The Way It Wuz, 8/16 - 8/22

Date: 8/24/99
From: Blinker

As part of the initiative to clean up the board, SL4ever and I are reviving the late, lamented TWIW feature. We'll be pulling alternate weeks from now on. After this debut, the series will move to Fridays (so that all new-ep commentary can fit into the same post.)

For those who don't remember the original run, TWIW takes a satirical look at the past week's board events by summing them up with some really, really awful poetry. Admittedly, it's more for the 'shiny, happy, cherries 'n' love community of friends' kinda poster than the 'superintelligent, caustically witty, but biggest thrill is finding something new to hate' kinda poster... so if you're the second type, bail now!

And go easy on me, huh? This is my first time! 7:-0

NOTE: The 'post of the day' is just the thread that got the most replies; it in no way denotes the importance or quality of the content.
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-- 8/16/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "Executive drinks his own pee." (darkslider, 15 replies)

THE GOOD:
Q-Ball79 had some news;
He'd decided to Slide it Himself.
He'll probably do better than Doug & Patrice...
Since most pitches they chose belong on the shelf!

THE BAD:
Farscape's ratings continued to soar...
But I'm going to bust a capillary soon...
If Executive deigns to bash Sliders' once more!

THE UGLY:
Darkslider caused quite a flap on the board,
With a pee-drinking 'Xecutive post...
Which while stated in less than respectable terms,
Matched the opinion of most!

-- 8/17/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "Another reminder (all read)" (DonProc, 9 replies)

THE GOOD:
Le_Monde presented another lost script.
I only wish that these shows were produced...
As it is, I think we've been gypped!

THE BAD:
Earth 374 was delayed a few days,
When Chaser's computer was zapped...
In the meantime, to see st's crossover tale...
We'll wait with attention quite rapt!
(But I saw it today, and it was great!
A sterling read, and quite worth the wait!)

THE UGLY:
The Fire Within aired, and irony was rife.
Wade wished to have a baby some day...
Not knowing that job would take over her life. 7:'-(

-- 8/18/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "Want to make a difference?" (TemporalFlux, 11 replies)

THE GOOD:
S_the_great suggested a mock O'Connell chat.
Jericho wanted to be Charlie...
Never thought I'd hear him say THAT!

THE BAD:
QuiDon told us to get lives:
Sliders is just a show, he said...
Then he added 'May the living Force be with you.'
What's wrong with this boy's head?

THE UGLY:
Vortex_Slider liked 'Breeder' and 'Paradise'...
And was flamed off the board quicker than you can say 'Peck sucks.'
Was there any reason not to be nice?

-- 8/19/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "Maybe you can help me..." (Ravyn_lostsoul, 12 replies)

THE GOOD:
Sarah got an update done, albeit a bit late...
QBall79 noticed one thing quick:
JRD's lost weight!

THE BAD:
The original Revelations was discussed...
Colin a spy, the Homeworld invaded...
'Til Peck turned the whole script to dust.

THE UGLY:
I_AM_SCIFI told us 'sorry'...
Then rambled ten pages or so.
Some took it, some left it, but none would be sad...
If only he'd get up and go!

-- 8/20/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "The shows cancellation could be a good" [sic] (Wade1013, 19 replies)

THE GOOD:
SFlite brought JOC Boarders back for a day,
So a few friendly faces I'd see...
The gesture's appreciated, thanx very much,
But you won't get a towel on ME!! 7:-D

THE BAD:
Easy Slider was the ep on this night.
And having discussed it, most posters agreed
That Mallory's "easy" all right!

THE UGLY:
Cynic panned Slither for us...
And no, no-one fought or got pissed...
But any post mentioning Slither...
Belongs on MY Ugly list!

-- 8/21/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "Easy to see why 'Easy Slider' blew" (Executive, 14 replies)

THE GOOD:
RealmKeeper declared that we need Season Six;
Agreement was all that he found...
Now if only we could convince SFC,
Their ratings might soon turn around!

THE BAD:
Majel Barrett told us all to give up...
She thinks Sliders has run out of luck.
I think now would be the right time to announce,
That I think Lwaxana Troi SUCKED!

THE UGLY:
S_the_great kicked off more flaming,
By asking for peace around here.
Can't we all just sit back and relax...
Maybe pop open a beer?*

-- 8/22/99 --

POST OF THE DAY: "About this board (ALL PLEASE READ)" (Blinker, 22 replies)

THE GOOD:
My rallying cry got a massive response;
In fact, not one soul disagreed...
Let's just be glad that SpaceTime wasn't there,
Or we'd have something different to read! 7:-0

THE BAD:
Cabo compared the new Sliders
To John Lennon being replaced by Ono...
I hold them far above that,
Though Maggie's worse than Sonny Bono.

THE UGLY:
To raise funds for the Game, HK wrote an ad
For blue David Peck Punching Bags...
What's ugly 'bout that? Why Peck's face, of course!
It's worse than the Season Four Maggs!

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That's your fix for today, kids. Check back Friday for more linguistic lunacy as we cover the rest of this week!

- Blinker 7:-D

*This end-rhyme was introduced purely for the sake of poetic contrivance and in no way represents an endorsement of or affiliation with any manner of beer or alcoholic beverage manufacturer. Blech.

cute, really cute.

Date: 8/24/99
From: jersey_slider

It put a smile on my face :), thanks. Hope to see more.

Talk to you soon,
:)

It's back FINALLY!!! YES!!!

Date: 8/24/99
From: stuslide

Thanks, Blinker. This was definitely worth waiting for. I can't wait to see what else pops up on here. I hope you loved HurriKain's post (it reminded me of you) and you read mine a few post up.

 

Stuslide
SLIDERS: ALTERNATE SPIN
www.angelfire.com/ky/sliderspinoff
"Just think of the possibilities."

i never thought id say it either (end)

Date: 8/24/99
From: Jericho_Y2J

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Oh, how I've missed this!

Date: 8/24/99
From: Slider_Sarah

I love it!!!! Always did!!!!!! And I'm sure I have the old ones somewhere too.

Sarah.
http://www.valdez.co.uk/sarah/

I was wondering what happened...

Date: 8/24/99
From: Slider142

Lol, I even wrote a little into the story game(though I forget which one). Great idea!

Marvelous work Bliner! As always

Date: 8/24/99
From: Chaser9

Can't wait to see what you and SL4EVER cook up on Friday.

--Chaser9

Great

Date: 8/24/99
From: informant

Very cool.

I have been missing the excitement

Date: 8/24/99
From: emzee

Thanks to your recap, I found out what I missed!

I loved the comment about the 'shiny, happy, cherries 'n' love community of friends' poster...very cute. I'll definitely try to stay off your THE UGLY list. LOL!

Great work Blinker!
MZ

That was sooo cute!

Date: 8/24/99
From: misswells

Very nice, I liked that alot.
<applause>
misswells

tee hee...

Date: 8/24/99
From: sleepingtiger

Perhaps you should still hop over and become a TP...LOL

Seriously, nice to see this back in circulation. Keep up the great work....

PLnH
st

Sweet!

Date: 8/24/99
From: s_the_great

That was great! ...You're not blaming ME for the flames, are you? I wouldn't have done posted if I'd known what those flamers would do!

S

Alriiiiiiight!!!

Date: 8/24/99
From: SlidingThrough

Thanks, Blinker! The laughs were muchly appreciated.

ST (one of the 'shiny, happy, cherries 'n' love community of friends' kind of people...and damn proud of it!!)

Blinker, that should say Blinker not . .

Date: 8/24/99
From: Chaser9

Bliner . . .who the he double hockey sticks is Bliner?

--Chaser9 not to be confused with Chaer9

:o)

Date: 8/24/99
From: Mychand

Thanks for reviving this Blinker! Good job!

Are we ready yet?

Mychand :o)

WOW

Date: 8/24/99
From: nole9

Great Job, I wasn't around for the first ones, so this cane as a cool surprise

very glad!

Date: 8/24/99
From: SouthernSlider

I am very glad to see this up and running again. It has been sorely missed. Good job, Blinker. You said it was your first time.......I hope not your last. We want more.

SS

most enjoyable!!!!!

Date: 8/25/99
From: KllyWlls

It kind of reminds me of the hoedown sketch in "Whose Line is it Anyway". If you don't catch that show you should, it is so funny. That's all.-KW

awesome Blinker=)

Date: 8/25/99
From: sflite

That was really cool=) thanks for including me=)
SF

:-P

Date: 8/25/99
From: SL4ever

You are a bad, bad boy Blink!!!!

Great way to sum up the board! <end>

Date: 8/25/99
From: QBall_Mallory

Something tells me this poem may become one of the posts of the day!

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