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Formendacil · 08-27-2007, 09:56 PM

LEGO bricks behind the fridge? Those would be mine.

I'm not sure I'm sold on the coloured-backgrounded "Phantom and Alien". Is that going to be a new thing, or is it just a passing fancy Maybe it's just the bumpy edge of the "word bubble" that I don't like.

Not that I should nitpick, since I'm not the one providing this delicious free service to the 'Downs weekly.

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-28-2007, 01:17 AM

The coloured backgrounds are mainly to keep up the joke that the phantom has a room in his house which is totally white. In which, for reasons best left unexplained, he has a lot of his conversations with Alien. If there is ever a conversation between Alien and someone else, or the phantom and someone else on a white background, it probably means I forgot.

Also, I happen to like doing the backgrounds sometimes and it does sometimes add to the story, as in last year's Christmas special where the phantom went to Belfalas and there was a desert scene.

The Might · 08-29-2007, 10:09 AM

I'll be in Norway and Finland the following weeks.

Morai · 08-29-2007, 10:49 AM

Just an observation, and I do mean this as a compliment, but wasn't The Might insane before all those horrid toothaches?

Diamond18 · 08-30-2007, 06:26 PM

Who wrote the blurbs this week? For they seem to be especially morbid....

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-31-2007, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Diamond18

Who wrote the blurbs this week? For they seem to be especially morbid....

I wrote them... they're not that morbid are they?

Hookbill the Goomba · 09-03-2007, 02:02 AM

This week, some shocking news...

Alien gets a new career.

Diamond18 · 09-04-2007, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I wrote them... they're not that morbid are they?

No, no, not at all.... in particular the happy happy corkscrew, which so completely not-morbid it could almost be called norbid.

Absolutely hilarious Davem article, by the way.

08-27-2007, 09:56 PM	#1
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	LEGO bricks behind the fridge? Those would be mine. I'm not sure I'm sold on the coloured-backgrounded "Phantom and Alien". Is that going to be a new thing, or is it just a passing fancy Maybe it's just the bumpy edge of the "word bubble" that I don't like. Not that I should nitpick, since I'm not the one providing this delicious free service to the 'Downs weekly. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

08-28-2007, 01:17 AM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	The coloured backgrounds are mainly to keep up the joke that the phantom has a room in his house which is totally white. In which, for reasons best left unexplained, he has a lot of his conversations with Alien. If there is ever a conversation between Alien and someone else, or the phantom and someone else on a white background, it probably means I forgot. Also, I happen to like doing the backgrounds sometimes and it does sometimes add to the story, as in last year's Christmas special where the phantom went to Belfalas and there was a desert scene. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

08-29-2007, 10:09 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I'll be in Norway and Finland the following weeks. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-29-2007, 10:49 AM	#4
Morai Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where young people go to retire Posts: 709	Just an observation, and I do mean this as a compliment, but wasn't The Might insane before all those horrid toothaches? __________________ "So why the safe distance, this curious look? Why tear out single pages when you can throw away the book? Why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar? MeWithoutYou http://fortyfifthparadox.com

08-30-2007, 06:26 PM	#5
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Who wrote the blurbs this week? For they seem to be especially morbid.... __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

09-03-2007, 02:02 AM	#7
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	This week, some shocking news... Alien gets a new career. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...