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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Bandersnatch #32259 06/19/01 04:28 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Bandersnatch! ...for who's more frumious than an ascending Pooh-Bah? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bandersnatch #32260 06/19/01 10:42 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Word Prefect as a pun on "Word Perfect" and "Ford Prefect" and implying the Prefect monitoring role as at school? I like many of the suggestions already made. Can we change ALL the levels or just the ones higher than Pooh Bah? Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Titles beyond Pooh Bah #32261 06/19/01 06:57 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow OP Carpal Tunnel OP wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Rodward gave me pause by asking Can we change ALL the levels or just the ones higher than Pooh Bah? I went back and read the note I rec'd from AWAD HQ and sure enough I had copied and pasted OK ... so, since the note said "We're open to the names for future titles" it would seem that FUTURE is the cause for the question. I presumed the future meant those not already awarded ... but, what the heck, suggest away! The question was raised about why we needed titles at all ... I can empathize with the feeling ... on the other hand -- for myself -- I find that I am more patient with Strangers and Newbies just as I am more patient with children than with adults. It's a character flaw! Ahhh, well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Titles beyond Pooh Bah #32262 06/19/01 07:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I'm with ASp on this issue. I think the titles have been a horrible (an 'orrible) [but not terrible?] distraction. on the other hand, I have no aspirations to become a turtle (why turtle?) and I will retire/expire before submitting to "master aster" (I don't even want to know!) well, obviously we're never going to reach concensus on this, so some benevolent god/goddess will have to decide what to submit to the G&P one. were it up to me, I would choose thusly: 2500 - whangdoodle 5000 - nonesuch 10000 - Icarus oh, wait... upon second thinking, aster might be meant to be that suffix denoting partial resemblance : one that is inferior or not genuine; as in, poetaster or criticaster. in which case, masteraster... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bandersnatch #32263 06/20/01 09:37 AM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany S squid journeyman squid journeyman S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany How 'bout Snark? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Titles beyond Pooh Bah #32264 06/20/01 07:23 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... we are open to names for future titles Well, since it seems that Anu means to look at all suggestions and surprise us with his picks, here's some I scribbled down without posting (until now)...good, bad, winceable, or otherwise. Lest they should go to waste. Bogart (for you could say the post-Pooh-Bahs are bogarting the board!) Speilunker Boardosaurus Wordosaur (--saurus) Word Dervish Pooh-Pooh Bah (sorry...but why waste it?) 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