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04-01-2014, 01:30 PM | #1 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-10-06
Location: Overland Fark, KS
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APRIL FOOL's you farkers!!!
OK, in light of events that have transpired, you are all allowed a full explanation of today's shenanigans.
First off, please understand this was meant to be a fun, light-hearted April Fools gag on all of you Whackadoodles and fellow Brethren. Shortly after I came back online and helping with the Throwdowns, I was alerted to a nefarious ploy in the works by Ron and Moose. It was a pretty innocent gag, they were going to ask Phil to announce major changes to the TD's and that they had been relieved of their duties. I thought it was funny, but I suggested adding one little twist. I suggested that I should be banned, and then I made some modifications to the "note" Phil would post alluding to my bad behavior and that all nonsense int he TD's would stop immediately. They liked the additions. Much, very much to my surprise, Phil agreed to the plan. Phil is one helluva guy to give this any consideration. I imagine if he had seen any potential issues, he would have killed the idea, but he was OK with it. So, I spent the next few weeks going out of my way to push every limit on the rules possible. I had to make the banning and rule changes LOOK LEGIT. Trust me, it is not easy to be a jackass of such a degree to not ACTUALLY push things TOO far and REALLY get banned. I came close on a couple occasions, particularly with the Camel Toe-Down. To all who I have offended or put off in any manner by my facetious jackassery over the last few weeks, I apologize. That is not really the real me. Yes, I am a nutjob and post crazy chit all the farking time. But I am not THAT extreme or offensive normally (at least I like to believe that, anyway). The plan was to have Phil ban me, which he sort of did by changing the text under my name to "banned" and disabling my ability to receive PM's. This gave all appearances of my being banned. All I had to do was not log in and nobody would be any the wiser. Phil then made the following post after "banning" me in the Throwdown forum to get the ball rolling... Quote:
I was being careful not to log on, and all I could see all day were the posts in Q-Talk and the TD forum, as I can not see WP without being logged on. At one point, I opened up a different browser for something I was doing at work. When I finished up, I clicked over to here. What I didn't realize was I HAD NOT CLEARED MY COOKIES in that browser! So I was automatically logged on. This updated my "Last Activity" status, and with that I got some facebook messages and some emails. People were noticing I had been online. So I went ahead with the plan and I posted, acting like nothing had EVER happened. It seems this caused some undue stress that was not intended on some members. You know who you are. I think I speak for ALL of use that this added stress was not intended, or foreseen to be perfectly honest. I honestly thought the only downside would be all of the people coming on and celebrating the fact that we were gone and the site was going serious. Amazingly enough, that didn't really happen (except by folks who appeared to be joking.....I think). So, there's the scoop. I was going to leave it be and pretend nothing happened. But knowing now how this affected some, I felt a full explanation as in order. In summary, to wrap up everything I just said... It's all Ron and Moose's fault!
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04-01-2014, 01:34 PM | #2 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 10-16-10
Location: Culver City, CA
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That's an awful lot of words. What do they say?
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04-01-2014, 01:38 PM | #3 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 12-23-13
Location: DFW, TX
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I think they say that bigabyte owes us a beer.
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04-01-2014, 01:41 PM | #4 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-02-10
Location: Santa Poco.
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Does that mean Phil will not inforce the first rule #2 ? I liked that one..
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04-01-2014, 01:42 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-15-09
Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL
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I almost un-friended Moose, you know. Glad I held my tongue too.
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04-01-2014, 01:44 PM | #7 |
Phizzy
Join Date: 10-05-08
Location: Hiding out from blood suck ghost snake gods, Nazis and scrap iron chefs trying to harvest body parts
Name/Nickname : Gore (surprise!)
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I can't believe you're no longer "Banned" -- the least they could do is make you "April's Fool"
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04-01-2014, 01:46 PM | #8 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-10-06
Location: Overland Fark, KS
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I suspect that might happen. Now that I exposed the ploy of the BBQ Illuminati.
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04-01-2014, 01:47 PM | #9 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-02-10
Location: Santa Poco.
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Can I go back to the stupid forum now ?
I feel more at home there..
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At my age, "A good fire is better then anything" Ten Bears. Dances With Wolves Smoking up the "Fattened Fat Of The Cow". Got a stick-burner! :mrgreen: UDS In Progress: Thank's Q-Junky! :thumb: Blackstone griddle. 50 year Old Imperial Kamado with ears. Fire pit. Weber Kettle. |
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04-01-2014, 01:47 PM | #10 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-09-13
Location: Round Rock, TX
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I thought this was almost perfectly executed! A few items gave it away though.
- Phil had not gone all scorched earth and deleted the off-topic TD threads - Moose, Ron_L, and bigabyte were all still listed as moderators of the TD forum despite the post saying they were relieved of their duties - And the post "written" by Phil calling WP folks "babbling douchebags" after knowing the whole reason this site was formed didn't seem fitting of an official Admin post - Posted just before April 1st Knowing the backstory of bigabyte's recent activity just makes it all even closer to perfect...hooking casual observers easily! Well done fellas!!! Guerry, sorry it got you all worked up. Hope you can appreciate it more now that everything is out in the open. Can my OT likker TD post be unlocked now???
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04-01-2014, 01:51 PM | #12 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-15-09
Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL
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Kevin is still listed as a forum moderator. So that one is a wash.
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04-01-2014, 01:54 PM | #13 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-09-13
Location: Round Rock, TX
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BBQbeefcake.com...me and biggie are teh admins!
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04-01-2014, 01:55 PM | #14 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-02-10
Location: Santa Poco.
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I think a new Hiltler movie is in order here. Wackadoodles, you know what to do..
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At my age, "A good fire is better then anything" Ten Bears. Dances With Wolves Smoking up the "Fattened Fat Of The Cow". Got a stick-burner! :mrgreen: UDS In Progress: Thank's Q-Junky! :thumb: Blackstone griddle. 50 year Old Imperial Kamado with ears. Fire pit. Weber Kettle. |
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04-01-2014, 01:56 PM | #15 | |
Moderator
Join Date: 12-09-04
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My responses in dark red...
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