmmmm?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Enigmatic: </painfully unfunny post>
Ouch!
And I'm sticking with "Bunny", because my keyboard still doesn't bend that way.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
That at least makes your post make some sense, Λαβύρινθος. (Tante, you just copy-paste it from one of his posts!) But why isn't ElJay's lawn mowed yet?
--3|\|1g|V|@+1(
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
I prefer 3|\|16|V|@+1(.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I knew there was something for G, I just couldn't think of it! It's been a while since I actually tried to write in that gibberish.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Actually, I mowed my lawn Wednesday, so it doesn't really need it again yet. Wish it was winter, so I could declare him responsible for shoveling snow instead.
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
He's responsible for shoveling something! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Enigmatic: Tante, you just copy-paste it from one of his posts!
Anybody with a screen name that needs to be copied and pasted deserves to be called "Bunny".
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People like you come up with dreadful transliterations like Qedasia. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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It means "bunny"
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