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Trivial Pursuits => Wild Card => Topic started by: AlohaDawg on May 06, 2006, 12:08:30 am
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Discuss. This may come up again at TOUAMBIE time.
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I like Aug's. Just because... I mean... really. An Egg with a Mustache.
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Could we make this a poll, or would that be too cumbersome because there are so many to choose from?
EDIT: Damnit, theinevitable, you inadvertently stole my nomination!
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I think mine is the best because it's actually mine... from the future.
~Paul
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I vote for hobot. The chops-on-a-dude-on-a-pancake/tortilla/blini/whatevah is classic.
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yeah, I liked hobot's original one better.
am I imagining this? was it originally different? I feel like before the head was blended in a different way or something.
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Are we having a "Beard Off"? Can we please call it that? I vote for...damn I'm so torn between V-Adore, Swinehund, and Lister. I'll get back to you with a final vote.
Unless we're just nominating at this point. If so I nominate those three.
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just discuss so that at TOUAMBIE nomination time, people remember. If someone would host all the images somewhere, that would be really cool for when it comes time to nominate and vote.
V-Adores is the only one that made me actually laugh out loud. That stylish snidely whiplash action on a furious eyeball rocks. Second for me is Roger. He just has a way to make the absurd, well, absurder.
Everytime I look at mine, I think of Diedrich Bader from Office Space. Anyone else have this problem?
I just looked at him again and what he needs is a sombrero.
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I finally changed mine! He's rockin' the ska-style mutton chops and soul patch. Can I sit with you guys at lunch now? I won't say anything! I won't even look at you guys, I promise.
And I don't see how anybody but Paul could win any sort of mustache competition.
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AD: Whenever I look at your avatar I see a French man...or maybe a French dog. It's the flowers on the right side over his ear. It looks like a beret and with the mustache it is simply too much. He is now FrenchDawg.
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I think for present purposes we should assume Paul to be the sole member of the Mustache Hall of Fame, and retired from competition.
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Actually, I'm dismayed that everyone has put on mustaches (presumably in homage to me) at a time when the board is embroiled in it's worst ever feuding. Have the mustaches turned everyone into dicks? Is that the cause of it? Jough is encouraging us to turn on each other and we have. There's all kinds of my music is better than your music talk going on, people are getting metaphorically shanked, and we are blowing up over religion and politics, two subjects we have successfully skirted to this point. If this is the fault of the mustaches, please I implore you, go shave right now. This board is my safe haven from such dickery. Don't let it go down like that.
~Paul
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Mite, I like how the mutton chops and soul patch match his little drugfuzzy expression. I like that a lot.
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Man I hope mustaches don't cause people to be dicks, cause I've had one for over 20 years now.
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V-Adores is the only one that made me actually laugh out loud. That stylish snidely whiplash action on a furious eyeball rocks. Second for me is Roger. He just has a way to make the absurd, well, absurder.
Everytime I look at mine, I think of Diedrich Bader from Office Space. Anyone else have this problem?
The ones that made me laugh aloud were V's and AW's.
And now that you mention it, yes, I feel like your avatar is going to tell me to check out the breast exams on TV.
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Man I hope mustaches don't cause people to be dicks, cause I've had one for over 20 years now.
Perhaps the problem is mustaches without beards. With the exception of Paul, I have always been opposed to mustaches without beards, although not to the point of shanking.
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I've only had the beard (consistantly) about 7 or 8 years.
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Ok, i'm leaving now so you'll have to have the best moustache contest without me. I'm going home to have some fun. I might get a chance to check in, but I wouldn't bet on it. I'll see you fucks in a week, try not to wreck the place (any worse than you already have). Peace, Out!!!
~Paul
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Where you going, Paul?
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I'm flattered, folks, but my vote goes to Roger. His is just... wow. Yee gaaaaah.
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Yeah, roger's avatar is already surreal, but the mustache just adds some flair to it.
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For win, place, show, and come, I'm going to go with V, Jough, Doc, and Dawg respectively.
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Everytime I look at mine, I think of Diedrich Bader from Office Space. Anyone else have this problem?
yes. i couldn't place it until you mentioned it, but, yes.
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Man, never fails. As soon as I jump on the bandwagon, the cool kids are already done.
And if this is the worst feuding the board's ever seen, we are among the politest motherfuckers on the planet.
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Man, never fails. As soon as I jump on the bandwagon, the cool kids are already done.
Hey, not everyone! (I'm actually considering leaving my avatar this way, at least for a while. It's kinda stylish.)
