September 10, 2001

2:09 PM

Ceiling-Fan Baseballis surely going to be one of the most popular sports to sweep the nation. Just don't play it in a room with any fine china sets ;)
posted by kingmissile (13 comments total)

emoticons? oy.
posted by mathowie at 2:31 PM on September 10, 2001

Verily, these perkily placed punctuation marks signal the end of mankind.

I give you: The Four Horsemen and One Emoticon of the Apocalypse!

So saith the Lord.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:32 PM on September 10, 2001

Sooo...instead of actually commenting on the thread itself, y'all decided to lampoon kingmissile because (s)he stuck a smiley face at the end of his sentence?

This message board elitism and notion of what's cool and what's not makes me laugh. It's like high school cliques for grown-ups.

:-) :-/ :-| :-> ;-)

You kids have a nice day. Let me know if my post was cool or not too, I find that data really valuable or whatever.
posted by daragh at 4:00 PM on September 10, 2001

We used to do something similar in college. Whenever we finished a round beer, one person would take their empty can and throw it at the ceiling fan. If he missed, the next guy would throw his. Whoever was closest to wherever the can landed after being hit by the fan would have to get up to get the next round.
posted by ashcraft at 4:07 PM on September 10, 2001

Come down off the cross, daragh, we can use the wood.

The OWNER of the site made a comment about emoticons, however tongue in cheek.

I, being the amiable rogue that I am, chose to goof on it. Not even in a mean way I didn't think.

I understand your gripe with elitism, but I think you chose the wrong thread to complain about.

Let the meaningful discussion of Ceiling Fan Baseball begin!

As far as your post goes, I thought it was, truth be told, a little bitchy.

Hey, you asked!

k
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:12 PM on September 10, 2001

Man, I'm gonna make sure I use emoticons in every post from now on, it's pretty funny to see how worked up some people get about them. I don't see what the big deal is.

Anyway, yes, how about talking about the actual ARTICLE?
posted by kingmissile at 4:14 PM on September 10, 2001

OK, kingmissile, I'll talk about how nothing comes up when I click that link except for a headline ("www.cheapass.com") and a big, blank, white page. :-( What am I doing wrong?

Please notify me when it's okay to rail on other people's habits again. I'd like to tell kafkaesque to leave out the "k" signature ate the end of his posts. That would make me :-)))
posted by msacheson at 4:26 PM on September 10, 2001

Sorry for the bitchiness myself; I just switched to Sanka.
posted by msacheson at 4:27 PM on September 10, 2001

oop.

Sorry bout that msacheson.

Once more, to clarify: I'm not worked up about emoticons. I was kidding.

no k at all
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:30 PM on September 10, 2001

ha! I'm havin a decaf myself right now.

Thirty is rearing its ugly head, forcing me to drink laughable facsimiles of Juan Valdez's gift to humanity.
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:31 PM on September 10, 2001

Cheapass Games is the greatest company since Sliced Bread, Inc. I cannot count the hours I've spent playing 'Kill Dr. Lucky' and 'Save Dr. Lucky'.

:) :)
posted by Hildago at 5:24 PM on September 10, 2001

Cheapass games are quite hit-and-miss. I've found the Dr Lucky games and Witch Trial to be good ones, and others (Mr. Bond, Give me the Brain) to be mildly amusing yet not worth more than a coupla plays.

But at $2-$6 a game, you can afford to get a bunch and see which ones you like for yourself.
posted by marknau at 5:39 PM on September 10, 2001

I love Kill Dr Lucky. Very cool game. My favorite weapon is the Bad Cream.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:05 PM on September 10, 2001