User talk:Leverage/archivemar-dec2013

Hey

Would you mind reading through UnDebate:Is it the size of the ship or the motion in the ocean? and telling me your opinion on it?  Sir Peasewhizz Biblio HOS Awards 22:44 3.27.13

I agree with what Ally wrote about this. I think the more innuendo, and the less explicit, the funnier. Boats are made for innuendo. Here are some for free: Trouble raising the mast, discharged seaman, Do you have a cruise liner or a dinghy? Motorboating, cleveland steamer, someone being tossed (british for jerked off) over the side. I dunno. Ships go down. Leverage (talk) 15:53, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Jude

Take a sad article, and make it better. Read your Oscar no-legs article, groaned, and groaned again. And then my girlfriend got off me and I was able to really read it, and groaned again. I wonder what it is like for him in prison, plopping those fins along on the steel. And how will he escape? Those would be hell to have to drag along the tunnel. Nice work. Aleister 15:45 28-3-'13

Well that article was mostly the fruit of aggregating what some friends had written on facebook, as they punned their way through the day. He is a bit of a writer's dream. This week I was tempted to write about him being allowed to leave the country, but having just read that his brother is on trial for murder, I went the other way for the new story. Leverage (talk) 15:48, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

That one is clever too (I read it earlier). His brother is actually on trial for murder too? Jeez, that poor dad. Maybe the dad is a serial killer. And I wouldn't date that sister if she had a leg up on me. It's all funny, but I guess Oscar's girlfriend had the last laugh when, just before he shot her, said "You look like a patio table with arms". Al 16:07 28-3-'13

Dont make it bad

I just read another UnNews of yours. Guess which one. Al minutes later

That was a weird one. I suggested that as a mini true a week or so ago, and then it really happened. I write so much UnNews that I am starting to develop clairvoyant abilities. Leverage (talk) 12:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

And now I come by to congratulate you on the Hoover page. Brings back memories - specifically one memory, I actually toured Charle's Curtis' home in Illinois once. Well, I did pass the Hoover library on a highway too, if that counts. I would have liked to have dug Hoover up with a shovel and exhibited him on the side of that highway, but that didn't happen. And I did try cocaine once (about seven lines, just to see what it would do. Nothing, it didn't affect me at all, and happily never tried it again and went back to my standard pipe). Back to the page, clever throughout and twice as informative as wikipedia's Hoover page, which doesn't even mention that he was a vaccum. Aleister 12:12 1-4-'13

God bless you Ally, you're a constant source of praise and encouragement. I will keep polishing away at it. "Hoover sucked" was actually a spontaneous mnemonic that I made in history class aged 15. Little did I know that one day I would write an article on him for the world's leading encyclopedia. Then, to refer to your other point, a few years later at uni a friend of mine told me he knew a girl who tried crack and smack a couple of times, and wasn't addicted, and was completely fine. It was the only time I raised an eyebrow and thought, "Should I? I could channel Coleridge and finish off Kubla Khan. No one ever knocks at my door." But I decided against it. Now most of my vices surround fat black girls' bottoms. Happy Easter, online buddy! Leverage (talk) 12:20, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

UnNews North America

Check it out and let me know what you think. I'd like to implement this layout for all of the other regions as well. --EMC ^[TALK] 00:21 Apr 3 2013

A truly awesome idea. --ShabiDOO 01:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Yeah looks good to me. Is this one of the portals an infobox could link to? Leverage (talk) 11:38, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course. As you can see the portals are just a bunch of DPL sifting through categories I set so these portals will be sexier and still require no maintenance. Trying to copy WikiNews' layout is a bit tough because we don't have categories like "Health in the Middle East" or "Sports in Israel" so I've had to come up with some Americocentric replacements (e.g. "The War on Terror"). Also, as I have pointed out before, the main page header CSS class that works on the UnNews main page (the yellow banner with the globe design) won't work on other pages. I don't know why, because it should, but as you can see I've made a crude mock-up of header to be used for the portals. --EMC ^[TALK] 14:44 Apr 4 2013

I refer of course to our Middle East portal. --EMC ^[TALK] 14:46 Apr 4 2013

UnNews:High school student snitches on everybody

Thanks for helping out my article. I mean it. I love the work you did to that, fixing the typos; and I'll admit, the bisexuality reference you put in the first paragraph was hilarious. I'm not gay so I couldn't think that, but I'll admit I was laughing when you fixed "hopefully not vice versa" to "Occasionally vice versa". Hilarious.

