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Post Post #450 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:50 pm

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In post 449, xRECKONERx wrote:Worth 1 Umbrage doesn't work because it's a brand new thread in F62 that hardly anyone has posted in or even heard of


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Post Post #451 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:52 pm

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I suppose I'm not OPPOSED to giving Umbrage a title but it'd have to have the right amount of crow eating.
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Post Post #452 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:55 pm

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I'm not opposed to giving Umbrage a title, I'm opposed to bad titles.
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Post Post #453 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:52 pm

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Were tim's thread to take off, Worth 1 Umbrage would be all right. It just hasn't. *shrug*
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Post Post #454 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:10 pm

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In post 431, TheButtonmen wrote:By the power invested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Nicholas1024 the title of
Ides of Mash
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I miss Oman's "No Puns" rules. Ides of Mash is horrible.
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Post Post #455 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:12 pm

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Puns make the best titles. If you think otherwise, I disagree with you WITH PASSION.
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Post Post #456 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:29 pm

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In post 454, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 431, TheButtonmen wrote:By the power invested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Nicholas1024 the title of
Ides of Mash
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I miss Oman's "No Puns" rules. Ides of Mash is horrible.

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Post Post #457 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:32 pm

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He's stated before that he doesn't really like his title, sooooo
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Post Post #458 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:40 pm

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Cache Me If You Can
Premature Assassination
Comma Police
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etc

It's not like pun titles are some new thing and they've produced some pretty great ones. (Pretty sure 1 or 2 of those were approved under Oman too, so...)
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Post Post #459 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:42 pm

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I agree with you. Cache Me If You Can was Oman, but I think that's the only one you've listed.
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Post Post #460 (ISO) » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:10 pm

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In post 454, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 431, TheButtonmen wrote:By the power invested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Nicholas1024 the title of
Ides of Mash
!

I miss Oman's "No Puns" rules. Ides of Mash is horrible.
just read it in a Bostonian dialect

Chevre, you suggestion was terrible

Also if you want to use that thread for Umbrage
Quantal Content
would be better
but I don't think it is siginificant at this point
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Post Post #461 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:50 am

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Propose
new rule to the title fairy thread: If your argument for/against a title is "but, but, but what about <existing title>" then don't bother. Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread. Titles must be good for their own sake.
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Post Post #462 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:12 am

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Post Post #463 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:14 am

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In post 461, Kublai Khan wrote:
Propose
new rule to the title fairy thread: If your argument for/against a title is "but, but, but what about <existing title>" then don't bother. Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread. Titles must be good for their own sake.


Would you apply the same idea to arguing against a title- "X title was shot down for Y reason and this one is the same".

I think I'm slightly off target with the idea and am hoping someone will apply it better.


Edit: Derp- it said for/against.
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Post Post #464 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:33 am

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In post 461, Kublai Khan wrote:Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread.


In post 454, Kublai Khan wrote:I miss Oman's "No Puns" rules.


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Post Post #465 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:57 am

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In post 456, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 454, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 431, TheButtonmen wrote:By the power invested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Nicholas1024 the title of
Ides of Mash
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I miss Oman's "No Puns" rules. Ides of Mash is horrible.

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Post Post #466 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:14 am

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In post 461, Kublai Khan wrote:Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread.


But, but, but -- there's precedent for allowing it!
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Post Post #467 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:27 am

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I don't really care about the rule, but you will not effing take away puns. Nonnegotiable.
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Post Post #468 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:02 am

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:|

Well at least this one was older than the last.
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Post Post #469 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:12 am

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In post 461, Kublai Khan wrote:
Propose
new rule to the title fairy thread: If your argument for/against a title is "but, but, but what about <existing title>" then don't bother. Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread. Titles must be good for their own sake.


I agree with this.

In post 467, zoraster wrote:I don't really care about the rule, but you will not effing take away puns. Nonnegotiable.


My terrible sense of humour agrees with this.
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Post Post #470 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:28 am

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If I'm not mistaken the title was supported by enough people and approved by the fairy so I'm not sure why KK is considering himself the
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arbiter of title quality.
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Post Post #471 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:41 am

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i think after his title, you can see why he'd be opposed to bad puns
but this was a good pun
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Post Post #472 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:10 am

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Technically, my title is a homonym, not a pun.

And we're all arbiters of title quality. The majority just happens to be wrong.
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Post Post #473 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:22 am

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puns are often made out of homonyms.

Wikipedia wrote:The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.[1][2] These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of
homophonic
, homographic, metonymic, or metaphorical language.


Which side do you really want to take? Shakespeare's pun-filled awesomeness or Samuel Johnson's dour dictionary writing? (Johnson is the one that said, "puns are the lowest form of humour.")
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Post Post #474 (ISO) » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:11 am

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Speeding through a title means fewer eyes to pick out flaws.
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