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Oddwen · 04-15-2010, 07:17 PM

I cheered at the last panel. Literally. Out loud. COL. It seems that some major event transpired to keep The Phantom from repeating this action ad infinitum.

Loslote · 04-15-2010, 07:20 PM

Silly. You can't be a criminal if you don't *sneak* places!

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-16-2010, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Oddwen

I cheered at the last panel. Literally. Out loud. COL. It seems that some major event transpired to keep The Phantom from repeating this action ad infinitum.

All will be made clear. Around episode 125.

I'm surprised no one has commented on The Phantom's character page yet.

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-18-2010, 05:00 PM

If it isn't news, it isn't in the Downer...

MEGA THANKS TO LOSLOTE FOR WRITING THE SECOND STORY!!

Cardinal Mardinal is getting a little over zealous... Poor Cardinal Rardinal.

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

I think that's the goriest P&A ever. It's only soap, so it's not so bad. I think. You guys like soap?

Anyway, on Thursday things get interesting as we join up with Peter and Death once again as their plans reach... THE SURFACE!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-21-2010, 06:10 PM

Yep, I hate Girl Scouts. They are nassty, evil persons. Ruin my dinner, that's what they do!

Loslote · 04-21-2010, 06:40 PM

Here's something totally random but totally true: my little sister Squishy and I were looking for something to eat, and we found this thing of oats...so naturally we started eating them plain. They're not that bad. Taste of cardboard!

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-22-2010, 01:11 AM

Time for Thursday's Phalian!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Monday we get another glimpse at... A KINGLY BUS.
The funeral gets closer and closer. But things may not turn out quite the way you expect.

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-25-2010, 05:03 PM

Double posting is bad for your health...

Formy makes a break for it!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Come back on Thursday to see the Memories of Aunt Bob! I hope you're excited. There's a lot more craziness to come in the next few weeks!

On a side note, if anyone is interested in a secret project for the Downer #200, drop me a PM for a discussion of ~PLANS~.
Also, if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see for the 200th edition, let us know! There should be some insanity on this thread. It's been too serious for too long.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-25-2010, 11:55 PM

Shame on the Downer! Everybody knows that the Barrow is much better writing.

Incidentally, was that hill eating things too? I think that it ate my pet hobbit.

Pitchwife · 04-26-2010, 11:58 AM

Poor Formy! That look on his face in the last panel - utter dejection. Makes you want to pat his head, doesn't it?

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-29-2010, 10:35 AM

It's your Thursday filling of Phalian!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Just five episodes away from the most dramatic episode yet! Keep your eyes open for clues and shoes!
I hope this episode spreads some light on things. I also hope you like TP's tie.

Blind Guardian · 04-29-2010, 11:16 AM

Nothing like waking up to comics!

Loslote · 04-29-2010, 08:42 PM

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You worked that out all by yourself?

Really, that is impressive. I couldn't have done it. Church exploding = nun dying? Genius.

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-02-2010, 05:00 PM

New from the Downer, it's... THE DOWNER...

Formy makes a break for it!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Thursday, Peter and Death come to Bus Co. What will they find? Alien's soup kitchen, or something more sinister? And yes, Alien's idea of a soup kitchen is DEFINITELY sinister.

Loslote · 05-02-2010, 06:35 PM

As no one else has yet...

Who is Mr. Roy Bringstroke?

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-03-2010, 02:39 PM

What do you mean the trend will not catch on?!?! I thought that it was a lovely idea, blowing things up. But isn't TNT passé?

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-05-2010, 05:09 PM

Peter and Death take a detour...

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Wooh! The graph of doom returns!
On Monday things get really weird! At last... THE FUNERAL... BEGINS!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-07-2010, 02:16 PM

I love the notes juice! I'm rather ashamed that I didn't notice it for a long while, though. . .

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-09-2010, 04:59 PM

THE DOWNER! FULL TO THE BRIM WITH AMAZING FACTS!!

THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

On Thursday we'll find out just what Alien has left of Bus co. as Peter and Death get in there to plot some doom of sorts. Also, Death falls off the wagon.

