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And now, just to tighten the concentric spirals of inter-topic referencing and in an effort to further the evolution of the Uber Enigma (a post that will be completely illegible to anyone who has not read every single topic and reply on this entire board), I offer you this:<P>Five Possible Reasons for the Eternal Misspelling of Guth (no 'n').<P>5. In an effort to keep his private life safe from invasion, Guth developed an advanced prototype of the B-Mod device, inserting an untraceable compulsion to add the letter 'n' to his name when speaking, writing or typing into every brain on the planet. Thus, people seeking information on 'Gunth' will never be able to broach his inner sanctum.<P>4. Obscure internet treaties require at least one misspelling in every public posting, for reasons pertaining to global warming, terrorism, and the health of the economy in Greblewize, Switzerland (where the true rulers of the world reside in an underground base constructed solely from single slices of Kraft American Cheese, rubber cement, and the nasal bones of their enemies (no other bones, just the nasal ones)). Most of the time, posting boards have an advanced randomization factor in their code, insuring that the misspellings are scattered and in no decernable pattern. Keenspace's board code, however, was purchased out of the back of a truck for half a case of Dog Sweat Beer on a five inch floppy in a dark alley from a three-fingered man who smelled of tuna fish and nachoes wearing an 'I'm With Stupid' shirt, so it only allows for one misspelling... and 'Gunth' is it.<P>3. To give Rosco another item to add to his 'Why Top Tens Stink' list (11. No one can spell a bloody thing! Not even the characters' names!!)<P>2. The letter 'n' has been trying to boost it's popularity (it was really pissed when it got passed over for the Webies last season in favor of the letters 'p,' 'r,' and the number 'squijillion'), and bought off all the Fans! readers.<P>1. There's actually a perfectly simple explination. 37, because accordians never fall in love with purple elephants.<P>What do you think, sirs?<P>-Wish
Working part time for Our Lady of Indefatiguable Self-References. (Who says Postmodernism is dead?)<P>

Wish,
Another possibility is that the Atlanta Scrabbler changed the spelling in order to win a triple word score with a five letter word instead of a four letter one.

I think we need a seperate thread just for people to post their Top-N (Where N is a positive integer) lists. As such, I volunteer... this thread. And now, without adoer furth, <P>Top Ten Reasons why Gunth has to be more then he seems.<P>10: Gunth is the only member of the Faans who COULD have been one of the three cultists.<P>9: Gunth is the only member of the Faans we've linked to the 23 sider of power as a point of origin. <P>8: Gunth has NEVER (to the best of my knowledge) been at a battle scene yet. Why? He's obviously saving himself for something big.<P>7: Gunth is able to tolerate Tim. This is an AMAZING power. I still have trouble believing it.<P>6: Gunth is aware of the strength of enemy forces without even seeing them.<P>5: Gunth was the one who figured out Thack's B-Mod reciever chip, AND was able to transmit the trivia file without being mesmerized. (Note, even Shanna had to shield herself from the onslaught of data)<P>5: The law of fives. (Note: The law of fives came about when someone offered it as an excuse for why I had two item number fives in a thread. I don't drop stuff like that easy.)<P>4: Gunth looks too much like Thack to be a coincidence.<P>3: None of the Fans ever seem surprised that Gunth is or isn't there. In fact, when he's not there, he's rarely mentioned.<P>2: Gunth is the only member of the Fans to regularly wear glasses.<P>1: Gunth follows the Bobba Fett formula for popularity. (Appear only a few times, have cool stuff, never wear an easily activated rocket pack.)

#2 doesn't hold up, because Katherine wears glasses. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> As a replacement, I offer...<P>2. He's the only Fan to get his name mispronounced in virtually every post about him. ("Rumi" is pronounced the same as "Rumy," but the n isn't silent in "Gunth." <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>Teasing as usual, Nod...

