the person who's last posted on this thred for the longest is the best!

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iluvpippin
does that make sence??? anyways so far i am the best happy

Clovie
OMG eek!

another thread were i'll be urged to post laughing out loud

iluvpippin
laughing yes well i was the best for 5 mins!!! BEAT THAT smile

Clovie
hmm...
i'll have to wait when you'll leave shifty

jacksparrow22
move over the queen is heresmokin'

iluvpippin
no no no!

jacksparrow22
yeah yeah yeah

jacksparrow22
reload blah bleee bllahhh

Tari_Ringeril
woot? laughing out loud

iluvpippin
noone can beat me smile

Tari_Ringeril
Happy Dance I'll challenge yah

jacksparrow22
sorry ive already wonsmokin'

iluvpippin
ok....but ya wont win *sits back in chair and relaxes*

jacksparrow22
*sits on couch*

Tari_Ringeril
Happy Dance banana dance

jacksparrow22
sooo nice weather we're having its pitch black out for meraver

iluvpippin
and jack...it's whoever posts last for the longest..ya gotta beat 5 mins !stick out tongue

jacksparrow22
i know

Tari_Ringeril
rolling on floor laughing rolling on floor laughing *rolls around some*

jacksparrow22
i seem to kill many threads so this will be no problemraver

iluvpippin
I LOVE PUFF DADDY!

jacksparrow22
well i love system of a downsmokin'

Tari_Ringeril
I love um....Lance Mitchell *hugs her BF*

iluvpippin
OMG!!! that was 6 mins!!! BEAT THAT ALL! smile wait, that was 1 min...wtf was i thinking?

Tari_Ringeril
Happy Dance This banana is getting tired...lol laughing out loud

jacksparrow22
Happy Dance he has a friend now

iluvpippin
my friend likes system of a down. he likes chop suey.

Tari_Ringeril
I like Godsmack awesome band

iluvpippin
oh i know why i thought it was 6 mins...my clock on the comp is different to the one on kmc sad

Clovie
Deep inside your soul, there's a hole
You don't want to see
Every single day, what you say
Makes no sense to me
Even though I try
I can't get my head around you

Somewhere in the night, there's a light
In front of me
Heaven up above, with a shove
Abandons me
And even though I try
I fall in the river of you
You manage to bring me down too

All your faking
Shows you're aching

Every single day, what you say
Makes no sense to me
Letting you inside isn't right
Cause you'll mess with me
I never really know
What's really going inside you
I can't get my head around you

All your feeding
Shows you're bleeding

Deep inside your soul, there's a hole
You don't want to see
You're covering it up, like a cut
With the likes of me
You know I've really tried
I can't do anymore about you

The cut's getting deeper
The hill's getting steeper
I guess I'll never know
What's really going on inside you
I can't get my head around you







READ IT!!!!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^^

jacksparrow22
system fans are so damn coolraver

Tari_Ringeril
read it

jacksparrow22
no that wastes time

Tari_Ringeril
I see...>.> evil people evil face evil face

jacksparrow22
im not as dumb as i look

iluvpippin
argh!

Tari_Ringeril
I'm hungry messed

Clovie
WHAT THE **** IS WITH DUCKFACE????????????????????

jacksparrow22
whoah i am too and i was going to type thatmessed

jacksparrow22
hes just so f*cking sexeh!

Tari_Ringeril
o.O whoa

iluvpippin
who's duckface?

jacksparrow22
i present: the duckface!

Tari_Ringeril
wow three pages smile you go!

Clovie
exacly!!!!

who is he????

he is in, i think, three or four sigs.... confused

jacksparrow22
look at his sexyness!! everyone loves himlove

Tari_Ringeril
hmmm la la la

iluvpippin
he is quite hot...embarrasment but who is he?

jacksparrow22
he's in 3 i thinklaughing out loud

jacksparrow22
he's liv and trace's friendshifty

Tari_Ringeril
lol

Clovie
do you really think he's hot??????? sick

jacksparrow22
hes oklaughing out loud

Tari_Ringeril
laughing out loud

iluvpippin
yeah, he's ok...ive seen better.

jacksparrow22
stick out tongue

Tari_Ringeril
my bf big grin

iluvpippin
YES i finally changed my sig...been tryna do it for AGES!

Tari_Ringeril
coolies

iluvpippin
woah he's hot/cute/evil all in one!!!! good pick!

