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[edit] Poo Lit Surprise

Thank you for entering the first submission in the writing competition! Good luck! --—rc (t) 17:53, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Here, have a blessing!

Uhm, I know we talked on IRC, and I remember that you're not an asshole... which is good heh heh. --rev. zim_ulator (Talk - Edits Logs) I am the dirt under your rollers. 00:00, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


On your knees! Rev. Zim_ulator blesses you.

Your blessings are increasing exponentially. In the name of Sophia and the Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic, kneel and recieve the melding of Zim's holy axe and your wetware.

[edit] Uri Geller

Cheers for the tweaks on this. It seems to be going well. --Hardwick Fundlebuggy 12:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frage?

Serious Question, why do Self Nom's lift your downy soft hackles? I'm rather curious, since in the rules it's allowed, which I'm sure bothers you also, because if it wasn't allowed you would do your best to remedy it. -- Sir Severian (Sprich mit mir!) 20:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

It's just too, "Look at me!". Remember the kid in school who would always pop up his hand when a question was asked, just to show how great he was? Self noms remind me of that.
Regular noms are more, "Hey, this shit is funny!" whereas noms of self come off as, "Hey, my shit is funny!". Modusoperandi 20:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
And if it happens to be funny, you'll vote against it anyway? That seems very fair.
It's not always necessarily a "look at me" thing. I don't self nom out of personal pride. I do it because no one goes to Pee Review, and I want feedback. I also do it because I believe in pushing myself to write better and funnier, and the nomination procedure is a good way to do verify this.
Bouncy Castle was also a self nom. It was up for weeks and went through Poo Lit before I finally got the courage up to nominate it myself. Should I still be waiting for someone to nominate it now?
Good writers should have every opportunity to nominate their work if they want too, and should not be voted against out of a prejudice against their motives - which is really the thing that gets me most - your assumption that I am doing this merely for personal attention. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 16:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
It just digs up personal baggage. I'm sure you have things which bug you, but other people think that you're mad for that. Mad!
If it rocks hard like Bouncy Castle I'll vote for it. If not, then no. Self nom isn't a vote killer.
Sheesh, I make one comment and, boom!, suddenly I've got issues. Which I do. Modusoperandi 16:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
You're absolutely right. I must do better than Bouncy Castle. It's the only way. So I've removed the nomination for the Dice Man, and I'll come back when I've got something. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 16:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
I think you should have left Dice Man around a little longer...getting people to actually vote takes time, and I think it had as much right to be there as anything else (more than some....) but thats entirely up to you. A few Admins try to nominate some of the quality stuff, and there is a fair bit of it, some articles are never going to see there place in the sun and are doomed (sometimes for reasons other than quality, it seems) but thats life. Still, I'd have liked to see Dice Man stay up a while longer..... -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)
It's tough to rate your own stuff. You probably should have left The Dice Man up for longer, but that's your choice. It helps to have thick skin (if you don't, VFH is a good place to build it up).
Or perhaps you should ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?". I hear that helps some people. It doesn't help me as I've never met the guy, and found the twist ending to his book to veer way off the narrative thread.
Your stuff is probably some of the best shit here. No bull. I'm just waiting for the next high. Modusoperandi 17:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Cheers Mhaille and Modus, but I am kind of spoiled with past VFH votes and so I tend to feel that if something isn't going in quickly enough then its not doing well enough - and especially so for a self nom. Modus is right - I should be aiming for a bigger bounce - so I'll hang back for a bit until I put together something that hits the funny spot right between the eyes. Jesus would probably go and sit in a desert or something, but if I ever find myself turning to that guy for help, then I'll know its all over :) --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 19:38, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
The best thing about wiki is it's mob democracy: the worst thing about wiki is that while anyone can write, most who do should go back to playing Minesweeper. I'd spend more time writing, but I end up wasting it trying to stop people from crufting Canada (I put way too much time into making that page less bad to allow goofs to re-craplify it). Every once in awhile I rant (which I find to be calming) or rewrite (all things Canadian) and once in a blue moon I hit it almost right (my PLS entry was close, although I don't like it so much now). Also I'm saving an article, hoping that I'll get the required moment of lucidity to complete its shiny shiningness. Actually right now I waste most of my time trying to expose quackery.
Your work is consistently good...and around here that's a happy/joy filled compliment. VFH isn't everything. In fact it's less than most things. A good article that doesn't make it to the front page is better than a so-so page that does, no matter how many people end up reading it. Of course while I take a certain perverse pleasure in knowing that few read my ramblings, I miss the hit counter that used to be on the bottom of each page...and the most popular page too, "Hurrah! Canada is more popular than masturbation!". I guess I'm a bit like Jekyll/Hyde, except with a geek that turns into a slightly different geek (I'd make a star trekkie red shirt/blue shirt analogy, but then I would have to find a locker in which to stuff myself).
I too am losing faith with VFH. I've had too many, "How did that get on the main page?" kind of moments. Funny is subjective, I guess (that still doesn't explain Everybody Loves Raymond, but I digress...) Modusoperandi 20:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Worse than "how did that get featured?" is "how did that not get featured?". Humour can be very individual, it can be cultural, it can be clever, stupid, whatever. I often dispair at both VFH and VFP (can't complain too much after getting two images featured in a week though....), but as you say its mob rule. Democracy just doesn't work.... :) -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)
I try to make sure to avoid VFP by making sure that any pics I add are blurry scans of blurry pencil'd sketches that I sketched. It helps that my printing is practically unreadable. Some people put a tonne of work into photoshop'ing pics: I just don't have that kind of patience. My crappy drawings get the point across, hopefully (what better way to illustrate the pointlessness of the Muhammad uproar than by coming out with a sketch of the back of his head?) Modusoperandi 23:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
I've recently had a change of heart with the self-nom'ing of pages for VFH, so self-nom away...and good luck. I must have woken up under the right side of the bed this afternoon. Weird. Modusoperandi 13:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pop Bomb

