Paul Tuerpe, who didnt have a name and has no Wiki article, and that absolutely everything I know about the Goonies.
Least favorite name for a country’s unit of currency.
the Bhutan ngultrum - weirdest name anyway
least favorite doper name
Tokyobayer-mainly because (mainly thanks to HoneyBadgerDC I thought for the longest time his 2nd name there was also “badger”. When I finally noticed it just kept bugging me…
Least fave Dope thread.
Any thread where posters are treated with disrespect or contempt - I guess one can take their pick from the Pit (I generally don’t read it for that reason)
Least favorite Olympic event
Curling - it’s a classic example of a pastime that’s overregulated by committee. Must make certain the sliding surface is absolutely clear of all defects by having shavers smooth the ice before and after the rock passes. What’s next, applying iodine to the ice to keep glare from potentially blinding the spectators? Plus, it’s not exactly demanding of physical activity like all the other events. It’s just slow motion bowling.
least favorite “nanny nation” rule
“Nanny nation rule”?
Inspecting children’s lunchboxes to evaluate if food meets appropriate nutritional guidelines.
Least favorite novelty song
“Shaving Cream”
Least favorite Disney Princess
Cinderella. Seemed a bit more fatuous and superficial than more recent ones.
Least favorite Disney male hero.
Wall-E. I just never did see what everyone else loved about that movie.
Least favorite reality show judge.
Steven Tyler - Dude looks like an old ugly hag with unhinged jaws
least favorite pro sport team name
Washington Redskins. I’d better not have to explain why.
Least favorite pinball machine.
BTW, the first time I saw curling, I thought I was watching a spoof of the Olympics.
I think it was called Wotan - it had a spinning rubber disk in the middle of the play field that would sometimes send the ball straight down the middle. It was made to personally torment me!
least favorite video game premise/storyline
That was also called “Fireball” by Bally. Lousy machine; it had a lot of interesting concepts, like moving flippers that came closer together if you hit a target, a side return, and multiball 'way back in 1972, but there was so much chance and so little skill involved in beating the machine that it was an unpopular machine. (It’s now collectible like an Edsel.) Good answer.
I have no response for “least favorite video game premise,” because I don’t play the ones that don’t appeal to me within a few minutes, and then I forget about them.
Carry on.
OK, that’s right. Wotan and Odin were names of the gods released or something when you hit the right targets. Fireball was one of those machines that cost twice as much to play as the others and only gave you three balls, yet there was always somebody playing it.
There was always someone playing it? I guess by the time I was into pinball, it was an old machine, and mutiball and the side return weren’t novelty features. So I perceived Fireball as unpopular. There would be an occasional person who would get a lucky game the first time they played it, and then play it like crazy, convinced they were good at the game, before giving up after a couple of days. It was like a one-armed bandit. It was an ordinary five balls for a quarter game after the novelty wore off.
Is this thread now finished?
“Least favorite video game premise/storyline” is still in play.
I already killed the media train thread. I don’t want to kill another.
Least favorite video game premise/storyline: Finding and assembling a device to phone home.
Least favorite game console