In other news...

I'm still looking for anyone interested in writing a story or two for the 200th edition of the Downer. Let me know and I'll PM you some ideas.

Fun times are ahead!

Loslote · 05-09-2010, 09:33 PM

Robotic Tolkien? Book tour? I'm in! Oh, wait...

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-13-2010, 03:33 PM

Innocent of what, may I ask?

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-13-2010, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Innocent of what, may I ask?

Crimes against humanity.

No p&a today. Sorry. Busy times and my brother is doing exams and doesn't have a lot of time for drawing. We'll be back on Monday, though.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-13-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Crimes against humanity.

No p&a today. Sorry. Busy times and my brother is doing exams and doesn't have a lot of time for drawing. We'll be back on Monday, though.

Well, good. I think that I am pretty humane.

Aww. You can't just draw it yourself? It would be like old times.

Eönwë · 05-13-2010, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Aww. You can't just draw it yourself? It would be like old times.

Bet that makes you feel old now...

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-13-2010, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Bet that makes you feel old now...

Well, I have been reading P and A since volume one. Does that really make me dated?

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-16-2010, 05:01 PM

Get out of bed and burn the bacon, it's news time!

THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

I'll make sure there is a Phalian on Thursday. After all, it will be episode 100!!!

You can probably guess what the episode will consist of, given it's title "THE BEGINNING". None the less, I hope there are a few surprises in there as well.

This is not the end of volume 3! There are about 30 more episodes to go. Keep yourselves topped up on gin and toast!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-16-2010, 08:52 PM

That was a nasty windmill! I hope that it gets arrested!! But the Downer forgot to mention that the same windmill also hit me in the face!

I am very, very cross!

Inziladun · 05-16-2010, 09:27 PM

There's a robotic Tolkien? Is it self-aware, and has it expressed any desire to hunt down Peter Jackson?

Pitchwife · 05-17-2010, 02:06 PM

The entire corpus of Fungo(l)tch unt Shcmurt (1) put through the Bad Translator. With annotations.

National A service joke tromlost hulkunun fungottsh comedian cord.(2)

Shcmurt: Also?
Fungoltch: No data loss. (3)
Shcmurt: Mourshput! List of military base Palace!(4)
Fungoltch: Fundolttsh.
Shcmurt: Molttsh!
Fungoltch: Uncircumcised by.(5)
Auctorial comment: Mourslimopt! Justimgittsh! Hsm forget!

Shcmurt: Gulmufts much more!
Fungoltch: Forest five - crack!(6)
Shcmurt: Olgrulp!
Fungoltch: Neck-surgery.
Shcmurt: Molttsh!
Fungoltch: Uncircumcised by.(7)
Auctorial comment: Czech Ha!(8) Optomigrast fungottsh fish; Ninth! National University of Singapore shkmurt lol just type!(9)

Shcmurt: Gmfust mijuop, Crocodiles?10)
Fungoltch: Mourshkt.
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Shcmurt: What about you?
Fungoltch: 4.
Phantom: Molduttsh!
Alien: Gimifril.
Auctorial comment: Seen.(11)

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(1) except for the dialogue from the P&A special on April 1st, which came through unchanged.
(2) jokes harping on a comedian cord - we understood that much, I think; but what's up with the National A service?
(3) nothing lost in translation here, obviously.
(4) classified security-relevant information, therefore rightly encrypted.
(5) hmmm... this is still somewhat cryptic at this point, but there's more clues to come.
(6) for the philologists: 'forest' came from 'gümpt' via 'Forrest Gump'.
(7) uncircumcised by neck surgery - is this what he's trying to tell us?
(8) clearly an inside joke about Legate.
(9) so it seems Fungoltch learnt chat speak in his typing course at the National University of Singapore, right? I'd never have guessed that...
(10) Rudyard the Crocodile? Another eye-opener...
(11) original: "It's not racist." One of the intermediate versions was "This is not a career".

P.S. Yes, I do have a life, thank you. Just not at the moment.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-17-2010, 03:42 PM

Lovely! And I can now boast about being mentioned in relation to Fungoltch and Shcmurt - honestly, that's one of the great things I would really value in my life!

