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xena
12/16/2004
07:10:08
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 Subject: Beach Party: Hot Pawn In The Summertime
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Welcome all to the continuation of our Politically-Correct 'Christmas' Event. We've decided to make it alfresco now. For you Southern Boys, that means we done gone and went outside. It's the Dead of Summertime at my place, so don't be complaining about the cold or nothing down here at the beach. We done brung the moonshine and vittles and that...so get your buckets and spades guys and let's start burying gru88y....bags I first :-)
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abegtrup
12/16/2004
07:56:57
[ report this post ] | Brought leo with me...
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I was gonna make a snowman out of him, but I see what you're talking about... it's sweltering
hot out. I know - let's make a lobster! I'll just leave him here in the sun for a while, and later
today we'll get a spatula and flip him over.
One of you new guys got any sunscreen?
I want to use it to write things on leo's front and back - any suggestions??? =)
What? You're new here and don't have any snappy response?
Well fine, go think about it for a while and leave me alone so I take a quick nap and sleep off
that liquor...
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tertsius
12/16/2004
08:03:03
[ report this post ] | Xena
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Sunscreen or not you are going to have horrible tan lines in that outfit. Let me help you. The T-Man walks up with one drop of water on his index finger and touchs Xena's arm; girlfriend we have got to get you out of those wet clothes before you catch your death of cold <:))~
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future-proof
12/16/2004
08:15:28
[ report this post ] | Christmas Pub Crawl
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Might as well tell you about Sheffield - one of my adopted homes; I'll give you an itinerary if you ever find yourself stumbling around there:
Start up at the Hammer and Pincers up at Bents Green - it's smoky and choky, but has warmth. Get the number 81 or 82 bus to Ecclesall Road. Stop off at the Nursery Tavern and then the Slug and Fiddle for a couple of quick halfs, maybe visiting the Pomona briefly. You can get the bus the rest of the way into town - but why not walk? Cut through the Moor and up to Carver Street to find the Frog and Parrot - a jug of 10 vodkas with Red Bull will cost you £10, and you can celebrate the true spirit of Christmas without remembering any of it! Ho ho ho.
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mad4mosa
12/16/2004
08:45:52
[ report this post ] | does xena's bum look big in them bermuda shorts
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well from where im standing i cannot fit it all in .. on no sorry thats gru88y here get out of here pants .. there is a que u know
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xena
12/16/2004
19:33:14
[ report this post ] | Beach Bums
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Well it's so good to see that you're behaving yourselves nicely in public...well half of you are anyway.
I don't quite know where everyone else has got to, but I'm sure they'll turn up soon. Coach is here with me, of course, and Panda's lent us his guitar so I expect we'll be having a Rousing Beachy Sing-A-Long shortly. I'll have to warm up my voice first though, it's a very delicate instrument you know.
Oh by the way Social Dude, it might be best to just leave Leo on his back for now...unless you want to be the one to scrap the sand out of his nose :-/ It's quite weird how all the seagulls are gathering around him...
Oh hang on ...they're vultures! I think you better cover him up before he really starts to go off. Even better... prop him up over there on that rock and stick a wine cooler in his hand, a la 'Weekend at Bernies'...I don't want this to ruin the festive mood. Now then, I'll just nip off and put the hummus out of the sun...funny how no one's touched it yet...
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tag1153
12/16/2004
20:08:14
[ report this post ] | Hey Xena.........
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......I'd love to touch your hummus;)
Rejectedbutstilltrying
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xena
12/16/2004
22:53:26
[ report this post ] | Class Act
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Right..obviously a bit of class is called for and, now that I have a wine cooler in me, I am in the mood to show off. Coach will be accompanying me on the guitar as I showcase my talent with a stirring rendition of 'Under The Boardwalk'. Join in won't you?
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the)
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the)
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the)
(Repeat until nauseated)
Hide Leo under the boardwalk
Down by the sea (oh yeah)
I'm on a beach with my chess team
Trying to get rid of gru88y
And when the sun goes down
We'll drink too much and get outta hand
And as the tide goes out
We'll bury gru88y head first in the sand
Oh we want to go
Hide Leo under the boardwalk
Down by the sea (oh yeah)
Sitting on a beach with some hummus
That's where we'll be
Under the boardwalk
Under the boardwalk
Oh oh ohhhh
Under the boardwalk (yeah)
Down by the sea (oh yeah)
Sand in our eyes all ready
It's getting hard to see %-)
And when the moon is out
And it's finally cooling down
Don't have to look too far
'cos by then gru88y will have drowned
Oh oh ohhhh
Under the boardwalk (yeah)
Down by the sea (oh yeah)
On the beach with my chess team
We're sloshed as we can be
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the)
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the )
Boardwalk (we're gonna hide Leo under the)
..repeat endlessly...
