Rebel Forum versus Water Cooler

[Anonymous]

The Water Cooler dwellers have made a semiannual pilgrimage over to the Rebel Forum during times of exams while our board is down. We have regular posters who share many of the same interests you do. I would like to attempt a Rebel Forum versus Water Cooler contest. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to bring the two groups together for an event where both sides can exhibit pride in their own board. We may even make some new friends in the attempt. Many posters have regularly visited both boards, so where is their allegiance? I have no set ideas for the contest at this time. I have started this thread (http://www.casact.org/students/forums/noncgi/Forum14/HTML/002772.html) at the Water Cooler (http://www.casact.org/students/forums/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Water+Cooler&number=14&DaysPrune=10&LastLogin=) as well.
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[Oh Yeah]

You miss an important point. We are apathetic. We like our Rebel Forum, but if it disappeared tomorrow most of us would go on with our lives. Like Whatever. It's only because of the dedication of people like Traci that this forum even exists.

[anon789]

On 2001-11-02 09:36, Oh Yeah wrote:
You miss an important point. We are apathetic.

You spelled pathetic wrong.

[Gordon Shumway]

Rats. Beat me to it.

[Steve White]

Draco,

If you really wanted us as friends, you would have invited us to the Masquerade.

[Traina]

Exactly.
:razz:
Instead of just using us, when you need to.


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[Gordon Shumway]

You're all Mudbloods anyway. I'm very disappointed that Master Malfoy has chosen to associate with you. He should know better.

[Oh Yeah]

Oh my Gawd. 'Mudbloods' indeed. :lol:

Taaaake your Dungeons and Dragons, Losers in the Basement, "There are other worlds than this", Can't wait for Star Wars 2, sandal-wearin', clove-cigarrete smokin', no shower takin', (and worst of all) Magic playin' a$$ right on outta here.

[Traina]

BAM!
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!
What nerve. Trying to insult us after enjoying our hospitality.

[Gordon Shumway]

Judging from the reaction, I'd say "trying to insult" was an understatement. I succeeded. Pathetic indeed, even if I am going to see Monsters Inc. tonight just so I can see the new Star Wars trailer.

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[The Mister]

Severus, dude.

Read Harry's review of Monsters on Ain't It Cool News, and read why you should stay for the movie.

[Gordon Shumway]

I'm going to stay for the movie, and in all honesty, Phantom Menace was bad enough that I wouldn't go to Monsters Inc. if I didn't want to see the movie itself and not just the trailer.

[Griffin 1]

I thought The Phantom Menace was pretty good.

[The Mister]

NOOOO! Not that debate again! :smile:

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[Dr T Non-Fan]

"Contest" sounds so committal.

If I didn't have a job, a wife, two kids, football to watch, Simpsons to watch, food to eat, sleep to sleep, and oh yes an exam to prepare for in six months, I just might have some time to commit to some leisure activity.

As you can see, I already have a life. (rimshot.wav)

[Anonymous]

Masquerade was open to everyone. There were none discouraged to post.

Professor Snape, Potions is my favorite class.

My friends and I have hosted many games. We take into account the limited time of contestants. I would set a time like Thursday at 4:20 PM ET, November 15. The contest would last about two to ten minutes. For example, I could list seven questions. The first board to post four answers correctly wins. I haven’t given this much thought but I will. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

On 2001-11-02 14:10, Draco Malfoy wrote:
We take into account the limited time of contestants.


Does the word Othello mean anything to you, Draco? :razz:

[Steve White]

Draco,

Why so provincial? They don't limit quidditch championships to just the UK.

To be fair, you should also invite to SOA desert forum to participate.

In view of their limited activity, you might see fit to give them a handicap. Like posting the questions over there 24 hours in advance. Not too much danger of anyone from this or the CAS forum reading them too early.

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[Anonymous]

Obi, that's OthHELLo :wink:

[Steve White]

Draco,

Your proposed goal: "The first board to post four answers correctly wins."

We should certainly accept that challenge. We may not be good at posting correct answers, but judging from the relative frequency that posts are edited here and on the WC, we are much better at posting correctly.

[Wolverine]

I would most certainly be up for a contest now that MY exam is over! ON WITH THE FUN!! What do you Rebels do over here for fun or to taunt one another. Seems like the mention of Harry Potter stirs you up a bit. . what else?

[Steve White]

Right on, Wolverine! On with the fun. Draco, we're ready now. No stalling until Nov 15. Let's go for Thursday at 4:20 PM ET, November 8. If you WC crowd can't post then, that's your tough luck.

(Just kidding of course. Having seen a few of your challenging contests over there, I'm afraid the WC would be open again before we came up with 4 right answers. That would be embarrassing.)

[Anonymous]

The contest will be Zip suggested by Ultimate Anyone for Legends 3. I will make a few alterations for attracting more participants. I will post 26 Zip questions, one for each letter of the alphabet. To receive individual credit for an answer, your post may not be edited when I call an end to the game. To receive group credit for an answer, your post must carry a tag corresponding to your group. You may receive credit for both a clique and a forum. I anticipate the game will last between five and ten minutes. There will be a preliminary game on Thursday, November 8 at 4:20 PM ET. There will be the official game on Thursday, November 15 at 4:20 PM ET. Please invite any board to play along, including the SOA board. Cliques can be fun. Encourage your clique or create a clique to use the same tag. It would be fun if the WC Trolls proved how intelligent I know they are and win this event.

