The truth about Onion Isle....

April 15, 2001, 06:51

Well, three of the Aussies got together for the first time ever at finbar's house last night and he is THE greatest cook!
Alexanders Horse and I along with wives enjoyed the most delicious meal

Civ got mentioned once or twice...

Besides arguing about how to pronounce Makeo (or whether we should feel sorry for Hydey not being there) we bitterly re-fought the Onion Isle campaign.

finbar maintains that it was his from the outset.
It was an island I claimed for THE DEITIANS which is part of the DEITIAN archepelago. finbar just came along and plonked settlers on it!
Damn him, I say.
So once I was at war with Mak.. (as in smack) ee.. oh..
and noticing that finbar was allied to him and had declared war on me I attacked Onion Isle and after a long and bitter struggle regained its possession.

Now just look at this map, it is clearly part of THE DEITIAN archepelago and not an English finbardog in site..

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*deity of THE DEITIANS*
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April 15, 2001, 08:17

Er, does this thread have a point?

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finbar · April 15, 2001, 08:19

For what it's worth, not that it matters a fig, the reality is that I located, explored, occupied and settled the landmass. There wasn't a Diety unit in sight. Later, Diety inquired about dual occupancy - to wit, would I permit him a city in the top left hand corner? The actions of someone who had already discovered and claimed the territory? I think not. I politely declined dual occupancy.

Ah ... the bliss of revisionism. Conscience salved in a blink of an eye.

CASE CLOSED.

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April 15, 2001, 08:31

Well at least he didn't lose any more rep than he already had when he attacked makeo.

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The Mod war on Spam is a war on Fun!

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April 15, 2001, 08:39

finbar,
You occupied MY island;
I was too soft on you at first;
you were allied to my enemy who set up a ridiculous sea restriction and your Advisor declared war on me!

CASE CLOSED

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April 15, 2001, 08:59

finbar gives you a nice meal and.............

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Hydey · April 15, 2001, 09:35

Perhaps the meal was poisoned

Revenge of Onion Isle

finbar · April 15, 2001, 10:03

Got it in one, Hydey! A very nifty poison with a remarkable side-effect - it deletes the phrase "I am Spotless" from the imbiber's vocabulary!

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Rasputin · April 15, 2001, 14:03

damn no one invited me to meal

must have been pretty weird meeting face to face with dreaded enemy from so many battles...

Hydey · April 15, 2001, 20:41

Its alright Raz, Deity will hold a BBQ in winter , I'm sure thats more our style anyway.

April 15, 2001, 22:45

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by finbar on 04-15-2001 10:03 AM</font>
Got it in one, Hydey! A very nifty poison with a remarkable side-effect - it deletes the phrase "I am Spotless" from the imbiber's vocabulary!

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CASE RE-OPENED

Look, a thing about being spotless, after all I'm the expert.

If the Civ Program Advisors say you are Spotless then you are, no matter what.
If you behave spotlessly but the Civ Program can't recognise it due to bugs then rational, intelligent players can easily glean that your rep should be displayed as spotless... simple really

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Hydey · April 15, 2001, 22:50

Deity is as spotless as a ladybird.

finbar · April 15, 2001, 23:05

You're a gardening man, Hydey, tell me - what would a drop of DDT do to a ladybird?

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Hydey · April 15, 2001, 23:24

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by finbar on 04-15-2001 11:05 PM</font>
You're a gardening man, Hydey, tell me - what would a drop of DDT do to a ladybird?

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Probably drown it

April 16, 2001, 00:38

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Rasputin on 04-15-2001 02:03 PM</font>
damn no one invited me to meal

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Wonder why

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must have been pretty weird meeting face to face with dreaded enemy from so many battles...

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Not really. It was only fitting that they honour me.

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Rasputin · April 16, 2001, 05:52

Well maybe hydcey and I can bury the hatchet at a suitable Aussie style BBQ...

lots of grog, burnt meat, plenty of flies, and lots of bragging by the guys

Makeo · April 16, 2001, 18:51

Its Make-e-o

finbar · April 16, 2001, 21:16

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Makeo on 04-16-2001 06:51 PM</font>
Its Make-e-o
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Yes! I was right!

Thank you, Makeo, for confirming the obvious. I almost forgive you for your fondness for the yellow civ.

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Hydey · April 17, 2001, 18:34

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Makeo on 04-16-2001 06:51 PM</font>
Its Make-e-o
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I want to know how else people might say it as I always thought it was Make-e-o

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finbar · April 17, 2001, 19:27

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Hydey on 04-17-2001 06:34 PM</font>
I want to know how else people might say it as I always thought it was Make-e-o

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Horse and Deity thought it was (a) Mack-e-o; or (b) Ma-kayo. I forget which one thought which. I was surprised. I, too, thought it was obviously Make-e-o.

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Rasputin · April 18, 2001, 02:13

wel lwaht sort of name is that anyway

finbar · April 18, 2001, 03:03

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wel lwaht sort of name is that anyway

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What sort of typing is that?

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SuperSneak · April 18, 2001, 13:54

It's a shark, you pinheads. Native to the waters off Onion Isle, no doubt.
It grows fat and happy on the many bodies thrown off cliffs in this most unholy of disputes.

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April 18, 2001, 22:07

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Makeo on 04-16-2001 06:51 PM</font>
Its Make-e-o
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You can't stop me saying Mak-eeeeee-0ohhhhhh

LOL

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SuperSneak · April 19, 2001, 11:31

I like to pronounce it Muh-kay-oh, myself.
That's the way it reads to my warped mind, anyway.

God...what a scintillating discussion.

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finbar · April 19, 2001, 19:45

On that basis, Lord knows how he'd pronounce Kerouac.

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SuperSneak · April 20, 2001, 11:48

"Care-oh-ak" of course.

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finbar · April 20, 2001, 23:14

Yeah. Wrong. Figures.

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SuperSneak · April 21, 2001, 15:44

Well, that's how we do it stateside.
So it must be right.

Grame.

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SuperSneak · April 21, 2001, 15:55

ker'uwak

Damn! Are you ever wrong?
Wait...don't answer that.
I need at least a shred of dignity to hold close to my heart.

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