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SolidusRaccoon
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It is a good exchange. A goth freak for a nice yummy shark.
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.
I'm with Mwalimu, I think she likes pro wrestling. Thelma is doing something she has always loved, is good at, and is making decent money in the fold. You can't beat that with a stick when it comes to esteem building. The fact that this is erasing her debt as well as any lingering connections with the contest is what I think is motivating Thelma to refuse Tuck.
Pride might also have something to do with it in another sense: pride wounded by Tuck. Though what he said may make sense and may never have been offered in belittlement of Thelma's abilities, the fact that he told her "come on home with us... we'll work something out..." just smacked of an "I'm here to rescue you" sentiment. She has "something worked out" and it is working pretty well at that. If she was going to run home, she would've already done so. She didn't call for her friends to come help her, they came to her on their own.
Pride might also have something to do with it in another sense: pride wounded by Tuck. Though what he said may make sense and may never have been offered in belittlement of Thelma's abilities, the fact that he told her "come on home with us... we'll work something out..." just smacked of an "I'm here to rescue you" sentiment. She has "something worked out" and it is working pretty well at that. If she was going to run home, she would've already done so. She didn't call for her friends to come help her, they came to her on their own.
"I don't know why, but watching 12-year old Japanese girls flinging their school uniforms at each other was wildly entertaining." - Azrael, Japanese Exchange Teacher.
Well they came because they were worried about her, and I think Tuck was feeling more guilt at inadvertantly getting her into this mess in the first place rather than "I'm here to rescue you".Andrick wrote:I'm with Mwalimu, I think she likes pro wrestling. Thelma is doing something she has always loved, is good at, and is making decent money in the fold. You can't beat that with a stick when it comes to esteem building. The fact that this is erasing her debt as well as any lingering connections with the contest is what I think is motivating Thelma to refuse Tuck.
Pride might also have something to do with it in another sense: pride wounded by Tuck. Though what he said may make sense and may never have been offered in belittlement of Thelma's abilities, the fact that he told her "come on home with us... we'll work something out..." just smacked of an "I'm here to rescue you" sentiment. She has "something worked out" and it is working pretty well at that. If she was going to run home, she would've already done so. She didn't call for her friends to come help her, they came to her on their own.
However, I do agree that she may just be havin' a ball doing this, AND she's makin' some bucks in the process.
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Fusion
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How about for Bid M?Sharuuk wrote:Chuck 'im outta da boat onna line and troll f'r da lawyers....errr sharks. 8)SolidusRaccoon wrote:Or use him to go fishing for sharks.
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I don't get it.
Frankly I am disappointed with a lot of you,...
Tossing Marty to the sharks?!!?
I thought you guys had more decency than that....
I mean, really, how many sharks really deserve that?
Solidus, would you REALLY want to eat the shark that ate Marty?
(Personally I found grilled Mako to be very tasty indeed!)
Besides, isn't there enough toxic waste in the oceans already?
Incinerators work much better in disposing that level of toxicity, although we may want to put on air purifiers afterwards, just in case.
(sorry folks, just couldn't resist =^^=)
Tossing Marty to the sharks?!!?
I thought you guys had more decency than that....
I mean, really, how many sharks really deserve that?
Solidus, would you REALLY want to eat the shark that ate Marty?
(Personally I found grilled Mako to be very tasty indeed!)
Besides, isn't there enough toxic waste in the oceans already?
Incinerators work much better in disposing that level of toxicity, although we may want to put on air purifiers afterwards, just in case.
(sorry folks, just couldn't resist =^^=)
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Either Thelma backs down on her insistence on continuing to wrestle, or the comic is due for some very major changes.
Considering the distance from where Thelma is to Malarkey county, either her relationship with Tuck ends, or becomes a long distance relationship (very much not a good thing), or he moves to the big city to be with her. (And if the wrestling moves from city to city, he'd have to travel to stay with her.)
None of these are changes that I would like to see.
Then again, Tuck could propose, and if Thelma accepts she would then be able to retire without feeling the shame and loss of pride that she would have if she were "dragged" home by her "rescuers".
Whatever happens, we are in for some very major changes. I just hope that Ralph remembers that he's going to break a lot of hearts if he breaks up Thelma and Tuck.
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Considering the distance from where Thelma is to Malarkey county, either her relationship with Tuck ends, or becomes a long distance relationship (very much not a good thing), or he moves to the big city to be with her. (And if the wrestling moves from city to city, he'd have to travel to stay with her.)
None of these are changes that I would like to see.