Clovie
confused


i don't have a bf weep

Tari_Ringeril
I told him not to shave his goatee big grin I love it

Tari_Ringeril
awww sad

jacksparrow22
me neithercry

iluvpippin
sad me neitha cloves...guess what...i havnt had one for 6 MONTHS!!!!!!!

iluvpippin
tari...ur left out, were all boyfriendless...u gotta leave stick out tongue

Tari_Ringeril
I've been with my bf for nine months....guess I'm one of the lucky few

Tari_Ringeril
:P

iluvpippin
eek! thats cool...my last b/f i went out with for 4 months....thats pretty good too since we were in yr 8!!

Clovie
i've never had a bf sadsadsad


i'm such a looser crybaby

Tari_Ringeril
oi....9th grade...sad I hate it...but ...its almost over...then tenth

jacksparrow22
hug

Tari_Ringeril
Well I'm going to go to bed sleep sleepy I will post laters xD

iluvpippin
aw hun ur not a loser, i love you....and yeah yr 9 sux!

Tari_Ringeril
I need sleep Ima about to pass out lol laughing out loud

Clovie
cryno expressionsmile hug


tx guys.....

iluvpippin
need a coffee?? always helps me!

iluvpippin
lol i love doing that clovie...hold on...

Tari_Ringeril
well anyways peace alien love love and poptarts laughing

iluvpippin
crycrybaby sad no expression smile big grin

Tari_Ringeril
sleep

iluvpippin
gnite.

Tari_Ringeril
sleep sleep

Tari_Ringeril
night big grin

iluvpippin
D to the A to the D D Y,
I know youd rather see me die than to see me fly!

Tari_Ringeril
<.< now Im not sleeply CAFFIENE!

iluvpippin
eek! yummmmm!!!!
well i gotta go have tea.....make sure noone beats my record!!!

Clovie
shifty

Tari_Ringeril
sneaky sneaky

Tari_Ringeril
sleep

Tari_Ringeril
doctor has to go next week

Tari_Ringeril
eek! fun lol *stops posting for a while*

iluvpippin
hm...back...any1 beat me?

Tari_Ringeril
I dunno

iluvpippin
i checked and they didnt....therefor that means i am the best!

Tari_Ringeril
who wants to make this the longest thread eva eek! *knows it will be hard* laughing out loud

iluvpippin
well, eventually i will win....and the longest thred ever...it's mine so every1 will big grin

Tari_Ringeril
We'll have to keep posting and posting and posting and posting and *gives a long sigh* eh

iluvpippin
not unless you wanna c who the best is. and if ya wanna c then just stop posting now!

Tari_Ringeril
I know you are the best big grin

iluvpippin
smile happy smile

Clovie
shifty smile no expression no expression cry weep

Tari_Ringeril
big grin smile smile big grin *claps*

iluvpippin
misspelt it clovs.

Tari_Ringeril
your cool to Clovie! big grin Happy Dance the banana dances for you

jacksparrow22
smokin'

iluvpippin
the bananas dont dance for me sad infact NONE of the smilies move for me sad

Tari_Ringeril
rolling on floor laughing this one does

Tari_Ringeril
weeee

iluvpippin
sad not for me...omg, do the lovehearts on the love love smilies like float up sorta??

Tari_Ringeril
rolling on floor laughing

Tari_Ringeril
bunny

iluvpippin
laughing u didnt answer my question....do they??

Clovie
http://jm.g.free.fr/smileys/non-smileys-animated/ban_dance02.gif

Tari_Ringeril
It looks like it sometimes yeah

Tari_Ringeril
PURPLE Happy Dance

Tari_Ringeril
devil big grin angel

Clovie
laughing out loud

Tari_Ringeril
Im no angel hehe devil

iluvpippin
ok...are all these smilies moving...or r u just tryna be the best....coz obviously it's not succeeding coz I AM! stick out tongue

Tari_Ringeril
big grin

Clovie
What the f**k?












stick out tongue

Tari_Ringeril
*huggles clovie* thumb up

iluvpippin
la la la......

Tari_Ringeril
fa fa fa

iluvpippin
ha ha ha

Clovie
whistle

iluvpippin
how suitable smile

Tari_Ringeril
reading do do do do do geek all right....