I thanky you
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gru88y
12/17/2004
00:16:19
[ report this post ] | There seems....
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.... to be a bit of a theme running in that song. I wonder what it could be *mmmmm?*
Ibex and Rogue had better watch out.
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srpen
12/17/2004
04:50:13
[ report this post ] | If you don't know the words just hummus
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Lovely job on the singalong guys, if leo had been able to hear that it would have warmed his little heart. As it is we'll just have to roll him over to the fire... he'll get the message. Anyway while I've got this here guitardeophone I'm gonna just roll right on with the singalongs until you all GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OUT OF THAT HUMMUS! That is like so not what she meant and you know it!! Can't turn your back on you people for a... well anyway, luckily it takes more than a garden-size trash can full of everclear mint julep to compromise my mental facilicacultaters. So I'm going to do a song right now and feel free to sing along because you all know this one... oh, CAPTAIN, would you mind just holding this oversize battle axe while I do this number. By the looks of things you could use it more than me right now anyway. Oh do be careful though, it was a prop from Lord of the Rings.
*ahem* anyway... *bangs guitar in approximation of G chord* here we go people...
PAWN STARS CAPTAIN (sung to the tune of Honky Tonk Woman)
I played her in a rated match on GameKnot
She tried to sneak her queen up my g-file
Her armor and her war cry were familiar,
She drew the game and then she drew a smile
She’s the PAAA-AAAAWWWW-AWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
Later when she started up a chess team
I tried to put up some kind of web site
She loaded me right up with tons of team games
But I still can’t seem to win with black or white
She’s the PAAA-AAAAWWWW-AWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
[instrumental break; sticks rook on finger to use as slide]
Everybody!!
She’s the PAAA-AAAAWWWW-AWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
That was terrible you can do it again!!
She’s the PAAA-AAAAWWWW-AWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
The wowsers started crawling out the woodwork
They lined up just to get into our team
The gru88ys, abegtrups and dr. cheeses
All tried and failed to impress the Pawn Queen
She’s the PAAAAAAAWWWWWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
Last time!!
She’s the PAAA-AAAAWWWW-AWNN STARS CAPTAIN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
Made me, made me, made me, a PAWN STARS MAN!!
[pours mint julep over guitar; ignites]
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bgscot
12/17/2004
08:13:56
[ report this post ] | !?!
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It sounds like y'all are torturing a bunch of cats out here and your scaring the neighbours.
Which one of you bastards keeps putting sand in my margaritas?! I've got Leo's credit card and I'm ordering pizza who wants in?
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jasogold
12/17/2004
14:51:35
[ report this post ] | Missing - Reward if Found
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Has anyone seen my cats, I left them on the beach sunning themselves, while I went to get the ice creams.
There was a bunch of chess hooligans with a guitar a bit further down the beach, but they seem to have gone now as well. All except one, who seems to be cuddling up to a wine cooler.
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xena
12/17/2004
16:13:58
[ report this post ] | Who-ligans?
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Oh no we haven't gone, we're still just warming up. Bgscot!!! You can't take poor Leo's credit card...that's shameful...gimme that!!! Yay the lentil and sprout pizzas are on Leo. Someone go and get another vat of 'shine...that's lot's stopped steaming. Not a good sign. I'm just off to check on gru88y..surely the tide must be in by now...?
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abegtrup
12/17/2004
16:31:25
[ report this post ] | You won't find gru88y...
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Someone (I won't say who... cough, cough... apastpawn) thought gru88y was a beached
whale and rescued him... he's no longer waiting for the tide to come in - instead, they've got
him doped up on sardines and trying to mate him over in the Orko tank in Sydney.
Maybe (if we care) we can get future-proof to send in his rebel commando penguin unit to
rescue and retreive him... of course there could be fatalities... but that just means more 'shine
for us!
But don't cancel the order for the anchoviey pizza.. I'll just take their share!
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glorified_monkey
12/17/2004
20:36:45
[ report this post ] | Gru88y a whale?