Thanks for the help. If you ever want to collab on article with me, just give me the word. User:Matthlock/sig2 01:54, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

That's cool, I am glad you liked it. I had to click on the article again because I forgot what I wrote! I am always up for collaborations, if something tickles us both just right. Leverage (talk) 10:23, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

About comedic methods

I'm obviously joking on the nomination page - athough it's a bit snide, I admit. But to business: I suppose your sense of correct order is a bit stricter than mine, so let me explain: I understand the article might improve from a slight rewrite and moving to the HowTo-space. On the other hand, since there's this meta-joke of an over-enthusiastic editor, I'm not sure how necessary it would be. You can take the article as an attempt to really analyze something - but the author is so busy promoting his own great ideas that he fails to go ahead with what the title suggests. Mostly I'm in the minority with the usefulness of that kind of a joke, but like I always argue, the place would have little variety without them. Also, if this is a to be a parody of Wikipedia and the like - why not parody the ways people act while we're at it? Other than that - more work? OK, concrete suggestions please! I like to collaborate if the atmosphere is positive. -- Style  Guide 08:30, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Take a sad song

I don't know why President Hoover was "sunk my battleship" on VFH. It's a very good page, and if Hoover himself were alive he'd vote for it. And gladly too, being alive again and all. As Charles Curtis would have said upon meeting Hoover in the Oval Office, "WTF?"Aleister 1:00 26-4-'13

Yeah I was a bit bummed out. Could you vote for it if you like it so? Thatcher got a few votes against her to begin with and she has prevailed today. Leverage (talk) 08:11, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I did vote a couple of days ago (you have to check signatures sometimes). The Thatcher page was very funny and accurate, and I'm glad it sailed thru rough seas (just like she did during the Falkland's uprising - damn sheepherders think they own a place just because it's sitting in their bay). Maybe you can play with Hoover some more at some point. And maybe some people don't know that "President Hoover" was a real person!PronStar69 11:41 26-4-'13

Ah!!! That will teach me for not looking everybody up obsessively. PS. check out spike's new UnNews on unSPIKElopedia. He pronounced his wh-words with a "hw", much like the old Family Guy joke about cool hwip. SomeoneElse 11:44 26-4-'13

Thanks, I haven't read Spike's latest. I really like Spike, and even though he comes across with cruel love (tough love? touch love? bashinthehead love?) he tries to teach each new writer the finer points of writing satire (and a few of them accept and appreciate it). Your Bush library UnNews is a fun one, and you chose just the right and unique tone for it. I think it needs another paragraph or two but maybe that's because there is so much material and territory to play with when considering it's a children's library. I always thought of his eventual library as containing just one shelf of really stupid books, but that's too obvious. And he should have a Katrina room where there are still dead bodies laying about and guests could go in and be trapped in a simulated attic for four days. He truly is a man without a country, even though he believes he has several. Al minutes later as the crow flies.

It's true, the story could go any number of ways. I proposed a few ideas to my Better Half (which is what I call my legs) and she giggled about the coloring books, so that's the one I went for. I have to go out and earn some money now, but feel free to tinker with it yourself if you have time and inclination. Leverage (talk) 11:58, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry!

I was having computer issues, I did not mean to do that. Please forgive me for my noobiness. ~Formerly Annoying Crap 15:15, 6 May 2013

Don't be silly, I didn't imagine you did it deliberately. Leverage (talk) 17:44, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Ohio girls

You have a mind like a steel trap. And have trapped many a thing in it. Nice work (and concept). Aleister abducting in Ohio and points East

God bless you Allie. I just jazzed it up with a fake profile page. It's illustrative of how far myspace has fallen that it took me about 5 minutes on google to find a picture of a profile. How are things in Delaware? Leverage (talk) 10:24, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm a resident of the Falklands, thank you. And on your laugh-a-second Jolie page, what's the little boy up to in the New York Times cartoon???? Aleister 12:53 14-5-'13

I couldn't remember if it was Delaware or Maryland. As for the kiddies, I think they are DPing the mother, either that or wondering where not only her breasts but also her entire front has gone. Considering that a) Jolie has done something that might empower women in this situation, and b) she had reconstructive surgery as part of the same operation when her breasts were removed, it's a really weeeeird image.Leverage (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Not sure why your pls article was brisked over

