Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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In summary, Franzbear is the most prolific thread killer in the forum. He has killed at least 12 threads and is likely responsible for 21 more. His ability to kill threads is not a direct outcome of the evidence (number of last posts). You have to at least factor in the total number of posts by each person (posts in GD) to get a more accurate representation of the killer instinct. Franz and Moonie have so many posts here, they are more likely to be the winning killers. You have to divide the number of kills by the total number of posts during the same period to get a corrected distribution.
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Know where I can get me one of those tornado alarms? I think my neighbors would love it. I bet it would scare the squirrels away from the bird feeders too. Might make a good car horn.

Hey Evo, Have you ever seen Harvey Birdman?
 
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SOS2008 said:
I gave thought to placing an order too, but Danger would probably make a cartoon.
I hadn't planned to ever do any more, but maybe just for you. :wink: (Not soon, though; I'm too busy trying to keep you under control here.)

SOS2008 said:
My "happy place." :biggrin:
Could this be why it is not a largely-populated place? :-p
If your 'happy place' doesn't get a little crazy once in a while, we must be thinking of different things. :-p

Huckleberry said:
I bet it would scare the squirrels away from the bird feeders too.
Just leave a jar of pickled heads where they can see it, and you shouldn't have a problem.
 
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Huckleberry said:
Hey Evo, Have you ever seen Harvey Birdman?
No. Who is he?
 
  • #3,399
Evo said:
No. Who is he?

It is based on a cartoon that aired about the same time as Space Ghost. I seem to remember watching both of them as a child. Space Ghost has a talk show 'Space Ghost Coast to Coast' where he interviews people. Harvey Birdman has 'Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'. He argues cases for cartoon characters such as the Flintstone mafia and the Dr. Quest (Jonny Quest) custody battle.

If you like Space Ghost then this might be worth checking out. It's absurd, but I like it. kinda like Danger
 
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Huckleberry said:
It's absurd, but I like it. kinda like Danger
I might be old, but I can still read the fine print... :-p
Are you channelling Artman while he's away?
 
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Danger said:
I might be old, but I can still read the fine print... :-p
Are you channelling Artman while he's away?


You get hit on by artman too?
 
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franznietzsche said:
You get hit on by artman too?
Doesn't everyone?
 
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Danger said:
Doesn't everyone?

Nope, just you cavemen.
 
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franznietzsche said:
Nope, just you cavemen.
It's the dog suit that does it; from a distance it probably looks like a sheep to him.
 
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Evo said:
Not many. As we all know, trailer parks are tornado bait. :-p

Since I've been home, the tornado sirens haven't gone off once. (knock on wood) :rolleyes: They installed a new one last year one house down from me and that thing can wake the dead. Which is good, but I nearly have heart failure every time it goes off.

They seem to get really over-excited about storms here. As soon as a thunderstorm hits Indiana, they start warning us over here in OH. They act like every thunderstorm is going to be the end of the world. I guess when it's usually very boring, a little thunder is scary. :rolleyes: I've never been very impressed by the storms they think to warn us about. After a few nor'easters and hurricanes, the storms out here are nothing; they're only bad if you get caught on the road because they seem to come with an awful lot of rain.

Tornado sirens...LOL! I never heard of such a thing until I moved to MI. The first spring I was there, we had a bad thunderstorm and I heard lots of sirens. I just figured lightning struck something, or there was a car crash or something like that to need to get fire trucks and ambulances out. It never occurred to me it might mean a tornado until the next day when another post-doc commented about being out walking to his car when they went off. Well, when I lived in NJ, sirens meant emergency vehicles were responding to the car crashes. Nobody warned us about tornadoes. Of course they were just tiny things there and so rare that it just wasn't worth worrying about. One hit the campus when I was in college, and the only warning was our custodian who grew up in Kansas. She was looking outside and spotted the funnel cloud forming and told us to get away from the windows (at which time we all gathered by the window to look because we'd never seen such thing before :rolleyes:). It didn't strike anywhere near the dorms, just touched down for a few hundred feet in a grassy area where nobody was because it was pouring rain. Knocked a tree over, that's all.
 
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Danger said:
I might be old, but I can still read the fine print... :-p
Are you channelling Artman while he's away?

It would just feel wrong to read a whole page of thread killer and not have at least one remark about Danger. I'm just trying to keep up the quota until Artman gets back. Then I can enjoy my fuzzy navel in peace.
 
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Huckleberry said:
It would just feel wrong to read a whole page of thread killer and not have at least one remark about Danger. I'm just trying to keep up the quota until Artman gets back. Then I can enjoy my fuzzy navel in peace.

Fuzzy navel? Does that mean you're picking lint from your belly button or drinking foo foo girly drinks in the Tiki Bar? I just finished a martini I made when I got home from work (about an hour ago...long long day). If I sound even less coherent than usual, it's either the martini or the fact that I worked until 11 pm tonight, or both.
 
