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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Mike Tennant on May 11, 2010, 08:39:42 AM
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According to CNN (http://\"http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/10/did-you-name-your-baby-bella/?hpt=Sbin\"), the boys' name enjoying the greatest increase in popularity in 2009 was . . . Cullen.
"There's only one other popular figure with that name," says CNN, "and that's Edward Cullen."
But we all know better.
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"There's only one other popular figure with that name," says CNN, "and that's Edward Cullen."
...Who? Oh, a character from Twilight.
/just got the Winning Streak/Blockbusters reference in this thread's title
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240636\' date=\'May 11 2010, 08:30 AM\']If you ask around here, they'd tell you that some git named Ed is not who they named their kid after -- it's some guy named Bill.[/quote]
Well then, let's ask: How many board members have a child named Cullen? If so, was it in honor of legendary MC Bill Cullen?
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[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'240635\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:39 AM\']"There's only one other popular figure with that name," says CNN, "and that's Edward Cullen."[/quote]
And, as we all know, "The Joker's Wild" is a game of definitions.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240636\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:30 AM\'][quote name=\'CNN\']If it’s true that parents look at their newborn children and for whatever reason, think of pop culture, that would explain why Emma (the name Friends characters Ross and Rachel gave their daughter) jumped to the top 10 in 2002 and was in the No. 1 spot before being bumped to No. 2 this year by an awkward teenager with supernatural love fetishes.[/quote]
Ooooorrrr a legendary game-show host who still remains beloved 20 years after his death but, surprisingly, is not mentioned in any of the blog comments. Seriously, CNN...
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Relax. I don't speak for him, but I think Mike was being a little tongue-in-cheek here. Try and be objective here for a moment. Bill Cullen's last game show was 24 years ago, his last appearance 23 (Pyramid). Outside of the cable reruns of his shows, I doubt anyone for a second would know anything about Bill Cullen, esp. today's generation of parents, who are likely in their early-to-mid-20s as Twilight fans. Most of them weren't even BORN when Bill hosted The Joker's Wild!
If CNN had included Bill Cullen, then they should've included poet Countee Cullen. (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countee_Cullen\") This is not the slight you think it is, just like most other things that gets this group up in arms.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240650\' date=\'May 11 2010, 01:37 PM\']Relax. I don't speak for him, but I think Mike was being a little tongue-in-cheek here.[/quote]NO WAY MAN!!!
BIL KULIN ROCKS!!!1!!
I LUV TEH WAY HE USE TO THROUGH A HAT PUTAYTOE AT THE CONTESTS ON "HUT POWTAT0"!!!1!!!!!1!!!!!
I HAV 6 KIDS AND THERE ALL NAMD KULEN! EVEN TEh GRLS! AND NOT ONE WUZ NAMD FOR THAT TWILITE DOOD OR THAT POAT W/TEH STOOPUD NAME!
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How do we know Bill Cullen wasn't the inspiration for Ed Cullen?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'240657\' date=\'May 11 2010, 02:58 PM\']How do we know Bill Cullen wasn't the inspiration for Ed Cullen?[/quote]
Heck, they may even be the same person. Has one ever seen the two in the same place at the same time?
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240636\' date=\'May 11 2010, 08:30 AM\']Ooooorrrr a legendary game-show host who still remains beloved 20 years after his death but, surprisingly, is not mentioned in any of the blog comments. Seriously, CNN...[/quote]
How horrible. I suggest you stage a massive protest against CNN. Boycotts, rallies, the works.
Let them know you will not stand for this injustice against humanity.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240636\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:30 AM\']Ooooorrrr a legendary game-show host who still remains beloved 20 years after his death but, surprisingly, is not mentioned in any of the blog comments. Seriously, CNN...[/quote]
http://hoosieraccess.com/files/2010/01/snl_really.jpg (http://\"http://hoosieraccess.com/files/2010/01/snl_really.jpg\")
/hot like a potato
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 08:25 PM\']and the group (Ann, Tom, Fred, and Bill) crafted a story that Bill passed due to lung cancer -- a condition the man never had in the first place, and still doesn't have.[/quote]
You are truly disgusting.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:25 PM\']<quack quack quack>[/quote]I wouldn't go so far as Mr. Raygor above me, but you sure are a piece of work.
I realize that "Twilight" falls outside the realm of game shows, but I think you were way too dismissive of the phenomenon. So if we assess your two 'contributions' to the thread separately, that puts you on -40 or so. Well out of contention for the Instant Bargain.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']<snipped>[/quote]
Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'240692\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']<snipped>[/quote]Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?[/quote]Ooh, since I have Geek, Dweeb or Spaz! Tivo'ed, I can watch this and enjoy...
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'240692\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']<snipped>[/quote]Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?[/quote]
Sarcasm.
