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Old 12-09-2002, 09:57 PM
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Messages from God, brought to you by Mnementh

Tis the season, you know.

Fortunately for us here at the SDMB, we've got our own prophet! Mnementh, I'm told, has been placed here to deliver each and every one of us a Very Special Message straight from the Gilded Throne. Well, actually from the Very Special Entity sitting (if in fact, sitting is what you'd call it) on that Very Same Gilded Throne (which may or may not be a throne).

Mnementh, prophet to the Teeming Millions, deliver the word of Gaaaaaaawd!

What is my message?
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:03 PM
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What am I, some kind of divine Fortune Cookie? Show your respect, MORTAL!

Your message, by the way, from the Very Special Entity Who, In Fact, Tends to Recline More Than Sit On the Gilded Lay-Z-Boy, is thus:

"Stop! Just stop! I'm not having a party! You're not welcome here! Quit screaming that you're coming!"
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:04 PM
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Mnementh, what's my message from God?
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:06 PM
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Talk to me, God
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:12 PM
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Dear Mnementh,

I humbly come seeking thine divine goodness and ask that thou bestowest upon me through thy faithful servant, Mnementh, that whilst thou wouldst have mine ears to hear.

(I suspect that that message will be "quit trying to do an awful parody of English from a previous time." )
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:20 PM
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First, VSEW,IF,TTRMTSONGLZB (or Vizzy, as I like to call him) would like it known that he's less a 'God' than just a guy. An all-powerful guy, but a guy still. Y'know, equality and all that. So Vizzy is fine.

Secondly, Jess, Vizzy would have me tell you the following:
"You're not vicious. Or malicious! Just de-lovely. And delicious. mmmm."
Hey, I never claimed he was a strictly moral deity..

And for Chique:
"Your teeth are straight and attractive. What do you mean, that's not her? She's not green, either? dammit!"
Er, he'll get back to you once he's sobered up.

lel, dahlink, His Vizzness has this to say:
"Awful parodies of English from a previous time remind me of the old days, when I could smite without fear of a lawsuit. Ah, the good old days.. The Remote Control of the Fates is hereby pointed at you, and 'bless' is pressed. Go in peace."
Watch for the Shiny Red Beam of Good Joy to hit you in the forehead. Don't worry, it doesn't sting much.
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:34 PM
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OK, so what's my message?
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:37 PM
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What's my message, oh prophet of the Very Special Entity Who, In Fact, Tends to Recline More Than Sit On the Gilded Lay-Z-Boy?
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:39 PM
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I'm all ears.
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:40 PM
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AbsolutelyStark: "Put on some clothes. Noone needs to see that."
Hey, don't look at me. You asked for it. Unless you're Stark something else. But then you'd have some 'splainin' to do. And the Viz' is busy watching the Immortal Channel, so I don't know that you want to do that.
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:41 PM
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Oh great Mnementh

(thorry about the lithsp, my tongue is stuck to light pole outside my window, my tongue's pretty stretchy, ain't it?)

My gf and I had to break up because of her thinking I was seeing someone else. By seeing, I mean seeing in the nude.

So...,

instead of another tall blonde, can I get a petite little red head, like the kind that just makes me shiver in my groin when slow dancing with her at my business partner's wedding?

Ooops, did I just admit to something?

Your servant, NoClueBoy

In carniverousplant's name... eggman
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:43 PM
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Hey Mnementh, can you do me a favor? Pass this along to the big guy:

Like, Almight God, remember that time in the third grade, when I prayed really hard, and did all my chores, and helped mom around the house, and was nice to my sisters, and just wanted a Lego pirate ship for Christmas? Remember how I got socks and underwear instead? Um, well, that kinda sucked.

Not that I'm mad or anything. It's all bygones be bygones and stuff. But it still kinda sucked. . . Amen.


Thanks Mnem. I owe ya, buddy.

