Disappearance two-letter words
 

Post text attached image due silliness... :rolleyes:
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I was just reminded the thread the Lounge that 's now April Fool's, which puts this into context somewhat. Still, original request stands: a less obtrusively humorous prank would appreciated. :wink:

:max:

<<Billy: It's finding the center of your story, the beating heart of it, that's what makes a reporter. You have to start by making up some headlines. You know: short, punchy, dramatic headlines. Now, have a look, what do you see?
[Points at dark clouds at the horizon]
Billy: Tell me the headline.
Quoyle: Horizon Fills With Dark Clouds?
Billy: Imminent Storm Threatens Village.
Quoyle: But what if no storm comes?
Billy: [COLOR=darkred]Village Spared From Deadly Storm[/COLOR].>>

Hmm, much better, thanks! Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too...
:cmd::chevy::flyingpig::tantrum::sparta::ouch::dunecat::busy:
:featurebug::tank:
Er, the bunny with a pancake on its head was supposed to be a VW Bug with a license plate declaring it a "FEATURE"...I'm not sure why it's now a 404.

The it's-a-feature-not-a-bug smiley seems to have been added in response to this:

[QUOTE=10metreh;210294]That's because they don't have any (new) characters in them. It's a feature, not a bug, designed to prevent people posting completely empty posts.[/QUOTE]

[quote=mdettweiler;210304]Hmm, much better, thanks! Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too...
[/quote]

You missed my favorite: :max:

I love this one... maybe because it's the way I feel most of the time.

:max::max::max::max::max::max::max::max::max:

Who's Matt?

[quote=bsquared;210323]You missed my favorite: :max:

I love this one... maybe because it's the way I feel most of the time.

:max::max::max::max::max::max::max:

Who's Matt?[/quote]
Well, I only could pack 10 smilies into my post...since that one's closer to the top of the smiley list it kinda blended in with the "old" smilies and I didn't notice it there. (Speaking of which, anyone notice that the "yucky" smiley has been moved to the top of the list? :yucky:)

Meanwhile, I'm not sure who Matt is...I know it's a surprisingly common mistake on this forum for people to refer to me as "Matt" (due to a quick skimming of the "mdett..." in my username), but the smiley doesn't quite describe me so I'm guessing it's someone else. :wink:

Did anyone try a countermeasure, such
asx adding anx "x" tox the end ofx each two-letter word?
I haven't yet seen a post like that.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;210332]Did anyone try a countermeasure, such
asx adding anx "x" tox the end ofx each two-letter word?
I haven't yet seen a post like that.[/QUOTE]

it is of no importance no longer.

on a related topic, what is the longest meaningful sentence you can come up with mostly 2 letter words? The above is the best I could do in less than a minute.

[quote=mdettweiler;210328]Meanwhile, I'm not sure who Matt is...I know it's a surprisingly common mistake on this forum for people to refer to me as "Matt" (due to a quick skimming of the "mdett..." in my username),[/quote]Max,

Perhaps the sysadmin could change the smilie's designation to

Ma"tt" (including the quotes)

or

MattMax

or both:

Ma"tt"Max

Ma("tt")x

[quote=bsquared;210335]it is of no importance no longer.

on a related topic, what is the longest meaningful sentence you can come up with mostly 2 letter words? The above is the best I could do in less than a minute.[/quote]" My, is it an ox, or is it an ai?" --- by Jo.

Paul

[QUOTE=xilman;210337]" My, is it an ox, or is it an ai?" --- by Jo.

Paul[/QUOTE]

No, Jo, it is: "do re mi fa so la ti"; on to my za!

I was constrained in my first try by trying to respond to cheesehead's post :matt:

Remind me not to play Scrabble with you two.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;210355]Remind me not to play Scrabble with you two.[/QUOTE]ef ye

[quote=cheesehead;210336]Max,

Perhaps the sysadmin could change the smilie's designation to

Ma"tt" (including the quotes)

or

MattMax

or both:

Ma"tt"Max

Ma("tt")x[/quote]
LOL--I see now it's been renamed to just "max"--observe (hold your pointer over it): :max:

Wow, I have a smiley named after me...I'm not sure whether to be flattered or embarrassed. Though quite frankly I suppose the same could go for many of the named smileys around here. :wink:

Max :max:

[quote=xilman;210337]" My, is it an ox, or is it an ai?" --- by Jo. [/quote]
[I]"I, man, am regal - a German am I[/I]
[I]Never odd or even[/I]
[I]If I had a hi-fi[/I]
[I]Madam, I’m Adam[/I]
[I]Too hot to hoot[/I]
[I]No lemons, no melon[/I]
[I]Too bad I hid a boot[/I]
[I]Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo[/I]
[I]Lisa Bonet ate no basil[/I]
[I]Warsaw was raw[/I]
[I]Was it a car or a cat I saw?"[/I]

[quote=Batalov;210386][I]"I, man, am regal - a German am I[/I]
[I]Never odd or even[/I]
[I]If I had a hi-fi[/I]
[I]Madam, I’m Adam[/I]
[I]Too hot to hoot[/I]
[I]No lemons, no melon[/I]
[I]Too bad I hid a boot[/I]
[I]Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo[/I]
[I]Lisa Bonet ate no basil[/I]
[I]Warsaw was raw[/I]
[I]Was it a car or a cat I saw?"[/I][/quote]Aaargh!

