A Conversation for Talking Point: h2g2's move to the BBC
The downtime should be called...
Lear (the Unready) Posted Mar 17, 2001
The obvious solution would be to poll everybody on the subject of whether polls are any use or not, and then feed the results into a nearby waste disposal unit, drawing appropriate conclusions as appropriate from thereon.
The downtime should be called...
Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Mar 18, 2001
I favour "The Great Total Existence Failure" (see "Mostly Harmless"). Mind you, that suggests an ultimate end as well...
"Yx" would be my second choice.
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Þing - KCP' - Thingite #15 Posted Mar 18, 2001
I vote for H0G0 - mainly because I thought of it (possibly before anyone else).
Pronounced HoGo, or possibly HooGoo.
Alternatively, the Beeblebreak.
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Doltaghey House Posted Mar 18, 2001
Yes! Yes! I was going to suggest the exact same thing! 
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Anonymouse Posted Aug 1, 2001
Personally I prefer 'the foop'... but that could be due to the similarity with the sound of the place where the Queen seems to have gotten herself lost in... 
At any rate, since the page askes for 'the -official- name' I think that whatever it is, it ought to be chosen soon and put on the page.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 3, 2001
Hear Here!
How about the "Cosmic BananaSkin".
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Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Aug 23, 2001
Whoops, that was 'Life, the Universe, and Everything'. I was thinking of Fenny's disappearance.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 29, 2001
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dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC Posted Aug 29, 2001
And I had been sitting here for several months, wondering if you were going to correct yourself, Pete. 
Argon0, why are you making all these old threads pop up on my home page all of a sudden? 
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 29, 2001
am I?
Just got back from Hols and going through my own personal backlog.....
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Anonymouse Posted Aug 29, 2001
Well, it's like this, d`E ... _Someone_ had to take over for my while I'm on haitus. 
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Anonymouse Posted Aug 29, 2001
For my -what- I hear you say.. Well.. of course, I meant 'for -me-' ... 
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 30, 2001
You must have exceedingly good ears!
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 15, 2001
OH sh
t - 
....
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 26, 2001
Aaaaaaagh!!!!
Its got me......
The downtime should be called...
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Oct 10, 2001
::Throws Bucket of cold custard over Anonymouse::
Boing.....
Hmm... Must have been blinking cold....
::Gets bucket of Cold Water and chucks over Anonymouse instead::
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- 81: Lear (the Unready) (Mar 17, 2001)
- 82: Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat (Mar 18, 2001)
- 83: Þing - KCP' - Thingite #15 (Mar 18, 2001)
- 84: Doltaghey House (Mar 18, 2001)
- 85: Anonymouse (Aug 1, 2001)
- 86: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 3, 2001)
- 87: Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat (Aug 23, 2001)
- 88: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 29, 2001)
- 89: dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC (Aug 29, 2001)
- 90: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 29, 2001)
- 91: Anonymouse (Aug 29, 2001)
- 92: Anonymouse (Aug 29, 2001)
- 93: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 30, 2001)
- 94: Anonymouse (Sep 11, 2001)
- 95: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 15, 2001)
- 96: Anonymouse (Sep 22, 2001)
- 97: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 26, 2001)
- 98: Anonymouse (Sep 27, 2001)
- 99: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Oct 10, 2001)
- 100: Anonymouse (Nov 27, 2001)
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