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[rong]

i love zippy the pinhead - too bad he's not in any local papers. 

i also really like Dilbert.  and, even though Gary Larson quit writing them, the Far Side was truly a great comic.

[East Coast Hustle]

and then, there's Ziggy...

TRUE FACT: Ziggy is directly responsible for me finding PD.com. Without him, there would be no ECH (and, possibly by extension, no PD.com).

[Freeky]

That sounds like there's a story in there.

[hooplala]

Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting THAT.

[Jasper]

Thank you Zippy.

[Doktor Howl]

I agree with ECH's assessment.  If Lauren had kept the board, it would be in the same shape as CoG, if it existed at all.  Whether from apathy or design, the board had the same "rules" (ie, Admins are aristocrats, everyone else is either a suck-up or a victim) as CoG currently has.

[East Coast Hustle]

Nothing specetacular. I was sitting at the counter at my pizzeria in Maine one boring afternoon reading the paper. I have "been a discordian" since I was 17 (by which I mean that was when I found out there was a word for the kind of person I was), but had largely put it in the back of my mind since trying to get serious as a businessman. The Ziggy comic in that day's paper had him wearing a t-shirt with the word "fnord" on it. Being bored, and a little stoned, I decided to google "fnord" to see what sort of weird shit would turn up. PD.com turned up. It was the first forum I ever signed up on. Before that I pretty much used the internet for stealing music, finding porn, and email/MSN messenger to keep up with friends in faraway places.

[Freeky]

That's cool.

[East Coast Hustle]

I agree with ECH's assessment.  If Lauren had kept the board, it would be in the same shape as CoG, if it existed at all.  Whether from apathy or design, the board had the same "rules" (ie, Admins are aristocrats, everyone else is either a suck-up or a victim) as CoG currently has.

No, she told me she didn't have time for the site anymore and was going to let the domain registration expire. She was pretty detached from this place for all the influence her existence had on it and seemed quite genuinely surprised when I explained to her how many people this place was actually important to. After that it was mostly just a matter of being chummy for a bit and asking for the keys. She said "sure, why not? you can just have the car, actually."

[Doktor Howl]

I agree with ECH's assessment.  If Lauren had kept the board, it would be in the same shape as CoG, if it existed at all.  Whether from apathy or design, the board had the same "rules" (ie, Admins are aristocrats, everyone else is either a suck-up or a victim) as CoG currently has.

No, she told me she didn't have time for the site anymore and was going to let the domain registration expire. She was pretty detached from this place for all the influence her existence had on it and seemed quite genuinely surprised when I explained to her how many people this place was actually important to. After that it was mostly just a matter of being chummy for a bit and asking for the keys. She said "sure, why not? you can just have the car, actually."

I'm just thinking back to when she banned me for "being too chaotic".  When Thwack was running the sandbox.

[Cain]

Fred Basset is American?

I always thought it was British, I know the Daily Mail prints it.  And it is clearly the most pointless cartoon strip ever.  It has a Zen-like detachment from any sort of meaning or significance or humour at all.

[East Coast Hustle]

I always assumed it was British, and that it was indicative of the kind of things Brits thought were "funny".

[President Television]

The very worst "nonfunny nonsensicle" amercian comic I can't stand is "Fred Basset".

I mean, seriously, it looks like it's 'trying' to be funny but there aren't any punch lines.


Most of those other comics are actually funny in comparison to the travesty of Fred Basset.

EXAMPLE OF LAMENESS

I...

enjoyed it. For the sheer pointlessness, you understand. Dada and all that.


The edit was better, though.

[Triple Zero]

but even without the edit, he seems to fart in the 3rd panel right?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

then again, UK newspaper strip cartoons are not the funniest thing ever.

I just remembered about George and Lynne. George. And fucking oh hey my tits have come out again, distracting you from the lack of lulz Lynne.

an example of the pointlessly nsfw none lulz can be found here in  Great Tome Of Journalistic Standards, The Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/fun/cartoons/george_and_lynne/article645660.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=645660&nSlide=2

That was so unfunny it went all the way to the other side and became funny.