Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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The discussion revolves around the humorous concept of "thread killers" on a forum, where participants analyze who tends to end conversations with their posts. The top offenders identified include franznietzsche, Moonbear, and tribdog, with a playful tone suggesting a competition for the title of "thread killer." Participants debate the validity of counting last posts as a measure of thread-killing ability, arguing that it should be adjusted based on the total number of posts each user has made. The conversation shifts into a light-hearted narrative, likening thread-killing to a horror movie scenario, with participants playfully accusing each other of sabotaging discussions and attempting to "steal" the thread. The banter includes references to fictional scenarios involving dramatic rescues and humorous characterizations, maintaining a light and comedic atmosphere throughout.
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Evo said:
I was going to get a copy of your wasp avatar for my picture collection, but hadn't done it yet. Can you post it so I can copy it? Please?

Soooooooooo, you want the picture do you? *rubs hands together, grins evily and thinks*
I can feel myself pulling into the lead in the funniest member competition... :devil:

Seriously, its an honor to be grouped with the likes of Danger et al., but I can't compare to those yucksters. So here it is.
 

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DocToxyn said:
Soooooooooo, you want the picture do you? *rubs hands together, grins evily and thinks*
I can feel myself pulling into the lead in the funniest member competition... :devil:

Seriously, its an honor to be grouped with the likes of Danger et al., but I can't compare to those yucksters. So here it is.
Oooh, thank you! :approve:
 
  • #4,173
Huh, I always thought that was a skull. Didn't look too closely.
 
  • #4,174
Specifically I thought it was a buffalo skull.
 
  • #4,175
BicycleTree said:
Huh, I always thought that was a skull. Didn't look too closely.

LOL! It seems it has been open to some interpretation. :biggrin: It took me a while to realize it was even an insect of some sort...just one day I noticed it had mandibles and it all clicked. I guess that's the problem with having to shrink pictures down to avatar size. Even knowing what it is, I still more often see it as an evil rabbit.

Somehow, I think a really suitable avatar for DocToxyn would be a rattlesnake poised to strike.
 
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i knew what it was and i don't even know what a mandibleh is

what is a mandible anyway
 
  • #4,177
HEY GUESS WHAT EVERYONE!

I have successfully snapped my fingers quite a few times! I was watching the simpsons, relaxing, and apu was singing about not needing the kwik-e-mart, and I just did it, out of nowhere. Awesome :cool:
 
  • #4,178
A mandible is... uh... a buffalo jawbone. Yes.
 
  • #4,179
Congratulations, matt!
 
  • #4,180
Wow, you know, after posting that I was looking up "mandible" on dictionary.com and it turns out it actually can be a vertebrate jaw as well as an insect jaw part. So it could be a buffalo jaw. But that wasn't the only thing I found: I found this popup: http://adopt.specificclick.net/contents/1837/mummy_40.jpg
It looked normal to me until I noticed that the skull has a tongue.
 
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  • #4,181
Yeah, the mandible is the mouth parts of an insect or the jaw of a vertebrate. But my first impression was that it was a nose. :rolleyes:
 
  • #4,183
The key in the bee image is not to look at the large eyes as the eyes, but look at the little shadows above the eyes (at the "eyebrows") as the eyes--dim, lidded, and small.
 
  • #4,184
Moonbear said:
LOL! It seems it has been open to some interpretation. :biggrin: It took me a while to realize it was even an insect of some sort...
I thought it was a moth, but it looked very cool. I would have never guessed a wasp.

Somehow, I think a really suitable avatar for DocToxyn would be a rattlesnake poised to strike.
No snakes.
 
  • #4,185
Evo said:
No snakes.

Oops, sorry, forgot about your feelings regarding snakes. :-p How about if he just uses a turtle as his avatar? :biggrin:
 
  • #4,186
Moonbear said:
How about if he just uses a turtle as his avatar? :biggrin:
:!) :!) :!)
 
  • #4,187
why do ppl kill their lungs smokings.. seriously don't understand them

http://carboninside.com/thc.jpg
 
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Yes, but there aren't any poisonous turtles.
Although I did find this, which is pretty funny.
Q. Are there any poisonous turtles? A. Not really, but...

Turtles don't have teeth or fangs the way snakes do, so they have no way to deliver poison into a victim. They don't use venom for protection or predation. But there have been many reports of people becoming ill after eating American box turtles. The poison at work is apparently from mushrooms which are harmful to humans but have no effect on the turtles that eat them.
Those pesky, mushroom eating box turtles.
 
  • #4,189
Huckleberry said:
there have been many reports of people becoming ill after eating American box turtles. The poison at work is apparently from mushrooms which are harmful to humans but have no effect on the turtles that eat them.
Serves them right for eating turtles. :devil:
 
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Huckleberry said:
Those pesky, mushroom eating box turtles.

Those turtles are pretty slick! :biggrin:
 
  • #4,191
Evo said:
I thought it was a moth, but it looked very cool. I would have never guessed a wasp.

No snakes.

