Guest Lt Guilo Posted December 23, 1999 Posted December 23, 1999 <u>F</u>ilter out <u>E</u>very <u>A</u>nal <u>R</u>eply, please.
Guest Imladil Posted December 23, 1999 Posted December 23, 1999 You misspelled, "supercalifragilisticixpyaladocious."
Guest skw Posted December 23, 1999 Posted December 23, 1999 sssssuuuuupppppeeeerrrrkkkkkkaaallliiiiifffrrraaaajjeeeeeellllliiiiisssssstttticcccceeeeeeexxxxxx pppppppppiiiiiiiihhhhaaaaaaalllllleeedddddddooooooooooooooooooosssssssshhhhhhhhoooo ooooooos <font size=-2> [This message has been edited by Lujayne (edited December 23, 1999).]
Guest FireFly Posted December 24, 1999 Posted December 24, 1999 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the longest word thats not a name of a chemical, place, etc. It is supposedly a type of lung disease gotten from working in mines..
Guest Imladil Posted December 24, 1999 Posted December 24, 1999 The shortest word in the English language is: I. It doesn't even take up a full pica.
Guest Lt Guilo Posted December 25, 1999 Posted December 25, 1999 I, pica? I pica you for "Most Lovable Nutcase on RS.net".....
Guest Imladil Posted December 25, 1999 Posted December 25, 1999 Or is it pika? Pika! Pika! Pika-CH--! <font size=5><font color=red> ZAP!</font></font> <font size =1>NO pikachus! Ever!</font> Hey, Batman...we cheer you up yet? ------------------ "The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy." --Imladil the Wanderer "If Jupiter obeys liquid rules of physics, wouldn't it be teardrop-shaped?" --Little Jimmy
Guest Lt Guilo Posted December 25, 1999 Posted December 25, 1999 Pika Chew. Ya know what other thought I just had about Pikachus? "Pikachu" rhymes with "peek-a-boo"!!!!
Guest BatMan Posted December 25, 1999 Posted December 25, 1999 How could I be subjected to your wackiness and not be cheered up Imladil? I agree on the Pokemon Must Die issue. Just don't tell my kids. They eat that crap up. ------------------ Never Pet a Burning Dog.
Guest skw Posted December 25, 1999 Posted December 25, 1999 pikachu is a trange creation a figment of an excerpt from ancient mythology.(please don't quote me on that)
Guest ovienandenobi Posted February 7, 2000 Posted February 7, 2000 What about a? A is just as short ------------------ If only you knew the power of the dark side
Guest Imladil Posted February 7, 2000 Posted February 7, 2000 Nope, sorry. A pica is a technical term used by typesetters to describe how much space a letter takes...basically, a measurement of how wide it is. Most letters, including a, take exactly one pica. Wider ones like m and w take one and a half. The short, short letters like i, l or punctuation marks like periods and commas, only take half of a pica. So, truly "I" is the shortest word. <font size=1>Don't mess with me, son. I'm flying this plane.</font> ------------------ "The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy." --Imladil the Podracer "My own sense of optimism just doesn't...aw, **** it." --Little Jimmy
Guest Shootist Posted February 8, 2000 Posted February 8, 2000 Most humble Shootist request to differ most honorable Imladil. This unit checked with Associated Press Style Book, the bible of the Journalist. A pica is 12 'points' TALL. There are 72 points in one inch. That's where we get the reference 12 or 18 point type when we refer to type size. Sorry, but "Pica" refers to da height. You are correct about counting the "m" as counting one-and-a-half in width. Same with the "W". Therefore "I" is the shortest. "A" is just one though. Dun't fer git, I'z a jurnilizm majur wid a buk!!! ------------------ ACK...Phht!! Bill the Cat
Guest Imladil Posted February 8, 2000 Posted February 8, 2000 Most highly dubious and untoforward without preposition or immodesty, this unit is obviously confused. He vaguely recalls something about counting out headline space during his own journalistic period, but it was way, way back in the eighties, when the USSR wasn't the punchline to a joke and computers were still incomprehensible. The details of pica application must be a part of the 'missing memories' that the space aliens came down in their flying saucer and took from me. So, if anyone knows where those little fartknockers from Bellatrix are, please tell them to bring me back a clue...because I need it. Snork! ------------------ "The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy." --Imladil the Podracer "My own sense of optimism just doesn't...aw, **** it." --Little Jimmy
Guest Lujayne Posted February 8, 2000 Posted February 8, 2000 Bellatrix? <font color=white>Bellatrix??</font> I wrote a story about the people living on Bellatrix! They are called <font color=white>Twinklings</font> and it is very, very cold there!! They don't seem like the kind of people who would come to earth and steal memories, though...come to think of it, I don't think they could even get here if they wanted! I think you need to get your facts straight, Imladil, before you start accusing innocent aliens.
Guest Shootist Posted February 9, 2000 Posted February 9, 2000 Imladil, mayhaps those Twinklings stole our "emS" there is an archaic unit of measure of width of columns called an "em". I wonder if those Twinklings are the same little gopher pukes that poop in your mouth right before you wake with a hang-a-me-over. ------------------ ACK...Phht!! Bill the Cat
Guest Nitro Posted February 9, 2000 Posted February 9, 2000 Hey, G-Man!!! Remember how you like to Poke-em-on the hood of your car? ------------------ Should'a kept my pants on this time, but instead you had to let me dive right in! -Chorus of No Sex by Limp Bizkit on the 1999 released album, Significant Other.
Guest Imladil Posted February 9, 2000 Posted February 9, 2000 <font size=1>Imladil had to read that one twice to get it. Oh my!</font>
Guest Lt Guilo Posted February 15, 2000 Posted February 15, 2000 ...You're just jealous, Night Row. Imladil, don't encourage the young 'un, for goodness sakes!!! He's already cocky enough as it is! ....<font color="FF0000" size="4">!!!!</font> D'oh! Let me rephrase that last part......
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