I thought it was super well written and funny. --ShabiDOO 13:20, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment! Actually, I wasn't too sure about the article, it was more me trying to do an impression of one of those freaky Uncyclopedia articles than anything else, but I saw that there weren't too many people taking part in the PLS so I thought it would at least bolster the numbers. And I have never heard the phrasal verb 'brisk over' before, but I like it! Leverage (talk) 13:47, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

My First Dildo

Nice work you did on the article. You seem to be the only Photoshop whizz around so I was wondering If you could photoshop an image say, of a couple people with My First Dildo instead of lightsabres. You don't have to, but if you can just say. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 08:16 29 May 2013

Hahaha I will try later if I get the time. By the way, I learned through the kind folks on this site about GIMP, which is an amusingly-named free program which is a pretty darn good imitation of Photoshop. Just in case you want to get chopping too. Ps. your think about the semen soaker made me throw up in my mouth. Which is good for this article. --Leverage (talk) 10:45, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll take a look. Also, I've got a quick question. If this article gets featured who gets the credit? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 11:11 29 May 2013

All credit goes to Allah. I think people usually split it 50/50, but I don't know if any of it is really dignified, I've been here about 9 months, I think I am a bit past the credit-seeking stage. --Leverage (talk) 11:49, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Weird?

No Sir; just imprudent when it comes to sexuality. Style  Guide 17:01, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

HOS

You figured it out!!!! Yay! IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 08:35 2 June 2013

It was all Mad Max's doing. He had made some changes to a template used on the HoS page, and changed them back so it works again. I had enough technical knowledge to suppose that the template was the problem, but not to fix it :-) Leverage (talk) 08:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

You do know you've been nominated for the Foolitzer Prize? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 08:42 2 June 2013

Yes, thank you for the kind words! I think this place is obsessed with awards, but it's nice to get compliments none the less. PS. I just done a picture of a lightsaber segway dildo fight, Leverage (talk) 09:03, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

It looks really good :D IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 09:14 2 June 2013

I'm just back...

...from my computer being offline for over a week, and to save time I thought I'd drop by and say how much I will lol at your new pages (haven't read them yet) and that they are genius with a capital IUS, and all good compliments. Can I vote for you for writer of the year yet, or do we have to wait for the stupid calendar? Aleister 20:37 3-6-'13

p.s. the next day. My prophecy above proved true as I just read your Michael Douglas article. Which led me to your Jennifer Aniston article, which I had missed. lollol.

p.s.s. and the Bernard Manning UnNews. The lol list goes on.....but I will stop this hero-worship now and just say thanks. You give all 26 letters a good ride.

Like the Jolie story, I couldn't help but write something. The guardian has now released [www.guardian.co.uk/film/audio/2013/jun/03/michael-douglas-cancer-cunnilingus-transcript audio footage of the interview[, because Michael denied saying it. Bernard Manning is an interesting one, very well crafted jokes - a little like Jimmy Carr - but with an undoubtedly racist, nasty streak. What have you been up to, fella?Leverage (talk) 13:15, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Up to things and such. Not writing much lately, as I burned myself out a little with the second conquest of the moon unbook awhile back. I'll probably write something soon. Douglas denied saying that? He must have caught hell from the good wife - the very good wife apparantly. If he dies from throat cancer can you imagine the looks and comments she's going to get at the funeral? She might as well just hang it up now, as her entire career has been canceled out with one quote from her overly loving husband. Aleister minutes later

Nelson Mandela

Hi Leverage. I see there a few differences between this version and the one at the other site. Is it possible to match them and then you could receive a double nom to spread across the Unc Universe? --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 14:09, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Done. Glad you like it. Talk of the Uncyc universe makes me think of my brother's 1980s Marvel comics and all those alternative realities. PS. Why does the YouTube player look all gay on the Non-fork (spoon?) page? Leverage (talk) 14:58, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Leverage. Looks like the old boy won't see out the week. The Uncs have prepared their obituaries. Underpants to be worn at half mast. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 17:01, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't know the answer to that at Spoon HQ regards YouTube. An intriguer to be sure. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 17:57, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Ninja stars!