Didn't you know I suffer from aibohphobia?


Paul

[quote=cheesehead;210355]Remind me not to play Scrabble with you two.[/quote]It is OK by me.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;210355]Remind me not to play Scrabble with you two.[/QUOTE][url=http://live.wscgames.com/2009/]A place[/url] where [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowpods#Word_count]words[/url] will get you everywhere. :razz:

What did I do to deserve [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxn0Xfqkgw"]this find[/URL]?
(it was just a few leaps from Bob by Weird Al)

[quote=mdettweiler;210328](Speaking of which, anyone notice that the "yucky" smiley has been moved to the top of the list? :yucky:)[/quote]
And it's still there. :yucky:
I expected it to go along with "Topeka". :wink:

[quote=Mini-Geek;210423]And it's still there. :yucky:
I expected it to go along with "Topeka". :wink:[/quote]
It's gone now. :smile::smile::smile::smile::smile:

[quote=mdettweiler;210304]Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too...[/quote]

Oh yes! The emoction for fight is very funny especially!
:fight:
I would like that other interesting smilies be included up
within this forum as well. For example, the interesting cases are:
for [URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/1991.gif?gda=M6pTQDoAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fZFW3k_PoglcW7i4XZ13CSsS0sI9jqSOanaOO4gQ-Gzn97daDQaep90o7AOpSKHW0"]birthday[/URL]
[URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/tmi.gif?gda=irTKWzkAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fTeDK64NwMkHVtjddWZ-hgw2pe-P_eKwC8477wwVTr8WECKgQbmraGdxlZulaYnsh"]too much of information[/URL]
[URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/crutch.gif?gda=9UmHujwAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fgUYRCTf0dFQX9DawEkIOR98qXiPungQpKw0ahjfUD5L9Wm-ajmzVoAFUlE7c_fAt"]crutch[/URL]
idea, embarrassment, neutral, arrow, [strike]light bulb[/strike] icons,
thumbs down within the posting section space
disappointment as well? [COLOR=White]within this page only[/COLOR]

[quote=Raman;210470]Oh yes! The emoction for fight is very funny especially!
:fight:
I would like that other interesting smilies be included up
within this forum as well. For example, the interesting cases are:
for [URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/1991.gif?gda=M6pTQDoAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fZFW3k_PoglcW7i4XZ13CSsS0sI9jqSOanaOO4gQ-Gzn97daDQaep90o7AOpSKHW0"]birthday[/URL]
[URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/tmi.gif?gda=irTKWzkAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fTeDK64NwMkHVtjddWZ-hgw2pe-P_eKwC8477wwVTr8WECKgQbmraGdxlZulaYnsh"]too much of information[/URL]
[URL="http://aliquot.googlegroups.com/web/crutch.gif?gda=9UmHujwAAABI5aBjR_xejoeNbvWXKO5fgUYRCTf0dFQX9DawEkIOR98qXiPungQpKw0ahjfUD5L9Wm-ajmzVoAFUlE7c_fAt"]crutch[/URL]
idea, embarrassment, neutral, arrow, [strike]light bulb[/strike] icons,
thumbs down within the posting section space
disappointment as well? [COLOR=white]within this page only[/COLOR][/quote]
Actually, some of those are already here:
:redface: and :blush: for embarrassment
:neutral: for neutral
Or did you just mean to have them added to the little "Smilies" section beside the box where you write new posts, rather than having to click "More" to get to them?

Personally I find it refreshing to not have any animated smilies on the post-composition page; though a few additional common non-animated smilies could be added there, I just memorize the codes for the ones I use the most so it's not a big deal. And of course, always remember...
:sparta:
So it's only natural that we have a rather spartan array of smilies on the post composition page. :wink:

Extra smilies
 

[quote=mdettweiler;210476]
Or did you just mean to have them added to the little "Smilies" section beside the box where you write new posts, rather than having to click "More" to get to them?
[/quote]
Yes, I certainly meant adding up [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/misc.php?do=showsmilies"]to the forum[/URL] only. It does not make any difference at all to keep it within the box that is being adjacent to the "Reply To Topic" section page, than to keep it somewhere accessible at the forum. I am not that lazy to not scroll it up and then use those smilies, thus, I can as well make use of : : tags.

There were a plenty of smilies that were already provided by [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12829"]petrw1[/URL] before itself. No one has bothered about that at all, so far, till now, as far as I know. If some of them are silly enough, then I expect to add up atleast the interesting smilies such as birthday candle, too much of information, crutch.

To get an idea of about what the other smilies that I meant are, you can go to some other forum, such as the [URL="http://classicdosgames.com/forum"]Classic Dos Games Forum[/URL], for your reference purposes, in order to know about that, for this case only. Such as "Idea", "Disappointment", "Information", "Dismay", etc. I have attached up the icon for "Idea", that can be modified in style in order to resemble with the other icons to fit up within this forum only, not at all with corresponding to the other icons within that other forum itself, right then.

If in any case that I had the powers, then I would certainly like to add up all the extra smilies that are being provided by the others, thus.