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ElkiElki get busyModerator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
edited April 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
On the fourteenth of March, in towns nationwide,
In every cinema, multiplex, on every barnside,
Gleamed another adapting of one of my books,
CGI-ed and digitized by another sly crook.

Horton, my favorite—look how he's been treated!
Stuffed with tinsels and tassels and promptly excreted!
The puns! And the filler! The script fees you must save!
While I tumble and grum-humble around in my grave.

Did you learn all but squat from The Cat In The Hat?
Please tell me you fired the prick who made that.
I would have stopped writing, maybe sold Goodyear tires.
If I knew one dark day I'd costar with Mike Myers.

And Oh!
Oh, dear! Oh!
My poor Grinch, what they've done!
They crammed in live-action and snuffed out all the fun!

It's icky, it's tacky, it's awkward, it's wrong.
The Whos look like ferrets, it's an hour too long.
What a rotten idea to spend millions destroying
This masterful tale kids spent decades enjoying!

But still you keep making them!
Just how do you dare?
Sell my life's work off piecemeal
To every Tom, Dick, and Har'.

Why it's simply an outrage—a crime, you must judge!—
To crap on my books with this big-budget sludge.
My books are for children to learn ones and twos in,
Not commercialous slop for Jim Carrey to ruin.

Have you no respect for the gems of your youth?
To pervert them on screen from Taiwan to Duluth.
Even after you drag my last word through the dirt,
I know you, you pirates,
You'd cut out my heart for a "Thing 1" T-shirt.

For eighty-some years I held you vultures at bay,
knowing just how you'd franchise my good name some day.
Not yet cold in my grave before you starting shooting
the first of my classics you'd acquired for looting.

Mrs. Seuss, that old stoofus, began selling more rights
to Dreamworks, Universal—any hack in her sights.
First The Cat In The Hat and then this, that and Seussical
without a thought to be picky, selectish, or choosical.

So to Audrey, you whore, you sad sack of a wife:
Listen close. Pay attention, for once in your life.
You give Fox In Sox to those sharks who made Elf
And so help me, I'll rise up and kill you myself.

No Sneetches by Sony—
No One Fish: On Ice—
Burn that Hop On Pop II script not one time but twice.
Don't sex up my prose with Alyssa Milano…
And no Green Eggs And Ham with that one-note Romano!

This must stop! This must end! Don't you see what you're doing?
You're defiling the work I spent ages accruing.
And when it's dried up and you've sucked out your pay
There'll be no going back to a simpler day,

When your mom would give Horton a voice extra deep,
And turn the last page as you drifted to sleep.
Instead you'll have boxed sets, shit movies, and… well,
You'll have plenty to watch while you're burning in hell.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    @ Rygar: No, just one match, saved in progress, against an easy random comp.

    I've honestly had way more trouble with the pirates than my opponent.

    Fucking pirates.

    TL DR on
  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Ha-ha! Ready for the new chat thread!

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  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I thought I was finally going to get a chat of my own.

    Dream crusher.

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  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Overthrow the emperor Elki!!

    Look Out it's Sabs! on
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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Man looking up DonorsChoose projects is depressing sometimes. I got a school in Wisconsin (and my sig) that needs some computers to basically keep from shuttering. I've got an Oregon prison rehab class denied funding. I've got Kansas students flooded out of house and home. I've got an Iowa school without a library. I've got Indiana kids that don't know how to count money.

    Jeepers fucking creepers. No wonder all the tech jobs are going to India.

    Gosling on
    I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
  • OboroOboro __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    yarrr LotRO is being a dork face

    Oboro on
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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I remember State of Emergency. It was the definition of a rental game.

    Quid on
  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    I remember State of Emergency. It was the definition of a rental game.
    I played it for about an hour until I realized I was doing the same thing over and over again.

    It was like GTA lite.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited April 2008
    If I made a chat, would you all move to mine?

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm on my way to Grom'gol by bat then taking my horse to the Deadmines to see how much greater I am than Irene.

    Quid on
  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited April 2008
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    I remember State of Emergency. It was the definition of a rental game.
    I played it for about an hour until I realized I was doing the same thing over and over again.

    I still remember the synopsis on that

    "A shady corporation has seized control of the US Government, now everyone is rioting!"

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    I remember State of Emergency. It was the definition of a rental game.

