What are some of the funniest things said on PF?

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I had to share this with everyone...

But to accept the ideas that you've presented here, a person would have to be so open-minded that his brain falls out.

I swear I've heard this before, but
Another favorite:

Limbo for me too.
It's not so bad. We can play limbo. I used to be very good in limbo when I was younger and more lenient.

Anyone else? What are some of the funniest thing said on PF?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh wow there's a million of them for me. I'd have to go through the greatest threads thread but some of the ask a stupid quetion stuff was hilarious. We used to have a member named Zoobyshoe who could spill out one, two, and twenty liners like water from a glass.

 

[franznietzsche]

Used to have zoobyshoe? what happened?

 

[dekoi]

Used to have zoobyshoe? what happened?

Deceased.

(From the forum that is.)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Rumor has it that some kind of disaster befell the Zooby brush shelter. I also hear that he has been sighted at the San Diego Zoo.

 

[Evo]

Does anyone know what happened to Njorl?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I think he and Zooby ran off together.

 

[franznietzsche]

I think he and Zooby ran off together.

Well that's no good

 

[dekoi]

Well that's no good

Well, unless they're happily married.

 

[jcsd]

With the risk of hijacking this therad anyone know what happened to FZ+ and Mr. Robin Parsons?

 

[Evo]

Mr Robin Parsons was banned.

 

[BoulderHead]

You're kidding me? From funny man of PF to the street. Really, I'd like to see this forum list the banned members so they are not simply thought to be laying in a ditch somewhere.

 

[jcsd]

Mr Robin Parsons was banned.

Wow, I don't remember that one! In fact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

 

[dekoi]

Wow, I don't remember that one! In fact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

Unless we're actually all banned and living in an immitation of reality.

 

[BoulderHead]

An imitation you can still get banned from…down to the next deeper layer we go.

 

[Evo]

You're kidding me? From funny man of PF to the street. Really, I'd like to see this forum list the banned members so they are not simply thought to be laying in a ditch somewhere.

I think there was a list once.

 

[Smurf]

Wow, I don't remember that one! In fact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

If you ever don't see me for 3 weeks... You know what to do.

 

[Evo]

Wasn't there a movie recently about the memory of other people being wiped out, so it was as if they never existed?

 

[Gokul43201]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

[Smurf]

Oh wow there's a million of them for me.

Ah, getting out your 'Best of Smurf' collection I see you know you can get them for as little as $200 in Africa.

 

[jcsd]

Whatever happened to that Smurf chap? It's almost like he was never here...

 

[Gokul43201]

What Smurf chap ?

 

[jcsd]

What Smurf chap ?

Who's that your talking about?

 

[Gokul43201]

But didn't you...never mind, I must have imagined it.

 

[Nereid]

Pottery magician ... Chronos came up with that (if you've not been following the discussion on what PF should do about the Theory Development board, you may not appreciate how funny this is).

 

[Gokul43201]

Yes, 'pottery magician' was a truly inspired coining.

 

[honestrosewater]

Pottery magician

I assume that would have something to do with crack pottery... great now I have to read.

Did anyone follow that huge argument Mr. Robin Parsons got into with Monique and others about grouping Canada and the US together in her member's geographical location thread? That was great... but in a horrible way.

 

[Nereid]

Andre, whose mother tongue is not English, posted this gem about, well, you can work it out I'm sure (I've done a little editing):
"Actually there are two worlds, one 4.6 billion years old and the other one 6,000. The first world is sure of this [age] because they have a dozen independent techniques to calculate that age; the 6,000 year old world is sure of its age too, because somebody who can know its age says so.

Somehow those two worlds got merged, I don't know, a peculiar wormhole or something. Now we have ended up with intermingled people from two worlds whose main objective seems to be to convince the others of their truth.

