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The lamest reindeer of all

Postby turd ferguson » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:15 pm

Y'all get to be cool reindeer like Comet and Vixen and ****, and I get stuck being the lamest reindeer of all, Moderator.
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Nicholas » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:21 pm

turd ferguson wrote:Y'all get to be cool reindeer like Comet and Vixen and ****, and I get stuck being the lamest reindeer of all, Moderator.

Check again...
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby turd ferguson » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:28 pm

Nick wrote:
turd ferguson wrote:Y'all get to be cool reindeer like Comet and Vixen and ****, and I get stuck being the lamest reindeer of all, Moderator.

Check again...


Nicely played, sir.
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Marg » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:06 pm

Ah hahaha... nicely done Nick!
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Postby Miss*Smiles » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:04 am

;)) Thanks guys
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Spirit Unleashed » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:48 am

Can I stop being a reindeer?

How about a famous physicist? I'd like to be Feynman, Fourier or Heisenberg.

But here are some more: http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html

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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Marg » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:34 pm

Spirit wrote:Can I stop being a reindeer?

How about a famous physicist? I'd like to be Feynman, Fourier or Heisenberg.

But here are some more: http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html

Galileo
Newton
Einstein (NL)
Roentgen (NL)
Heisenberg (NL)
Curie (NL, 3)
Pascal
Joule
Bernoulli
Fourier
Avogadro
Maxwell
Volta
Watt
Ohm
Ampere
Tesla
Doppler
Kelvin
Mach


You list famous physicists and fail to include Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper? :lol:
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Nicholas » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:05 pm

Spirit wrote:Can I stop being a reindeer?

How about a famous physicist? I'd like to be Feynman, Fourier or Heisenberg.

But here are some more: http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html

Galileo
Newton
Einstein (NL)
Roentgen (NL)
Heisenberg (NL)
Curie (NL, 3)
Pascal
Joule
Bernoulli
Fourier
Avogadro
Maxwell
Volta
Watt
Ohm
Ampere
Tesla
Doppler
Kelvin
Mach


Close enough???
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby trixiee » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:34 pm

Good one Nick!
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Postby Jo-Jo » Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:23 pm

trixiee wrote:Good one Nick!


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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby QuickChick » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:47 pm

I can't believe I only noticed this now! Very cute. What do we get to be next? Can we go back to famous runners to get us fired up for the new year?
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Postby ultraslacker » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:45 am

How about famous canadian runners?

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ultraslacker wrote:How about famous canadian runners?

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Postby Irongirl » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:09 am

La wrote:
ultraslacker wrote:How about famous canadian runners?

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Ooo! Ooo! I wanna be Reid! :D


I want to be QuickChick!

She was actually the first fast female runner that I thought of. tee hee.
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Postby Spirit Unleashed » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:18 am

Irongirl wrote:
La wrote:
ultraslacker wrote:How about famous canadian runners?

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Ooo! Ooo! I wanna be Reid! :D


I want to be QuickChick!

She was actually the first fast female runner that I thought of. tee hee.

I want to be UltraQueen; or if it has to be "famous" then Ellie Greenwood

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Postby QuickChick » Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:30 pm

Irongirl wrote:
La wrote:
ultraslacker wrote:How about famous canadian runners?

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Ooo! Ooo! I wanna be Reid! :D


I want to be QuickChick!

She was actually the first fast female runner that I thought of. tee hee.

BAHAHAHA. Really?? That's hilarious!!
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Postby QuickChick » Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:34 pm

I want to be Sylvia Ruegger, or Hilary Sellingwerff, or Sheila Reid... or Nikita Holder, or Justyn Warner, or Melissa Biship, or Eric Gillis, or Dylan Wykes, or Reid... oooooh or Terry Fox!! Famous Canadians is a great idea!
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Re: The lamest reindeer of all

Postby Miss*Smiles » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:00 am

I want to be Jessica Zelinka ... hometown pride :lol: :D

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Postby La » Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:20 pm

Hey Mods... even Ukranian Christmas has passed. Can we change the names now? ;)
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Postby ultraslacker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:55 pm

La wrote:Hey Mods... even Ukranian Christmas has passed. Can we change the names now? ;)


compile me a list of the most significant Canadian runners and I'll change it! Past and present, male and female. Max 12.
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Postby turd ferguson » Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:15 pm

ultraslacker wrote:
La wrote:Hey Mods... even Ukranian Christmas has passed. Can we change the names now? ;)


compile me a list of the most significant Canadian runners and I'll change it! Past and present, male and female. Max 12.


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Postby ultraslacker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:19 pm

hey I did say "significant"; it can be positive or negative. ;)
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Postby Hammie » Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:19 pm

turd ferguson wrote:
ultraslacker wrote:
La wrote:Hey Mods... even Ukranian Christmas has passed. Can we change the names now? ;)


compile me a list of the most significant Canadian runners and I'll change it! Past and present, male and female. Max 12.


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The lamest reindeer of all

Postby QuickChick » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:33 pm

I know we can include Olympic runners from this year, but here are some Canadians who have actually won stuff, set records, etc. I had heard of a few, but Pat gave me many of these, and I was inspired to find out more about them. I think it's good to know our history!

Sylvia Ruegger
Percy Williams
Johnny Miles
Tom Longboat
Bruce Kidd
Bill Crothers
Jerome Drayton
Harry Jerome
Abby Hoffman
Lynn Williams
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Postby Pat Menzies » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:34 pm

Johnson is negative because he was positive.
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