Clovie
huh

Tari_Ringeril
Family Guy...messed Futurama...I watch them to much

Clovie
laughing out loud

iluvpippin
The king of the short-sighted and stunted people, a wise old man, acting on the wishes of his people, had ordered that a giant bell designed to strike hourly be built. The engineers of the land, labouring hard and long, have duly produced a bell, gigantic in all proportions, and it is now hoisted on a huge platform at the centre of the country. The bell, however, fails to strike at the required times. To resolve this problem, the king calls a general assembly.

"My people," the king begins when the people have gathered, "We greet you!"
"Great king of ours we greet you!" the people respond.
"My loyal and beloved people, we greet you!"
"Great king, we greet you! We greet you!! We greet you!!!"
His brow deeply creased, the king acknowledges the cheers of his subjects with grave nods and settles into his throne.
"The Great Bell has been finished," he proclaims.
"Yeeaah!!!" the people cheer. "Long live the king!"
"But," he cautions, "the bell is not yet working properly."
Well-disposed to their king, the short-sighted and stunted people are quick in offering suggestions.
"Set more engineers on it!"
"Hire some foreign engineers!"
"No! Consult the Oracle!"
"Yes! Consult the Oracle!"
"That's it! The Oracle!"
The cries go on and on until the old king raises his hand.
"My loyal and beloved people," His Majesty says, "We appreciate your concern and interest in our Great Bell. However, we doubt if this is a matter for the Oracle. Besides, the engineers know what the problem is. But they have not been able to solve it. That is why we are gathered here today"
The people can barely wait for His Majesty to finish.
"What is the problem?"
"Why can't the engineers solve it?"
"What sort of engineers are they, fake ones?"
"They shouldn't be paid!"
"They should be caned!"
"I say they should be hanged!"
"Yes, hang them!"
"Hang the engineers!"
The passionate short-sighted and stunted people rail on until the royal hand goes up again. "My loyal people," His Majesty coaxes, "We doubt if this is a hanging matter. The engineers have done a great job. Why should we hang them for a problem they can't solve? Remember they are a part of us too. Indeed, we think they should be highly rewarded for their work!"

< 2 >

"Yes, I agree. Let's reward them!"
"A cow with a bell for each!"
"Yes, one man; one cow!"
"Fair enough, one man; one cow!"
"No! A white bicycle is better!"
"But that is the king's official vehicle!"
"A black one then. A black bicycle for each man!"
"That's better, one man; one bicycle!"
"Agreed. One man; One bicycle!"
"But the Great Bell is not yet working properly!"
"I wanted to say that."
"Well, now someone else has said it."
The king smiles and strokes his curly grey beard as he muses over his subjects. One minute they want a hanging, the next they want to hand out rewards. He is still smiling as his hand goes up.
"My beloved people, we believe the first thing we should do is find out what the problem is. Why is the Great Bell not working properly?"
"Yes, yes, yes," the people agree, "why?"
"The answer to that," His Majesty declares, "can best be provided by the Chief of Engineers."
"Summon the Chief of Engineers!"
"Let him come before us!"
"People!" His Majesty proclaims and the arena quickly acquires a major attribute of cemeteries: the silence of the dead. "My beloved people," His Majesty says, his voice softening, "we give you the Chief of Engineers. He will tell you what is wrong with our Great Bell."
A lanky monocled man with wire-brush grey beards appears on the dais where the king sits with his entourage. He presses his monocle lightly as he executes a slight bow before the king. Then he whips a sheaf of papers out of his pocket.
"Great king I salute you. With your kind permission, Your Majesty..."
The Monarch acknowledges the salutation and motions for the Chief of Engineers to proceed. The latter faces the people. "Great people I greet you!"
"Chief of Engineers we greet you!"
"The problem with the Great Bell is that it fails to strike at hourly intervals as it had been designed to do."
The short-sighted and stunted people, a great talkative lot if there has ever been one, display their vaunted mettle of the tongue.
"Did you hear that man?!"
"Hey you! Don't we know that already?"
"Did they say this man is the Chief of Engineers?"
"I greatly fear for that Great Bell!"
"Look, why won't the Great Bell strike at hourly intervals?"

