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Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 03:34 AM

Here It Be! - Part One
 
So, for this time, for a novelty, we began with a picture of epic proportions…

http://i7.tinypic.com/7wsu9u0.jpg

Nimrodel was terrified. So full of fear that all we got was this:

Though Phantom and Alien tried to stop him, Gandalf stole a piggy from the orphanage to impress his manager, Sauron, at KFC by making the poor swine the new secret ingredient.

Aganzir’s dreadful prophesies were coming true! Indeed, after a picture drawing session it became all to clear… and horrible…

http://i3.tinypic.com/6okxm9y.jpg

Legate was fed up of the usual things. As we shall see…

“Detective Phantom and his sidekick Alien investigate a new case. Why does Gandalf capture little pigs from local pig orphanage? Does it have anything to do with Sauron's newly opened fast food restaurant?”

Lommy’s days were numbered. Numbered 1 to 10. She later took her calendar back to the shop and then on the back of her receipt, she drew this masterpiece.

http://i19.tinypic.com/7w9og2p.jpg

Volo was confused. So were we all. And this was the result of all that confusion…

Respected Professor G. Mithrandir is peacefully walking from the Pig Orphanage to McSauron's hamburger bar. G. Mithrandir has a sack over his shoulder which goes "oink", but it's purely a coincidence - or so private detectives P. Hantom and A. Lien think

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 03:35 AM

Part Two
 
The Elf warrior fought long and hard along the long and hard road. We’re not sure why…

http://i11.tinypic.com/6p03src.jpg

No one would have believed that The Might had any sense of direction. But that is unimportant.

Jabba the Hut, a Sarlacc (the worm on Tatooine) and an imperial AT_ST walker (the walkers on Endor) have stolen pigs and are taking them to McSauron's to be transformed into burger meat.

A Little Green did a little picture… Sorry, that was just awful… I’ll think of something better to say next time.

http://i7.tinypic.com/6y4x312.jpg

Oddwen Fell apart. Then got back together. Then fell apart again. Then wrote this. Then got back together again.

Vile creatures from Star Wars descend upon McSauron's domain with stolen pigs and intent to maintain McSauron's reputation for mystery meat

It is very likely that Nogrod will be arrested for this:

http://i11.tinypic.com/7206o00.jpg

Finduilas never imagined such a scene. So it was understandably difficult to describe…

Sauron insists that his Restaurant is cool, as it features entertainment by Jabba the Hut, Darth Vadar, and other Star wars hero's who's morals agree with Saurons, and as it serves wonderful food such as Mystery Pig Macs, for such affordable prices as $3.95

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 03:36 AM

Part Three
 
Legate was full of beans and soup. We soon had his stomach pumped though…

http://i5.tinypic.com/6p852fb.jpg

Aganzir took the law into his own hands… then dropped it…

Sauron watches the cool Star Wars band play while waiting for his supper in a psychedelic coffeeroom: microwave heated chicken à la Palpatine and stewed Macalaure & pork by Darth Vader. Unfortunately, his dinner companion Saruman is still outside, flirting with an elder gentleman.

Volo some how interpreted that madness as this:

http://i19.tinypic.com/85kcaqd.jpg

What madness had taken over lommy? We’re not sure. We think it was Dragon related.

"Gandalf the Chat-Wizard didn't enjoy Sauron's disco, especially as the band was formed by several Star Wars heroes and the host himself was laying on a bed made of boxing gloves and talking about Macalaure-bread baked by Darth Vader."

The Might was feeling the heat! No one knows why…

http://i15.tinypic.com/6kkalog.jpg

With the pressure building on The Elf Warrior, there was only one thing left to do…

At the Star Lords concert, Rikae was frightened by Darth Vader's magic, Sauron admired Darth Vader's Macalaure bread, while Gandalf was disappointed there were no elf chicks.

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 03:36 AM

The Final Part
 
Oddwen was feeling romantic… But we soon put a stop to that…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...ephone1207.jpg

A Little Green finally got the chance for me to think of a better joke! So… A Little Green felt a little better and wrote a little sentence- Oh blast I did it again!

The Witch-King approves Darth Vader's tossing of a fainted German worm whilst a band of four stars called "Star Lords" is playing on a stage. Above them, on balconies, are a frustrated Gandalf thinking about a woman, a woman terrified by Vader and the Witch-King, and two hobbits with lots of buttered popcorns.

The problem for Finduilas was not so much fear, as lack of knowledge about what on earth was supposed to be going on… Seriously…

http://i19.tinypic.com/8eqzq12.jpg

Nogrod was attacked by vicious dogs and apples. Yes.

