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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by JWBear

So... How long did it take you to put that page together?

From concept to going live, about 90 minutes. I mentioned to NA on IM that I wanted to do something, we did a little brain storming, NA came up with Porker International (other ideas floated: Swanking with Lindsay Lohan, a Swanking to a HeeHaw Revivoal Tour, Swank Space Camp, Swank trip where we rent out the entire Madonna Inn, Swank Camp 2020 Planning Thread, field trip to a pig farm to learn how to make bacon). Then NA took a nap while I put the site together between doing actual work. It was probably 20-30 minutes of actual effort on the site.

And it only took me 5 years to get the balls to do another joke.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

For no reason in particular, I'd just like to say that NA rules.

Shoot, we've known that for years!

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

OMG piggies are so cute. I think I just became a vegetarian again

Well, to me pigs, cows, and turkeys are so darn ugly that I have no problem eating them. (ok, pigglets can be kinda cute ). But don't ask me to eat a Bambie.....

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And it only took me 5 years to get the balls to do another joke.

So now you have bacon balls!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by RStar

So now you have bacon balls!

He better not. I want to have another child someday, and not a little porker!

[Mousey Girl]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

He better not. I want to have another child someday, and not a little porker!

Wait until Theo hits his teens...all boys turn into little porkers.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And it only took me 5 years to get the balls to do another joke.

I wonder how long it will be for these guys...

[RStar]

"Students didn't go to school, their parents were frightened and I almost evacuated the town's 13,000 residents," Mleihan told The Associated Press. "People were scared that aliens would attack them."

Al Ghad's managing editor, Moussa Barhoumeh, tried to defuse the situation, saying the report has been "blown out of proportion."

"We meant to entertain, not scare people," he said.

Wow, this reminds me of the radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds". I don't think that would even be possible here today, just goes to show how far behind these third world countries are...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by RStar

Wow, this reminds me of the radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds". I don't think that would even be possible here today, just goes to show how far behind these third world countries are...

Go look up the reaction to Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force light bright campaign in Boston and remind me again of how far "ahead" of them we are.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by RStar

Wow, this reminds me of the radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds". I don't think that would even be possible here today, just goes to show how far behind these third world countries are...

Mmm-hmm.

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