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Old 12-09-2002, 10:48 PM
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Blackeyes: "Cool, did you get in a fight or something? Check this out, when I was only 12,000 I got in this huge fight with Zeus. Back then he was called Phil, though, and we.."
You've set off his oldtimer reflex. Run. For the love of... Viz, RUN!

ultrafilter: "No you're not! I see at least one leg in there. Oh, and a filter. A good one."
Can't put anything past him. No sirree.
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:50 PM
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Wow. So the Big Guy says I'm de-lovely and delicious. Who am I to argue?

I just can't believe he didn't comment on my rack instead of my. . . flavor. Or something.
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Old 12-09-2002, 10:58 PM
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NoClueBoy: "Dilemmas, eh? I'm not sure you need my help, if you've got a redhead slowdancing with your jiggling groin while you're stuck to a lamppost. I mean, c'mon. That's skill. I'm just sitting around, for Phil's sake. Hey, get ME a redhead and I'll let you play with the Remote Control of the Fates. For like, an hour. But what's with this eggman crap, anyway?"
Do you know what you can do with that remote, man? I say, hook the big guy up.

Tripler: "Hey, is this a prayer or a griping service? Do you even want the ship anymore, or are you just whining to me because the red guy stiffed you? Will a rocket launcher fix it? Because that'd be cool. I get to watch whatever you do with it."
Hey, because destruction is fun, even to a deity!

And Jess, his deitiness wants you to know that he read on the Internet somewhere that women like subtle Entities. But having seen that fail, he further wants you to know that he was too busy looking down your shirt to come up with anything better, and he apologises, and offers to make it up to you with a... private... visit to the Really Big Gamesroom in the Sky.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:01 PM
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A quote of God through Mnementh
Hey, because destruction is fun, even to a deity!
Yea, for you were with me when I discovered the divinity of beer, so shall you witness the mayhem as I play with RDX. O Lord, you are so infinitely wise. . .

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Ignore all that bad talk. I was just jealous.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:03 PM
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Originally posted by Mnementh

And Jess, his deitiness wants you to know that he read on the Internet somewhere that women like subtle Entities. But having seen that fail, he further wants you to know that he was too busy looking down your shirt to come up with anything better, and he apologises, and offers to make it up to you with a... private... visit to the Really Big Gamesroom in the Sky.
I thought he was the All Knowing?

I cannot believe God would be so bold as to suggest that I want to join him in the Really Big Gamesroom in the Sky.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:07 PM
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It must be pointed out at this time that the Viz, despite being all-knowing, is still a male deity.



Women, ergo, are therefore still surrounded by a veil of mystery. And it's not just because of the confusing amounts of beer, either.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:07 PM
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I would like to challenge Viz to a beer-drinking contest in New York City, Mnem. Do you think you can arrange that?
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:09 PM
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Sweet. Vizz sounds just like a guy I knew. I liked him a lot, too.

Does he control the remote, too?
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:13 PM
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Originally posted by the supreme one singing baby love ooh ooh baby love

Do you know what you can do with that remote, man? I say, hook the big guy up.

Sure thing man. I gots a real cute cousin who can put both her feet behind her head and stick her whole fist in her mouth. And she got big ol' titties. Damn incest taboos! Family reunions are quite interesting around here.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:15 PM
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Demo, the Vizzinator will Vizzinate you. He has suggested that he inhabit my body in order to level the playing field as he drinks you blind. I will do my best to serve him, and offer to you this direct quote:

"I \/\/1ll 0\/\/nz00r j00, b!tc|-|!"

Jess, the Remote Control of the Fates (screw it, the RCF) is jealously guarded by the Viz, and loaned out to others very, very rarely, and only for the purposes of causing mayhem in the land of the mortals. It's not merely a channel changing experience, it's a lifestyle.

So in short, yes. He controls the remote. Always. Even when us prophets don't want to watch those stupid infomercials.