Please accept this week's worth of de-pantsed ninja-stars for your tireless work at not-sucking around here.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jun 11 '13 23:57 (UTC)

UnNews:Jim Kelly has cancer

I just copied and pasted your draft. Sorry. -- MagicBus Hello? Is there anybody there? 13:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

No worries, a story is a story! Leverage (talk) 13:32, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Ok. -- MagicBus Hello? Is there anybody there? 14:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Amazon

What picture did Amazon send you? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 06:42 19 June 2013

Subject: "Play-doh Candy Cyclone"

First line, "Since you viewed Play-doh Candy Cyclone, you might like these similar items."

Leverage (talk) 11:38, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

When in Rome

You would have never written that UnNews article unless you were really sure Tony Soprano wasn't going to get you! Nice work. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 10:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Images...?

Do you do image requests? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 10:45 22 June 2013

I did one for you already! I am not the whizziest whizz kid on the block, but if I have time and inclination, I guess so.Leverage (talk) 17:12, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

VFH

An article of mine you touched up is now on VFH here. Also, I liked your Bush article, I didn't know he was so interesting. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 16:25 8 July 2013

Can I?

Can I add some things to the Katy Perry hit generator? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 07:55 23 July 2013

But of course! --Leverage (talk) 07:56, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I added a couple, but will probably do some more during the course of today. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 08:13 23 July 2013

I could have done that at the time I used to ask you but do you mind if I link that Hit Generator on Katy Perry's article? BTW you and ifymb did very good job on it, really nice. Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 08:34, 23 July, 2013 (UTC)

Of course not, go for it. --Leverage (talk) 08:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Kate's baby...

Damn, you beat me to it. Of course, I did have a slightly different idea, but the same sort of principal. Anyways, nice work, I do like it. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 09:36 23 July 2013

Haha shit! You know what, sometimes I go to the wikia site and write a story there when that happens to me. --Leverage (talk) 09:37, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, It seems Romartus has already written a Baby story there, but quite a short one. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 09:39 23 July 2013

Kate had a whatnow?

Hello. After leaving a note on my talk page I looked at Susan Kiser and the original. Good concept, yet may I suggest you go with the title Susan Kaiser throughout and not her real name. It looks to be a real person, one who is non-noteworthy, so giving her children, friends and grandchildren nightmares after someone tried to do a good thing for her seems like a karma-inducing incident. She is a saint, and you've made her a major sinner, or at least someone who would go down on all four's for a pound note and give you change. Poor Susan, I knew her well.Aleister 17:25 28-7-'13

Yes, I kind of got that vibe too, which is why I messed with it. I changed the name of the company, and made the history much more ridiculous than what seemed to be a gentle nudge at an ex-boss or something. I am not sure how my encylco-karma is holding up, especially after that glee article. --Leverage (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

That Katy Perry thing

I hope you don't mind if I take partial credit for the Katy Perry article, if you do just tell me and I'll remove it for my page and whatnot. I understand that you came up with the concept and I basically barged in and started adding stuff, so if you could just let me know, I'll know what do to with my page. IFYMB! Talk to me baby!

No that's fine, although I think if you wanted to claim half credit for it on Hall of Shame, that would be the cheekiest thing since Cheek McCheek dethroned Cheeky Cheekyson as King of Cheeky Land. --Leverage (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Doctor Who

Ha! I saw your UnNews article today. I thought about that angle but thought it would be hard to 'outdo' the master with the invective so I chose a different tack on the Wikia site. However, you have made a very good fist of it as perhaps 'Malc' would say. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 10:10, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Glad to see you're still here :)

Just came out of retirement to write a bit, glad to see some old pals! The activity has dwindled though. I hope you liked the elephant article, if you read it :) Mattsnow 16:10, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Yeah you too. It's funny how, if a few people stop contributing so much, it suddenly seems quiet. We have no SPIKE of course, and Romartus went off the fork pretty quickly, and lately Aleister only checks in now and again. There are many Finns around, doing strange things, but it's, as always, easier to fuck around in forums and chat than actually write a big spoof encyclopedia article. I don't know why more people don't do what I do and mess around in UnNews, it's a lot easier to be productive. Talking of which, I will check your elephant out now. --Leverage (talk) 08:16, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Leverage. Now If I hadn't encouraged you to stick around at the end of last year, the UnNews here would be a very sick puppy! I agree though, writing an UnNews article is a lot easier than trying to work out a new article. If you can 'riff off' a current news story, part of your work is already done. Need to find the 'comic twist' to make the article interesting. Sometimes though what does happen can 'trump' your ideas. Like Bradley Manning now wanting to be called Chelsea Manning.--RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 09:36, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Rom! I was reading that forum page on the Spoon where Pete Beale was having a go at the site, and I think that's the basic problem, that it can be hard to sustain a funny idea, or that the reader sees the initial idea, decides it's not funny, and does not read the rest of the article. It made me think about the Onion, which, although I would say I like, I tend to skim read for its headlines and opening paragraphs. It's very hard to sustain a satirical joke without beating the reader over the head with it, and I think my UnNews is getting shorter and shorter for that reason. --Leverage (talk) 11:38, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

