BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:42 PM

Fiacre is also, as I noted earlier, the patron saint of hemorrhoid suffers. Perhaps, after all those years in jail, leather hemorrhoids....

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:12 PM

Please excuse the typo above. I don't want to start an ugly scene.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:11 PM

OK, I see that Crispin is the patron Saint of leather workers and Fiacre is the patron Saint of taxi drivers. What's up with that?

ITWATBM, it seems to me that 'blaming' Rapaire is a bit aggressive. Perhaps it would have better if you had said "He started it!"

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:57 PM

Now we're confused again.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: GUEST,Brother Crispin Fiacre, OCSO
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:55 PM

I'm very sorry about that last. I'm not familiar with this keyboard.

Peace be with you, or as we say here, Pax vobiscum.

The Abbot has given me a few moments on the Monastery's Internet link, as he does all of those here. We are cloistered and of Strict Observance, but we need to know what happens in the World so that we can pray for the good.

I, who was once Shane McBride, bring you greetings from Madagascar! The flight over was long, but I found it a good time to examine my conscience, pray, and think about God and His goodness and how my past life caused Him pain. And yet He gave His Son so that I could be saved. That is Love, unselfish Love. And where Love prevails, there is God. I know that Love prevails among those here, even that one who would pretend to be the "old me." And I forgive him and will pray for his repentance.

My time is up and I must go.

Yours in God's Love,
Bro. Crispin Fiacre, OCSO

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:51 PM

KB's right; all this talk of fighting might put off new posters who perceive this to be an aggressive thread. Rapair's to blame for this with all his talk of Teutons and Romans. Personally I like all three new guests and hope they become permanent fixtures of the 85 billion thread. They may be interested to know there's even a way for them to become members of the 'First 100 Posters Club'. I won't bore them with the details just now - unless they're interested of course?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: GUEST,Brother Crispin Fiacre, OCSO
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:48 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:46 PM

Shane always comes back. Kind of like when you've eaten something that was a bit "off"...

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:41 PM

Talk about a cross post (two snuck in on me)!

Shane, you're back! Now I can die happy.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:39 PM

We shouldn't be fighting anyway. Can't we all just get along?

How do you feel about this GUEST,Ed?

GUEST,KAYLA, what is your perspective?

GUEST,Canadienne, care to weigh in?

(I don't mean to slight the members who are part of the 85 Billion thread, just want to make sure the GUESTS feel at home.)

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:37 PM

I fight on.

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From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:35 PM

No way, man! I can't flippin' belEEVE you would, like, bale out now, eh? Don't give up, man. There are, like, thousands of people out there dependin' on you to keep on keepin' on and flippin' take this thing all the way home! I am dependin' on you, man. Know'm sayin'?

- Shane

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:29 PM

There's too much choice. I feel the fight is already proving more than I can cope with. I might beat a retreat and withdraw from the battlefield forever, never to return.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:19 PM

How about the Macedonians/Greeks under Alexander? He did all right for himself (well, until that death thing).

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 02:12 PM

I was thinking for about a 12 month period?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 01:45 PM

That's a tough one. The Romans did OK for quite a while there but wasn't it descendents of the Teutons who finally brought them down? I guess it depends on how long you want to play the game.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 01:25 PM

I'm not sure whether I want to be the Romans or the Teutons.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 01:15 PM

Well if you're going to do the same KB I suppose there is little point. It was just my latest plan of attack, but there's no fooling you so it's back to the drawing board for me.

Have just realised that GUEST,Ed may have been talking about posting on the forum generally rather than the 85 billion thread specifically (Sorry Guest,Ed). I have therefore, single handedly (!), solved the mystery and claim the prize for being the first person to have solved a mystery on the 85 billion thread. I shall now work on my acceptance speech and make a badge.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:57 PM

from now on?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:57 PM

post in triplicate

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:56 PM

Will you always

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:51 PM

Bet you thought we'd not get on to you so quickly did you GUEST,Ed? I think you now realise you picked the wrong thread to pretend to have posted on before. There's no flies on us 85 billioners - well a few perhaps, but we don't say anything about that.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:46 PM

Come on, explain yourself GUEST,Ed. What's going on here?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 12:42 PM

There's no record of Guest,Ed ever posting on the 85 billion thread before, I've checked the archives. Could this be one of the 85 billion thread's first big mysteries? Do we have any detectives amongst our posters?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 10:16 AM

I was kind of enjoying the yin-yang thing of the two Shane's. Hopefully at least one of them will return (my preference would be the original in his original form. Flippin' eh).

Welcome GUEST,Ed. Don't be a stranger.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 09:21 AM

I'm not sure there is a computer link in the Monastery in Madagascar. As for the imposter, he's probably skulking around, hiding in the shadows in shame, thinking that in spite of his stinking of stale beer, vomit, and pot fumes nobody can find him.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:16 AM

Do 3 posts in a row count as a concentrated and focussed block? If not what counts as one? I need to win this war.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:11 AM

I think if the real BDiBR is the original one he hasn't posted because he is in shock. This imposter (if so) has changed our view of him and there's nothing he can do to prove it. Either he'll always be my flipping spiritual leader.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 08 Feb 07 - 03:10 AM

Seems to me LH you're suggesting it is better to post in concentrated and focussed blocks rather than a steady, evenly spaced flow. Hmm worth a thought. Thanks LH I will.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 06:39 PM

This thread makes me smile.

