# Fenris, I have a task for you - or - SDMB Smackdown! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617 "2002-04-25T19:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/1 "2002-04-25T19:54:47Z")
I charge you to create a “SDMB Smackdown” play-by-play among the following tag-team foursome: **LongRoad** , **Tarkus** , **POWER\_station** and **Omnipresent**. Each is worthy of their own Pit thread, obviously, but I’m lacking the energy. Be a good lad and hop to it, alright? Thanks ever so. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/2 "2002-04-25T20:00:01Z")
Since when did **Fenris** become your bitch? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/3 "2002-04-25T20:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\*Since when did **Fenris** become your bitch? 😉 \*\* Since when did you become **Fenris’** advocate? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/4 "2002-04-25T20:20:43Z")
This is Tars Tarkas? What did he do? Granted I’ve only seen him post in the cafe… ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/5 "2002-04-25T20:44:02Z")
**Tar Tarkas** and **Tarkus** are different posters with distressingly similar names. An example of Tarkus: [Will Rap music EVER go away?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=110350) ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/6 "2002-04-25T21:04:54Z")
Can we add Du\_Hast to the list??? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/7 "2002-04-25T21:26:40Z")
Perhaps he can be one of those last-minute, not-on-the-roster, oh-my-god-he’s-getting-into-the-ring guys. Work on it, **Fenris**. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/8 "2002-04-25T21:56:34Z")
Cites? Links? An anecdotal example of your whinge? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/9 "2002-04-25T22:23:30Z")
How about **JanL** , **the\_great\_dalmuti** and **Komosol**? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/10 "2002-04-25T23:44:38Z")
A wrestling piece? Feh, this is up MY alley. I used to write fictional wrestling pieces twice a week… Fenris wouldn’t know a Bulldog from a Spinebuster. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/11 "2002-04-25T23:56:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*This is Tars Tarkas? What did he do? > > Granted I’ve only seen him post in the cafe… \*\* Hey, i didn’t do nuthin’!! (Well, there was that one time, with the fire, and the explosions, and the screaming, and the monkeys, and the floating gas-cloud of death, and the noodles, but i apologized!!!) And i am no relation to **Tarkus** , though his name sounds like he’s my illegitament son or something (must have been that night at the Helium Cafe, Barsoomian drinks are rather potent) ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/12 "2002-04-26T01:01:08Z")
The floating gas-cloud of death? Now, son, you know what your father and I have told you about eating dairy products… 😉 ::Settling in to wait for **Fenris**. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/13 "2002-04-26T01:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\* > > Hey, i didn’t do nuthin’!! > (Well, there was that one time, with the fire, and the explosions, and the screaming, and the monkeys, and the floating gas-cloud of death, and the noodles, but i apologized!!!) > > And i am no relation to **Tarkus** , though his name sounds like he’s my illegitament son or something (must have been that night at the Helium Cafe, Barsoomian drinks are rather potent) \*\* I didn’t THINK I’d seen you do anything pit worthy. But I’ve got my eye on you, you damn martian… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/14 "2002-04-26T10:08:48Z")
[**Tarkus**](http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/elp-tark.html) ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/15 "2002-04-26T10:25:22Z")
While you’re at it **Fenris** , mine’s a tea with a little milk and no sugar. And bring the _chocolate_ biscuits this time, you useless lump. pan ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/16 "2002-04-26T10:30:26Z")
Like Brain Salad…, Tarkus is an unbalanced [soul]; one side is great, the other is rather sketchy!! Dijon, is this really a description of the SDMB Tarkus??? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/17 "2002-04-26T10:30:35Z")
Fenris is on strike, so they hired me to fill in. However, according to my contract it’s time for my lunch break, so you’ll have to wait. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/18 "2002-04-26T10:39:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kambuckta \* > \*\*Like Brain Salad…, Tarkus is an unbalanced [soul]; one side is great, the other is rather sketchy!! > > Dijon, is this really a description of the SDMB Tarkus??? \*\* Splunge. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/19 "2002-04-26T11:31:18Z")
I would imagine a match between the esteemed intellectuals mentioned in the OP as equivalent to a Hogan-Sid-Nash-Tugboat “dog doo on a pole” Scaffold match booked by Vince Russo. Don’t worry, Wrestling fans will get it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617/20 "2002-04-26T11:52:13Z")
Fennie on strike? I thought he was just on vacation? If he really is on strike I’m going to stop picking up his mail and mowing his lawn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-i-have-a-task-for-you-or-sdmb-smackdown/105617.md?page=2)