    Yeah, I played it for like 15 mins and then went back to the store to get my money back.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Richy wrote: »
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.
    Until you and Sabs screwed it up.

    Quid on
  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    I think I've made my point. Oh and I got killed by a salamander and quit Anarchy Online. I think I will delete it.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Guys, I need your help. I bet someone 5 bucks a kid in my class was gay, and today he flashed me. Can I collect on that or do I need him to suck a dick or something?

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Richy wrote: »
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.
    Remember what it says in the rules, Richy.
    Ha ha, you lose.

    Gosling on
    I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Ohhh, no wonder you guys didn't know what I meant when I said Facebook chat... they're rolling it out on a network-by-network basis... and slowly. As far as I can tell from my online list of buddies, it's at the Ivies, Stanford, and NYU, but I dunno where else. You'll see it soon and know what I'm talking about. And you will say, "Damnit Facebook, this is too fucking much... too fucking much...".

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Guys, I need your help. I bet someone 5 bucks a kid in my class was gay, and today he flashed me. Can I collect on that or do I need him to suck a dick or something?
    It would only make him gay if you flashed him and he took pictures.

    Thanatos on
  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Guys, I need your help. I bet someone 5 bucks a kid in my class was gay, and today he flashed me. Can I collect on that or do I need him to suck a dick or something?
    It would only make him gay if you flashed him and he took pictures.
    Alright, then.

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  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Richy wrote: »
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.
    Until you and Sabs screwed it up.

    Look who's talking!

    Look Out it's Sabs! on
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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Richy wrote: »
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.
    Until you and Sabs screwed it up.

    Look who's talking!
    You blabber mouth!

    Quid on
  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    So hey guess what I get to do during the best Ren Faire in the region. With actual joisters and like three stages and decent acts and hot babes in leather.

    I get to watch/help a smelly crazy cranky genuine Oakie man fiddle with his house in the town that caused me so much mental distress that I had to go on meds to keep from killing myself.

    Only Seattle can prevent Fresno Fires.


    :x

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Richy wrote: »
    NOOOOOOO!

    We were so close to 100.

    So close.
    Until you and Sabs screwed it up.

    Look who's talking!
    You blabber mouth!

    Cheeseburger mouth is more delicious.

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  • OboroOboro __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm going to stab whoever thought it was a good idea to make the default resolution of the game 1200x600.

    HEY, EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WITH AN LCD

    WE WANT YOU TO HURT YOURSELF

    (there's no way to change the resolution from outside the game)

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    Well that's what you get for proliferating the potato-farmer.

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Incenjucar on
  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Doot do doo:whistle:

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Guys I need tips on SoaSE

    There has to be a better way. Fucking pirates.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    So hey guess what I get to do during the best Ren Faire in the region. With actual joisters and like three stages and decent acts and hot babes in leather.
    That's like a divide by zero error right there.

    Dynagrip on
  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Incenjucar wrote: »

    Time magazine is fine for what it is. I read it on the can. Every once in a while I'll read something that happened earlier in the month that I forgot about.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    Guys I need tips on SoaSE

    There has to be a better way. Fucking pirates.

    Play with other people so that they can see what you're doing.

    Dynagrip on
  • TarranonTarranon Registered User regular
    edited April 2008

    His pro/cons are hilarious.

    Pros: He says he's the shit!

    Cons: But he's not!

    Tarranon on
    You could be anywhere
    On the black screen
  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    It's good to read at dentists office.

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    I have to teach people how to be pirates all the time. You wouldn't believe how many of these kids don't even know what a "keel" is until you haul them on it.

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Dynagrip wrote: »
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    So hey guess what I get to do during the best Ren Faire in the region. With actual joisters and like three stages and decent acts and hot babes in leather.
    That's like a divide by zero error right there.

    I have a degree in English. I'm into fantasy literature, Dungeons and Dragons, and women in tight leather. Also homemade root beer. Also belly dancers.

    And the guys who set their nipples on fire aren't so bad either.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Are there still Pirates around?

    There are 3 things I need to do in my life. Open a Tavern, have sex, and I could never figure out the 3rd. Now I know. It's build a pirate ship.

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    You know Rain always wins
    Like always

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Are there still Pirates around?

    There are 3 things I need to do in my life. Open a Tavern, have sex, and I could never figure out the 3rd. Now I know. It's build a pirate ship.

    There were pirates taking hostages just last week.

    Pirates are all over the place.

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