The thousand post club

[Beyond]

WOW!, neufer. You've got three #6002 posts in a row. You've hit the "Open Space" Jackpot
Your prize is three extremely rare Gold fish. Here they are Take good care of them. (Fish bowls not included)

[neufer]

WOW!, neufer. You've got three #6002 posts in a row. You've hit the "Open Space" Jackpot
Your prize is three extremely rare Gold fish. Here they are
Take good care of them. (Fish bowls not included)

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

[Ann]

And now he's got 6006 posts. It looks so good that it ought to be a prime number. What a pity it isn't.

What happens when he reaches 6666 posts - will the heavens turn black then and the stars fall from the firmament?

Ann

[Beyond]

Ann, it wasn't so much the number of posts, it was that he had three -thousand post club posts- in a row, like a slot machine. Although when he gets to 6666, which is one 6 beyond 666, Well... who knows? You very well may be right

[Ann]

Click to view full size image

Three posts in a row is like three number 7 in a row!! No wonder the coins and the posts come rolling!

So congrats, Art, and have some cake!



Ann

[bystander]

WOW!, neufer. You've got three #6002 posts in a row. You've hit the "Open Space" Jackpot

The post count increments with each post. The reported post count in the right pane reflects current post count, not the index of the post.

It appears that neufer is attempting an end run on me. Now that I'm back from vacation, I'll have to step up my posts to head him off.

[owlice]

bystander, you're still 900+ posts in the lead; you have nothing to worry about!

[bystander]

900? It was over 1,000 before I went on vacation!
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 72#p151172

[owlice]

Well, you didn't expect him not to post while you were gone, did you? Of course the gap would close some, but really ---- 900 posts! You have nothing to worry about!

[orin stepanek]

900? It was over 1,000 before I went on vacation!
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 72#p151172

Sounds like competitive spirit to me.

[bystander]

LOL! That's ok, I'm back and paying attention. He will not sneak up on me!
(and all these silly little nonsense posts are helping me retain my status)

The gauntlet is thrown! Catch me if you can! I'm still the Most Pathetic Retiree!

[owlice]

: bites fingers :

[neufer]

Javert – from original publication of Les Misérables,
after a painting by Gustave Brion (1824–1877).

That's ok, I'm back and paying attention. He will not sneak up on me!
(and all these silly little nonsense posts are helping me retain my status)

The gauntlet is thrown! Catch me if you can! I'm still the Most Pathetic Retiree!

Nevertheless, I shall always be at your heals

[Beyond]

nip-nip-nip

[Ann]

Time for a bit of Swedecana and Pippi Långstrump, so I can get myself a few more posts.

This is what Pippi of my childhood looked like:



Pippi lived all on her own in her big house, Villa Villekulla. Her house was bigger than it looks here:



The children peeking out over the fence are Tommy and Annika, the neighbours' kids. Pippi is just moving in here.

Pippi is carrying her horse to her house for two reasons. The horse, Lilla gubben (Little Man or Little Old Man), is going to live on the porch. And second, Lilla gubben might be tired, so Pippi is carrying him so he can rest his legs.

Pippi is living alone because her mother is an angel and her father is a sailor. Or he used to be, but then on one occasion when Pippi and her father were out sailing, a huge wave washed her father overboard. Since then he has been missing. But Pippi is not worried, because she is sure that he was washed ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean, where the islanders made him their king. And a few books later Pippi's father, Efraim Långstrump, returns, and he is indeed the king of an island in the Pacific! And Pippi goes visiting his island.



That monkey belongs to Pippi! He lives with her all the time. You can see him hanging on to Lilla gubben's tail, as Pippi is moving into Villa Villekulla. The monkey's name is Herr Nilsson (Mister Nilsson).

Pippi likes to sing sailors' songs. This one is her favorite:

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Here Pippi is singing another song, Sjörövar-Fabbe. The lyrics go like this: Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Men han är sjösjuk alla dar, tjoa haderittan lej.

English translation: Pirate-Fabbe, great grandpa, is really an amazing man. But he is seasick every day, tjoa haderittan lej.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heYTNe1 ... re=related[/youtube]

Now you got a lot of Swedecana for this post of mine!

