Monty Python got some good alliterative mileage out of that term in their movie “And Now For Something Completely Different.” One sequence in the movie is a fake WWII British newsreel, in black and white, with suitably bombastic narration that includes the opening line “Yes, the war against the Hun continues – and as Britian’s brave boys battle against the Boche…” By the standards of genuine WWII newsreels, that’s actually not as over-the-top as it sounds to modern ears. And during a real WWII deception operation, the fake letter from General Nye to General Alexander which was the centrepiece of the “Mincemeat” disinformation scheme used such phrases as “We have had recent information that the Boche have been reinforcing and strengthening their defences in Greece and Crete…”
How Did Your Forum Name Came To Be?
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My name is from when I used to play First Person Shooters. It casued funny messages like “yourbuttocks has to change teams to make it fair” which prompted funny responses like “I don’t know if my butt can seperate from the rest of my bodie”
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fair enough.
Darth and i see each other on Messenger often enough, so that speeds things up.
“tactful”,
i can go with thatFunny, on the rare occassions that I do play team PBEM A&A, I find that I often do a lot more Messaging for the Axis than I do with the Allies. You would think since the Allied effort would require a lot more coordination and teamwork (where the Axis powers mostly go it alone), they would need the extra discussion, but that isn’t so. :)
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My Everquest name (dating back to April 21 1999) was Yanbun. I use the name for my Ezboard account, my email address, ect. However, when I registered for these forums, I figured Yanbun wasn’t really fit for this forum, so I decided to use Yanny.
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Yanbun? Hahahaha :lol:
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“Anyways, it takes a lot of work and dedication to become of proper Moses name and number.”
It sure is! :)
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Hah, then you should do your best uphold it.
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@TG:
Hah, then you should do your best uphold it.
dude - you should be building your sister up in public. Sure, my sisters and i will tease each other mercylessly, but “out there” we are extremely (fiercely) loyal (and i am proud to say that they are upholding the family name as well or better than i)
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dude - you should be building your sister up in public.
And where would the fun be in that? :-? But I’ll tone it down from now on. :wink:
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Gnome Mage )
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Bossk is a bounty hunter from the Star Wars universe; a rather large, ugly, mean, reptilian guy that you see for a few seconds on the bridge of the Exicutor in ESB. He has always appealed to me as a real anti-hero, and the screen name has stuck.
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and a other question, why(if you have one) did you choose your avatar (spelling?
i chose mine becase I havnt seen anybody that had it.
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What better reason to display the red star and hammer and sickel than being a communist. Not to promote the degeneration of this thread into the eternal debate between it and Capitalism.
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I like penguins…
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I like anything to do with the undead.
Horror movies, books, music, zombies, vampires, chainsaws its all good.
My avatar is the “B” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show.
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@Deviant:Scripter:
I’m a programmer. :D
what languge? I want to learn Java.
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As in China (e.g., the Xin Dynasty.) My ancestry is important to me, but I do not share it lightly. Just when I am very serious or very mad. You may recall some of my ranting when others claimed a corner on the
“downtrodden market.” :D - XiThe penguin I chose is a reminder to work on my weight. :o :P
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downtrodden market?
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Slavery and the like fer reparations. :roll:
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Hmmm… I don’t remember anything like that in China. :-?
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I think it’s called “communism”.
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