The Official ZBB Quote Thread

[Hallow XIII]

<miekko> I think I'm moving to Montana soon
<miekko> just to raise me up a crop of
<miekko> mental floss
<miekko> I'm gonna mow 'em down
<miekko> and wax 'em up
<miekko> and put 'em in a little box that I'mma sell up town

[Ser]

(Cev = Xephyr)

<Cev> I have a PM to Whimemsz from August that's still in the Outbox
<Cev> oh Whimemsz, why must you be so fleeting?
<Cev> He'll be back.
<Cev> He always comes back.
<Cev> THOUGH WIDE HE MAY ROAM, ALWAYS THE HERO COMES HOME....
-Cev pictures Whimemsz at the head of a sturdy old salty longboat crashing through a tempest
-Cev then pictures the viking longboat landing in Newfoundland and Whimemsz living out the rest of his days among classical Ojibwe speakers...
<Cev> :'-]
<Nessari> :'D
<Cev> His body would be covered in ritual tattoos in Canadian syllabics
<Cev> Invoking the wendigo spirits to crush his enemies

[Izambri]

<@dewrad> some random slapper in a Disney-style Snow-White dress doing the dirty with a sequence of hairy italian midgets.
[...]
<@dewrad> it's pretty impressive. tiny todgers all over the place and appropriately hilarious music
<Cev> What is a todger?
<Cev> is that some mythical beast that lives on the British Isles?
<dewrad_> yes cev.
<dewrad_> also a penis.
<dewrad_> I understand you don't have them in the US.

[WeepingElf]

Inalienably possessed dogs are horses, and so are magic dogs and noun-incorporated dogs. Supposedly it's because they used to use dogs for the same things they would later use horses for, not because they thought they look particularly similar.

DOG CAVALRY

...wait, what?

[patiku]

DOG CAVALRY

...wait, what?

It's been done.

[Izambri]

*place your advertising here*

[Hallow XIII]

octopi

Fail.

[Hallow XIII]

If anything, concentrating in one linguistic area for the reference imposes the danger of just copying what each label is used to mean in its context rather than exploring the full possibilities there are.

*coughIEcoughfusioncough*

[Izambri]

Note: I have spent almost all my life in European cities. I am not used to there being space for gardens.

[Hallow XIII]

<Nortaneous> british people speak british
<Nortaneous> there are two forms of british
<Nortaneous> the first is called pip pip i say a spot of tea wot wot cheerio
<Nortaneous> and the second is oi a chav nicked me mobile innit
<Nortaneous> there are no others
<Nortaneous> except sometimes och aye i've a weasel oop me kilt gnawin on me haggis

[Rhetorica]

Gráfw ópws 8élw!

Nothing destroys families quite as efficiently as ASCII Greek!

[Izambri]

Zompist, you are engaging Eddy. [...] As a mod, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to stop.

[linguoboy]

(Unfounded speculation: I bet Moorcock started with "Melnibone" until some early reader pronounced it like "bone". More unfounded speculation: the term "boner" wasn't popular in his school.)

His name's "Moorcock," and you're worried about something that may sound similar to boner?

Priorities!

[linguoboy]

You seem to be forgetting that certain sorts of contexts are generally considered Off Limits for being very much of a dick to someone - particularly, in the context of a serious tragedy, whether or not it's a tragedy to you personally. This is the normal social expectation practically everywhere. When the house rules say "bring your social skills" this is very much the sort of thing it is meant to include.

[Radius Solis]

In general there's surely nothing wrong with some conversation about the quotes that get posted in here, but the "octopodes" issue a) has gone on long past its sell-by date, b) was cluttering up everything, and c) was originally my own fault anyway. Thus I have split it out, with all related posts.

[linguoboy]

People, the subject line says, "Quote Thread". I'm pretty sure the Pointless and Annoying Pedantic Debate Thread has always been in Ephemera.

No, every single thread on this forum has the Pointless and Annoyingly Pedantic Debate Thread as an assumed subtitle.

It's not so much a Pedantic Debate Thread as a Pedantic Debate Fabric.

[Rhetorica]

But what about the Catalans? Don't they get anything out of the deal?

(In response to Breaking: Iran agrees to Western nuke deal)

[finlay]

oh god, don't validate him...

[Click]

BTC went up in value to $16,000 in a single night. I sold. The next day it was worth $10 apiece and I bought like 100

*financial trader dreams*

Scandalously capitalist, what would comrade Lenin think!?

Zompist, you are engaging Eddy. [...] As a mod, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to stop.

AWESOME

[Qwynegold]

Astraios: no, sexual banter isn't the same as bullying. Well, not necessarily, although sexual banter can be used as a form of bullying. But in any case, it does make many people feel uncomfortable. This is meant to be a welcoming board for everybody, and 'family friendly'. Is there even an age limit on members anymore? Even when there was, it was only 14, and people frequently lied in order to pass that requirement. I'm not saying this in order to argue that there should never be any sexual content here, but to give context as to why sexual content is a potential issue and something that should be borne in mind: this board includes very young people, it includes very old and delicate people, and it includes Americans and other people with strange psychological issues.

ROFL, I got light headed from laughing.

[Drydic]

* miekko is watching Watchmen
<miekko> yes, I am watching the watchmen. Thus ensuring safety in the world.

[ObsequiousNewt]

Yeah, it's more enforcing old rules than adding new ones. Though perhaps I should underline that Salmoneus's manhood is not on the table. Er, bad wording. Cut that. Bad wording again.

[Whimemsz]

(Cev = Xephyr)

<Cev> I have a PM to Whimemsz from August that's still in the Outbox
<Cev> oh Whimemsz, why must you be so fleeting?
<Cev> He'll be back.
<Cev> He always comes back.
<Cev> THOUGH WIDE HE MAY ROAM, ALWAYS THE HERO COMES HOME....
-Cev pictures Whimemsz at the head of a sturdy old salty longboat crashing through a tempest
-miekko pictured him pulling a barge along the Volga
-Cev then pictures the viking longboat landing in Newfoundland and Whimemsz living out the rest of his days among classical Ojibwe speakers...
<Cev> :'-]
<Nessari> :'D
<Cev> His body would be covered in ritual tattoos in Canadian syllabics
<Cev> Invoking the wendigo spirits to crush his enemies

This is an entirely accurate summary of what I've been up to these last few months.

[Whimemsz]

For those of you partial to horrible puns:

<Anguipes> ferns done, fuck yeah!
<Anguipes> and pthag is not around to taunt me about moss :)
<Nae> Anguipes: moss you give me such a hankering to make bad puns?
<Nae> coming up with new ones quickly is a pine.
<Nae> and i'll be stuck here thinking of them fir hours.
<Nae> though i guess i have no better plants for the moment
* Anguipes pun-ches Nae
<Nae> ow! yew hit me!
<Nae> that'll oak for ages
<Nae> >:(
<miekko> Nae: stop being a little birch
<Nae> nice.
<Nae> miekko butt out
<Nae> this is none of your bushness.
<Nae> (i know i know)
<Nae> (not a berry good pun I admit)
<miekko> fig-et about it then
<Nae> that was acorny one.
<miekko> I won't leave you alone
<Nae> aaah
<Nae> that took me too damn long.
<Nae> +5
<Nae> i admit defeat
<miekko> I don't rest on my laurels, you know

[Ser]

This actually happened about 7 months ago or so, but I just remembered to add it.

<Whimemsz> pthag, what are your thoughts on The Economist?
<pthag> l
<Whimemsz> succinct