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Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:18 pm

Despite the uh.. manpoints :lol: .... its still a nice cannon but you should consider a different valve. It could increase perfomance a ton.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:57 pm

man points

negative man points


It's an easy decision to make ;)
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:48 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:man points

negative man points


It's an easy decision to make ;)
Jack, I applaud your effort to show him the difference, but did you really have to choose the negative man points video that was guaranteed to give a straight man an aneurism?
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:17 pm

My apologies, here's what happened.

JSR's train of though: Let's see, manpoints, broken auto lights, ooh ooh I have a perfect youtube vid in mind!

*searches for "50 cal taillights" on youtube*

Right, that's sorted, now, how to represent negative manpoints, hmmm...

*ponders*

*searches for "gay dance party" on youtube*

aaaargh dude! No way I'm sifting through this!

*posts first link to come up*

voila.


:D
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:20 pm

The fact that "gay dance party" was the first thing that came to your mind bothers me jack. if I weren't already across the ocean from you, I'd be shuffling away right now.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:24 pm

Oh come on, what could be less manly?

Stewie made me do it :D
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:26 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Oh come on, what could be less manly?

Stewie made me do it :D
OW! Brain hurt! Though I must agree with you, there's nothing less manly then a gay guy. Well, I can think of a couple things actually.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:35 pm

It's quite not that bad paaiyan, but I do know some people with very 'interesting' ideas and tastes, so I'm not that easily fazed.
I know one person who goes by the name of "Scrote" (even his grandmother calls him that!?!) and he's just very weird - and doesn't seem to have any sort of filter between his thoughts and mouth. He's been through several girlfriends, and seems to have settled a bit more permanently now.

I have no idea about my "man points", but I'm not the sort of man that wears a tweed jacket and goes down to the pub for a pint of best which has got twigs in it and mud and leaves... and I must stop quoting Top Gear.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:38 pm

Well I play the best sport in the world (soccer) so that definitely gives me some man points. Though I'm not exactly a ladies man. Almost 19 years old, single the entire time.

On a side note, wow, we totally hijacked this thread, haha.
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Ragnarok wrote:I have no idea about my "man points", but I'm not the sort of man that wears a tweed jacket and goes down to the pub for a pint of best which has got twigs in it and mud and leaves... and I must stop quoting Top Gear.
I think man points are gleaned more from being like Ben Anderson as opposed to Jeremy Clarkson ;)
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:40 pm

I think I just loss man points for watching 5 seconds of that gay party video.

By the way I like the cannon, but I'd like it better if you change the ball valve for something else, lieka sprinkler or piston valve. just my ten cents...
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:42 pm

Killjoy wrote:I think I just loss man points for watching 5 seconds of that gay party video.

By the way I like the cannon, but I'd like it better if you change the ball valve for something else, lieka sprinkler or piston valve. just my ten cents...
Usually the saying is "my two cents." And I think your man points are alright, it's not like you went looking for gay dance videos or anything.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:47 pm

Usually the saying is "my two cents." And I think your man points are alright, it's not like you went looking for gay dance videos or anything.
Damn it, I knew I put the wrong number that started with a "T", oh well...

Now seeing as jack was looking for gay dance videos, how many man points would that cost him? haha
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:48 pm

@JSR: Well, I still want Jeremy Clarkson's job...

Well, I think building spudguns gets you man points for DIY skill and destructive power.
But being too smart about it all loses that caveman. HEAL maybe quite good on that front, the plasma rifle will probably be too techy to earn many manpoints.

Oh my god, I'm staying up 'til nearly 5 in the morning to have a discussion about "man points"... I need an injection of common sense.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:54 pm

Killjoy wrote:Now seeing as jack was looking for gay dance videos, how many man points would that cost him? haha
Oh dear, looks like I need to Harden the f*** up!
Well, I still want Jeremy Clarkson's job...


Having a job like that and getting to be a smug git about it on national TV would appeal to me too :)
Well, I think building spudguns gets you man points for DIY skill and destructive power.


According to Freud's logic, the bigger the gun, the more you're compensating for, so I'm quite safe there :D
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