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Posted July 9th, 2008 by shootingstars

The internet seems to be such a big place to escape. We blog, we research, we find games. You can even find love. I wonder what I would be if not for the net. Probably some puddle watching the same movie again and again. I think I escape from all the stress way too easily with the internet. Neopets, Myspace, DeviantArt. They all provide a world to escape to and pretend that all is well.

Well YEARS ago, I mean way

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On July 9th, 2008 Cindy says:

Well YEARS ago, I mean way back in the stone ages lol we had I think it was PONG. It

hooked up to the tv and you controlled this line that hit a ball back and forth. Gees I

remember when there were only three channels on tv lol and those channels were

black & white. Okay Im feeling old.

Did you happen to see the

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On July 9th, 2008 autismretortdotcom says:

Did you happen to see the South Park episode a few weeks ago where the Internet went down and people could no longer do anything and it was total chaos and societal breakdown.  Funny.

 

Fielding J. Hurst

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Has anyone ever wondered how

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On July 9th, 2008 Perseverence says:

Has anyone ever wondered how many of us are "on the Net?"

Billions.... and most of

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On July 9th, 2008 Cindy says:

Billions.... and most of those are men lookin at porn lol

"on the Net"?

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On July 9th, 2008 shootingstars says:

"on the Net"?

Actually "on the net" is

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On July 10th, 2008 Cindy says:

Actually "on the net" is proper if I remember correctly lol. As in on the internet but that

was from YEARS ago. Gees Im feelin old lol.

Ever have one of those days

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On July 10th, 2008 Perseverence says:

Ever have one of those days when nothing goes right?

This all was supposed to be a play on an old BBC game show which was named "Shooting Stars."  It was basically a British farce-type comedy dressed up to look like a panel quiz show.  The points were meaningless (sound familiar) and the questions so unpredictable they were impossible to get right (i.e. whatever you answered I was going to come up with something else).  On the show, the stars were the guests/guinea pigs and "shooting" - well, at one point the hosts would pull out rifles - get the picture?

I'm sorry, it was a BAD joke.  I especially apologize to shootingstars.  My only excuse is that I got a little "punch drunk" yesterday.  Now,  I' think I'll just go an hide for awhile. 

BTW Stewie - Lois asked me to pass along a message:  "Your wish is my command."

Perz

I think it's amusing, and

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On July 10th, 2008 WyattsMom says:

I think it's amusing, and certainly good to know that there was a silly ironic show in the past that had the same handle (name) as Shootingstars.  I would certainly want to know!  One example is, when exchange students go over to the U.K. and say, "I'm stuffed!" after a big meal, everyone snickers and laughs because that's slang over there for being pregnant.  Letting us know about the name connection was a fun thing, a cultural sharing, I thought.

Gotcha - There is really no

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On July 9th, 2008 Perseverence says:

Gotcha - There is really no one "on the Net."  Sorry, bad joke.  Guess you've never seen the game shows on the BBC.