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[Gatac]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Thinly veiled aggression against Standback for mentioning threads Poster has mentally blocked up to now. Chugging of Prozac. Apology for death threats. Secret scheming revolving around Standback, several grossly oversized metal weights and gravity.

Poster's Name, still following the same reasoning.

(More pointless rambling. Defintion of the term "Selective Perception.")[/colorost_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Dear Prophets...

*bolts the doors and hides the chilluns*

The Thread That Wouldn't Die. It came back. It always comes back.[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Expression of obviousness. Observation that there are always newbies like current poster who want to experience the experience. Reflection on previous sentence. Notion something is confusing about sentence before last.

Observation that time, and therefor "always" is irrelevant.[/colorost_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Boy am I sorry I asked. 8|[/colorost_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Thinly veiled aggression against Standback for mentioning threads Poster has mentally blocked up to now.[/quoteost_uid0]
Confusion. Unsureness as to Gatac's familiarity with topic of conversation, namely, Topic Title. Supposition that perhaps Gatac was once a forum regular, and has been missing forever a year. Discounting of said supposition, at least on a temporary basis.

Taking of precautionary measures against any and all highly unprecautionary measures employed by Gatac, perhaps Sa'ar, and potentially other forumgoers as well. Slight relief that Zeke happens to be away this weekend.

[quoteost_uid0]Boy am I sorry I asked. Â 8| [/quoteost_uid0]
Discounting of Scooter's sorrow. Explaination that this is second time this poster has been present when this topic (see above) has been raised. Ominous use of the idiom "third time's the charm."

Brief consideration of returning to actual topic of current thread. Conclusion that current poster knows nothing of new anchors, or indeed of the news. Reflection that calculus is evil, especially the final exams. Minor comment to the effect that previous sentence is entirely unrelated to any other content in current post. Expression of mild hope that this will not be a bother to any of the forum readers. Concealed expression of total apathy if it is.

Edit: edit.[/colorost_uid0]

[Gatac]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Statement that Gatac is not an old member in disguise, merely a long-term lurker. Apology to Standback for confusion. Offer to change called Top 10 list should no suitable proposal come forward. Creative hint that Top 10 proposal's shtick should revolve around Trek characters as news anchors, not news anchors as Trek characters. Admission that the latter would work, too, but was not the original intent.

Agreement that calculus is evil. Shared experience of having to study incomprehensible mathematical theories.

Name of the poster. No strings attached.[/colorost_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0="Standback"]Discounting of Scooter's sorrow.[/quoteost_uid0]
Expression of dismay at being discounted. Insistence that all customers pay full price for Scooter, with no discounts.

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[Scooter]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Top Ten Anchors of the Federation News Network


10. "Good Day Federation!" with Deanna and Data (light news and chat)
9. "The Neelix Obsequiousness Hour" (fawning interviews with extremely minor celebrities)
8. "Hardball with Admiral Janeway" (overcaffeinated admiral shouts down political pundits)
7. "The Tomalak Perspective" (Romulan captain, now a celebrated emigre, gives controversial views on the day's events)
6. "The Tom and Harry Holodeck Round-Up" (news and reviews of the latest holodeck novels and games)
5. "I Am Spock" (poetry and musings from the implacable Vulcan ambassador)
4. "He's Dead, Jim" (all-obituary format with 190-year-old Rear Admiral Leonard McCoy; closed-captioned for the mumble-impaired)
3. "DS9 Point/Counterpoint" (Odo and Quark debate current events on Deep Space 9)
2. "Kill! Crush! Destroy! with Malcom Reed and Kathie Lee"

And the Number One Anchors of the Federation News Network:

1. "The T'Pol/Seven Fashion File" (all the latest catsuits from around the galaxy)



Next:
Top Ten Little-Known Creations of Dr. Soong[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Proposal to return to topic as listed in title before Zeke comes back and gets the chance to kill us all. Admission that previous sentence doesn't set a good example. Observation that, neither does that one. Or this one, for that matter.

EDIT: Edit to thank Scooter for returning to previous writing style before Poster posted.