That can also mean 'good editing' too. It is easy to over stuff an idea on sites like this when there is no penalty involved. Depends on how much you think a reader has to know before you get to the joke and want to continue. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 07:17, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Well..

I do it very carefully Яeal Nigga Mak G (talk)

I believe that is the third-longest amount of time I have ever seen somebody take to reply to something. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Aug 29 '13 2:23 (UTC)

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. --Leverage (talk) 07:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Hall of dames

Yo, American traveler. Your fame precedes you, and then keeps on going until it's somewhere over the horizon by the time you get there. I noticed you planted another Hall of Shame entry, and checked some of the dates, and was hoping that you could sometime please put them in chronological order. Seems to be the standard way of registering the suckers, and makes it easier to count for the yearly Flying Pegasus award. Thanks. I've been mainly working on my Second Conquest of the Moon page lately, polishing and editingadditing it hopefully to the next level (a.k.a. readable). Aye! Aleister 20:11 7-9-'13

VFH

Be sure to vote on the articles that are there. IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 11:23, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

IC

I understand that UnNews is more your thing, but you can definatly write good articles as well. I've started IC again and I was wondering if you would like to join in the fun? IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 09:34, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Long time no prowl

Hello, haven't stopped by here for awhile. I like the woman who met me and invited me into your bedroom (you were out writing an UnNews), and you sure do have a nice Thimble collection. By the way, in a more serious mode, do you have anymore can openers? And on a really serious note, what's with all the new fake users signing up here. Every time I come on-site there's a long list of new red link users, isn't there some kind of human-test (like copying off a series of hard to see letters and numbers) that can be used when people sign up as new members? And how to you expect to continue writing here if all you do are great articles? Give us a clunker sometimes so we can point and laugh. I am confused by good writing, which is why I've never read Twain or those Grey porno books (OK, I've read Twain, so old he's underrated again, like Babe Ruth).Aleister is that all you've got to say?

Me neither really. Suddenly had a busy month at work and no internet at home, I haven't even read the Onion or the Daily Mash, much less do my own version of it. The last thing I wrote was Old White Man I think. I updated my user page yesterday and realised it's been over a month since I wrote an UnNews. I think I am a bit spent at the minute. As for the redlink users, I brought that up in a forum a while ago, and was told it was a bot. Apparently the captchas are not stopping them? I don't know, they will be travelling back in time and killing Sarah Connor next.Leverage (talk) 07:53, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Nah, I already killed Sarah Connor, that's taken care of. It's good to take breaks now and then, mostly then, but you've earned time off from this sweatshop. You can take off the rest of the year and it won't affect my vote for Writer of the Year (either you or that Nazi guy who was permabanned everywhere and then tried to erase his existence or that guy who won the contest and tried to hide his page from public view. One of those.) Good luck at work and at play. Aleister one second later

UnNews

Here's one I posted which is maybe good enough to recommend to you. When I saw the first pic on the internet photo list the caption immediately jumped into my mind, made itself at home, and is now busy sorting through my memories and getting mustard and relish all over them. Aleister Devil's Night 2013

I am writing to you with a red dracula's cape on. i liked hte unnews! i especially like how you put in little markers of ineptitude, like "He tried explaining". you don´t hammer it home, but it creates a slight feeling of chaos about the article, which I think is fun. Happy Halloween in Maryland!

