1920s Style Death-Ray?

[guizot]

Why did they ban Dogface, anyway? Did they catch him carrying a concealed…you-know-what?

[zhlf210]

Thread originator checking! This one ran for ages - it’s my proudest achievement in life so far

[Annie-Xmas]

@Dignan

The Rio by Duran Duran joke is from a thread requesting help naming an 80’s song. Within the span of something like 3 minutes there were a bunch of responses with the same answer of Rio by Duran Duran.

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That’s Rio by Duran Duran

[Sage_Rat]

There is actually a reference of running joke backgrounds on the teeming millions homepage. …though I had to resort to wikipedia to get a definition for “felching.”

[CynicalGabe]

@Sage Rat

There is actually a reference of running joke backgrounds on the teeming millions homepage. …though I had to resort to wikipedia to get a definition for “felching.”

I hope you were somewhat prepared for the answer

[hawkeyejo]

@CynicalGabe

I hope you were somewhat prepared for the answer

The first result on searching ‘felching’ on Google gives a fairly good idea of what it means. And its not family friendly or work safe (in case you have people peering over your shoulder).

Gadzooks :rolleyes:

[Pushkin]

@etmiller

Why did they ban Dogface, anyway? Did they catch him carrying a concealed…you-know-what?

I felt compelled to check myself, he seemed to be involved in some dubious threads, a “some third worlders are animals” Pit thread for one :dubious:

[hawkeyejo]

@Pushkin

I felt compelled to check myself, he seemed to be involved in some dubious threads, a “some third worlders are animals” Pit thread for one :dubious:

Of course we are. I am a ferocious tiger myself.

But I transmogrified into a Grizzly when I came here, albeit a thin emaciated one.

Watch out, the Grizzell is on the prowl. :mad:

[Sage_Rat]

@CynicalGabe

I hope you were somewhat prepared for the answer

Actually I was a bit underwhelmed. The technical word for anal insertion of a lightbulb gone wrong–that is, “Anal Pulp”–has stayed with me longer.

[The_Weird_One]

Can someone PLEASE explain “Hi Opal!” to me? I did a search for the term and checked out the earliest coupla threads in which it appeared (the first instance seemed to be a newbie greeting OpalCat), but I fail to understand why/how it caught on as a catchphrase. Maybe I missed something?

[Skywatcher]

“Hi, Opal!” dates back to our days as an AOL board.

http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/injokes.html
Here it is from the horse’s mouth. I learned way back in elementary school that if you only had two items, you should just use “and” rather than making a list. Two items does not a list make. It’s often desireable to have a list anyway, however, so I was in the habit of making lists like this:

I have all sorts of movie formats!

1. VHS
2. DVD
3. well, it’s just those, actually… but it isn’t a list without three items.

After a while, people would make lists of two items and put in 3) Nothing really, but Opal doesn’t like 2-item lists
From there it was only a matter of time before people just gave a nodding “hi Opal” in the number 3 spot. It got corrupted along the line somewhere and people started using it even in lists that were longer than two items. It’s been going on since 1996 or 1997 and it hasn’t shown any signs of going away yet. I fully expect that my gravestone will say “Here lies OpalCat, 1. Loving wife 2. Devoted mother 3. Hi Opal!” [explained by OpalCat]

[The_Weird_One]

@Lute Skywatcher

“Hi, Opal!” dates back to our days as an AOL board.

veil lifting

Ahhh! Thankyouverymuch.

[hawkeyejo]

@Sage Rat

Actually I was a bit underwhelmed. The technical word for anal insertion of a lightbulb gone wrong–that is, “Anal Pulp”–has stayed with me longer.

This is a whoosh, right? And if it is, would you call it Pulp Fiction?

HA! I used an inside reference. And my asshole has a thousand watt shine .

[Pushkin]

I must ask, since we’re asking these sorts of questions, how does one become “whooshed”?

[carnivorousplant]

@Pushkin

I must ask, since we’re asking these sorts of questions, how does one become “whooshed”?

One is told a falsehood and believes it.

[Pushkin]

Ah, now I read what it means on the teeming millions injoke page :rolleyes:

Does that mean I’ve whooshed myself? Or did I get it wrong again and that was a self-whooshing? Or does the self-doubt constitute the actual whooshing?

[Anastasaeon]

You may enjoy this thread in ATMB:

Glossary of SDMB Terms

[Pushkin]

From this thread I have learnt;

1.) What it means to be whooshed

2.) Felching is ewwwwwww! :eek:

3.) Opalcat is a fellow fan of Jethro Tull (see, no hi!)

[carnivorousplant]

@Pushkin

Does that mean I’ve whooshed myself? Or did I get it wrong again and that was a self-whooshing? Or does the self-doubt constitute the actual whooshing?

I…would you repeat the question?

[hawkeyejo]

@Pushkin

Does that mean I’ve whooshed myself? Or did I get it wrong again and that was a self-whooshing? Or does the self-doubt constitute the actual whooshing?

There, there. Calm down now, everything’s going to be alright. Just close your eyes and count to ten…