How'd you do it?
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Filed Under: Nothing more to add
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Is @boomzilla an elder due to manual admin actions or due to a bug? ‼Science‼ must know!
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This was a triumph.
We do what we must because we can.
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He has been Elder for quite a while now. Pretty sure manual admin action was the cause.
Filed Under: Maybe he applied for the special elder-program!
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Filed Under: Maybe he applied for the special elder-program!
Maybe it’s because of his avatar?
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HOW
I MUST KNOW
It's not due to any elder rank or any shenanigans like that.
It's because he's the Chuck Norris of TDWTF.
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So is @boomzilla is Chuck Norris, @blakeyrat is Marvin the Paranoid Android, does that make me Zaphod? *lurches for the bar*
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Why would you even WANT to be Zaphod?
Filed Under: Go for Marvin instead
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Well, I identify as Marvin out here in real life because it's funny but blakeyrat is more miserable than I am, I figure it's only a matter of time before he complains about all the diodes down his left side.
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As long as you don't identify yourself as a Vogon, I think most things are fair game. Just saying that there might be people in that book-series you might be a better fit to!
Filed Under: Somewhere in the universe a guy was fishing
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No, @ben_lubar is zaphod.
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Fuck. I know who I am.
I'm Arthur Dent, clearly. I'm British, I always want a decent cup of tea and I get riled up modestly easily about stupid things and say 'what!' a lot.
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Your more that guy at the bar who never made it off of earth in time. You know the guy.
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"So, should we lie down or put paper bags over our heads or something?"
"Yes, if you like."
"Will it help?"
"No, not at all. I'm sorry, I have to go."The barman heard himself say, "Last orders please."
(from memory)
Yes, I could indeed be the barman, but being Arthur Dent is a mildly happier thought. I mean, I go around the galaxy, never quite finding a cup of tea, get harassed by a large, fat, scruffy bat of a thing, then meet someone awesome and learn to fly? What's not to like?
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You get insulted by a character that sadly becomes a main character in that most recent book written by that other guy I can't be bothered to look up right now...
Filed Under: So sad!
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What most recent book? The last one was Mostly Harmless.
I assume you're talking about that fan fiction instead.
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According to my memory and wikipedia, it has been published as part of the series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#And_Another_Thing...
Filed Under: Didn't like it as much as most of the rest... but about as much as book 4
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If it's any consolation, I'd probably be a random patron at the bar at the end of the universe. Yes, the bar.
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Are you the food that offers itself to the guests? Please say you are! Also, I'd like some rips!
Filed Under: Better get some Ketchup, too!
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Pretty sure manual admin action was the cause.
That's correct. Been kicking the Elder tires, so to speak.
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Might be a little late but congratulations for reaching that TrustLevel
Is there any reason you got it besides being here for a while? Did you guys just test the system? Did you send @PJH some cookies, maybe?!
Filed Under: Nobody can resist them cookies!
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Maybe he sent the brownies!
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According to my memory and wikipedia, it has been published as part of the series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#And_Another_Thing...
Filed Under: Didn't like it as much as most of the rest... but about as much as book 4
I prefer to pretend it is fan fiction. It hurts less.
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In the TV series the meat was played by Peter Davidson, who was at the time also the Fifth Doctor.
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Yes, I could indeed be the barman, but being Arthur Dent is a mildly happier thought. I mean, I go around the galaxy, never quite finding a cup of tea, get harassed by a large, fat, scruffy bat of a thing, then meet someone awesome and learn to fly? What's not to like?
You should be like the Arthur Dent in the original radio series. Specifically the one who was gearing up to be a space conqueror by the end of the second series. Alas, it stopped before we got too many details, but I think some of the things in the third book can be taken as indicative of the ideas that Douglas Adams was having at the time.
But I still think that nothing beats the theme tune of the TV series or the excerpts from the Guide in that.
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Journey of the Sorcerer by the Eagles is still one of my all time favourite songs for just that reason.
You will notice I distinctly failed to indicate which incarnation of Arthur to which I was referring, seeing how there are 6 different official incarnations (radio, book, TV, computer game, film, radio show live tour, of which three are Simon Jones)
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Also basically the only tolerable Eagles song.
Just FYI, the worst British sci-fi theme song is Star Cops.
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Also basically the only tolerable Eagles song.
I liked Hotel California and One Of These Nights but it's by far and away their best.
Also... fuuuuuuuuuu... that's worse than an average Spandau Ballet song, and that's going some.
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Oh yeah I guess Hotel California. One of two listenable Eagles songs.
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So who's Hotblack?
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Arantor? Arantor the PHP enthusiast-masochist (INB4 ultimate)?
You're a complete jerk, a real kneebiter!Filed Under: Not sure if that role fits me, honestly. I am probably more of a Dirk Gently or a Thor!
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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged? I can see that.
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then meet someone awesome and learn to fly?
this is what not to like. that book was the worst.
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No, And Another Thing was the worst, followed by Mostly Harmless. The idea of learning to fly was IIRC introduced in Life, The Universe and Everything.
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I guess they may well be, since I hadn't even heard of them before.
The flight concept was fine, but the book was awful.
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Mostly Harmless is the fifth book, ends on something of a downer. And Another Thing is the sixth book, not even written by Douglas Adams but by Eoin Colfer of Artemis Fowl infamy.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish was quite a different beast to the previous ones, it was the first time material hadn't been taken from the radio series, except in passing.
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I liked it.
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Did you post a positive review somewhere and refuse to click the pointless star-rating-widget?
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Why would I "like" a post on a forum, when I actually like the book mentioned in the post?
Even if I did agree with bullshit Facebook gamification bullshit, that doesn't make any sense.
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Why would I "like" a post on a forum, when I actually like the book mentioned in the post?
Even if I did agree with bullshit Facebook gamification bullshit, that doesn't make any sense.
What doesn't make sense is your reply.
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Yes we both agree on that. If you had actually read my reply, you might realize I already said that exact thing in the last sentence.
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He doesn't want to be a veteran. Veterans are associated with war. Blakey sticks it to the man.
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Yes we both agree on that. If you had actually read my reply, you might realize I already said that exact thing in the last sentence.
I read your so-called reply, but it reads like you didn't read what I wrote. Where I didn't mention a forum or facebook. I was actually thinking about Amazon or Goodreads, obvious places where you'd review a book and click a star widget.
I've written this off as case of defensive reading incomprehension on your part.
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@Matches said:
Blakey sticks it to men.
We have a thread for that. I think.CYJTOTMOTHALYFUTFY (clarified your joke to obliterate the majority of the humour and leave you feeling used that for you)
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I like that acronym. It's so memorable.
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I read your so-called reply, but it reads like you didn't read what I wrote.
Yeah well I didn't read that you didn't read that I didn't read that you didn't read that I didn't read that you didn't read my post!
NO U!!!
I was actually thinking about Amazon or Goodreads, obvious places where you'd review a book and click a star widget.
... why is it obvious that I'd write a book review on Amazon or Goodreads? For the record, I did not. Making your post somehow even more confusing.
But you are correct: I didn't click the star icon on the imaginary review I never wrote that only ever existed in your tiny little skull.
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Yeah well I didn't read that you didn't read that I didn't read that you didn't read that I didn't read that you didn't read my post!
I'm not going to try to dispute this.