Ok modus, how about this one? Bouncy enough? --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 14:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Yes, pretty good. I dig things that mention the Fantanatics, which are the rival of my gang, the Tabiacs. Modusoperandi 17:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good work!

For your love of 100 Worst Quick Detection ... list
Suresh has awarded Modusoperandi a Princess Cake!
Now go play with the Royal Guard.



[edit] Amen, Brother

Against. Why is this nommed? Is this what passes for humour nowadays? This is about as funny as shit cannon, which went from VFH to VFD to huffed in about 20 hours...Modusoperandi 03:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Regarding I maed a yuky doody on VFH...Thank God there are still some sane people on this site. Its ridiculous that shit like that is even up for nomination on VFH. Ever since Euroipods worse and worse crap is nominated, and sometimes even featured on the front page. Stuff like this isnt even remotely funny and I'm glad there are still people that can acknknowledge this. --Sir Cornbread 04:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S.- I'm putting that article on VFD. Go vote for it and we can save Uncyclopedia from useless crap like this.

Image:Newcookie.gif Sir Cornbread has awarded you a cookie!
Now go play in traffic.


Yes, it's dumb. The problem, as I see it, is: some people like dumb. Those that voted for it are probably waiting in line right now for Scary Movie 7. Sometimes people make me sad...at least I got a cookie out of it. Modusoperandi 04:52, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Haha yeah, and thanks 4 the help on getting it Burninated. I pray that the Force prevails over the Dark Side on this issue. --Sir Cornbread 05:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I thought we were on the Dark Side! Modusoperandi 08:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

THIS USER VOTES WISELY

They voted for me. And I didn't even have to bribe them.
Thanks for the vote for Writer of the Month. I've been waiting for this for months now...it's probably the thing I most wanted out of my time here. -- Bradaphraser

W00T!--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 16:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typographical Oceans

Hope you don't mind but I "improved" the type on your LeftBehind.jpg image. If it does get featured the credit is all yours, I just couldn't resist tweaking.... :) -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)

Actually, I prefered "the rapturing". It just rolls of the tongue and it turned out to be an actual word (I thought I'd made it up). "Rupturing" next to a rump seems, well, unseemly...and I picked that typeface because it's the same one on the actual book covers. If you could make the text something similar to the original font, but un-jaggy I'd be filled with righteous appreciation. No biggie...sigh, I figured it wouldn't pass anyway. I am, however, content that it's proven to be so divisive, moo ha-ha!. Modusoperandi 15:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Looks a lot better. Didn't know you were using MSPaint though. You poor, poor individual.... :) -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)
Actually it's an ancient copy of PaintshopPro. Not a bad program, but I haven't really messed around with it yet. It's cool, but I'd rather play Halflife2, know what I mean? Modusoperandi 15:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two Questions

