...someone had to do it. :|
And for the record, I totally knew about Bonfire Night before V for Vendetta. :roll:
I forgot the fifth of November . . .
I didn't.
Fucking weak assed fireworks, sound like gnats farting in your ear, no lights or fuck all.
God dammit.
It's like having someone in the background humming the first bar to a popular tune over and over and over again.
You know it's there, but all it does is enrage you.
Sure, I'll take a fifth of November. Pass it around.
Guy Fawkes
by Payne, for the Discordians in History project, editing by Cram
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes1.jpg)
Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 in Stonegate, York, England. He first logged onto the internet on 16 April, 1586. He wrote several worthy posts and disappeared for some time, leaving some to ponder whether he had been jailed.
Fawkes' father Edward was descended from the Fawkes family of Farnley and he was either an In Real Life troll or a regular spag in the ecclesiastic courts, later becoming an advocate of the oppressive forum administration regime.
Fawkes was originally raised as a Sub-Genius, but in those days, you had to continue paying fees, which he could not maintain.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes2.gif)
In 1592 Fawkes sold the Cadillac he had inherited from his father. In 1593, he enlisted in His Imperial Majesty's Elite Orbital Bombing Squadron (internet division). He served for many years as a soldier, gaining considerable expertise with expletives.
While serving in the Iron Troll Brigade, he adopted the name Guido, the Spanish form of Guy. He denied that this was a spaggy name.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/GuyFawkesSig.jpg)
("Guido's" Sig, totally not a spag.)
By 1602 he was still a total n00bler. There is some evidence that Fawkes was in considerable poverty around this time.
It's unsure how he came into contact with Winter and Catesby, but it has been postulated that they discovered him attempting to blow up a Protestant Church, whilst themselves scouting the church out for the same purpose.
It is assumed that the trio then went to the pub, as is usual when internet personalities meet up in real life. Over a mammoth drinking session, it was decided that blowing up the King would be "totally fuckin' win!", and so the conspiracy began.
Fawkes, with his expertise in expletives, was to fill the cellers underneath the Kings throne with capslock vulgarity. Meanwhile Winter would set up the webcams that would broadcast the jake, and Catesby would work on publicising the event, using IRC chatrooms.
The plan almost came off, but one of the troll channel regulars, butt-hurt after a flame war with Catesby, which he lost, called the cops.
Later, during trial, Fawkes stated that he had plotted the jake, "Fore thee Lulz".
He was Hung, drawn, quartered and IP banz0rred on 31 January, 1606.
Discordians burn stuff in his honour all over the world, occasionally burning effigies of him, particularly in the U.K., as no one likes someone getting a big ego.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes3.jpg)
The current headmaster of the school that Guy Fawkes went to said he considered the man heroic.
o-0
Quote from: Suu on November 05, 2008, 07:57:30 PM
And for the record, I totally knew about Bonfire Night before V for Vendetta. :roll:
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
Quote from: Payne on November 05, 2008, 08:05:27 PM
I didn't.
Fucking weak assed fireworks, sound like gnats farting in your ear, no lights or fuck all.
God dammit.
It's like having someone in the background humming the first bar to a popular tune over and over and over again.
You know it's there, but all it does is enrage you.
you should visit my neck of the woods, they don't bother with fireworks as much here, they sussed out years ago that parked cars make a much bigger bang when you light them
Quote from: Cain on November 05, 2008, 08:20:00 PM
The current headmaster of the school that Guy Fawkes went to said he considered the man heroic.
o-0
Isn't that pretty radical for you Britspags?
Quote from: Hoopla on November 05, 2008, 08:24:11 PM
Quote from: Suu on November 05, 2008, 07:57:30 PM
And for the record, I totally knew about Bonfire Night before V for Vendetta. :roll:
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
NO RLY! I lived next door to British folks for quite a while. We did our usual 4th of July bash and they came over for some beer and fireworks, and they told us about Guy Fawkes Day and how it was sort of like their version of Independence Day if we had to compare.
...So when November 5th came around we got some more fireworks and set shit on fire in their honor.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 05, 2008, 08:27:25 PM
Quote from: Payne on November 05, 2008, 08:05:27 PM
I didn't.
Fucking weak assed fireworks, sound like gnats farting in your ear, no lights or fuck all.
God dammit.