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I find that exceedingly hard to believe, I saw him just yesterday, at MIT, giving a lecture on the microorganisms of the Australian beaches. He had quite a few wonderful specimens, but they seemed to be covered in saliva-odd. He did seem a bit hung-over. He smelled a bit like sardines too.
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xena
12/17/2004
22:57:15
[ report this post ] | Hold The Anchovies
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Well I've got the credit card of The Leo and I'm off to get a pizza now. If you lot want anchovies and that on it, you can get your own. I'll get one for me and Coach. Which reminds me...I feel tuneful again...
TAKEAWAY FOR TEAM COACH
( Sung to 'Stairway To Heaven'...with sincere and humble apologies to Led Zep)
Hit it Coach!
There’s a Captain who’s sure
Leo's credit card is gold
And she’s buying a pizza for Team Coach
When she drives there she knows
If the take-aways are all closed
With a word of abuse she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying a pizza for Team Coach
There’s a menu on the wall
But she wants to be sure
’cause you know sometimes pizzas have ten toppings
So she does take a look
Thinks we might hold those tomato things
Sometimes tinned pineapple gets all shrivelled
Ooh, and they take my order,
Ooh, and they take my order,
There’s a feeling I get
That black olives might be best,
And my mind is wondering about seasonings.
As I stand here I have seen
Rings of onion on the cheese,
And the complaints of those who stand waiting.
Ooh, and I wait for my order,
Ooh, and I wait for my order.
And it’s whispered that soon
If we all sing this tune
Then our pizza will be ready this season.
And a new queue will form
For those who stand here long
And the Pizza Hut will echo with laughter.
I put the pizza in my car so
Don’t be alarmed now,
Buying stuff is easy for The Pawn Queen.
Yes, there are two roads I can drive on
But in the long run
I still get lost on the way home
So I get my map out and I wonder.
The pizza's steaming and it might go
Cold, in case you don’t know,
Now Coach is wondering where lunch is,
Oh #$@*, I drop it on the ground though
And did you know
Our pizza lies on the sandy beach.
( Let's Rock On Now)
And as I drive back down the road
So another pizza will get sold
There goes the Captain you all know
Who had a pizza and wants to show
That Leo's credit card is really old.
And if you listen very hard
This song is ending at long last .
I'm out out of ideas, so this is all
We had a pizza but I forgot the garlic roll.
A-a-and she’s buy-uyy-iiing a pii-iiiz-zzz-aaaa for Teaaam Coooooach
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bergil
12/18/2004
16:29:52
[ report this post ] | Kiwi love song
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Sung in the style of Mr Stevie Ray Vaughan
Xena had a little lamb
Whose fleece was black as coal
Everywhere xena went, the little lamb was sure to go
She went to a pawn star party one day and smoked leo's credit card
What a time did they have, that day at the beach
P.S bgscot was stalking the lamb again
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xena
12/18/2004
20:54:26
[ report this post ] | Dune Buggy
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Oh it's you bergil... I thought there were more flies around than usual. I knew it couldn't be just because of Leo. And come out from behind that sand dune...you're scaring the snakes.
Dear me... tsk, tsk...is that the best you can come up with? Me and Coach do Epic Rock Anthems and you do 'Mary Has A Little Lamb' and you still can't get it to rhyme. That is why we are Rock Stars and you will never be.
Btw Social Dude, I think it's time to turn Leo over again..that side's nearly done...
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abegtrup
12/18/2004
22:34:41
[ report this post ] | oh - right-o then!
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flipped the bugger over I did, starting to color nicely...
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apastpawn
12/20/2004
14:59:10
[ report this post ] | Well it has Happened !!!
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Went to the Team Forum page and no Pawn Star threads on the first page.
Guess you all must be hung over from the X-mas party still.
No Bergil, I don't want to hear about your hangover remedies.
Did someone remember to get Leo to higher ground before the tide came in.
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bgscot
12/21/2004
05:55:29
[ report this post ] | Leo - Free Willy - London
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I saw some kids using Leo as a raft and paddling him around near the sewer ocean discharge. Xena confiscated his credit card but I've got his car keys, he's got a rusted out brownish Honda affectionately called the Brown Hornet. Anyone up for a ride. I want to see how many people we can cram in this thing.
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jasogold
12/21/2004
07:49:29
[ report this post ] | Discharge....
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...while playing around the ocean sewer, did you happen to see any of my chess moves, strategies, ideas etc, as I've played some real crap recently.
