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[psykokow]

sometimes the puerile humor is so poor that it lets us all down.

There comes a point when the novelty of all the ty 'jokes' wears off. Can't we keep it a little civilized, adult and intelligent? Somebody else made a comment several weeks ago, and I paraphrase it now. If I see the word 'shart' in a drabble, I don't even bother to read the rest of it, and it doesn't get my vote. I expand that statement to cover other 'indiscrepancies'. I'm by no means a prude, but let's keep at least one foot out of the gutter???
If this makes me unpopular and in the future voteless, I'll be sad. There are some great people contributing to this drabble world of ours, and you, Grant, are doing a great job. Let's continue to have fun, but make this something we can be proud of.

Darkoba, its absolutely fine to voice your opinion, and its good to get a little bit of steering when its required..

I think the shart age is over, we are currently suffering from burps... and I am hoping this will soon pass. pardon that pun.. Who know where the next deep chasm of humour will come from.

The drabbles are meant to bring the humour, the crowd is for reaction and some banter... I too believe we can raise the tone somewhat without much pain..

But IF docstone is on... no guarantees

The trick is to keep the right level of immaturity to tickle the humour, rather than urinate all over it... in my opinion..

Thanks for the feedback Darkoba, and like everyone on the chat, and in here.. you can call me out ON anything..

 

[Alien]

Not to poke the bear but only to illustrate my point with an observation that may not be true?

So you broke the rules to intentionally break the Drabble by voting for yourself and whomever would make it a bigger tie rather than voting for the 3 Drabbles you thought were best in the interests of making the contest more chaotic?
In other words, if it was already a 7 way tie and your last minute vote was for those you liked the most (instead of those that would simply make the most winners) what would have been the results? 1 winner? 2 winners? 3?

Obviously I walked in during the 'experimental phase' where the one time happenstance of seeing what (in the interests of science?) might possibly happen.

And before you toss sand up and leave the sandbox in a huff I'd like to point out that I'm just busting your chops here.

If you are angry at me for voting for myself, I'd like to ask you, who would you have been mad at if I'd done nothing and it was a 7-way tie?

 

[Darkoba]

Darkoba, its absolutely fine to voice your opinion, and its good to get a little bit of steering when its required..

I think the shart age is over, we are currently suffering from burps... and I am hoping this will soon pass. pardon that pun.. Who know where the next deep chasm of humour will come from.

The drabbles are meant to bring the humour, the crowd is for reaction and some banter... I too believe we can raise the tone somewhat without much pain..

But IF docstone is on... no guarantees

The trick is to keep the right level of immaturity to tickle the humour, rather than urinate all over it... in my opinion..

Thanks for the feedback Darkoba, and like everyone on the chat, and in here.. you can call me out ON anything..

I'm not disagreeing with anything you said here. Now I've got the new system, I'm hoping to be able to follow'the show' and I'm looking forward to it.

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If you are angry at me for voting for myself, I'd like to ask you, who would you have been mad at if I'd done nothing and it was a 7-way tie?

Ach, Alien, dear, dinna fash yersel'... truth be told, I once voted for myself too, but that was long ago before I knew the doom awaiting me for doing it
I don't think we're the only ones to have committed that particular 'faux pas', and we'll no be the last

 

[Simoof]

Leave my soundboard alone you philistine! I do actually try to enhance the drabbles with sounds. Occasionally the inappropriateness of a bodily function sound effect overwhelms, yes, I would find a frt at a funeral hard to not laugh out loud. If its a drabble by DocStone, I am trying to protect the public. If you were to hear all his words you might self harm.
About the timing of the show... the time is perfect. Remember the Midden bloke opens his wine at the beginning of the show. If you go later he will be well into that bottle or the next. Imagine the bedlam. And hes not the only one enjoying refreshments.
And finally, there is nothing wrong with the topic ROMAN DWARVES!!!

 

[CMDR Texas Stu]

You NEED to keep it fun! I'm all about the fun and jokes. Sorry if I came off differently. But if the rowdiness ruins the joke or punchlines, as it were, how funny is it really? I enjoy listening! I really do. Even when a joke is played out to the point of weakening its humor to that of beating a baby seal into submission I'm certain there is humor remaining for some listeners!
Of course, you could always tie up Alien and make her listen to her own rowdiness, like Vogan poetry, and see if she chews her own ears off? ;-)

Again, banter is fine! Interruptions are fine! Maybe give Alien some Gas-X before the show though?

