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[font=arial]As we all hold our breath in anticipation of the upcoming [b]Nifty Fifty[/b] results, I thought it would be neat to start a thread about some of the cool posts and threads that people make here. This isn't meant to be a replacement for the NiftyFifty, but rather something that augments it. I know there have been several times over the last few years when I've seen something really funny or thought-provoking and said to myself, "In several months, I must remember to nominate this as Nifty!" I never (well, rarely) actually remember. I assume that I am not the only person with this problem! [b]Every year, many nifty things go tragically un-nominated.[/b] And so, a thread. This is meant to be an ongoing, open thread showcasing the best and brightest of OB. (Whether or not it actually ends up being ongoing, of course, depends on you.) [list][*]When you see a post that you think is pretty neat, quote it here! [*]Use the actual "reply" button, so that we have the option of viewing the post's original context. [*]Add a comment about why it's cool, and why it deserves Not To Be Forgotten. [*]In the interest of integrity, please don't nominate your own posts.[/list] Funny is good. Thoughtful is good. Creative is good! (Image macros, unless [i]masterfully[/i] utilised, probably shouldn't go here.) And hey, maybe at the end of the year, we can use this as a reference and fewer nifty things of 2010 will go unrecognised.[/font] [font=arial]I'll start: [quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]I don't think freedom of speech really extends to verbally abusing people on a bus, lol. [b]I'm pretty sure the Constitution doesn't have a Jerk Amendment.[/b][/font][/QUOTE]This line by James from the PRP made me literally laugh out loud. (I think it was the respectful capitalisation of "Jerk Amendment" that pushed me over the edge.) [quote name='SeXy Minatour']Hiya everyone I'm SeXyMinatour! How do you all do? A little about myself, I'm 30000000 years old, I used to protect a maze in greece until Jason and his bloody argonauts beat me. After he did me in I was quite down on the whole minatour business and started working out quite a bit, until I got so buff I was offered a job as a model for Calvin Klein....if I knew right then that i was to be the new underpants model though I dont know if I would have been so enthusiastic! I met a great guy called Sam and we clicked right away, we decided to move into a flat together and found one in Bensham in England its a smashing little place, landlord is really cool too he lets us watch anime films on his massive telly. Anyways me and Sam might be getting a little more serious heres a photo of me and Sam, he took it as a joke when I just walked through the door, hes silly like that lol. So yeah how is everyone? xxx[/QUOTE] Sexy Minatour is my new favorite poster.[/font]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Calibri]Over here stateside, the majority of the population is completely subconsciously paranoid about not belonging anywhere or to anything or with anyone, and so any little excuse they can drum up to identify with or to "belong" is jumped at headlong with both feet. That and Americans like to get drunk. Don't much care what they're drinking, really, provided they get drunk.[/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Alla nailed it.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]They're generally referred to as soft drinks or fizzy drinks over here, and of all of those on offer I'm partial to a regular Coke, occasionally a 7-Up or Club Orange otherwise.[/SIZE][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Fizzy drinks! That sounds so charmingly old-fashioned.[/size][/font]

[quote name='John']I liked Beanie Babies as a kid, I don't hate [I]Avatar[/I], and I'm sure you know what I actually meant in that post.[/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Oh, I am teasing. For the record, I totally hated Beanie Babies [i]for no good reason[/i] except that they were very popular. I did, however, end up with a lot of the cats (Snip, Flip, Trip, Zip, I don't know. All their names rhymed). I don't recall how I justified that to myself. I do think it raises an interesting point about backlash, though. When something becomes very popular, it also often has very vocal detractors. [i]Avatar[/i], Beanie Babies, [i]Harry Potter[/i], [i]Twilight[/i]?you can see this phenomenon with all of them. I think a lot of people (those who fall in the "pro" camp) tend to automatically classify everyone in the "anti" as being reactionary and lashing out against the thing just because it is popular. And for some "anti"s, that is clearly the case (like I said, guilty on the Beanie Baby front)! But there are also some people who honestly dislike the product for legitimate or personal reasons that aren't related to popularity (I fall in this camp for [i]Twilight[/i].) And there are maybe even more people who are simply indifferent?but tend to align themselves more strongly with the "anti" camp, if only to distinguish themselves from the rabid fans. "I don't get the hype" and "I really dislike this" both sound pretty similar to someone whose feeling are closer to "This is the best thing ever!"[/size][/font]

[quote name='Shy'][size=1]I assume you have a choice between the two toys, as opposed to there actually being combination icarly/star wars toys. Which is a shame, really. -Shy[/size][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]At work today I found a small iCarly purse with a Star Wars keychain attached to it. Now, I'm not saying they came together. But the possibility is clearly there.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Japan_86'][COLOR="DarkRed"]I had an interesting night at work tonight. I was back booth of drive thru at McDonalds when this father starts accusing me for cheating him out of his change saying he gave me a fifty instead of a twenty. Turns out there were no fifty dollar bills in my till and my manager had to call the owner's son-in-law to deal with the person. Talk about a crazy night. Oh, and the new icarly/star wars toys at McDonalds SUCK![/COLOR][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]That's a reasonably common scam. I'm glad it worked out for you that you didn't have any $50s.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Brasil'][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][B]Where:[/B]Getting married this October. [/size][/FONT][/QUOTE] [font=secret font!][size=3]Oh, man. Life's so crazy. I should really thank you for all those late-night telephone conversations we had a few years ago. You're like the slightly-deranged older brother I never had. [/size][/font]

[quote name='John']I guess I'll try to be more impressed by the same stuff other people are impressed by from now on...[/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]You probably hated Beanie Babies, too, didn't you? :rolleyes:[/size][/font]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Basically, children are illegal, so abducting them like some kind of government-employed pedophile is a perfectly acceptable action where he is. It makes sense in context. Horrible, frightening sense.[/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Horrible, frightening context.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Which is why it's still tied with [I]UP[/I] for my favorite Pixar movie ever.[/I][/FONT][/QUOTE][size=3][font=secret font!]I think [i]Wall-E[/i] probably edges out [i]Up[/i]. The opening was wonderful, but led me to expect a much more serious movie. I felt a little let down by some of the silliness that ensued.[/font][/size]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][IMG]http://www.chewingpixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/230px-robert_helpmann_child_catcher_.jpg[/IMG] I am eighteen years old and can sit through some pretty weird movies without so much as batting an eyelid, but this bastard still scares the hell out of me. Well done, [B]Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[/B].[/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Seriously. Talk about your nightmare fuel. [CENTER] [IMG]http://imgur.com/3pcZo.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Oh my gosh. There are [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B652X8/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000E0P81W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1ZXF19Z4ZEJATCVZEESW][i]action figures[/i] (amazon link)[/url].[/size][/font]

[quote name='Delta'][COLOR=#35425e]I won the heart of a very good man.[/COLOR][/QUOTE][size=3][font=secret font!][i]Awwww[/i]. . . ^_^[/font][/size]

[font=secret font!][size=3]Fifth grade. Less than an hour before I was to represent my class in the school-wide (K through 8th) spelling bee. I was good at spelling, but bad at remaining calm when faced with the prospect of public humiliation in front of my entire school. The number of butterflies in my stomach could have brought an endangered species back from the brink. I was making small talk with the other contestants, laughing nervously, and watching the clock slowly tick its way toward the moment of my inevitable doom. It got closer and closer to the dreaded time?at any moment, I would have to leave the classroom to go to gymnasium for a pre-bee briefing of the rules. My stomach churned. I bolted out the door and into the hallway, mistakenly thinking that I could make it to the girls' bathroom. I was still running when I started to throw up. I fell to the ground (landing in puke, yay!) and continued to vomit. I remember seeing it hit the tiled floor and splashing back up onto my jeans. When I stopped throwing up, I didn't know what to do. There was vomit everywhere, and it was my fault. I was sick, nervous, humiliated, covered in vomit, and crying. People were staring in shock and awe. I made my way down the rest of the hallway to the office, darkening the receptionists' doorway like some vomit-covered demon from the depths of hell. Trying to downplay my complete humiliation, I made some sort of terribly understated comment like, "I think I need to go home." My parents were soon on their way to pick me up. I stood in the office, unable or unwilling to sit down and dirty their furniture, staring down at my puke-speckled blue-and-white tennis shoes. To complete my abject and public humiliation, the janitor stopped by the office, loudly congratulating me on my record-breaking "splash zone." (Three years later, [i]I won the damn spelling bee[/i].) [/font][/size]

[quote name='Justin']When [i.e. Back Then]: I talked with Jenna(BabyGirl) more than anyone, but I also had a pretty good friendship with Sephiroth, Sara, Nerdsy, and a few others. -Justin[/QUOTE][font=secret font][size=3]I used to worry about you a lot. You seemed so angry. =/[/size][/font]

[quote name='Delta'][SIZE="1"][CENTER][COLOR="DarkRed"][B]The Missing Dollar[/B] [/COLOR][/CENTER] I borrowed $50 from A and another $50 from B. I bought a dress that costs $97 so I now have $3 worth of change. I gave $1 to A and $1 to B, so I still have $49 + $49 = $98 of debt. But I have only $1 left. That's $98 + $1 = $99. Where's the last dollar? [/SIZE][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]The dollar you have doesn't add to your debt, it subtracts from it. You owe $98. You have $1. Thus, you're $97 in the hole?which is the cost of the dress. Dig some quarters out of your change jar and give each of your friends a buck fifty instead of a dollar. That way you'll owe each of them $48.50?exactly half of what you spent.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][FONT="Trebuchet MS"]And I still find Chitty Chitty Bang Bang amusing. Not sure why since it's rather cheesy. [/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!]I haven't seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for a while, but I assume I would still enjoy it. Yes, it's a corny musical, but it's [i]my[/i] corny musical, you know?[/font]

[quote name='Knuckles' Girl'][COLOR="Navy"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I found Freakin Fraggle Rock the other day and about flipped a lid. I remember watching that show when I was my kids age.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]My beau and I have started watching that on Netflix. It's pretty fantastic. [/size][/font]

[quote name='chibi-master']What way? Crappily? Yes. But I did also take the picture with a webcam, sooo...[/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]No, I meant backwards. I went through a phase in high school when I would draw/paint/[i]whatever[/i] that picture all the time, so I'm excessively familiar with it. It threw me off when I saw the big tree thing on the right side of the image. But I know (at least some) webcams record images while acting as "mirrors." So if you took the picture with one, it would explain why the image was reversed.[/size][/font]

[quote name='chibi-master']Here's some art crap..... The first one is a Van Gogh assignment I did in art class using oil pastels...[/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Did you draw it that way, or did you photograph it with a webcam?[/size][/font]

[quote name='Jabberwocky'][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]lego[/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]! Oh man. I [i]totally[/i] should have figured that out. Haha.[/size][/font]

[font=secret font!][size=3]We're all caught up. Who wants to go next?[/size][/font]

[quote name='ChibiHorsewoman'][color=#9933ff]I got the quote from a book and while I remember the quote I never took French in High school, pero soy hablè pequito español. So I just spelled it how it sounded. The actual quote is: [B]Dans chaque fin, il y a un dèbut[/B]. Guess we should focus on the fact that I got chaque correct instead of made a mispelling on dans, danse. The translation is: [B]In every end there is also a beginning. [/B] And it fits my life for the past five years.[/color][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]I wasn't trying to poke fun of you for misspelling something; I don't know any more French than you do. I commented—in good faith—to remind you to double-check the spelling of a foreign phrase before you indelibly marked your body with it. No offense was intended. [/size][/font] [quote name='ChibiHorsewoman'][color=#9933ff]Oh and Chibi#2 and are are wondering if maybe the PMs have a broke because some people aren't using them to convey what they think we may need to correct and instead correcting the two of us on the boards which is irking our nerves. [/color][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]Let me be clear: I frequently find your posts confusing, but I have no personal vendetta against you. I certainly do not single you in any way. On the other hand, I find your publicly-posted, passive-aggressive "[b][i]some[/i] people should use the PM system if they have a [i]problem[/i] with someone[/b]" tack ironic and laughably childish. [/size][/font]

[quote name='chibi-master']A good majority are. And are all of your posts sad attempts to humiliate someone you don't even know over the internet?[/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]What? No, of course not. I was commenting (like Allamorph) on an exchange I found confusing and a little bit funny. I certainly wasn't attempting to humiliate anyone. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent. [/size][/font]

[quote name='Jabberwocky'][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]We had to construct a catapult, and break down a leg castle. [/FONT][/QUOTE][font=secret font!][size=3]What did you have to break down? I feel like this must be a typo, but I can't figure out what you actually meant. Peg? We made pasta bridges for high school physics class once. Mine had one of the best ratios (weight of bridge vs. weight held without collapsing), but no one was very impressed?the most exciting thing to watch is the bridges that can hold a lot, even if they weighed two pounds themselves. [/size][/font]

[font=secret font!][size=3]Zeroes are important! You mustn't forget them.[/size][/font]