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aaglo is offline aaglo
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the contradiction is filled with holes...
Aug 2001
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Hmm... you cannot be trusted, right?

You said "if not, I'll explain later"... the answer came 1 minute after the question, and still you had to explain...

The finnish wrath is on you (for explaining that horrible sig), just wait, we'll send our new hovercrafts to get you...

Kyle is offline Kyle
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Evil and I'm also a Capitalist
Jan 1970
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I think mine has something to do with the most important part of the medical profession.

MrFun is offline MrFun
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Nov 2000
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If you cannot figure out my own quote in my signature, then I will tell you what it is -- it's my opinion of Abraham Lincoln.

Richelieu is offline Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
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"Woe to the Conquered"..

Go figure.

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Hysteria Arctica
Dec 1999
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This one is by Starchild, who made his amazing statement (which, of course, is the Truth with capital T) in some thread about WWI.

LaRusso is offline LaRusso
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appendix of Europe
May 2001
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  Old Post 12-06-2002 21:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Boshko
mine's from the kosovo cycle, about how the serbs got their asses kicked as usual


well i was always suspicious about the boshko thing. r u serbian?

my sig - 1st part was 'yin cicle' re civ 3
second is some silly guy who allegedly worked for us gov but did not learn how to spell. although that is quite possible. i just liked the mccarthy feel oh his pre-9/11 sentence

Buck Birdseed is offline Buck Birdseed
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Khoon Ki Pyasi Dayan (1988)
Nov 2000
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I can't think of a good quote to put there.

JohnIII is offline JohnIII
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Apr 1999
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  Old Post 12-06-2002 22:06
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Immortal Wombat: http://www.apolyton.net/misc/chat/c...3p-chat-5.shtml

quote:
[Mike_Breitkreutz_FIRAXIS1] Events: maybe. Scripting: No. I've answered this before. I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs.
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[Mike_Breitkreutz_FIRAXIS1] That's not to say there won't be a way to script events -- just not a scripting language

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May 2002
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  Old Post 12-06-2002 22:29
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Mine's from Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid....Butch Cassidy says it as the sit on the edge of a cliff completely surrounded...Sundance's response " Yeah, next time."

They jump and go to Bolivia.

Immortal Wombat is offline Immortal Wombat
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in perpetuity
Dec 2000
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JohnIII, I had actually found it after posting. I still say its incorrect, however much they improve scripting in Civ3.

Jon Miller is offline Jon Miller
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May 1999
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Jon Miller is offline Jon Miller
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May 1999
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hmm

first I have my name with a dash after it

Jon Miller

then I have an insult (for MtG) from when I was trying to get banned (it is a Monty Python quote)

"MtG, Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!"

finally I have a description of myself

The Anti Spam

Jon Miller

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Jan 1970
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Mine are pretty obvious I would think, usually quotes from books or songs.

axi is offline axi
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Sep 1999
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My quote is a bold act of defiance to the neo-liberal ultra-conservative bougeois orthodoxy of our times and is targetting all these SOBs that believe this is the end of all politics and that there is no alternative but to consent in getting ****ed by the capitalists.

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Doesn't anybody think it's ugly to mix two or more different things in the sig? They tend to lose their significance, all piled against eachother, plus they are tiring our eyes.

DaShi is offline DaShi
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The Taste of Japan
Sep 2000
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My quote is a bold act of defiance to the neo-liberal ultra-conservative bougeois orthodoxy of our times and is targetting all these SOBs that believe this is the end of all politics and that there is no alternative but to consent in getting ****ed by the capitalists.


axi is offline axi
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You can quote me on that too...

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Jan 1970
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quote:
Originally posted by LaRusso


well i was always suspicious about the boshko thing. r u serbian?

my sig - 1st part was 'yin cicle' re civ 3
second is some silly guy who allegedly worked for us gov but did not learn how to spell. although that is quite possible. i just liked the mccarthy feel oh his pre-9/11 sentence

Nope, Boshko's just my last name, apparently its relatively common in the Ukraine (although my family comes from Belarus).

Goingonit is offline Goingonit
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Apr 2001
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My 2 quotes:

quote:
Destiny! Destiny! No escaping that for me!

This is from the movie Young Frankenstein, written and directed by Mel Brooks. The lead character, the grandson of the first Dr. Frankenstein (played by Gene Wilder), is having a dream, and we see him tossing and turning in his bed, arguing with what is presumably the spirit of his grandad:

No...no I don't believe in fate...No! I won't say it! Okay! Okay I'll say it! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT'S FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT'S FOR ME..."

Why did I put it in? I just liked the quote. I'm not a fatalist.

The second quote is more well-known and more straightforward:
quote:
I refute it thus!

This was uttered by Dr. Samuel Johnson. The story is as follows, as narrated by Boswell, his biographer and companion:

"After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the nonexistence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it -- 'I refute it thus.' "

This is one of my favourite epigrams.

Kirnwaffen is offline Kirnwaffen
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Jul 2000
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  Old Post 13-06-2002 08:34
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Mine are pretty self explanatory. Just some viewpoints.

faded glory is offline faded glory
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This trash talking 2 bit dope dealer is about to learn respect for the law
Jan 2001
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i helped edit and make that video. And the rest is pretty clear

ixnay is offline ixnay
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I <3 etna, omg disgaea fag
Jan 1970
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Mine is just some shameless (and rather large) self-promotion for my website/comic/movie.

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Aug 2001
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Orange-
Is your avatar from the legendary Thunderbirds?!?!

Frankychan is offline Frankychan
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In the Kingdom of Hawaii (CPA Member)
Sep 2001
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Mine is a metaphor for human potential. I made it up and attributed it to Chairman Yang of SMAC.

1 person is strong, but only up to his potential. However, hundreds of people united together for a common purpose have unlimited potential.

Anodyne is offline Anodyne
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Being perverse is bad.
Jan 2001
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My first one is a line from song "Enchridion for a common man" by Babylon Whores, probably the best rock band ever. http://www.deggael.com
Ike Vil is also the most brilliant rock lyricist I know of. That line holds a lot of wisdom inside...

The second is also a line from a song; "Kuolemattomuuden ääni" by Finnish CMX. Nowadays it's more prog-rock, but it used to be hardcore-punk-rock some 10 years ago, when they wrote this song. In English that line would be: "That stabbing pain in your ass is the spear of that madman"

That line also appears (in "slightly" different form) in the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.

Asher is offline Asher
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Nov 1999
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My sig is a summary of my life's accomplishments.

aaglo is offline aaglo
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the contradiction is filled with holes...
Aug 2001
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Well, that explains a lot, Asher

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Jul 2001
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The first line is "Life sucks" in Finnish 1337-speak, uttered by none other then our Finn Tuomerehu.

The second line I got from some anti-masturbation parody I can't remember.

The rest are shameless plugs; my website, the current Suomithreadi (today IX), and BAC in AC-Fiction.

Felch is offline Felch
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Sep 2001
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Mine is a Gandalf quote from Unfinished Tales, where he replies to Saruman's disgust towards "pipe-weed."

I like it because I am also fond of "pipe-weed."

Felch is offline Felch
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Mine is a metaphor for human potential. I made it up and attributed it to Chairman Yang of SMAC.

1 person is strong, but only up to his potential. However, hundreds of people united together for a common purpose have unlimited potential.


The essence of fascism.

 
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