Wasn't I snooping around here a week or two ago during which time I saw a whole bunch of SubGenius information? Man, I could swear that was you but I'm too lazy to go back through your edits (plus that is really snooping and ain't my bag) — if it was here I'd like to thank you because you kept me busy link-hopping for some time, especially with that story of the SubGenius woman who had her child cruelly ripped from her care by some dickish judge who can't take a joke. Now secondly, I was just wondering if you happened to catch Talk:Euripides when you placed your vote? Not to be boastful, but the main article has 154 Greek references in it, a few of which are kinda funny, maybe, don't you think? But I cannot really cram anything else in there without sacrificing the Euroipods parody, which is essential I think (could a Euripides article on Uncyclopedia be anything but a parody of Euroipods?). But that was why I added the talk page, well that and because it was suggested. If you read it and just didn't care for all the Greek references or whatnot, I understand. I just wanted to make sure you saw that part of the article, which is where the more and better are located perhaps? -- Imrealized 21:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

No, it wasn't me with the Subgenius (that article is all over the internet, try Custody Case or google "church subgenius child custody".
Parody of Euroipods? Wow...<pauses to read Euroipods>. Hey! That's friggin' genius! I'll change my vote. Modusoperandi 21:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, you rock (for the above link and the vote change)... but now I still gotta find that Sugbenii (sic??) and thank 'em for the information originally. Hmm, maybe the name just rhymed with Modusoperandi or something (awesome webname-thingie by the way). Anyway, thanks again. -- Imrealized 23:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
No problem, people confuse me with other people all the time: it goes with the name, I guess. Glad to help Modusoperandi 01:12, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Here ya go!

This user gots a shuvel. Yes they does.

Because you asked on the talk page. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 12:58, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Just what I needed. All a man really needs is a shovel. Oh, and food. Modusoperandi 15:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WOTM vote

Image:Hardmum.jpg Mrs. Fundlebuggy sends you a big pie and a warm welcome!

Thanks for voting for my son, even though he is clearly going to lose. Normally people just kick him in the shin and fill him with balloons. I know I do.

Cheers for the vote. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 13:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

  • We're here for you, man. You'll be the death of us all, I reckon. Modusoperandi 14:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rap

Check out the new rap article and see if u like it. I included the quote u wanted. If you feel like it, please add some more, too. -- Sir Cornbread The Great America...Fuck Yeah!!!! [SHOUT] [MUN] 02:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Much improved. I have nothing to add to the article as the closest I've been to rap was front row slightly left-o-center at an Ice T concert in grade 9: my opinion? It was surreal, what with the juxaposition of those on stage and audience, black gangstas and white suburban kids, respectively. Oh, and loud too. Modusoperandi 03:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taste

I think that your images are getting better, because you *are* working away from those movie posters...or my taste could be getting worse. Anyway, its a good thing I agree with you sometimes, right? --Image:Icons-flag-us.png SonicChao Babbel!Contribs 00:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Mostly I just write/make silly pics about things that piss me off. The Shyamalan poster came after seeing a promo for another crap twist Shyamalan movie and American Fundie Magazine, its page and the "Left Behind" book cover all came about because Biblical Fundamentalists and their various sub-sects really, really make me angry. It doesn't really matter if anybody else gets them, though it's nice when some do, as turning them into satire steals their power, as it were. I doubt you'll see any more fake movie posters from me, it's just too rare for film to annoy me enough to put any work into making a parody pic. Mostly films that annoy me just go into a rant as a paragraph is far quicker to produce than a pic. It's good to know that your taste might be getting worse, life is much simpler down here in the muck. Modusoperandi 00:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, it could be a good thing my taste is getting worse, this would be that I would vote For more often. XD --Image:Icons-flag-us.png SonicChao Babbel!Contribs 13:22, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
...and if it turns out that mine's getting better, I might stop voting for pages simply because they've got pics of kittens. Adorable! Modusoperandi 14:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I spoke too soon! From the Yay vs. Nay voting on MSPaint: Online, it would appear that I've just dragged you down. My bad. Modusoperandi 19:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Care to offer a suggestion or three?