I will be using the Merriam-Webster Online (http://www.m-w.com/home.htm) dictionary.

This is an example of the questions.

Begins with C; one syllable; a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
Begins with F; two syllables; given to erratic changeableness
Begins with H; four syllables; the science of measuring time
Begins with M; four syllables; a varied mixture
Begins with W; one syllable; something that is said

[Oracle]

Begins with W; one syllable; something that is said



Check my spelling on this, but I think it's whoooooo!

[Enough Exams Already]

Begins with H; four syllables; the science of measuring time



Horology.

[Ron Weasley]

Begins with F; two syllables; given to erratic changeableness

Fickle. :roll:

[Damn, Dirty Ape]

"Begins with C; one syllable; a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons "

Clique!

[Wolverine]

Begins with C; one syllable; a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons


Gee, you mean CLIQUE? Are we held to one answer per person, one per post? Or can we answer all of them at once?

[Wolverine]

Let it be known that I am a CAS Masquerader!

[Maine-iac]

Begins with F; two syllables; given to erratic changeableness

or "Flighty" ?

[Anonymous]

You may answer as many questions as you can.

Person A
Clique
RF

Person B
Horology
Clique
WC Trolls

Person C
Fickle

Rebel Forum scores one point.
Water Cooler scores one point.
WC Trolls score one point.
Person A scores one point.
Person B scores one point.
Person C scores one point.

[Nature Boy]

Begins with F; two syllables; given to erratic changeableness

female?
flashers?
fratboy (drunk)?
frenchgals?
feldblum?
fishgill?
flackblag?
faddyboy? oh no that's 3 sylls.
f'nut?
fam'ly ? (mine)


whoooooooooooooooooo

[Steve White]

Scoring protest: aren't cliques allowed to cross forum lines? Aren't you willing to accept us into your cliques?

How can you award one point to the WC forum just because Person B belongs to the clique WC Trolls?

[Anonymous]

Flighty matches the definition enough for general purposes, but I’m pulling the definitions directly from the attached dictionary.

Your clique may cross forum lines. Actually, I’d love for that to happen. I’ll assume any WC tag is meant for the Water Cooler and RF tag is meant for the Rebel Forum. If Person B had just used Trolls, then no points would have been awarded to the Water Cooler.

You don't need to type the question since each answer will begin with a unique letter.

W and M still remain.

[Patience]

W is Word

[Patience]

M = Mulligan Stew?

[Cynical Realist]

M is a Menagerie, although I generally prefer (or dream of) a menage a trois.

WC

[Steve White]

Menagerie

OK, Draco, your overtures seem sincere, but Slytherins are not always what they seem. You speak of joining in friendship, but I still detect some "an eye for an eye" mentality.

As a true gesture of community, how about instead "an A for an A" trade?

You get Andy Lang; we get Ammie.

[Cynical Realist]

When I read this earlier, I thought Draco was just having a practice run at his little game. I was biding my time waiting for the big Othello showdown! :wink:

[Damn, Dirty Ape]

fluid?

[Patience]

frantic?

[Ammie]

Hmmm...no answer Draco? :razz:

[Steve White]

Maybe he's still reading Andy's latest post to evaluate the value he's getting? Hey,
Andy knows how to solve Social Security taxes, and Ammie's just got a way to avoid paying US Social Security taxes.

Or checking the Desert forum roster to organize a 3-way trade?

[Wolverine]

Anyone over in the Desert forum worth trading for?

I personally would not go for the trade. Even though I have never met either one personally, I sense more personality with Ammie. :smile: No offense Andy!

[Nature Boy]

draco - you have no right to trade ammie. she's the new manager of Space Mountain Entertainment. and she's on my team.

whooooooooo

[Steve White]

Wolverine,

"Anyone over in the Desert forum worth trading for?"

Certainly not by quantity of posts; their all time leader has only 148. It takes under 50 to make the top 10 posters list.

"I personally would not go for the trade."

That's why I'm giving Draco, not you, the chance to make the mistake.

"I sense more personality with Ammie."

Everyone here would insist that Andy is a personality. (No offense intended, Andy; just good-natured banter with our CAS colleagues.)

[G. Ringo]

M is for miscellany.

[Cynical Realist]

Draco is AWOL - must have gone to the Major League Baseball meetings to lobby against Contracting the Astros since they seem to have no hope of ever winning a playoff series.

[Ammie]

Draco is having trouble getting in...I wondered what was going on! Guys, thanks for your support. :wink:

[Steve White]

I hope he hurries up and finds his way here.

It's not fair to keep you and Andy's fate in his hands until he decides.

And Andy's trade value is changing (diplomatically, I won't say which way) each time he posts.

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[Flora]

OK, I missed a day, but Wolverine - you asked what else bugs these folks and I think FLIRTING is an obvious answer there.
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[Intents]

I am atwitter.

