Give It Up For Graham: ILE Vote of Thanks!

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let graham know how much he roXXXXXX

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 August 2002 05:41 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm too drunk for this

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 August 2002 05:49 (twenty-three years ago)

*daps graham*

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 30 August 2002 05:56 (twenty-three years ago)

'rub' huh? fuck that !

― simon trife (simon_tr), Friday, 30 August 2002 06:10 (twenty-three years ago)

graham needs to talk more, esp. in rhyme

― anthony easton (anthony), Friday, 30 August 2002 06:11 (twenty-three years ago)

There should be a week of only posting to ILE in rhyme. the punishment for non-compliance could be kitten photos!

Also, three rowdy slightly-drunken nerd cheers for Graham, lord of geeks!

― petra jane (petra jane), Friday, 30 August 2002 06:16 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0133/monument-valley-goats-40.1.jpg

nostalgia

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 30 August 2002 06:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I want to dap Graham too. In fact I want to give him a good dapping.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 30 August 2002 07:19 (twenty-three years ago)

grrrrrrrrrrrrraham is da bomb.

― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 30 August 2002 23:41 (twenty-three years ago)

the greenspun goats!! they are sad becz the second spaceship never returned!! the water is dried up and the beets are dying!! it is like man who fell to earth with mitchlastnamewithheld as rip torn

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 30 August 2002 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Purple Heart for Graham!

― felicity (felicity), Saturday, 31 August 2002 00:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Felicity is my poster of the month for quality, consistency and general dedication to making me want to love her.

― Graham (graham), Saturday, 31 August 2002 01:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think I've properly said before what a wicked good job Graham is making of all this nuILx stuff. Thank you.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 1 September 2002 13:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Graham is awesome, even without all the work he has poured into nu-ILX. I would even discuss Atomic Kitten with him.

― Nicole (Nicole), Sunday, 1 September 2002 13:36 (twenty-three years ago)

yep, graham really came up with the goods. thanks.

― stevo (stevo), Sunday, 1 September 2002 14:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Graham has contributed a lot of happiness to my life - mostly by pointing me at the Daphne & Celeste album for £1.99 in HMV (it's not been far from the walkman ever since), but also by his magnificent work on nu-ILX.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 1 September 2002 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay for Graham and Andrew. It all looks really nice, congrats.

I will now go and post much the same thing in the yay-for-Andrew thread just to be especially pointless.

I am also very much in favour of punishment by kitten photos. You will not stop me or Alan that easily. Though posting in rhyme would also be fun. Hmm, dilemma. (I still want the ILX piratical theme day, unless it happened while I was not around, in which case I weep in your general direction...)

― Rebecca, Tuesday, 3 September 2002 12:58 (twenty-three years ago)

YAY REBECCA!

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 3 September 2002 13:12 (twenty-three years ago)

four months pass...

I hereby reaffirm the sentiment of this thread.

― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Second

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

viele danke Graham

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Absolutely, well done Graham...not only for yr work on ILx, which I'm appreciating now more than ever, but also (thorugh yr hard work and determination) for moving to the best city in the world!

see you at the FAP!

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 19:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Didn't someone say "go go gadget Graham" on the other thread? I totally second that. Good luck with the new endeavors, I'm practically jealous of your chance to make a fresh start.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Thankyou.

― Graham (graham), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Graham roXor lots!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeez Louise, I never posted on this thread? I feel awful! :-(

It is late and yes there are current events now raising hackles, but Graham deserves much due praise and then some. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham r0x u r all g4y! LONG LIVE THE GRAHAHAHAHAHAM!!!!

(For further reading, see: This Is Graham's NEW FEATURES Thread)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

insp. by the fun with google image search:
Graham
http://www.udel.edu/Archives/Archives/images/pres/graham.jpg
http://www.cni.org/docs/ima.ip-workshop/figures/Graham.fig2.gif
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/organics/authors/images/graham.gif

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.glorietta5.com/images/big_product/graham.jpg

You rule!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham ROXXXX we r all unappreciative jerks.

― hstencil, Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to post a new thread about this too, but this one will do just fine. I thought I'd already posted something similar on another thread, but it bears repeating: Graham roXx for all his work on this board, and it's definitely appreciated. And despite his slightly heavy hand elsewhere on the matter, he probably does deserve presents for this...cards, mix tapes or CDs, Buffy box sets, a pint at the next FAP, whatever.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

So happy together...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris, I don't think racist comments are going to bring Graham back.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely, anything is worth a try?!