< 3 >

"Tell us why not what!"
"Speak, man speak!"
"He is speaking! But until you shut up you will never hear him!"
"You too shut up!"
"After this, meet me at the well, you'll see yourself!"
"Hey you two, shut up!"
His Majesty's hand goes up. "People, people, control yourselves. Chief of Engineers, please continue."
The Chief of Engineers plunges in. "The Great Bell won't strike because a big spring restrains the hammerhead."
The people are incensed.
"Well then, take the damned spring off!"
"I can't believe my ears!"
"This man should be caned, I say!"
"Is this the Chief of Engineers?"
"Incredible!"
"I doubt if he can engineer a pot of soup!"
"That will be too much for him! Can he engineer food into his stomach?!"
"I bet he couldn't engineer his wife into pregnancy!"
"Oh, what a shame!"
Again, His Majesty's hand institutes silence.
"My beloved people," he teases, "stop heaping abuse on the Chief of Engineers. Allow him to explain things to you. After all, he is the Chief of Engineers."
The Chief of Engineers thanks His Majesty and directs a gaze of long-suffering at the people. "The spring holding back the hammerhead cannot be removed because it's removal will cause the hammerhead to fall and wreck the Great Bell. We can not allow that to happen. It will be a grave calamity."
"So what is the solution?" comes the retort from the people.
His Majesty gives a royal throat-clearing. "My beloved people, it is you who must offer suggestions to be considered by the engineers."
Elated at the chance to show their problem-solving prowess, the short-sighted and stunted people fall over themselves.
"Put a screw through the hammerhead to hold it in place then remove the spring."
"Nonsense! Add more steel to the hammerhead to--"
"Rubbish! Place the hammerhead in a vice-like grip so--"
"You're dumb! That hammerhead is not strong enough--"
"And you need to hang a bell around your neck so people will know a cow is coming! The hammerhead is not the problem! The problem is the spring--"
"Are you the only one here? Please let me say something--"
"No it's my turn--"
"It's mine--"
"Mine I say!"
The wise old king raises his hand. "People, people, control yourselves! Everyone shall have a say. But first let's hear what the Chief of Engineers think of the ideas we have heard so far."

Tari_Ringeril
lol big grin angel

iluvpippin
cont.....
< 4 >

The Chief of Engineers, looking up briefly from the paper he has been busy scribbling in, clears his throat. "Thank you, Your Majesty. Eh, we can't put a screw through the hammerhead because it will cease to be moveable and we can't compromise that. Adding more steel will totally destroy the design function of the hammerhead. A vice just won't work; we already tried. I should add that the hammerhead is strong enough so that isn't the problem. Finally, removing the spring as I have already explained is not an option."
"Thank you Chief of Engineers," His Majesty says. "Now we will hear more suggestions. We urge you to be orderly and respectful."
Chastened by the king's words, the people are momentarily shy. But they are not known for being able to keep mum.
"Perhaps we should redesign the Great Bell."
"I disagree. A bracket is what's needed."
"What bracket is he talking about?"
"Search me; I have no idea!"
"Perhaps we should use another spring to counter the action of the first spring."
"I wanted to say that!"
"Spare us please! You always wanted to say that."
"A spring might work."
"But it would have to be a stronger spring."
"A more taut spring!"
"Yes! Make for us another spring!"
"Indeed! Set a spring to tame a spring!"
Up goes the king's hand again. He motions to the Chief of Engineers to comment on the spring issue.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," the Chief of Engineers begins, scratching his eagle head. "I must confess that we did think of another spring initially. But we discarded the idea because it's a likely two-edged sword. It may work, but it may also fail, causing a design nonperformance and possible malfunction that could lead to the destruction of the Great Bell. In fact the original design called for a reversing spring. But we abandoned it because of the inherent danger."
"But there's a good chance it might work, not so?" someone queries from the front ranks.
"Yes," says the Chief of Engineers. "There is a good chance. Indeed, synchronising the clock flywheel with the hammerhead and bell mechanism will be much easier with a second spring. But it will involve very extensive calculations to establish a reasonable margin of safety. This is because the addition of a second spring will automatically draw us closer to the threshold of unacceptable uncertainty. What that means is that we may succeed in activating the bell mechanism to function as per its original design concept, but we would also unwittingly trigger a disparity in the displacement caused by centrifugal forces that can only be corrected, as I said earlier, by extensive calculations. The slightest error could be very dangerous. Empirical equations to aid the safety factor must be deduced through elaborate configurations aimed at establishing the right degree of tautness and the spring's potential displacement under the prevalent centrifugal forces acting on--"

< 5 >

"Please! Please! Spare us!"
"Ah! My head is getting heavy!"
"Is he speaking English?"
"I doubt it very much!"
"I thought my hearing had gone bad!"
"You engineers should work out all the calculations you need to work out--"
"Yes! We only want to hear the Great Bell toll at every hour, to the proper count!"
"Good talk, good talk!"
"But," the Chief of Engineers strains to be heard, "but the safety margin is so miserably low that the slightest--"
"Damn your safety margin!"
"Aren't you the Chief of Engineers?"
"I wonder! Go deal with your safety margin!"
"Make for us a spring!"
"Oh yes, a spring!"
"A spring is the best check for a spring!"
"We want a spring!"
"We must have a spring!"
"A spring then," comes the concluding remark of His Majesty, throwing his royal weight behind his people.

