29 September 2006

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As there appears to be no news this morning (Go Brumbies!) let’s amuse ourselves otherwise,

It’s been a while since we put more witticisms into the byline so let’s have some suggestions.

Be it something said about RiotACT, it’s owners, or something amusing said here about others.

Knock yourselves out.

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I think that pearl came from James-T-Kirk.

I liked:

“I don’t believe in The RiotACT, but a lot of what you guys are saying is pretty funny.”

Can’t remember who said it, it was in the thread on happy clappy christians buying advertising space on flagpoles.

“I’ve been supporting gay marriage when both chicks are hot for a lot longer than six months JB…”

Yes, and quite vocally at times too! 🙂

I’ve been supporting gay marriage when both chicks are hot for a lot longer than six months JB…

Sorry emd, being remembered after six months is an important hurdle for witticism.

I reckon this should be an ongoing thing – adding quotes to the random selection list, that is. Much easier to add the corkers as they appear than to ask us all to remember the good stuff six months after the event.

“I forgot that we are under the rule of a non-garden-variety socialist dictatorship. Please accept my sincere apoligies and don’t lock me away” Samuel Gordon-Stewart”

I do like that one.

So, when do we find out the ‘results’ of the thread?

“As I have stated throughout this process, there is no plan to sell school sites.” A Barr, email interview for RiotACT.

” . . . all you leso commo pinko greenos can go and fuck off, your arguments are bullshit and I laugh at them.” Vic Bitterman, Sept 2006 (Tharwa Bridge thread). Nice one.

“This is girl on girl love – you join the dots…”

Comment by VYBerlinaV8 — September 27

No stories? What about the traffic debacle caused by holding that cop thing at the carillion during rush hour before a long weekend?! fscking gridlock in BOTH directions on King’s ave, Parkes way and Moreshed.

Bloody Terry Snow.

“the best facility the Government could invest in is a nice brick wall to stand these fucked-up maggots against and a well trained firing squad to deliver the rehabilitation” Big Al

“I think it [Kambah High] should be renamed ‘bogan training college’” bonfire

“A kid wont be take the chance steal a car while his father is drunk asleep on the couch.” ssanta

“maybe he needed a smack on the bum when he was a kid?” Danman

Gee, I feel special :P~

But only one mention? Does that mean I’m “sane”?

“You’re a pack of gutless pricks and really not worth the effort” Crazychester

“Please take this thread out the back and shoot it” Ari

“Get off your moral high horse – the wood’s starting to rot.” nyssa76

“Settle down a bit champ and leave the personal barbs to people of lesser intelligence than yourself ” VG

“howfuckingdumbdoessocietyneedtogetbeforesomebodydoessomethingaboutit?” Maelinar

“I forgot that we are under the rule of a non-garden-variety socialist dictatorship. Please accept my sincere apoligies and don’t lock me away” Samuel Gordon-Stewart

“I get all my news from the Chronicle!” Mr Evil

“What a piffling post!” Vg

My personal favourite was JB’s dummy spit over being disagreed with by everybody over him trying to tie a boy v bus accident into the school closure debate.

“The majority is usually wrong, I can’t say I’m too concerned” Johnboy

I second the nomination of VY’s quote.
It used to drive me mad but after a while it has grown on me.
Hell, that could be a quote too, if you apply it to the RA.

RiotACT: Whinging here sure beats doing something useful.

or:

Speaking of dogs and moles, how’s your missus?

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: democracy just doesn’t work.”
– Kent Brockman (The Simpsons)

That’s my suggestion!

There was the usual – general threats of vengeance eventually striking down on those who have wronged her, no real progress, a lot of “when is she going to take her lithium”.

barking toad3:31 pm 29 Sep 06

Your kind words give me the horn oh ferrety one

And I have it on good authority that it will be beer o’clock somewhere round Phillip at, say, 4.30

“She called stanhope a fool or something…”

Gee, that’s unusual on this site! 🙂

Absent Diane3:22 pm 29 Sep 06

She called stanhope a fool or something.. can’t remember which post though!

CC was back on the site this week, wasn’t she?

Can anyone remember what she was on about this time?

thanks mr evil, randomgit and simto – i’ve found the thread. looks juicy! 178 comments!!! at least it’s given me something to do on a boring friday afternoon!!

Absent Diane3:12 pm 29 Sep 06

Well given that Govt is four letters and so is riot, it is pretty bloody obvious to me. The whole anti-stanhopia themes here are all actually code as well.

Growling Ferret3:08 pm 29 Sep 06

Barking Toad is a man of wisdom

“I blame the tree hugging hippy vegos for
not eating meat. Tuck into a big t-bone you
hippies for Gaia’s sake”

Gold BT, gold.

By the way, it is just me or is this afternoon the slowest afternoon in the history of all afternoons? Its been 3pm for about 4 hours in this office…

Come on Simto, everyone knows we’re working for the CIT, and that RiotACT is a front for the ACT Govt.