I've been pondering an article for awhile now, and got around to actually outlining some of it, and even filling in some bits. If you'd care to offer any comments/suggestions/zany ideas, it'd probably help the puir wee beastie. Thx, Tooltroll 03:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Most of what I have written on Uncyc, with the obvious exception of Canada has been about things that piss me off. As your article doesn't appear to be about a subject that annoys me my advice is limited to:
Keep the page focused.
Let it purcolate in your head for awhile if you get stuck.
Find or make a few pics that add to the page. Good pics push the reader (and hopefully the writer too) to continue down the page.
Keep it tight.
Economy of speech is hard to pull off, but between terse and fill, choose terse.
Keep it clean.
Only swear if it adds to the page. Most of the time it will turn out to just be a comma in disguise.
Try Peer Review
...if you haven't already. If your experience is like mine you'll find not too many people will comment on your work-in-progress. They have the advantage of not being as close to the page as you are (forest vs. trees, and whatnot).
Take your time.
Because, hey, it's not like your job is on the line here.
I hope this helped...now back to the page that I'm working (and stuck) on... Modusoperandi 04:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Good advice never hurts. . . and your comments are just the kind of philosophical claptrap overall pointers I was phishing for. I don't think it's quite complete enough for Pee Review just yet, but the outline is gradually filling in, and I've started on the pix. . . I'm not too happy with this one, but it's hard to find pix of dead hookers on snowbanks. . . I wonder why that is?
Thanx for taking the time to look it over, and rotsa ruck with your own article. I may be a relative n00b, but if you need a hand pushing it out of wherever it's stuck, gimme a shout.  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 19:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
No biggie, it's good to help...and the page I was working on? Awful! I think it needs to spend more time in my head before I commit it to type. Modusoperandi 22:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
As for the pic, you can photoshop it yourself or maybe try Image Request. I'd make the pic for you, but I'm pretty sure that ever since I made GIJoe Prom the NSA has been watching my computer. Modusoperandi 22:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Actually, (I hate to admit) I did photoshop that one (well, actually I 'chop all my pix myself). It started as separate pix of a snowbank and dead hooker- I just can't seem to get the frost effect I'd like. I'm thinking I'll have to find pix of actual hoar frost and layer them in, bit by bit.  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 23:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh! It's a pun. Whew, I just thought you had "issues". We don't get winter in the pacific northwest, you see. Hoar frost. Whew. Modusoperandi 01:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
AHHHHahahahahahaaaaaaaa!! Well, I do have issues, but yeah, it's a pun. I put the Wikipar template on it last night, thinking "Some of these peeps are tropical, and might not have heard of hoar frost". . . guess I should've put it there sooner, heh.  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 04:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
I lived in Calgary Alberta and Kingston Ontario for a year each. I remember it getting cold, but I never inquired as to what the various cold related things were called. This means, of course that my generic advice will have to do; I know rain...cold, not so much. Modusoperandi 04:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Ah. You're out in the leftest bit, where it always rains, and it's only good for growing pot. . . Y'know, I lived in Jasper AB for awhile in my teens, but I never got out to the coast. I live in MB, gotta cottage in PEI and family in PQ, NB, and AB, have lived in AB, ON & NS, been in the Atlantic (brrrrr), but never got to the Pacific, yet.  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 05:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Generic! that's the word I was looking for! Heh. Seriously though, most of what you pointed out is Uncyclopedecentered, that is, applicable here and nowhere else (or not many places.) "Take your time", for instance. Seems like a pretty generic comment, but when you think about it, "pro" writers don't have the opportunity to type something out and publish it in the space of fifteen minutes: they have no choice but to work over things until their editor approves and is willing to publish. About the only thing you said that I've seen before in "writing handbooks," etc., is the bit about swearing. I agree with you: I'll use it "in character" so to speak, or as punctuation when a bang"!" isn't enough. But fuck! The fucking kids nowadays and their fucking foul mouths always fucking spewing out fucking obscenities, fuck! The "philosophical craptrap" bit was strictly tongue-in-cheek. My inner child refuses to either grow, or shut, up. Sorry 'bout that.  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 05:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
...and I forgot to mention, don't worry if people don't seem to get your stuff. If I took it personally whenever someone voted against something I made, I'd never contribute at all. I think the highest I've managed on VFP so far is +1 and I never nom my stuff for VFH (as much as I like American Fundie Magazine I doubt most people would get it). Also, if you're lucky you'll get a job where they "trust" you and don't look over your shoulder. Then you can take your time and get paid...hold on. <"Why are you security guys here? Pack my stuff? I'm what?!? Stop pushing me! Attica! Attica!"> Modusoperandi 06:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ???M. Night Shyamalan???