This is tragic, since none of those parties will ever succeed because there are two worlds.[/color]"

 

[Artman]

Somehow those two worlds got merged, I don't know, a peculiar wormhole or something. Now we have ended up with intermingled people from two worlds whose main objective seems to be to convince the others of their truth.

This is tragic, since none of those parties will ever succeed because there are two worlds.[/color]"

This certainly is tragic. Funny, but tragic.

 

[ShawnD]

Just have a look at my signature.

I'm inebriated at the moment so I'm unable to see why your procedure is wrong.

 

[Les Sleeth]

Wow, I don't remember that one! In fact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

Yep, and Alexander, Lifegazer, LogicalAtheist . . . When I first joined I remember this guy who used to post theories. He said he was a genuis just like Einstein, except without the math. I think he was banned too.

 

[the number 42]

Yep, and Alexander, Lifegazer, LogicalAtheist . . . When I first joined I remember this guy who used to post theories. He said he was a genuis just like Einstein, except without the math. I think he was banned too.

You can be banned for being a genius? Surely that's just professional jelousy.

 

[honestrosewater]

You can be banned for being a genius?

Clearly that isn't true since I'm still here. And, no, there is only one interpretation of the situation.

 

[Moonbear]

Clearly that isn't true since I'm still here. And, no, there is only one interpretation of the situation.

But I thought you were an evil genius. I think that's an entirely different category, and subject to special rules.

 

[jcsd]

Yep, and Alexander, Lifegazer, LogicalAtheist . . . When I first joined I remember this guy who used to post theories. He said he was a genuis just like Einstein, except without the math. I think he was banned too.

I vaguely rember all those posters, but still I cannot rmeber them being banned or infact can I ever remember anyone being banned. That's proabaly because I do't frequent the more seedy parts of PF tho'

 

[BoulderHead]

I think there was a list once.

I do not recall such a thing at all.


Here is something I noticed. Scroll down a post and look at Mr. Parson’s username;
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=12163

Now compare and contrast the above with the name of Confutatis;
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=15294

Do you see it? I have not seen this with any other x-member’s username. My guess is that Confutatis had it done by special request. I must confess when I saw this shortly after it was first changed I was absolutely sick with envy, lol. Confutatis went out like a man, even having his username altered in the process. That’s a class act to follow as it shows style, real style!

Well, the best I can now hope for now is imitation because nothing has come to mind to top that. Be it known, therefore, I [no longer] secretly would like to be banned. Being banned would go a long way towards making me feel as if I were a part of history; I might even adopt a martyr complex. I’ve tried certain measures to have this happen but the best I could get was someone telling me to behave. I feel like a patient on life support who can't even get a friend to kindly pull the damn plug. It’s, it’s humiliating!

 

[franznietzsche]

If Mr RObin parsons was blocked, then why does he still have a user profile?

And what's the thing with confutatis? I don't see it...

 

[honestrosewater]

But I thought you were an evil genius. I think that's an entirely different category, and subject to special rules.

Congratulations, you are now my nemesis.

BoulderHead, you are a part of PF history. No one will ever figure out what two Deities you are named after. It will drive us crazy. Then you can reveal it on your deathbed just like in Citizen Kane...rosebud...

 

[BoulderHead]

If Mr RObin parsons was blocked, then why does he still have a user profile?

And what's the thing with confutatis? I don't see it...

The difference is his name is smaller and less bold than Mr. P’s. The norm for banned members would seem to be putting their user name in a thinner font. Witness Gandalf;
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=234

Mr. P. was supposedly banned (though the typeface has not changed), but Confutatis simply quit, which is why I suspect he requested his username to be ‘fixed’. Confusion ensues when members don’t get to see a list of the ousted and/or when procedures are not applied consistently, which is why on more than one occasion I have expressed desire for having it made public knowledge. Following that, I’d like to see the actual event televised so I can eat my bread while watching the circus.

Even Mr. Bill seems to have been banned;
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=2040

Poor Mr. Bill, he(?) Treated me nice the best I recall.

