| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| turrell |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 16:26:06
I imagine others have had the same experience in describing this site to others. On the surface, the site is easy to explain - members write reviews of any movie in 4 words or less. But trying to tell them how clever it is becomes another matter entirely. Sometimes I'll list examples that I really like, of course these often read better on the screen than they do out loud and the ones I like best are usually fairly complicated. For example one of my personal favorites is Titanic - "Eau the humanity." - but this requires an explanation that eau is water in French and that when the Hindenburg crashed that phrased was transmitted over the radio and that the Titanic is the ship equivalent and by that point I realize I am a movie / word nerd and just how much I appreciate my fellow fwfrers. |
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 04/08/2007 : 07:58:00
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I never stop telling people about this site. That's why I wrote this review of the site.
CL: THIS IS GREAT! 
BENJ: I strongly urge you to consider posting CL's site-review - with her permission, of course -- somewhere in the FAQs. I believe it would be extremely helpful to clarify those niggly niggles that torture newbiews.
Wotcha reckon?
Why, thank you Bafta! That's a lovely compliment. I have no problem with Benj putting a link to my article on the FAQs if he wants. In fact, I would be honoured!
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| lemmycaution |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 20:38:55
Truly chi-ky, Grasshopper. |
| randall |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 17:33:09
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
Randall - I expect more from you like:
www.fwfr.com
or
www.fwfr.com
quote:
Originally posted by Randall
I think the best explanation is:
www.fwfr.com
and I truly do.
Signed,
Randall
P.S.: "Here's the addy...click it!"
Well done, me lad. My bad, I missed a one-foot putt.
Sensei -- have you seen this kid? His chi is strong. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 10:04:59
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I never stop telling people about this site. That's why I wrote this review of the site.
CL: THIS IS GREAT!
BENJ: I strongly urge you to consider posting CL's site-review - with her permission, of course -- somewhere in the FAQs. I believe it would be extremely helpful to clarify those niggly niggles that torture newbiews.
Wotcha reckon?
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 08:47:14
I never stop telling people about this site. That's why I wrote this review of the site.
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| turrell |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 06:44:00
Randall - I expect more from you like:
www.fwfr.com
or
www.fwfr.com
quote:
Originally posted by Randall
I think the best explanation is:
www.fwfr.com
and I truly do.
Signed,
Randall
P.S.: "Here's the addy...click it!"
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| Sean |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 03:16:03
I gave up a long time ago trying to describe it to anyone else. Giving a few examples of reviews verbally never works.  From my own use of the site (reading pages of funny reviews) I've worked out that a single review on it's own often doesn't stand up. But put 10-20-50 of them together and they feed on each other and increase the entertainment level. An good example of this would be the Chatterbox page; take a single review on it's own and present it to someone verbally and I'll inevitably get an "Eh?". And if I read a single one on it's own I often think "Hey, that's not bad" but it seldom generates more than a smile. But, if I sort the Chatterbox page by votes, start at the top and read, then by the time I'm half-way down I'm in stitches.  The jokes feed on each other, it's not necessarily each individual joke that's so funny, but the fact that so many people have come up with so many different ways of describing the same thing makes it probably the funniest page on the internet. I'd say it's similar in concept to a good stand-up comedian; the best best laughs are probably in the middle or towards the end of the routine, not necessarily because the funniest jokes are there, but the endorphin levels build up and it takes less of a joke as time goes on to keep the laughter going.
So, if someone wants to know what fwfr is, I give them some links, as follows (all sorted with highest votes at the top):-
a) Fwfr home page
b) Top 100/500 page
c) Chatterbox front page
d) My page 
e) Two of my favourite other fwfrers (I won't mention who, I don't want anyone to feel left out  )
and if that doesn't hook them, then nothing will.  |
| randall |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 01:55:51
I think the best explanation is:
www.fwfr.com
and I truly do.
Signed,
Randall
P.S.: "Here's the addy...click it!" |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 18:38:31
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
Terrell Owens a loud mouth American football star pulled one out of his sock to sign autographs during a game - blow hard move.
I thought that was hilarious. I love stuff like that.
EM :) |
| Josh the cat |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 09:52:08
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
quote:
Originally posted by benj clews
Blimey- I never knew Biros weren't called Biros in the US. What's the equivalent over there? My first guess would be a fanny pen (or something like that).
Nope, that's called a 'dildo'.
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| Sean |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 02:20:56
quote:
Originally posted by benj clews
Blimey- I never knew Biros weren't called Biros in the US. What's the equivalent over there? My first guess would be a fanny pen (or something like that).
Nope, that's called a 'dildo'. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 22:53:34
Cheers- got it now
Sorry for dragging this thread so off-course, folks!  |
| turrell |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 22:47:44
A blow hard move is something that typifies a person who thinks too much of themselves. Arrogant and blow hardy:
Blowhard (from Oxford Compact dictionary) noun N. Amer. informal: a person who blusters and boasts in an unpleasant way.
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| benj clews |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 22:46:14
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
He was playing a football game with a Sharpie marker in his sock so that when he scored a touchdown he could conveniently sign autographs. Its a blowhard move because a) he was expecting to score and b) he staged an autograph signing in the middle of a game.
So is a "blowhard" a "loud mouth"? |
| turrell |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 22:41:55
quote:
Originally posted by benj clews
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
we don't have a name for it specifically I guess - maybe a "bic pen" as one of the largest brand names in pens. Sharpie has become common for any marker because it is common to write on people with it and Terrell Owens a loud mouth American football star pulled one out of his sock to sign autographs during a game - blow hard move.
Er... what's a "blow hard move"? 
He was playing a football game with a Sharpie marker in his sock so that when he scored a touchdown he could conveniently sign autographs. Its a blowhard move because a) he was expecting to score and b) he staged an autograph signing in the middle of a game.
Since then (about 3 or 4 years ago) Sharpie has been a common name for marking device. |
