Levar Burton (Geordi) NOT killed in truck accident!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:43pm

Biida!!

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-01 11:43pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Biida!!

That better not be an insult.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:48pm

It's a Japanese gesture where you stick out your tongue while pulling your lower eyelid down with your index finger. "Biida" is the sound you make while you do it.

Being an anime fan, you should be somewhat familiar with it.

It's not insulting, and basically means "nya-nya!!"

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-04-01 11:52pm

Your input dosen't matter either way spanky, afterall your nothing more then a flame whore.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:53pm

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-01 11:53pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:It's a Japanese gesture where you stick out your tongue while pulling your lower eyelid down with your index finger. "Biida" is the sound you make while you do it.

Being an anime fan, you should be somewhat familiar with it.

It's not insulting, and basically means "nya-nya!!"

I do recall the gesture, yes. I always somewhat interpreted it as the giver calling the target round-eyed.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-01 11:54pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Your input dosen't matter either way spanky, afterall your nothing more then a flame whore.

Don't start.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:57pm

Dalton wrote:I do recall the gesture, yes. I always somewhat interpreted it as the giver calling the target round-eyed.

Yeah, it's basically the Japanese equivalent of giving someone a raspberry.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-04-01 11:58pm

Oh, btw In the Rough draft of the article the original victims were B&B. I changed it to Geordi only because the aritlce would have immediatly been spotted as a prant if I posted those two as victims (I mean wishful thinking only goes so far).

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-02 11:35am

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Alright, I admit it. I'm caught!

I wrote the article and posted a phoney link that would take people to the NY times, but ask them for their password to access the "article". In other words I was counting on people's laziness for registering with the NY times just to verify the arcticle! I must say, it worked decently well and I at least managed to fool people (or keep them guessing) longer then with Mike did with his "subspacedestroyer.net" prank. I'm kind of proud of myself because I actually managed to construct the prank/joke to work on several levels.

1. Make people think that Levar Burton had actually died.

2. Funny names within the "article".

3. Make people actually think that the NY times POSTED the article.

4. The communicator and transporter jokes within the article.

So people, what do you think of the article as a prank, its convincingness as an article, and the jokes within it?

(I thought they were pretty good )

(edited for a spelling mistake)

Blackberry, you are one sick motherf*cker.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-02 01:34pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Oh, btw In the Rough draft of the article the original victims were B&B. I changed it to Geordi only because the aritlce would have immediatly been spotted as a prant if I posted those two as victims (I mean wishful thinking only goes so far).

Well, why say LeVar Burton died? He wasn't the one that drove ST down the toilet. Why not say someone nobody cares about, like Rosie O'Donnel died?

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-04-02 02:29pm

Personally I thought it was in poor taste.... but that's just me.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-04-02 02:34pm

I thought the part about "transporter accidents" was pretty funny.

April Fool's is over. Thread closed ~ Stormbringer

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-04-02 09:02pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Oh, btw In the Rough draft of the article the original victims were B&B. I changed it to Geordi only because the aritlce would have immediatly been spotted as a prant if I posted those two as victims (I mean wishful thinking only goes so far).
Well, why say LeVar Burton died? He wasn't the one that drove ST down the toilet. Why not say someone nobody cares about, like Rosie O'Donnel died?

I had to pick someone that was known well enough to be signifigant, but obsecure enough to be easily verifiable. Levar Burton just got the luck of the draw because he relates to ST in someway (theme of the site) yet isn't famous enough to have his death appear on the news or ET. Your right though, I really should have p icked someone more "evilish" or stuck with the B&B idea in my original idea.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-04-02 09:26pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:I had to pick someone that was known well enough to be signifigant, but obsecure enough to be easily verifiable. Levar Burton just got the luck of the draw because he relates to ST in someway (theme of the site) yet isn't famous enough to have his death appear on the news or ET. Your right though, I really should have p icked someone more "evilish" or stuck with the B&B idea in my original idea.

So you went with the guy who was on Reading Rainbow? Cute.