Since we seem to share a common uninterest in this "director", I hereby inform you that I have started the M. Night Shyamalan article. Please, feel free to contribute your evil deeds to it. No, stay off it! Or? Am I serious? Who knows? Who is? Regards! Or? --???DaMenace 19:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)???

Uninterest is right. The only addition I can think of is perhaps mention his high school A/V class project, "The Fifth Sense" about an adorable rascal that, for reasons unexplained, smells dead people. Shyamalan doesn't piss me off enough to come up with more than that (I already spent too much time on that poster already). I've found that the main disadvantage of making niche product is that it gets slaughtered on VFP...sigh. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who's annoyed with his one-note antics (six people and counting so far...versus seven against). Apparently his new movie <shock!> is terrible: he actually went out of his way to make one of the characters a stupid movie reviewer. Modusoperandi 19:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] God, not again

<cough> Let's not get into this again. I'm "Abstain"ing just to show that we of the God article don't hold grudges. If it was tighter and more picturific I'd vote for. Modusoperandi 01:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I wasn’t <cough> trying to Get into <cough> anything again. The only <cough> Reason I mentioned the <cough> God article is because someone realized that the pictures would be a good thing to <cough> Whine about. I had no idea that you were watching and waiting (though it doesn’t <cough> Surprise me). I did not mention the God article for any other reason and I wasn’t trying to hade any kind of message behind that statement!!!!! 84.13.42.213 18:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I wasn't logged in. Weri long wang 18:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

...it wasn't that, dagnabit. It was because of the "politically correct" thing. The reasons your version of God wasn't loved on God (the article) was it is a mature (as in complete) featured article (the kind of article least in need of a rewrite or revision). It had nothing to do with political correctness. I guess we weren't clear before. Organised religion is starting to grow on me, it's less mean and more funny that it was when it was TFVOTGA. Keep it up. Modusoperandi 18:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
There was no need to comment on it though. It wasn't trying to provoke you or anybody else by calling it "politically correct" I just couldn't think of anything else. People keep telling me it needs a "rewrite or revision". I've rewrote and revised it at least 10 times now! Why don't you change it to make it more inline with what people want? I've been asking people to help me change the article for months now but only one person has taken the bait so far and he seems to have done a good job. Maybe you could do a better or bettererer job. Weri long wang 20:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Sadly I can be of little help to you. If I wrote an article on god, it would be God. The closest I got to a veangeful god was American Fundie Magazine. That page reflects a minority of godness, and I would never put it on VFH as it (as with your god page) is a niche page. Those who get it really get it, and those that don't really don't. Try not to let it get you down. I actually had more fun with the talk page for "Left Behind" on VFP than I did with the image itself (and it got butchered on VFP). As long as you get people talking, right? Modusoperandi 21:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I have to agree that it’s a niche page that you either love or hate; Kind of like Marmite (if you have Marmite in the US). It’s kind of like the kid on Family Guy said about Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night: "It’s a comedy that’s too good to be funny”. [1]Weri long wang 22:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Again, don't let it get you down. Most of the stuff I've written/photoshopped is for me. Granted, it's nice when other people get it, but when it comes down to it this is where I take the piss out of things that scare me. It's relaxing, in a weird sort of way. I'm not angry when I'm done writing about whatever it was that mad me mad in the first place. Modusoperandi 22:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New award

You have won the Weri Long Wang
biggest douche of the universe award. Congratulations!

Don’t worry I’m not giving you this award – you’re not the biggest douche in the universe! I just wanted your opinion on the new template. I created this since you come across a lot of douches when writing about politics and religion and also because I’m bored out of my mind during the holidays and Uncyclopedia is one of my key sources of entertainment. I bought a life on eBay last week though. It should be arriving soon. Weri long wang 20:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I haven't really come across too many douches here; most of the people that voted against the left behind pic just didn't get it. They weren't asses, they were just unaware of that horrible series of books that's based on a horrible chapter (ne book) of a mediocre book (NT) that itself is based on a horrible book (OT). I don't take it personally. Neat template, though. It'd probably be better if you added specifically what makes them deserving of the douche award (vandal, crappy edits in [[page]], etc). Modusoperandi 20:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
...and just so you know; the three best ways to make enemies are to talk about religion, politics or sports. One more and you'll be a triple threat. Me, I mostly stick to religion, and politics only where it overlaps with religion. Modusoperandi 00:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thank You for your formatting advice.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 23:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

No biggie. I try to be helpful. In this, on occasion, I succeed. Modusoperandi 23:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Speaking of redundancy--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 00:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

