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AG/DC Jan 14 2008 06:26 PM

I love 'em. I just think death announcements and silent threads shouldn't be the same thread. People get all silent in a thead and those of us already talking feel stupid. We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to.

Frayed Knot Jan 14 2008 06:39 PM

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KC Jan 14 2008 06:57 PM

Mr. Whipple died?

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 07:15 PM

Good Seaver post, even if the avatar isn't working.

seawolf17 Jan 14 2008 07:17 PM

I don't even know how you all post a silent post; it won't let me post nothing.

cooby Jan 14 2008 07:34 PM

sealwolf, didn't your English teachers teach you nothing? Don't use double negatives!

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 07:58 PM

Hit the space bar twice, like Han Solo after a particularly difficult Kessel Run.

Willets Point Jan 14 2008 08:08 PM Re: Silent threads

AG/DC wrote: I love 'em. I just think death announcements and silent threads shouldn't be the same thread. People get all silent in a thread and those of us already talking feel stupid. We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to. I think its nice to have them all together. Some people have a great story to tell at the wake, some people just shuffle quietly past the coffin. This is especially true for those of you who say actually know who Don Cardwell is as opposed to those of us who just want to show a bit of respect to a former Met.

seawolf17 Jan 14 2008 08:13 PM

metirish Jan 14 2008 08:29 PM Re: Silent threads

AG/DC wrote: People get all silent in a thead and those of us already talking feel stupid. We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to. I remember recently asking if I had missed something in a thread because people were posting nothing, for a while I thought I had posted something stupid and that was the response.

Elster88 Jan 14 2008 10:42 PM

AG/DC wrote: Hit the space bar twice, like Han Solo after a particularly difficult Kessel Run. What just happened here?

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 10:56 PM

Two blank spaces qualifies as a post, and you're allowed to submit it.

Elster88 Jan 14 2008 11:00 PM

Oh yes I get that. But what about the Kessel run? He did it under 12 parsecs you know.

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 11:04 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 14 2008 11:49 PM

Yes, I've heard. What it is --- is a convolutedly awkward reference. See, after a run like that, Han would want to hit a bar. Maybe twice. In space.

Elster88 Jan 14 2008 11:05 PM

Don't mind me. Clever puns go over my head quite often. Was it 12 or 5? Or 6? I can't get it to sound right in my head.

Willets Point Jan 14 2008 11:07 PM

Less than 12 parsecs is correct.

Rockin' Doc Jan 15 2008 05:42 AM

Seeing as a parsec is an actual measure of distance, rather than a unit of time, Hahn Solo was way off base with his boasts. Not that I actually knew any difference at the time, but 1 Parsec = 3.08568025 × 10 to the 16th power meters. Still it is a fine scene in a great movie, despite Solo's confusion regarding parsecs.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 06:06 AM

Fans have spent 30 years going to great lengths --- great lengths --- explaining how Solo's usage makes sense. Such explanations usually include phrases like, "This was the Kessel Run, after all...."

seawolf17 Jan 15 2008 07:21 AM

NERDS!

Benjamin Grimm Jan 15 2008 07:21 AM

I know they're talking about Star Wars, but beyond that I'm lost.

MFS62 Jan 15 2008 07:37 AM

cooby wrote: sealwolf, didn't your English teachers teach you nothing? Don't use double negatives! He ain't never done that! Later