Very good Nodrog. Just one small detail:<P>So far as I can tell (and it took me ages to find mention of his NAME), the skinny geek with the glasses is called Guth (as in Guthrie, I assume), not Gunth. (see: <A HREF="http://www.faans.com/d/20001121.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.faans.com/d/20001121.html</A> )<P>Other than that, great list.<P>

You're right, I goofed up twice, once misspelling Guth's name (which is spelled too much like Goth for my comfort... possible Alisin and Guth connection there?) and that Guth was the only fan to wear glasses. (Kath does, too... they're just not as big. Hmmm, is Gu(n)th overcompensating for something?)<P>I'm not afraid to admit I'm wrong, which is one of the...<P>FIVE REASONS WHY NODROG (and not Wish or any of the other claiments) DESERVES TO KEEP THE WEIRDEST HYPERMAN THEORIZER CROWN FOREVER!<P>5) The law of fives.<P>4) He's not afraid to make mistakes.<P>3) He's not afriad to admit to making mistakes.<P>2) Not only has Nodrog yet to drop the law of fives, he has yet to drop that whole "Miller knew Alisin knew Miller couldn't drink blood" thing.<P>1) Nodrog had actually postulated that Lance + 23 sider of power = Hyperman BEFORE we saw it in the comic book.<P><P>------------------
Nodrog Skrap
"Brilliant, nervous, skittish; but he's all right as long as his medications are adjusted properly" - Emperor Gregor, The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold
EB&O Science Officer
Satelite of Fans
Geosynchronous Orbit
Earth, Sol, Milkyway galaxy<P>Current favorite FANS line: "Now, now, Alisin, that's not respectful. For IMPORTANT bad guys, you should spread your fingers to make a bigger splash, like so."<P>Favorite piece of dialogue: "I AM coming along to cover this suicide run of yours." "No problem, Shanna... as long as you're objective" "Was that sarcasm?" "...I'm not sure."<P>Favorite panel: Next to last panel, page <A HREF="http://www.faans.com/d/20001129.html<P>Favorite" TARGET=_blank>http://www.faans.com/d/20001129.html<P>Favorite</A> panel with dialogue: Second panel, page 18 "You're... Everything you're doing... makes so much sense..." "Really?" "Here's your brick!"<P>Personal quote: "He knew she knew he couldn't drink non-blood drinks!"

See, now that the coding error has been exposed, the Keenspace admin had to go in and change the one words to something else and... heck.. Blame it on a sticky school lab keyboard. Sorry, RoscoE Matheu. Matieu. Matheuw. Mathru. Mathskew. Mathman. Oh WHATEVER!!! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"><P>-Wish
Looking for a new spell checker. Preferably something in a nice green.

pluz, lots uv ush writ at 3 in an a.m, when relly tired and posisblie medisimicated. <P>So gif uz tired ssstudanz a brek, captian speling mager.<P>Ex animo,
m.d

I read the thread today, oh boy...

