OK, I have every intention of starting this but little of finishing it. I think it verges on stupid but maybe someone wittier than I can dress it up a bit and make it something truly special.
Note to mods : this post does in no way condone sock puppets.
Ahem.
…One Sock to rule them all, one Sock to find them
One Sock to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Synopsis:
Our story centers around a quiet Member, frodwino, who inhabits the forum of GD in the Board of Straight Dope. frodwino’s uncle, a Member of reknown by the name of bildwino, who had been on a legendary posting streak in years past which had won him acclaim throughout GD. During this posting streak, he had acquired, through no fault of his own, a sock puppet. Amazingly, the few times he had used this Sock, it always caused debates to be shifted to his point of view. Of course, the Sock remained a secret to all but his closest friends.
One of these friends was the wise Administrator Zotti the Grey. Zotti took interest in this Sock and researched its origins. bildwino in the meantime grew old and resolved to take a hiatus from GD posting. With the encouragement of Zotti, bildwino left the Sock in the care of his nephew, frodwino. Zotti revealed to them that this was the One Sock of Power, created in older times by the evil Lord of Trolls, Serlon.
Serlon had been rising to power, and rumors of his evil grasp had percolated even to the quiet forum of GD. Zotti proposed that Serlon was extending his reach to try and recover his Sock in order to cement his hold of power over the Board of SD.
Our story focuses on frodwino and his friends on a quest to destroy the Sock by casting it into the flames from which it was forged, the undying fires of the BBQ Pit. Led by Zotti the Grey, they must traverse the wild fora of GQ, IMHO, CS, CSR, and CCC, finding friends and fighting enemies along the way. frodwino must resist the evil grasp of Serlon and his Troll Minions and he must not cave to the potent lure of using the Sock for his own benefit. To accomplish the goal, he will have members of all the Races of the Boards accompanying him – the beautiful, never tiring Moderators and the fierce but tenderhearted Newbies.
This is the story of the assembly of the Fellowship of the Sock and their travels through the Boards of SD in order to accomplish this impossible mission.
Any takers?