CPR, funny but frazzled kinda guy that he is, has announced his TB2000 awards for the 31 May (whoop..missed it) - 30 June (whoop..missed it again) period:

cpr writes:

Lets hold the "NAME YOUR FAVORITE DOOMER" CONTEST. Monday, 21-Jun-1999 21:33:49

The time has come to reward the Doom Zombies for their efforts. We should hold a "Name Your Favorite Doomer" and maybe even have some categories as to who and why they ENTERTAIN YOU the MOST.

NOTE: Lisa@work.now is auto-disqualified because she is the Dee Bunkie "token Memette" under the HUD "Fair Housing for Memes Act of 2000". (Let no one say we don't tolerate at least one of them.)

Lets see:

Most "accidentally funny" (no default have a ball.)

Playing with a few cards missing from the deck (No default)

Most obvious vendor spam: (default: the BeanoMan Caton)

Most tasteless vendor spam: (default: Ms. MinnieSmith)

Most OT Y2ker: default: Mr. Conspiracy himself: Andy the only one who can "associate" Y2k with "gold, silver, Yugoslavia, embedded chips in Nukes, NWO, Illuminati, and the current shape of the Moon. Clearly clueless: (buys it all hook, line and sinker) no default but Y2kDaveyNorthED comes close.

Worst hoax/spammers: defaults: C4 and/or the new R.C.

Fastest "linker": defaults: Kevin mixedupMusic and Dianne "I'm also a psychic".

Most consistently Idiotic (default:ray@toejam.com)

Most carbon copy of GN (all of them who claim they never read "his comments" but go right to the link (Yeah SURE THEY DO)).

Most Carbon copy of EY (default: "Mr." E.LANE Corps who reached new lows of assholiness attacking Mitch Ratcliffe this week on westergaard.Inference.mess)

Most "sincere worshipper of EY" default: the Cascadian Devils

Biggest Name Dropper: default: Cory Hadtoomuchi

Worst Y2k Prep Shopper: anyone who buys a $1,200 grain mill when a 25lb.sack of flour sits in the local superMarket for $3.95 or less. (Or pays $9.00 POUND!!! for red winter wheat.)

The "He/she out glooms Milne/Andy" Award. twin defaults: Infomagic and "Tom" of Tom's Take.

The most stupid (enter as many times as you like on this one so we can be fair to the bulk of them).

Nastiest (BIG FIELD here: Screen namer:Old Git/CT/outingR leads the pack from the others.)

Hamlet (could there be another winner beside "Flint")

Cut&Paste King/Queen (Y2k Davey, sudden run for the title started right after college season ended.)

Most Twisted Sister (or Brother) defaults: Andy, a@a, Milne, Ray ("but Cherri didn't answer Cory and she promised")@toejam.com

Fastest Cut&Paster (Y2k Davey in the lead now; Creature a@a and "ray" have slowed down in the last 2 months.)

Most obscure: default: Stan the Man F. and his "help for newbies effort".

cpr

Since there are only three polly contributors on deBunkery, instead of giving "Polly awards", I'll just say CPR comes in first, Doc Paulie second, and Paul Davis third. Peg gets an honorable mention. :)

-- a (a@a.a), June 22, 1999

Answers

you have to admit it isn't often you see people list their paranoias chapter and verse like that...

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), June 22, 1999.

Arlin,

Not only 10X, but absolute, dead-center 10X!

-- Hardliner (searcher@internet.com), June 22, 1999.

Who is Tom and can anyone provide a link to Tom's Take?

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), June 22, 1999.

Let's not be outdone by the Jones'! How about a "favorite polly/troll" contest here! My vote is for Mr. Poole, well, except for DIetEr. <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), June 22, 1999.

JBD

-- drove (forum@crazy.story), June 22, 1999.

Sysman, ain't that too much like "Name Your Favorite Lingering Disease"?

-- OutingsR (us@here.yar), June 22, 1999.

Hey!

Where were all you guys when I was trying to make a living? I could have had a three couch shop.

-- sigmund (skinner's@place.com), June 22, 1999.

You know if those guys keep talking with themselves, one of them will go blind.

-- y2k dave (xsdaa111@hotmail.com), June 22, 1999.