With wit like that, you'll go far. Modusoperandi 00:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arr

Just so you know, posting the link to the old version of the image you want deleted is LESS than useless. To get to the image from that link is more work than it is worth (and not QVFD worthy, not quick!). Just link to the image like this and list the dates (or sizes and dimensions) of the versions you want deleted. --Splaka 05:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, furry overlord. I'll make a note of it. Then I'll improve that note slightly and QVFD the first one. Etc. Modusoperandi 06:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Oops, I noticed that it makes it look like a request to delete the whole image now. Ok, I prefix it with Old version(s) of this image (what, me doing work? how unpossible). --Splaka 08:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
That's okay. While you are currently my albatross, I am Hinoa4's (when his edits appear after mine it generally says something along the lines of, "Do it right, or not at all."). It would appear that we each have our personal demons (mine's name is Snookums, what's yours?). Modusoperandi 15:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PLS Article

Hi, just a note to let you know I think the idea for your article is very funny. Good luck!--Shandon 04:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. Hurrah, now there's two! Modusoperandi 04:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi MO, I saw your interest in VFHing KD and the article has been released now, so do what you will! I like this one. Thx--Shandon 15:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Will do. I asked Mhaille a couple of days ago to please unlock my pages...who did you ask?--Sir Modusoperandi 15:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw your kind query on his talk page, that's what prompted me to follow up. I got Sir Codeine to unlock my Obituary article, which he did with super speed--Shandon 15:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Good luck, I put it up on VFH. Don't fret if the votes come slowly, it is summer and all of the smart people are outside. I, however, just got off a nite-shift and am going to sleep the day away. Again, good luck.--Sir Modusoperandi 15:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Main page vandalism

Hey Modus, you seem to be about. Someone replaced the featured article with the words "go eat shit, fuckers". Or was that part of the joke? I can't revert it because the page is protected (I think). Any ideas? -- Sir Armando Perentie Image:Icons-flag-au.png KUN FP 06:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Go to VFH and scroll down to "Fisher Price: A Retrospective". It explains what happened ("go eat shit, fuckers" is the text from Fisher Price). --Sir Modusoperandi 06:17, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Ohhh... kay... To my mind, though, it just looks like the page has been vandalised. Cheers -- Sir Armando Perentie Image:Icons-flag-au.png KUN FP 06:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
No biggie. --Sir Modusoperandi 06:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually the text is "go eat shit fuckers". Notice the absence of a comma, causing the grammatical ambiguity that is the centrepiece of this wonderful work. • Spang • UotF | talk • 17:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Deep. Still, I'm regretting voting For it. It's brilliance is so overwhelming that it simply swamps the rest of the mainpage. Or, it's puerile and would be better huffed. I haven't decided yet.--Sir Modusoperandi 17:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It well deserves featured status - we just have to make sure we never get another one like it. Freemorpheme.gif 15:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
It's over now though, right? I can open my eyes? It was funny the first time I saw it on the mainpage...after that I just wanted it gone.--Sir Modusoperandi 15:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] That Jesus Thing

Hey, sorry, hadn't had time to look at it yet --Chronarion 00:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

No biggie. I'm the only one who cared, apparently.--Sir Modusoperandi 03:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HMS Potatore

Hey, we got nommed!--Shandon 17:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

WTF?! You said no one would ever find out about this! I'm ruined...ruined! The boys at the construction site will never let me live this down...--Sir Modusoperandi 19:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, our reps are dead.--Shandon 19:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, your frappr location says you are in Victoria BC, but methinks you're in Australia...?--Shandon 10:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Funny, when I put in my town and province frappr thought I was in Australia too.--Sir Modusoperandi 13:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

So wait a minute, you're actually in Victoria? I'm in North Vancouver.--Shandon

I thought I heard anguished sobbing when American Dream reappeared on VFH...--Sir Modusoperandi 14:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Special Needs

Hey MO, I'm away camping for the rest of this week, so if in the meantime you should feel like adding to this, please do. I've been thinking about the idea for awhile but couldn't start it properly until now.--Shandon 12:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Jesus, it's 6AM--shouldn't you be unconscious??