Submission of Modified Post.[/colorost_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Observation that NeoMatrix has hard time speaking in Topic Title form.[/colorost_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Sly chuckling. Refusal to explain same.[/colorost_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quoteost_uid0="Katy Jane"][color=#000000ost_uid0]... Topic title, just incase no one has explained it yet, is an old thread that reached many many many pages (and was lost in the great server wipe of '03 which convenitly happened only days ([iost_uid0]maybe[/iost_uid0] weeks) after it was anounced that they were nolonger going to back that thread up. Â :eyeroll: Â [/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0]
[color=#000000ost_uid0]What are you talking about? Nobody announced that we "were no longer going to back that thread up." You're mixing things up in your memory. [iost_uid0]No[/iost_uid0] part of the forum was ever backed up, and that's why Owen's accidental wipe was irreversible.[/colorost_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Actually, Zeke, now that it's mentioned, I think I seem to recall there being a brief announcement sort of post in the thread itself that Topic Title would no longer be backed up. Or at least that the idea was being considered. It happened more like weeks before the fora went offline though.

I might be substituting "backed up" for some other verb, but I don't think I am.

And in view of the fact that [iost_uid0]nothing[/iost_uid0] was in fact backed up, it was probably half-kidding anyway.



Edited to add that part of the reason I "remember" this is that there was a bit of a panicky oh-no-whatever-shall-we-do response to it :smile:[/colorost_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Ohhhhh. Now that you mention it, I recall now that Owen posted something like that just to freak you out. Sorry, KJ.[/colorost_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Disbelief at sudden influx of weird sentence phrasing in otherwise ordinary thread. Sudden realization that the normalcy standard on this forum is anything but. Repeated bashing of forehead with flat of palm, followed by ruminations on what to say next.

Ruminations come up with blanks. Decision to hit "add reply" made.[/colorost_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Top Ten Little-Known Creations of Dr. Soong

10. I-18
9. N-40
8. G-59
7. O-72, [iost_uid0]Bingo![/iost_uid0]
6. Buzz Lightyear
5. Info, Data's other twin brother
4. Beta, Data's other other twin brother
3. Some dog named "Rush"
2. Windows 95
1. Marvin the Android


Next, in honor of the hit count nearing 300,000:

Top Ten Reasons for Visiting 5MV that People Would Rather Not Admit To[/colorost_uid0]

[Scooter]

[quoteost_uid0="NAHTMMM"][color=#000000ost_uid0]Top Ten Little-Known Creations of Dr. Soong

10. I-18
9. N-40
8. G-59
7. O-72, [iost_uid0]Bingo![/iost_uid0][/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0]
[color=#000000ost_uid0]:rotfl: [/colorost_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Top Ten Reasons for Visiting 5MV that People Would Rather Not Admit To

10. They have no life
9. They have a crush on another forum member
8. They don't have time to watch the shows, so they come here to get a quick summary.
7. They are in prison being tortured with chili jokes
6. They feel at home talking in Topic Title format
5. Their computer keeps coming here on its own
4. They come here thinking they are going to get some pie
3. They think "soon" here is quicker than the line at the DMV
2. The emoticons turn them on
1. They are really a top secret spy trying to figure out the secret to "soon".

Next: Top 10 Reasons why you don't want Janeway as your mom[/colorost_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Top 10 Reasons why you don't want Janeway as your mom

10. If regular coffee stunts your growth, imagine what hers will do to you
9. Two words: Uncle Neelix
8. Difficulty accepting the fact that your dad is an Irish hologram
7. Constantly getting busted back down to ensign for crashing the car
6. Sigourney Weaver gray tank-top look just too disturbing
5. Her ex-husband, some rumpled-looking L.A. detective in an old raincoat, comes to dinner and talks you to death until you feign seppuku
4. Nana Borg Queen never has candy
3. Keeps asking your favorite color
2. Dinner always delayed by temporal anomolies
1. When letting you drive back from soccer practice, always says, "Set a course ... for home"


Next:

Top 10 Reasons why you don't want Archer as your dad[/colorost_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Top 10 Reasons why you don't want Archer as your dad

10. Chili for dinner every night
9. His doctor cloned you
8. He gets beat up all the time, but claims he is really a boxer.
7. He tends to leap when you have questions
6. He is always watching Water Polo when you want him to help you with your quantum physics homework
5. His buddies love to blow stuff up, including your favorite hiding spot
4. Sends you to the airlock every time you disobey an order
3. He lets T'Pol be your "mom" for when is on a away mission
2. He threatens to send you through time to be with Janeway
1. He is always away on a business trip in time

Next: Top Ten programs the Doctor should add to his program[/colorost_uid0]