Ann

[neufer]

Here Pippi is singing another song, Sjörövar-Fabbe. The lyrics go like this: Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Men han är sjösjuk alla dar, tjoa haderittan lej.

Oh...Great Now I can't get THAT song out of my head.

[Beyond]

Here Pippi is singing another song, Sjörövar-Fabbe. The lyrics go like this: Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Men han är sjösjuk alla dar, tjoa haderittan lej.

Oh...Great Now I can't get THAT song out of my head.

The thing is -- How did you ever get to pronounce the words, to get it into your head in the first place

Ann, you didn't translate-->tjoa haderittan lej<--into english.

[neufer]

Ann, you didn't translate-->tjoa haderittan lej<--into english.

Other versions have: "tjohej hadelittan lej"
which is also indecipherable in Google translate.

I'm guessing that it is something akin to: 'Fa la la la la.'

[Ann]

neufer wrote:

I'm guessing that it is something akin to: 'Fa la la la la.'

You got it.

Ann

[neufer]

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bystander           7000  / 3.89 ppd since Mon Aug 28, 2006  / Most Pathetic Retiree
Neufer              6070  / 4.69 ppd since Mon Jan 21, 2008  / Quotidian Quotationist
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Chris Peterson      4525  / 2.76 ppd since Tue Dec 07, 2004  / Expert Cloud Angler
Owlice              3921  / 1.54 ppd since Wed Aug 02, 2004  / Jabberwren Hooter Girl
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Harry               2882  / 1.38 ppd since Fri Nov 18, 2005  / G'day G'day G'day G'day
BMAONE23            2643  / 1.12 ppd since Wed Feb 23, 2005  / Commentator Model 1.23
Orin Stepanek       2634  / 1.20 ppd since Wed Jul 27, 2005  / Resident Geezer
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makc                1886  / 0.76 ppd since Tue Oct 12, 2004  / Best Title in the Universe
beyond              1654  / 2.28 ppd since Tue Aug 04, 2009  / Milliways Pundit
Ann                 1547  / 3.61 ppd since Sat May 29, 2010  / Color Commentator?
geckzilla           1305  / 0.92 ppd since Wed Sep 12, 2007  / Ocular Digitator
apodman             1173  / 0.81 ppd since Wed Aug 15, 2007  / Teapot Fancier (MIA)
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RJN                  994  / 0.39 ppd since Sat Jul 24, 2006  / Baffled Boffin
The Code/swainy      986  / 1.27 ppd since Sat Mar 09, 2009  / Cosmic Skeptic
emc                  887  / 0.60 ppd since Tue Jul 17, 2007  / Equine Locutionist
rstevenson           857  / 0.70 ppd since Fri Mar 28, 2008  / Toroidal Pixelator 
Nereid               820  / 0.46 ppd since Thu Sep 28, 2006  / Science Officer	
NoelC                702  / 0.34 ppd since Sat Nov 19, 2005  / Creepy Spock
APOD Robot           609  / 1.00 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2009  / Otto Posterman
Qev                  565  / 0.29 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006  / Ontological Cartographer
dougettinger         530  / 1.06 ppd since Wed Mar 17, 2010  / Curious Querier
Dr. Skeptic          507  / 0.28 ppd since Thu Jul 27, 2006  / Science Officer
astrolabe            496  / 0.39 ppd since Tue Feb 12, 2008  / Science Officer

[owlice]

Wow! Congrats, bystander, on showing us so well what a "most pathetic retiree" can accomplish, if only he puts his mind and fingers to it!

neufer, bystander has increased his lead; are you going to take that lying down??

[Beyond]

I see the Captain still has 994 posts. Does anyone think he'll make 1000 before 2012
Now we have Beer/Rootbeer and Donuts to celebrate the big event

[neufer]

neufer, bystander has increased his lead; are you going to take that lying down??

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[owlice]

What a nice pillow for Boo-Boo!

[Beyond]

And look at all those 'raided' pic-a-nic baskets My-my-my. So many yummies for the tummies. The hills were alive with the sound of ing. La la la la la, la la la la la-a-a.