Gotta work...--Sir Modusoperandi 13:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
When you get back, if you give me your "vision" for a pic I can probably help. Wordwise, however, I'm consumed by my own wordy weirdness.--Sir Modusoperandi 19:34, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey MO. Um, I can do the logoed car. Could you take a crack at an image of Christopher Reeve, clearly being obnoxious & having just eaten a very messy mango, issuing the statement on a major news network per the article? Methinks you could do a better job at that than I could. Thx--Shandon 20:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll try. It could take awhile as, oddly, I've never made a picture of Christopher Reeve, clearly being obnoxious & having just eaten a very messy mango, issuing the statement on a major news network. You'd figure that'd have come up by now, but no.--Sir Modusoperandi 20:36, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Superman, press conference, mangos...got it. I really hope that this is what you wanted.--Sir Modusoperandi 04:44, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Or perhaps this version.--Sir Modusoperandi 18:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

THIS USER VOTES WISELY

They voted for me. And I didn't even have to bribe them.
Medical Malpractice -- Severian

Ah, democracy at its finest.--Sir Modusoperandi 13:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ninjastar

MSPaint Ninjastar
For your amazing image contributions to Uncyclopedia, more specifically your Suburban homeboy picture. –emc


Thanks. It was tough making him look even dorkier than he does in the real world...plus the bastard stole my SpongeBob clock. Come to think of it, Ben Franklin stole my other clock, too.--Sir Modusoperandi 02:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Oh fo' sho', fo' sho'...Franklin's a chump, yo'. -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 02:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
That's my favourite pic from SH. I dig the zebra-skin band on the bucket cap and the leopard-print vest.--Sir Modusoperandi 02:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] UGotM

The BOO HOO Award

This is a cry baby User, and needs to take his Gobshite Award Nomination like a man.
He or she needs to suck it up because some users would be honoured.
~ 500px-Uncyclomedia_Community_Logo-C.png Premier Tom MayfairRedPhone.pngBlackberetsig.png .

It speaks for itself.--500px-Uncyclomedia_Community_Logo-C.png Premier Tom MayfairRedPhone.pngBlackberetsig.png 12:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Um, yeah. Again, thanks.--Sir Modusoperandi 12:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting my talk page...that's the first time I've been vandalized;-)-- Sir Severian (Sprich mit mir!) 11:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem. We Uncyclopedianorites have to stick together.--Sir Modusoperandi 17:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] score at VFH:HTBFANJS

Ah yes... the "Noperoo" got me.--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 14:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

It would be better if there was a "comment" block and buttons for "for", "against" or "comment". I suspect that would take some geek knowhow to program, however.--Sir Modusoperandi 15:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I'm looking to use your nomemes template on some articles when I'm checking for quality control. However, as you have probably seen, I've changed it somewhat. I hope you don't mind - feel free to mess about with it or revert if you want. I just wanted it to make it function a bit more like the 'fix' maintanance template as a bit of an advisory tag. Just letting you know. -- Hindleyite 14:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

It's all good. At least it'll be used for something.--Sir Modusoperandi 15:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seriously!

Hi MO, what are you working on lately? Should you have some time in the next week, I would really appreciate some visuals help on this work in process. You should get the idea with what I've got down already. Eh? Eh?!--Shandon 05:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Currently I'm doing pictures that no one likes (see VFP for the bloodletting) and a rewrite. Also, I'm playing Lego Star Wars II and it's eating up all my time. I did a couple of drafts of the SpecialNeeds pics you wanted, the link is above here somewhere. I took a look at Pooh. I'll try to figure out if there's anything I can contribute (I never read the stories as a kid).--Sir Modusoperandi 05:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No Problem

Suburban homeboy is probably one of the best pages on Uncyclopedia, so naturally I'd support it. The picture of Benjamin Franklin with the 'hella' 'tight' hat and watch is priceless.

Cheers, --Hhamdy283 20:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Not a problem, I just vote for the good stuff. —Oblivion - Fire - Sex [O|F|S] Image:Icons-flag-us.png MUN CM NS F@H (drivel) 15:18, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

It's good to know that some of my stuff is the good stuff. Now I can walk up to undercover cops and say, "Hey, I've got some of the good stuff." That'll be cool.--Sir Modusoperandi 18:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Just So You Know....