OK.<P>Top Ten Responses to the above messages in order so I can be contributing AND have a list.<P>10. Guth is the man no matter why, good to see a list about him.
9.T seems to be willing to mispell as well (Nod is not pronounced as Nodrog).
8.Czhorat, don't you remember when T specifically asked us if we could remember where Guth was? It was on the old board near the beginning of Loving the Alien. It's as if T WANTED us to start theorizing with him!
7.We need to come up with a theoretical background explanation for the law of fives.
6. That's why I start with number one and ten and fill the rest in. "Actually useful" eh? What exactly is "actually useful" here? A bit of suggested lit maybe but what does it matter MAAAAAAAAN? An interesting paradox, you hate them because they're not written by you, yet you have written one. If in writing the list you ceased to hate them for this reason, you would have no purpose to write the list. Having no purpose to write the list it would go unwritten, leaving you without a TT list written and thus, hating TT lists because they are not written by you...prompting you to write this list.....
5.Whoohoo! The thread will be utterly conquered by me an a handful of others!!! I thought number one was because Ice cream has no bones. Or vests have no sleaves. Or red isn't a number.
4.Triple word score rules! My aunt Patsy was a scrabble junky. She had a special edition turning board and like 4 special dictionaries!
3.Wel DUHHHHH! that's the point! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
2.Mathman!!! He was cool but I watched the show for Mathnet. "The stories are fake, but the problems are real.
1. I'm so tired I can't even sig originally! That's right blondlot!<P>Top ten reasons I'm not asleep yet<P>10.The 23- sider told me to.
9.I needed to give Roscoe something to complain about other than mispellings.
8.I hadta make sure I got all the lists marked down on my page.
7.I had to use the bathroom.
6.Because I just got really into the theme of VH1's Insomniac theater and am trying to be more "in character"
5.The law of fives of course
4.See above, number 9 especially (because Paul's the walrus)
3.I forgot to brush my teeth when I was in th bathroom.........<P>2.Because I don't care that much about my US Government test in the morning.
1.This list was my original idea and I'll be darned if I'm going to let an original idea wait!<P>That's it, I'm going to bed.
Tom the Fanboy<P>
edit:ACK! what happened to my precious list!!! I'll take some time to update it soon. There/.....done.<P>[This message has been edited by Tom the Fanboy (edited 02-27-2001).]<p>[This message has been edited by Tom the Fanboy (edited 02-27-2001).]

As per the request of many, I've moved my top ten list here. Happy now?!?<P>Jeeze, some people...<P>Top Ten Reasons Why You Should All Bow Down Before Me!<P>10. I Drew Alisin in tight, shiny leather, fulfilling many a poster's dream (you know who you are...)
9. When I first met T at the first Animazement, I gave him an extra dollar for Faans #1.
8. I put a Dragonball Z costume in Will's room in today's strip (Feb 26). So there!
7. I am First Fan among you, as proclaimed by Tom the Fanboy in a post from a few months ago!
6. I've been in this damn industry for 7 frikkin' years!!! Where's the props????
5. I am named after a god! And, yes, it's my real name.
4. I was able to watch Heavy Metal 2 and walk away with no brain damage.
3. I get to draw Rumi in her natural state: manga style all the way, baby!
2. I know how the story ends!
1. I know who/what Gunth is.....!!
One or more of these may be false. Please feel free to comment/ridicule/cajole me now. Have fun!<P>Thor
Man, I'm pretty... <P>

No, and I'll tell you the....<P>Top 10 reasons why Nodrog isn't happy.<P>10: Virtualy no chance of winning a publicly aclaimed award for his VS thread.
9: Only one or two people beside Nodrog have written more of the VS story.
8: None of those have done it very recently.
7: Not enough panty shots of Rumy, despite the numerous recent oppurtunities.
6: Nodrog has yet to be proclaimed perpetual wearer of the Weirdest Hyperman Theorizer crown.
5: The law of fives just isn't that funny anymore.
4: IC trapped aboard the Satelite of Fans, and OOC wishing he was trapped aboard the Satelite of Fans.
3: Nodrog has yet to be showered with the praise and money he feels he deserves.
2: T claims that whole 'He knew that she knew' panel was a mistake on his part, and not elaborate foreshadowing on the part of Alisin's charachter. <P>And, the number one reason Nodrog isn't happy:<P>1: Nodrog suspects that this thread is going to further devolve into a bunch of petty, personal lists like this one.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Roscoe Mathieu:
<B>What exactly is the SOF?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Our Frustrated Flying Friend is right. The SOF is the Satellite of Fans, the setting for the MiSTings by Nodrog, Tom the Fanboy, and assorted others. There's a thread of them someplace around here. So far I think they've done Star Wars ep IV

