Rules for being a Tool fan!
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Topic: Rules for being a Tool fan!
Posted By: The Miracle
Subject: Rules for being a Tool fan!
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:20
- Maynard is always right.
- If Maynard thinks he's wrong, that means he's mistaken(see 1)
- Maynard is not gay.
- Even if you see Maynard with fake breasts wearing a bra, a woman's wig and makeup on a beach claiming he's gay, he's still not gay.
- If you find something nonsensical in Tool's lyrics, that only means your little mind can't gasp it.
- If you find Tool's lyrics contradictory, you're thinking the wrong way.
- If you find yourself jumping around the room and crawling in epileptic convulsions, that means you listened to too much Push*t.
- If you need to leave the house within the next 5 minutes, don't listen to Third Eye!
- Don't listen to Third Eye at all if you don't have 30 minutes to listen to it twice.
- If you jumped up in your sleep, then Reflection is already over.
- You have to round up all talks about movies with the phrase "To hell with your_____ (Insert a famous producer's name). Adam Jones - that's another story.
- We all know LA will be flooded one day.
- If you're running short on weed, stop listening to Bill Hicks.
- If you are becoming a big supporter of legalization of drugs without trying any of them, quit listening to Bill Hicks.
- If in the morning, after looking in the mirror, you find yourself bald and not being able to move a single muscle on your face, there's a photo of Maynard hanging on your mirror.
- You spend more time listening to Tool than you do sleeping.
- Danny is cool
- Danny is really cool
- If you think you're as good of a drummer as Danny, make sure you don't have a fork/knife/chainsaw/jackhammer in your hand. Or just call an ambulance.
- If you cut off Danny's right hand and all fingers on the left, he will still be a better drummer than you,
- I may be wrong in rule 32.
- If I'm wrong, I'm not Maynard.
- If I'm not Maynard, I'm gay.
- ^That's what "thinking the wrong way" means.
- Don't try to demonstrate to an Italian guy your knowledge of Italian - nothing good will come out.
- You can say "penis" in at least 5 different languages.
- OGT doesn't exist in real life.
- If you're an OGT, you don't exist.
- Your cat is used to the fact that until it begins to perform Mantra, it won't get any food.
- Birthday of a Tool member should be a celebration not only for you, but also for all your family/friends/pets/classmates/colleagues/neighbours.
- Replace "Penis" and all it's synonyms with "Tool" in your daily speech.
- There, you've read half the rules by now.
- The further the worse.
- ^Previous rule does not apply to Tool's albums.
- If you started listening to Tool recently, your friends don't yet know in which sect you belong, but they're sure you belong to one.
- You are sure that there's a warm spot in hell for you where you may meet another toolphile!
- Maybe you'll even meet Maynard!
- Though I suspect he's in charge there.
- Never call pop artists their real names. You're risking to accidentally get them to come to your town and make a show concert right under your window. The only way to get them to leave is to blast parabola, and with the first note, the heads of all the pop fans will explode with the power of a pumpkin being hit with a baseball bat.
- If you get your hands on a guitar, you simply must play and sing Maynard's Dick. Meanwhile observe the facial expressions of others.
- Your speech must be full of quotes by Maynard, Tool faq, and Tibet's book of the dead. It doesn't matter if your listener never heard of either.
- If your metalhead friends aren't impressed with Too, tell them they used to play Grindcore.
- If some teen tells you that Linkin Park is real music, kill him.
- Actually no, a spit is enough.
- If some teen tells you that Limp Bizkit is real music, kill him.
- And don't expect me to change my mind - kill him!!!
- If someone asks you tho think of a number, it has to me 13 or 666. Just because people dislike them.
- When someone asks you to think of a 5-digit number, it has to be 13666 or 66613. Even cooler this way.
- Teletubbies and pokemons are evil. These monsters must be destroyed in a way as brutal as possible.
- After each glass of beer ask your friends if anyone's third eye opened yet. Don't explain where it should open, just play the Parabola video.
- Try to convince all people who study biology that you have 48 chromosomes.
- Toolphile is a diagnose. Use this term!
- After each hangover play Sober - first step to sober lifestyle.
- If you meet a tool fan of opposite sex, time to think about marriage.
- You must whistle enough Tool songs to make a whole tribute album.
- Practicing black magic on a Britney Spears doll can be fun.
- Remember, apocalypse will come in year 2019. Good think Tool probably will release another album by then.
- You must remember birthdays of Maynard, Adam, Justin, Danny and even Paul by heart, even though you're not sure how old your sister is.
- You must get a guitar to practice playing Maynard's Dick. Good guitar = good guitar. Bad guitar = good firewood.
- Even if a Tool song has no words, you're not sure of it's exact meaning.
- People who know you think you're either a satanist, alien or a maniac-pedophile. Some think you're all of the above.
- Your friends think that Maynard is a relative of yours - they heard that much about him.
- You get toolgasms more than orgasms.
- If any of these rules applies to you, it's a bad sign. If all of them apply that means your homepage is set to toolshed.down.net
- If you don't understand something in Tool's lyrics, read Tool faq.
- If you don't understand something in these rules, read Tool faq.
- If you don't understand something in Tool faq, read Tool faq version 1.7.
©http://www.toolband.com.ua/
Translated from Russian by me
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:25
This ones for all the Tool haters! Hah!
Nice one metal head! ;-)
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:26
Hehe...
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:28
That's quite a list! I'm not a Toolite, but I'll sure keep these points in mind if anything comes up Tool-wise...
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:29
 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:57
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 21:14
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Posted By: Mad Bass Player
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 21:33
Funny stuff!
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else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?"
"Progressive.... yeah, that's it..."
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 22:31

