StarFleet Captain Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I've seen these words used from time to time on this forum and I'm puzzled as to what they mean and what the history behind using them are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Hiram Sedai Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Originally posted by StarFleet Captain: I've seen these words used from time to time on this forum and I'm puzzled as to what they mean and what the history behind using them are?It has to do with TULIP from Calvanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Dear 9107, Those things are our Memorabilia. The "Fix or do Somefink" as well as many other Gems have been Free Floating in this Forum for some times now. Now if you'll be so kind as to look on the Upper Right part of your screen you'll find the Search Feature. Here it's Yellow because I kicked it in the liver so that it would be visible off a green background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conscript Bagger Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 History was made here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally derived from classical Americana slang, and used primarily to confuse enemy communications intercepts. Sumfink provides no direct German interpretation. To the German, it became the totality of snitches interpreted as sum=total, and fink-snitch, ergo when used in a sentence as in "Do sumfink!", the typical German intelligence officer understood the order to mean, "Provide a total count of internal spies". Thus making the enemy believe that an internal investigation had begun during battle and that the Americans would be busy searching for spies. Here at the forum, we don't dabble in history, we make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I was just thinking it's about time I updated my sig [ July 18, 2002, 07:54 PM: Message edited by: JonS ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Am I the only one that just noticed that this Captain Stransky had an Email address that is shared by the forum name of the only person to stick up for him in that whole thread, GAZ NZ? Sneaky, cheeky little bugger. Did anybody catch onto this before? Am I being two years too slow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Do sumfink was invented to combat the guy who came up with "All your base are belong to us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 BTS, please fink or do somefix! DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by fytinghellfish: Am I the only one that just noticed that this Captain Stransky had an Email address that is shared by the forum name of the only person to stick up for him in that whole thread, GAZ NZ? Sneaky, cheeky little bugger. Did anybody catch onto this before? Am I being two years too slow?Don't know about being 2 years too slow but I believe GAZ NZ even admitted at one time that he posted under both as a "joke". That was before he went off to "police collage" (his spelling, or lack thereof). Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by sitzkrieg: That was before he went off to "police collage" (his spelling, or lack thereof). KeithWhat is wrong with the spelling? He may be cutting and pasting pictures of deputy sheriffs or something . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisl Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by MrSpkr: What is wrong with the spelling? He may be cutting and pasting pictures of deputy sheriffs or something . . .Maybe he was stalking Slappy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Didn't the Peng People hang him or sumfink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: Didn't the Peng People hang him or sumfink?I thought he was banned or somefink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by MrSpkr: What is wrong with the spelling? He may be cutting and pasting pictures of deputy sheriffs or something . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Oberst Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by MrSpkr: What is wrong with the spelling? He may be cutting and pasting pictures of deputy sheriffs or something . . .Oh get with the program!!! You should have posted: What is wrong with the spelling? He may be cutting and pasting pictures of deputy sheriffs or somefink . . . What's the matter, you ride the short bus to school or somefink? [ July 19, 2002, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: Herr Oberst ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windopaene Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 But the first recorded use of the word comes from here And clearly GAZ and the Cpt. were the same person... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFleet Captain Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by fytinghellfish: Am I the only one that just noticed that this Captain Stransky had an Email address that is shared by the forum name of the only person to stick up for him in that whole thread, GAZ NZ? Sneaky, cheeky little bugger. Did anybody catch onto this before? Am I being two years too slow?[Edit:Oops, nevermind. I guess if I would have taken the time to read the linked-to thread, I would have known.] But anyway, thanks for the clarification on the "sumfink" deal. Especially about the German translation story. That was interesting. [ July 19, 2002, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: StarFleet Captain ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I had not seen the other post. I guess he thought "somefink" was the correct spelling, since he wrote it that way twice. Or perhaps "somefink" was a joke between him and his friends and he was inadvertantly passing the gift on to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Oh dear Christ Wallingsford, now we're infected. It's the sumfink syndrome. [ July 19, 2002, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Bruno Weiss ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFleet Captain Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: Oh dear Christ Wallingsford, now we're infected. It's the sumfink syndrome.Sounds dangerous. Is it contagious? Is it life-threatening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFleet Captain Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by Offwhite: History was made here.Ahh, I guess that'll teach me to actually read a URL from time to time. Now I know who Captain Stransky is. DOH! Sorry for the rambling above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn-Sykes Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Anybody check out GAZ_NZ's profile in that classic thread? a brief excerpt: Interests: Gung, Guns and more GunsEither he needed a 'D' or an 's'. [ July 19, 2002, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife: Anybody check out GAZ_NZ's profile in that classic thread? a brief excerpt: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Interests: Gung, Guns and more GunsEither he needed a 'D' or an 's'.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by fytinghellfish: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife: Anybody check out GAZ_NZ's profile in that classic thread? a brief excerpt: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Interests: Gung, Guns and more GunsEither he needed a 'D' or an 's'.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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