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240691\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:43 PM\']I realize that "Twilight" falls outside the realm of game shows, but I think you were way too dismissive of the phenomenon.[/quote]
Yes, I realize the grand phenomenon of Twilight. My first post in this thread was a bit biting, I'll admit, and I actually don't recall what I was going for back then.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240693\' date=\'May 11 2010, 08:44 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'240692\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']<snipped>[/quote]Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?[/quote]Ooh, since I have Geek, Dweeb or Spaz! Tivo'ed, I can watch this and enjoy...
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Wasn't that one of the sketches cut from the Betty White extravaganza the other night?
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240691\' date=\'May 11 2010, 06:43 PM\']I wouldn't go so far as Mr. Raygor above me, but you sure are a piece of work.[/quote]
"Work," not the word I had in mind. :)
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240696\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:01 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'240692\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']<snipped>[/quote]Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?[/quote]
My post was being sarcastic. Somebody suggested that Ed Cullen and Bill Cullen were the same person, and my mind recalled that Drew Carey was likened to "an overweight Bill Cullen" -- so the two joined hands around my brain and gave birth to that (admittedly horse-s***) idea.
Actually, that's an insult to the manure.
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Quit while you're behind. Ever occur to you that the post you were responding to might have also been sarcastic?
I didn't think so.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']What he said[/quote]
Wow, I could really go for some popcorn right now.....
Tyshaun
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240696\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:01 PM\']Yes, I realize the grand phenomenon of Twilight (still think it's a dumb phenomenon, IMHO).[/quote]
How much have you actually watched or read?
/And if your story was such an "insult to manure", why did you post it?
//Trying to deny responsibility doesn't make it any better.
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[quote name='J.R.' post='240702' date='May 11 2010, 10:23 PM']/And if your story was such an "insult to manure", why did you post it?
//Trying to deny responsibility doesn't make it any better.[/quote]
I never denied responsibility for that crappy post -- two sentences merged in my head and made a crappy idea which I made my fingers write.
[quote name='J.R.' post='240702' date='May 11 2010, 10:23 PM'][quote name='Dan88' post='240696' date='May 11 2010, 09:01 PM']Yes, I realize the grand phenomenon of Twilight (still think it's a dumb phenomenon, IMHO).[/quote]How much have you actually watched or read?[/quote]
None, to be honest. No offense to those involved, but I'm just not into that sort of thing.
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And I just want to clarify something -- Yes, I'm a geeky dweeby spaz. I'm not insane, nor am I mentally-handicapped in any way, but I am tired of everything I try to do or say getting blasted by people who, I'm sure, have never been called the heinous things I've been called online.
I'm online because it's genuinely the only escape from reality I have, and even that gets hampered because I know I can't reside within the internet...or anywhere exciting, period.
And I ponder my existence, too. I lie awake at night, wondering why I seem to have been "chosen" to be the first-person viewpoint of everything. My brain twists and turns at these thoughts, which I can't formulate into a coherent question because I don't know exactly what I'm trying to ask.
I try to have fun, but it seems that every time I do I get yelled at, or interrupted, or otherwise annoyed. That said, I'm not angsty and can't stand dark clothes.
*sigh*...Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get that off my chest. Ignore this, or chop it out, or whatever -- I don't really care anymore. I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240707\' date=\'May 11 2010, 08:02 PM\']It has to do with vampires and covens. I don't like that sort of thing, since it's connected to paganism (which I didn't really want to discuss here for fear of starting a flame war) and Satanic influences -- so none of it. And I'll be honest, I don't like any horror films for that exact same reason. No offense to the film-makers, but I'm just not into that sort of thing.[/quote] And we're not anywhere near Popcorn Friday. Dang.
I know next to nothing about Twilight, or Lost or all sorts of things. But I make an effort to have a ground-floor level understanding about them, because then I can do things like talk and listen to people, and integrate myself into a group, as opposed to "Oh, well, I've never heard that musical group, they must be rubbish." Everything may be worth ten points some day, but being able to connect with your fellow man is worth much more.
And I just want to clarify something -- Yes, I'm a geeky dweeby spaz. I'm not insane, nor am I mentally-handicapped in any way, but I am tired of everything I try to do or say getting blasted by people who, I'm sure, have never been called the heinous things I've been called online. And please, don't ask what I've been called online. PLEASE.
Then you are terribly, completely wrong.
And I ponder my existence, too. I lie awake at night, wondering why I seem to have been "chosen" to be the first-person viewpoint of everything. My brain twists and turns at these thoughts, which I cannot formulate into a coherent question because I don't know exactly what I'm trying to ask.
I once pondered if I was the star of some sort of Truman Show, too. Not so strange.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240707\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:02 PM\']It has to do with vampires and covens. I don't like that sort of thing, since it's connected to paganism (which I didn't really want to discuss here for fear of starting a flame war) and Satanic influences -- so none of it.[/quote]
Well, let's see, you insult the series, then use your beliefs to look down on the genre. Honestly, I would've rather you said that you find it to be downright silly since you're not a teenage girl. I'm not into Twilight for demographic reasons, but to use religious beliefs as a reason is ridiculous and a bit narrow-minded.
