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Poll: When will Al hit 3K posts?

Today 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Tomorrow 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
The next day 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Well, he's at 2,904 and he averages 7.22 per day ... so that adds up to ... March 12, 2006 23%       23%  [ 5 ]
He won't! He'll stop at 2,999 just to spite us 32%       32%  [ 7 ]
It doesn't matter — DL39 or BC will get there first 9%       9%  [ 2 ]
Who is the Killjoy fellow? Never heard of him 18%       18%  [ 4 ]
Wait, is there a prize? Because I can type "LOL" into 3,000 posts like really, really quickly. [Signed] Draco 18%       18%  [ 4 ]
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:43 pm 
 

Okay, I threw a lot of fuel onto what was apparently a simmering stew of Tonya/Titan resentment, and I feel bad to have caused that level of distraction.

So, to help make amends, here's something completely fun — although it will in no way help any of us get any closer to our collecting goals. It is, in fact, just an exercise in idle speculation.

The question: when will our own Al — that's Killjoy 32 to you, pal — hit 3,000 posts at The Acaeum?
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:44 pm 
 

I'm going to play the averages ... March 12, baby!
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:50 pm 
 

Faro may overtake him at any moment :lol:


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:58 pm 
 

heheheh what are you lot like :D

i have slowed down a lot of late cos i dont have time. i still havent figured out how to do postings while i am doing a 14 mile run yet :D

but thanks for the nice thoughts :D

tbh bclarkie will prb overtake me at the rate he is going!

Al


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:20 pm 
 

yeah draco said it best imo...

LOL

LOL

LOL

LOL

damn i shoulda done what in seperate posts :D

Al


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:40 pm 
 

LOL! :)

Hey, now I've got 528! It is easy!
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:49 pm 
 

Blackmoor wrote:Faro may overtake him at any moment :lol:

*rofl*. I make that 3,117, between the two.
(Sneak-tactic whilst Al ain't watching, or is too busy jogging to notice ;))
  

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:50 pm 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:LOL! :)

Hey, now I've got 528! It is easy!

:P

*LOL*


...*ching* 3,118...
  

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:53 pm 
 

faro wrote:
Xaxaxe wrote:LOL! :)

Hey, now I've got 528! It is easy!

:P

*LOL*


...*ching* 3,118...


well i slacked off when i shoulda kept my finger on the pulse :)

i guess i could slap around a load of LOLs to get ahead of you again :D

Al


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:56 pm 
 

faro wrote:*rofl*. I make that 3,117, between the two.

A fair point. I asked our judges — the same folks from the figure skating scandal at the Salt Lake City Olympics — and they ruled that all posts must come from the same account. Sticklers for detail, those judges ...
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:04 pm 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:
faro wrote:*rofl*. I make that 3,117, between the two.

A fair point. I asked our judges — the same folks from the figure skating scandal at the Salt Lake City Olympics — and they ruled that all posts must come from the same account. Sticklers for detail, those judges ...

Would you rather I "rebooted" and *lol*'d 361 times? :twisted:


What's this Winter Olympic Games thing, btw? *invokes amnesia*

Surely that can't be serious Olympic sport, anyhow, when our only medal was won by someone sliding face-down on a tea-tray at 80 mph ^^
  

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:05 pm 
 

faro wrote:
Xaxaxe wrote:LOL! :)

Hey, now I've got 528! It is easy!

:P

*LOL*


...*ching* 3,118...

That's it, I'm writing a Perl script to login and post to this thread continuously.  
What do I win if I hit 2^64 posts without the server catching fire?  :twisted:

(Just kidding, Foul, put down the access list.)
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:12 pm 
 

faro wrote:What's this Winter Olympic Games thing, btw? *invokes amnesia*

I was thinking of the figure skating controversy from the 2002 Games ... later revealed to be judges pretty much literally selling their votes.

faro wrote:Surely that can't be serious Olympic sport, anyhow, when our only medal was won by someone sliding face-down on a tea-tray at 80 mph ^^

Hey, one medal is nothing to be ashamed of ... y'all won just as many as Belarus and Latvia. *{ducks quickly}*

LOL! *ka-ching*!
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:18 pm 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:Hey, one medal is nothing to be ashamed of ... y'all won just as many as Belarus and Latvia. *{ducks quickly}*

We have a rather talented young lady here in Canada that picked up 5 medals.
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:20 pm 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:
faro wrote:What's this Winter Olympic Games thing, btw? *invokes amnesia*

I was thinking of the figure skating controversy from the 2002 Games ... later revealed to be judges pretty much literally selling their votes.

Hey, it's a free market, no?

(*nods*. I remember that one... :( Noticed that the new system threw up some similarly perplexing placings but now it's so obscure at least no-one can be accused!).

Xaxaxe wrote:Hey, one medal is nothing to be ashamed of ... y'all won just as many as Belarus and Latvia. *{ducks quickly}*

I fully expected Jamaica to finish ahead of us in the tables... 8)

Xaxaxe wrote:LOL! *ka-ching*!

Likewise! :D
(*checks to see whether the man from Reno can remember what we were talking 'bout here?*)
  

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:47 pm 
 

deimos3428 wrote:
Xaxaxe wrote:Hey, one medal is nothing to be ashamed of ... y'all won just as many as Belarus and Latvia. *{ducks quickly}*

We have a rather talented young lady here in Canada that picked up 5 medals.


And you also won that 'sliding a big stone slowly along the ice' competition.  

I actually thought "it doesn't look that hard. the perfect sport for me"


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:24 pm 
 

red_bus wrote:And you also won that 'sliding a big stone slowly along the ice' competition.  

I actually thought "it doesn't look that hard. the perfect sport for me"

Curling.  Yes, it's fun...and easy.  It's less fun and more difficult when you get too serious and try to play strategically.  Most amateurs just treat it as "bowling, with ice".  I have curled in an intoxicated state before, quite hilarious. :)
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:31 pm 
 

faro wrote:(*checks to see whether the man from Reno can remember what we were talking 'bout here?*)

I knew someone would finally get that location reference ... :wink:

And, uh, what were we talking about here ... ? Oh, yeah, the Olympics! :)
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