And if this is the worst feuding the board's ever seen, we are among the politest motherfuckers on the planet.
By Internet standards, we stand on the tip of a shining mountain of politeness and consideration.This is why, paradoxically, our feuds are worse; it is much worse to be in a protracted argument with a guy you've talked to civilly for years, and for whom under normal circumstances you have always held great respect, than to be in the same argument with RaistlinLord759 or whoever.
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I want THE TOOTH back, with a mustache. Is this too much to ask?
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Yeah, roger's avatar is already surreal, but the mustache just adds some flair to it.
I can't see how anybody can possibly argue Roger winning this. His objectively rocks the house.
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I want THE TOOTH back, with a mustache. Is this too much to ask?
Seconded.
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...who is Roger?
also: change my vote to a Double Vote for both Aug and V.
edit: wow. now I know Roger. I guess this is what I get for looking at people's avatars instead of their names.
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Hey, thanks everyone! I almost missed this mustache-off because I try to stay away from the 'puters as much as I can during the weekends. But I stopped to take a peek, and all of a sudden people are saying good things about my avatar!
Damn, there are so many great examples of facial hair here. I especially like AD's, so bold and expressionistic; Mite, for showing it is possible for furry animals to have an extra thing going on; AW because, well, you can see I'm partial to mustaches applied to improbable things; V's even more hilarious for the "all tying viruses to the railroad tracks" caption… And where's Doc? He did a great job with that German-contest-winner thing.
Anyway, I wish there were some image server where we could immortalize this generation of avatars before moving on to the next trend. Any thoughts on what that trend could be?
I vote for... unibrows.
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oh hell no unibrows suck.
there is nothing worthwhile about having a unibrow. the only thing they bring is pain as you have to pluck them out.
AS A MAN, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PLUCK MY EYEBROWS. WHAT THE HELL, PEOPLE?
but it looks so ugly otherwise. so ugly.
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oh hell no unibrows suck.
there is nothing worthwhile about having a unibrow. the only thing they bring is pain as you have to pluck them out.
AS A MAN, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PLUCK MY EYEBROWS. WHAT THE HELL, PEOPLE?
but it looks so ugly otherwise. so ugly.
You could wax. Or electrolyze.
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Or accept your ignominious fate with calm grace and fortitude.
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Or accept your ignominious fate with calm grace and fortitude.
Or the exact opposite: Tiny braids and beads!
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Or the exact opposite: Tiny braids and beads!
Even better!
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Pirate themed icons? That way, we can incorporate unibrows AND beards and such like. You can be a dapper pirate, or a not very dapper pirate, like Monsieur Iggy to my left. Or you could be a wussy Guybrush Threepwood. The choice is yours. Arr.
(Even if none of you do this, I stand by my right to crudely manipulate the visages of famous dudes)
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Pirate themed icons? That way, we can incorporate unibrows AND beards and such like. You can be a dapper pirate, or a not very dapper pirate, like Monsieur Iggy to my left. Or you could be a wussy Guybrush Threepwood. The choice is yours. Arr.
(Even if none of you do this, I stand by my right to crudely manipulate the visages of famous dudes)
Oh at first it seems alright. But pirates lead to ninjas and pretty soon ninjas lead to #####s. And then #####s lead to webcomics. And pretty soon we'll all be tracing the development of internet culture in microcosm.
Pirates are a gateway meme, people.
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webcomics
Mercy! Not webcomics!
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Mercy! Not webcomics!
Yes, positively dastardly I know.
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I attempted to do a pirate version of my avatar, but I'm not really sure it came out:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Eiviiaru/eyeavatar-pirate.jpg)
Maybe we should go with something else.
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I attempted to do a pirate version of my avatar, but I'm not really sure it came out:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Eiviiaru/eyeavatar-pirate.jpg)
Maybe we should go with something else.
It kind of looks like it's wearing a beanie. Maybe it's going skiiing?
Whenever Q shows up, we can be sure he'll approve of the pirate theme.
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I attempted to do a pirate version of my avatar, but I'm not really sure it came out:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Eiviiaru/eyeavatar-pirate.jpg)
Maybe we should go with something else.
Give it a little sword or a parrot or something, and we'll understand. Or a hook for a hand! There are so many things pirates can wear.
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Sorry to double-post, but my genius does not play by the rules.
People, the next theme is WHIMSY. Monocles, tophats, fancy cigarette holders, pocketwatches, (muttonchops) -- let's get HELL OF VICTORIAN up in here!
Mostly I remembered that I have an entire folder in my general images folder devoted to Whimsy, and I need an excuse to use the images. This folder is where I got my muttonchops image that I so artfully used in my avatar:
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/6909/muttonchops7rr.jpg)
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Sorry to double-post, but my genius does not play by the rules.
People, the next theme is WHIMSY. Monocles, tophats, fancy cigarette holders, pocketwatches, (muttonchops) -- let's get HELL OF VICTORIAN up in here!
Mostly I remembered that I have an entire folder in my general images folder devoted to Whimsy, and I need an excuse to use the images. This folder is where I got my muttonchops image that I so artfully used in my avatar:
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/6909/muttonchops7rr.jpg)
Nooooooo! We didn't even get started on pirates! Geez, talk about a girl who 'moves on' a lot.
If you know what I mean, HO-bot.
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Nooooooo! We didn't even get started on pirates! Geez, talk about a girl who 'moves on' a lot.
If you know what I mean, HO-bot.
So this is what it feels like to get insulted by a fifteen year-old.
I kid, I kid.
But seriously, don't call me a ho. I'll fuck*n' cut you, cracker.
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Pirates can be whimsical. He could be at a waltz or in his drawing room composing a letter to his mother or something. Whimsy knows no bounds my friend.
<--See? Straight up whimsy, courtesy of Wondermark (http://wondermark.com)
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But seriously, don't call me a ho. I'll fuck*n' cut you, cracker.
I merely placed stress on the former syllable of your pseudonym, being unaccustomed to the English language. I would NEVER call you a ho, and not just because I don't want to get beat.
Flip, I don't know what that is but please burn it.
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I attempted to do a pirate version of my avatar, but I'm not really sure it came out:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Eiviiaru/eyeavatar-pirate.jpg)
Maybe we should go with something else.
It's proved: one-eyed avatars make poor pirates. And the unibrow wouldn't make much sense on you either. Sorry, V. I'd be feeling your pain if I were still using the googly-eyed cyclops skull.
So I guess the best themes are the ones that don't rely so much on two-eye parity.
Pirates can be whimsical.
Hells yeah they can!
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000INLA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Beards are out and Whimsical Pirates are in huh? Damn, so soon too. I just barely got this stubble out and I've already got to go shop for a top hat!
edit: Who says a one eye'd creature can't be a pirate?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/SkinnyWookie/JoggleEyesPirate.jpg)
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dude, adam and the antz are terrifying
malcolm maclaren at his most terrifying (other than that child-porn thing he did. i forget what it was called.)
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Waitafuckinminute... pirates? Who is honing in on my action here?
Step off.. the Q has knives fuckers.. I am warning you.
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Waitafuckinminute... pirates? Who is honing in on my action here?
Step off.. the Q has knives fuckers.. I am warning you.
Christ almighty! Hobot, you said he'd be pleased, and now he's gone all Qrazy on us. (Hobot, if I have been sounding mean to you today I apologise, it is most certainly all meant in jest and not intended to hurt your feelings. Peace.)
The Q must now wow us with the Best Pirate Avatar Ever.
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dude, adam and the antz are terrifying
malcolm maclaren at his most terrifying
I was of the same opinion, until I listened to their first album (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z95j8qttbtm4) and realized that they once were great. All dark, angular, jerky post-punk. After that pretty much all of the band members left to form The Monochrome Set (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kudayl3jxpsb) (which is another unjustly forgotten early-'80s band), and only then Adam hooked up with MacLaren, who came up with the Glam Pirate shtick.
(other than that child-porn thing he did. i forget what it was called.)
You mean Bow Wow Wow? (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:pjxvad4kv8w1)
Finally, here's my new avatar. It's Victorian, it's whimsical, and it comes with its own mustache.
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Christ almighty! Hobot, you said he'd be pleased, and now he's gone all Qrazy on us. (Hobot, if I have been sounding mean to you today I apologise, it is most certainly all meant in jest and not intended to hurt your feelings. Peace.)
The Q must now wow us with the Best Pirate Avatar Ever.
I thought he would be pleased; I can't imagine what has come over him.
Fear not, Judy, my feelings were not hurt, and you are such a gentleman that, even if they were, I could never be displeased with you. I simply cannot pass up the opportunity to call someone a cracker and threaten to cut them; it is a tragic flaw.
Roger, your avatar is Victorian, whimsical, mustachioed, and stunning. Well done, sir.
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Beards are out and Whimsical Pirates are in huh? Damn, so soon too. I just barely got this stubble out and I've already got to go shop for a top hat!
edit: Who says a one eye'd creature can't be a pirate?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/SkinnyWookie/JoggleEyesPirate.jpg)
Well played, Mr. Hobo. Well played.
Also, I think at this point, given that Bobby appears to have disappeared into the land on wind and ghosts, we should just name Roger the Avatar King and be done with it.
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Christ almighty! Hobot, you said he'd be pleased, and now he's gone all Qrazy on us. (Hobot, if I have been sounding mean to you today I apologise, it is most certainly all meant in jest and not intended to hurt your feelings. Peace.)
The Q must now wow us with the Best Pirate Avatar Ever.
This is the best I could do on short notice. I do not draw very well but Photoshop can hide SOME of that.
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This is the best I could do on short notice. I do not draw very well but Photoshop can hide SOME of that.
That is so awesome. Little Hobot sail and all.
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That is so awesome. Little Hobot sail and all.
Thank you. (Also, lil' parrot peeking over my shoulder.)
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I could have made the effort to be creative and add something whimsical to my tortilla image, but, like I said, I have a whole folder of this kind of stuff. Behold my most whimsical of avatars!
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I am at a loss for finding Whimsy.
I shall look more later. Hmm.
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Also, I think at this point, given that Bobby appears to have disappeared into the land on wind and ghosts, we should just name Roger the Avatar King and be done with it.
Thanks, I truly appreciate it. But I don't believe in Monarchy, I'm all for Avatar Anarchy.
I could have made the effort to be creative and add something whimsical to my tortilla image, but, like I said, I have a whole folder of this kind of stuff. Behold my most whimsical of avatars!
Lovely indeed. But I think these Tricycle Skates look safer:
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tiber/Vict16.jpg)
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What the... what is the theme now? I cannot even keep up.
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The theme be pirates... ignore these bilge rats and scalawags!
Yarrrr..
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no!
it is whimsy!
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Or whimsical pirates.
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Tobacco.
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What the... what is the theme now? I cannot even keep up.
Obscure sports logos.
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Slam Bradley is now a mustachioed pirate smoking a cigarette with a whimsical attitude. I'm sorry there is no sports logo. I am very sorry.
I HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAPPY NOW
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I'm sorry there is no sports logo. I am very sorry.
There is no problem.
The irony of a two-fisted detective having a hook for a hand is metaphorically equivalent.
Perhaps not equivalent to the logo of, say, an XFL team... but at least equivalent to the logo of a CBA team or an extant AAA-ballclub's replaced logo, such as the Syracuse Chiefs (Chieves?) or the Tidewater Tides.
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Man I'm late to this thread, but as much as I was digging the egg with a tache and the eye with same Roger is just winning at everything here, his new avatar just proves it.
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no!
it is whimsy!
A Frank Reade, Jr. airship!
Very well done, young man.
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I think what I like about this one is that it incorporates the "whimsy" and "tobacco" elements without fundamentally limiting the Snidely Whiplash effect. Mwar har har har har!!
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V, to the untrained eye (mine), the smoke curling from the cigar looks like Arabic script.
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V, to the untrained eye (mine), the smoke curling from the cigar looks like Arabic script.
What? Ha! That's a silly assumption! No, it's just smoke, really...
Curses! Hobot has uncovered my subliminal messages! Must... switch... topic...
So, how 'bout that whimsical period, huh? It sure was wacky!
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I love that I just looked up "victorian airship" and used one that looked cool, and someone on the board recognized the source.
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I love that I just looked up "victorian airship" and used one that looked cool, and someone on the board recognized the source.
I knew of it because of its association with this site (http://bigredhair.com/#####s/index.html). Which makes me giggle.
damn filter won't let me post a proper link. Just click on the picture for automatons and be amused!
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I think this has gone too far.
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*quick punch to the back of the head*
judy, the animation. the animation.
ve haf ways ov makink you stop... ja?
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I think this has gone too far.
You sir, are my personal hero.
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Judy for the win!
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at barnes and noble, they had "Whimsical Mugs"
I wanted to take a picture, but I did not have my camera.
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I think this has gone too far.
The Many Faces of Iggy Pop: Secret Agent. Women want to know him, men want to copy his drink
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The Many Faces of Iggy Pop: Secret Agent. Women want to know him, men want to copy his drink
Two did not seem very many, so I added his 'normal' guise. Your ideas are what make my dreams come true.
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I think this has gone too far.
I seriously can't stop watching it! Even as I write this I feel the need to click "Back" and continue to watch it!!!