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« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2005, 03:57:35 PM » |
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Mine comes from the fact that I drank so much Mountain Dew to get enough points to score an XBrick in the Dew U promotion, that I think I gave myself gall stones and ulcers. Seriously. I had to go in for ultrasounds, an upper GI endosocpic exam, and the dreaded colonoscopy to find out what was wrong with me. It could have all been coincidental that I got sick during the time when I was drinking way more Dew than any 5 humans should, but I'm sure it didn't help. I'm ok now though. And I can finally play video games in my own home! Having a camera shoved up your butt is a small price to pay to be able to play Metroid Prime!  Mark |
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« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2005, 04:01:03 PM » |
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Hey, XBrick changes to Xbrick when you post. That's funny. MakTheYak not a fan?
The first sentence and this one probably won't make any sense since XBrick gets changed to XBrick.
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« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2005, 05:46:15 PM » |
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Cool story DewDude!!  I have been through the same kind of tests as well but I was out cold during the procedures so I felt no pain at all!  The reason you get XBrick is that our main man MakTheYak is no fan of Microsoft and has code written into this site to change that name automatically to what you see!! Pretty clever don't you agree?  |
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« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2005, 08:22:43 PM » |
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Haha yeah X Box is a bad word around here :p
Anyway, good story! I'm interested, however, how you play Metroid Prime on an X Box...?? I'm sure Nintendo isn't that happy about it!
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« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2005, 08:57:04 PM » |
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Well since my screen name is Anna, and that is my name, it means that I'm not as creative as most you!! |
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DewDude
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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2005, 03:19:57 AM » |
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Haha yeah X Box is a bad word around here :p
Anyway, good story! I'm interested, however, how you play Metroid Prime on an X Box...?? I'm sure Nintendo isn't that happy about it!
Oh, I left that part of the story out. I never really wanted to keep the X box because it didn't have the games I wanted to play. So I had a devious plan. Once I got the X box, I brought it to Wal Mart and said it was an unwanted gift and I wanted to return it. They gave me store credit and I bought the limited edition Metroid Prime package GameCube, a wireless game controller, and another game for the same price.  I love it when a plan comes together. Mark (sticking it to Wal-Mart AND Microsoft all at once) |
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« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2005, 03:24:11 AM » |
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Well mine is a tough one! Goofy, because he IS THE MAIN MAN! and because I am sorta goofy  and Jas uh well because its my name So there ya have it! |
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« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2005, 03:34:03 AM » |
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Mine comes from the fact that I drank so much Mountain Dew to get enough points to score an XBrick in the Dew U promotion, that I think I gave myself gall stones and ulcers. Do you actually like Mountain Dew? I spent the summer drinking A&W Root Beer because there were codes in the cases to win eBay Points (and because I like that soda). Drank a lot of root beer, didn't win one point! |
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« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2005, 04:52:47 AM » |
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Do you actually like Mountain Dew? I'm in the I.T. industry. We are contractually obligated to drink it. Seriously, you should see how much Mountain Dew the pop machine in the break room goes through. There used to be only 3 buttons for Dew and it would always be empty by Friday so they added a 4th button. I think it's the only thing that keeps us I.T. workers going. Mark |
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« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2005, 05:53:50 AM » |
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Do you actually like Mountain Dew? I'm in the I.T. industry. We are contractually obligated to drink it. It's not something we get in the UK although for a brief time I remember it being available when I was at school for about a summer or so. It's a bit like sprite? It's not available any more though  |
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« Reply #30 on: January 30, 2005, 06:04:16 AM » |
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Unfourtunately, it's nothing like Sprite! I can't really describe the taste (I don't like it, so I haven't had it in quite a while), but it's a neon yellow green in color. People drink it because I think it has more caffeine in 8 ounces than does a cup of coffee. |
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« Reply #32 on: January 30, 2005, 06:40:46 AM » |
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It's true, it's coffee all the way here, although I don't like it myself. I guess I'm not a REAL computer person... I have heard the tales that MD is the preferred carbonated beverage of IT bods and various other segments of the 'geek' culture. If it's anything like Red Bull I probably wouldn't like that either... I'll stick with a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, thanks Edit: No offence meant with the geek reference, btw... |
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« Reply #33 on: January 31, 2005, 06:07:29 AM » |
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I picked "Eve Harrington" because "Eve" is one of my all-time favorite film characters. It's from the movie 'ALL ABOUT EVE".
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Morrisap
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« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2005, 09:40:01 PM » |
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I used to be Morrisap because I am April Morris (so un-original) It is my user name at work and the only way I can remember all my names and passwords....... well as you see, I keep them all the same.
But recently I learned how to add a picture to my profile and decided to change my name.
I have always been a HUGE fan of anything King Arthur. I guess since I was 16 (now 26). So, Avalon has always been a cool name to me.
There you have it. (Imagine my excitement when the new movie just came out!!)
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« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2005, 10:42:25 PM » |
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Here I am called Sketchqueen because sketch cards are my passion and I am often referred to as the Queen of my household (being the only female among 2 sons, 1 husband and 4 male cats!) so sketchqueen it became It's also what I use on Yahoo groups so that makes it easy too. |
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« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2005, 03:48:03 AM » |
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My "proper" screen name is General Ka Dargo after my favourite character in Farscape but Geek Boy came about during last years Memorabilia Show in the UK. Somebody (who shall remain nameless to protect his identity) asked me a Star Wars question (I'm a huge fan) and rounded off the sentence with "Geek Boy" which I thought was kinda funny so I went with it |
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« Reply #37 on: March 16, 2005, 05:21:50 AM » |
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i picked mine because a TT saruman auto card was the first LOTR auto card i ever pulled and since then i've been hooked but what about you?
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« Reply #38 on: March 16, 2005, 05:23:24 AM » |
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I picked mine because I LOVE Emma!!!!! |
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« Reply #39 on: March 16, 2005, 05:25:56 AM » |
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Everyone knows why i picked mine I am a Mcgonagall fans of course and Hagrid tooo
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