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

what's racist abt crackers?

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham deserves presents and thanks for his work. I'll be damned if he's getting them from me, though.

(Ironically, I was going to buy him something off of his wishlist right before this spectacularly unimpressive hissy fit. I'm sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but no one's going to blackmail me into telling them they've done a good job. If this post pushes him over the edge and he deletes ILXOR, I apologize to everyone else.)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

how about 'how to win friends and influence people' ;)

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

(Maybe it's a US thing - "cracker" = semiracist slang for white people, mainly back in the '70's).

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Having to explain jokes = dud.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Dan ME ME ME!! A GBA SP!!!! And I promise not to waste it by playing rubbidge old D&D (awful, awful game) but lovely SF2 Alpha Turbo... HIIII-YA!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry I've never ever heard that before Nick A. The only ones I've heard are whitey and honky.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Who wasn't in on the joke?

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Can you get a GBA SP for 10 pounds in the UK??? Because that's my budget.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always admired your writing style and quick wit Mr Dan Perry.

― chris (chris), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

All donations gratefully accepted! Actually it is okay! You can just get me a Sir Mix a Lot cd - I am hoping to get a computer and then it will be EMULATION A GO GO.

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Starry you are a gurl of course you would not like the D&D game. And it's not as if I didn't warn you!

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Ironically, I was going to buy him something off of his wishlist right before this spectacularly unimpressive hissy fit.

Yeah, I *did* buy him something off his wishlist right before this happened cause I thought he deserved some recognition for his work.
:-(

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Well it showed potential to be interesting, but that method of fighting was ridiculous, slow, awkward, frustrating and takes forever just to kill a few damn trolls! There was a little bit of satisfaction when they were finally beaten but not enough for me to go through the whole thing again. I assume your 8-sided dice version was better (haha I bet it wasn't you geekz0r).

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

We should send all the presents to our battling soldiers on the front!

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

When I say 'our' I obviously mean 'your' as Ireland only has one soldier and I saw him in town at lunchtime.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.foodservices.nestle.fr/images/photoprod/GOLDGRBT.gif

Any appreciation I had for Graham's tireless work BEFORE today (and I had a lot despite being too technologically challenged to EVER fully realise what he does) is unaffected by recent tweaks.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I met Graham last Friday and had a nice chat about college 'n'ting.

Later he made a good friend of mine cry. Graham can go to hell.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

eh?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I DID NOT CRY - *it was the onions*

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I've had my falling out with him once. He called me a cunt. Is he really that bitter?

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't had a falling out with Graham. I am so young and innocent!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 27 March 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you might be being a little harsh there Andrew, perhaps your friend is a big woos who will cry at most things anyway and knows to take things with a pinch of salt :) (Unless you mean someone else in which case fneh, I can't quite remember)

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah Andrew - who was this mysterious weeping friend of yours?

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, that's better!

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

the return of the features i mean...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought someone had bought you that goddamned muffin!

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham, noticed/read the "New Features" thread days ago, and I've only this to say: wonderful job, dude.

Is he really that bitter?

Actually, only he can answer that one. I've hung out with him a couple of times, and he didn't appear to be that way to me.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 27 March 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you for your work on the board Graham. Excellent!

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 27 March 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

perhaps your friend is a big woos

Hahahahahaha Starry said "big WOOS." (This is funny because it's how my mom would pronounce wuss.)

Graham, this may have to be like the Buffy thread: I announce upcoming essay on the goodness parts of Graham, and it arrives a few days later. I'm going to do it, though.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 27 March 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no, it's been more than a few days and I only have a rough draft so far. In the meantime HOORAY GRAHAM.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 10 April 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"Oh that's right, they have breakfast at Tiffany's now"

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you angling for a diamond bracelet Graham? Excellent Simpsons episode that, though.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 10 April 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, ONO.

(the reference is for Nabisco though)

(Liz, have any of the emails I've sent you arrived? I know the first one didn't)

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 10 April 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, a couple have got through the Council's wall of fire-breathing tigers, the last being last Friday.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 11 April 2003 07:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you, Graham! I selected some things from your wishlist - they are two things that I have & like. I hope I got the wishlist right. I would have done it before, but I didn't know it existed.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Friday, 11 April 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I just suspect that there are other ILX0rs that Graham would rather have "give it up" for him than me.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 11 April 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

But you are the Piumaman!