Murder in a Star Lords gig! Lead singer Darth Vader throws a venomous snake into the audience aiming at lady Arwen who is terrified. Pip and Sam do not notice the obvious as they enjoy The Witch-king's smooth and elastic hip-movement on stage. The irrevocability of Arwen's death throws Gandalf to concentrate on the melancholic idea what kind of Granny Arwen would have been if she would have lived longer.

Nimrodel_9 finished off this fine Telephone call with some confusing artwork…

http://i27.tinypic.com/dr3se0.jpg

If that wasn’t the most ridiculous thing ever, then what is? Probably what will be in the next Paper Telephone. Take it away, Lommy!

Legate of Amon Lanc 01-25-2008 04:27 AM

Ha! I only think the several redundances were kinda unfortunate. It could have kept less consistent. But anyway, it was fun :D Good move with bringing in the SW element, Miggy...
I especially like LG's picture as whole. Oddwen's Rikae is hilarious and I like the whole episode with the snake. "Fainted German worm!" :D

And Volo's pic is really psychedelic :eek:

And look at Nogrod's Vader's expression...

Anyway, you can already sign me up for the next, unless there are other people who haven't played lately and want it badly... are you going to do a single or a double one, Lommy?

A Little Green 01-25-2008 04:29 AM

*almost falls off the chair* :D:D:D
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill
If that wasn’t the most ridiculous thing ever, then what is?

I honestly don't know. *still chucking*

Legate of Amon Lanc 01-25-2008 04:39 AM

One more thing. Could it be possible to have larger version of the Elf Warrior's picture? Or at least know what P.Hantom is saying, for it's impossible to read...

And I just can't stop laughing at seeing Lommy's portrayal of Detective Phantom and Nimmy's Vader (that helmet!).

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc (Post 544727)
One more thing. Could it be possible to have larger version of the Elf Warrior's picture? Or at least know what P.Hantom is saying, for it's impossible to read...

The picture is a little large, which is why I re-sized it and the Downs won't let me upload it. But P.Hantom is saying "I think the sack is just a coincidence. What about you?" A.Lien is saying "What could possibly be suspicious?" G. Mithrandir is saying, "Mc Sauron's Hamburger bar is dead ahead"

I personally enjoyed Aganzir’s picture (a really good Phantom and Alien there :D ) and Finduilas' witch-King giving Darth Vader a thumbs up.

Aganzir 01-25-2008 05:28 AM

*hopelessly chuckling* (Really laughed only at Noggie's picture, though.)

Well, this was... interesting.

Hookbill, did you have any certain idea what you were drawing, or was it just intended to be as weird as possible?

(By the way, I'm rather hoping to see Lommy's Phantom & Alien in the newspaper some day. ;))

Legate, what's that Saruman(?) really doing there? I assume he wasn't meant to be flirting? :D

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir (Post 544731)
Hookbill, did you have any certain idea what you were drawing, or was it just intended to be as weird as possible?

(By the way, I'm rather hoping to see Lommy's Phantom & Alien in the newspaper some day. ;))

All I had in mind was 'Gandalf steals a garden variety pig from an orphanage which is spelt wrong'. The other stuff just came in to fill up the blank spaces. :D

I'm all in favour of some Phantom and Alien fan art. ;)

Legate of Amon Lanc 01-25-2008 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba (Post 544730)
I personally enjoyed Aganzir’s picture (a really good Phantom and Alien there) and Finduilas' witch-King giving Darth Vader a thumbs up.

Oh indeed, I haven't noticed that! :D
And concerning Aganzir's picture, I of course saw it already when I was making the description of it, but it's indeed a masterpiece (as always).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir (Post 544731)
Legate, what's that Saruman(?) really doing there? I assume he wasn't meant to be flirting?

Silly girl, that's an academic debate :p

:D

Rikae 01-25-2008 07:20 AM

I literally laughed so hard at this, it brought tears to my eyes - it was Macalaure's surprise appearance that really did it, from Legate's MAC and pork saying "hilfe!" (nice font there) to the "fainted German worm"... oh, that was priceless! :D
Volo's psychedelic coffeeroom is great, too.
It's also quite flattering to be turned into Arwen... I guess... it beats a venomous snake, anyway!

The Might 01-25-2008 07:45 AM

Well, when I saw that walker-like Gandalf it was simply obvious that I had to bring up SW.
Plus phantom also has something of Jabba and Alien does resemble a Sarlacc...at least a bit.
Though you really must thank The elf warrior for allowing me to do so. :D

Great job everyone, especially liked Legate's cliché-like font for Mac's "Hilfe!" call. Actually they did use to print newspapers in that font some time ago here.

Thinlómien 01-25-2008 07:56 AM

:D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae (Post 544739)
I literally laughed so hard at this, it brought tears to my eyes - it was Macalaure's surprise appearance that really did it, from Legate's MAC and pork saying "hilfe!" (nice font there) to the "fainted German worm"... oh, that was priceless!

