For Newbies - the Board reference thread.

Damn. I barely even go in other threads anymore.

 

There are TWO, count them, TWO, SJ Style Guides out there. One by Diabeetus.

That's how I caught up on all the inside stuff here. I spent 7 months absorbing all the BS here, and then found those guides, and at that point felt brave enough to post.

I think today is my 5 year anniversary of first posting too.

Signed,
Court Jester / Asshole

 

FTFY

 

I love the "Client" jokes for immediate D_Bs.

There are a million of these. I love them all.

 

I figured it would be pinned. Put a pin on it. Shoot I don't care. I'm sick of noobs asking about the references. Don't want this place to be a secret society with special handshakes or anything.

 

I don't think I've ever made Moddy laugh. Or if I have, he will never admit it. NTTAWWT.

 

Diabeetus ... now there's a cool handle from the past. I'll have to track down his style guide.

I also enjoyed how Grimace always felt compelled to post on any McDonald's-related thread.

 

It had to take a hell of a lot of work to come up with that first style guide and I think Diabeetus was the original poster of it.

I hesitated to bring the style guide up because I hope this new thread would bring up some new items.

Off the top of my balding head, in the past five years:

"No longer riding solo" (one of the most awesome threads) which led to:

Freqposter. Need I say more?

And then there's Ruben, driving to Atlanta from Charleston. (Including, IIRC poor grammar and spelling).

Posts from Bots. (And thus the pinned post from Moddy at the top of most of these SJ Sections to NOT post in Bot threads - because I am the asshole who did that a few times and apparently it makes it harder to delete and ban the Bot Poster if you do that. Sorry, Moddy, I didn't realize that made things more difficult.)

??? I am sure there are a lot more over the past five years.

 

"You only cover us when ...." -- poking fun at local sports parents who call the newspaper endlessly demanding coverage for their unbeaten minor sport team, then, when the paper sends someone, the team loses, and the parents get mad over the amount of coverage for their kids' loss.

 

(See also) "You cost my kid a scholarship!" and "The JV try just as hard" (and derivations of) from Irate Sports Parent upset at coverage or lack thereof, from the local rag.

 

Fortunately the eight seconds thing ran its course a long time ago.

Unfortunately, Bootsing also did. I know Moddy disagrees on this one.

 

So what's the genesis of "Rick Stain would?"