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#126 2007-03-05 10:56:00

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42283

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

*hands Magpie a puppy*


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

 

#127 2007-03-05 11:03:00

Viduus
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From: Ontario, Canada
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Larry N. Gytis - the silent, shadowy villain, sitting in the darkest corner booth of Our Hero's favorite pub, watching... watching...


Kamiko:
"Yeah, the power of Gods. That's why we do this writing stuff anyway :P"

Cackalacky Matt Jay:
"It's to appease our inner megalomaniacs. ;-)"

 

#128 2007-03-05 11:16:00

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

Viduus wrote:

Larry N. Gytis - the silent, shadowy villain, sitting in the darkest corner booth of Our Hero's favorite pub, watching... watching...

So Larry N. Gytis uses his spare time waiting? I figured he'd be a mime in the park when he wasn't plotting the hero's demise...


"Even more sorry, I be, but he says tha canst not meet the queen today, because one of tha twain smells very, very wicked indeed."

 

#129 2007-03-05 11:39:00

Viduus
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From: Ontario, Canada
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

No, he has underlings running amok, doing his bidding while he sits, quietly, devising plots and schemes foul and frightful, to ensnare our hero.


Kamiko:
"Yeah, the power of Gods. That's why we do this writing stuff anyway :P"

Cackalacky Matt Jay:
"It's to appease our inner megalomaniacs. ;-)"

 

#130 2007-03-05 11:44:00

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42283

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

"amok" is one of my favorite words


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

 

#131 2007-03-05 11:47:00

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

Viduus wrote:

No, he has underlings running amok, doing his bidding while he sits, quietly, devising plots and schemes foul and frightful, to ensnare our hero.

Well that's as good as anything I suppose.  My alter ego is out collecting the neighbors stamps as we speak, so I can't condemn yours for waiting around for our hero, somebody has to do it.

Have your villain send my villain a letter when he finally decides to make his move.  Unless he lives in the same neighborhood, in which case the letter won't be delivered... Bwahahahaha!


"Even more sorry, I be, but he says tha canst not meet the queen today, because one of tha twain smells very, very wicked indeed."

 

#132 2007-03-05 12:17:00

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

rybolton wrote:

Well that's as good as anything I suppose.  My alter ego is out collecting the neighbors stamps as we speak, so I can't condemn yours for waiting around for our hero, somebody has to do it.

Correct my if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain alter ego is synonymous with secrect identity. Which makes you fairly impressive, being able to be out and about, collecting stamps, and here with us on smarch. Do you have one of them computer-brains which lets you connect to the interwebs at any point in time?


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#133 2007-03-05 12:20:00

Em
Mantis
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Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42283

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

Micron wrote:

Correct my if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain alter ego is synonymous with secrect identity. Which makes you fairly impressive, being able to be out and about, collecting stamps, and here with us on smarch. Do you have one of them computer-brains which lets you connect to the interwebs at any point in time?

p-s-s-t, Mike. He's twins! [/secret]


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

 

#134 2007-03-05 12:24:00

Zim28
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Jendaiya wrote:

Okay, did anyone see UFC 68 on pay-per-view?

I did not see it, but I heard there was a pretty big upset in one of the matches.


I was "Dan" back on Shadowmarch.

 

#135 2007-03-05 12:28:00

Stuart
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From: Yorkshire
Registered: 2002-07-08
Posts: 3736

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

Genisis X wrote:

Crochet. An super villan who is into crochet.

Spooky huh.

-X

Never forget the history of Crochet!

He started off brave, then during the development of his "frikin" lasers, one rogue beam split him assunder, after that he was semi-brave; then the second beam struck, and cro chet (lessen known power of the invisible 't') was born.


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#136 2007-03-05 12:31:00

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

Micron wrote:



Correct my if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain alter ego is synonymous with secrect identity. Which makes you fairly impressive, being able to be out and about, collecting stamps, and here with us on smarch. Do you have one of them computer-brains which lets you connect to the interwebs at any point in time?

What can I say? I have evil super powers...


"Even more sorry, I be, but he says tha canst not meet the queen today, because one of tha twain smells very, very wicked indeed."

 

#137 2007-03-05 12:49:00

Stuart
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From: Yorkshire
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Posts: 3736

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

Em wrote:



p-s-s-t, Mike. He's twins! [/secret]

One must be good, one must be evil, it's the law.


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#138 2007-03-05 12:57:00

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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From: the lowlands
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Posts: 10990

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

Micron wrote:




And now I can't the image out of my head of a puppy appearing out of nowhere with a pop similar to the one made when an individual pulls a thumb out of their mouth.

ROTFL!!!

This is gonna change my view of puppies forever....


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#139 2007-03-05 13:24:00

Em
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Posts: 42283

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

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way wrote:

This is gonna change my view of puppies forever....

Ah, but does it change your view of where puppies come from?


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

 

#140 2007-03-05 13:58:00

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

I learn something new here every day.

Chuck Norris, instrument of divine... something.


Ted Kennedy in a speedo is just another sign of the coming apocalypse.
-wiked

 

#141 2007-03-05 16:18:00

lian
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From: Where Dormice Are Cherished
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 3012
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Crocheting?

Whew, okay, extra super cookie points to whoever can name one (of principally four) heroes in a book (or...series of books)is wont to crochet as a means of relaxation?


The Organisation for Transformative Works. Building An Archive of Our Own.

 

#142 2007-03-05 16:45:00

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

lian, in auldrant wrote:

Crocheting?

Whew, okay, extra super cookie points to whoever can name one (of principally four) heroes in a book (or...series of books)is wont to crochet as a means of relaxation?

For some reason I want the extra super cookie points but don't know the answer...  Damn your delicious enticements!  Argh!


"Even more sorry, I be, but he says tha canst not meet the queen today, because one of tha twain smells very, very wicked indeed."

 

#143 2007-03-05 16:47:00

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

Cookie points? Whatever happened to the no-prize?

Some people got no respect for tradition.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#144 2007-03-05 17:18:00

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

All of the fantastic four except the big stone guy. He likes cross stitch.

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#145 2007-03-05 17:30:00

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

Mmmmh...no? But you get cookie dough for trying! Yum.


The Organisation for Transformative Works. Building An Archive of Our Own.

 

#146 2007-03-05 18:21:00

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

Em wrote:

p-s-s-t, Mike. He's twins! [/secret]

Ah.

What's all this about crotchets? That anything like rockets, but aimed very specifically?


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#147 2007-03-06 00:19:00

Stuart
Pilgrim
From: Yorkshire
Registered: 2002-07-08
Posts: 3736

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

I refer you back to my earlier post and remind you to use the invisible   .

For reasons of national security I can't divulge why but the rocket comment made me laugh.


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#148 2007-03-06 00:31:00

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

Reminds me of a Dutch joke about why Sadam Hussein used to wear steel underwear.

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#149 2007-03-06 01:18:00

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

I'm not even out of town yet and look what you've done to my topic!

I'm impressed.

Just make sure you clean up all those puppies and kittens.  And lion blood, if God had the day off from work or there was some kind of Red Shoes Diary marathon on Cinemax.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#150 2007-03-06 01:19:00

Genisis X
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From: Canberra
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Speaking of rockets you can buy a USB powered thigus that can launch up to three foam rockets. You can aim and fire it from your pc.

I want to work in an office and then get fired for using one of those.

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

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