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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:57 pm
by Turi
noob is a term only internet newbies really use. It is l33t, which equals stupid.
*is a grumpy old man, who oh so clearly remember the time before l33t. Ah, the days. The MUDs, the strife to keep webpages below 5 kb, the good old Netscape Navigator*
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:52 pm
by McDuffies
Mercury Hat wrote:Hah! It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Dammit, I always miss fish in a barell.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 2:34 pm
by TheSuburbanLetdown
According to my logs, netscape is the most used web browser at the momment.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:01 pm
by Ida
mcDuffies wrote:Mercury Hat wrote:Hah! It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Dammit, I always miss fish in a barell.
How about kittens in a barrel?
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:15 pm
by Smight
Ida wrote:mcDuffies wrote:Mercury Hat wrote:Hah! It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Dammit, I always miss fish in a barell.
How about kittens in a barrel?
It's more traditional to drown kittens in a sack then shoot them in a barrel
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:18 pm
by TheSuburbanLetdown
If you think about it, shooting fish seems a bit like overkill.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 4:41 pm
by Stinkywigfiddle
It's like running over fish in a barrel with a tank.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 4:51 pm
by Mr.Bob
Or putting the fish in the barrel of a tank, and then shooting them.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:43 pm
by Leko
I love these threads. They attract newbies like flies to a fish carcass after it's been shoved down the barrel of a tank and shot at someone. It's when the "hi, I'm new" thread falls down to the bottom of the list that you get hordes of people who join the forums and never get Box'd.
I was one of those. Never got up the courage to start my own "hi I'm new" thread, and there wasn't one already in existence, so I never got shoved in The Box. Now my post count is far too high to hit in there.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:53 pm
by Sortelli
In my day we didn't have these new fangled boxes.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:10 pm
by Stinkywigfiddle
I missed out on the box too. I'm not sure if they even used a box when I joined.
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:16 am
by Ida
I managed to sneak my way past the box. I did get malleted, though, so I'm probably worse off...
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:20 am
by Jackhass
I have no idea whether I'm in the box, or if I ever was. I don't think most people here notice me enough to bother putting me in anything.
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:40 am
by Mr.Bob
Sortelli wrote:In my day we didn't have these new fangled boxes.
No sir! We had hollowed out rocks!
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 4:58 am
by Czar
I've never done a "Hey there, I'm new thread".
I just sort of show up.
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:37 am
by LAGtheNoggin
Mr.Bob wrote:Sortelli wrote:In my day we didn't have these new fangled boxes.
No sir! We had hollowed out rocks!
Nobody asks how them rocks got hollow! In my days the rocks weren't hollow; In my day we had to hide under rocks and throw sand at people to get their attention. And then, when we ran out of sand, we had'ta chip out bits of stone with our toe nails. Yessireee we did. And now they're hollow see? Aye.
*pets shotgun*
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:45 am
by McDuffies
I precede all boxes!!!
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:09 am
by Turi
PeppermintAfterlife wrote:According to my logs, netscape is the most used web browser at the momment.
Most likely not Netscape Navigator. Netscape Communicator or some Mozilla variant is my bet.
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:31 am
by TheSuburbanLetdown
Jackhass wrote:I have no idea whether I'm in the box, or if I ever was. I don't think most people here notice me enough to bother putting me in anything.
*puts jackhass into a thimble*
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:00 pm
by Leko
PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Jackhass wrote:I have no idea whether I'm in the box, or if I ever was. I don't think most people here notice me enough to bother putting me in anything.
*puts jackhass into a thimble*
And thus PAL illustrates one well known property of physics: speak of something that has never happened to you, and it will happen to you.
Also related is the principle of "we'll never be hearing from that thing again", as well as "Nothing can stop me now".