Funniest member Guru award time approaching

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The discussion revolves around the upcoming Guru awards, specifically the Funniest Member category. Participants are nominating members they find humorous and sharing thoughts on past winners and the nature of the awards.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest nominees for the Funniest Member award, including BobG, jimmysnider, Artman, and MIH.
  • Several members express their desire not to be considered for the award, with some humorously referencing fears of public perception.
  • There is mention of past winners, such as tribdog and Cyrus, and discussions about the implications of winning, including disappearing acts.
  • Participants discuss the possibility of other awards, such as a gloomiest member competition and a most conceited award.
  • Some members reflect on the qualifications for nominations, including the status of retired staff and mentors.
  • Humor is a central theme, with jokes about the volcano and flammability, as well as playful banter about the nature of nominations.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no clear consensus on who should be nominated or the rules surrounding the awards, as multiple competing views and humorous exchanges remain throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the rules of the awards, including whether a member can win multiple times and the eligibility of certain members based on their status.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in community engagement, humor, and the dynamics of online awards may find this discussion relevant.

  • #31
Danger!
 
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  • #32
Thanks for the nominations! But I think being retired staff disqualifies me.

I hear the volcano god's stomach growling again... "FEEED me, Seymour!"
 
  • #33
Math Is Hard said:
Thanks for the nominations! But I think being retired staff disqualifies me.

I hear the volcano god's stomach growling again... "FEEED me, Seymour!"
Nope, retired staff are qualified.
 
  • #34
OK, then I want back on staff. I eat a lot of beans and I'm highly combustible. :cry: I wouldn't survive the volcano.
 
  • #35
Math Is Hard said:
OK, then I want back on staff.

You heard that, Evo? We've managed to re-snare MIH!
 
  • #36
cristo said:
You heard that, Evo? We've managed to re-snare MIH!
Works for me! Get the green cape!
 
  • #37
Math Is Hard said:
OK, then I want back on staff. I eat a lot of beans and I'm highly combustible. :cry: I wouldn't survive the volcano.
But what about the explosion and fire? The Humanity! Oh, the Humanity!
 
  • #38
Is MIH returning to the patrol of the philosophy forum?
 
  • #39
Kurdt said:
Is MIH returning to the patrol of the philosophy forum?
YES! It's too late, it's in writing, she wants to return. She wants the Philosophy forum back.

Make her take it, please. :cry:
 
  • #40
Evo said:
YES! It's too late, it's in writing, she wants to return. She wants the Philosophy forum back.

Make her take it, please. :cry:
Can I nominate her for the Kim Basinger doppelganger guru? She belongs in psychology, not philosophy, and I am concerned about her flammability. I'm sure that she has a subtle TX accent that is to die for...
 
  • #41
cristo said:
You heard that, Evo? We've managed to re-snare MIH!

Evo said:
YES! It's too late, it's in writing, she wants to return. She wants the Philosophy forum back.

Make her take it, please. :cry:

Woo hoo! Grab the net, don't let her get away again! :biggrin: :devil:
 
  • #42
Borek said:
Do we have a gloomiest member competition?

even if we did, it would all end in tears … :redface:

i can just see it … :cry:​
 
  • #43
Danger...my god!
 
  • #44
Darkiekurdo said:
Mathwonk!

Yes! Yes! He is by far the funniest member. However much of his humor is very subtle and requires some knowledge of math to understand or even detect.
 
  • #45
Borek said:
Do we have a gloomiest member competition?

How about giving the winner the Marvin award/trophy?
 
  • #46
misgfool said:
How about giving the winner the Marvin award/trophy?

That's the plan.
 
  • #47
I think I'm the funniest member. I didn't know I couldn't win twice. Then can I have a "former funniest member" Recognition?
 
  • #48
You're immortalised in the library.
 
  • #49
Kurdt said:
I think Mentors can't be nominated for member awards unfortunately. :frown:

I see christina wants to off me in the PF volcano, probably because I keep calling her chrissie. :wink:

yes..it's off to the volcano you go!
 
  • #50
I vote for MIH, the beans joke just about clinched it.
 
  • #51
I haven't looked all the way through, but see some good suggestions have been made, but have Lisab and mgb phys been nominated too (for being amusing, not for volcano fodder)?
 
  • #52
wolram said:
I vote for MIH, the beans joke just about clinched it.

Good to see you again. Wolram, Any funny stories about the wedding to compete with?
 
  • #53
I vote tribdog for recently getting banned. Was he? Well he got his own thread locked due to a single uncharacteristic final post of going on a rant of bashing Australians , which was deleted. " Uncharacteristic " because up until then he had made rather benign comments -possibly directed toward the moderators about how the thread was intended to speak well of the French and how the Polish were so awesome and then there was a sudden ( his final ) post where he just switched characters and went on a manic rant bashing the Australians in a way which no American has ever done before.

Alterior motives - a plan of his all along perhaps? Possibly. I knew that post was doomed and sure enough I found it deleted and the thread locked about 5 minutes after reading his final post. The thread was going smoothly and then it absolutely self destructed ... with all due respect to tribdog.
 
  • #54
mgb_phys said:
I think we should have an icon, that's says 'warning this user may contain irony'

Nominated or seconded.
 
  • #55
A person has to be known for being funny. A couple of funny posts don't qualify. We need consistency. This is for GURU.

I think we've killed off most of our funny people already.

I think Borek would make a good sacrifice. I mean, look at his avatar. He's just begging to be thrown into a volcano. :biggrin:
 
  • #56
From the volcano point of view I am better as a toothpick than the snack. I am skinny, so instead of frying nice I will just turn charred.
 
  • #57
I agree with the LisaB nomination, any way i think the guru award should go to a female, they are funny beast's without even trying.
 
  • #58
wolram said:
I agree with the LisaB nomination, any way i think the guru award should go to a female, they are funny beast's without even trying.
Funny "ha-ha" or funny "other"?
 
  • #59
wolram said:
I agree with the LisaB nomination, any way i think the guru award should go to a female, they are funny beast's without even trying.
turbo-1 said:
Funny "ha-ha" or funny "other"?

Sarah Palin? :rolleyes:
 
  • #60
turbo-1 said:
Funny "ha-ha" or funny "other"?


Some times the funny other makes them funny ha ha.
 

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