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Old 04-18-2002, 01:34 PM
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...I feel bad that I haven't been categorized...
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Old 04-18-2002, 01:43 PM
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After six pages, no-one nominated me;

Enola Straight

For the word-play category?
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Old 04-18-2002, 02:11 PM
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Category 45:
Household Appliances

Toaster
Chrome Toaster
Toaster52

Or, howzabout
New Category:
Metallics

Chrome Toaster
Chrome Spot



For the record, I can occasionally be found in the Burning Hot category, too...
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Old 04-18-2002, 02:12 PM
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Originally posted by Doubting Robert
It's been too long since I read my Adam's books - is Hoopy Frood a specific character or just a descriptive phrase, like "cool guy"?
From Chapter 3 of THHGTHG:

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What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Hence a phrase which has passed into hitch hiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)
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Old 04-18-2002, 02:18 PM
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I have just seen hazel-rah's name as one of the posters in another thread, so we can take the question mark off her name. (However, I can't swear that we have the capitalization or puctuation (- or _) correct.)

Okay, now I feel really stupid. We got hazel-rah's name right, but that should have been easy - she already posted to this thread!

And we have been leaving her out of her other categories, I think.
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Old 04-18-2002, 02:38 PM
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I'd create a new category called "Marx Bros References", and add

RTFirefly
Why A Duck


(I'm certain of the first, and less so of the second).

In the proto-category of Tolkien References,

Fingolfin

and me in #28 (intiials plus YOB). (I need a cleverer handle.)
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Old 04-18-2002, 03:26 PM
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Am I just dumb, or do I really not have anything in common with anyone on the board, screen-name-wise? Do we have a Pale, a Fess, maybe a Baton Sinister? Cross-crosslet? Flaunches? Chief Engrailed (hey, that's a good one)? Tressure Flory-Counterflory? Why do they call these things 'ordinaries' anyway?

I guess I'm in Category 29. That's OK, it seems like a pretty elite group.

Sorry if I confused anyone. Heraldry rants can be sorta esoteric. Just be glad I reined myself in when I did.
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Old 04-19-2002, 01:48 AM
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Are there any other subatomic particles out there?

How about anyone else who wants to spend Spring Break at Wally World?
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Old 04-19-2002, 04:50 PM
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Saltire, you could go in foods, or a new category Car Parts.

Well Quark W. Griswold you must belong to a new category, too. Subatomic Particles.
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Old 04-19-2002, 08:16 PM
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I believe that I would be a catyegory 29 as well:

category 29: names that don't fit into a catergory[*]psychogumby[*]mancunian
flodnak
tranquilis
Saltire
lawoot


there was someone else on, like, the fourth page or so who also claimed to be a 29 - don't remember who it was, though.
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Old 04-19-2002, 08:21 PM
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Found it!

category 29: names that don't fit into a category[*]psychogumby[*]mancunian
flodnak
tranquilis
Saltire
lawoot
Nymaz

Also, my brother would be a 28 (derived from real life names:

tpayne
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Old 04-19-2002, 08:24 PM
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Add to Potential Super Heros:

The Great Zamboni
I was hoping I would get into this category!
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Old 04-20-2002, 12:07 AM
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Another for the bear/ursine category:
Don't poke the bear, dad!
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Old 04-21-2002, 04:54 PM
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Science
The Bad Astronomer
Quark W. Griswold
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Old 04-21-2002, 05:02 PM
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Category 28: Derived from RL names


Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor
bouv
waterj2
matt_mcl
David B
Lynn Bodoni
John Corrado
BooBoo316
dono
cmkeller
Eve
Osiris
Gartog
Jill Gat
Ellen
tomndeb
justinh
Gartog
Diane
Strainger
WeirdDave
Ed Zotti
Jodi
JimB
Kyla
KelliBelli
pldennison
Deb2World
Zette
Francesca
Alex B
Kinsey
MGibson
PhiloVance
Rico
jayjay
Brynda
Doubting Robert
HerMajestyLorna
stv
Rysdad
DynoSaur

hrm...I guess I could go in "Wordplay", too...
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Old 07-16-2002, 03:34 PM
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Category N: Death-type things

gallowsfodder
thegrimspectreofreddeath
throatshot
Speaker for the Dead
threadkiller
Max Carnage

(ironically bringing this thread back to life)
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Old 07-16-2002, 07:34 PM
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Add me to Colors, Literary Characters, and Numbers.

The Evil Ones:

evilbeth
scott evil
Jeremy's Evil Twin

More Colors:
Scarlett67
Redboss
Ivorybill
Violet
kittenblue
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Old 07-16-2002, 10:12 PM
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I suppose I always jump on the bandwagon a little too late. Oh well.
I could go in Burnin' Hot, Feline, or my category that I hope is new - Mental Conditions. (Pyro)
Make me feel better by adding some to the Mental Conditions category people. I noticed a couple psychos out there.
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Old 07-16-2002, 10:58 PM
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I have no idea where I go, perhaps a new category "String of words" or perhaps "derived from literary sub genre"?
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Old 07-16-2002, 11:37 PM
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Shouldn't Douglas Adams, Tolkien, Fantasy and Sci-fi all just be sub categories of Literary like the dieties category? I think it'll make things easier...

category 29: names that don't fit into a category
psychogumby
flodnak
tranquilis
Saltire
lawoot
Nymaz [*] zephonith
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Old 07-17-2002, 01:06 AM
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Category 3: Sci Fi


Zaphrod Beeblebrox
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor
dentarthurdent
Mnementh
Qadgop the Mercotan
Psi Cop
John Carter
Tars Tarkas
Dal Timgar
Speaker for the Dead
Enderw24
ObiWan
Hoopy Frood
[*]Xan
[*]Wearia


Yay! I belong!
Is it just me or is this game getting hard?
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Old 07-17-2002, 10:59 AM
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Where would I go?

Possibly at the bar? My name is in reference to Pink Champagne.
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Old 07-17-2002, 11:14 PM
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Category 28: Doper names that stem from the doper's real name
bouv
waterj2
matt_mcl
David B
Lynn Bodoni
John Corrado
BooBoo316
dono
cmkeller
Eve
Osiris
Jill Gat
Gartog
Jomo Mojo

Category 47: African[*]Anubis[*]ISIS
[*]Jomo Mojo[*]Osiris

Category 48: Names with O as the only vowel[*]BooBoo316[*]C3PO[*]Chronos[*]dono
[*]Jomo Mojo[*]Mojo[*]Mojo Jojo[*]Mona Lott[*]Otto[*]Phobos[*]Pollo Boyo[*]Thor
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Old 07-18-2002, 09:42 PM
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Don't forget meeeeee!

Category Wordplay:
Shame's Joys

Category Literary Figures:
Shame's Joys
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