Arlin,

You are absolutely right. And when he gets into the details, such as with Andy, you sense how *many* things have him really uptight. Andy must be hitting a lot of hot buttons for this guy. I can't help but wonder what those closely around him think of him. Look at the time and energy he spends chasing after the messengers. Perhaps he should check in with our psychology guy *psych-pro* on an upper thread, unless of course he has a fear of flying.

-- Gordon (gpconnolly@aol.com), June 22, 1999.

And for those of you who didn't receive an award this time, keep posting! The 30 June (whoop..missed it again)- 30 Sep (uh-oh) awards and 30 Sep (uh-oh) - 31 Dec (oh shit) awards are still to come!

-- a (a@a.a), June 22, 1999.

Thanks "a", sure looks like these folks have come to the "End of Their Rope" so to speak. The evidence is beginning to accelerate with regard to the severity of y2k. Many of the DETRACTORS will disappear in the weeks ahead, never to be heard from again.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), June 22, 1999.

I get DQ'd for what reason????

Is this fair?

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), June 22, 1999.

CPR's "contest" is worse than bizarre, it is downright sick. These are the kind of people that you don't want to give your real name and numbers to, thats for sure. I ask the same question that I posed on another recent thread: Who are these nuts, that can only spew out garbage about Gary North, "memes", etc., and cannot -- no, will not -- directly address the real problems of Y2K.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.com), June 22, 1999.

This is the funniest thing I've read in months. Where's this site?

-- another polly (just@curious.now), June 22, 1999.

I'm not a polly, but this post is hilarious!!! I agree with Arlin. What about Anita "I-work-with-some-sort-of-electricity, but-won't provide-any-real-info"???? What catagory would that be?

The news is getting worse everyday (at least in this neck of the woods) perhaps we should all ease-off a bit and take it for what it's worth... "that and $3.25 will get me a mocha cappachino at starbucks"

Everyone..."Say Cheese..."

-- M.Moth (Derigueur2@aol.com), June 22, 1999.

ANOTHER polly??? You mean you didn't get infected with the mind virus we doomers are spreading to everyone? Wow, we must be slipping. C'mon, guys, you're not trying. Infect this person!!!

You want the URL for the doomer awards thread? Wait a while, one of the busy little trolls will come out from under his or her bridge and hot link it for you.

-- OutingsR (us@here.yar), June 22, 1999.

Hey- I want a doomer farmer award!!

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), June 22, 1999.

You mean THIS Anita? (Copied from CSY2K)

---- Original Message ----- From: Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Can you admit to being wrong?

> In article <376C074F.BDB6DEE5@marketpartners.com>, > "Joseph E. McIsaac" wrote: > Joseph: > > It continues to amaze me how you continue to respond to many on this > newsgroup in a sane and logical manner. > > I guess I'm amazed that I even continue to lurk on the internet > regarding Y2k. It IS a source of entertainment, I suppose, and an > inexpensive one at that. > > You're absolutely correct in your assessment, IMHO. Only 5% of the > populace gets their information regarding Y2k from the internet. The > vast majority have NO idea who Paul Milne, Gary North, Chuck Missler, > etc. are, let alone what they've said regarding Y2k. Bank runs are a > pipe-dream propogated by folks who spend too much time listening to > these folks. Of course programmers "heading for the hills" is another, > not to mention programmers storing more food than others. I AM a > programmer...a big-iron programmer/contractor, and have been out of > work for several months, so have time to "play" on the internet. I > have from 50-150 contractors with whom I keep in contact fairly > regularly, and not ONE is worried about the money they have in the > bank. We're all more worried about when the market will open up again > and drop the freezes we've seen occurring. > > Good luck, Joseph. You're certainly more willing than I to put up with > the foolish claims of many. > > Anita > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

-- AnitaNOT (NotAnita@csy2k.com), June 22, 1999.

When I say I work with electricity, what I really mean is, we all work with it. My blow dryer works uses it, so you could say I "work" with it.

Anita

-- Anita (spoonera@msn.com), June 22, 1999.

Hey,congratulations to all who made the list! You must be doing something right ! Let's party like it's 1999!

