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02-19-2007, 09:09 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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Poor Serious Cat! That moustache is horrible.
 
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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01-20-2007, 09:23 AM
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bwahahahahahaha me dead? no...just absent for a long time i'm just stopping by...to tell you the truth(hookbill this is a flash sstory you might want to publish) morsul the once renowned evil chocolate chip with the amazingly high postperdaycount...is slightly bored with the downs having moved onto youtube(where I have some movies posted under this name) search for hey captain starlight)
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04-11-2007, 01:39 AM
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04-11-2007, 04:35 AM
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Shade of Carn Dűm
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About time! I'm sick of that running ga - oh Iluvatar here he comes!
Gandalf: Just one more time! Sixth Wizard: Noooo! Gandalf! GAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! |
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04-14-2007, 11:13 AM
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Who boasts the best posts
The Barrow Downs' Birthday is coming up and I'm starting a new competition. If anyone can make a claim for one of their posts being the best post on the downs, then they will get a story about them in the Birthday special or an appearance in The Phantom and Alien (depending on if I can draw you or not
 ).What you must do is this: Find a post of yours that you think is the best. It can be anything; A long Book discourse, a Crazy caption, a Newspaper article ( ) or anything from the Downs.Explain what you think the merits are in that particular post. Try and convince me that your post is the best post. You have until April 25th to do this. Who will be able to say... 
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04-15-2007, 07:57 PM
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Cryptic Aura
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Is this what Serious Cat is doing on his holiday?
Bus cat's holiday PS. Cute contest, Hookbill. Can we nominate other people's posts or only one of our own? |
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04-15-2007, 08:03 PM
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I read about that cat. . .I never saw the photos before thought and they made me quite sad as that cat is identical to my old cat Misser. He too had a blue and a green eye and was all white, he how ever did not ride busses and died of cancer some years ago.
I think it would be cool if we could nominate other peoples posts.
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04-16-2007, 01:37 AM
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Special thanks to The Phantom for writing the second story and the mini headlines...
The Downer: News that reviews the glues that fuse the loos.  This week, Alien gets into a spot of bother with the Law.  Quote:
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04-30-2007, 01:08 AM
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Week 43 Do-de-de!
 Now Part Two of the special Phantom and Alien story...  Will The Phantom escape? How will Alien fair against Phantombot? Will Hookbill ever get tired of this? Find out tomorrow when we celebrate the Downs' 7th birthday!
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04-30-2007, 09:14 AM
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I liked the idea with millions dead in a grave yard...
But mostly it was the butler cat image that made me smile...is Serious still on vacation btw?
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04-30-2007, 11:10 AM
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04-30-2007, 09:23 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2002
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Random Titles Rise from the Dead
Rising from the dead, just think of all the legal implications.
"Highly tall" reminded me distinctly of Invader Zim.
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05-07-2007, 02:36 AM
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I know you want more, so here is week forty four...
 This week, The Phantom isn't feeling well. Obviously it is effecting his brain... 
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07-02-2007, 01:05 AM
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A Year Of News!
That's right people, this week, The Downer Newspaper celebrates one year of providing The Barrow Downs with Truth, justice and News!
If you have enjoyed this year of News, do share with us all you're favorite Downer moments. Vote for your favorite week. Eat a sandwich. Have a party. For this week, we have a very solemn front page story  And, we cannot forget, The Phantom and Alien. Finishing off this four part serial once and for all...  The first person to ask "Wouldn't that make millions of Aliens?" or "Why doesnt he do that again to Alien?" gets a smack in the mouth. On Thursday there will be some special stuff to celebrate the day of the Downer!
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07-02-2007, 10:13 AM
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Itinerant Songster
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Outch! I asked it in my head. You meany.
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07-02-2007, 02:43 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Mar 2007
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[QUOTE=Hookbill the Goomba;526769]
The first person to ask "Wouldn't that make millions of Aliens?" or "Why doesnt he do that again to Alien?" gets a smack in the mouth. QUOTE] So is LMP is the one who gets it? Why doesn't he do that again to Alien?
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03-15-2008, 01:52 PM
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Alive without breath
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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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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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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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Flame Imperishable
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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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03-24-2008, 03:26 AM
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Alive without breath
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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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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; 03-24-2008 at 07:16 AM. |
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03-24-2008, 04:56 AM
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Flame Imperishable
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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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Shade with a Blade
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Page 17 a Doctor Who reference?
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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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03-31-2008, 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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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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Shady She-Penguin
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Somehow I knew those pictures would make it to the newspaper... anyway, great story, Hookbill.
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-07-2008, 08:37 AM
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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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04-14-2008, 01:36 AM
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Alive without breath
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News for dead people.
Special thanks to Squatter for some mini headlines.   This week, The Phantom gets fed up. 
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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; 04-14-2008 at 01:32 PM. |
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04-14-2008, 02:49 AM
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Oh no...
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04-14-2008, 07:36 AM
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I wonder... How can a faded elf even hold money?
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04-14-2008, 12:58 PM
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Wonderful! When I saw the picture I first thought "oh dear, now he wrote something very stupid" but that's great. The medal... Haha!
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04-17-2008, 01:04 PM
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Alive without breath
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A quick notice type thing-e-me-bob
As those of you who read my (rarely updated) blog may well know, I am going into the hospital a week on Wednesday for surgery and will be 'recovering' or whatever on the following day which is, alas, the Barrow Downs birthday. My brother and I will try and get the Phantom and Alien cartoon done before then, but it may well turn up late.
Moreover, the doctors say there could be 'complications' and they may have to call me back, probably on the Monday. This means I may miss posting the paper that week, (it'll be week # 095). My current line of thinking is to either post it up earlier, just in case, or to farm it out to someone (probably the phantom or someone else who has been 'involved' in the Downer) to post up for you all to read. The bad news is that there is a chance (a very small, almost negligible, chance) that the surgery could prove fatal. I'm going to try and be about three weeks ahead at that point, so I may send whoever the three advanced weeks to keep you all in Downery goodness. But before you crack open the champagne and party poppers, this is the absolute worse case scenario and is almost certain not to happen... Although knowing my luck...
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04-17-2008, 02:46 PM
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That sounds unpleasant, Hookbill. I hope it goes well and you 'recover' swiftly.
On the bright side...do you get general anesthetic? Because I was put under when I had my wisdom teeth out and it was the most fun I'd had in a long time. Let us know what we can do to help with the Downer.
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