[deit]
the thin, little usernames look delightful. I want one!

 

[BoulderHead]

BoulderHead, you are a part of PF history. No one will ever figure out what two Deities you are named after. It will drive us crazy. Then you can reveal it on your deathbed just like in Citizen Kane...rosebud...

I heard story rosebud was the name he gave her genitals, hmmm, boulderHEAD. Do not fret about the name, it may come to you in a dream.

 

[franznietzsche]

I heard story rosebud was the name he gave her genitals, hmmm, boulderHEAD. Do not fret about the name, it may come to you in a dream.

Actually rosebud was Hearst called his mistress's genitals. In the movie it was the name of Kane's childhood sled. Of course, Hearst was none too happy about all this...

 

[jimmy p]

I remember the good ol' days. Who else was banned? David Ben Ariel. That dude was a scream. Seriously.

 

[Artman]

Actually rosebud was Hearst called his mistress's genitals. In the movie it was the name of Kane's childhood sled. Of course, Hearst was none too happy about all this...

People that name genitals are just wierd. (Looking down) Isn't that right Blinky?

 

[Nereid]

Hey, can we have some more members 'funniest hits'? I thought honestrosewater's (start of this thread) was great!

 

[quantumdude]

You can be banned for being a genius? Surely that's just professional jelousy.

They all thought so.

Yes, 'pottery magician' was a truly inspired coining.

Yes, and right around that same time in the Feedback Forum, Moonbear came up with "mental diarrhea" when we were discussing the new Philosophy Forums Guidelines.

Infact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

Really? It happens fairly frequently! Except now we have a lot of temporary (21 day) bans, that are dished out via the warning system.

 

[jcsd]

Really? It happens fairly frequently! Except now we have a lot of temporary (21 day) bans, that are dished out via the warning system.

I think it's 'cos you don't annouunce that you've banned them plus physicsforums is aalot more tolerant than other forums, but despite being here I'd guess for about two years I couldn't rember anyone ever being banned once.

 

[BobG]

The question was about a comet's hyperbolic orbit. Only, the question was very poorly asked (you shouldn't rely on the title to pass critical info, for one thing). At least one 'helpful' person completely missed what was being asked - his answer was ... well, very strange. He never went back and reread the original question, setting up a very humorous back and forth with neither person having the slightest clue what the other was talking about. Eventually, the thread originator just couldn't take it anymore.

the particles follow geodesics in spacetime---the spacetime created by the massive central body, the black hole. approximately the same paths as photons of light
if you think about it in an open-minded fashion, I believe you will come to the conclusion that the maximum radial velocity (what you asked about in your question) is c {speed of light}

italicized brackets mine

What the balls are you talking about? There is no black hole here and this problem has nothing to do with relativity AT ALL. There are no speeds even close to c anywhere in this problem. Please stop saying retarded things in my thread.

In fact, just about everyone had trouble figuring out what was being asked. I don't know if we finally figured out and answered his question or if he just decided we all must be on drugs.

 

[Moonbear]

Yes, and right around that same time in the Feedback Forum, Moonbear came up with "mental diarrhea" when we were discussing the new Philosophy Forums Guidelines.

Oh, I can't take credit for that one. I heard it somewhere else before using it here (I think it was originally used by an English instructor of mine years ago, but am not sure anymore). I was just the one to share that gem with PF.

 

[Evo]

Infact I can't remeber anyone ever being banned from physics forums.

I think the reason people don't realize how many people get banned is because the majority of the people that are banned aren't very memorable. They're not likely to be missed. Kind of like a cold sore. There are exceptions, of course.

chroot & Tom Mattson have come up with some of the funniest one liners I've read. I wish there was some way to find them!

 

[quantumdude]

Here's a good'un from PF2.

Saint: Do you prefer cats or dogs?

Boulderhead: Oh, I'd eat either one in a pinch.