It's Llama-Llover here. Just letting you know that I am constantly thinking of new subjects (funny, of course) to add to the Suburban Homeboy page. I try to mimic your style, but it's just not easy. So basically, whatever I write, you can delete, edit, or just leave it alone- it really doesn't matter to me. I just think that a lot more could be added to the page. (BTW, I was thinking of some Sports:Cross Country section to the effect of the Suburban Homeboy thinks its a shizzled sissy sport because he can't run with his homie pants all the way down to his knees... what do you think?) (unsigned comment by Llama-Llover)

It helps to try to get into the head of a suburban middle-class kid who has co-opted a stereotype of another culture because suburbia has no culture of its own. While I was writing the page & making/retouching the pics I tended to talk with my arms, wear my hoodie up and walk like a gangsta/pimp. It's easier to write as a character when you adopt that character yourself. Remember too, that it's a white suburban kid who thinks he's a black gangsta; so everything they like (bling/basketball/rap/etc) he likes too, even if he doesn't understand what it is or know why it's good. Also, he's still influenced by his white middle class background, hence the "Poor Richard's Almanac" bit (even though he totally misinterprets it...which is what makes it funny).
...which all makes it sound much deeper than I meant it to be. If it's funny I'll let it stay, if it's meh I'll try to improve it, and if it sucks I'll cut it. My main worry is cruft, so if it's merely okay (and I can't figure out how to make it better) I'll play it safe and cut it (as too many pages lose their focus as okay bit after okay bit gets added).--Sir Modusoperandi 05:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HowTo:Skip School

Well, well, well. I scratch your back in VFH and VFP, and you've finally scratched mine back. Thanks for voting for my article on VFH. Finally, my lack of volunteer work, failure to socialize outside of the interweb, and ugliness have paid off. Again, thanks! -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 06:15, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I may not know much about art, but I know what I like.--Sir Modusoperandi 06:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UGotM

Thanks for helping to vote for me with the foolish unhumour of some certain user who, by now, knows better. Hopefully. Even on a wiki with as widely varying tastes as Uncyc, it's nice to know that there's some humour in the community. It's a shame that no one won. 500px-Uncyclomedia_Community_Logo-C.png Premier Tom MayfairRedPhone.pngBlackberetsig.png 05:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

It's good that no one won. It means that there were no users idiotic enough to deserve it. That's a good thing, IMO.--Sir Modusoperandi 05:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Was happy to see that you changed your mind about the HowTo:Learn Hebrew. I just hope the bloody thing gets featured finally....


In the name of Allah! Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

has awarded you a Nuclear missile
Now go and destroy the The Zionist Entity

 This Template Will Self Destruct in seconds


-- Sir Mordillo Image:Icons-flag-il.png GUN WotM FP UotM AotM MI AnotM VFH +S 14:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd try to reply by saying something humourously anti-semitic, but you Jews are too sensitive about that sort of thing.--Sir Modusoperandi 15:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More thanks . . .

. . . for the Mae Zedong comments over at Reefer Desk. So now that I've done head-swapping with the GIMP, I can now erase it from my hard drive and memory as that's the only thing it does well what would recommend as a next step for photochopping?--Procopius 03:44, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

No need for thanks, that's what Reefer Desk is for. As for what you should do next...learn how to use GIMP (that's what you're using, right?). Layers and masks are probably the most important toys, as they let you change one part of a pic w/o messing with anything else. Image:Helloapocalypse.jpg, for example, used 4 existing pics and a total of 13 layers.
Don't worry, it starts to make sense after awhile, once you start thinking in layers. You don't need to go complex right off the bat; but from now one when you're writing and need a pic, google for appropriate images and GIMP away...even if they don't turn out it's good experience. Some just don't turn out...The Andy Griffith Show started out as a pic idea on a "Fife Club" pun; the pic turned out horribly. The page rewrite went okay, if on an obscure topic (so even when one thing goes poorly it can inspire something else).
Good luck, anyway. I can't give you too much help w/the specifics of GIMP (as I'm the last 'chopper on earth that still uses Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.00), but there are enough fellow 'choppers around for more generalized help on Reefer Desk, as you've already discovered.
I'd close by saying something like, "Find tutorials and do them/RTFM/and whatnot", but I never did shit like that; groping around in the dark works fine.--Sir Modusoperandi 04:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Unbirthday

Happy Unbirthday!
You have now officially been an uncyclopedia member for one full year.
Must suck to be you!

This is day early because I'm on a weird schedule tomorrow, and I didn't want to forget, but I wanted to thank you for making this site a better place for being here. Your help with Canada was what first got my attention, but I've been pleased to read your original (featured!) works since. So thanks.  :) ~ T. (talk) 19:17, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Freaky! I was just looking at my scrap page, and I noticed that my unbirthday is tomorrow. Thanks for pre-remembering, and the compli