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sigod
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Topic: We Should Start Our Own Nation Posted: November 16 2004 at 11:36 |
Fellow proggers, we have talked at great length on many weighty subjects, we have discussed sexual orientation, body hair, political bias, drug use, why we hate/love Phil Collins, who is the best (insert subject here) and borne witness to Threefates hugging a multitude of prog legends.
I say that it is time we took this powerhouse of intellect, viltality and (damm it) stunning good looks and form our own nation state. All that is required are the following:
A name for this brave new land
A President or Spiritual Leader,
A national anthem
A flag
I'm sure that everything else will fall into place after that.
My suggestions are:
Name: Topographica
President: Greg Lake - (oh what a lucky man, he was)
National Anthem: Outside The Wall (Pink Floyd)
A flag (okay, I maybe a bit biased here)
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Velvetclown
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 11:50 |
Great Idea sigod !!!!!!! But I guess we would just end up like ATLANTIS
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emdiar
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 12:20 |
What sort of foriegn policy do you think we need! What about immigration? Is it "proggers only" I just think we may need to import a few chicks, er, female companions, albeit of a non-prog disposition, cus 3f8s will be off in the Lake district.
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philippe
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 13:56 |
yeah interesting topic! any other suggestions about a national anthem, name of a president..?
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gdub411
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 14:35 |
5 Reasons I could replace Greg Lake as his usurper:
1) My name is Greg just like his
2) My last name may not be Lake but I do live near one of the Great Lakes
3) I may not be a bass player but I am a bass fisherman
4) Greg Lake belonged to ELP and I belong to a 3 letter Group as well- GOP
5) Neither one of us e-mailed Prog-Bassist a thank-you letter.
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:55 |
sigod wrote:
Fellow proggers, we have talked at great length on many weighty subjects, we have discussed sexual orientation, body hair, political bias, drug use, why we hate/love Phil Collins, who is the best (insert subject here) and borne witness to Threefates hugging a multitude of prog legends.
I say that it is time we took this powerhouse of intellect, viltality and (damm it) stunning good looks and form our own nation state. All that is required are the following:
A name for this brave new land - New Xanadu
A President or Spiritual Leader, - Neil Peart
A national anthem - Dogs by Pink Floyd (all 18 minutes, imagine international football matches )
A flag - The Rush debut album cover will suffice. Its nice and colourfull
I'm sure that everything else will fall into place after that.
My suggestions are:
Name: Topographica
President: Greg Lake - (oh what a lucky man, he was)
National Anthem: Outside The Wall (Pink Floyd)
A flag (okay, I maybe a bit biased here)
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Well, I've inserted my choices. I guess I'm a little biased too!
With regard to our policy on immigration, I would say that all immigrants would have to pass a prog exam, in which they would have to name all the Rush and Genesis albums in chronological order. Make their case for why they prfer either Gabriel era or Collins era Genesis. For the oral exam they would have to sing the national anthem - ALL OF IT (Dogs!!)
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asuma
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:57 |
nope, cause then our heads will get even further up our own asses until they come out at the top.
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*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 16:15 |
asuma:
That could be a very interesting look. All members of our new society should be genetically engineered to look that way. That way there will be no confusion as to our nationality when we go through immigration at JFK. They'll know we are proggers and know that we are peacefull - if slightly 'up ourselves' people.
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Eddy
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 21:18 |
heheh what a silly post. it would be nice though if it couold really happen. im always quite annoyed with some fellows and there often obscurely simple music with the drums just going badum badum all the time. so boring, like the people who listen to it. but i bet if it did happen, our state would be bombed by everyone else though...... yea the whole damn world thinks were weirdos.
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threefates
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 21:34 |
Instead of president... Greg could once again be the Crimson King... and I'd make a fine Crimson Princess (cause it would be very hard to replace Gdub as the Crimson Queen...)
Name: Crimson
King: Greg Lake - (oh what a lucky man, he was)
National Anthem: From the Beginning
A flag (okay, I maybe a bit biased here)
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Peter
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 21:38 |
Meanwhile, back on the Island of Abandoned Progholes, President-for-Life Rideout is getting rather miffed at the fledgling "nation" of upstart Newbies next door:
"Keep sharpening those sticks, you worthless, cringing cowards," he imperiously orders his slack-jawed, starving minions, as apocalyptic visions dance in his capacious brain.....
