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#1 2007-03-01 12:29:00

Tad
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DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Okay.  New one.  Starting with Williams Law:

Any topic that gets too full will begin to resonate so strongly with Silliness that life itself becomes grim and insupportable.  Or just too silly.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#2 2007-03-01 12:33:00

Aan`allein
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*acts very solemn and serious at such a weighty and momentous occasion as the start of a new topic*


...


Mozilla developer comment of the however long it'll be this time:
<Mossop> run for the hills!
<Boriss> i can't, i'm at a local maximum!


Just Imagine...

 

#3 2007-03-01 12:36:00

lian
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From: Where Dormice Are Cherished
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Posts: 3012
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

It's spreading to RL, sweet lord. People are lobbing paper balls at each other at the *law library*, for heaven's sake. Across two floors! (The library is build in descending terraces.) Can't an innocent Smarcher procrastinate in peace?!


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#4 2007-03-01 12:40:00

Em
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Posts: 42283

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Aan allein wrote:

*acts very solemn and serious at such a weighty and momentous occasion as the start of a new topic*

*cuts the ribbon with a large, shiney pair of scissors*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#5 2007-03-01 12:40:00

chamberk
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From: Athens, GA
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Posts: 3219

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

If you were really serious about procrastinating, you would be throwing paper balls with the rest of them.


"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."  - Bob Dylan

 

#6 2007-03-01 12:42:00

lian
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Oh, but I like my procrastination more passive, thank you.

*looks up equivocation*


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#7 2007-03-01 12:44:00

Tiny
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Posts: 710

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Tad wrote:

Okay.  New one.  Starting with Williams Law:

Any topic that gets too full will begin to resonate so strongly with Silliness that life itself becomes grim and insupportable.  Or just too silly.

You don't suppose that including the words "Chihuahua of Doom" in the topic might be predisposing it towards extreme silliness from the beginning... ?

 

#8 2007-03-01 12:48:00

chamberk
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Tiny wrote:



You don't suppose that including the words "Chihuahua of Doom" in the topic might be predisposing it towards extreme silliness from the beginning... ?

There's a possibility of that, but I think in all chihuahuas' minds is the idea that they are "...of doom".


"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."  - Bob Dylan

 

#9 2007-03-01 12:49:00

Magpie
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Heh, no worse than the command "Go nuts" at the beginning of the last one! I liked that.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

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my crazy customers

 

#10 2007-03-01 12:50:00

bandit
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Hitler!

...

Oh wait, new dogblog. *reverently bows head, clasps hands*


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#11 2007-03-01 12:52:00

chamberk
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Any discussion of Hitler should be serious and solemn.


"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."  - Bob Dylan

 

#12 2007-03-01 12:54:00

lian
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

"Chihuahuas that look like Hitler"? Oh, it's totally en vogue to joke about H. in Germany recently, not sure how I feel about that. /Then again, "Der Bonker" is teh funny.


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#13 2007-03-01 12:55:00

Em
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Posts: 42283

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Springtime for Hilter and Germany!

Don't be dumb
Be a schmarty
Come and join
The Nazi Party!


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#14 2007-03-01 13:01:00

bandit
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

lian, in auldrant wrote:

"Chihuahuas that look like Hitler"? Oh, it's totally en vogue to joke about H. in Germany recently, not sure how I feel about that. /Then again, "Der Bonker" is teh funny.

You should establish a terror alert style warning system for Hitler jokes. It could range from the blue "pun" to the sinister glowing red "heil!". When it gets to red rather than going on national alert, you could punch someone in the crotch.


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#15 2007-03-01 13:14:00

lian
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*wry grin* I propose initiating a leftist, anti-fascist demo if the gauge approaches red. Crotch punches are usually part of that ritual, or so I have been informed by dubious sources. (Well, there are simply too many Nazis here to joke much, I confess. I don't really feel like being beaten up in the tram. Luckily, I usually go by bike, so I might be kinda... hyprocritical.)


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#16 2007-03-01 13:16:00

Jendaiya
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*uncontrolled laughing*

Dear god, I'm glad I put down my teacup before looking at this topic.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#17 2007-03-01 13:18:00

bandit
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

I dont know, I admire anyone who tries to attempt a good crotch punch on a bike. I salute you!


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#18 2007-03-01 13:18:00

bandit
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

But not that way. The heiling or crotch punching way. More by raising an imaginary nacho to you.


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#19 2007-03-01 13:29:00

Ren
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From: Austin, Tx
Registered: 2001-07-29
Posts: 14966

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

...well if you time it right you could throw a nazi salute to the crotch, then you get a "Heil to the Crotch"!


"You know, if you ate more comfort food you'd probably kill less people"
- Hurley, Lost

 

#20 2007-03-01 14:28:00

lian
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Posts: 3012
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Thanks for the nacho. However...I have a nagging suspicion that this topic had better exhausted itself. *pointedly nibbles nacho*


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#21 2007-03-01 14:32:00

Em
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Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42283

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Nachos? *puts out the seven-layer dip and margaritas*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#22 2007-03-01 14:52:00

ceywren
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*is lured here by the alcohol*


"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#23 2007-03-01 14:58:00

bandit
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From: Palmerston North, NZ
Registered: 2002-11-13
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

lian, in auldrant wrote:

Thanks for the nacho. However...I have a nagging suspicion that this topic had better exhausted itself. *pointedly nibbles nacho*

So...it's a nacho nibbling contest you want then? *nibbles* *nibbles* *nibbles* *begins shoveling* Aw, I never win!


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#24 2007-03-01 15:00:00

bandit
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From: Palmerston North, NZ
Registered: 2002-11-13
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Also, in a feeble attempt to return to topic:

How about that Tad? Is he great or what?! I hear now he comes with 30% more Tad in every box.


Crow: I think Ray Liotta would make an okay werewolf.
Tom Servo: No, he smells like apples.
- MST3K

 

#25 2007-03-01 15:05:00

ceywren
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Registered: 2004-02-28
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

30%? sweet!


"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

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