It's like having someone in the background humming the first bar to a popular tune over and over and over again.
You know it's there, but all it does is enrage you.
you should visit my neck of the woods, they don't bother with fireworks as much here, they sussed out years ago that parked cars make a much bigger bang when you light them
THIS IS HOW YOU CELEBRATE CORRECTLY
Quote from: Suu on November 05, 2008, 08:28:27 PM
NO RLY! I lived next door to British folks for quite a while. We did our usual 4th of July bash and they came over for some beer and fireworks, and they told us about Guy Fawkes Day and how it was sort of like their version of Independence Day if we had to compare.
With one major difference - you guys got independence at the end of yours - we lost :argh!:
Compare as in, "Night to blow shit up", essentially. Nothing really to do with independence.
fireworks=illegal in CA :sad: my state fucking sucks this week
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 05, 2008, 08:31:09 PM
Quote from: Suu on November 05, 2008, 08:28:27 PM
NO RLY! I lived next door to British folks for quite a while. We did our usual 4th of July bash and they came over for some beer and fireworks, and they told us about Guy Fawkes Day and how it was sort of like their version of Independence Day if we had to compare.
With one major difference - you guys got independence at the end of yours - we lost :argh!:
Perhaps you simply need a perceptual change. you might consider it unended instead of lost.
It's never to late to finish the job! :)
England lost two wars against the United States and could quite possibly be speaking German today if it wasn't for North American involvement in World War II. So says the patriotism installed in my brain in school. :kingmeh:
They'll get us back one day, I'm sure.
Quote from: Suu on November 06, 2008, 02:42:15 AM
England lost two wars against the United States and could quite possibly be speaking German today if it wasn't for North American involvement in World War II. So says the patriotism installed in my brain in school. :kingmeh:
They'll get us back one day, I'm sure.
They already got us back.
You know those insufferable mouth-breathing nerds who can recite
Monty Python and the Holy Grail entirely from memory? Yeah.
They got us good.
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 04:37:12 AM
They already got us back.
You know those insufferable mouth-breathing nerds who can recite Monty Python and the Holy Grail entirely from memory? Yeah.
They got us good.
You're one of those nerds aren't you? Or is that just for
The Life of Bryan? :lol:
Quote from: Valerie on November 06, 2008, 05:07:04 AM
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 04:37:12 AM
They already got us back.
You know those insufferable mouth-breathing nerds who can recite Monty Python and the Holy Grail entirely from memory? Yeah.
They got us good.
You're one of those nerds aren't you? Or is that just for The Life of Bryan? :lol:
Always look on the bright si~ide of life! *whistles*
SPLITTERS! :argh!:
Quote from: Valerie on November 06, 2008, 05:07:04 AM
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 04:37:12 AM
They already got us back.
You know those insufferable mouth-breathing nerds who can recite Monty Python and the Holy Grail entirely from memory? Yeah.
They got us good.
You're one of those nerds aren't you? Or is that just for The Life of Bryan? :lol:
No, I was a Grail Nerd. *hangs head in shame* I still possess most of my evil powers, but I have vowed never to use them unless specifically called for.
There's is much more insane Python than Holy Grail. Mr. Suu hasn't actually seen anything else so sooner or later I need to sit him down and force him to watch Meaning of Life.
I love love love the Meaning of Life.
"A tiger? In Africa?"
"Americans, you're all so fucking pompous!"
"Oh sir, it's only wafer thin..."
Yeah, but Meaning of Life doesn't have the same continuity (or whatever you want to call it) that makes Holy Grail the victim of obsessive fan-quoting.
But I certainly agree: Holy Grail was pretty darn coherent, in Monty Python terms. Meaning of Life is very ---> :asplode:
"'Ello, er, can we 'ave your liver?"
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
Quote from: Payne on November 06, 2008, 04:29:14 PM
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
I'd recommend seeing it for the silly factor, but you don't have to get obsessed with it.
-Suu
was obsessed with it as age 9 and would quote it during Catholic Mass with her father
Holy Grail is awesome.
I really want to see it on broadway.
I'LL BITE YOUR KNEECAPS OFF!
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(http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/blackknightbackpack.jpg)
Black Knight Plushie Backpack of Doom!
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 06, 2008, 04:36:06 PM
I'LL BITE YOUR KNEECAPS OFF!