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Fungoltch: Neck-surgery.
Shcmurt: Molttsh!
Fungoltch: Uncircumcised by.(7)
(...)
(7) uncircumcised by neck surgery - is this what he's trying to tell us?

Apparently. Actually, I assume this is some explanation or clarification of the snake-like appearance - effectively, any circumcision on such a body would be effectively a neck-surgery.

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National University of Singapore shkmurt lol just type!(9)
(...)
(9) so it seems Fungoltch learnt chat speak in his typing course at the National University of Singapore, right? I'd never have guessed that...

That is actually somewhat worrisome. Because - doesn't it imply the possibility that the language Fungoltch is using is actually a sort of chat slang, therefore making it even harder to undestand it, as the "proper fungoltchish" would be still somewhat different?

Pitchwife · 05-17-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Apparently. Actually, I assume this is some explanation or clarification of the snake-like appearance - effectively, any circumcision on such a body would be effectively a neck-surgery.

Indeed!

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Originally Posted by the above

That is actually somewhat worrisome. Because - doesn't it imply the possibility that the language Fungoltch is using is actually a sort of chat slang, therefore making it even harder to undestand it, as the "proper fungoltchish" would be still somewhat different?

Possibly, yes - and that could also explain the communication problems between him (her? it?) and Shcmurt.

(Speaking of 'proper fungoltchish': unfortunately, I haven't yet found out how to properly enter/copy all those diacritics/special phonetic? signs into the Translator, which is probably why half of the dialogue went through untranslated... but maybe further speculations on this matter are better postponed till the weekend...)

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-17-2010, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Indeed!

I say?

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Possibly, yes - and that could also explain the communication problems between him (her? it?) and Shcmurt.

That's what I've been thinking as well.

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(Speaking of 'proper fungoltchish': unfortunately, I haven't yet found out how to properly enter/copy all those diacritics/special phonetic? signs into the Translator, which is probably why half of the dialogue went through untranslated... but maybe further speculations on this matter are better postponed till the weekend...)

Ah! Indeed [sic], it's that time already! I've been so busy in the last month that I didn't realise how the time flies! Moltch?

Eönwë · 05-17-2010, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Moltch?

Gráfmüƨt.

Oddwen · 05-17-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Gráfmüƨt.

I say!

Quite an appropriate use for the bad translator, Pitch Tombadillo. I commend your initiative.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-19-2010, 06:53 PM

I second Oddwen! That was the perfect use of said translator. I commend your achievement, Pitchwife!

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-20-2010, 01:02 AM

IT'S TIME.

You've been waiting for it. You've been hunting it down. You've been sleeping in grandma's basement. And now it's all paying off.

Get ready...

FOR EPISODE 100!!

Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN
COMIC ARCHIVE THING

Phew! But remember, it's not over yet! What has happened to Lommy? Where are Peter and Death going? What on earth has the King Bus got to do with all of this? And how, just HOW did Alien get those party hats?

All these questions and less, may be answered as volume three continues!!

Loslote · 05-20-2010, 01:07 AM

I'm not sure if he's been there before, but I love how the dead guy is at the funeral.

Blind Guardian · 05-20-2010, 01:09 AM

Uh-oh, someones going to get burnt!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-20-2010, 08:53 AM

WOW!!!!

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Originally Posted by Alien

"...And he says: Wah! I'm on Fire!"

Now THAT was a revelation we have all been waiting for! At last we know what happened behind the panels in the original P-A!!! Aren't you worried, Hookbill, that you are letting us know too much? You know, taking away all the mystery!

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-20-2010, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

WOW!!!!

Now THAT was a revelation we have all been waiting for! At last we know what happened behind the panels in the original P-A!!! Aren't you worried, Hookbill, that you are letting us know too much? You know, taking away all the mystery!

No, Legate, I'm not.
You'll see why.

