Why has PF stopped with the ancient traditions?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Giant
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
The discussion centers around the nostalgia for a ritual that used to take place in the new members forum, where old members would ask newcomers about their favorite fish, followed by a humorous "fish-slapping" initiation. Participants express disappointment that this fun tradition has been discontinued, attributing the change to a cease and desist order from Monty Python. The conversation humorously explores the absurdity of the ritual, with members reminiscing about their own experiences, including amusing anecdotes about being "slapped" by various sea creatures. Some members suggest that despite its silliness, the ritual served as a lighthearted form of hazing, contrasting it with more extreme initiation practices. The thread also touches on unrelated topics, such as music preferences and cultural connections, but the primary focus remains on the lost fish-slapping tradition and its significance to the community.
Giant
Messages
50
Reaction score
10
I was scanning the new members forum. I scrolled back till November start. I noticed something odd. Back when I joined, old members used to ask the new members about their favourite fish,, and a certain ritual was done after that. Why don't we do it any more? It was so fun!
 
  • Like
Likes Silicon Waffle
Physics news on Phys.org
Could you be more specific about the ritual involved?
 
Giant said:
Why don't we do it any more?

Because Monty Python issued us a cease and desist order. Those guys have no sense of humor...

 
  • Like
Likes Thewindyfan, davenn, Silicon Waffle and 1 other person
DiracPool said:
Because Monty Python issued us a cease and desist order. Those guys have no sense of humor...
Was the new member allowed to slap back?
 
Giant said:
I was scanning the new members forum. I scrolled back till November start. I noticed something odd. Back when I joined, old members used to ask the new members about their favourite fish,, and a certain ritual was done after that. Why don't we do it any more? It was so fun!
Probably because the more I ask for it, the less results I sure get later. This matches with my personality. :nb)
 
Frankly, in my humble personal opinion, the 'New member introductions' subforum should be renamed to: 'What's your favourite fish?'.
 
DiracPool said:
Because Monty Python issued us a cease and desist order.
"If you chaps don't cease and desist, you'll become ex-parrots."
 
jtbell said:
"If you chaps don't cease and desist, you'll become ex-parrots."
I think you should give them a slap. :olduhh:
 
No more fish face-slapping!??11/1$&&$^& I'm SHOCKED! Truly...
 
  • Like
Likes Evo and lisab
  • #10
That's just sad.
Tsu said:
No more fish face-slapping!??11/1$&&$^& I'm SHOCKED! Truly...
NoPe. I was shocked too. Although I got slapped with Megalodon . :cry:. It's bad to see new new members don't go through with that torture.
 
  • #11
I remember when i first joined i was slapped by an octopus, i have been pulling the odd testicle out of my hair ever since.
 
  • #12
Tsu said:
No more fish face-slapping!??11/1$&&$^& I'm SHOCKED! Truly...
TSU! Nice to see you!
 
  • #13
wolram said:
I remember when i first joined i was slapped by an octopus, i have been pulling the odd testicle out of my hair ever since.
Might you mean "tentacle"?!
 
  • Like
Likes Sophia and Silicon Waffle
  • #14
wolram said:
I remember when i first joined i was slapped by an octopus, i have been pulling the odd testicle out of my hair ever since.
o_O :DD
 
  • #15
Giant said:
I was scanning the new members forum. I scrolled back till November start. I noticed something odd. Back when I joined, old members used to ask the new members about their favourite fish,, and a certain ritual was done after that. Why don't we do it any more? It was so fun!
soooo... what's your favorite fish? :biggrin:
 
  • #16
I might be in the minority, but I thought the fish-slapping bit was sort of lame...
 
  • Like
Likes dlgoff
  • #17
Greg Bernhardt said:
soooo... what's your favorite fish? :biggrin:
Paedocypris progenetica >_>
8mm long. Works out nice.
 
  • #18
I like the trout :) And those small black ones that eat dirt in aquariums are useful :rolleyes:
 
  • #19
lisab said:
Might you mean "tentacle"?!
I kinda LIKED the way Wolly said it...:biggrin:
 
  • Like
Likes Silicon Waffle
  • #20
Tsu said:
No more fish face-slapping!??11/1$&&$^& I'm SHOCKED! Truly...
TSU! I was thinking about you just this morning! Happy New year!
 
