Disappearance two-letter words

mdettweiler · 2010-04-01, 03:28

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mdettweiler · 2010-04-01, 03:41

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.

Xyzzy · 2010-04-01, 04:26

Batalov · 2010-04-01, 05:46

<<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: Village Spared From Deadly Storm.>>

mdettweiler · 2010-04-01, 14:19

Hmm, much better, thanks! Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too...

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.

10metreh · 2010-04-01, 18:22

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by 10metreh

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.

bsquared · 2010-04-01, 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdettweiler

Hmm, much better, thanks! Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too...

You missed my favorite:

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

Who's Matt?

mdettweiler · 2010-04-01, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsquared

You missed my favorite:

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

Who's Matt?

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?

)

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.

cheesehead · 2010-04-01, 20:09

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.

bsquared · 2010-04-01, 20:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehead

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.

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.

cheesehead · 2010-04-01, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdettweiler

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),

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

2010-04-01, 03:28	#1
mdettweiler A Sunny Moo Aug 2007 USA (GMT-5) 1869₁₆ Posts	Disappearance two-letter words Post text attached image due silliness... Last fiddled with by mdettweiler on 2010-04-01 at 03:29 Reason: whoops, typo [attach] tags

2010-04-01, 14:19	#5
mdettweiler A Sunny Moo Aug 2007 USA (GMT-5) 3·2,083 Posts	Hmm, much better, thanks! Oh, and the new smileys are quite interesting too... 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. Last fiddled with by mdettweiler on 2010-04-01 at 14:19

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2010-04-01, 03:41	#2
mdettweiler A Sunny Moo Aug 2007 USA (GMT-5) 3×2,083 Posts	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.

2010-04-01, 05:46	#4
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2²·23·103 Posts	<<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: Village Spared From Deadly Storm.>>

2010-04-01, 20:09	#9
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 17014₈ Posts	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.

2010-04-01, 04:26	#3
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 3×2,741 Posts