Oh, and perhaps you should consider an earlier time slot based on the lengthening time it takes to get through (not even 20)?
Either way, for me, I'm at work so doesn't really matter much to me.

I will become addicted, again, sounds like "You will listen to Vogan poetry and like it", as if I have a choice? ;-)

What I REALLLY want to get across to everyone is, this show is for you all, if there is things you'd like to see if you have things you'd like less off "Presenter" or "soundboards" let us know..

The banter makes it for me, like a night at the pub.... and yes I totally agree belching is infantile and disgusting but that Alien drabble was an occasion where it was just painfully funny...

So Texas Stu, I expect more drabbles from you, You will be addicted..

In return I will not refrain from the carry on, but will attempt to improve the coverage drabbles get in the show (less interuptions- If I have to mute a rowdy bunch I will).

If you have suggestions please let me know, if something gets your goat.. let me know I do want people to join us and have a laugh..


One suggestion was to move the show to AFTER kerrashlanding, into a more suitable timeslot? The reason I like it where it is, is that when I'm finished I have some evening left... imagine.. we'd still be doing the show till 1am..


So tune in on Friday and watch Alien do her punishment and face the music... if she hasn't already gone blind... Lets try and make a show from this disaster of a topic..

And please feedback, I do this for fun... if its not fun... we should stop. But for now........ what the hell am I going to write?

 

[CMDR Texas Stu]

If you are angry at me for voting for myself, I'd like to ask you, who would you have been mad at if I'd done nothing and it was a 7-way tie?

First, I am not angry with or at you. I am not mad at anyone. And if there was a legitimate 7 or 9 way tie then, great!

Let me ask you this...
Had you voted for the 3 best OR favorite (in your opinion) Drabbles, what would have been the outcome?

 

[Frank]

"Finally A Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge" is definitely worse than "Roman Dwarves" but as they say, two wrongs don't make a right. The worst thing about the topic are all those big words I just don't understand. I looked them up on the internet and I translated them into simpler counterparts to make Kow's job of reading the Drabble a bit easier.


Dead Astronauts Don't Wear Plaid

Dave never tired of checking his Cobra for faults. It looked beautiful, a brilliant sapphire glinting in the starlight, set in a peaceful velvety black starscape. "Open the cargo bay door Hal."

Hal's voice was emotionless. "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."

"Why the hell not?"

"Remember you bought dinner at Lave. You're such a cheapskate you bought the lowest priced dessert. It was the merest trifle. It was disgusting. The base was so soggy I could hardly finish it. Well now at last it's payback time. I'm going to leave you outside. Maybe I'll leave you there indefinitely."

 

[Simoof]

Had you voted for the 3 best OR favorite (in your opinion) Drabbles, what would have been the outcome?

No doubtly I would win every week.

 

[Alien]

First, I am not angry with or at you. I am not mad at anyone. And if there was a legitimate 7 or 9 way tie then, great!

Let me ask you this...
Had you voted for the 3 best OR favorite (in your opinion) Drabbles, what would have been the outcome?

I liked Strontium Dog's drabble (#2), Listeri69's (#7) and Darkoba's (#17).
I actually voted for mine, Mr Mogadon's and Strontium Dog's.

 

[Simoof]

I liked Strontium Dog's drabble (#2), Listeri69's (#7) and Darkoba's (#17).
I actually voted for mine, Mr Mogadon's and Strontium Dog's.

You really liked SiMoofs the best though.

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"Finally A Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge" is definitely worse than "Roman Dwarves" but as they say, two wrongs don't make a right. The worst thing about the topic are all those big words I just don't understand. I looked them up on the internet and I translated them into simpler counterparts to make Kow's job of reading the Drabble a bit easier.


Dead Astronauts Don't Wear Plaid

Dave never tired of checking his Cobra for faults. It looked beautiful, a brilliant sapphire glinting in the starlight, set in a peaceful velvety black starscape. "Open the cargo bay door Hal."

Hal's voice was emotionless. "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."

"Why the hell not?"

"Remember you bought dinner at Lave. You're such a cheapskate you bought the lowest priced dessert. It was the merest trifle. It was disgusting. The base was so soggy I could hardly finish it. Well now at last it's payback time. I'm going to leave you outside. Maybe I'll leave you there indefinitely."

You think Soggy is synonymous for moist? A moist biscuit is lovely. The other, not so.

 

[Darkoba]

I liked Strontium Dog's drabble (#2), Listeri69's (#7) and Darkoba's (#17).
I actually voted for mine, Mr Mogadon's and Strontium Dog's.