NoClueBoy, you have curried the favour of the Viz. Go forth, and use your new powers only for Havoc! oh, and to show off to chicks, too.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:22 PM
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Thou shalt not be unimpressed by just how much havoc I can and will cause. Blesed art thou and all the see thru blouses on cute chicks in the shopping malls.

Now, where can I get a tazer, some peanut butter flavored body gel, and a rhesus monkey...?
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:26 PM
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Oy, but even the Mighty Viz will bow down and surrender the RCF when I convince my feminine counterparts to lock down the goodies. IYKWIM - and I think you do.
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:36 PM
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Mnementh, please give God my warmest regards. And would you mind asking her who does her hair?
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Old 12-09-2002, 11:47 PM
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Mnem, I'll give ya a beer if you can convince God to give me a Ferrari...
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:10 AM
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NoClueBoy, you have RCF style powers. Find your own Rhesus Monkey, and prove your devotion to the Beergod.

Jess, Your threats will not work against a deity of such powers! The [sub]man, you smell good[/b] Viz cannot be but they're so soft.... cannot be pursuabut.. goodies!ed.. but.. I.. She... they..

The prophet thinks you've won.

Zoe, the Viz'z hair is regularly shaved off, military-style, by a midget circus bear who has been specially trained to live for that purpose and that purpose only. And you are thanked for your regards, although sacrifices of hard liquor are encouraged.

Monster, that'll take at least a six pack. Double your chances with a 24!
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:12 AM
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Vizzy thinks I'm green?!
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:13 AM
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The Viz demands it be known Ow, stop whipping me! that all typos and no, not the branding iron! coding errors are the sole responsibility I'll be better! I promise! of the Prophet through which they are IT BURNS! IT BURNS LIKE HYGIENE! spoken!
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:14 AM
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The Viz is working on his 45th beer for the hour, and is easily confused by small pictures and shiny objects. He apologises for his error, and notes that he "Looves yoo, mmmaaannnnn..."
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:20 AM
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Well, her hair looks divine anyway!







"Exit pursued by a midget circus bear" -- approximating Shakespeare in A Winter's Tale.
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:32 AM
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Originally posted by Mnementh

<snip>

Jess, Your threats will not work against a deity of such powers! The man, you smell good Viz cannot be but they're so soft.... cannot be pursuabut.. goodies!ed.. but.. I.. She... they..

The prophet thinks you've won.

<snip>
And because I'm a good woman, I promise not to say: "I told you so." - I'll just go file my nails and wait to be worshipped now.
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:44 AM
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"We apologise for the inconvenience".

--God's final message to all his creation
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:53 AM
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Another Prophet? In MY Thread?! That tears it!





My God can beat up YOUR God! So Nyah!
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Old 12-10-2002, 01:03 AM
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AbsolutelyStark: "Put on some clothes. Noone needs to see that."
But doesn't God see THROUGH clothes? So it shouldn't really make a difference to him.
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Old 12-10-2002, 01:07 AM
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Messages from God, brought to you by Mnementh

Message from God?

I thought he hath forsaken me.

Something about breaking a promise 20 years ago.


Some guys just can't get over old grudges.

meh.
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Old 12-10-2002, 02:20 AM
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I've always wondered what God would say to me if I could actually hear him. Here's my chance! So Mnen, what's he saying to me?
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Old 12-10-2002, 02:20 AM
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I've always wondered what God would say to me if I could actually hear him. Here's my chance! So Mnen, what's he saying to me?
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Old 12-10-2002, 02:21 AM
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Eep! Why do I double post in these kinds of threads all the time?
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Old 12-10-2002, 07:23 AM
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Oh, I want a message from Mnemprophet. Oh yes, I do!
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Old 12-10-2002, 07:24 AM
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What's my message from God?
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Old 12-10-2002, 07:54 AM
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Excuse me, Mnementh, sir?

I'm not looking for any earth-shattering pronouncements here. In fact, my request is rather petty, but I'm getting desperate.

If you get a chance, would you please ask the Big Guy where I put my keys?