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(http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/blackknightbackpack.jpg)
Black Knight Plushie of Doom!
HE DOES NOT SAY KNEECAPS! :argh!:
This one's a backpack. He's a little addled from being in a box too long and the smells of industry.
Quote from: Cramulus on November 06, 2008, 04:33:52 PM
Holy Grail is awesome.
I really want to see it on broadway.
There actually
is some kind of off broadway show thing called Spamalot
http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/google/broadway/
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 04:26:54 PM
"'Ello, er, can we 'ave your liver?"
I'm still using it, eh?
Quote from: Suu on November 06, 2008, 04:38:16 PM
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 06, 2008, 04:36:06 PM
I'LL BITE YOUR KNEECAPS OFF!
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http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/blackknightbackpack.jpg
Black Knight Plushie of Doom!
HE DOES NOT SAY KNEECAPS! :argh!:
Beat me to it.
Here's one where you can rip off limbs and he screams lines from the movie to piss you off to make you rip more limbs off.
(http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/monty_python_black_knight_doll.jpg)
Quote from: Payne on November 06, 2008, 04:29:14 PM
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
Your ignorance knows no bounds :eek:
Quote from: Payne on November 06, 2008, 04:29:14 PM
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
It's one of those things that, taken alone, is quite funny but should never ever be watched with fans because they ruin it.
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on November 06, 2008, 09:28:20 PM
Quote from: Payne on November 06, 2008, 04:29:14 PM
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
It's one of those things that, taken alone, is quite funny but should never ever be watched with fans because they ruin it.
TITCM
I did my best to keep my mouth shut when Valerie and I saw Spamalot. :p
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 09:37:39 PM
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on November 06, 2008, 09:28:20 PM
Quote from: Payne on November 06, 2008, 04:29:14 PM
Fact: I have never seen Holy Grail.
It's one of those things that, taken alone, is quite funny but should never ever be watched with fans because they ruin it.
TITCM
I did my best to keep my mouth shut when Valerie and I saw Spamalot. :p
Ballgag?
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 06, 2008, 04:55:41 PM
Here's one where you can rip off limbs and he screams lines from the movie to piss you off to make you rip more limbs off.
(http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/monty_python_black_knight_doll.jpg)
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TYV15092
lightsaber black knight:http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6IA_sZ1lw (http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6IA_sZ1lw)
Quote from: Squiddy on November 06, 2008, 04:42:45 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on November 06, 2008, 04:33:52 PM
Holy Grail is awesome.
I really want to see it on broadway.
There actually is some kind of off broadway show thing called Spamalot
http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/google/broadway/
Spamalot is freaking a-mazing. Not as good as the movie in some parts, and better than the movie in others. I dearly want to see it again. Gay Lancelot in a jeweled codpiece is EPIC WIN.
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 09:37:39 PM
I did my best to keep my mouth shut when Valerie and I saw Spamalot. :p
/:) You shouldn't have done that. If we see it again, you are more than welcome to geek out. I would prefer it, actually. Part of the experience.
Quote from: Cainad on November 06, 2008, 09:37:39 PM
I did my best to keep my mouth shut when Valerie and I saw Spamalot. :p
/:) You shouldn't have done that. If we see it again, you are more than welcome to geek out. I would prefer it, actually. Part of the experience.
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Yeah,it's like Rocky Horror...It's just not right without the herd of quoting geeks!Not right!
Let's do the TIME WARP AGAIN!
all that happen yesterday is that I smashed my middle finger in a door
Quote from: YattoDobbs on November 07, 2008, 03:32:03 AM
all that happen yesterday is that I smashed my middle finger in a door
We shall nevar forget
For some reasons I totally read this as "the Sith of November" and now I wanna 'shop a Guy Fawkes mask on this guy:
(http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/06/01/the_best_star_wars_movie_moments/darthmaul.jpg)
Dyslexia can be fun!
Why yes, I have been playing 'the Force Unleashed' now that you mention it
What the 5th of November (and the rest of early November) is really about now is trying fireworks to cats and dogs. And throwing fireworks into old peoples homes. And safety ads about sparklers.
Which are all badwrong things you should not try at home kiddies.
The 5th of November used to be so much cooler when people thought Shell-Suits were cool-as-fuck, and went to bonfires and firework displays wearing them. And left wearing them for the rest of their lives as they melted into their skin.