  • #21
@Sophia
Nice video. Got the tune stuck in my head now.
 
  • Like
Likes Sophia
  • #22
Mark44 said:
I might be in the minority, but I thought the fish-slapping bit was sort of lame...

That's precisely why it's so fun and cool, because it's lame o0). It's "safe hazing" for PF. The alternative is that Greg and DaleSpam drive you out to a remote part of the woods in the middle of winter and drop you off blindfolded with only your underwear on, and then tell you you can't have a beer until you find your way back to the Frat house. Would you like that instead as an initiation rite?!
 
  • Like
Likes Sophia
  • #23
DiracPool said:
That's precisely why it's so fun and cool, because it's lame o0).
I guess "fun" and "cool" aren't synonyms for "lame." Quite the opposite, in fact.
 
  • #24
Tsu said:
I kinda LIKED the way Wolly said it...:biggrin:
Hi Evo. :smile: Happy New Year to you too!
 
  • #25
OK. I just replied to myself! o0) I'm not used to this new format... plus I'm older than Evo, so...:wink:
 
  • #26
DiracPool said:
That's precisely why it's so fun and cool, because it's lame o0). It's "safe hazing" for PF. The alternative is that Greg and DaleSpam drive you out to a remote part of the woods in the middle of winter and drop you off blindfolded with only your underwear on, and then tell you you can't have a beer until you find your way back to the Frat house. Would you like that instead as an initiation rite?!
Plus you have to find and bring an elk in a Packer hoodie to the Frat house. That was added last year...
 
  • Like
Likes DiracPool
  • #27
Tsu said:
OK. I just replied to myself! o0) I'm not used to this new format... plus I'm older than Evo, so...:wink:
She will have to call you sis :DD and to respect your favorite fish.
 
  • #28
Tsu said:
Happy New Year to you too!
Happy New Year to you, too. Waiting a few seconds to intentionally miss the mark for your time zone ... Posting NOW! Happy New Year!
 
  • #29
Giant said:
Nice video. Got the tune stuck in my head now.

Is it really possible to get a German song stuck in your head? I thought it was only the American and British songs that did that...
 
  • #30
DiracPool said:
Is it really possible to get a German song stuck in your head? I thought it was only the American and British songs that did that...
Oh yea it happens. I like listening to all languages songs. I try to concentrate on music alone,, no lyrics. Although translation is always good. So German, French, Japanese, they're all good. This song, for example, won't sound nearly as good if it was translated in English. So... Me likes..
 
Last edited:
  • #31
Giant said:
Oh yea it happens. I like listening to all languages songs. I try to concentrate on music alone,, no lyrics. Although translation is always good. So German, French, Japanese, they're all good. This song, for example, won't sound nearly as good if it was translated in English. So... Me likes..
Of course it is possible to like German songs. Especially the old ones that are fast paced and melodic. I don't speak German, but we are culturally close so my generation grew up on translations of German, Italian and Croatian songs also called Schlagers lol
 
  • #32
Sophia said:
my generation grew up on translations of German, Italian and Croatian songs also called Schlagers lol

I'm actually feeling a little "Schlagered" myself right now from a medicinal vodka tonic I drank to offset the aftermath of last night's festivities :wink:
 
  • #33
DiracPool said:
Is it really possible to get a German song stuck in your head?
"Horch, was kommt von draußen rein..." Argh! That one was implanted in me 43 years ago when I was in Germany for a semester...
 
  • #34
jtbell said:
"Horch, was kommt von draußen rein..." Argh! That one was implanted in me 43 years ago when I was in Germany for a semester...

Actually, now that you mention it, this song got stuck in my head back in the 80's:

 
  • Like
Likes Sophia
  • #35
DiracPool said:
Actually, now that you mention it, this song got stuck in my head back in the 80's:



I actually listened to rammstein a lot in high school. One of my favourite non english bands. Ooh nostalgia. I'm going to dig them up on YouTube and listen again today.
 

Similar threads

Back
Top