Really? they only have 3 or 4 over there? Must be very jealous of this board then.

-- sue (deco100@aol.com), June 22, 1999.

What about me?? I want the "my cats are more compliant than your cats" award, guys!

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), June 22, 1999.

Sue, the last time I accused someone of being jealous, it turned out I was the one jealous. Let me see if I can create a category for an award for you.

-- Doomer (ego@highly.flatulence), June 22, 1999.

Tom's Take

-- Gayla Dunbar (privacy@please.com), June 22, 1999.

Anita,

Out of work. Hmmm, so then you acutally *do* have time to give thoughtful responses to R.C....??

Tell me Cory Hadtoomuchi isn't too funny...!

ROTFLMAO...thanks a@a.a

-- M.Moth (Derigueur2@aol.com), June 22, 1999.

And I was hoping for the Curmudgeon award and I didn't even get an honorable mention.

It was rigged I tell ya'

-- Greybear (greybear@home.com), June 22, 1999.

Hey Greybear,

Nobody appreciates me either! :-)

P.S. They skipped Wildweasel too.

-- GA Russell (ga.russell@usa.net), June 22, 1999.

And I've gone from "sap" poster child to nobody!

Boo hoo hoo.

-- Unc D (unkeed@yahoo.com), June 22, 1999.

Psy-kick... at Hotlinks R Us...

http:// www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb237006&MyNum= 930015229&P=Yes&TL=929990063

(Wear steel-toed hiking boots. Hose them off afterwards. Don't post or you you'll get "caught" in cpr's FBI files).

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), June 22, 1999.

Golly Gee! I'm flattered, I think. Thank you for the nomination, CPR! It is a wonderful going away present... as I begin to disappear into an even greater obscurity.

Sincerely Stan Faryna

-- Stan Faryna (info@giglobal.com), June 22, 1999.

The Spooner said:

"When I say I work with electricity, what I really mean is, we all work with it. My blow dryer works uses it, so you could say I "work" with it. "

Gee Anita...does this mean that since my TV uses electrons, I have experience with particle physics? And since I was tenderizing a steak the other day with a meat cleaver, can I say that I'm an authority on the muscular system? Cool.

-- a (a@a.a), June 22, 1999.

'a':

Certainly you can say you have experience with particle physics. But there's a big difference between having experience and being an authority. And of course nothing stops you from *claiming* to be an authority.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), June 22, 1999.

And nothing stops you FLINTon from claiming that you are a professional troll.

Just answer my questions you coward.

Yours truly

-- George (jvilches@sminter.com.ar), June 22, 1999.

George:

If you have any serious questions, please email me (my address is always real) and I'll be glad to discuss them with you.

Otherwise, I can only assume you're just posturing and posing as a nitwit to blend in with the crowd. (Unless some damn fool is masquerading as you, in which case I sympathize).

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), June 22, 1999.

Thank you Gayla.

Rick

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), June 22, 1999.

I nominate CPR for the Thwarted Hall Monitor award.

-- voting (watching@icu.2com), June 22, 1999.

Flint,

If you want to be taken seriously, act accordingly. Your intellectual varnish is thin and lack-luster in light of what's at stake with Y2K.

The questions that you have been avoiding are plenty and frequent Flint. I have asked you repeatedly about your position on specific issues reported in official documents from unquestionable US institutions and other international sources.

You have been carefully and conspicuously absent from many key threads, you know that Flint. It's because you pick your battles. I never said you were dumb.

Flint, you have avoided many past threads on purpose, but let's just stick to the following current threads:

-"Gallup poll on bank runs"

-"US Agencies missed Fed deadlines for y2k contingency plans"

-"Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers (IEEE) letter to the US Senate on liability"

-"Banking Industry furthest behind"

Thank you Flint

Your pal

-- George (jvilches@sminter.com.ar), June 23, 1999.

Damn it I want an investigation here! This just ain't FAIR! What's Ken Starr doing about this? And I want a new category, "Fasted flip from DG to GI". What about an award for "Highest stack of tuna"? You'll pay a, you'll pay......

(stomp,stomp,stomp...SLAM!)

-- Mike (midwestmike_@hotmail.com), June 23, 1999.