And and blowing up the King and Parliament was an underrated idea too.
I'm pretty sure roasting chestnuts was important to the process, too.
Isn't that the same as the Shell-Suit thing?
Quote from: Cain on November 07, 2008, 01:45:15 PM
I'm pretty sure roasting chestnuts was important to the process, too.
:cn:
We have a buttload of chestnuts on the dining-room table, does this mean that we're good Discordians now?
Quote from: shadowfist23 on November 07, 2008, 01:36:02 PM
For some reasons I totally read this as "the Sith of November" and now I wanna 'shop a Guy Fawkes mask on this guy:
(http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/06/01/the_best_star_wars_movie_moments/darthmaul.jpg)
Dyslexia can be fun!
Why yes, I have been playing 'the Force Unleashed' now that you mention it
I think it's imperative that a Sith of the Month Calendar needs to be manufactured of sorts.
January: Vader
February: Tyranus and Ventress (She's not actually Sith.)
March: Krayt
April: Revan
May: Caedus
June: Nihilus
July: Bane
August: Lumiya
September: Starkiller
October: Exar Kun
November: Maul
December: Palpatine
:fap:
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
He was reincarnated you know, and fought vader, almost beat him but Vader stabbed through his computer chest almost defeated and killed him.
When I was a stoner, I named my bong "Exar Kun".
I'm sure there was a good reason for it, at the time.
Quote from: Payne on November 07, 2008, 06:06:17 PM
When I was a stoner, I named my bong "Exar Kun".
I'm sure there was a good reason for it, at the time.
You were obviously a Star Wars nerd.
Quote from: Payne on November 07, 2008, 06:06:17 PM
When I was a stoner, I named my bong "Exar Kun".
I'm sure there was a good reason for it, at the time.
After using it did you C-3PO?
I dunno, I'm glad I'm not a big stoner anymore anyway.
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 06:05:26 PM
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
That's because outside of fanfic, he's barely even a character. He had what, two lines in Phantom?
Darth Maul is a :spag2:
Kinda the same deal with Boba Fett too. He only had a couple of lines too iirc.
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 06:05:26 PM
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
He was reincarnated you know, and fought vader, almost beat him but Vader stabbed through his computer chest almost defeated and killed him.
You know why everyone overlooks him? Because he had such potential to be a kickass character and instead was a mute chump. People gripe about JarJar, but he has a more important place in the Star Wars story than Darth fucking Maul.
Quote from: Hoopla on November 07, 2008, 07:24:15 PM
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 06:05:26 PM
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
He was reincarnated you know, and fought vader, almost beat him but Vader stabbed through his computer chest almost defeated and killed him.
You know why everyone overlooks him? Because he had such potential to be a kickass character and instead was a mute chump. People gripe about JarJar, but he has a more important place in the Star Wars story than Darth fucking Maul.
FUCKING JAR JAR BINKS BECOMING FUCKING SENATOR OF NABOO AFTER AMIDALA'S DEATH FUCKING IMPERIAL SYMPATHIZING SUPER-REWARDED ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
GIVE POWER TO THE CHANCELLOR, HE SAID...
BE GOOD FOR THE REPUBLIC, HE SAID....
er.
Quote from: Suu on November 07, 2008, 07:44:37 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on November 07, 2008, 07:24:15 PM
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 06:05:26 PM
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
He was reincarnated you know, and fought vader, almost beat him but Vader stabbed through his computer chest almost defeated and killed him.
You know why everyone overlooks him? Because he had such potential to be a kickass character and instead was a mute chump. People gripe about JarJar, but he has a more important place in the Star Wars story than Darth fucking Maul.
FUCKING JAR JAR BINKS BECOMING FUCKING SENATOR OF NABOO AFTER AMIDALA'S DEATH FUCKING IMPERIAL SYMPATHIZING SUPER-REWARDED ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
GIVE POWER TO THE CHANCELLOR, HE SAID...
BE GOOD FOR THE REPUBLIC, HE SAID....
er.
See? Heeza big deal in the Star Wars story.
I always rooted for the empire. Dark Troopers :fap:
I did too.
Which reminds me, anyone play Galactic Battlegrounds?
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 07:53:14 PM
I always rooted for the empire. Dark Troopers :fap:
I'm a big fan of the Empire myself.
