The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Makerowner · Post by **Makerowner** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:23 am

dinnae wrote:But we need to keep track of who was funny, and when, to be able to show that the community is not as nerdy as it seems at first sight

The vast majority of the jokes in here actually show that it's even nerdier than it seems at first sight.

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:43 am

Miekko wrote:
vampyre_smiles wrote:
finlay wrote:it's considered bad practise to write "my sig" in this topic because you'll probably change it at some point and then people won't know what you're referring to.

cf. Tarasoriku's post.
Then again, unless they do it in the near future, does it really matter? How many people actually come on here and say, "OMG I need to read the quote thread in its entirety RIGHT now."?
Uh, what's the rightnowness of a compulsion have to do with that? On occasion, I have read through some old parts of this thread, and some similar lacunas are v. annoying, and if it's not edited properly now, the person posting it is likely to forget about editing it when he changes his sig. So there.

Perhaps we should make it a bannable offense.

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:48 pm

Silk wrote:
TomHChappell wrote:
Qwynegold wrote:Maybe it's just natural amiguity
What's amiguity?
The state of being amiguous. Duh.

din · Post by **din** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:11 pm

Jaaaaaa wrote:
Baalak wrote:Perhaps a palatial approximant.
How's this work for you:

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I'm not sure this was ever intended for witty image responses, but, sue me.

In case the image ever disappears, it's a plasticy architectural model of a palace.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:19 am

Zelos wrote:
bricka wrote:Making a conlang is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman; it's much easier to know what you shouldn't do than what you should do. Music is the same, as, probably, are most art forms.

For straight women and gay men, of course, the gender is reversed,
fuck im so screwed, i have no experience in anything ._.

TomHChappell wrote:
Silk wrote:
TomHChappell wrote:
Qwynegold wrote:Maybe it's just natural amiguity
What's amiguity?
The state of being amiguous. Duh.

Gah, in what thread did I write that?

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:12 pm

http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.p ... ht=#641494

bulbaquil · Post by **bulbaquil** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:12 pm

Xephyr wrote:The hell? Did Zompist change the icon for Iseleaku or has it just been that long since I've seen one?

in the introduction thread for Irurala in Ephemera.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:17 am

Silk wrote:http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.p ... ht=#641494

Oh, it was the Celtic-Viking thread. thx

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:36 am

vampyre_smiles wrote:
Miekko wrote: but why would a conlang have to reflect the real world? what of an imaginable world where there's actually physical negative items? in such a world, a balanced system would possibly make sense.
Stealing! Yoink!

lol, vampyre_smiles is kinda derailed!

And then this:

Shm Jay wrote:Some of us like Kent even though we live in the middle of the US, but something makes me think you are not one of them

Chuma wrote:I like Kent, and I live at the moment quite close to Kent. In Surrey, to be precise.

Tropylium · Post by **Tropylium** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:56 am

TomHChappell wrote:Click Genesis 1:3
And God said "Let there be light" and threw the switch; and there was a click, and there was light.

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:20 pm

Pekka · Post by **Pekka** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:53 am

Gsandi explains an episode of Hungarian history.

gsandi wrote: After Pearl Harbour, Hungary decided to declare war on the US. It was strongly pressured to do so by Hitler, although there can have been few more moronic acts than this in the country's history: the US was an infinitely stronger country, and had absolutely no quarrel with Hungary.

Be as it may, the Secretary of State (or whoever received the Declaration of War in Washington) asked the ambassador delivering it for some clarification:

- Oh yes, I think I know where your country is, I believe it's a Kingdom, right?
- Yes, it is.

- Oh, then you must have a King.
- No, we have an Admiral [that would be Admiral Horthy, who was the Regent]

- Oh, so you have a Navy!
- No, we don't even have a seacoast.

- Well, alright, so what exactly do you have against the US, why are you declaring war on us?
- Nothing at all, we have no quarrel with you.

- Then who do you have a problem with?
- Romania, because they still occupy southern Transylvania, which is ancient Hungarian territory.

- So, why don't you declare war on Romania then?
- Because they are our allies.

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Hungarian history in a nutshell.

From: http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?t=28931

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:12 am

chris_notts wrote: Why did the chicken cross the mobius strip?
To get to the same side.