04-15-2010, 07:17 PM	#2441
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I cheered at the last panel. Literally. Out loud. COL. It seems that some major event transpired to keep The Phantom from repeating this action ad infinitum. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

04-15-2010, 07:20 PM	#2442
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Silly. You can't be a criminal if you don't sneak places! __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

04-18-2010, 05:00 PM	#2444
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	If it isn't news, it isn't in the Downer... MEGA THANKS TO LOSLOTE FOR WRITING THE SECOND STORY!! Cardinal Mardinal is getting a little over zealous... Poor Cardinal Rardinal. Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING I think that's the goriest P&A ever. It's only soap, so it's not so bad. I think. You guys like soap? Anyway, on Thursday things get interesting as we join up with Peter and Death once again as their plans reach... THE SURFACE! __________________ 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...

04-21-2010, 06:10 PM	#2445
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Yep, I hate Girl Scouts. They are nassty, evil persons. Ruin my dinner, that's what they do! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

04-21-2010, 06:40 PM	#2446
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Here's something totally random but totally true: my little sister Squishy and I were looking for something to eat, and we found this thing of oats...so naturally we started eating them plain. They're not that bad. Taste of cardboard! __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

04-22-2010, 01:11 AM	#2447
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Time for Thursday's Phalian! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Monday we get another glimpse at... A KINGLY BUS. The funeral gets closer and closer. But things may not turn out quite the way you expect. __________________ 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...

04-25-2010, 05:03 PM	#2448
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Double posting is bad for your health... Formy makes a break for it! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Come back on Thursday to see the Memories of Aunt Bob! I hope you're excited. There's a lot more craziness to come in the next few weeks! On a side note, if anyone is interested in a secret project for the Downer #200, drop me a PM for a discussion of ~PLANS~. Also, if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see for the 200th edition, let us know! There should be some insanity on this thread. It's been too serious for too long. __________________ 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...

04-25-2010, 11:55 PM	#2449
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Shame on the Downer! Everybody knows that the Barrow is much better writing. Incidentally, was that hill eating things too? I think that it ate my pet hobbit. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

04-26-2010, 11:58 AM	#2450
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Poor Formy! That look on his face in the last panel - utter dejection. Makes you want to pat his head, doesn't it? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

04-29-2010, 10:35 AM	#2451
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	It's your Thursday filling of Phalian! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Just five episodes away from the most dramatic episode yet! Keep your eyes open for clues and shoes! I hope this episode spreads some light on things. I also hope you like TP's tie. __________________ 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...

04-29-2010, 11:16 AM	#2452
Blind Guardian Guardian of the Blind Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Where The Skies End Posts: 899	Nothing like waking up to comics!

05-02-2010, 05:00 PM	#2454
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	New from the Downer, it's... THE DOWNER... Formy makes a break for it! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Thursday, Peter and Death come to Bus Co. What will they find? Alien's soup kitchen, or something more sinister? And yes, Alien's idea of a soup kitchen is DEFINITELY sinister. __________________ 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...

05-02-2010, 06:35 PM	#2455
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	As no one else has yet... Who is Mr. Roy Bringstroke? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

05-03-2010, 02:39 PM	#2456
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Because Lottie beat me to it... What do you mean the trend will not catch on?!?! I thought that it was a lovely idea, blowing things up. But isn't TNT passé? __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead. Last edited by TheGreatElvenWarrior; 06-15-2010 at 04:45 PM.

05-05-2010, 05:09 PM	#2457
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Peter and Death take a detour... Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Wooh! The graph of doom returns! On Monday things get really weird! At last... THE FUNERAL... BEGINS! __________________ 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...

05-07-2010, 02:16 PM	#2458
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Just to keep up my post count on this thread :p I love the notes juice! I'm rather ashamed that I didn't notice it for a long while, though. . . __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-09-2010, 04:59 PM	#2459
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	THE DOWNER! FULL TO THE BRIM WITH AMAZING FACTS!! THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING On Thursday we'll find out just what Alien has left of Bus co. as Peter and Death get in there to plot some doom of sorts. Also, Death falls off the wagon. In other news... I'm still looking for anyone interested in writing a story or two for the 200th edition of the Downer. Let me know and I'll PM you some ideas. Fun times are ahead! __________________ 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...

