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Title: All Hail Erika!
Post by: dave from knoxville on December 05, 2007, 10:16:23 AM
The newest, and judging by her gender, greatest super-caller of them all.

Though, truth to tell, and certainly not to denigrate Erika's stellar contributions to the show and the board, I haven't heard many FOT calls that didn't also qualify them to be super-callers.

Thank you all for a fabulous first year in the FOT community. I will find some way to reward you, one and all.

dfk
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: erika on December 05, 2007, 10:35:48 AM
Thanks Dave! No need for any hailing, though. I just like to call!

And don't expect me to clean up the hut. I'm a proud slob and I intend to stay that way.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: dave from knoxville on December 05, 2007, 11:02:59 AM
Thanks Dave! No need for any hailing, though. I just like to call!

And don't expect me to clean up the hut. I'm a proud slob and I intend to stay that way.

Just swirl the beer cans until you find one that's not quite empty, and join the party!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 05, 2007, 11:13:44 AM
Just make sure there aren't any cigarette butts in it.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Andy on December 05, 2007, 11:30:49 AM
hmmmm.  should I make a snarky comment about AST or not?

just kidding.  Congrats Erika!!!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: John Junk on December 05, 2007, 01:02:38 PM
Just make sure there aren't any cigarette butts in it.

I drank a swig of butt-beer once.  No fun!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Miss on December 05, 2007, 01:05:30 PM
You're awesome Erika!! Seriously, I just adore you. :)
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: erika on December 05, 2007, 01:31:25 PM
The feeling is mutual, Miss Miss...
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Kibblesmith on December 05, 2007, 03:35:54 PM
More like Super CallHER.

(Get it, because you're a woman).
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Andy on December 05, 2007, 03:52:31 PM
More like Super CallHER.

(Get it, because you're a woman).
sexist.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: TacoSmith on December 05, 2007, 07:34:38 PM
Erika, being from Baltimore you need to strive to be "The Wire" of supercallers. By that I mean your calls need to get tied up in bureaucracy and you should be drunk.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Stan on December 05, 2007, 09:01:09 PM
 Congratulations to you and Mister Boh, Erika.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 06, 2007, 02:28:47 PM
I just reached the point in the show where Tom confers supercaller status on you, erika.  Your reaction was lovely:  you were so sincerely surprised and so sincerely thrilled. 

Congratulations, madam:  you deserve your title.  I'm jealous, of course, but am I willing to put in the time and expose myself to the terrors of calling week after week?  No, I am not.  You are, and you deserve to be honored for it.

For that matter, so do you, Laurie, despite your Laurie money (I loved it when Tom used that phrase to describe serious wealth).  Your charming giggle and your pluck alone should qualify you.

And, while I'm at it, Swiss, if your stamina let you call more, you'd deserve to be promoted, too.

All you accomplished lady callers:  I tip my hat to you.  You set a standard I cannot hope to attain.  Kudos.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Miss on December 06, 2007, 03:21:36 PM
And, while I'm at it, Swiss, if your stamina let you call more, you'd deserve to be promoted, too.

Thanks, Sarah. :)
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: erika on December 06, 2007, 03:56:25 PM
Congratulations, madam:  you deserve your title.  I'm jealous, of course, but am I willing to put in the time and expose myself to the terrors of calling week after week?  No, I am not.  You are, and you deserve to be honored for it.

Thank you so much Sarah I appreciate the kind words! It was a total shock and I'm still SO happy about it!




(but the title of this thread still creeps me out a bit... I'm not used to being "hailed")
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: dave from knoxville on December 06, 2007, 04:26:38 PM
Congratulations, madam:  you deserve your title.  I'm jealous, of course, but am I willing to put in the time and expose myself to the terrors of calling week after week?  No, I am not.  You are, and you deserve to be honored for it.

Thank you so much Sarah I appreciate the kind words! It was a total shock and I'm still SO happy about it!




(but the title of this thread still creeps me out a bit... I'm not used to being "hailed")

Cheeze Whiz, I take it back! HEY, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, HAIL ERIKA
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 06, 2007, 04:35:42 PM
At least it's not "Heil, Erika," eh?
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: erika on December 06, 2007, 04:57:54 PM
Exactly :)

Don't take it the wrong way, Daveeeeee..... I'm just a little more shy than I let on   :)
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: congolia on December 06, 2007, 10:49:26 PM
In the interest of keeping things in perspective, I have to admit that I think Tom was a little hasty in bestowing supercaller status to Erika.



Just kidding ;D

Your calls are fontastik!  Get used to good wishes from random strangers. Congrats!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: fyodor on December 06, 2007, 11:12:38 PM
Elephant in the room: Laurie's Supercaller status.

Sorry, this was not meant to besmirch Erika's glorious thread/new Supercaller status!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: San Nakji on December 06, 2007, 11:42:27 PM
Just one thing.... how long it too so long?

And shouldn't Lori's dad be able to buy her supercaller status?
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: A.M. Thomas on December 07, 2007, 02:32:44 AM
Erika's calls are always great and her superstar status is well deserved.  Go Erika!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Forrest on December 07, 2007, 08:21:55 PM
Just one thing.... how long it too so long?

And shouldn't Lori's dad be able to buy her supercaller status?

Nobody can by super-caller status. Not Lori. Not Erica. Not Dave from Noksvile. Nobody.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: dave from knoxville on December 08, 2007, 08:57:00 AM
Just one thing.... how long it too so long?

And shouldn't Lori's dad be able to buy her supercaller status?

Nobody can by super-caller status. Not Lori. Not Erica. Not Dave from Noksvile. Nobody.

At the risk of sounding uppity, Erika and DFK don't need to.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Forrest on December 08, 2007, 02:48:05 PM
I was really only going for the spelling and grammar zing. Sigh.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 08, 2007, 02:55:31 PM
I was going to point out that DFN might indeed try to by (sic) his way into supercallerdom.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Andy on December 08, 2007, 03:28:13 PM
I was going to point out that DFK might need to stop ending sentences in prepositions.

Is that still a rule?
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Denim Gremlin on December 08, 2007, 03:31:30 PM
jeepers creepers.

Someone needs to start a thread of just bad grammar and misspelled words so you people can get this shit out of your systems.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Forrest on December 08, 2007, 04:00:12 PM
jeepers creepers.

Someone needs to start a thread of just bad grammar and misspelled words so you people can get this shit out of your systems.

Thats something I could agree about. Caring about grammer doesnt make you sic its a thing to pride yourself of.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on December 08, 2007, 04:59:10 PM
I was going to point out that DFK might need to stop ending sentences in prepositions.

Is that still a rule?

Not really.  I know there are people who still claim that it is, but according to Grammar Girl (who cited a number of sources that I can't remember offhand), it's acceptable, if clunky.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Denim Gremlin on December 08, 2007, 05:43:04 PM
jeepers creepers.

Someone needs to start a thread of just bad grammar and misspelled words so you people can get this shit out of your systems.

Thats something I could agree about. Caring about grammer doesnt make you sic its a thing to pride yourself of.

I meant the rampant correcting needs to be worked out but maybe it will work both ways. Poor (is it poor or bad? now I'm worried) spellers can go crazy and get out all that out and correctors can get all their correcting out.

And the rest of us can live in peace.

Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 09, 2007, 08:38:57 AM
Hey, I forbear from correcting almost all the time, even though the restraint sometimes causes me almost physical pain.  I inserted "sic" after "by" in my post because I didn't want one of you to jump on me--and I knew one of you would, given my reputation as the grammar Nazi here.

As for ending sentences with prepositions, it's still discouraged in formal writing, although even there it's tolerated when the alternative would be just too, too stodgy.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on December 09, 2007, 10:55:40 AM
I don't correct, but I do judge.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Andy on December 09, 2007, 01:01:43 PM
what does "sic" mean again?
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 09, 2007, 01:08:00 PM
"Intentionally so written--used after a printed word or passage to indicate that it is intended exactly as printed or to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original" (Webster's Collegiate, 11th ed.).
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Andy on December 09, 2007, 01:27:45 PM
I've always wondered, now I know.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Sarah on December 09, 2007, 01:35:18 PM
Take that, Colin--chika chikaahh!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: samir on December 09, 2007, 02:10:12 PM
Take that, Colin--chika chikaahh!

For 'chika chikaaah' you get partial credit.

A perfect answer would've included:

'You jack of clubs'
or
'You're a French duke'.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: buffcoat on December 09, 2007, 10:42:07 PM
Sic semper tyrannis.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: Poughkeepsie on December 10, 2007, 10:36:10 PM
It makes sense being that Erika is a staunch James supporter.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: erika on December 11, 2007, 12:53:05 AM
It makes sense! being that Erika is a staunch James supporter.

Fixed!
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: masterofsparks on December 11, 2007, 06:30:24 AM
That was a zing.
Title: Re: All Hail Erika!
Post by: John Junk on December 12, 2007, 06:05:05 PM
This thread just polished off a six-pack of boring juice.