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Syfte
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 |  Subject: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:19 pm | |
| Okay, so "How it all began" was a nice little idea that we had in the Gen. Fuji section. But it's gone due to it's outdated-ness. So, do you think we should: Have a contest to see who writes the best story of Fuji. Have some of the staff write it up. Have me write it. The way I would write it would be in chapters. IE, - Spoiler:
CHAPTER ONE: A Legend is Born
Let's start, and end, with the shirts. Dressing is a big deal to me -- ever since I (a) became single, and (b) lost 60 pounds, I've become something of a clotheshorse. I don't know the etymology of that expression, but it's such a neat word I wanted to use it. (Am I like a sawhorse, but for clothing instead of sawing?)
At any rate, I've started shopping at the smallest, snottiest, exclusiviest (I know, not a word) little men's boutiques I can find. At first I was content merely having the guys at Nordstrom all know me by name (and call me when they got a new season's worth of fashions), but that was merely a gateway (like marijuana in the eyes of conservatives) to littler shops, where each individual thread in a garment has a value measured in dollars, not pennies.
CHAPTER TWO: Growing Up
Sadly, these kinds of shirts require dry-cleaning, which requires that I make it to the dry-cleaner. This is something of an issue for me, because I'm wont to keep odd hours, and because when I'm awake I'm usually working (c.f. "being single, the suckiness inherent therein"). So, for the last week, in preparation for WWDC, I've been driving around with a big blue laundry bag full of dirty shirts in the passenger seat of my pimp ride.
I should mention that, when I was a wee lad, I had visions of one day getting a pimp ride, so that when I passed pretty women on the side of the street who were forlornly walking somewhere, I could pull up and say, "Hey, mamasita, you want a ride?" I've since been informed that women find this, in fact, really creepy, so I've never actually done it, but I have to mention that every guy has a fantasy of one day doing this, even while admitting this fantasy is in direct opposition to any possible reality.
CHAPTER THREE: Living to its Potential
[I should also mention that should I wish to Jackson out and hit on 12-year-old boys, instead of women, a pimp ride is the perfect way to go. The number of times I've had 12-year-old boys yell out "pimp-de-pimp-pimp-pimp!" to me when I drive by is surprisingly high, considering I had previously never heard the "pimp-de-pimp-pimp-pimp" call and have no idea what it means. But for 12-year-olds it's some kind of lingua franca.]
At any rate, you can imagine how cool it is to drive by a pretty woman walking in the rain and think, "Hey, I should offer her a ride... wait, then she'd have to have my big bag of stinky shirts in her lap... that'd probably strike her as pretty strange... possibly even frightening."
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:20 pm | |
| i love the idea of having a contest for it. |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:21 pm | |
| I like it, but I'm not the best one to write it. Give me some more info on Fuji and I can do it in 2 weeks. |
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The Official JCMG
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:22 pm | |
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Syfte
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:22 pm | |
| Mmk, cool. The only downside would be that some users would have advantages over others - they've been around longer. |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:22 pm | |
| Yeah. Although a lot of us came around the same time. |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:24 pm | |
| Make the contest strictly to users from MyNK. |
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:30 pm | |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:36 pm | |
| You think only five users on here are from MyNK ? Wow.. |
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Syfte
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:37 pm | |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:04 pm | |
| Well he edited it so who knows.. |
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Syfte
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:16 pm | |
| I saw 50 before you posted that, haha. |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:18 pm | |
| I'm pretty sure it was five. And what do you mean "before you posted that"... you know i can't edit posts here right? |
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Syfte
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:19 pm | |
| I saw ein post his post, then 6 minutes later I saw yours. |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:20 pm | |
| I don't see your point... |
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Jshushij
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:50 pm | |
| I like the idea.
I think that whoever wins the contest should have the reviewers and former reviewers (so me, Sk9, Ein, and Rytoz) edit it to its final copy. |
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Syfte
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:52 pm | |
| Nice add-on. I dunno about Super editing it though. xP |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:53 pm | |
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Jshushij
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:53 pm | |
| Yeah, I guess hes gone for good. |
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Yes Im Am
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:43 pm | |
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Tristan
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:43 pm | |
| Well do it when the contest's made |
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Johnywilko
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:43 am | |
| Do you realise almost none of the users know the original story? |
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Jshushij
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:12 pm | |
| Let Yem, he knows the most outside of DG and Faz I think. |
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Yes Im Am
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:43 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: "How it all began..." Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:43 pm | |
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