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Could we have a little less hat talk and a little more News talk.
If you want to, write an article about the hat controversy. By this, I do NOT mean posting a jpg of a hastily cobbled together ms paint job. Please post articles in text form. Otherwise there will be dire consequences.
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I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 03-17-2008 at 06:46 AM. |
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03-15-2008, 11:01 PM
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Any news on a new hat Hooky.....?
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03-17-2008, 04:09 AM
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Always remember; The Dower is a quality newspaper thrown together in half an hour. Except no imitations!
 Extra special thanks to the phantom this week for some of the funniest min-heads I've seen in a while.  This week, Alien gets... charitable? 
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03-17-2008, 01:48 PM
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Aaargh! The sheds are coming! Save yourself!
The Downer is a newspaper of highest quality. I wish all newspapers were like it.
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03-17-2008, 03:23 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Please remind me never to let Alien anywhere near my house.
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03-17-2008, 03:27 PM
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The fact that Alien is crushing pandas to feed babies, or the fact that there is a company somewhere manufacturing the 'Panda Crush 5,000'?
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03-17-2008, 03:40 PM
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Flame Imperishable
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Aha! But it could be for crushing bamboo to feed pandas with.
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03-17-2008, 03:44 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Spiderman would totally get crushed by a Balrog. Reasoning: Flame burns web.
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03-17-2008, 04:31 PM
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No, say it isn't true! I have long admired Kuruharan as an expert on all things dwarvish and now you tell me that he's an elf!
 Good one Phantom.I'll be more careful when I enter my shed next time. Thank you Mad Man Mitch for the head up. EDIT: Oops, I miss read the article!  Glain is the elf not Kuruharan! *sigh of relief* That was a close one, and I blame my bad reading skills on my glasses, it must have had some sort of mirror affect that blurred my vision.
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03-18-2008, 10:35 AM
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Bethberry must lodge a stern, strenuous and stentorious protest against this excess of the Seventh Estate in the Fifth Age. or is it vice versa. And don't try pleading the Fifth. Or drinking a fifth either.
There is no truth whatsoever to the slanderous, malicious and hogswallow gossip that intimates she is engaged in such vile Real Estate proclivities as to attempt to rename the Barrow Downs Shediac. It was all a series of unfortunate events that began with Mr. Rhod the Red being mistaken for a lobster and invited to become a Thermidor. No, it wasn't custard at all. Save that for elves.
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03-18-2008, 12:25 PM
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Last week I was abducted by aliens, now my shed has gone missing. Anyone seeing my shed should report it to the local police, take your toothbrush, as you may have to stay in a place with lots of white coats for a bit.
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03-18-2008, 04:36 PM
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nafforc, does your shed happen to be made of solid gold and have the words "can't touch this" scribbled on it, because I just saw one like that flying outside my window a second ago?
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03-24-2008, 03:26 AM
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We're now 10 weeks away from the 100th issue... and I still don't have anything better to do with my time...
More thanks to the phantom for the second story and min-heads  This week, Alien becomes a postman... thing. 
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03-24-2008, 04:56 AM
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Elvis obviously has a time machine. I mean, how did he travel back three ages!
Another excellent article printed on 100% dead trees
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03-24-2008, 08:10 AM
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Page 17 a Doctor Who reference?
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03-24-2008, 08:13 AM
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 I hope the Saucepan Man doesnt have me shot for that P&A comic. All that happened was I had the idea of Alien delivering a bomb to someone and asked one of my brothers who he should give it to, and they said SPM. NOT MY FALT!
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03-24-2008, 11:24 AM
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03-24-2008, 12:07 PM
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Definitely. Wonderful episode, by the way. So amazing.
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03-24-2008, 12:43 PM
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03-25-2008, 01:43 PM
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Hate to say it, but all I know about Doctor Who is that it's some sort of sci-fi tv show.
So no, I actually didn't have that in mind when I wrote the headline. But it's good to see that I make interesting references that people enjoy even when I don't mean to.
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03-25-2008, 08:52 PM
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Anyway as I was going to say, how can 63% of people say they don't take surveys and this information comes from a survey... I am going to sue the Downer for fraudulent claims! I don't want to read a newspaper that does not give off information that is correct!
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03-26-2008, 01:18 AM
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I know that Elvis isn't dead because I saw him last week on my tele Live from Hawaii, I must say that he looked good and had lost lots of weight.
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03-26-2008, 01:36 AM
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Lies and slander! I'm not Elvis, I killed Elvis!
Eomer a pseudonym, the very thought...
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03-31-2008, 01:28 AM
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Let's take the plunge again into the weird but not so wonderful world of the Downer...
Once again, thanks to the phantom for the mini headlines...  This week, PC Davem has some traffic to deal with... 
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I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 04-02-2008 at 12:00 PM. |
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03-31-2008, 02:27 AM
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Excellent.
The Questionnaire's disease article made me laugh a lot, but the best part of it were the subheadings. For some reason, especially the Rivendell ballot one amused me. And Alien seems to be up to mischief again...
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03-31-2008, 02:47 AM
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My favourite sub-heading ever is that one from a while back, "Astronomers Discover Rich 15-year-old Girl Is Centre Of Universe". Reminds me of my cousin...
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03-31-2008, 12:50 PM
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Another great editon of the Downer. The Barrow Downs to seem a bit British (like me), with all those "'shire"s.
PS. Does the whole trophy-pardoning thing happen to be at all connected to this?
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03-31-2008, 03:08 PM
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I would like to see some more "thorp" thrown in there
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There seems to have been some trouble with the printing presses today. I think some sick got clogged in the ink...
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04-01-2008, 06:08 AM
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04-04-2008, 11:30 PM
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Note: I've so far been required to fire my spokesperson. I didn't say, 'no comment', but 'no elucidation'.
Now I'll never be able to regain my reputation. Apparently, according to this week's sub-title, the ninja-wizards of Melkor didn't go over that well with Downers? I'm rather curious why. ~ ' no elucidation... still' Ka
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04-07-2008, 02:12 AM
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We put the 'olf' into Rolf Harris
It happened again!!
And finally, thanks to the phantom for his min headlines over the last few weeks.  This week, The Phantom gets his revenge! 
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04-07-2008, 02:29 AM
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Somehow I knew those pictures would make it to the newspaper... anyway, great story, Hookbill.
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Another great edition of The Downer (if that can be possible)
! I see that the Phantom is becoming some sort of a co-author, or something. Keep up the great work, Hookbill, I loved the story!
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04-07-2008, 10:00 AM
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Very funny! Although I liked the mini-headlines the most (and for some reason, the last one "Den of Thieves Robbed" just finished me
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Anyone know when the Barrow Downs' Birthday is? I think it's soon and my brother and I will probably be making another Phantom and Alien animation. 
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04-07-2008, 11:24 AM
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May 1 is the official BD birthday, Hookbill - 8 years of the Downs, and it's still dead and kicking!
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Random Titles Remember the dead old days
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 That means it's been around 6 years since I joined, seems like only yesterday I was dawdling on the Novices and Newcomers forum....I enjoyed the Phantom and the Alien, it made me snicker, and I look forward to the multi-media experience.
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I really like "The Lonely Mountain Has No Friends"
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