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:28 am

Viktor77 wrote:It's more like Socialist's can't stand me. If my opinions are incorrect, I suggest you write the Wall Street Journal and Fox News. You can also write CNN for that matter, although I only wander over there for Glenbeck.

Quoted because I just threw up in my mouth.

din · Post by **din** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:03 am

TomHChappell wrote:I am extremely gratified you liked the joke, Tropyllium, but is it funny without looking at this thread (Psellos's "Click Genesis?" thread in C&CQ) that it came from?

Hahaha! Thanks for quoting it, Tropy. I'd missed it.

Tropylium · Post by **Tropylium** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:54 am

TomHChappell wrote:I am extremely gratified you liked the joke, Tropyllium,

Don't try too hard, now.

but is it funny without looking at this thread (Psellos's "Click Genesis?" thread in C&CQ) that it came from?

That would be a point in general, but I should expect the folks around here to get what "click genesis" was supposed to mean. I hope I'm not too optimistic in that.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:00 pm

<Slereah_> I have books that no one bothered adding
<Slereah_> Like 75 of them
<Slereah_> Awesome books like "AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY TRANSLATIONS: SERIES 2 VOLUME 64: NINE PAPERS ON LOGIC AND GROUP THEORY"
<pharazon> Why do you have that book
<Slereah_> pharazon : You really want to know?
<pharazon> no
<Slereah_> It was sent to me BY ERROR
<pharazon> oh
<pharazon> I thought it was going to be some gay logic thing
<Slereah_> ...I actually ordered the volume 29.

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:36 am

On [url=http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?t=29491]this thread[/url] Jashan wrote:How can I repent? I haven't pent in the first place.

dunomapuka · Post by **dunomapuka** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:23 pm

Tarasoriku wrote:This person has multiple negative attraction properties. I will not list them all, suffice to say she does not attract me because I am not a cat-calling construction worker from the 1950s.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:58 am

From the Motivations for developing writing-thread:

Prmysl wrote:
bricka wrote:Another motive: Serali is hungry
Is this akin to EGS's "read or the owl will eat you"? Hmm that could actually make an interesting conmyth, a creature that comes in the night to eat illiterates above a certain age.
Write or the Serali will eat you.

Joember29 · Post by **Joember29** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:49 pm

Trebor wrote:And Eddy has struck again:

[quote="In the Ephemera thread entitled "It's the final conflict! (Manga monopoly)" started by Eddy the Great, he"]I had a vision and that vision was crushed. I want to know why. Where was the justice in tearing it apart before my eyes?

...[/quote]

Uncle, I want to hear more about Eddy the Great!

Seriously though... can somebody share in a brief paragraph or two the fascinating tale of the (in)famous Eddy?

finlay · Post by **finlay** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:41 pm

He still posts here, apparently. He's an anarchist, and more left-wing than just about anyone ever imaginable, and many find him insufferable and annoying, including other left-wingers. He's also autistic and is attracted to teenage girls, both of which cause him to believe that his life is hopeless. That's pretty much all you really need to know.

alice · Post by **alice** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:35 am

finlay wrote:He still posts here, apparently. He's an anarchist, and more left-wing than just about anyone ever imaginable, and many find him insufferable and annoying, including other left-wingers. He's also autistic and is attracted to teenage girls, both of which cause him to believe that his life is hopeless. That's pretty much all you really need to know.

And from time to time he shows off the sizeable chips (US: French Fries) on both of his shoulders. Nonetheless, he can make a mean polysynthetic click-laden conlang, so don't knock him.

langover94 · Post by **langover94** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:52 pm

Is this the eddy with the Light Yagami signature?

(Cause if it is then AHAAAAA I KNEW IT)

Aurora Rossa · Post by **Aurora Rossa** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:02 pm

Is this the eddy with the Light Yagami signature?

(Cause if it is then AHAAAAA I KNEW IT)

"I'll take one of these giant bits of fried potato on my shoulder, and eat it!"

And from time to time he shows off the sizeable chips (US: French Fries) on both of his shoulders. Nonetheless, he can make a mean polysynthetic click-laden conlang, so don't knock him.

Thanks for the endorsement.