Top Five Reasons Why Guth Would Beat Will in A Fight<P>5. He's small, but he's wiry
4. He has superhuman... skin. I don't know!
3. TI-82s are pretty heavy, and when
swung, are jock killing maces+2
2. Guth could just grab a dress and wig ahead of time.
1. Eye lasers. Oh c'mon, you don't think that beneath his thick glasses he isn't hiding his true ability to fire big, honkin' laser blasts?<P>

Top 5 (insert obligatory law of fives ref here) Reasons why Nodrog and some other people should IMMEDIATELY start packing for the Satelite of Fans.<P>5) We'd pretty much guessed the end plot of the Muller and Sully (?sp?) plot-line<P>4) Several people were convinced Lance wasn't Hyperman.<P>3) Nodrog guessed that Lance + 23 sider of power = Hyperman<P>2) Nodrog STILL will not drop that 'He knew she knew' thing.<P>1) We were right about Alisin not being B-Modded. <P>Nodrog "Probably sharing launch-rocket space with Tom the Fanboy" Skrap
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Nodrog Skrap
"Brilliant, nervous, skittish; but he's all right as long as his medications are adjusted properly" - Emperor Gregor, The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold
EB&O Science Officer
Satelite of Fans
Geosynchronous Orbit
Earth, Sol, Milkyway galaxy<P>Current favorite FANS line: "Now, now, Alisin, that's not respectful. For IMPORTANT bad guys, you should spread your fingers to make a bigger splash, like so."<P>Favorite piece of dialogue: "I AM coming along to cover this suicide run of yours." "No problem, Shanna... as long as you're objective" "Was that sarcasm?" "...I'm not sure."<P>Favorite panel: Next to last panel, page <A HREF="http://www.faans.com/d/20001129.html<P>Favorite" TARGET=_blank>http://www.faans.com/d/20001129.html<P>Favorite</A> panel with dialogue: Second panel, page 18 "You're... Everything you're doing... makes so much sense..." "Really?" "Here's your brick!"<P>Personal quote: "He knew she knew he couldn't drink non-blood drinks!"

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nodrog:
<B>
6: Nodrog has yet to be proclaimed perpetual wearer of the Weirdest Hyperman Theorizer crown.
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><I>Nodrog, I do hereby proclaim you Bearer of the Crown of The Weirdest Hyperman Theorizer. This title is to remain yours until all the stars have gone out and naught remains save long-cooled scraps of matter drifting at near-freezing ambient temperature through dark, empty space.</I><P>There. Only 9 to go!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Czhorat:
<B> Our Frustrated Flying Friend is right. The SOF is the Satellite of Fans, the setting for the MiSTings by Nodrog, Tom the Fanboy, and assorted others. There's a thread of them someplace around here. So far I think they've done Star Wars ep IV</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Correct, but we're still working on Star Wars. It's realle slow goings for us right now due to the ammount of people working on this. It's on the page, Billberg that is.<P>------------------
Tom the Fanboy
http://www.geocities.com/tee-moss
The House of Tee-Moss, home of Billberg University and the Pop Subversion League.

Wow. We have MANY top ten lists. I was just checking out Tom the Fanboy's impressive archive of them on his web-page (the top top 10's live here: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/tee-moss/Swank ... ptens.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/tee-moss/Swank ... ns.html</A> )..<P>Query for Tom: Does the open slot mean that I'm supposed to write a list of reasons I should wear a white coat, or were you just holding a space open?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Thor Thorvaldson, Jr:
<B>10. I Drew Alisin in tight, shiny leather, fulfilling many a poster's dream (you know who you are...)
<snip>
3. I get to draw Rumi in her natural state: manga style all the way, baby!
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You know, no disrrespect to Jason Waltrip, but I definitely wouldn't mind you doing more guest stints, Thor. I think the manga style works well, and yes, visions of Alisin in tight, shiny leather and Rumi doing flying kicks in her natural state now haunt me. So, yes, Thor, you rock.<P>--Tuscahoma<P>------------------
"The empires of the future
are the empires of the mind."
--Winston Churchill

Satellite Of Fans, if I may venture a guess.