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 11 April 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, granted.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 11 April 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm. Piumaman does sound rather like Bananaman. And he became Bananaman by eating a banana. So does Piumaman become Piumaman by eating Chris? Or his banana? I think we should be told!

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 11 April 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I have to say that Nicole's call of that on Chris's name is utterly inspired and why the hell did I not think of it before?

http://hypnomovies.crosswinds.net/miscellaneous/pumaman/images/pumaman2.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 April 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

So does Piumaman become Piumaman by eating Chris? Or his banana?

Either way, it is a great pick up line.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 11 April 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

...um.

HEY, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR GRAHAM!

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

When we had to leave Greenspun last year, as it was becoming increasing unreliable, Graham offered to archive and transfer the boards as they then were, and basically reprogram Ilxor from the bottom up, for speed, effectiveness, flexibility and all manner of special features. This he has done, in fine style ? putting in MANY hours: now he is handing over guardianship of all things technical (to Alan, for the moment). I'm guessing not everyone on ILE or ILM caught the announcement, so I felt it should be flagged, just that that everyone's fully aware of this, and of quite how much he's done and how much we owe him.

So, this is just to stress my own gratitude and admiration for all he's done AND all that he's put up with, in ref.confusing requests, repeated demands and general thoughtless wear-and-tear at the hands of the Ilxor that Never Sleeps.. This whole machinery is something genuinely to be proud of, as you must surely know, Graham. The boards are a fickle shallow beast a great deal of the time, but I kind of love 'em, and you made them possible.

(Wishlist present on its way, also...)

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah for Graham! :-) And as the major user and abuser of the board in terms of sheer post volume, it would be rude of me not to acknowledge him. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

YAY GRAHAM! -

- ROK ON BRUTHA!

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

come on you guys, ilm is way ahead!!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 09:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Gracias, Graham.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I posted on ILM but i'll also say thanks here.

take care and good luck in yr studies etc.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I've thanked him in e-mail, but i'll add it here. Thanks graham! What you've achieved is very impressive.

[I will start a thread soonish on ILE about any developments. Don't panic, there won't be any (intentional) "functional" changes to the boards for many many weeks if at all.]

― Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham, you are both a brick and a good egg.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

ANd I am sure Madchen means brick and good egg in all the positive connotations (study, strong, able to make omlettes). Cheers Graham, form and function are your watchwords.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

you managed to hang on to the simplicity of the greenspun-era remarkably well, whilst adding lots of fantastic&very useful new features.

well done and thanks a lot.

hope you don't just go away now.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:41 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks for doing the hard work, and best of luck if you do decide to leave.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I meant it in the Enid Blyton way.

George: Thanks Auntie Fanny, you're a brick
Auntie Fanny: Oh, it was Uncle Quentin who made the tiffin, he's the real good egg around here.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Hang on, was Fanny George's auntie, or her mother?

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

If Fanny had been George's mother, George (despite being a tomboy) would have called her Mother. This is Enid Blyton after all, we respect our elders and policemen - even if we are much smarted than them.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Oi, that kind of comment is wanted on the class thread!

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't do ILM threads. Especially not really long ones that you are all over Momus. You hid from me in Japan.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Definately Aunt Fanny. George lived with her aunt and uncle Quentin, who was an inventor type.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

But anyway, enough about Enid Blyton. Thank you Graham. I don't think you should disappear into the night, but in any case good luck and I am sure everything will turn out ok.

― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

tho a relative newcomer, many thanks to Graham for making all this possible

― H (Heruy), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

They are definitely Auntie Fanny and Uncle George, but I think they are known as that to the other three, who come visit for the summer. George and Timmy live there all year round, so they are Mother and Father to her. I think.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 17 April 2003 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Uncle Quentin, not Uncle George.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 17 April 2003 08:37 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

lol @ sycophancy circa 2003

― manute lol (sanskrit), Friday, 3 November 2006 03:12 (nineteen years ago)

Thank you, Graham! I selected some things from your wishlist - they are two things that I have & like. I hope I got the wishlist right. I would have done it before, but I didn't know it existed.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 3 November 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

I just suspect that there are other ILX0rs that Graham would rather have "give it up" for him than me.