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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 22:42

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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 22:45
thanks!! ill keep that in mind!!
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 22:55
very funny indeed
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Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:33
In my opinion. It wasn't that good
Like only about... 14 of them were good.
I think thats the list of a person who's only been a tool fan for a week or so.
but it's still \m/ \m/
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Posted By: Progdrummer05
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:40
wow lol i can't believe someone had the time to make all this
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 01:26
It kind of reminds me of that Rules of Prog Metal thingy or whatever. Very funny.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 03:28
Funny stuff! But the most important rule for any Tool fan is reconsider your loyalty to mediocrity
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Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 09:34
I feel like this forum has gone from ELP flooded topics to Dream Theater to Tool,
I vote all three bands off of progarchives, who's with me
Aaron
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Posted By: Fight Club
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 11:20
Dude that was hilarious.
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Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 11:40
Posted By: DeepPhreeze
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 11:41
I'd add to that list; 'sound effects are music too --- even if they're used in place of real music'

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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 13:10
The Miracle wrote:
If some teen tells you that Linkin Park is real music, kill him
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Should this not apply to any sane minded person?
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 13:37
Thanks for taking the time to translate Ansen 

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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 14:29
You forgot an important one:
Tool fans are not allowed to have a sense of humor. (Despite the fact that Maynard clearly does.) 
<-------- Tool fan with a sense of humor
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 17:58
Am I the only one who finds this stupid? Or am I thinking in the wrong direction?   
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Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 18:07
Really, don't you find Tool a bit slow? They could do with being more uptempo.
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Posted By: Space Chief
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 19:09

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Posted By: int_2375
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 21:51
DeepPhreeze wrote:
I'd add to that list; 'sound effects are music too --- even if they're used in place of real music'

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The ones on the list are all funny, but yours has nothing to do with Tool.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 22:49
el böthy wrote:
Am I the only one who finds this stupid? Or am I thinking in the wrong direction?   
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You're totally thinking in the wrong way
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 00:02
I think many people hate Tool because they think they get too much attention.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 00:32
greenback wrote:
I think many people hate Tool because they think they get too much attention. |
Sorry, but that makes no sense whatsoever
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 00:36
He's saying that he thinks that the reason many people hate Tool is because of how much focus in the media Tool gets.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 01:05
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
He's saying that he thinks that the reason many people hate Tool is because of how much focus in the media Tool gets.
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But isn't it kind of stupid to hate a band just because it gets attention?
If you hate Tool, you hate the attention they get, but you primarily hate the music. If you like tool, you like the fact that they get attention.
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Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 03:24
I just think when a band (any band) is hailed as the "new" king crimson they better be good ! bloody good ! better than what tool is
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 15:34
Masque wrote:
I just think when a band (any band) is hailed as the "new" king crimson they better be good ! bloody good ! better than what tool is  |
What happened to the actual King Crimson?
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 15:45
Tool actually get media attention ?
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 16:51
Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 21:22
Don't know much about Tool so I can comment positively or negatively about their material, but I do think their name invites some great ideas for song & album titles. So, to lighten some of the tension (hey, I'm a Uniter not a Divider), how about these:
- I've got my sawhorse, where's yours?
- Let's get hammered
- You chiselled me out of money
- What a Tool!
- Tools for Fools (play on Tears for Fears)
- The Drill Instructor
- You got screwed!
- Nail it
- Drill Press of Love
- Fixer-Upper
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