I used to post here years ago, but stopped for various reasons. I still see the old arguements which will never end, but as I said: This thread makes me smile

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 06:35 PM

Speaking of barbarians, whatever happened to the Shane imposter?

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 06:19 PM

The German tribes won by adroitly springing a surprise attack on the marching legions deep in the forest. The Romans were ill-prepared, being strung out in a long marching formation instead of a fighting formation, and they were overwhelmed and massacred. The Germanic people had many useful weapons at the time, including metal swords, axes, spears, arrows, and war dogs (large numbers of fierce hounds which could be released upon an enemy) (the Romans also employed war dogs in many battles). The Roman commander appears to have not handled the situation very well, and he paid for it by getting killed. The Romans seldom lost large battles against "barbarians", but they well and truly lost that one.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 03:33 PM

Mine will be a bloodless victory.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 03:24 PM

Well, the Teutons won the first time around. Some years later the Romans came and took their standards back. There was some minor violence associated with it, I believe.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 02:30 PM

Is this metaphor relating to Poster of the Year Rapaire?

And if so I ask the question, did the Teutons really win?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 07 - 01:15 PM

Were what appear to be wooden swords that were found on the site of the Teutonbergerwald battle (and carbon dated from that period) actually sufficient, even fire-hardened, to let Teutonic warriors fight on even a somewhat equal footing with the Romans?

If not, how come the Teutons won?

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 07 - 07:14 PM

My, my. Children worry over such petty things. Are they concerned that someone is trying to steal Shane McBride's identity now that he's become Brother Crispin Fiacre, OCSO? Are they concerned that Don McBride hasn't mentioned his probably now-Sainted brother? No, they just squabble over who will post the most in '07, when the answer should be obvious to all.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 06 Feb 07 - 02:56 PM

Not so fast there buck-o. You want that award, you gotta go through me!

(Maybe you should keep a running tally this time. It would make the final tabulation a lot easier. Not only that, if I'm trailing toward the end of the year I could stuff the ballot box and wouldn't have to guess how many posts I needed. I thank you for your consideration on this.)

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 06 Feb 07 - 02:40 PM

Wow, no one else has posted since me this morning (UK time). Looks like Poster of the Year 2007 going to be a cinch. I'm off to work on my acceptance speech.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: IWTATBM
Date: 06 Feb 07 - 04:08 AM

Reminds me of myself does KAYLA, brief, to the point and not inclined to waffle. I could have posted that.

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From: GUEST,Canadienne
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 05:34 PM

few words but a few needs

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 05:33 PM

Could be -- she sure ain't related to Shane!

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 05:18 PM

Maybe she's related to Actress Wendy.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 05:15 PM

A person of a few words, that's Kayla.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 04:29 PM

Welcome, KAYLA, please tell us more.

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: GUEST,KAYLA
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 04:20 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 02:34 PM

I found a picture of Shane (before he went in the Monastery) expressing his heritage his own way, Don.

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From: GUEST,Big Brother Don
Date: 04 Feb 07 - 08:08 PM

Ha! Ha! Ha! Oooweee! The little brother is really ticked now, eh? Ha! Ha! I nearly flippin' wet myself laffin'. He has gone downtown to drown his sorrows at the Iron Horse and try his tricks on the waitresses. He ain't got a dog's chance in hell though cos they all know him awlready, eh? That's his problem in this flippin' town. He can't hardly get away with nothin' here no more, so he usually goes to Sudbury now and then when he gets a great new idea to score dope or fast talk women or borrow somethin' from someone. We are gettin' to know the Sudbury cops better all the time. It was hate at first sight! Ha! Ha! Ha!

The Blind River cops are almost family by now, eh? Same for the cops in Spanish. I buy 'em a donut now and then for laffs.

Ain't seen Officer flippin' Dana for a bit now. She went back to cop school or somethin'. No big loss if you ask me.

- Don "the Man" McBride

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Feb 07 - 07:48 PM

Hey, punk-o! Maybe I'll drive over and see you after all.   Ha ha ha ha!

Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts?
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Feb 07 - 07:11 PM

Listen, punk-o. Before he entered the monastery Shane would've ripped you to pieces! Wasn't anybody who could out-drink, out-cuss, out-fight, out-love, out-dope, or out-anything else the Old Shane. Now you come along and say you're him! "Oh, I hope your mungoberries..." -- the Old Shane wouldn't have said something like that; no, he would've try to rip 'em off.

At least he seems to have made peace with himself. Which is more than I can say for you, you white-livered, posy-sniffing, fake! And if you want to come out here and make something of it, come on ahead. I sure as heck can't be bothered to go to Blind River and look YOU up, you beer puke, you!