[Flora]

As usual Draco, I am having trouble following your rules - am I supposed to pick a team? I thought it was RF vs WC, what's with the cliques?

[Ammie]

Flora - They don't seem to mind flirting with Traci. She must be a goddess! :smile:

[Ammie]

It seems Draco learned something from all the advice he received after the Masquerade Invite Debacle. He and I are discussing the trade actively as we speak.

I have some questions, which will help me to advise Draco in the best way:
1. Just how good does Andy look in a mini skirt?
2. How big is his shaggy?
3. How would be pronounce "about"?
4. Does he like to play games?
5. How does he verbalize ln(x)?
6. What would Andy find more gross, clipping your toe nails and leaving them on the carpet or boiling spaghetti in a pot you boiled spaghetti in yesterday without washing
it.

Moj - Draco would also like you to answer #6. :smile:

[Steve White]

Ammie,

Will have to get back to you and Draco on that evaluation of Andy.

By the way, what does Draco want the answers to be? :smile:

[Ammie]

Maybe it's what I want the answers to be. :wink:

[Flora]

Hi Ammie!!!

[Ammie]

:grin:

[Oh Yeah]

Where's the Space Lobster when you need him?

[Ammie]

Where's the CAS space lobster? I'm rather fond of him. :smile:

[Steve White]

Ammie & Draco,

Hmmm. As a gesture of fellowship, the Rebel Forum proposed the trade based just based on the "A" names (well, that's all we admit considering), and now you seem to be focusing on how much you have to gain. Am I dealing with mercenaries?

Here's my best shot at the answers:

1. Worse than Ammie, probably better than I. Plus you are at least as likely to see Andy in a mini skirt as me in one.
2. Even if only 1% as big as his ego, it would would be pretty big.
3. That's a toughie. Wait. I can check out that on-line dictionary Draco provided the link for. Ah, yes. "About" means "around" which in turn means "approximately". Now the answer is easy. Andy doesn't pronounce "about". With him, things are black-or-white.
4. Andy has regularly posted that he plays tennis. And I think he posted that he plays bridge. Or maybe his mother and father were bridge experts; he comes from an exceptional family. He is opposed to all the games life insurance companies play with illustrations.
5. I had to consult that on-line dictionary again, to confirm that "verbalize" could be in writing as well is orally. For writing, the answer is easy. He would verbalize it at great length, probably changing the topic to both Social Security and Republicans along the way. A secondary response to "how", would be "with many typos".
6. That's a tough call. I don't recall he's ever made that comparison. It's safe to say neither is as gross as the Cato Institute. Since I personally think that Andy's on the correct side of most issues (just too far from center for my taste), I'll guess that he would order those the same way I would, and that boiling the spaghetti in the same pot is less gross. It would be tougher if you had also specified eating the cooked spaghetti.

Hope this helps Draco reach a decision (and hopefully, not a wise one).

[Ammie]

Draco's been banned by a system glitch. Here's hoping there's some way to fix it... :sad:

[Mr. Grim]

Banned by a system glitch or banned by our esteemed moderator.

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[Ammie]

System glitch in a manner of speaking...

[Damn, Dirty Ape]

What has Draco's system done to cause him to get banned?

Grim: Why did you change it? And you call Canadians wusses...

[Ammie]

Who's calling Canadians wusses?
Draco shares an IP address which has been blocked. :sad:

[Mr. Grim]

If I get banned, I can't keep abusing the Canadians - it was a bit wimpy but you have understand my true goals here.

[Anonymous]

Right here Ammie. :wink:

[42]

Grim, what will you do after Canada makes the U.S. it's 11th province? :grin:

[Mr. Grim]

learn French. learn to love hockey. Learn how to say about properly. What else? oh yeah, start harboring terrorists in my house (cheap shot, i know)

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Cartman: Dude, don't call me Canadian!

[Anonymous]

Ammie, I seem to have fallen for my rollerblades.
http://www.emoticons.f2s.com/happy/love1.gif This would be so much easier on ice skates. I'd love to see how moj will answer #6.

[42]

On 2001-11-08 10:59, Grim wrote:
learn French. learn to love hockey. Learn how to say about properly. What else? oh yeah, start harboring terrorists in my house (cheap shot, i know)

Start?

[Ammie]

CAS Space Lobster - nice to see you! :smile:

Mr. Kohl - welcome back. I missed you terribly http://www.emoticons.f2s.com/happy/love1.gif



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[Anonymous]

Grim, you can`t learn to love hockey. You either love it, or you can learn to appreciate it.

[Regular Joe]

You miss an important point. We are apathetic. We like our Rebel Forum, but if it disappeared tomorrow most of us would go on with our lives.

Would we? Really? I think most would probably find a 4 hour hole in their workday that would ultimately lead to murder/suicide.

[dukelampard]

Would we? Really? I think most would probably find a 4 8 hour hole in their workday that would ultimately lead to murder/suicide.

IFYP

[Aeitra]

It'd be pretty bad, but surely we'd find other things to do. I think i'd have to phone surf, this place doesnt get tagged because it says actuarial in the name XD

[Italian Halibut]

Yep