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Cargo Cult - Who is John Frum? He is known to us by many names, this Visitor from Elsewhere, dispenser of endless abundance and wielder of mysterious technologies: John Frum, Quetzalcoatl, Osiris, "Bob." His cargo is splendid, his generosity boundless, his motives beyond our understanding. But across the ages and around the world, the stories all agree: one day he will return, bearing great gifts. Our theme this year asks three related questions; who is John Frum, where is he really from, and where, on spaceship Earth, are we all going?
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Postby oneeyeddick » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:20 pm

I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!
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Postby theCryptofishist » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:23 pm

You don't quit because of fashion. You quit in order to express your deep connection to the brown and oppressed.

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Postby Dr Helix » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:08 pm

I thought it was about legendary cartoon figure Clutch Cargo
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Postby mgb327 » Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:29 am

Dr Helix wrote:I thought it was about legendary cartoon figure Clutch Cargo

I remeber Clutch Cargo very well, but that "mouth" always creeped me out.
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Postby Sham » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:21 am

This is the first theme that I'm really excited about. Gosh how I wish this was my first year going!
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Postby ygmir » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:16 am

oneeyeddick wrote:I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!

wait........who is even mentioning fashion?....huh? your pants have mean so little, Dick.

Spinner and Paddlefoot, wil be so disappointed.
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Postby Ugly Dougly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:09 am

I just heard from The Hat. He heard that OED isn't going, so he's going to change the theme to one we all loved....

NEBULOUS ENTITY!

(Now that was a theme with maximum suckage.)

BTW, Does anyone really notice the theme when they get to the desert????
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Postby ygmir » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:27 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:I just heard from The Hat. He heard that OED isn't going, so he's going to change the theme to one we all loved....

NEBULOUS ENTITY!

(Now that was a theme with maximum suckage.)

BTW, Does anyone really notice the theme when they get to the desert????


I don't..
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Postby Ugly Dougly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:38 am

But we will miss you, OED.
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Postby Dr Helix » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:53 am

mgb327 wrote:
Dr Helix wrote:I thought it was about legendary cartoon figure Clutch Cargo

I remeber Clutch Cargo very well, but that "mouth" always creeped me out.


Well especially since literally nothing else moved in the cartoon.
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Postby BAS » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:54 am

Actually, I even missed the desert, much less the theme. I guess I was kind of out of it.
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Postby Savannah » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:53 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:I just heard from The Hat. He heard that OED isn't going, so he's going to change the theme to one we all loved....

NEBULOUS ENTITY!

(Now that was a theme with maximum suckage.)

BTW, Does anyone really notice the theme when they get to the desert????


The only time I ever would have guessed the theme immediately was during 2008's American Dream, because there were so many flags (and constitutions, and bills of rights).
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Postby trilobyte » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:13 am

Pants? I thought this year was about celebrating the music of Men At Work?

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Dammit, I was already working out plans for an awesome Dr. Hekyll & Mr. Jive costume...
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Postby Savannah » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:17 am

trilobyte wrote:Pants? I thought this year was about celebrating the music of Men At Work?

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Dammit, I was already working out plans for an awesome Dr. Hekyll & Mr. Jive costume...


I was already working on my costume for a Strange Lady, who makes folks nervous . . . then takes them in, and makes them breakfast.
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Postby Ugly Dougly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:28 am

Cargo pants make your butt look big. That is why they are popular in the Marines.
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Postby moonrise » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:08 pm

A few tips...
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Postby illy dilly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:27 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!

Thats actually the only part of this theme I do like!
For once the cargo shorts I wear everyday wont be bland and boring.
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Postby Savannah » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:33 pm

illy dilly wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!

Thats actually the only part of this theme I do like!
For once the cargo shorts I wear everyday wont be bland and boring.


I hear you look better in a box. :lol:
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Postby illy dilly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:36 pm

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illy dilly wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!

Thats actually the only part of this theme I do like!
For once the cargo shorts I wear everyday wont be bland and boring.


I hear you look better in a box. :lol:

:shock: :mrgreen:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

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Postby Simon of the Playa » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:41 pm

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Postby illy dilly » Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:02 pm

:shock: Did some poor guy really spend all 7 days in a box?
Why?
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Postby oscillator » Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:32 pm

Somebody had to do it....
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Postby Savannah » Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:49 pm

PANTS CULT it is!
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Postby JStep » Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:26 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:BTW, Does anyone really notice the theme when they get to the desert????


Of course they do. If they don't, they certainly aren't looking at any art while they're there.
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Postby maryanimal » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:14 pm

Dr Helix wrote:
mgb327 wrote:
Dr Helix wrote:I thought it was about legendary cartoon figure Clutch Cargo

I remeber Clutch Cargo very well, but that "mouth" always creeped me out.


Well especially since literally nothing else moved in the cartoon.


Holy cow! And here I thought I was the only 1 on the face of the earth that remembers Clutch Cargo.
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Postby BAS » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:30 pm

Alas, there are many of us so afflicted.
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Postby theCryptofishist » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:43 pm

illy dilly wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:I don't see the point of this year's theme at all, I don't even like cargo pants!

Thats actually the only part of this theme I do like!
For once the cargo shorts I wear everyday wont be bland and boring.

Oh, they'll be bland and boring. But they'll be bland and boring and themic and conformist.
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Postby ygmir » Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:11 pm

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Dr Helix wrote:
mgb327 wrote:
Dr Helix wrote:I thought it was about legendary cartoon figure Clutch Cargo

I remeber Clutch Cargo very well, but that "mouth" always creeped me out.


Well especially since literally nothing else moved in the cartoon.


maryanimal wrote:Holy cow! And here I thought I was the only 1 on the face of the earth that remembers Clutch Cargo.


oh no, MA..........I remember most every cartoon I've ever seen. Spinner, Paddlefoot? hhhmmmm.....
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Postby Roberto Dobbisano » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:00 pm

how about this one?


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Postby ygmir » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:19 pm

Roberto Dobbisano wrote:how about this one?


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