And I just want to clarify something -- Yes, I'm a geeky dweeby spaz. I'm not insane, nor am I mentally-handicapped in any way, but I am tired of everything I try to do or say getting blasted by people who, I'm sure, have never been called the heinous things I've been called online. And please, don't ask what I've been called online. PLEASE.
I'm sorry...now's not the time to use your past for a sob story. I think you need to revisit your posting history to figure out why you've received so much contempt.
*sigh*...Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get that off my chest. Ignore this, or chop it out, or whatever -- I don't really care anymore. I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.
Well maybe you should work on thinking more before you post. You made this bed.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240709\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:07 PM\']I know next to nothing about Twilight, or Lost or all sorts of things. But I make an effort to have a ground-floor level understanding about them, because then I can do things like talk and listen to people, and integrate myself into a group, as opposed to "Oh, well, I've never heard that musical group, they must be rubbish." Everything may be worth ten points some day, but being able to connect with your fellow man is worth much more.[/quote]
I do know a bit about Lost (plane mysteriously crashes, survivors try to live on a "deserted" unknown island, some weird time-travel stuff/island is alive/writers probably making this stuff up on the fly), but never watch ABC. I'm a huge fan of the British series Doctor Who, but I ran into trouble when trying to become a member of a Who fan-group (weird adjacent-universe stuff) -- I used a self-insert version of myself (which was not prohibited in the site rules), and got banned.
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240709\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:07 PM\']And I just want to clarify something -- Yes, I'm a geeky dweeby spaz. I'm not insane, nor am I mentally-handicapped in any way, but I am tired of everything I try to do or say getting blasted by people who, I'm sure, have never been called the heinous things I've been called online. And please, don't ask what I've been called online. PLEASE.
Then you are terribly, completely wrong.[/quote]
I don't know whether to be happy or sad at that, actually, knowing that others are in the same boat as I (but trust me, Travis, I'm very certain that you have never been called what I've been called).
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240709\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:07 PM\']And I ponder my existence, too. I lie awake at night, wondering why I seem to have been "chosen" to be the first-person viewpoint of everything. My brain twists and turns at these thoughts, which I cannot formulate into a coherent question because I don't know exactly what I'm trying to ask.
I once pondered if I was the star of some sort of Truman Show, too. Not so strange.[/quote]
Not exactly what I meant, but you seem to understand the gist of my feelings. :-)
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240710\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:19 PM\']And I just want to clarify something -- Yes, I'm a geeky dweeby spaz. I'm not insane, nor am I mentally-handicapped in any way, but I am tired of everything I try to do or say getting blasted by people who, I'm sure, have never been called the heinous things I've been called online. And please, don't ask what I've been called online. PLEASE.
I'm sorry...now's not the time to use your past for a sob story.[/quote]
Actually, I wasn't posting that for sympathies.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'240701\' date=\'May 11 2010, 07:18 PM\'](but trust me, Travis, I'm very certain that you have never been called what I've been called).[/quote] You seem to be certain about a lot of things. Quit trying so hard. You don't have to be funny every time. You don't have to contribute to every thread either. Slow the fashion of your roll.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'240692\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:43 PM\']Fan fiction, sarcasm, or detachment from reality?[/quote]
Jack, I'm going to go off the board with "Abject Failure."
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240712\' date=\'May 11 2010, 11:23 PM\'][quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'240701\' date=\'May 11 2010, 07:18 PM\'](but trust me, Travis, I'm very certain that you have never been called what I've been called).[/quote]You seem to be certain about a lot of things. Quit trying so hard. You don't have to be funny every time. You don't have to contribute to every thread either. Slow the fashion of your roll.[/quote]
I understand, Travis.
I never felt comfortable discussing certain subjects online -- religion and politics are the two most obvious, most sports comprise the third (I've never been interested in anything other than Golf and Bowling), and the fourth being the whole "names I've been called online" issue (mainly since I feel uncomfortable discussing this so much, but also because I'd likely be banned if I posted them on this relatively-family-friendly website).
/..."Slow the fashion of your roll"? Didn't Wheel Of Fortune use that for a Slang puzzle once?
//totally, seriously, have never heard of that metaphor.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'240700\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:15 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240689\' date=\'May 11 2010, 09:25 PM\']Blah Blah Blah, yakkaty schmakkaty[/quote]
Wow, I could really go for some popcorn right now.....
Tyshaun
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I'd be more in favor of a sparkling vampire beating...
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Blah Blah Blah, yakkaty schmakkaty
To one and all -- it's time to throttle back on the yakkaty schmakkaty in this thread.
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Excuse me sir(s) but do these things still work?
http://www.taylorsecurity.com/assets/item/...er%20seven7.jpg (http://\"http://www.taylorsecurity.com/assets/item/regular/number%20seven7.jpg\")
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If Matt or I think a thread needs to be locked, we will lock it.
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This all reminds me about Obama's joke about the media's coverage of his first pitch.
/I'm sure Dan knows where to get Reynolds Wrap for cheap