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boorite December 5, 2001 11:33 AM	CC84 calls for a 1984 theme. Requirements: 1. Something about the actual year 1984. 2. A slogan of the form, "[adjective][noun] is [verb]ing you." 3. As Orwellian an atmosphere as you can invoke in three panels. 4. Or a greater number. 5. I'll judge Friday noonish. 6. Geese a' laying 7. Never mind 6.
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kaufman December 5, 2001 11:45 AM	I'll volunteer to run the betting pool on who first submits "Red robot is cornholing you."
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boorite December 5, 2001 11:57 AM	Aw, anyone can be first. But the tenth gets free tickets to see the Smoking Manholes open for Kenny G.
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kaufman December 5, 2001 1:01 PM	But first... 46235
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TheElPaso December 5, 2001 2:21 PM	46244
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Drexle December 5, 2001 4:24 PM	46262
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fpd December 5, 2001 6:21 PM	46274
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Kitty_Kat December 5, 2001 6:49 PM	46280 This is my view of that election.
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kaufman December 5, 2001 7:14 PM	46228
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Drexle December 5, 2001 7:25 PM	46284 46285
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crabby December 5, 2001 8:40 PM	This doesn't follow any of the rules. Any way thats my Dad and I'm the baby. 46293
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Bogart December 5, 2001 9:40 PM	I skimped on the slogan. Maybe I'll try again. 46304
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Bogart December 5, 2001 10:18 PM	46316
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kramer_vs_kramer December 6, 2001 3:55 AM	46338
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Jabizo December 6, 2001 6:23 AM	46346
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Spankling December 6, 2001 10:43 AM	46383
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kaufman December 6, 2001 11:16 AM	46388
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JrnymnNate December 6, 2001 12:12 PM	46394 crabby actualy looks alot like my dad... but he stoped having babies 16 years ago.
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kaufman December 6, 2001 1:00 PM	46395 46396 46398 46400
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ladyjdotnet December 6, 2001 5:24 PM	quote: crabby actualy looks alot like my dad... but he stoped having babies 16 years ago. Too... many... jokes! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Drexle December 6, 2001 6:51 PM	quote: quote: crabby actualy looks alot like my dad... but he stoped having babies 16 years ago. Too... many... jokes! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH "He saw what a mistake the last one was and finally learned his lesson!" "Woah, your dad had babies? How wide was he dialated?"
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ladyjdotnet December 6, 2001 10:11 PM	quote: quote: quote: crabby actualy looks alot like my dad... but he stoped having babies 16 years ago. Too... many... jokes! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH "He saw what a mistake the last one was and finally learned his lesson!" "Woah, your dad had babies? How wide was he dialated?" "...when Megan's Law was enacted and the neighbors found out."
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boorite December 7, 2001 8:02 AM	quote: crabby actualy looks alot like my dad... but he stoped having babies 16 years ago. JsmyMan, I thought I should tell you I liked this one, since you're getting such a hard time lately. Also, I consider you Most Likely to Accidentally Get Someone Pregnant Next. Something about Pentecostals never planning to sin. Anyway, you insulted Reagan and yourself in one stroke, and I salute you.
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JrnymnNate December 7, 2001 8:04 AM	I appreciate the sentiment... jk thanks
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Spankling December 7, 2001 9:28 AM	Well... It looks like someone's mom got a digital camera to upgrade her porn site.
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boorite
December 7, 2001 9:34 AM

Damn, participation seemed low in this one, but I liked all the strips. I single out Drexle for berating a heavyweight contender for Most Obnoxious 80s trend and Spankling for, well, for being Spankling.

Kaufman, you should know that when I thought of doing a 1984 contest, the very first two ideas that came to mind were, in this order: 1) "Red Robot is cornholing you"; 2) that Apple commercial. I will have to start wearing my foil hat again. Calling Reagan an evil dinosaur won several million points, but I had to disqualify you for reading the moderator's mind. No fair using ESP.

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fpd! Very Orwellian, and very, very 1984.

I see that fpd's participation here is sporadic, so if he doesn't post a new contest in, oh, 36 hrs, or whatever, I invite Dr. Kaufman to claim the honor.

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andydougan December 7, 2001 10:28 AM	I think fpd's a she.
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Spankling December 7, 2001 10:32 AM	I think she keeps busy delivering flowers. Nice use of the speak, f.
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Drexle December 7, 2001 10:40 AM	I gotta agree with you boo, fpd definitely deserves the win here. Good job!
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fpd December 7, 2001 3:08 PM	For the record, I'm a he, not a she.
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israphael
December 7, 2001 4:14 PM

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For the record, I'm a he, not a she.

A point of order here, section 13a of the Stripcreator bylaws state:

The gender of all new Stripcreator users will be considered to be neuter until a quorum of six forumusers vote and assign a gender to said user. If no consensus can be reached, the gender of the new user will be assigned from the results of the Gender Test.

As a point of interest, section 13b states:

The approved genders for Stripcreator users are: male, female, and Spankling.

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fpd
December 7, 2001 4:48 PM

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So the George Orwell Award for Clarity in Comics goes to:

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fpd! Very Orwellian, and very, very 1984.

I see that fpd's participation here is sporadic, so if he doesn't post a new contest in, oh, 36 hrs, or whatever, I invite Dr. Kaufman to claim the honor.

Thanks, I'm glad to have won a contest here for the first time, and I have already begun the new contest.

For those who are curious, I will provide annotations on the little details that may have escaped some people about my strip. First, the strip has five references to 1984. In 1984, the sitcom Three's Company ended, and it was replaced by its sequel Three's a Crowd. The sitcom Happy Days ended that same year. Madonna released her hit song "Like a Virgin," and the threat of AIDS was leading people away from the free love and swinging practiced in the 70's. To make it Orwellian, I began with animals, in the spirit of Animal Farm. I was disappointed that there were no farm animals among the pictures available, but I made do with squirrels. Then I added a few doses of doublethink, weaving it around the 1984 references I chose to use.

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wirthling
December 7, 2001 5:07 PM

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For those who are curious, I will provide annotations on the little details that may have escaped some people about my strip. First, the strip has five references to 1984. In 1984, the sitcom Three's Company ended, and it was replaced by its sequel Three's a Crowd. The sitcom Happy Days ended that same year. Madonna released her hit song "Like a Virgin," and the threat of AIDS was leading people away from the free love and swinging practiced in the 70's. To make it Orwellian, I began with animals, in the spirit of Animal Farm. I was disappointed that there were no farm animals among the pictures available, but I made do with squirrels. Then I added a few doses of doublethink, weaving it around the 1984 references I chose to use.

Great. Now I have to throw out my whole thesis paper and start over.

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fpd December 7, 2001 5:09 PM	quote: If no consensus can be reached, the gender of the new user will be assigned from the results of the Gender Test. I took the test, and it says, with 86% confidence, that I'm a man.
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Kitty_Kat December 7, 2001 6:29 PM	I'm 86% female. I'm a bit of a tomboy though. So that makes sense
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kaufman December 7, 2001 8:19 PM	quote: I was disappointed that there were no farm animals among the pictures available, but I made do with squirrels. What's the pink donkey, chopped liver? And Spankling's probably been harnessed to a plow once or twice :-)
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