Indeed. I laughed so much at the whole Mac affair, it was probably the funniest detail in this round.

What else? Hookbill's rather psychotic Gandalf creeped me out, Aganzir's phantom who looks like he was dancing amused me, Nogrod's picture was cracked me up, Legate's vision of the food served in Sauron's restaurant proved not only funny but disastrous too and the few last sentences and pictures (starting from Volo) just made me laugh hysterically.

I don't think there was a single non-hilarious picture and all the descrptions were rather funny too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae
It's also quite flattering to be turned into Arwen... I guess... it beats a venomous snake, anyway!

Remember, it was granny Arwen. :p

~*~

Concerning the next round, I say we do doubles: it does take more time but it's far funnier than a single round. If someone objects to this, they may shout out loud now and I can still change it, if you manage to change my opinion. ;)

You can sign up for the next round now, I'll write the list down when there's more than one person on it...

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 08:00 AM

Pencil me in, Lommy. Doubles always sounds like a good idea. :D

Aganzir 01-25-2008 08:16 AM

Count me in, Lommy. I'm all for doubles.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc (Post 544735)
And concerning Aganzir's picture, I of course saw it already when I was making the description of it, but it's indeed a masterpiece (as always).

Thankses. You know, I was supposed to be studying Swedish when I got the call - that's why also the colours. ;)

Quote:

Silly girl, that's an academic debate :p
And with whom is Master Saruman debating then? I had to search some old P&A comics as I wasn't sure whether you had drawn Saruman flirting with Rune-Marx.

Legate of Amon Lanc 01-25-2008 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir (Post 544749)
And with whom is Master Saruman debating then? I had to search some old P&A comics as I wasn't sure whether you had drawn Saruman flirting with Rune-Marx.

Well, it is one thing that I originally wanted to be more important but later I decided to keep it there but just as sideway scene - the man was supposed to be Count Dooku and Saruman has appeared there in the first place only to accompany him. I realised that it is not easy to draw Dooku in the way that it'd be clear that it is him, so I decided to leave him there only in the background.

Beregond 01-25-2008 01:26 PM

Hehe, this one was great! I loved how Volo and The Might used the same picture successively! :D

Please sign me up for the next one!

Thinlómien 01-25-2008 01:42 PM

Ok, now there's enough names to post a list. ;)

Thinlómien (write)
Legate of Amon Lanc (draw)
Hookbill the Goomba (write)
Aganzir (draw)
Beregond (write)
Nogrod (draw)
A Little Green (write)
The Might (draw)
Volo (write)
Rikae (draw)
Oddwen (write)
Macalaure (draw)

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Legate of Amon Lanc (write)
Hookbill the Goomba (draw)
Aganzir (write)
Beregond (draw)
Nogrod (write)
A Little Green (draw)
The Might (write)
Volo (draw)
Rikae (write)
Oddwen (draw)
Macalaure (write)



Keep signing up, people. :) I would like to have at least five more people, but with this signing up pace it does not seem to be a problem.

The Might 01-25-2008 01:46 PM

I'm in.

Thinlómien 01-25-2008 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might (Post 544780)
I'm in.

Awesome. I'll add you to the list. :)

edit: ooh, "The Might" and "write" rhyme... yay! :D

Hookbill the Goomba 01-25-2008 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 544797)
edit: ooh, "The Might" and "write" rhyme... yay! :D

I know! It's SO CONFUSING! :mad: :p

Volo 01-25-2008 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy the Hook
If that wasn’t the most ridiculous thing ever, then what is?

It was. I was at my friend's when I saw it and started giggling. He was quite confused by it and commanded me to stop having fun if he's not having fun.
Really, one can't grasp it all during the first read.

Those Phantoms and Aliens are soo cute! :D

Lommy, I'm in.

Thinlómien 01-25-2008 03:50 PM

Hmph, the more I'm around the less I like the spreading the reputation rule... I'll rep you eventually, Hook and Legate. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo (Post 544819)
Those Phantoms and Aliens are soo cute! :D

They are.... :D Awww...

I'll add you to the list.

Macalaure 01-25-2008 03:57 PM

:eek:

You are evil. Very, very evil. The whole lot of you. :p

Legate of Amon Lanc 01-25-2008 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien
Hmph, the more I'm around the less I like the spreading the reputation rule... I'll rep you eventually, Hook and Legate.

No worry, Lommy; and after all, we only did what was our task - right, Mr. Hook? Hey, put down that gold! I saw ya- wait!!!