There’s a couple of them – aparently Crazy Chester thinks she (or possibly he – can’t remember now) has been treated poorly by our educational systems, and has been complaining about it to anyone who’ll listen. For a while, she/he thought we might be one of those people who’d listen. A couple of the more, um, litigious statements were removed from the site because of their litigious nature, and all hell broke loose for a bit.

Unfortunately, because her/his name is “crazy chester”, and they were posting on only one topic, we kinda assumed she/he was nuts. To be fair, most of the people who concentrate on only one topic are nuts. Or at least, extremely passionate, which tends to translate as “kinda nuts” for those of us who just post for shits and giggles.

Surprisingly, that name is actually a reference to a lyric in the Robbie Robertson and the Band song, “The Weight” (since covered by every group known to man, including Jimmy Barnes and the Badloves back in the nineties). We got a fair bit of abuse for not being immediately able to spot that one…

She/he also assumed, when we rubbished her/him, that we were in some kind of covert league with her/his persecutors. Which we’re not, as far as I know, just mocking her/him for the fun of it, basically.

“Your sense of entitlement is directly proportional to the amount of pain your will suffer before you leave” – Me, at crazychester.

Does that explain it Smackers? CC was trying to stir up support and got the shits when JB would have none of her baseless accusations appearing in his articles.

Smackbang, type “Crazy Chester” in the Google search box (under “the-riotact.com”), and then click on the link “Dances with Nutters”.

It’ll keep you occupied for an hour or so!

i’m intrigued, just what was this crazy chester thread i missed?

“I’ll give you a lesson about democracy on the internet you’ll never forget.” CC July 2006.

“You’re a pack of gutless pricks and really not worth the effort.” CrazyChester July 4, 2006.

“I know it looks like we run any old crap here, but we do have some standards.” JB July 4, 2006.

i liked the one about how having an avo made life tough in the crazychester thread.

I second that one.

“Bonfire and I only agree until I decide to breastfeed my next child.” – LurkerGal August 23, 2006.

Absent Diane1:43 pm 29 Sep 06

Perhaps we should do away with elections and just have Absent Diane appoint a government. Only ‘it’ (Absent Diane) is intelligent enough to make such a decision – well according to it! – Kimba

I whole heartedly agreed with that statement. I guess my self obsession continues.

“I don’t care about any of your families because they are all just a further drain on our worlds resources.” – AD August 14, 2006.

“maybe those gay recumbent cyclists have a point after all” barking toad, Sept 06

“Ban old people” – Andy 2006(?)

Absent Diane1:27 pm 29 Sep 06

hmm “This byline has proudly been brought to you by Absent Diane of The Imminent Present (and beer)” Could work let me stew on it.

“bonfire has jumped the shark” – Me, more than once.

Thats not really a contender, But I felt like saying it anyway.

And for God’s sake, give VY his wish, or we’ll never hear the end of it.

Anything Crazychester ever said is gold. Post the lot.

“I only believe in gay marriage when both chicks are hot” – VYBerlinaV8, on any possible occasion.

“You’re all nothing but a bunch of low-bred c*nts” – Norro from the VeeBees, Podcast #47.

“just keep your thumb out of its anus and you’ll be fine.” – johnboy, Sept 2006.

No probs AD, but it will have to be disclosed.

Absent Diane12:06 pm 29 Sep 06

Self-Auto-nomination?

Absent Diane12:04 pm 29 Sep 06

Can we bribe you with beer to get a byline?

Oh, come on, JB, you know you secretly loathe us all (well, except for about three people – they know who they are)…

Auto-nomination is fine. Johnboy September 2006

Well done Mr. Shab! Not at all what Simto was attributing to me.

And yes, auto-nomination is fine.

I blame Dj’s death entirely on the police – Rach in the whole “David McLaughlin’s family and friends get their say” saga

I dunno how saying (and I paraphrase) “Most contributors on RiotACT are good people, but there are some real fucking wankers out there” can be misquoted or taken out of context, JB.

And yes – I did download the podcast.

If you’re prepared to quote the podcasts, there’s some gold out there.

can i nominate myself?! from the thread about the siev x memorial: “so many angry, angry people”.

Comments made by me do not necessarily reflect the views held by me.

captainwhorebags11:11 am 29 Sep 06

“I’m a staunch dragway supporter, and all you leso commo pinko greenos can go and fuck off, your arguments are bullshit and I laugh at them.” – Vic Bitterman in the Tharwa Bridge piece.

c’mon, give me examples

Anything from the polite, friendly and civilised exchange between vg and Big Al recently, should do…

I believe i have been both misquoted AND been taken out of context, in any event you’ll all have to listen to the podcast.

What was the line from your podcast, JB? Somethign about there being an awful lot of tossers here?

Absent Diane10:48 am 29 Sep 06

everything I say is dripping in (nit)wit

I only believe in gay marriage when both chicks are hot.

PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

How about:

“…softhead…” – Bonfire on anyone.

Speaking of which, we haven’t had a knock-down, drag-out for a while. Somebody post something on speed cameras.

Don’t know if it slipped under the radar or was deemed unworthy, but I nominated Big Al’s “I think that it’s rude to accuse someone of reading the Canberra Times” last week.

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