Abegtrup, did I mention it took three attempts for me to pass my driving test, so maybe a few more chess lessons will be needed, before I can confidently beat my missing cat every time.
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xena
12/21/2004
23:57:09
[ report this post ] | Homage To The Beach Boys
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Oh cool, now that we've got Leo's car keys, the sky's the limit. Can we get gru88y in the boot? 'Too fat' ya say?. Ok strap him to the roof-rack then and off ya go for a spin. It's high time for me and Coach to do a Beach Boys medley anyway...
(To the tunes of 'Help Me Rhonda' and 'Little Deuce Coupe')
PUSH THE HONDA
Well since we got the keys, we're out wearing down the tread
We can't stay out late, 'cos we got to jump start the car instead
Leo's Honda don't look so fine (don't look so fine)
And we know it wouldn't take much time
For you to help push the Honda
Help us get the damn thing to start
Push the Honda
Push, push the Honda
Help, push the Honda
(repeat ad infinitum)
Oh I'm bored with that one already %-)
Onto...
LITTLE PUCE COUPE
Little puce coupe
Did ya know the engine is shot?
Little puce coupe
Did ya know the engine is shot?
Well we're not braggin’ so don’t put us down
But we’ve got the slowest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to drag, we don’t even try
Even if we had furry dice, I don't think she could fly
She’s Leo's little puce coupe
Did ya know the engine is shot?
(Leo's little puce coupe)
(Did ya know the engine is shot?)
Just a little puce coupe with a flat head mill
The worst car in town, it's always standin' still
She’s crapped out and rusty, she leaves us all bored
She’ll might do forty with the top end floored
She’s Leo's little puce coupe
Did ya know the engine is shot?
(Leo's little puce coupe)
(Did ya know the engine is shot)
She’s got a worn out clutch with the four on the floor
And she groans and she rattles, ain't going to last much more
And standing at the line when the light turns green
Well she smokes and she shudders like you never seen
She's all pushed out of shape and really hard to steer
Oh sh**, now we're down to three gears
She’s Leo's little puce coupe
Did ya know the engine is shot?
(Leo's little puce coupe)
(Did ya know the engine is shot?)
( repeat ten times)
We thanky you
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tamer68
12/22/2004
01:36:01
[ report this post ] | Merry X-MAS
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Dear all,
I wish u all merry x-mas & happy new year ,
I know that my share in the team forum is little , but because I have no time to write such big messages , I wish u all best of luck in 2005.
I wish , I finish my 200 game for my team in 2004 , I wish next year to have better rating in the team schedule not -12 like now.
Anyway , enjoy yourself & again happy new year .
Tamer
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srpen
12/22/2004
02:45:46
[ report this post ] | The doctor is in
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Great to see you tamer68 ... I'm really glad you made it because I can't get this damn rook that I was using as a slide off my finger so I think I'm going to have to have this thing surgically removed... maybe you could just do that right here... and the rest of you guys can all watch. Let's do it quick though, my pizza's getting cold.
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bergil
12/23/2004
22:11:06
[ report this post ] | Merry Christmas all
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Seasons greetings and salutations, May you and all those special to you have a merry Christmas, A safe and happy new year. As most of you have been very bad, santa will not be visiting you this year. However All ladies wishing to recieve a present, may contact me for a stocking filler
Laughing all the way
Bergil
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xena
12/23/2004
23:49:51
[ report this post ] | I never thought I'd say it but...
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...I am actually glad to see you for once bergil. You just put our forum back on the front page... bless your little black heart. Thank you for your kind but sleazy Christmas wishes. I don't think there will be too many ladies lining up for one of your 'stocking fillers' though...you poor, sad, deluded little man. I would like to take this opportunity, however, to also thank you for posting in our forums and, thus, making even our most banal entries look like shining pearls of wisdom. Hope you have a good Christmas, even though you'll probably spend it alone underlining 'interesting' bits in 'Reform Or Revolution' with a worn out pencil. We'd feel sorry for you, but we just don't like you enough for that. See ya next year then, ya big nuisance :-)
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tag1153
12/24/2004
00:14:28
[ report this post ] | Hello again Pawnstars!
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I haven't been around this beach party much, as my social schedule is pretty full right now. Sorry for seeming standoffish. I would, however, like to take this opportunity to wish each and every member of your wonderful team a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It is people like you that attract me to this great game and this great website. I wish you all the best in 2005!