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NO WAI
I DIDN'T KNOW YUO WERE INTO STAR WARS
Quote from: Cramulus on November 07, 2008, 08:16:47 PM
NO WAI
I DIDN'T KNOW YUO WERE INTO STAR WARS
It's something new I've picked up recently.
Quote from: Cramulus on November 07, 2008, 08:16:47 PM
NO WAI
I DIDN'T KNOW YUO WERE INTO STAR WARS
THIS CHANGES
EVERYTHING
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 07, 2008, 07:01:55 PM
Kinda the same deal with Boba Fett too. He only had a couple of lines too iirc.
Somehow that made Boba Fett all the cooler,though..His lack of lines made him mysterious and neat..It didn't quite work the same way for Maul.
For us folks who read the books, he's actually still alive.
...Fucking Karen Traviss. :argh!:
Quote from: Suu on November 07, 2008, 07:44:37 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on November 07, 2008, 07:24:15 PM
Quote from: TheScarletReaper on November 07, 2008, 06:05:26 PM
Can I have Maul for December?
Everyone always overlooks Darth Maul....
He was reincarnated you know, and fought vader, almost beat him but Vader stabbed through his computer chest almost defeated and killed him.
You know why everyone overlooks him? Because he had such potential to be a kickass character and instead was a mute chump. People gripe about JarJar, but he has a more important place in the Star Wars story than Darth fucking Maul.
FUCKING JAR JAR BINKS BECOMING FUCKING SENATOR OF NABOO AFTER AMIDALA'S DEATH FUCKING IMPERIAL SYMPATHIZING SUPER-REWARDED ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
GIVE POWER TO THE CHANCELLOR, HE SAID...
BE GOOD FOR THE REPUBLIC, HE SAID....
er.
We live our lives as though the prequel movies do not exist, around here. None of that 'Special Edition' crap either - I have shown my kid only the original theatrical releases of the first 3 Star Wars movies.
We're all happier that way.
Quote from: Cramulus on November 05, 2008, 08:12:47 PM
Guy Fawkes
by Payne, for the Discordians in History project, editing by Cram
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes1.jpg)
Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 in Stonegate, York, England. He first logged onto the internet on 16 April, 1586. He wrote several worthy posts and disappeared for some time, leaving some to ponder whether he had been jailed.
Fawkes' father Edward was descended from the Fawkes family of Farnley and he was either an In Real Life troll or a regular spag in the ecclesiastic courts, later becoming an advocate of the oppressive forum administration regime.
Fawkes was originally raised as a Sub-Genius, but in those days, you had to continue paying fees, which he could not maintain.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes2.gif)
In 1592 Fawkes sold the Cadillac he had inherited from his father. In 1593, he enlisted in His Imperial Majesty's Elite Orbital Bombing Squadron (internet division). He served for many years as a soldier, gaining considerable expertise with expletives.
While serving in the Iron Troll Brigade, he adopted the name Guido, the Spanish form of Guy. He denied that this was a spaggy name.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/GuyFawkesSig.jpg)
("Guido's" Sig, totally not a spag.)
By 1602 he was still a total n00bler. There is some evidence that Fawkes was in considerable poverty around this time.
It's unsure how he came into contact with Winter and Catesby, but it has been postulated that they discovered him attempting to blow up a Protestant Church, whilst themselves scouting the church out for the same purpose.
It is assumed that the trio then went to the pub, as is usual when internet personalities meet up in real life. Over a mammoth drinking session, it was decided that blowing up the King would be "totally fuckin' win!", and so the conspiracy began.
Fawkes, with his expertise in expletives, was to fill the cellers underneath the Kings throne with capslock vulgarity. Meanwhile Winter would set up the webcams that would broadcast the jake, and Catesby would work on publicising the event, using IRC chatrooms.
The plan almost came off, but one of the troll channel regulars, butt-hurt after a flame war with Catesby, which he lost, called the cops.
Later, during trial, Fawkes stated that he had plotted the jake, "Fore thee Lulz".
He was Hung, drawn, quartered and IP banz0rred on 31 January, 1606.
Discordians burn stuff in his honour all over the world, occasionally burning effigies of him, particularly in the U.K., as no one likes someone getting a big ego.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/PayneAlpha/fawkes3.jpg)
This is fucking win.
:lulz:
I had fun writing that. There are things I would do differently now, but I still like it.
So, change it.