Thanks.
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Old 12-10-2002, 08:34 AM
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I'm waiting.
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Old 12-10-2002, 08:48 AM
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You and me both Maeglin, what say we start making plans to overthrow the (false) prophet?
I'm sure I got a dead horse carcass around here somewhere...
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Old 12-10-2002, 09:02 AM
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Do I have a message? I want a message.
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Old 12-10-2002, 09:11 AM
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If you want a good, cheap massage, go see Suzie at the corner of 39th and Braun.


Oh, message... never mind.

Off to the mall with my new RCF style powers. Will report in detail later. See Genesis 2:25 for what I have in mind...
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Old 12-10-2002, 09:16 AM
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Well, may as well have it. What iis God trying to say to me through His prophet and servant?

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Old 12-10-2002, 09:23 AM
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*reads Genesis 2:25*

Quote:
The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Yikes.

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Old 12-10-2002, 12:00 PM
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AbsolutelyStark: He, in his Great Powers, can see through the clothing of women, but not men. He apologises heartily if He has mistaken your gender, and cites his current Hangover of Death as an excuse.

imthjckaz: His Hungoverness informs me that you may be thinking of a different Deity. If he has forsaken you, the Viz will be glad to take to on a drunken tirade to this other God's house, which we will then teepee, egg, and defile with burning dog offal in paper bags before we're caught laughing giddily in the bushes and arrested.

Good times...

Obsidian Butterfly: The Viz thinks that your constant double posting is a result of a need for attention. Then he kinda fell asleep and began mumbling incoherently, before starting up in the Gilded Lay-Z-Boy, screaming about THE RODENTS! OH, GOD, THE RODENTS!

..... You may want to try again later.

Mauvaise: The Beergod wants you to know that you are loved and that he is watching over you. Wherever you are, He has his eye on you. Inside, outside, when you're sleeping, in the shower, at night when you.. when.... To keep you safe, of course. Oh yes.

spooje, The Viz favours you, as your name sounds like a euphemism for semen, which he finds hilarious. Distract him with something shiny and he may grant you a wish. Just don't try to rub his bottle. Or for that matter, rub him anywhere.

Exgineer, did you check your shoes? That's where His keys often seem to turn up. The Viz believes this to be the work of deranged little key gnomes who live in shoes. This is why many of the Viz's shoes bear the scars of baseball bat beatings. I don't recommend that course of action, myself, but you never know.

Maeglin and Tir, The Viz fully endorses any planned attempts on his prophet's life or sanity, and will in fact help, as it'll get him a good laug... Hey, wait a minute!

arisu, we don't always get what we want. This is your message. Which, er, means you got what you wanted. But, for future reference, you may not get what you want. Except when you ask nicely, or bribe with beer, or assault the Prophet for the Viz's amusemen... Hey, now cut that out!

NoClueBoy, you have been found to be wise, and are hereby ordinated in the Church of High Drunkeness and Random Stupidity. Go forth and spread the Four Letter Word!

Flamsterette, the Viz says unto you the following:
"Your little F_X looks like a little face to me, and verily, it is amusing. Oh, and also, Genesis is the censored version. If you think that's bad, wait until I re-release the story of exactly how the world became so populated by only two people. In explicit detail!"
It's really a very interesting read, if you're into that kind of thing.

Finally, Prophet I may be, but I'm no servant! That's why we have the minions. More minions are needed, if anyone wants to volunteer. You get your own Not Quite Gilded, But Somewhat Jewel-Encrusted Lay-Z-Boy and all the alcohol and pizza you can put back, in exchange for an eternity of servitude and mockery. So who wants to sign up?
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:03 PM
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Maeglin and Tir, The Viz fully endorses any planned attempts on his prophet's life or sanity, and will in fact help, as it'll get him a good laug... Hey, wait a minute!
tee hee!

nah, maybe we had better keep you arround, I'm sure more than just me would miss the MnemBattyCam.

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