C'mon Evo, the Northern Pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucas melanoleucas, I once owned was a very entertaining reptile, especially at mealtime. :bugeye: He was also the best pet to keep in the bedroom, much quieter than any of the mammals I ever owned. If you had met him, I think you would have agreed. I'll have to dig around and see if I can scan in a picture of him. :biggrin:
 
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DocToxyn said:
C'mon Evo, the Northern Pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucas melanoleucas, I once owned was a very entertaining reptile, especially at mealtime. :bugeye: He was also the best pet to keep in the bedroom, much quieter than any of the mammals I ever owned. If you had met him, I think you would have agreed. I'll have to dig around and see if I can scan in a picture of him. :biggrin:

I don't know if that's the kind of snake Evo wants in the bedroom. :smile: And Artman's going to be mad if the snake eats the beavers he's been collecting. :-p
 
  • #4,193
DocToxyn said:
C'mon Evo, the Northern Pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucas melanoleucas, I once owned was a very entertaining reptile, especially at mealtime. :bugeye: He was also the best pet to keep in the bedroom, much quieter than any of the mammals I ever owned. If you had met him, I think you would have agreed. I'll have to dig around and see if I can scan in a picture of him. :biggrin:
Lizards - ok. Snakes - not ok. :bugeye:
 
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Moonbear said:
I don't know if that's the kind of snake Evo wants in the bedroom. :smile:
Oh dear, no. :eek:

And Artman's going to be mad if the snake eats the beavers he's been collecting. :-p
The dreaded one eyed beaver snake?
 
  • #4,195
Evo said:
Oh dear, no. :eek:

The dreaded one eyed beaver snake?
Snakes and beavers do not mix well.
When beaver (Castor canadensis and Castor fiber) thin forests by cutting down trees, and when they build dams that create impoundments (ponds), certain groups of reptiles are benefited. For example, in the Piedmont of South Carolina, lizards were twice as abundant along streams with beaver impoundments than along streams without beaver impoundments (Metts et al. 2001). Turtles were six times more abundant along streams with beaver impoundments than along streams without beaver impoundments (Metts et al. 2001). However, if one excluded terrestrial turtles (i.e. Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina) from the analysis, the data would show that aquatic turtles were 84 times more abundant along streams with beaver impoundments than along streams without beaver impoundments (the terrestrial Box Turtle, which enters water only occasionally, was captured with equal frequency along both impounded and unimpounded streams.

Although, generally speaking, lizards and turtles are benefited by beaver, some species of snakes are harmed by beaver. Let us look now at which specific lizards, turtles and snakes are benefited and harmed by beaver engineering.
http://www.ecology.info/beaver-reptiles.htm

And I found this funny childrens fable.
http://rocketcar.nerdygirl.com/03_dodge.html

And these beaver and snake games.
Super Beaver
You need lots of inflated balloons plus several sets of men's long underwear (one per lodge). Have one Beaver put on the long underwear. The other Beavers stuff balloons into the long underwear, trying to see how big they can make their beaver. They can change "wearers" and see if they can beat their own record. Why not add a tail, also ? (The Leader, May 1986)


Beaver, Beaver, Come Out and Be Fed

Beavers form a dam and face inwards. The leader breaks the circle and starts walking inside the circle, slowly while chanting the verse below. The leader, with the Beavers following keeps walking in circles towards the center. Once they reach the middle, they change direction and begin to weave back out. When finished, everyone is in a large circle facing outwards. How did that happen ?

Chant:


Beaver, Beaver, come out and be fed,
First your tail and then your head.
Bring your Mama and your Papa,
We'll feed you fried bacon.

Snake tag

The Beavers form two teams in two lines, with the Beavers holding onto the waist of the Beaver in front. The Beaver at the front of each team tries to tag the last Beaver on the other team. When caught, the Beaver joins the other 'snake'. The game ends when there is only one snake
 
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  • #4,196
:smile: OMG! Huckleberry, I think this post deserves to go into the "classics" thread. :smile: :smile: :smile:
 
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I just thought how strange it was that everything that we've been talking about was on the first few hits that I saw when I googled. I wish I could claim to have made that stuff up. The best part is that its real, except for the fable. It's only funny in context with everything else on the last few pages of this thread.
 
  • #4,198
Here are some of my frog and turtle pictures. Yes, the middle picture is three frogs in one, they (it) were born that way.
 

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Huckleberry said:
I just thought how strange it was that everything that we've been talking about was on the first few hits that I saw when I googled. I wish I could claim to have made that stuff up. The best part is that its real, except for the fable. It's only funny in context with everything else on the last few pages of this thread.
It's hysterical in context with what we've been discussing. I think we should all gather at my house for a few beaver games. :biggrin:
 
  • #4,200
aaah!

THE PRESSUREEE! II CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!@#$@#!


THE DAMN FINALS!#@$!


AARGHHhh! i gott wakeup at 5 and then study more and then submit fingerprints to one place and then go take one final exam just to have a second final exam followed in 30 minutes afterwards
my head is going to explode

its like having 2 MIPS of thoughts per second every second for hours and it doesn't ever stop its drilling through my cranium..

its like trying to get out, to break out from your head and its eating all the equations and all the problems I've ever solved and i feel like I am losing my memory

damnit! I've never taken any drugs and not taking anything at the moment but i think i have a freaking early onset of dimensia or something that's not even in the books yet