-- Chris Piuma (chri...),

he got that bit right

― -- (688), Friday, 3 November 2006 05:36 (nineteen years ago)

still,

ilx: 2003: text
ilx: 2006: other peoples text, in italics

― -- (688), Friday, 3 November 2006 05:38 (nineteen years ago)

at least dan perry stood up to him

― liberal arts school prick (lfam), Friday, 3 November 2006 05:58 (nineteen years ago)

Graham deserves presents and thanks for his work. I'll be damned if he's getting them from me, though.
(Ironically, I was going to buy him something off of his wishlist right before this spectacularly unimpressive hissy fit. I'm sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but no one's going to blackmail me into telling them they've done a good job. If this post pushes him over the edge and he deletes ILXOR, I apologize to everyone else.)

-- Dan Perry (djperr...), March 27th, 2003 3:12 AM

What happened here?

Threads like this always make me feel like I know nothing about ILX. Never heard of Graham before.

― wordy rappinghood (roxymuzak), Friday, 3 November 2006 07:48 (nineteen years ago)

yah thats why this is all so facinating now. all this shit happened right under our noses.

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 3 November 2006 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

So much for forgiveness ey? I don't know, I liked Graham. He never did anything wrong to me so I guess that makes it easier to forget/forgive? Probably.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

He threw a massive hissy fit of the "you all hate me and don't appreciate all the work I've done for you" then promptly started removing features from ILE to prove a point, with the intention of slowly dismantling it until people sent him Buffy DVDs. IIRC Andrew neutered his admin powers after that.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:25 (nineteen years ago)

He did? fuck, I forgot about that.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:29 (nineteen years ago)

LOL THANX GRAHAM
TY, GG

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dltk-cards.com/award/images/school/ctrophy.gif

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:32 (nineteen years ago)

Graham and the girl in the library = the best but most terrifying thread in the history of ILX.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

you can't say that and not provide a link.

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

good times

― -- (688), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:44 (nineteen years ago)

How do you know if someone fancies you?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:01 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

Was that the sound of 15mins of work vanishing as you reread the whole thing again? Because that's what's happening to me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

this is gonna see me through to lunchtime. ty.

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

"Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Peaksville. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Peaksville was left all alone. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Peaksville left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines - because they displeased him - and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages - just by using his mind. Now I'd like to introduce you to some of the people in Peaksville, Ohio. This is Mr. Fremont. It's in his farmhouse that the monster resides. This is Mrs. Fremont. And this is Aunt Amy, who probably had more control over the monster in the beginning than almost anyone. But one day she forgot; she began to sing aloud. Now, the monster doesn't like singing, so his mind snapped at her, turned her into the smiling, vacant thing you're looking at now. She sings no more. And you'll note that the people in Peaksville, Ohio, have to smile; they have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because, once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror. This particular monster can read minds, you see. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. This is the monster. His name is Anthony Fremont. He's six years old, with a cute little-boy face and blue, guileless eyes. But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge."

― gear (gear), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:20 (nineteen years ago)

And the point of reviving this thread is?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:24 (nineteen years ago)

Actually there was somehow *less* in the thread than I remembered.

I wonder what he's doing now - I reckon the last time I saw him was when I played pool against him in the ILX Christmas pool tournament in...2003? 2004?

Hey...there's an idea. What about another one this year?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:25 (nineteen years ago)

And the point of reviving this thread is?

sanskirt and other nose duds disgusted by pre-noise ILE, film at 11

― banrique (blueski), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

The discusssion of the difference between Happy Hardcore and Scooter totally redeems that thread.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 3 November 2006 10:38 (nineteen years ago)

i used to like it when dr c would tell us stories about beryl who worked in his office.

― estela (estela), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

I'll tell you one today. Give me a minute....

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:36 (nineteen years ago)

this is thrilling!

― estela (estela), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

Can you find any of the old ones? What thread were they in?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

there was one about people talking in funny voices, beryl was the star of the thread.

― estela (estela), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:46 (nineteen years ago)

this one? Do you and your friends talk in "funny voices" ever

― ONIMO's losing the plot (GerryNemo), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

oh, you found it :)

― ONIMO's losing the plot (GerryNemo), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

Cheers, Onimo.

Search doesn't seem to work for me at the moment. Anyone else having probs?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

i love beryl!

― estela (estela), Friday, 3 November 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

beryl >> graham

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Friday, 3 November 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)

I use "site:http://ilx.wh3rd.net" in google - it's a bit hit and miss but it's fast.