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Huckleberry said:
It would just feel wrong to read a whole page of thread killer and not have at least one remark about Danger. I'm just trying to keep up the quota until Artman gets back. Then I can enjoy my fuzzy navel in peace.
Quite so. Carry on.
 
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Danger said:
Quite so. Carry on.

I don't think you're allowed to say that unless you 'ave suddenly become Bri'ish whilst sipping tea. :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
Fuzzy navel? Does that mean you're picking lint from your belly button or drinking foo foo girly drinks in the Tiki Bar? I just finished a martini I made when I got home from work (about an hour ago...long long day). If I sound even less coherent than usual, it's either the martini or the fact that I worked until 11 pm tonight, or both.

I have many unusual talents. One is self-grooming and drinking foo foo drinks simultaneously. I'm trying to perfect the fuzzy navel. I find that with just the right amount of schnapps you don't even need the orange juice and it still slides down pretty smooth.

You should see me cut my toenails and brush my teeth at the same time. Now that's a trick.
 
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Danger said:
I hadn't planned to ever do any more, but maybe just for you. :wink: (Not soon, though; I'm too busy trying to keep you under control here.)
I thought you'd already have something on hand. You don't need to create a new one ...unless I'm assured I won't be billed.
Danger said:
If your 'happy place' doesn't get a little crazy once in a while, we must be thinking of different things. :-p
Oh, you're referring to when I'm in a dream state--that's something I have no control over, and it can be very crazy.
Huckleberry said:
Then I can enjoy my fuzzy navel in peace.
Here, Huck, here's another round of fuzzy navels--cheers! Now you just drink that down before the next round. :-p
Moonbear said:
I don't think you're allowed to say that unless you 'ave suddenly become Bri'ish whilst sipping tea. :biggrin:
Yeh, that was pretty high-brow. :eek:
 
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Huckleberry said:
I have many unusual talents. One is self-grooming and drinking foo foo drinks simultaneously. I'm trying to perfect the fuzzy navel. I find that with just the right amount of schnapps you don't even need the orange juice and it still slides down pretty smooth.

You should see me cut my toenails and brush my teeth at the same time. Now that's a trick.

So you're plucking belly button lint while drinking peach schnapps. :biggrin: I actually like fuzzy navels (the drink), but haven't had them in ages. Hmm...maybe I'll order one tomorrow if we go out for Friday happy hour (the folks in the lab usually head out to the bar next door for happy hour on Fridays; sadly, I'm usually the only one who returns to work afterward).

Hmm...something just occurred to me...do we yet know anything about your marital status or age? Has a photo been posted in the member photo thread? Did I miss something or forget something, or have you been withholding information? (It's the alcohol talking, really). :-p
 
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Moonbear said:
Hmm...something just occurred to me...do we yet know anything about your marital status or age? Has a photo been posted in the member photo thread? Did I miss something or forget something, or have you been withholding information? (It's the alcohol talking, really).
I was wondering when this question was coming. I'm single and 30 and 3/4 years old. I have not posted a photo in the members thread. Who would want to see my ugly mug anyway? Actually, I don't have a scanner or a digital camera. If I did then I would have to figure out how to use them and that's a whole other problem. Electronics don't like me much. I've spent countless hours arguing with the VCR and it always wins. :frown:

oh, another page. Someone needs a nice quip for Danger again.
 
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Moonbear said:
I don't think you're allowed to say that unless you 'ave suddenly become Bri'ish whilst sipping tea. :biggrin:
Privilege of being a member of the Commonwealth, m'deah. :approve:

SOS2008 said:
I thought you'd already have something on hand. You don't need to create a new one ...unless I'm assured I won't be billed.
I don't think there's anything appropriate, but I'll check the catalogue. And you most assuredly will be billed (as co-conspirator).


SOS2008 said:
Oh, you're referring to when I'm in a dream state--
No. You might have been; I wasn't. :devil:

Moonbear said:
(It's the alcohol talking, really). :-p
Naw... It's you talking; the alcohol is just the ventriloquist. :wink:
 
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Danger said:
Naw... It's you talking; the alcohol is just the ventriloquist. :wink:

Interesting way of putting it. I'll take the bartender's word for it on this subject.
 
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Moonbear said:
Interesting way of putting it. I'll take the bartender's word for it on this subject.
I am a bartender, remember? Not currently doing it for a living, but 20 years of experience. So come on over here and let's talk about it... :wink:
 
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Huckleberry said:
I was wondering when this question was coming. I'm single and 30 and 3/4 years old. I have not posted a photo in the members thread. Who would want to see my ugly mug anyway? Actually, I don't have a scanner or a digital camera. If I did then I would have to figure out how to use them and that's a whole other problem. Electronics don't like me much. I've spent countless hours arguing with the VCR and it always wins. :frown:

Digital cameras are easy to use. Point and click, just like a regular camera. We can talk you through the rest if you get your hands on one! Afterall, you're in the right age range. :biggrin: Well, I suspected so already based on the date range of the Navy stories, but good to confirm that. :wink:
 
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Danger said:
I am a bartender, remember? Not currently doing it for a living, but 20 years of experience. So come on over here and let's talk about it... :wink:

Yes, I do remember...I'm not that tipsy! :-p I meant I'd take your word for it on that one.
 