--Leverage (talk) 14:07, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! And Happy Halloween/Samhain to you. Maryland? I live in the Falkland Islands, and tend sheep. Aleister Sam Hain '13

Espeen

Hey Leverage. Do feel UTTERLY AND TOTALLY FREE to edit down my additions to the article. You are usually very good at tweaking what I write. Is there any direction you want to go with the article...or concept or anything...or is it just encyclopedic? --ShabiDOO 06:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

UnNews Play

Are you really going to make it into an UnNews? Cool, and feature. Talking of, I seem to have a perpetual feature up on the main page, the warring animal stream-of-consciousness piece. It will be there until your play is featured, I assume. Nice trick to pull on us, and worthy of your skill me bucko. And if you have a few minutes I need a few more eyes on the guidebook to the faces in the cloud please. There are now five faces and the Goddess of Liberty in the picture, so others seeing them would get me to lay off the bottle and the bong (well, just a pipe, no bottle, and it won't get me to lay off) and the wandering the streets and did you hear that? Maybe mice. Anyway, yeah, if you could spare a few minutes feedback would be most welcome. (and no, it's not a trick to punk the readers, the faces are there, although I would say the same thing if I were trying to punk the readers) Aleister 13-11

This is a sleepy little wiki, and so I guess featured articles are now more like Articles in Residence, that are left to their own devices for weeks on end. It's a leisurely lifestyle, but the schools are good and the air is clean. I have had a look at the James Bevel thing a couple of times. I see nothing. I think I might need a microsoft paint-enhanced guide to show me where the face is. --Leverage (talk) 12:08, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

It's still featured. Maybe we can put on a real play of it (and please do UnNews your play). Thanks for looking, try again though, on the guidebook page which describes where all the faces are. Dr. King is very obvious, you just have to catch an eye or the top of his head and he'll pop into view or my real name isn't Aleister. JFK is kind of clear, although a woman I know said it looked like a skull but what does she know about either, right? And Bevel is clear once you spot him. The Goddess of Liberty is so cute I want to hug the little white clouds she's made out of. On a more serious note, I guess I'm lucky in that I've looked at the photograph so much trying to find LBJ and the suffragettes (a great name for a band) that whenever I look at the pic now all six of them show up plain as day, and it's like a great artwork commentary on the American Voting Rights Movement. It's also lucky that it's a well known photo from 1965, so photoshopping isn't in the picture (although maybe the Pankhursts' are). Please give the guidebook page a few minutes, and I must say it is a pretty good read if nothing else if I say so myself, which I won't. I'm going to go look at the main page again, to see if the feature needs a dusting.Aleister 14-11-'13

UnNews:Drug using Nigella 'ideal woman'

Poor Nigella! I added a paragraph on the Spoon version of the Nigella Lawson article but didn't get round to authoring my own UnNews on it. Beat me to it!--RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 22:44, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Well, that's perhaps the only advantage of having two uncyclopedia's - you have virgin terrain over at the spoon. I had a look at your new Nigella stuff, I liked how you at kept it clean, unlike myself. Leverage (talk) 08:46, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

all==Redrum== redrum redrum redrum REDRUM!!! Aleister 15:11 28-11-13

Do you know I actually watched Doctor Strangelove last night because of you? I preferred Sellers Lolita, a stellar performance, as Father Murphy points out. Have you heard of the Goon Show? It's the radio show where Sellers started out. It's very scatty, pretty hit and miss, but it has some great moments. I recommend this episode: http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-episodes/the-goon-show-ye-bandit-of-sherwood-forest/17Leverage (talk) 16:56, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll listen to that sometime soon. I'm listening to the NASA-live cast now, it seem Comet ISON has likely disintegrated on it's swing around the sun. No ISON. ISON be IGONE. Wow, haven't seen Strangeglove in many years. Peter Sellers in Lolita, a weird performance, that first 15 minutes or so put his acting ability to the test. It's interesting how Kubrick has Mason shoot Sellers though a portrait. I have more appreciation for Kubrick after researching him for the page, and it seems he focused attention on everything in a scene, and moved things around, hung them on walls, for the metaphoric value and for mirroring something which either came before in the movie or something to come which constructs a theme (then mixes many themes in one scene and one movie.) Fadda Murphy had no chance to understand him, poor guy, his work was over Murphy's head and all he paid attention to was Kubrick banging teen actresses. Poor ISON, we hardly knew ye. It's possible it's all gone, not even a piece left of it. Aleister 19:40 28-11-'13

The Goon Show episode wouldn't play for me. It doesn't. Want to play, or come out and play, or even tease me through the window so I can come in and play (like in Amsterdam). And a little piece of ISON may have held together, no one is sure how much yet. That is my news report for today, 29-11-13 at 11:04 Aleister