05-09-2010, 09:33 PM	#2460
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Robotic Tolkien? Book tour? I'm in! Oh, wait... __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

05-13-2010, 03:33 PM	#2461
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Innocent of what, may I ask? __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-16-2010, 05:01 PM	#2466
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Get out of bed and burn the bacon, it's news time! THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING I'll make sure there is a Phalian on Thursday. After all, it will be episode 100!!! You can probably guess what the episode will consist of, given it's title "THE BEGINNING". None the less, I hope there are a few surprises in there as well. This is not the end of volume 3! There are about 30 more episodes to go. Keep yourselves topped up on gin and toast! __________________ 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...

05-16-2010, 08:52 PM	#2467
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	That was a nasty windmill! I hope that it gets arrested!! But the Downer forgot to mention that the same windmill also hit me in the face! I am very, very cross! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-16-2010, 09:27 PM	#2468
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,038	There's a robotic Tolkien? Is it self-aware, and has it expressed any desire to hunt down Peter Jackson? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

05-17-2010, 02:06 PM	#2469
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Sensation! Hookbill's best-kept secrets uncovered at last! (well, some of 'em...) The entire corpus of Fungo(l)tch unt Shcmurt (1) put through the Bad Translator. With annotations. National A service joke tromlost hulkunun fungottsh comedian cord.(2) Shcmurt: Also? Fungoltch: No data loss. (3) Shcmurt: Mourshput! List of military base Palace!(4) Fungoltch: Fundolttsh. Shcmurt: Molttsh! Fungoltch: Uncircumcised by.(5) Auctorial comment: Mourslimopt! Justimgittsh! Hsm forget! Shcmurt: Gulmufts much more! Fungoltch: Forest five - crack!(6) Shcmurt: Olgrulp! Fungoltch: Neck-surgery. Shcmurt: Molttsh! Fungoltch: Uncircumcised by.(7) Auctorial comment: Czech Ha!(8) Optomigrast fungottsh fish; Ninth! National University of Singapore shkmurt lol just type!(9) Shcmurt: Gmfust mijuop, Crocodiles?10) Fungoltch: Mourshkt. - - Shcmurt: What about you? Fungoltch: 4. Phantom: Molduttsh! Alien: Gimifril. Auctorial comment: Seen.(11) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) except for the dialogue from the P&A special on April 1st, which came through unchanged. (2) jokes harping on a comedian cord - we understood that much, I think; but what's up with the National A service? (3) nothing lost in translation here, obviously. (4) classified security-relevant information, therefore rightly encrypted. (5) hmmm... this is still somewhat cryptic at this point, but there's more clues to come. (6) for the philologists: 'forest' came from 'gümpt' via 'Forrest Gump'. (7) uncircumcised by neck surgery - is this what he's trying to tell us? (8) clearly an inside joke about Legate. (9) so it seems Fungoltch learnt chat speak in his typing course at the National University of Singapore, right? I'd never have guessed that... (10) Rudyard the Crocodile? Another eye-opener... (11) original: "It's not racist." One of the intermediate versions was "This is not a career". P.S. Yes, I do have a life, thank you. Just not at the moment. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

05-19-2010, 06:53 PM	#2475
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I second Oddwen! That was the perfect use of said translator. I commend your achievement, Pitchwife! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-20-2010, 01:02 AM	#2476
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	IT'S TIME. You've been waiting for it. You've been hunting it down. You've been sleeping in grandma's basement. And now it's all paying off. Get ready... FOR EPISODE 100!! Don't forget that if you've lost track of The Phantom and Alien in these confusing and silly stories I'm weaving around, you can look back though the... PHANTOM AND ALIEN COMIC ARCHIVE THING Phew! But remember, it's not over yet! What has happened to Lommy? Where are Peter and Death going? What on earth has the King Bus got to do with all of this? And how, just HOW did Alien get those party hats? All these questions and less, may be answered as volume three continues!! __________________ 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...

05-20-2010, 01:07 AM	#2477
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	I'm not sure if he's been there before, but I love how the dead guy is at the funeral. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris