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Topic: The OSC Conspiracy Thread - Humour
Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:11 PM
Hmm... Poster #209... I'm not validating anything for certain, but it seems a little interesting to develop a hurmoristic thread regarding this. For a start off, it's #209. Being OSC, you'd expect a 1-10 number of a member. To think that OSC is later than Tom Davidson is a little weird. More so, the unusual sense of humour not found in the books ("Jetlag") is more than enough to change the known character. I can't think of more right now, anyone cares to join and try to unvalidate OSC's identity?This is a humour thread, #209! Please do not get angry or contact yourself in order to kick me out, OK? Thanks in advance - if request accepted. JH
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Hobbes
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posted April 04, 2005 04:12 PM
THX-0209 Hobbes
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msquared
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posted April 04, 2005 04:13 PM
He is not a number, he is a man, Jean Val Jean.(In best singing voice.) msquared
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Hobbes
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posted April 04, 2005 04:14 PM
Your eyes are full of hate 209, that's good. Hate keeps a man alive, gives him strength! Hobbes
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:14 PM
Uh... Uh... Quid scribbis? (Sorry, Quiddy! I like Latin!)
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TomDavidson
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posted April 04, 2005 04:14 PM
"Being OSC, you'd expect a 1-10 number of a member." Well, you would, if you didn't know how they initially created all the members on this site.
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Hobbes
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posted April 04, 2005 04:16 PM
Alphabetically ordered transfer of usernams from the old forum to the new one (there were many forums before this one, by my count, there were 6 "ones" before this ). Hobbes
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msquared
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posted April 04, 2005 04:17 PM
And Tom took out the Holy Book and spake to the crowds. In the begining there was AOHell and God saw that it sucked. But it was all he could get at the moment. And at the AOHell, God created Hatrack River. And a bunch of fanboys signed up. And then Card signed up. Or something like that. msquared
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:17 PM
Still, Tom is after Orson, and Davidson is after Card. Moreover, look at the join-dates!
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:29 PM
Also, he's written down as a member, not an admin!
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Jon Boy
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posted April 04, 2005 04:37 PM
But if he's not running this place, then who is? *pulls back the curtain, only to find an empty cockpit*
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MEC
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posted April 04, 2005 04:38 PM
maybe because he doesn't want to admin the boards?
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TheTick
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posted April 04, 2005 04:38 PM
According to Hobbes, it must be the Architect.
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SteveRogers
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posted April 04, 2005 04:39 PM
.....interesting......very interesting.....
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beverly
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posted April 04, 2005 04:40 PM
Kristine is. Duh. edit: to Jon Boy [ April 04, 2005, 04:40 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
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SteveRogers
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posted April 04, 2005 04:41 PM
Maybe.....OSC....stands for......Obviously Suggesting (a) Conpiracy...and OSC is really an alien from Mars!
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:42 PM
Yes, but He's powerless? This is AutoPilot!!!
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beverly
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posted April 04, 2005 04:42 PM
Another incarnation of OSCfan?
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted April 04, 2005 04:42 PM
He probably thinks his wife is doing a bang-up job as a moderator...and he's probably right.
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msquared
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posted April 04, 2005 04:43 PM
But he is not an admin. He is the owner. msquared
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:44 PM
So he should have ownership mentioned... I sense something in the air...
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Dan_raven
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posted April 04, 2005 04:45 PM
Do not question who is running the conspiracy, er, um boards. They do not like to be questioned.
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted April 04, 2005 04:45 PM
OSC needs a member title like "Da Man" or something, just so he's set apart from the rest of us mere mortals.
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beverly
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posted April 04, 2005 04:46 PM
How 'bout "Benevolent Dictator"? No, no, "Beloved Dictator". Yeah. No, wait, after reading the other side, it must be "The Dude". [ April 04, 2005, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:46 PM
Then some Godly message must be sent! I needed to post this on the other side!