And you know my opinion on the spreading rule... ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macalaure (Post 544825)
You are evil. Very, very evil. The whole lot of you. :p

We like you too. That's why we gave you this honour. :D

Oh, and btw
Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 544742)
Aganzir's phantom who looks like he was dancing

I don't have the impression that he'd be dancing - though yes, I can see it, but on first sight I was rather inclined to believe that he's currently hypnotized and going to murder someone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lommy
Legate's vision of the food served in Sauron's restaurant proved not only funny but disastrous too

What do you mean by "disasterous" here?

Volo 01-25-2008 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc (Post 544829)
What do you mean by "disasterous" here?

People who don't approve of cannibalism got stomach pains, luckily, I'm not one of them. :cool:

Nogrod 01-25-2008 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macalaure (Post 544825)
You are evil. Very, very evil. The whole lot of you. :p

Sorry about the "Pig-Mac"-thing! I think you did not deserve the way the others handled you afterwards... :)

But what fun it was!

And I do love the way how differently people make the pictures - both technically and contentwise... and there are some hilarious wordings of the situations as well...

I must say I especially enjoyed Finduilas' stars on the stage. They were just ashtonishingly live! And Hookbill's Gandalf is just one belonging to the mad-house! Legate's "Hilfe" with the Mac & pork has been mentioned here a host of times but that should not prevent one from mentioning it once again...

This was lovely!

Rikae 01-25-2008 04:28 PM

I think I've missed enough paper telephone games - sign me up!

Nimrodel_9 01-25-2008 04:36 PM

I loved the Pig Mac. That's great. :D

Oddwen 01-25-2008 10:03 PM

You are all awesome...I love how Legate drew Darth Maul with a double-necked guitar...

Count me in for the next, if you please.

Aganzir 01-26-2008 06:49 AM

I just noticed something I felt like posting although I'm afraid it's a thing that concerns only a few,

Greenie, your Jabba Hutt looks surprisingly much like the fat assassin you roleplayed a while ago. ;):D

Thinlómien 01-26-2008 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir (Post 544907)
I just noticed something I felt like posting although I'm afraid it's a thing that concerns only a few,

Greenie, your Jabba Hutt looks surprisingly much like the fat assassin you roleplayed a while ago. ;):D

*Lommy and Greenie have a fit of laughter*

Great, Rikae and Oddie, I'll add you.

Rikae 01-26-2008 10:16 AM

I've convinced Macalaure to sign up! Just saying this to save his place, in case he takes forever to post about it...

This should be interesting - I've never seen him draw anything other than a map before.

Thinlómien 01-26-2008 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae (Post 544917)
I've convinced Macalaure to sign up! Just saying this to save his place, in case he takes forever to post about it...

This should be interesting - I've never seen him draw anything other than a map before.

I'll add him right away. :D (If he decides to retreat I can always remove his name. ;))

Now we have in theory enough people to start. I'd still wait a day or so and see if a few more want to join - this has filled so quickly some might not have noticed it.

The Elf-warrior 01-26-2008 05:55 PM

May I?

Thinlómien 01-26-2008 06:29 PM

The List
 
Thinlómien (write)
Legate of Amon Lanc (draw)
Hookbill the Goomba (write)
Aganzir (draw)
Beregond (write)
Nogrod (draw)
A Little Green (write)
The Might (draw)
Volo (write)
Rikae (draw)
Oddwen (write)
Macalaure (draw)
The Elf-warrior (write)
? (draw)

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Legate of Amon Lanc (write)
Hookbill the Goomba (draw)
Aganzir (write)
Beregond (draw)
Nogrod (write)
A Little Green (draw)
The Might (write)
Volo (draw)
Rikae (write)
Oddwen (draw)
Macalaure (write)
The Elf-warrior (draw)
? (write)


I'll send the starting sentence on Monday.
There's still room for players. We need one more player in order to make it even, but there's no problem with having three, five, seven or nine or eleven - ok, tell me if I'm getting megalomaniac ;) - more players to join. To be realistic, though, I'd prefer to have one or three players added to the current number - with something like 20 players this would never end. (I'm not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing, though. :Merisu: )

Volo 01-26-2008 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 544996)
(I'm not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing, though. :Merisu: )

Not for you, at least.

Could you shuffle the lists like Hookbill in the preveous game, please?

Thinlómien 01-28-2008 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo (Post 544999)
Could you shuffle the lists like Hookbill in the preveous game, please?

I'm not sure if it's smart, unless it's necessary like in Hookbill's latest. It will make the time between different people's two turns very uneven and thus some pople will be more and some less aware what's happened recently when their next turn comes. Do I make sense?

Volo 01-28-2008 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 545127)
I'm not sure if it's smart, unless it's necessary like in Hookbill's latest. It will make the time between different people's two turns very uneven and thus some pople will be more and some less aware what's happened recently when their next turn comes. Do I make sense?

You do to me, but I for one don't see that as an obsticle. What do you others think?


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