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Hookbill the Goomba · 12-03-2007, 03:02 AM

This week The Downer received new information about Volo via an anonymous e-mail sent to our editors' office...

Alien comes back from holiday...

Thinlómien · 12-03-2007, 06:56 AM

Hahaha, I really laughed at the Volo article.

It was quite scary, though...

The Might · 12-03-2007, 08:39 AM

Nice title with the astronomers discvering that girl was the centre of the universe, makes me think of those stupid spoiled girls from My Super Sweet 16 series on MTV. I hate it how some people get much more then they deserve.

Volo · 12-03-2007, 08:47 AM

:O:O I never posted that on the Downs... Somebody's been spyi- Ouch, ouch! I'll be qu- Ouch! Hey stop it! Ouch! Hey! Ouch! Give... Ouch! Me... Ouch! A pie... Ouch! Ce - haha, missed - of paper!

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Originally Posted by The note

I never rapped, it's all a fraud (and neither was the one who blew up Davem's car (in case you noticed))! And anyway, that's not me in the picture. I demand that you set me free! I don't want to be such a quiet ordo, simply innocent will do.

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-03-2007, 08:59 AM

The picture was posted anonymously to me by Oddwen.

I like the fact that everyone is too shocked to really say anything about Alien's recent behaviour.

Oddwen · 12-03-2007, 11:26 AM

I love how Volo's beating himself up over it... ;P

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Originally Posted by Diamond18 on another thread

You are evil.

My siblings have been saying that for years.

Here's the full-size pic:

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

Volo · 12-03-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Oddwen

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

Nice graffiti there!

THE Ka · 12-04-2007, 08:01 PM

That's an even better photo than the original...

Hey, rap isn't all bad. Once you stick your ear outside US rap, you can find some nice beats with elements of reggae, ska, etc.

... I imagine Tom Bombadil was thrown in for some offense of trip-rock and folk.

~ MusiKa

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 12-07-2007, 11:42 PM

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!! Now Alien has Slave Children?!?!?!....................................
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Hookbill the Goomba · 12-10-2007, 03:49 AM

This week, The Might gets the Downer treatment...

Alien is thinking of starting a restaurant...

The Might · 12-10-2007, 10:05 AM

I liked the diet pill just a laxative title...

Guess that's a way of losing weight too.

What I can't really understand is why the story has to end with a fire-related disaster?!
I are corrupt politician, but I are no arsenist.

Lhunardawen · 12-11-2007, 07:11 AM

I don't understand why, but this week's P&A is especially dear to me.

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-11-2007, 11:01 AM

Well, you may have noticed that last week's P&A has had to be uploaded on the Downs rather than TinyPic. That's because it was the first ever Phantom and Alien to be removed. So, episode 69 is the 'banned' episode.
If nothing else, I've discovered what 'the line' is in terms of what these characters can do. Apparently, burning people alive, killing dogs, and selling other people's houses is fine, but slave children is going too far.

Anyway,

Christmas is coming up and I'm doin' an extra special Downer. If you have an article you want on the front page, PM it to me. It can be up to 250 words long but it must be funny. You can even include a picture.

THE Ka · 12-11-2007, 09:12 PM

What I really want to know, is why I was in the cancer ward to begin with, and why it was a lung?
Are you implying something, "Pritchard"?

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What I can't really understand is why the story has to end with a fire-related disaster?!

Interesting point.

There seems to be a pattern of things of importance ending with fire in The Downer... Sort of like a trend, plus, fire tends to sell, apparently because we're all reading it.
Though, fires tend to make good report endings, and they do appear quite a lot in LOTR, come to think of it. There's the shire and saruman incident, denethor taking a dive, Balrog!, pretty much anything Sauron owned at one point or another(including himself), etc...

So there you are, full circle or three quarters of the way but still good enough, reasoning why fire appears in The Downer this week. Probably next week, and the week after that. We just need fire endings, its in our nature.

Also, I'll need my lung back actually. I use it as a carrying case for paint now.

~ Organs for conversational pieces Ka

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 12-16-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Well, you may have noticed that last week's P&A has had to be uploaded on the Downs rather than TinyPic. That's because it was the first ever Phantom and Alien to be removed. So, episode 69 is the 'banned' episode.
If nothing else, I've discovered what 'the line' is in terms of what these characters can do. Apparently, burning people alive, killing dogs, and selling other people's houses is fine, but slave children is going too far.

Oh Hookbill, Don't push the mods, maybe they'll notice! You don't want to upset them, or kill chat skwerlz(of course you're on topic, so I guess they're okay!)
But in any case, Is that you as in a picture of the fire and bubble gum everywhere? As in an actual photograph...so that I can say that I know what Hookbill the Goomba looks like!