And so the engineers do their calculations, worrying crazily over safety factors. Eventually they build the spring and install it. The king then sets a date to unveil the Great Bell. On the appointed day, the entire country gathers at the centre of the country under the Great Bell.

"My loyal people, we greet you!" His Majesty begins the greeting protocol. Prayers and exhortations that the Great Bell may bring fortune and fame to the land soon follow. The king then delivers his speech.
"My truly loyal and dearly beloved people," he declares in royal tones, "it is with great joy that we welcome you to this historic unveiling ceremony of our Great Bell."
The people clap and cheer. His Majesty, holding firm to his royal tone, carries on.
"During the course of the year, we have all laboured greatly to build this Great Bell. With its completion, the Great Bell shall serve eternally as a testimony of our greatness in purpose and unity. Our great engineers who designed and executed this Great Bell have done us all a great service. They are our great pride. As such, it is with great happiness that we announce the royal gift of a great cow, with a bell, to each member of the design and building team."
"Yeeaah!" the people cry, clapping and stamping their feet.
"In addition," the king continues, "they shall also receive a black, 3-speed bicycle!"
"Yeeaah!!" the people cheer again.
"And since we all had a hand in this monumental endeavour," the king rides on, "we shall not only wine and dine together at our great palace after this, there will be great gifts of all sorts for everyone!"

< 6 >

"Yeeaah!!!" the people scream.
"With this great endeavour," His Majesty, now really in his royal element continues, "we announce our coming of age to the world. Henceforth, we shall be known by all as a great people, led by a great king, and achievers of great things!"
"Yeeaah!!!!" the people roar.
"Therefore," the great king pauses for a great royal effect, "as I pull this lever, that we might all enjoy the first tones from our Great Bell, I urge you to raise a mighty shout to our greatness!"
His Majesty duly pulls the lever.
BANG!
The Great Bell tolls.
"Yeeeeaaaahh!!!!!" the people thunder.
CRACK! CRACKER-CRACK! CRASH! TWANG! YAKATA! SPLIT! GBOA! WHOOM! GBISH! POOF!
"Ooooh--!"
"Aaargh--!"
"Oh noo--!"
"My good--!"
"What--!"
"Oh my--!"
"Help--!"
"Please--!"

From the land beyond the cliffs, deep in the hinterland, comes word of the total demise of the momentarily great short-sighted and stunted people, on the day of their great achievement.

Tari_Ringeril
o.O whoa.....

iluvpippin
dont u wanna read it?

Tari_Ringeril
I've already gotten most of the first one read

iluvpippin
ok. keep going.

Clovie
what's that?


it's too long...
couldn't you sum that up stick out tongue

Tari_Ringeril
lol yeah like clovie said big grin

iluvpippin
ok hold on.....

Clovie
happy

so, misha?

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I take it it's too late to be involved in this Competition?

*sits cross-legged on the floor and waits*

Clovie
for what r u waiting?

of coz it's not to late laughing out loud

Tari_Ringeril
*purrs*

Clovie
huh

iluvpippin
The king of the short-sighted and stunted people, a wise old man, acting on the wishes of his people, had ordered that a giant bell designed to strike hourly be built. "What sort of engineers are they, fake ones?"

"The answer to that," His Majesty declares, "can best be provided by the Chief of Engineers."
"Hey you! Don't we know that already?"

"The spring holding back the hammerhead cannot be removed because it's removal will cause the hammerhead to fall and wreck the Great Bell. We can not allow that to happen. It will be a grave calamity."
"So what is the solution?" comes the retort from the people.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the Chief of Engineers begins, scratching his eagle head. "I must confess that we did think of another spring initially. But we discarded the idea. In fact the original design called for a reversing spring. But we Empirical equations
"I wonder! Go deal with your safety margin!"
BANG!
The Great Bell tolls.

Tari_Ringeril
weee rolling on floor laughing

Clovie
*is reading the story*

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