Hmm, it's harder work to find than it used to be. Here's a link at grooveshark, if it doesn't work from the falklands, just go to the home page and search "ye bandit of sherwood forest". http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=The+Goon+Show+Ye+Bandit+of+Sherwood+Forest I can stream it here without downloading or doing anything scary... Leverage (talk) 11:28, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

I have it playing now, thanks. Is Sellers just playing one character? Is he the serious guy, asking for the baggage boy now. I will leave it run as I go away for now. "What manner of an idiot is this who keeps saying soup?" "I'm the soupsayer." Aleister 11:31 29-11-'13

Sellers plays about half a dozen characters, that's the fun part. Script here: http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e14_ye_bandit_of_sherwood_forest . Selers is the sheriff, Friar Balsam, Nobby, Smoothy Announcer, Ernie Cash, Bluebottle, and God knows who else... Leverage (talk) 11:40, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Still listening, and I got that it was mostly Sellers after awhile. Maid Marion is a woman, I think, unless it's him too (maybe he hadn't branched out to women at that point). He's the Baron too I think, and when the audience laughs and applauds I think the entire audience is Sellers. The words and jokes are very bad, at least from our perspective, and the writing didn't age well, so it's an interesting study in comedy evolution. Taboo subjects encompassed a much wider range, and what was "scandalous to say then" is worth a headscratch (why are they laughing?) now. I'm going to have to read Sellers Wikipedia page. I do recall a movie of his life and that when he decided to play the character he took it on from that point on. In the film he decides while on an airplane, and suddenly he began using his new personality, confusing a stewardess (I call them waitresses). Aleister 11:54 29====11=====13

I agree, I think that's an interesting thing about comedy. We complain that Shakespeare comedies are merely 'light' rather than 'funny', but it's very rare that I ever laugh out loud at a modern sitcom, even if I like the experience of watching it. We also as an audience allow a certain amount of artificiality which usually doesn't date well, (a current example being the obviously poor excuse: "What am I doing here? Well, I er... I was going to the movies when I thought... I haven't seen Jessie for a long time, and I decided to come up and visit you... in the dark... as a surprise, and er, yeah. So, beer?")

Here, i love the spirit of anarchy more than anything. This is from the 50s, the writer, Spike Milligan (whose warbooks are excellent) loved messing around with the limited sound effects, slipping in innuendos, making corny jokes, undercutting them (here, "Ye goode joke" every time someone makes an old one), etc. But yes, even for a Briton, there are times when I don't quite know why the audience erupts. I wonder what we will all look like in 70 years. Leverage (talk) 12:05, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

The thing that makes me laugh the most lately is the Eric Andre Show (have you seen that? I found it by accident a couple of months ago, had never heard of it, and lol everytime I watch a new 12 minute episode) which would have landed everyone in jail in the '50s. I guess comedy is evolving along the lines of "would have landed me in jail 50 years ago", so I guess I can write an aristocrat page with that in mind. Will start it now, thanks for the inspiration. Aleister 12:11 29-11-13

Talking of Peter Sellers, have you seen this Leverage? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25300460 --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 11:09, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Rom-rom! I did indeed. In my ex-pat way, I am an avid reader of the Beeb's website. I am not holding out too much hope for the films though. Did you hear Lou Reed's unreleased song? This things usually stay buried for a reason. Leverage (talk) 19:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Thumbs up

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Hey Einstein!

I don't even know, are you joining in the writing of the colonization page on Albert Einstein? If not, fuck you man, dude, c'mon out and play. If so, never mind, and see you on the barricades. Aleister 13:00 12-12-13

I didn't even know what a colonization page was. It's basically bukkake for uncyclopedians, right? Leverage (talk) 19:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

That UnNews Review

Is it supposed to be "UnNews:2012 UnNews Review: January" or in fact "UnNews:2013 UnNews Review: January?" -- IFYMB! Talk to me baby! 19:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

I was living in the past. Rectified. Leverage (talk) 19:35, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Good idea to do that. I may be tempted to adopt that for The Spoon. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 10:34, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Faces in the cloud on VFH

Aye me mate, aye, the faces have appeared on VFH. There are now a few photos and good descriptions on how to find a few of the faces, so if you would, can you spend some time with the page and see if now there is enough data to find the people/cloud things. My favorite is the Goddess of Liberty, who is carrying a flaming torch and has a six-segmented tiara right in the middle of her hair. What, ok, I have to go take/steal my meds now. Ummmmmmmm, meds. Thanks! Aleister 19:38 17-12-13