Then again, Tuck could propose, and if Thelma accepts she would then be able to retire without feeling the shame and loss of pride that she would have if she were "dragged" home by her "rescuers".
Whatever happens, we are in for some very major changes. I just hope that Ralph remembers that he's going to break a lot of hearts if he breaks up Thelma and Tuck.
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Good and valid points Tbolt.
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The Lurker Below wrote:Either Thelma backs down on her insistence on continuing to wrestle, or the comic is due for some very major changes.
Considering the distance from where Thelma is to Malarkey county, either her relationship with Tuck ends, or becomes a long distance relationship (very much not a good thing), or he moves to the big city to be with her. (And if the wrestling moves from city to city, he'd have to travel to stay with her.)
None of these are changes that I would like to see.
Then again, Tuck could propose, and if Thelma accepts she would then be able to retire without feeling the shame and loss of pride that she would have if she were "dragged" home by her "rescuers".
Whatever happens, we are in for some very major changes. I just hope that Ralph remembers that he's going to break a lot of hearts if he breaks up Thelma and Tuck.
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So why couldn't Thelma just simply want to stay until her debt is paid, THEN go home to/with Tuck? It hasn't been established how often she is wrestling, or exactly how much she makes per match. She could easily be making over $1000 a week. So she wouldn't be gone much more than three months at that rate. If her romance with Tuck has lasted as many years as it has, it surely can stand three months of separation.
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One of the early "Cat Who..." mysteries claimed you can get a really good red on pottery if you include human remains in the kiln's fire. Don't know the whole process, but it sounds like a way Marty could be useful for once in his life.Tbolt wrote:Incinerators work much better in disposing that level of toxicity, although we may want to put on air purifiers afterwards, just in case.
Earl McClaw invites you to visit Furryco and the DGL. (Avatar used with permission of Ralph Hayes, Jr.)
The 'red pottery' refrence comes from china, ages ago I think. A pot maker accidently screwed up the furnece he was using, and when he opened it the next day all of the pots glaze had turned this brillent red. The pieces were so unique that the emporer himself bought them, had them broken, and used them in rings. He then told the potter to make more.
The man tried and tried to repeate the process, but was unable. He finally gave up, and thru himself into the furnce, killing himself. The next day the pots had that same color.
Later they found that throwing ANY kind of living material (dead pig worked fine) could produce the same results. It comes from oxidation reduction reactions that pull the oxygen from the material that makes the glaze, and is quite easy to do nowdays. In Chem we used something as simple as a bucket full of wood chips, dumping the still hot piece into them and sealing it for several seconds.
Wow, chem suddenly became useful.
The man tried and tried to repeate the process, but was unable. He finally gave up, and thru himself into the furnce, killing himself. The next day the pots had that same color.
Later they found that throwing ANY kind of living material (dead pig worked fine) could produce the same results. It comes from oxidation reduction reactions that pull the oxygen from the material that makes the glaze, and is quite easy to do nowdays. In Chem we used something as simple as a bucket full of wood chips, dumping the still hot piece into them and sealing it for several seconds.
Wow, chem suddenly became useful.
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SolidusRaccoon
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Use Marty for live dissection?
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.
Don't forget Marge; she's just as culpable as Marty and doesn't deserve the free pass you guys seem to be giving her.
However, forget Marge, forget Marty, forget the director, forget all of them because their part of the story is done. In case several of you haven't noticed, Marty hasn't been around since April 23rd and the others have been absent even longer. Yet Marty keeps coming up in threads about comics which have nothing to do with Marty (four threads by my count after 23Apr). You guys are burying the discussions about current comic events rehashing old empowerment fantasies.
There are at least five other threads for you blood-lusters to continue with the "let's kill Marty" parade without stomping on new threads. Heck, why not just create a thread "the Let's Kill Marty Posse" and use that to go to Murder Town, population you guys. At least give some consideration for the rest of us.
However, forget Marge, forget Marty, forget the director, forget all of them because their part of the story is done. In case several of you haven't noticed, Marty hasn't been around since April 23rd and the others have been absent even longer. Yet Marty keeps coming up in threads about comics which have nothing to do with Marty (four threads by my count after 23Apr). You guys are burying the discussions about current comic events rehashing old empowerment fantasies.
There are at least five other threads for you blood-lusters to continue with the "let's kill Marty" parade without stomping on new threads. Heck, why not just create a thread "the Let's Kill Marty Posse" and use that to go to Murder Town, population you guys. At least give some consideration for the rest of us.