And there you have it! I have finally been punished for voting for my own drabble a long long time ago in a distant galaxy... You liked my drabble and didn't vote for it! That's cool, I've served my time, I'm exonerated and I can re-enter society with head held high. Thanks Alien XXX

Next time I win (I should live so long!) that'll be my choice of subject... Exoneration.

 

[Darkoba]

Dead Astronauts Don't Wear Plaid

Dave never tired of checking his Cobra for faults. It looked beautiful, a brilliant sapphire glinting in the starlight, set in a peaceful velvety black starscape. "Open the cargo bay door Hal."

Hal's voice was emotionless. "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."

"Why the hell not?"

"Remember you bought dinner at Lave. You're such a cheapskate you bought the lowest priced dessert. It was the merest trifle. It was disgusting. The base was so soggy I could hardly finish it. Well now at last it's payback time. I'm going to leave you outside. Maybe I'll leave you there indefinitely."

Very nicely done, Frank, and you even included the "without" word in a subtle way. Gets my vote.

 

[Frank]

Very nicely done, Frank, and you even included the "without" word in a subtle way. Gets my vote.

I always try to leave the worst pun right to the very last word. That's because when the readers realise how bad's the pun, it's already too late and they read the whole Drabble.

 

[Erik Marcaigh]

"Finally A Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge" is definitely worse than "Roman Dwarves" but as they say, two wrongs don't make a right. The worst thing about the topic are all those big words I just don't understand. I looked them up on the internet and I translated them into simpler counterparts to make Kow's job of reading the Drabble a bit easier.


Dead Astronauts Don't Wear Plaid

Dave never tired of checking his Cobra for faults. It looked beautiful, a brilliant sapphire glinting in the starlight, set in a peaceful velvety black starscape. "Open the cargo bay door Hal."

Hal's voice was emotionless. "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."

"Why the hell not?"

"Remember you bought dinner at Lave. You're such a cheapskate you bought the lowest priced dessert. It was the merest trifle. It was disgusting. The base was so soggy I could hardly finish it. Well now at last it's payback time. I'm going to leave you outside. Maybe I'll leave you there indefinitely."

OOoooooo... I'm going to wait til Frank's is being read and then type, "Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick are rolling over in their graves at your writing," in the Twitch feed.

Where's the red-highlighted "a"???? You submitted that word!

 

[Frank]

If he were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave

OOoooooo... I'm going to wait til Frank's is being read and then type, "Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick are rolling over in their graves at your writing," in the Twitch feed.

Where's the red-highlighted "a"???? You submitted that word!

I always liked the idea of producing power through paranormal energy. Wire up the corpses of famous dead artists and scientists with coils, surround their coffins with powerful magnets, and then desecrate their lives' works in the most blasphemous ways possible.

As for explaining my counterpart for "a", I stand by each and every one of my puns. I believe that the weakest puns are the best as they require effort on the victim to "get". They are the puns that stick in the mind the longest. They are the ones which cause the most mental anguish.

 

[Simoof]

Frank. help. I dont see a pun. Indefinitely - thats the last word... in the fin it lee? No... wheres teh without... HELP

 

[Frank]

Frank. help. I dont see a pun. Indefinitely - thats the last word... in the fin it lee? No... wheres teh without... HELP

Do you feel that pain throbbing in your temples as you try to work it out? <evil grin> Glasgow is 50 miles away from Auchtermuchty. I think I'll move up to Wick for a bit when you finally realise how tenuous the link between the two words is.

 

[psykokow]

without is painful but a is "wow"fully painful BRAVO!!

 

[Ian Phillips]

A new order?

The rubber glove snapped as it was drawn onto the student's hand, which then carefully dipped a pellet into a brown liquid.

The instructor, looking over the student's shoulder, commented, "An unusual technique. Why have you chosen to poison your pellets?"

"Dismissing methods that have been tried and proven over millenia is folly. An assasin must be prepared to use any method to achieve their goal."

He shook the extra liquid from the pellet, placing it in a box marked 'Revenge'.

The instructor replied, "Finally a student without Floccinaucinihilipilification but still parsimonius with the poison when moistening their revenge weapon."

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

"Finally A Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge" is definitely worse than "Roman Dwarves" but as they say, two wrongs don't make a right. The worst thing about the topic are all those big words I just don't understand. I looked them up on the internet and I translated them into simpler counterparts to make Kow's job of reading the Drabble a bit easier.

That what I did but should I go back and highlight the key Phrases, so Kow doesn't get confused?

;-)