jrpa
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META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:18 PM UTC
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So, I take very seriously all the feedback I get about my forum career and I certainly appreciate the litany of Private Messages you all send me telling me I'm "saving our community," and so forth. But occasionally, people point out ways I can improve everyone's forum experience even moreso. One thing people have pointed out is I seem to lack some sort of catch-phrase or stereotypic idiosyncrasy that people can look forward to me saying semi-regularly and that I could say on the iphone if they were to meet me. Vansmack has his pink taco, walkie has his cat photos, and Rhett can always call someone a porky midget or give a thorough review of an event he did not attend. But I have nothing to fall back on.
I've been kicking this around for a while and I really can't come up with one that seems perfect. I sort of like the line from Oliver Stone's JFK where Costner goes "we are through the looking glass here, people!" and I could see saying that in response to others' clear stupidity. I can always fall back on "Happy Day, bitch!," but I think sweets technically was the first person to say it.I've also been kicking around "the Ladies at the yacht club shall hear of this!" Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm a big believer in the power of crowdsourcing.
sweetcell
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Re: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:22 PM UTC
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couldn't you just end every post with "… but then again, i'm better than you." and leave it at that?
jrpa
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Re: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:25 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
couldn't you just end every post with "… but then again, i'm better than you." and leave it at that?
It doesn't really roll off the tongue. And I would really only want to pull it out a few times a month. Going for a "special occasion" catchphrase, not a ten times a day one. I'd assume someone would start a thread chronicling all the times I use it. Do you want to be in charge of that?
jrpa
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Re: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:26 PM UTC
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walkonby wrote:
burberryed
I'd probably go with a distinct spelling like "Burberry'd!!" to make it funnier, but that's legitimately a great suggestion. Thanks for the thought you put into it.
ggw
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Re: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:29 PM UTC
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Julian, wrote:
"As someone with intellectual disabilities, I find this language offensive and your decision to use it regrettable."
jrpa
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Re: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:33 PM UTC
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ggw wrote:
Julian, wrote:
"As someone with intellectual disabilities, I find this language offensive and your decision to use it regrettable."
I see what you did there! Thanks for the submission!
atomic
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 05:52 PM UTC
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"I'm rich bitch"
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:05 PM UTC
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"You don't know about me, but I bet you want to." ?? I could see me saying this.
atomic
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:08 PM UTC
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Julian, wrote:
"You don't know about me, but I bet you want to." ?? I could see me saying this.
If you are so smart, why aren't you a Weblegrity?
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:09 PM UTC
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atomic wrote:
If you are so smart, why aren't you a Weblegrity?
Pfft, you don't know about me… but I bet you want to.
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:09 PM UTC
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No, that just didn't feel organic.
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:30 PM UTC
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"Thank the bank for the money, thank God for you!"
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:30 PM UTC
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"If you're looking for trouble, Mister [or Miss], you just found Parker Brothers!"
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:31 PM UTC
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"We are never, ever, ever getting back together."
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 15, 2014 at 06:31 PM UTC
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"Torched your ass, Bitch!" (too much?)
jrpa
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 29, 2014 at 03:40 PM UTC
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How about me responding to comments with animated .gifs? That's kind of a meta-catch phrase.
i am gay and i like cats
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 29, 2014 at 06:33 PM UTC
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your mitt, uh huh, response . . . top notch.
atomic
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Re: META: Help me come up with a catch-phrase, please.
January 29, 2014 at 08:11 PM UTC
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Maybe your catch phrase should be that you give a mixed metaphor response.
Elvis has left the station.
Your not the sharpest card in the deck.