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-17-2007, 04:19 AM

It just keeps going...

An experimental episode of the Phantom and Alien now...

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 12-23-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Of course. But I has a picture on the Barrow Downs Photo page:
The Magical painting of Doom, I call it.

The photo page is always a source of newspaper pictures. So beware before you post any there.

Well first of all Hookbill, that is an awesome picture (you can see my teenageness in that) and second my parents would kill me if I put my picture up on the internet even if it was on the Downs, because you might even be a stalker out to kill me or something....

And how in the world do get a Phantom and Alien cartoon with out Alien or even without Phantom? And who the heck are those other guys?(and yes one of them does look like one of the earliest Downers)

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 12-23-2007, 12:43 PM

Wait I think I just figured it out one of them is SPM and the other is Gil-Galad! HAHA

Gil-Galad · 12-23-2007, 04:34 PM

do i smell a SPM and Gil-Galad spin off!!!

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-24-2007, 03:21 AM

Who ordered the extra large newspaper?

Thanks to Oddwen, Aganzir and Lommy for the other stories.

This week, Diamond requested that her cats be involved some how. Despite my claims that animals that go anywhere near Alien usually end up dead, she insisted. So, here is what happened...

Tune in tomorrow for the exciting, excruciating, exerstential episode of the Phantom and Alien just for Christmas...

It's going to be another animated episode. In case you missed the first one, here it is again, in all its colourful magical glory.

Here's hoping it doesnt make you sick.

12-03-2007, 06:56 AM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Hahaha, I really laughed at the Volo article. It was quite scary, though... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-03-2007, 08:39 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Nice title with the astronomers discvering that girl was the centre of the universe, makes me think of those stupid spoiled girls from My Super Sweet 16 series on MTV. I hate it how some people get much more then they deserve. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-03-2007, 08:59 AM	#5
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	The picture was posted anonymously to me by Oddwen. I like the fact that everyone is too shocked to really say anything about Alien's recent behaviour. __________________ 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...

12-04-2007, 08:01 PM	#8
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	That's an even better photo than the original... Hey, rap isn't all bad. Once you stick your ear outside US rap, you can find some nice beats with elements of reggae, ska, etc. ... I imagine Tom Bombadil was thrown in for some offense of trip-rock and folk. ~ MusiKa __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

12-07-2007, 11:42 PM	#9
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	OH NO!!!!!!!!!!! Now Alien has Slave Children?!?!?!.................................... ......................................... ........... . . . . . . ...What next? __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

12-10-2007, 03:49 AM	#10
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	If you don't read it, you won't be sick... This week, The Might gets the Downer treatment... Alien is thinking of starting a restaurant... __________________ 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... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 09-13-2009 at 03:02 AM.

12-10-2007, 10:05 AM	#11
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I liked the diet pill just a laxative title... Guess that's a way of losing weight too. What I can't really understand is why the story has to end with a fire-related disaster?! I are corrupt politician, but I are no arsenist. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-11-2007, 07:11 AM	#12
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I don't understand why, but this week's P&A is especially dear to me.

12-11-2007, 11:01 AM	#13
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Well, you may have noticed that last week's P&A has had to be uploaded on the Downs rather than TinyPic. That's because it was the first ever Phantom and Alien to be removed. So, episode 69 is the 'banned' episode. If nothing else, I've discovered what 'the line' is in terms of what these characters can do. Apparently, burning people alive, killing dogs, and selling other people's houses is fine, but slave children is going too far. Anyway, Christmas is coming up and I'm doin' an extra special Downer. If you have an article you want on the front page, PM it to me. It can be up to 250 words long but it must be funny. You can even include a picture. __________________ 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...

12-17-2007, 04:19 AM	#16
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	It just keeps going... An experimental episode of the Phantom and Alien now... __________________ 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... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 09-13-2009 at 03:03 AM.

12-23-2007, 12:43 PM	#18
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Wait I think I just figured it out one of them is SPM and the other is Gil-Galad! HAHA __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

12-23-2007, 04:34 PM	#19
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	do i smell a SPM and Gil-Galad spin off!!! __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-24-2007, 03:21 AM	#20
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	It's Christmas on the Downs... 'parently. Who ordered the extra large newspaper? Thanks to Oddwen, Aganzir and Lommy for the other stories. This week, Diamond requested that her cats be involved some how. Despite my claims that animals that go anywhere near Alien usually end up dead, she insisted. So, here is what happened... Tune in tomorrow for the exciting, excruciating, exerstential episode of the Phantom and Alien just for Christmas... It's going to be another animated episode. In case you missed the first one, here it is again, in all its colourful magical glory. Here's hoping it doesnt make you sick. __________________ 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... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 12-24-2007 at 05:02 AM.