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Zeke
01-05-2004, 09:42 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0](That's the Latin motto on the Oracle's door, supposedly meaning "Know thyself." While "nosce" is correct, I can't find "temet" anywhere -- certainly not as a form of the relative pronoun. It should be just "te" here. The closest correct Latin phrase to the given one is "temetum nosce", meaning "know strong wine." Hmmm....)

Neo goes in to see the Oracle and they have a creepy conversation. If you haven't seen this scene, you should definitely read the actual dialogue (http://www.hackvan.com/pub/stig/scripture/matrix/22-choices...and-a-cookie.txt). The Oracle tells Neo he's not the One; he's "got the gift," but apparently he's waiting for something. She then warns him that either he or Morpheus is going to die, and that the choice will be his. She gives him a cookie.

One scene for this block -- I think we can skip Neo's brief exchange with Morpheus on the way out.[/color:post_uid0]

Sa'ar Chasm
01-05-2004, 09:53 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Random thoughts:

Oracle-as-Zathras: Not the One, not the One...

Neo: So if you tell me to do something, and then I do it, did you really predict the future, or did you just guide me onto a path you wanted me to go? Or, if you did see the future, and tell me about it, and then I do something different, does that mean you changed the future? And what *would* have I done if you hadn't mentioned the vase? My...
Oracle: Tylenol?
Neo: ... head hurts - [i:post_uid0]cut that out![/i:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

NAHTMMM
01-06-2004, 12:28 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Another of my cut-to-fit blocks.



Neo: [i:post_uid0]You're[/i:post_uid0] the Oracle? And, and [i:post_uid0]this[/i:post_uid0] is supposed to be Delphi?
Oracle: This is Delphi on a shoestring budget. You'd think with all the money they spent on the special effects...oh well. I am indeed the Oracle. Don't believe me? Watch me prove my legitimacy by foreseeing your mishap with my prized antique lamp.
Neo: Antique lamp? Huh? Wher--
Vase: GAK!
Oracle: Ha! [i:post_uid0]Psych![/i:post_uid0] I knew you were going to do that. Just as I know that you are not the One. The One? Ha, One-Tenth is more like it.
Neo: But...but, if I'm not the One, then I'm nothing. What happens [i:post_uid0]now[/i:post_uid0]?
Oracle: No, you're thinking of Cypher. [i:post_uid0]He's[/i:post_uid0] nothing. And what happens now is that I exert my legitimacy with the audience by predicting the death of either you or Super Ohm.
Neo: Come on, surely you can do better than narrowing it down to two people. Which one of us is going to die?
Oracle: Difficult to see. Â Always in motion is the future.
Neo: Riiiight. Anything else?
Oracle: Well, I would tell you that Trinity likes you, but I won't because she'd kill me if she found out I told you. So I'll just give you this cookie instead.
Neo: Ooo, a cookie![/color:post_uid0]

Pteryx
01-06-2004, 04:52 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]This one's easy to truly five:

[b:post_uid0]Oracle[/b:post_uid0]: You're not the One yet. If you were, you wouldn't break the vase.
[b:post_uid0]Neo[/b:post_uid0]: What vase? *smash* ...Oh. Does that mean I don't get a cookie?[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
01-06-2004, 07:33 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] So you're supposed to, like, tell me my future or something?
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Kind of. Here, have a cookie.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Hey, this looks like a fortune cookie...[/color:post_uid0]

Derek
01-06-2004, 12:34 PM
[quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Ha, One-Tenth is more like it.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Or maybe One-Sixth?

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Are you listening to me, Neo? Or are you breaking my vase?
[b:post_uid0]Vase:[/b:post_uid0] CRASH!
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Sorry. What did you say?[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
01-06-2004, 02:21 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neo: Cool looking vase
Oracle: Go ahead and break it
Neo: Why would you want me to do such a thing?
Oracle: Because you are not the one that has to fix it.
----------------------------------------------------
Oracle: Im sorry, you are not The One.
Neo: I can fix that.
Oracle: How so?
One: I thought you could predict the future?
----------------------------------------------------
Oracle: Im sorry to tell you this, but you are not the One.
Neo: What makes you say that?
Oracle: Because I have the One Ring! *disappears*
----------------------------------------------------
Oracle: Im sorry to tell you this, but you are not the One.
Neo: Let me guess. Spoon Boy is the One.
Oracle: Yes. Hey, how did you know that?
Neo: Lucky guess.[/color:post_uid0]

NAHTMMM
01-06-2004, 06:20 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Given that the last block ended with

[quote:post_uid0][i:post_uid0]Neo: Are there forks?
Boy: Yes, Neo. Â The forks will be with you... always.[/i:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]

it seems fitting to continue with

[quote:post_uid0]Neo: I'm not the One? There goes our last hope.
Oracle: No. Â There is another.[/quote:post_uid0]

;)[/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-06-2004, 06:21 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neo: Morpheus thinks that I'm...
Oracle: I know. Let's just say he has a One track mind.
Neo: I'm not it though, am I.
Oracle: There's your answer.
Neo: But... Oh, a cookie!
Oracle: This is really too easy.[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
01-06-2004, 06:24 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Neo: I'm not the One? There goes our last hope.
Oracle: No. There is another.[/quote:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
:lol:[/color:post_uid0]

taya17
01-06-2004, 11:11 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like most of the two-to-three liners but somehow NAH's sticks with me the best.

[quote:post_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"]Oracle-as-Zathras: Not the One, not the One...[/quote:post_uid0]
Thanks. A LOT. Now everytime I watch my Season 1 DVDs I won't be able to get the image of Sinclair in bullet time out of my head! :lol:[/color:post_uid0]

g-blatt
01-09-2004, 03:40 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've got One.

Neo: If I'm not The One then who is?
Oracle: Richard Simmons
Neo: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO[/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-09-2004, 04:03 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Err...Richard who?[/color:post_uid0]

Derek
01-09-2004, 05:31 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I assume he means Richard Simm[b:post_uid0]o[/b:post_uid0]ns. A notoriously perky champion of weight loss.

[img:post_uid0]http://infomercial.tvheaven.com/grimace.jpg[/img:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

g-blatt
01-09-2004, 05:44 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yep thats him, the scary over-caffeinated guy.[/color:post_uid0]

Zeke
01-09-2004, 06:46 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Release the robotic Richard Simmons![/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-09-2004, 09:26 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]*Slaps forehead*

That's where I've heard it before![/color:post_uid0]

JobeGDG
01-10-2004, 04:03 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
Neo: Oh, well then I'm glad I couldn't read it. Is it Latin?
Oracle: No, I'm afraid that's English. Geez, what could Trinity possibly see in a doofus like you?
Neo: Trini-who?
Oracle: Â…How about you just concentrate on eating this cookie?[/color:post_uid0]

Derek
01-10-2004, 04:42 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]^ Nice one. That gets my vote.[/color:post_uid0]

g-blatt
01-10-2004, 05:29 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]*Slaps forehead*

That's where I've heard it before!
[/quote:post_uid0]

heard what before?[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
01-10-2004, 06:36 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oracle: I have some good news and some bad news.
Neo: What's the bad news?
Oracle: You are going to die. Have a cookie.
Neo: Duh! So what is the good news.
Oracle: I won the lottery! See ya![/color:post_uid0]

Sa'ar Chasm
01-10-2004, 06:44 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neo: You're the Oracle?
Oracle: That's what they call me. *beat* Well, that's what Morpheus calls me.
Neo: What does everyone else call you?
Oracle: Helga.

Next time I'm stuck on a scene, I'm going to scavenge my ICQ chatlogs. Except to see this recycled into a future fiver when you guys don't vote for it.[/color:post_uid0]

g-blatt
01-10-2004, 06:23 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neo: Hi I'm Neo and I'm the One.
Oracle: no you're not.
Neo: You lie.
Oracle: No youÂ’re just in denial.
Neo: I'm not in denial I'm just highly selective of which reality I believe in.
Oracle: Your also gonna die today. Have a cookie.
Neo: Is it poison?
Oracle: What do I look like, a magic 8 ball?[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
01-10-2004, 10:44 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I really liked:

[quote:post_uid0]Neo: You're the Oracle?
Oracle: That's what they call me. Well, that's what Morpheus calls me.
Neo: What does everyone else call you?
Oracle: Helga.[/quote:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
Neo: Oh, well then I'm glad I couldn't read it. Is it Latin?
Oracle: No, that's English.[/quote:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-11-2004, 12:38 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like JobeGDG's scene a lot so far.

[quote:post_uid0="g-blatt"][quote:post_uid0]*Slaps forehead*

That's where I've heard it before!
[/quote:post_uid0]

heard what before?[/quote:post_uid0]

It's a quote from the Simpsons, and where I had heard the mane Richard Simmons before.[/color:post_uid0]

NAHTMMM
01-11-2004, 01:21 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]That gives me an idea, g-blatt...



Neo: Am I the One?
Oracle: Er, no. Now listen up, I've got news for you. Either you or Super Ohm is going to die.
Neo: Which one?
Oracle: "Which one?" How should I know? Look, just have a cookie and scram.
Neo: Um, oookay. Er, it isn't poisoned or anything, is it?
Oracle: What's with all the questions? Do I look like a Magic 8 Ball to you?[/color:post_uid0]

JobeGDG
01-11-2004, 04:12 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like the eight-ball line. But I'd add a follow-upÂ…

Oracle: Do I look like a Magic Eight Ball to you?
Neo: HmmÂ… Signs point to yes.[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
01-11-2004, 05:16 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]what about "ask again later"[/color:post_uid0]

g-blatt
01-11-2004, 05:58 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neo: Hi I'm Neo and I'm the One.
Oracle: no you're not.
Neo: You lie.
Oracle: No youÂ’re just in denial.
Neo: I'm not in denial I'm just highly selective of which reality I believe in.
Oracle: Your also gonna die today. Have a cookie.
Neo: Is it poison?
Oracle: What do I look like, a magic 8 ball?
Neo: Ask again later.[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
01-11-2004, 11:34 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]witch - which

otherwise, I like it but still like the ones I mentioned earlier. Whatever, I'll be good with whatever it ends op as.[/color:post_uid0]

Trip
01-12-2004, 03:03 AM
[quote:post_uid0="JobeGDG"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
Neo: Oh, well then I'm glad I couldn't read it. Is it Latin?
Oracle: No, I'm afraid that's English. Geez, what could Trinity possibly see in a doofus like you?
Neo: Trini-who?
Oracle: Â…How about you just concentrate on eating this cookie?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like this line.

- Trip[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
01-13-2004, 07:21 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Neo, you're not the One.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Damn.
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Also, I'd like you to die painfully. Um, for Morpheus's sake.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Okay. Damn.
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] But we [i:post_uid0]do[/i:post_uid0] have some lovely consolation prizes for you. Here, have a cookie.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Can I have two?
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] No.

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Hi, Neo. Have a cookie.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Um, are you speaking in BBCode?
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] [BLATANT LIE]Of course not. Also, you're not the One.[/BLATANT LIE]

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Hmmm... Let's see if you're the One or not. Don't worry - if you're not the One, at least you'll get a cookie.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Ooooooo! Can I just take the cookie?

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Sorry, Neo. You're not the One.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] I'm not? But Morpheus was so sure...
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] I pronounce you... the Eon.

I was particularly fond of this one line:
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."[/quote:post_uid0]

But a lot of the other stuff was great, too.

Trip, am I mistaken, or have we yet another newcomer? Awright! Welcome aboard. :)[/color:post_uid0]

Pteryx
01-13-2004, 06:37 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Oracle[/b:post_uid0]: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
[b:post_uid0]Neo[/b:post_uid0]: Uh-oh. ...Hey, a cookie jar! *smash* Double uh-oh.
[b:post_uid0]Oracle[/b:post_uid0]: Oh, take a cookie from the rubble and don't worry about it. I was going to replace that old thing anyway.[/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-14-2004, 11:37 AM
[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Trip, am I mistaken, or have we yet another newcomer? Awright! Welcome aboard. :)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]There's a Trip on the member list, but whether it's the same one or not...[/color:post_uid0]

taya17
01-14-2004, 01:28 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I had an idea this morning, but I'm afraid I lost it in the miasma of molecular cloning I did today. Hell, I can't even read my own advice to Nic about reading the forum subsections from opposite ends without thinking about restriction endonucleases and exonucleases.

It had Neo and the Oracle in it. That's about all I remember. I'll post it when it comes back to me.[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
01-14-2004, 04:10 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]It had Neo and the Oracle in it. That's about all I remember.[/quote:post_uid0]

I could be wrong, but I think somebody did that one already.

::ducks::[/color:post_uid0]

taya17
01-15-2004, 07:00 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]::aims the projectile low::

[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] So, am I the One?
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] No, you are TEH NEO.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] [i:post_uid0]Right.[/i:post_uid0] I forgot.[/color:post_uid0]

taya17
01-15-2004, 07:02 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Oracle: Hi, Neo. Have a cookie.
Neo: Um, are you speaking in BBCode?
Oracle: [BLATANT LIE]Of course not. Also, you're not the One.[/BLATANT LIE]
[/quote:post_uid0]

Actually, I really really liked this one. Had me in <s>convulsions</s>stitches.[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
01-15-2004, 09:51 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Far from the best, but...

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Hi, Neo. Watch out for that vase.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] OK.
[i:post_uid0](Awkward Pause)[/i:post_uid0]
[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] All right, just for that, you're not the One.

[b:post_uid0]Oracle:[/b:post_uid0] Hi, Neo. Don't worry about the vase.
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] What va--
[b:post_uid0]Vase:[/b:post_uid0] CRASH!
[b:post_uid0]Neo:[/b:post_uid0] Cool. Can I do the TV set next?[/color:post_uid0]

NAHTMMM
01-20-2004, 04:56 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]^Heheheh.


I would prefer "All signs point to yes" over "Ask again later" if we were to use that joke. Although the second phrase is funny too, the first one is more instantly recognizable and reflects Neo's fived attitude toward the Oracle more accurately.


Also, if we use the "You're not the One. More like the One-Tenth" joke, it seems more keeping in touch with 5MV's original purpose to change One-Tenth to One-Twelfth. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
01-20-2004, 11:34 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]never thought of it that way. You're probably right, just I love it when the 8 balls tell me to "ask again later" its such a waste. All you do is shake the thing again. Ok, Im finished with my 8 ball rant...: P[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
01-23-2004, 12:10 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think I like this scene best:
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: Hi, Neo. Watch out for that vase.
Neo: OK.
(Awkward Pause)
Oracle: All right, just for that, you're not the One.[/quote:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

Standback
01-25-2004, 09:19 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Can we call a vote yet?[/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
01-25-2004, 10:40 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah, we might as well.[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
02-01-2004, 06:26 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hello, can we vote yet?

There are so many good ones, I cant decide.

One more to choose from:
Oracle: Neo, you are not the one, Morpheus is God, and Cypher is a traitor.
Neo: Im not the one? NOOOO!!!
*Later that day*
Trinity: Is there any important information the oracle gave ya?
Neo: Nope, I kinda stopped listening after she said that I wasn't the one.[/color:post_uid0]

ijdgaf
02-01-2004, 08:18 PM
[quote:post_uid0="NeoMatrix"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Oracle: I have some good news and some bad news.
Neo: What's the bad news?
Oracle: You are going to die. Have a cookie.
Neo: Duh! So what is the good news.
Oracle: I won the lottery! See ya![/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'd change this one to:

Oracle: I have some good news and some bad news.
Neo: What's the bad news?
Oracle: You are going do die. Have a cookie.
Neo: Duh! So what is the good news?
Oracle: I just saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance by switching to Geico.[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-01-2004, 08:24 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I don't have any particularly strong opinion on this one... a lot of good stuff, and no one that grabbed me in particular.

My vote goes to all scenes involving Jobe's line:
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One." [/quote:post_uid0]

I'll be more specific (and perhaps will attempt some fine-tuning) should we pick out a particular variation.[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
02-02-2004, 06:26 AM
[quote:post_uid0="ijdgaf"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Oracle: I just saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance by switching to Geico.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]This is good if this was only for the United States. We have people on here from around the world who have not seen those commercials, so they wouldnt get it. Believe me, ive been critized for doing that before.[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
02-02-2004, 08:28 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Don't worry Neo, we might not know that particular commercial, we have a couple commercials like that, so it doesn't mean we don't get it.[/color:post_uid0]

Pteryx
02-03-2004, 06:00 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]My early two-liner didn't catch anyone's fancy? Darn... Of course, I do like the sign line myself, hence my trying to make a scene that incorporated it. I felt its final line was a touch weak, though...

Anyway, as conceited as it is, I have to admit that I like my first entry best:

[quote:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Oracle[/b:post_uid0]: You're not the One yet. Â If you were, you wouldn't break the vase.
[b:post_uid0]Neo[/b:post_uid0]: What vase? Â *smash* Â ...Oh. Â Does that mean I don't get a cookie?[/quote:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-04-2004, 04:55 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]*sigh* will this fiver never end?[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
02-04-2004, 05:36 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]That's kinda ironic.[/color:post_uid0]

Zeke
02-04-2004, 06:59 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]There are a few good ones circulating, which always makes things trickier. Â Personally, I think the best is the one Cat quoted:
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: Hi, Neo. Watch out for that vase.
Neo: Okay.
(awkward pause)
Oracle: All right, just for that, you're not the One.[/quote:post_uid0]
It's short and the gag is funny. Â I also like the BBCode one... but I don't want to pick the finalists for you. Â Let's do it this way: the vote starts here, and you can vote for any scene posted so far that you didn't write. Â I'll start by voting for the one above.

I think this is in fact how I'll try doing the next couple of blocks. People post versions for a while (maybe a set number of days), then we call a vote and all scenes except your own are valid candidates. The reason for the no-self-votes rule? It's hard for writers to be objective about their own scenes, and let's face it, not everything posted in the FBC threads is gold. If you can't just vote for your own scene, you have to vote based on quality. (And if you decide yours is the only good one, you can always abstain.) This way we know we're getting something that several people have considered and found good. We'll try it here and see how it goes.[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
02-04-2004, 07:01 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I second that vote[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
02-04-2004, 07:25 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think I already firsted it... Well, you know what I mean.

Unless your refering to Zeke's vote, in which case I zero it. :p[/color:post_uid0]

Derek
02-04-2004, 08:09 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]As I said on the previous page, I vote for JobeGDG's
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
Neo: Oh, well then I'm glad I couldn't read it. Is it Latin?
Oracle: No, I'm afraid that's English. Geez, what could Trinity possibly see in a doofus like you?
Neo: Trini-who?
Oracle: Â…How about you just concentrate on eating this cookie?[/quote:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

NAHTMMM
02-04-2004, 08:35 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]For me it's a decision between Pteryx's first block, Jobe's, and this one from Standback:
[quote:post_uid0]Oracle: Hi, Neo. Watch out for that vase.
Neo: OK.
[i:post_uid0](Awkward Pause)[/i:post_uid0]
Oracle: All right, just for that, you're not the One.[/quote:post_uid0]

I vote for Standback's (the one I just quoted).


If we do use the BBCode one...hmmm...I'd recommend that we switch it to HTML so that the non-BBSers in the audience might still know what Neo's talking about, but I think that Internet browsers would then assume we [i:post_uid0]meant[/i:post_uid0] it and vanish it... :suspicious:[/color:post_uid0]

Zeke
02-04-2004, 08:41 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Don't worry, it's easy to "fake" HTML code. <Take this, for example.> You just have to know the codes for left and right angle brackets.[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
02-04-2004, 09:08 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Are you allowed to vote if you're not a member? If so, I like

Oracle: You see that sign? It means, "If you can read this, you're not the One."
Neo: Oh, well then I'm glad I couldn't read it. Is it Latin?
Oracle: No, I'm afraid that's English. Geez, what could Trinity possibly see in a doofus like you?
Neo: Trini-who?
Oracle: Â…How about you just concentrate on eating this cookie?

but it was pretty close[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-04-2004, 09:10 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I cast my vote for the same block of JobeGDG's Derek already cited.

And Zeke, I appreciate your interceding here when necessary to get the ball rolling. The 5BC here is what actually kept me interested in the site past the original, "Hey, that's funny!"; I've branched out to the other forums since then, but this forum is still the one I check first every time I log on. So I apoligize if my occasional griping is annoying, it's just because I really, really, really love the 5BC, and can never stand to see it gathering dust.[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-04-2004, 09:13 PM
[quote:post_uid0="Guest"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Are you allowed to vote if you're not a member?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Certainly not. If you haven't registered, how do we know you've got a sense of humor?

All right, if you found that statement in the least bit amusing, you can vote.

And if you didn't, what the hey, go ahead and vote anyway.

In other words, yes.

Also, register! I'll be happy. :)[/color:post_uid0]

dsbs
02-05-2004, 02:01 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Thanks. Then I stick by what I said. But how do you register?[/color:post_uid0]

JobeGDG
02-05-2004, 02:31 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]In the upper-left hand corner of the page, just under the FMV Forums title, it says "Welcome Guest." Below that, there are text links to log in and to [b:post_uid0]register.[/b:post_uid0] Please doÂ… the more the merrier!

My vote goes to the Standback block that NAHTMMM voted for (I think the line "Just for that, you're not the one" is priceless).[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-05-2004, 09:22 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]So far, that's four for "Just for that, you're not the One" (Neo, Cat, NAHT, and Jobe), and three for "If You Can Read This, You're Not The One" (Derek, dsbs, and myself). Plus Zeke, whom I'm not counting unless we need a tiebreaker or something.[/color:post_uid0]

Zeke
02-05-2004, 03:04 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]No offense, Standback, but who appointed you arbiter of whose votes count? I don't suggest FBC scenes myself, but I can certainly vote if I want to. (I also have veto power if I strongly disagree with the chosen scene, though it would take a lot for me to use it. Remember, this fiver is going to appear on my site.)[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-05-2004, 03:52 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Sorry, Zeke. You've said so many times that you don't want to pick favorites, and you usually don't vote - I just kinda got the impression that you don't vote. My bad, obviously.[/color:post_uid0]

taya17
02-06-2004, 03:08 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]My vote goes to the "Just for that..." version. That makes five.[/color:post_uid0]

Standback
02-06-2004, 04:57 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Six, actually.[/color:post_uid0]

NeoMatrix
02-06-2004, 03:29 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Could be more, could be less. There are still some Florida ballots that need to be counted.[/color:post_uid0]

catalina_marina
02-06-2004, 03:35 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Are you refering to Derek? *g*[/color:post_uid0]

PointyHairedJedi
02-07-2004, 05:03 PM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]My vote is (still) for JobeGDG's "If you can read this..." block.[/color:post_uid0]

Zeke
02-08-2004, 04:39 AM
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Looks like we have a winner. I'll wrap up the thread tomorrow (busy with the update now).[/color:post_uid0]