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Militant pacifist... No, someone who's tired of seeing this crap pop up in NEW FRICKIN' THREADS ABOUT NEW COMICS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MARTY! I am sick of it. The fact that it is still going, three weeks afterwards...
You know, I and a few others were a part of this forum when Gus pulled his party stunt on BeeBee and Nip. When that was done, the forum moved on with their conversations. What Gus did was far worse than what Marty did. What Gus could have done would have been worse than what Marty could have done. Gus was drunk and not taking "no" for an answer from BeeBee. The threads dealing with random empty threats of violence against Gus ended with the disappearance of Gus into an ambulance (whoah, deja vu). Afterwards we talked about the main characters, what happened to, and what that means for, them. Between Random George and you, Ralph, was a great telling of why things happened the way they did, to explain why certain characters acted in the manner they had.
Take a look at this thread Ralph; read it from the beginning. There are two different conversations going on here. Which one of these conversations is on topic? If someone did this to you when you were having a conversation, wouldn't you consider it rude and disrespectful? I do. As I pointed out, there are other threads where the topic is specifically about laying the hurt on Marty. Why would they need to go to new thread just to continue old conversations in old threads?
Pardon me if I seem uptight simply because I want to talk to your fans, talking about your story and trying to reason why your characters are doing what you have them doing. It's just that I tend to get upset when the Kill Marty chorus doesn't stop. Having a pair of the choir boyz swapping ethnic slurs and talking about bashing little old ladies with baseball bats to keep them quiet doesn't do anything for my "upitty" mood, either. The Beavis and Butthead routine just doesn't belong in this thread, just like it doesn't belong in the others I pointed out.
I'm not telling them to shut up. I'm saying, "take it where it belongs." Am I wrong in this? Am I just being obtuse in finding nothing of merit or mirth in those Marty-bashing posts weeks after his character exited the stage? I don't think what I'm asking is unreasonable.
You know, I and a few others were a part of this forum when Gus pulled his party stunt on BeeBee and Nip. When that was done, the forum moved on with their conversations. What Gus did was far worse than what Marty did. What Gus could have done would have been worse than what Marty could have done. Gus was drunk and not taking "no" for an answer from BeeBee. The threads dealing with random empty threats of violence against Gus ended with the disappearance of Gus into an ambulance (whoah, deja vu). Afterwards we talked about the main characters, what happened to, and what that means for, them. Between Random George and you, Ralph, was a great telling of why things happened the way they did, to explain why certain characters acted in the manner they had.
Take a look at this thread Ralph; read it from the beginning. There are two different conversations going on here. Which one of these conversations is on topic? If someone did this to you when you were having a conversation, wouldn't you consider it rude and disrespectful? I do. As I pointed out, there are other threads where the topic is specifically about laying the hurt on Marty. Why would they need to go to new thread just to continue old conversations in old threads?
Pardon me if I seem uptight simply because I want to talk to your fans, talking about your story and trying to reason why your characters are doing what you have them doing. It's just that I tend to get upset when the Kill Marty chorus doesn't stop. Having a pair of the choir boyz swapping ethnic slurs and talking about bashing little old ladies with baseball bats to keep them quiet doesn't do anything for my "upitty" mood, either. The Beavis and Butthead routine just doesn't belong in this thread, just like it doesn't belong in the others I pointed out.
I'm not telling them to shut up. I'm saying, "take it where it belongs." Am I wrong in this? Am I just being obtuse in finding nothing of merit or mirth in those Marty-bashing posts weeks after his character exited the stage? I don't think what I'm asking is unreasonable.
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Sign in a colonoscopy exam room: "Relax Friend, It'll Go Easier".
Or to use another expression,
"You're making an awful lot of soup out of one small bone."
You're making a diatribe out of one small papoose.
Or to use another expression,
"You're making an awful lot of soup out of one small bone."
You're making a diatribe out of one small papoose.
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That happens all the time in forums (and the media, USA, World). Can we move on like that little incedent didn't happen?labrusca wrote: "You're making an awful lot of soup out of one small bone."
"Heh, sometimes talking to yourself is the only way to get an intelligent conversation..."--Tbolt
"I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!"--Edgar Allen Poe
"I just had an argument with myself, so now we're not talking."--me
"We are the salt of the earth, not the powdered sugar."--R.H. Jr.
"I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!"--Edgar Allen Poe
"I just had an argument with myself, so now we're not talking."--me
"We are the salt of the earth, not the powdered sugar."--R.H. Jr.