― ONIMO's losing the plot (GerryNemo), Friday, 3 November 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha gear

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 3 November 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6451/1302795pub300ep7.jpg

― manute lol (sanskrit), Friday, 3 November 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

It sounds like an episode from a Kevin Smith film when you put it like that, but, for a while, that was actually happening.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 3 November 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

wait so what happened at the end of that 'fancy you' thread? did graham rape that girl? i clicked on it thinking something really bad had happened.. did anything happen after the bit where graham told the girl his name?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

btw ilx pool tournament 2006 = best idea evah!!!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

Make it so mr chu (does bloomsbury bowling do pool)

― Ed (dali), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, didn't seem that creepy to me either. of course, i don't know the guy.

― wordy rappinghood (roxymuzak), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.amazingsites.com/images/SmallIceberg.jpg

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

Third best idea ever, following:
1. ken c's karaoke booth night out (just a reminder);
2. my Club Poptimism On Ice modest proposal which nobody took up bah.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

bloomsbury bowling has maybe one pool table but it's crappy and knackered looking.

best pool pub i've been to so far is in bethnal green but that's miles away. 50p a game though. plus always empty and great jukebox. and there's a dog that spends its whole life licking each of the legs of the pool table.

sorry marcello!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

it will happen!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

The very idea of Cis and I attempting synchronised Busted jumps on ice has my ankles screaming in pain.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

the crepeiness was elsewhere, eg (quoted on today's nose board):

"BUGGER BUGGER! BUGGER! BUGGER!
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!
I waited until she was ready to leave, so I hit reset on my computer and went after. I walked up next to her and said "Hi", and she said hi back and kept walking. She has a suprisingly loud firm voice - I thought she was meant to be shy?. She's Irish, I think. So I said "thisisabitweird" and she said "Whuh?" and I said "This is a bit weird". Just as we were getting to the library gate I asked, "Are you doing anything right now?". She said "No... She said "I'm going home", in her very strong firm Irish "Look, I've had enough of this stupid argument....

"I'm going home" voice. And that was that, so i went back to another computer, began to login and hoped I'd see her again, but then I thought fuck it and ran out of the library down the stairs, along a corridor, looke dout of a window, couldn't see her, down more stairs along a corridor, out the front door, down to the end of the road looked both ways, back to the car park, then back to the end of the road and the main route home and ran like a bastard to this horrible scraggy Electronics building computer room, cz there was no sign of her.

THE END

-- Graham (dtc...) (webmail), December 5th, 2002 7:39 AM. (link)"

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

I really don't see the point of dredging all this up again, particularly as he's no longer here to defend himself.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 3 November 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

He died?

― Zwan (miccio), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

RIP GRAHAM YOU WERE MY FAVOURITEST ILX NUTJOB

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Friday, 3 November 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

i saw that benrique? but how was that creepy? it was just... inept?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

inept is the creepy that failed

― -- (688), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

it's alluded to on this very thread why people have a problem with graham; ie he held the board hostage and dismantled it in exchange for gifts, this was after a hysterical freak out banning incident to "prove a point" but prior to a hysterical freak out drink-dumping incident. If you don't know about it, then who cares? I kind of agree that it is weird to dredge this up again; graham wasn't mentally healthy and if he does come round (which he does, apparently quite regularly still though not posting, judging by e-mails he's sent to people based off things on ILX) all of these thread revivals and random bashing could basically lead to another break with reality for the guy so wtf. I'm not really sure why these aren't just being locked.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

I hate to say it, but Ally OTM.

Leave it alone.

― Dear Cafes of London (kate), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

so ilx pool, who's in?

1. dr c
2. ed
3. ken c

and when? december? anyone on holiday during the month?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

i duno i just didnt notice this shit going on when it was. i was on ilm talking about frank zappa and ween and fighting with ethan and jess for the most part so reading it now is a HUGE wtf and VERY entertaining!

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 3 November 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

AllyOTM w/ the let-it-go stuff.

Though "slowly dismantling ILX until people send you Buffy DVDs" remains the awesomest supervillain plan ever. I kind of wonder if Graham had seen Season 6 and the Trio when he came up with that.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

nice with the "we should let go" then calling him a supervillain move! i should be so slick.

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

It was a compliment! In retrospect, it was the coolest plan ever!

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

though i think it might have been better to aim a bit higher than a bunch of dvds

― -- (688), Saturday, 4 November 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

the overanalysis granted to his passing computer lab fancy in that thread would drive anybody over the edge!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 4 November 2006 06:45 (nineteen years ago)

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