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Moonbear said:
Digital cameras are easy to use. Point and click, just like a regular camera. We can talk you through the rest if you get your hands on one! Afterall, you're in the right age range. :biggrin: Well, I suspected so already based on the date range of the Navy stories, but good to confirm that. :wink:

Wow, somebody actually read my navy stories? I thought I wrote those when nobody was looking. I'll be more careful next time.

Hmm, how expensive are digital cameras? I've been wanting one for a long time. They are so useful. I can take as many pictures as I want and not have to be embarrassed by going to the photo shop to develop them.

Digital cameras did to photo shops what the internet did to libraries?
 
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Moonbear said:
Yes, I do remember...I'm not that tipsy! :-p I meant I'd take your word for it on that one.
Sorry. I thought that you referred to the bartender at the 'Tiki' bar. (Incidentally, is that the real name, or just the drunk way of saying 'Sticky'?)
 
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Huckleberry said:
Wow, somebody actually read my navy stories? I thought I wrote those when nobody was looking. I'll be more careful next time.
LOL! Yep. See, had you read the entire thread, you'd realize I was paying attention because I had spent several pages hanging out on the docks in a short skirt while flirting with sailors to get their protection while I kidnapped the thread (yeah, that was the only reason). :biggrin:

Hmm, how expensive are digital cameras? I've been wanting one for a long time. They are so useful. I can take as many pictures as I want and not have to be embarrassed by going to the photo shop to develop them.
There is that big reason. And you can just delete the ones you don't like, so you can go crazy taking pictures without having to worry about wasting film. There's a whole range of cameras of different qualities and price ranges. I'm not an expert on picking them, but there are plenty of geeks around here who will be happy to tell you everything they know about digital cameras to find one you'll like in the price range you're willing to pay.
 
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Moonbear said:
There's a whole range of cameras of different qualities and price ranges.
Mine came with a Lexmark printer for $150CDN. It's pretty decent, really. Takes short movies, has a timer and zoom, and can be used as a web-cam. There's a slot for some kind of memory card, but I don't have one.
 
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How would I go about doing that? Should I start a general thread about selecting a digital camera for purchase?

$150 I can afford that. Are the pictures decent quality? Your avatar isn't much of an indicator.
 
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Danger said:
Sorry. I thought that you referred to the bartender at the 'Tiki' bar. (Incidentally, is that the real name, or just the drunk way of saying 'Sticky'?)

I hope it's only sticky from spilled drinks!
 
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Huckleberry said:
How would I go about doing that? Should I start a general thread about selecting a digital camera for purchase?

Yep. You could post it here in GD or over in the technology subforum. Probably more suited for GD though.
 
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Huckleberry said:
How would I go about doing that? Should I start a general thread about selecting a digital camera for purchase?
I'm not at all sure about this, but I think I saw one either here or in GP when I first started hanging around here. Maybe the search feature can find it?

Huckleberry said:
$150 I can afford that. Are the pictures decent quality? Your avatar isn't much of an indicator.
That was in our money, so probably about $120 or so in yours. You can even get little keychain dudes, but they don't have an LCD display or any other features. I don't know what it would be for mine without the printer; they were a bundled deal at Canadian Tire. It's a Vivitar (appropriate for making avatars).
For a better indication, the real picture in the Members Photos thread (yeah, I finally posted one) was taken with it. I tweaked the brightness and contrast in Photoshop, though, because it was taken without a flash in a half-shaded area. (And no laughing at the picture, dammit.)
 
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Danger said:
(And no laughing at the picture, dammit.)
Would I do something like that? :devil:
Well, yes I would, but not without giving you something to laugh at.

I'm not going to make a thread. I'll just ask some people and maybe do a little web surfing. I was down at the shopping areas today too buying some books. (I miss those good independant book stores) I wish I had thought about it then. I might go back this weekend sometime. We'll see.
 
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Huckleberry said:
Would I do something like that? :devil:
Well, yes I would, but not without giving you something to laugh at.
Don't go out of your way; I'll find something.
Keep in mind the option of getting a camera phone, as well. Quality-wise, they seem to be as good as a low-mid range standard camera. (ie: better than mine, which is only 2.0 megapixels; I think that 3 or 4 is standard now)
 
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Huckleberry said:
How would I go about doing that? Should I start a general thread about selecting a digital camera for purchase?

$150 I can afford that. Are the pictures decent quality? Your avatar isn't much of an indicator.
Huckleberry, get a webcam. They start at $49. My avatars (my real pictures, not Zorak) were taken with webcams. I bought a new one at Christmas for $99
 
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Evo said:
Huckleberry, get a webcam. They start at $49. My avatars (my real pictures, not Zorak) were taken with webcams. I bought a new one at Christmas for $99
They're okay for this situation, but not terribly convenient for holiday photos or parties. :-p
 

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