Noba Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 ....they heard there was an Australian in the area.... He's probably turned native by now, he's been overseas for long enough. Something we are happy about I can assure you. Noba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PondScum Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 It's official, we've all come out of retirement too early. Sounds like the click-frenzy won't begin for a couple of weeks. Bugger. Anyone for a sing-song? Where's Seanachai when you need him?* *For target practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Capt Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I don't know why but every few years or so I feel a driving need to conduct a virtual drive-by of the Peng thread. Beyond the obvious question, as I stir my late night tea, of why the same old names keep posting on this lunatic reservation? I am still left wondering what the purpose of this particular thread is in the bold light of the 21st century. Is it a chance to try and plant a piece of yourselves in a virtual garden in the hopes that some small portion of your identity will survive the cold dark of the end? Perhaps your own lives simply will not deliver what you hope to accomplish here in over a decades worth of inane arguments, comments and intentional obscurity. At first, a long time ago I had raged, poked and inflamed the mad few who call this thread home. Then perhaps after my last war I think I began to understand, you all wish for solace and faternity in a world of shifting sands. You dig in, inside this virtual trenchment and hope that the shells of reality fly past. You cling to each other so that somehow at the end of days a small splice of your soul will somehow move on, forever imprinted as pixels. Enshrined in the cold logic of ones and zeros. Your encrypted and irrelveant banter will somehow lift you above the clouds of the end of time and act as some sort of electronic pyramid. Ok, live with that and carry on. But I wonder if the sunrise you see outside your window. The smile in someone you love, deep, corney and cheesy as it may seem in the stark print of this post, can compare to the empty amusment of what looks to me like an eternal tennis game, increasingly less and less relevant. In conclusion, it is time to put a flame to this thread. Peng is gone and the spirit of what he had tried to do has died with him. Burn down these stale and dusty virtual halls. Let others pick up a torch. In short end it, it is over. A weak shell of its former self. Stubborn self expression in the face of extinction has and alway be the sign of the last gasps of dying species. Let younger and more vibrant souls pick up new and brighter threads; go gently into the night and be thankful you had a chance to express in the first place. Shhh.....time for deep sleep and peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I don't know why but every few years or so I feel a driving need to conduct a virtual drive-by of the Peng thread. Beyond the obvious question, as I stir my late night tea, of why the same old names keep posting on this lunatic reservation? I am still left wondering what the purpose of this particular thread is in the bold light of the 21st century. Is it a chance to try and plant a piece of yourselves in a virtual garden in the hopes that some small portion of your identity will survive the cold dark of the end? Perhaps your own lives simply will not deliver what you hope to accomplish here in over a decades worth of inane arguments, comments and intentional obscurity. At first, a long time ago I had raged, poked and inflamed the mad few who call this thread home. Then perhaps after my last war I think I began to understand, you all wish for solace and faternity in a world of shifting sands. You dig in, inside this virtual trenchment and hope that the shells of reality fly past. You cling to each other so that somehow at the end of days a small splice of your soul will somehow move on, forever imprinted as pixels. Enshrined in the cold logic of ones and zeros. Your encrypted and irrelveant banter will somehow lift you above the clouds of the end of time and act as some sort of electronic pyramid. Ok, live with that and carry on. But I wonder if the sunrise you see outside your window. The smile in someone you love, deep, corney and cheesy as it may seem in the stark print of this post, can compare to the empty amusment of what looks to me like an eternal tennis game, increasingly less and less relevant. In conclusion, it is time to put a flame to this thread. Peng is gone and the spirit of what he had tried to do has died with him. Burn down these stale and dusty virtual halls. Let others pick up a torch. In short end it, it is over. A weak shell of its former self. Stubborn self expression in the face of extinction has and alway be the sign of the last gasps of dying species. Let younger and more vibrant souls pick up new and brighter threads; go gently into the night and be thankful you had a chance to express in the first place. Shhh.....time for deep sleep and peace. OR ... you could just Sod Off, that would work too. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 No relation of course but still ... Why do you persist in denying our shared ancestry Great-Uncle Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 the Peng thread shall witness my resurrection. nobody needs to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Feel free to visit anytime. Are you mad, sir? Do you realize what you have just done? You have extended an invitation to Shaw [shudder]. What if he should decide to accept? [shudder, grimace] I wouldn't wish that even on an Ozzie. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I am still left wondering what the purpose of this particular thread is in the bold light of the 21st century. Is it a chance to try and plant a piece of yourselves in a virtual garden in the hopes that some small portion of your identity will survive the cold dark of the end? Perhaps your own lives simply will not deliver what you hope to accomplish here in over a decades worth of inane arguments, comments and intentional obscurity. At first, a long time ago I had raged, poked and inflamed the mad few who call this thread home. Then perhaps after my last war I think I began to understand, you all wish for solace and faternity in a world of shifting sands. You dig in, inside this virtual trenchment and hope that the shells of reality fly past. You cling to each other so that somehow at the end of days a small splice of your soul will somehow move on, forever imprinted as pixels. Enshrined in the cold logic of ones and zeros. Your encrypted and irrelveant banter will somehow lift you above the clouds of the end of time and act as some sort of electronic pyramid. Actually, I just came in to take a whiz and found the exit locked with a hand scrawled sign that said "Sartre was here" taped to the inside. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 This is unacceptable lads, unacceptable. The Peng Challenge Thread has been the one constant throughout the development of all the incarnations of the Combat Mission franchise and yet I see it third from the bottom of page one. UNACCEPTABLE! It's just a damned good thing I'm here now to keep an eye on things. I wonder, is Boo Radley good for anything, anything at all? Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 This is unacceptable lads, unacceptable. The Peng Challenge Thread has been the one constant throughout the development of all the incarnations of the Combat Mission franchise and yet I see it third from the bottom of page one. UNACCEPTABLE! It's just a damned good thing I'm here now to keep an eye on things. I wonder, is Boo Radley good for anything, anything at all? Joe Does the Battlefront Forum have a spittoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Does the Battlefront Forum have a spittoon?Not as such, we do have the Serf Pissbuckets of course but for some unlikely reason Boo Radley has moved beyond that stage. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Cimbot Middle: Bottle for Nobody. Well, that's my proof reading done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I wonder, is Boo Radley good for anything, anything at all? Good question. He's a bit rotund and would be awkward to use as a paperweight unless we first cut him up into handier bits. But it would be just like him to bleed all over everything. I could use a good footstool, but it would be necessary to have him deloused first. No, I'm afraid he is entirely useless. Rather like the last four decades of politicians. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Cimbot Middle: Bottle for Nobody. You've been at the loco weed again, haven't you? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PondScum Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 nobody needs to see that. Naked, screaming, and covered in blood - what's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Naked, screaming . . . - what's not to like? Ewwwwwwwwwww. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Why do you persist in denying our shared ancestry Great-Uncle Joe? That clears up a lot of questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Capt Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 OR ... you could just Sod Off, that would work too. Joe "Sod off"?! That is what passes for prose these days in this weak land of shadows. "Sod off", the catch phrase for the barely educated and barely literate. If anything proves my passing point it is this dry, dead an overused cliche, aching for release from this world. You poor and sorry old priests. The true prophets are gone. The one who could actually see the Promise Land have left the building. Leaving you sad and sorry custodians to worry the dust and clean out the collection plate. See you in another decade. If the Good Lord is generous he will have taken most of you home. There are streets in Heaven in need of sweeping. If Peng is stil alive, he is weeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 "Sod off"?! That is what passes for prose these days in this weak land of shadows. "Sod off", the catch phrase for the barely educated and barely literate. We knew you'd like it. And in case you haven't heard, the Olde Ones are not gone. I am an Olde One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I am an Olde One. Joe, your junior assistance watch-beagle has been eating those funny weeds again! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Joe, your junior assistance watch-beagle has been eating those funny weeds again! Steve I know, it's hard to keep him out of them though. We've tried shock collars and electric fences ... nothing seems to work. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I know, it's hard to keep him out of them though. We've tried shock collars and electric fences ... nothing seems to work. JoeUp the voltage. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I'm an Olde One too...and a Reserve Backup Deputy Justicarrot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Everybody have fun tonight Everybody Wang Chung tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Naked, screaming, and covered in blood - what's not to like? The naked part. Yech. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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