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

Date: 08/24/1999
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.

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