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peter the bookie
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I'm trying to put together a list, and believe it or not, I have plans for that list. I just don't think that I should treat my interpretation as universal. [Big Grin]

What makes up Hatrack? Yes, yes the question that appears every five months when we move between cycles. But, seriously, what are our memes?

Let's make a list!

Hatrack couples
Wenchcon
Mooselet
((()))

What do you think of?

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mackillian
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--I--
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Robots and puppy dogs. Mostly puppy dogs.
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For some strange reason, I'm always reminded of this infrequent poster called Orson Scott...something.
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Let's not forget White Trees...
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pooka
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Mack, that's what ((())) made you think of?
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mackillian
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Just ask anyone who has tried to hug me.
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peter the bookie
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Heh, I thought --|-- was a pretty good example.
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pooka
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I guess I sometimes try to organize a mental hygeine posse, to make Hatrack more fit for family viewing. But it tends to backfire.

Oops, how does this happen? I thought you were peterh. [Wall Bash] I really am not trying to be a dog in the manger.

[ April 13, 2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]

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Noemon
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  • Speak with passion, listen with respect
  • jatraquero/a
  • Dobie
  • Glad this isn't a...
Is this the kind of thing you're looking for?

[ April 13, 2004, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]

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mackillian
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I did stop for awhile because I got harped on. But other people continued to use it without mention. So I'm using it until the mods request that I don't. Maybe they will--and I will respect their wishes. But I don't like the double standard that currently exists.
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((((Jamie))))
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peter the bookie
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Noem, exactly the kind of things I'm looking for.
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mackillian
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*stabs nathan*
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T_Smith
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::perry's::

Pirates. Pirates definately make up Hatrack.

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What about things like:

Thor
Dobie
meme
onanism
jatraquero/a
burnination

[Blah - Noeman's mind works faster than my mind]

[ April 13, 2004, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]

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mackillian
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*whisper*Nathan, it's parry. *restab*
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[Smile] Glad to hear it celia!

Let's see, what else?
  • Last Post Thread (may or may not be unique to our forum)
  • Mafia (isn't unique to our forum at all, so probably doesn't count)
  • Wench's Tavern
  • Cedonym
  • Original Potry
  • Anything Thread


[ April 13, 2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]

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T_Smith
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No, I clearly meant Perry's, which is to say, I shoved Matt Perry into the way of your foil.
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I suppose I've finally arrived.

Someone else was just mistaken for me... [Blushing]

((trisha))

ps. I prefer the term "mental floss" to the mental hygiene posse. [Smile]

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Wait, wait, wait... So mack's saying that whoever (())s her gets --|--ed? That lucky Paul.

Don't shoot!

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mackillian
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[ROFL]

No, it's Matt.

And yes. You get flipped off.

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St. Yogi
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Ninjas

Edit: Oh, and Strongbad references.

[ April 13, 2004, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: St. Yogi ]

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The useless chatroom at hatrack, slowly gathering dust and eroding from the vast expanse of cyber space...
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pooka
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"I am OSC-fan!"
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No, I am OSC-fan!
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Endercon

Jake Lloyd (sp?)

Foobonic and Sakeriver (took me awhile to figure out what those things were)

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Trogdor the Burninator
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Are we not men?
We are Devo.

**winks at celia**

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Oh, and mack?

--I-- for stealing my miraculous invention.

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pooka
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There's the minion meme. But I haven't seen very much of that lately. You almost never hear newbies whine about not getting to be minions anymore.
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Mafia

(oh, and repeating what people already say in a previous post because we're too lazy to read everything and just want to say what we're going to say even though we know that people probably won't actually read what we say because we don't even take the time to read other people's posts but who cares because as the more experienced among us know, it's all about the post-count.)

[ April 14, 2004, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]

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Trolls
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J T Stryker
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Can some one define Trolls for me?

And hatrack is simply crack for those of us who are smarter than the avreage junky. [Wink]

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larisse
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Um... two words... Landmark posts. 'Nuff said.
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Hatrack special? But it doesn't do anything?

That's the beauty of it. [Smile]

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Foobonic and K.A.M.A.
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pooka
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Newbies who don't know how to search, edit, or hyperlink [Evil Laugh]
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Trolls are not Hatrack specific.

However, Shindas are.

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disingenuity.

use it in a sentence. eat it for breakfast and narf it up at lunch on the rollercoaster of rhetoric.

fallow

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pooka
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New, improved google ads. Did you see the one for page 2 of DOG's religion thread? And since when does the devil have a "soul patch"? (looking at the evillaugh)

But I think there is much more to Hatrack than "not tough enough for Ornery". Except for the tough posters.

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Ornery's for blowhards afraid of getting sand in their eyes. I dig the sandbox.

fallow

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The liberal cabal vs. the Mormon Syndicate.
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I suppose we should include our own little hot buttons:

Homosexual Marriage
Posthumous Baptism

I'm sure we have others.

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  • Burninations
  • Trolls
  • The trollification of non-trolls
  • Pirates
  • The hijacking of troll sigs
  • Narrative/role-playing threads: The Temple of ana kata
  • Landmarks

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Death penalty is a kicker, and we just had a brief spat about porn. Of course President Bush will get hackles up on both sides.

Hobbes [Smile]

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Pirates
Begging the Question
Landmarks
Sacricilious
Aragorn v.s. Legolas v.s. Captain Jack Sparrow

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mafia

::nods::

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Ninjas
Ninjas

I'm gonna mention Ninjas everytime someone mention Pirates.

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what's with the rally's that don't go nowhere? (<- hatrack)

*konk*

fallow

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I support your cause, Mac!

--I--

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