PS - Xena, I'm still smitten with you and your sense of humor! You are an awesome team captain and I look forward to many future encounters!
Thomas
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xena
12/26/2004
03:50:22
[ report this post ] | Hello Again Tag
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Well good gosh...thank yer. I really don't know what to say, except for; the restraining order remains in force. You're probably one of most determined, and certainly one of the more musical stalkers, I have ever had. You're not a bad Team Captain either. Have a good Christmas and and stay out of my trash cans... or 'wheelie bins' as they are known in These Here Parts.
Xena
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hevisko
12/27/2004
00:43:51
[ report this post ] | Need some rain :(
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While, I'd like to be out at the beach... truthfully... but the Cape Town sun is
baking you alive if caught alone :(
Anycase the next time the Arms brothers is invited over for a spanking... eh I mean a
battle of chess, I have a timeout to settle with their achillesheel.
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hevisko
12/29/2004
03:35:09
[ report this post ] | Going for my Hail Maries ...
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board #2546668
May I plea sunstroke from laying around on the beach???
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bergil
12/29/2004
07:12:03
[ report this post ] | Dear Mary
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Yes you may, also mention your South African cricket team lost to England and your over the line with pity and sympathetic understanding from others. Well maybe not with this lot.
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apastpawn
12/29/2004
12:31:30
[ report this post ] | Who's team you on
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Bergil? Seems your always here with us Pawn Stars. Don't they know how to forumicate on the leftist team.
Maybe you should beg Xena for a membership. We could always use a new whipping boy as Jasogold is tired of it.
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xena
12/29/2004
22:34:59
[ report this post ] | Not Ours
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He begged me already..BEGGED me I tell you, but I wouldn't let him join. He couldn't pass the Boringness Assessment Test anyway.
I hate to bring chess into our Team Discussion Forum (you know that's not my style) but I'm going to do it anyway. Me and astinkyfart, the illustrious captain of The Global Bounty Hunters are planning 'GK's Biggest Team Challenge' (TM). We have been in talks for literally days about this and have come up with the end of January (when everyone should be back) as a starting point for this monumental event. We plan to have a least 20 match ups...more if we can. Watch this space for more info. Well not this exact one..another space..somewhere...ok?
THE CAPTAIN
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hevisko
12/30/2004
01:16:46
[ report this post ] | Thanx Bergill....
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Now I just need to find the cricket, chess and roadkill... eh traffic... rules and I should be fine again :(
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bergil
12/30/2004
07:22:49
[ report this post ] | Excuse me sweetheart
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I did no such thing, as a matter of fact I was asked by a least two pawn stars to become a member and recall an inquiry by a certain homus munching captain to ascertain my availability after leaving the sneaky knight connection. Not to mention some desperate pleas from The VBXXXXer's. Though your stupidity and antics amuse, you already have a large enough team.
As for your whipping boy jasogold, being welsh he would never be tired of it.
Happy new year, to all of you inmates running this asylum
Bergil "The voice of common sense and reason"
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travspawn
12/30/2004
17:42:46
[ report this post ] |
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hi fellow pawnstars......am back after a short break.......
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xena
12/30/2004
20:07:08
[ report this post ] | OMIGOD!!! HE'S BACK!!!
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Where were you? You've been gone for MONTHS. Why didn't you call?...you know we were worried. We always said, if you were going to be late, to ring and let us know. We've been looking absolutely everywhere for you. We thought the aliens must have got you. You haven't got any like weird devices implanted in strange places have you? On second thoughts don't tell us ..we don't really wanna know the details.
Right... now I will take great pleasure in punishing you with excessive and diffy cult team games. And no TV for a month.
The CAPTAIN
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xena
12/30/2004
21:27:39
[ report this post ] | PS.
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...and go to your room and don't come out until we say so.
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travspawn
12/31/2004
01:10:06
[ report this post ] |
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going to see fireworks show.... it,s 4 hours to 2005......post ya all next year..
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hevisko
12/31/2004
02:01:11
[ report this post ] | Some have all the fun :(
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And here I'm still waiting for more than 12 hours till 2005 :(=)
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tamer68
12/31/2004
23:23:00
[ report this post ] | Happy new year
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Dear Pawns,
This is the first message in 2005 , which I hope it will be better than the last tragedy year.
Good Luck all,
Tamer
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odonata
1/03/2005
03:03:28
[ report this post ] | My very
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best wishes to Eddy aka Xena, Mozart aka Gru88y and to Trafalgardude aka Abegtrup.
Odonata
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astinkyfart
1/03/2005
08:15:49
[ report this post ] | just a reminder
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the bounty hunters are ready for our large team match later this month hope most of you are available.
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abegtrup
1/03/2005
12:00:15
[ report this post ] | Thanks for the best wishes four-legs...
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Hello, team!
22nd GK Tournament has begun!
Fellow Pawn Stars need your support!
Casual Division
orluzze - Section #128
Intermeditae Division
jasogold - Section #110
glorified_monkey - Section #302
jenpoj - Section #147
hevisko - Section #172
rogueknight - Section #109
Advanced (NEW) Division
iceonfire - Section #71
ser-enigma - Section #37
arikan - Section #1
tamer68 - Section #189
And standing alone in the
Expert Division
zulu-zipper - Section #106
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bergil
1/04/2005
04:27:57
[ report this post ] | Can you smell chicken?
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Or is it fear? Question: Why are all the High rated pawn stars not playing in the GK tournament.
apastpawn 1993
abegtrup 1975
leo_london 1953
santachess 1917
pawncrusader 1876
gru88y 1773
No wonder zulu-zipper is standing all alone!
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bgscot
1/04/2005
05:16:48
[ report this post ] | Buck, buck, buckawwh!
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Tastes like chicken at least.
Who do I have to bribe to get some easy team games? I'm getting tired of actually having to think to win a game (or lose one apparently). How's about some 1100 rated players, maybe a 950 or two. Most of the wankers I've been matched against are underated and I'm just not that bright... crazy yes, bright no. A fine example is goldic619 who I'm fixin' to lose against now. Currently rated 1301 with an average rating of 1349 and a max rating of 1442. Now I love a challenge and negative numbers in my win column make my nipples hard enough to cut glass, but, I'd like to make a contribution to the team by actually winning a couple of games for a change. Leixosack from the NL would be a nice liesurely win for example.
Mmmmm.... speaking of making my nipples hard Xena's changing into a hot little swim suit... looks like leather from here.
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apastpawn
1/04/2005
11:42:59
[ report this post ] | Thats not leather !!!
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Thats her skin.
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xena
1/04/2005
14:04:38
[ report this post ] | Leather Bag (Designer, of course)
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I'll get to you two in a minute.
bergil, part of the reason the above mentioned are not playing in the latest GK Tournament is because most of them are away at the moment. Being a tournament non-participant myself (I never sign up for any) I can fully understand why they wouldn't want to anyway. Why are you so concerned..are you thinking of making it compulsory then? Just as well you're not running things and never will be.
bgscot ..most other captains are the same as me and only match players within 50-75 points. If I tried to match everyone with ratings 100 or more points beneath them, I would get howls of protest from the other side and we'd never get any challenges. There are, of course, team captains who consistently try this.. two, who shall remain nameless, spring to mind (does Antwerp ring a bell?) and I always refuse these. Basically I can only go by the rating I see in front of me on the challenge at the time. I don't get time to individually police every opponent I match against 42 team members. Unlike bergil I do have a life. This is not my full-time job...goddess forbid.
apastpawn..flattery will get you nowhere.
CAPTAIN xena
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abegtrup
1/04/2005
15:49:18
[ report this post ] | Because...because...because...
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Because of all the wonderful things he does! =)
I keep busy. In fact I'm still waiting for the first GK Tourney I entered to finally make it to its
second round, which at this point might take a full year... which segues nicely into what I
wanted to talk about...
Anyone up for a Blitz Chess tournament? I have just petitioned GK admin (Mike) and
hopefully he'll work with me to figure something out. Wouldn't that be fun?! You enter a
tournament and within the hour it's all over! Assuming it doesn't affect ratings, nor possibly
even max game limits, what is there to lose?! I bet you there would be one or two running at
all times if he's able to get the setup done.
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xena
1/04/2005
16:07:54
[ report this post ] | Party's Over
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Oh count me in on the Blitz Chess Tourney...not.
So I guess this ends our First Seasonal Party. It all kinda went out with a whimper there but you get that. Well into the New Year then and gru88y's still with us... in spite of our best efforts.
You may find our next Social Forum at gameknot.com/fsmg/chess5/1925.shtml
Catch ya there.
THE CAPTAIN
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