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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James Lee
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 22:04 |
^ I want to be a dentist.
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Peter
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 22:10 |
^ !
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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gdub411
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Posted: November 16 2004 at 23:10 |
James Lee wrote:
^ I want to be a dentist.
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A Dentist!. Elves sing songs, dance and make toys...good grief!
Why is James such a misfit?
He is not such a nit wit.
He's not fired because he quits
He don't belong.
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Peter
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 01:54 |
James Lee wrote:
^ I want to be a dentist. |
Fine, but elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 03:27 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
James Lee wrote:
^ I want to be a dentist. |
Fine, but elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. |
But if a giraffe could jump as far, pound for pound, as the common flea - it would avoid a lot of trouble.......
Back on the island, rumours of war abound -
Mariah Carey (having been Dudezan's slave for the last 6 months - is it so long, King Peter?) is now a mere shadow of her former self; the constant deranged demands of her dingo-obsessed consort having reduced her to 75 pounds of silicone, and 4 pounds of teeth.
Garten - now raised to the rank of court dance teacher, and wearer of the dread Feather Boa Of Destruction, sidles over to the aging, bent and stooped king - a smirk on his face, he bends to drip the poison of international treachery into the wax clogged ear of his monarch.......
"This new prog-nation, my leige - do we really think they shall look on us with kindness, or should we forswear our oath of peace to pre-empt their inevitable attack...... Maybe we should cry havoc, and release the Danbo of war -
Just an idea, you understand, my leige......"
Garten turns away, pausing only to throw a stale crust into the stained and fetid cage in which lurked the now violently insane Danbo - the usual grunt of "Echolyn, Echolyn" greeted his kindness.
As Garten walked away muttering, the Danbo-beast looked up with a crimson look of purest madness, and spied the lock on his cage, spied the corroded metal, spied the key still in the lock. Deep in the recesses of his mind, a plan began to form......
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Certif1ed
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 03:59 |
The camera pans round, and we discover that Cert has been busily re-building his hot-air balloon, which is coming on fine thanks to a huge body of new islanders with more hot air than they know what to do with...
This time, however, the balloon is modelled on the flying machine as designed by Major Clanger.
As launch date approaches, el Presidente Rideoute calls his court dance teacher to bring all islanders together for a merry song and dance.
Unfortunately, the man with the order of the Garten interpreted that to mean all islanders, and let the danbo beast out of its cage.
Fortunately he still had the 20 kegs of ale left over from his barbecue, and was able to tame the savage beast by clobbering it over the head with one.
By the time the 20 kegs of ale, the illicit liquor being dished up by the three fates and the piece of pipe courtesy of emdiar had done the rounds, everyone just wanted to mellow out to some choons.
As everyone was so mellow, no-one argued about what music was to be played - or even what was to be the national anthem: it was agreed by wide consensus that "Whatever comes up next, man" should be the current anthem - making it far more interesting than any other countries' anthem in history!
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Velvetclown
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 05:55 |
Itīs only a model.
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James Lee
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 07:11 |
gdub411 wrote:
James Lee wrote:
^ I want to be a dentist.
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A Dentist!. Elves sing songs, dance and make toys...good grief!
Why is James such a misfit?
He is not such a nit wit.
He's not fired because he quits
He don't belong.
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Exactly
I'm afraid it was a little too obscure a reference for many people.
It didn't help that my graphic mysteriously stayed to the far right.
I won't even bring up Yukon Cornelius
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 17 2004 at 07:22 |
Certif1ed wrote:
....it was agreed by wide consensus that "Whatever comes up next, man" should be the current anthem - making it far more interesting than any other countries' anthem in history! |
......which was a bad time for Cert to switch on the radio, just as "the birdie song" began.......
Despite the lamentably laughable sight of the Danbo-Beast getting down with his bad self to the birdie song, all present groaned at the prospect of their new national anthem, come the next Olympic Games.....
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