On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:39:06AM -0700, eliott wrote: > > Judd Vinet said: > > I defy anybody to divine a pattern from our previous seven tagnames. > > 0.1 Homer -- This is an allusion to the fact that drinking beer is cool, > along with drooling and nuclear power. > > 0.2 Vega -- Vega is the 5th brightest star in the sky. Arch was aiming to > take the 5th slot from distrowatch. At this time, the 5th spot was held by > SuSe. This is a statement that germans like beer, and since beer is cool, > we too can beat the germans (at liking beer). > > 0.3 Firefly -- Fireflies come out in the evening, which is a great time to > drink beer. Fireflies also provide bioluminescence..which is damn cool > (aside: if you are exposed to nuclear power--homer reference--you will > glow too). > > 0.4 Dragon -- Dragons hearken back to a time of mead and rich dark beers > that were very meal-like in the constitution. Dragons, knights, swords, > and drinking. Good times. > > 0.5 Nova -- Chevy Nova obviously. How much wanton debauchery has occured > in the back of chevy Novas over the years? I bet alot..much of it > attributed to beer most likely. > > 0.6 Widget -- " A small mechanical device or control; a gadget." so says > answers.com. So..a widget could be anything small and mechanical. There > are lots of small mechanical things used in beer production. Valves, small > pipes, dials, knobs, its all there. Again..a possible reference to beer, > this time the production and maybe dispensing of it. (Note: nuclear power > also uses small mechanical devices). > > 0.7 Wombat -- A departure from the beer theme. Likely someone got too > drunk, and ended up watching the discovery channel..a special on > australia/wombats. Drawn by their inherent coolness factor (which was made > more cool by being drunk), the name was chosen. (note: wombats are > australian. australians love to drink..possible beer connection). > > 0.8 ?????? > > The pattern has something to do with beer/nuclear power.
That was very elaborate. But it also strengthens the Noodly argument. What are the three reasons for choosing Flying Spaghetti Monsterism? - Flimsy moral standards. - Every friday is a relgious holiday. If your work/school objects to that, demand your religious beliefs are respected and threaten to call the ACLU. - Our heaven is WAY better. We've got a Stripper Factory AND a Beer Volcano. Go beer volcano! Jason -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
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