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Jonathan Howard
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posted April 04, 2005 04:48 PM
Good night. Send me e-mails if they are important! I'll review and comment in 6.5 hours roughly.
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MEC
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posted April 04, 2005 04:58 PM
quote: No, wait, after reading the other side, it must be "The Dude". hey, that's my name!
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Annie
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posted April 04, 2005 05:21 PM
Here's a ponderance: I was a registered member of The Olde Forum, but delayed coming here for a few months because I didn't want to have to get used to a new setup and thought I could overcome my hatcrack addiction anyway. I wonder if my old name got transferred and I never even knew it! *spooky music*
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Annie
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posted April 04, 2005 05:22 PM
quote: quote: No, wait, after reading the other side, it must be "The Dude". -------------------- hey, that's my name! No... I believe you're confusing yourself with Le Mec.
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Hobbes
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posted April 04, 2005 05:22 PM
quote: quote: THX-0209 Ahem. You rang? Hobbes
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St. Yogi
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posted April 04, 2005 05:24 PM
His member number, Hobbes
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TomDavidson
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posted April 04, 2005 05:24 PM
I believe there was indeed a Morgan Majors transferred. And they were not transferred in strict alphabetical order, but rather in -- I believe -- four batches. OSC was in the third batch, and I was in the second. I have no idea how the batches were derived. *grin*
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Hobbes
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posted April 04, 2005 05:24 PM
It's not my fault I'm slow, I was just born that way. Do they have a pill for that yet? Or like stupid-o-suction? Hobbes
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Annie
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posted April 04, 2005 05:28 PM
Oooh. If I could revive my old email address, I could probably revive my antediluvian self. *wicked grin*
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SteveRogers
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posted April 04, 2005 05:29 PM
I don't believe scientists have found a cure for that. I'm sure many doctors would tell you the best cure is to start thinking, but that isn't a pill now is it?
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Portabello
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posted April 04, 2005 05:30 PM
Oooh, and you're just a few posts away from 7000 posts! mph [ April 04, 2005, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: Portabello ]
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Annie
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posted April 04, 2005 05:32 PM
No luck... not antediluvian Annie to be found. Rats. I like the new nick, mph. Reminds me of Bedknobs and Broomsticks .
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Rabid Newz
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posted April 04, 2005 05:34 PM
Or maybe I'm OSC!!!! Or else OSC is really a talking starfish. The conspiracy is kept up by the person who found out his secret first, his wife.
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Susie Derkins
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posted April 04, 2005 05:35 PM
And I know not the significance of these 7000 posts you point out to Annie.
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Susie Derkins
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posted April 04, 2005 05:38 PM
That's just because you're not as creative as I am.
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Lupus
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posted April 04, 2005 05:38 PM
lol, this thread reminds me of something one of my old professors used to say when reminding us to bubble our SSN on our scantron tests. "Remember, at the University of Florida, you're not a name, you're a number."
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Zalmoxis
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posted April 04, 2005 05:54 PM
Okay. So I remember that when I first start lurking, you could still read one of the older forums -- the one that had threaded conversations and featured many posts by D. Michael and John Keats and Darlene and others. Anybody remember when that was? I know I lurked as far back as late 1999, but it may have been even farther back than that.
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jeniwren
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posted April 04, 2005 06:46 PM
I don't have an opinion about OSC and his member number but I do think that Annie is very cool for using the word antediluvian. It's one of my favorite words.
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Jon Boy
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posted April 04, 2005 06:54 PM
Susie Derkins—I love it! Bev: Yes, I know. I guess I forgot to add "j/k " to the end of my post. And anyway, I've actually met Kristine in person. So there. (j/k )
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beverly
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posted April 04, 2005 06:56 PM
It just seemed such an obvious answer to the question--and I had to be the first to say it. <---has met neither Kristine nor Scott <---is jealous See? I'm green with envy.
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Ela
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posted April 04, 2005 07:46 PM
What I want to know is why he is registered in 1999 and not "A long time ago!" That just doesn't make sense to me.
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