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Old 22-February-2007, 09:39 PM
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What if Stephen Hawking was part of this forum? How would we know? Or, famous writers like J.K. Rowling and people like that! That would be amazing!!
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Dark Comedy Theory. Where c is coffee, s is spew, v is velocity, and w is how much windex used to clean LCD monitor. When I put the sentence through the equation, it unified all 4 forces above. I'm hoping someone here can help me express the precise mathematics into an elegant, simple equation. My next step is to post it in ATM, and then hopefully submit if for refereeing.
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Old 22-February-2007, 09:47 PM
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What are you talking about? You didnt know that I, Stephen Hawking, googled this forum and joined?
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Old 22-February-2007, 09:53 PM
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No, it is me! *I* am "that wheelchair guy"! Steffon Hockey or something.
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Old 22-February-2007, 10:04 PM
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Sorry, this thread just sounded familiar.
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Pfff. Spartacus would've spelled his own name right.

No, that's not necessarily true. Do you know how many different ways Shakespeare spelled his name? (And, oddly, none of them were "Shakespeare.")
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Do you know how many different ways Shakespeare spelled his name? (And, oddly, none of them were "Shakespeare.")
Soft, he was oft in his cups, forsooth....
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I was hoping you were referring to real celebrities, like Britney Spears. It would be great, since I could finally be sure I wasn't the dumbest person on the board.
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Old 22-February-2007, 11:46 PM
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I was hoping you were referring to real celebrities, like Britney Spears. It would be great, since I could finally be sure I wasn't the dumbest person on the board.
(Channeling Britney) What? I thought this forum was about the stars, but I don't see anything about me, or Paris, or Lindsey, or anyone.
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I was hoping you were referring to real celebrities, like Britney Spears. It would be great, since I could finally be sure I wasn't the dumbest person on the board.
I was reffering to the stars of science, and "true" celebrities, like Patrick Moore*, not people that are followed by the media when they go to the barber.

* playing on a recent idea of the Ricky Gervais Show
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Dark Comedy Theory. Where c is coffee, s is spew, v is velocity, and w is how much windex used to clean LCD monitor. When I put the sentence through the equation, it unified all 4 forces above. I'm hoping someone here can help me express the precise mathematics into an elegant, simple equation. My next step is to post it in ATM, and then hopefully submit if for refereeing.
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I was hoping you were referring to real celebrities, like Britney Spears. It would be great, since I could finally be sure I wasn't the dumbest person on the board.
That, sir, is a bald-headed lie!

You win this for your audacity!
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Wouldn't it be a wonderful shift in culture if it was cooler to claim to be Stephen Hawking prowling the internet than it is to claim to be the father of Anne Nicole's child?
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Old 23-February-2007, 02:09 PM
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Wouldn't it be a wonderful shift in culture if it was cooler to claim to be Stephen Hawking prowling the internet than it is to claim to be the father of Anne Nicole's child?

As seemingly one of the few men in America who isn't claiming to be the father of Anne Nicole's child, I concur. Celebrity obscession baffles me. I mean, WTF cares about celebrities? Apparently, it's a lot of people. Just not me.
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What if Stephen Hawking was part of this forum? How would we know? Or, famous writers like J.K. Rowling and people like that! That would be amazing!!
Of course Hawking is here, incognito. Can't you feel the radiation?
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I don't know, but I found this in my Private Message bin:

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Old 24-February-2007, 12:47 AM
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Wouldn't it be a wonderful shift in culture if it was cooler to claim to be Stephen Hawking prowling the internet than it is to claim to be the father of Anne Nicole's child?
But he can just bung an email out or post a response, just because he's always "hooked up". Surely that's one of the perks!!


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P.S.: I do consider SH to be one of the greatest mind alive today, really.
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Dark Comedy Theory. Where c is coffee, s is spew, v is velocity, and w is how much windex used to clean LCD monitor. When I put the sentence through the equation, it unified all 4 forces above. I'm hoping someone here can help me express the precise mathematics into an elegant, simple equation. My next step is to post it in ATM, and then hopefully submit if for refereeing.
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Ah, nice double play on that....
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I have to admit that I am actually Nancy Lieder. I suppose that this will result in me being banned. It has been nice conversing with you all over the years. I feel I can no longer convince anyone on this site to believe in my ideals, so I decided to expose myself and have the administrators take my leave. Thanx again all, and bye. Nancy
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