You da Man, Charles....it just keeps getting better and better

Awesome improvement!

Really? Let me see if I can figure out what the heck you are talking about.

That takes all the sport out of things.
On the other hand, my comments have definitely improved.

Thanks, Charles!

LGF is evolving...maybe because Charles is evolving....

Nice!

Outstanding!

I was hoping to have something to say, but "nifty!" sort of covers it.

Oh, well.

Ah, good. This will allow for "runaway evolution" in the "Best Comments" drop-down menus. Before, one could view the best comments that way, but not vote on them.

re: #6 DistantThunder

Bigot!
/Sarc

re: #6 DistantThunder

LGF is evolving...maybe because Charles is evolving....

/can you even imagine how good this site will be in another 6000 years?

re: #9 Dianna

I was hoping to have something to say, but "nifty!" sort of covers it.

Oh, well.

yes, I had a comment written that I deleted entirely - it's all been said.

re: #3 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Really? Let me see if I can figure out what the heck you are talking about.

I'm grateful and dazed in the same moment. Charles has a way of making things better, and then I catch up eventually :) ..

Though the ultimate step would be to include just the "plus" and "minus" buttons in the drop-down "Best Comments" list itself. For immediate voting. And a good demonstration of how evolution accelerates once it gets going!

re: #6 DistantThunder

LGF is evolving...maybe because Charles is evolving....

Are you sure it's not a combination of evolution and ID?

/snicker

re: #3 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nope. Don't get it. But there are more features here than I'll ever use. Kind of like my TV/DVD thingy.

LGF is very easy to read and surf around. I wonder if the format will be licensed?

Hey, wait - your "sample comment" was one by me!

Deeply honored.

Now, on my resume, I can include "Exemplar."

re: #15 zombie

Though the ultimate step would be to include just the "plus" and "minus" buttons in the drop-down "Best Comments" list itself. For immediate voting. And a good demonstration of how evolution accelerates once it gets going!

You're just suggesting that because you're always in that list, and want it to be easy to get even more updings! Greedy, greedy . . .

re: #17 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nope. Don't get it. But there are more features here than I'll ever use. Kind of like my TV/DVD thingy.

I'm still trying to figure out my 8-track?

LIE-DOWNS LIE DOWN TO SAINTS, 42-7!

re: #21 Nevergiveup

I'm still trying to figure out my 8-track?

I still trying to figure out how to use my Edison wax tube player...damn I'm old...:(

re: #21 Nevergiveup

I'm still trying to figure out my 8-track?

LOL.
I had to get with the program when my daughter turned 3 and started to surpass me in the technology stuff. Couldn't let that happen . . . I needed to know what it was that I was agreeing to buy next for her!

Christmas returns to Baghdad

Manhal Hana, a 48-year-old engineering lecturer, was out shopping for a Christmas tree with his wife and two sons. A year ago buying a Christmas tree could have cost them their lives. Crossing the militia checkpoints that stud the roads around their family home in Baghdad, the telltale pine needles would have betrayed his religious identity to militant Muslims intent on purifying the district of non-believers.

"Jesus taught us peace and love, no fighting and no violence, people have to love each other," said Mr Hana. "We couldn't come to this area last year, it was too dangerous."

re: #22 Macker

LIE-DOWNS LIE DOWN TO SAINTS, 42-7!

Saints ... I swear I never wore a paper bag on my head at the games ....

Titans taking down the Steelers ....guess Fisher had the Titans this week ....

Yeah!

re: #20 reine.de.tout

You're just suggesting that because you're always in that list, and want it to be easy to get even more updings! Greedy, greedy . . .

Well, it could get those comments more down-dings too!

Live by the mouse, die by the mouse.

India threatens Pakistan as Mumbai hotels reopen

India is keeping 'open' the option of a military strike on Pakistani soil even as the two hotels attacked in Mumbai reopened their doors.

As the Taj Mahal Palace hotel and the nearby Trident-Oberoi invited guests through their doors following the attacks that killed more than 170 people, the Indian government made clear that it held Pakistan responsible.

"Terrorism remains a scourge for our region. If a country [Pakistan] cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and people from this menace," said Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian foreign minister.

/Hey, Pakistan needs a good "talking to" and sooner or later someone's going to have to bring them to heel, better India than the U.S., just keep it non-nuclear

annefrance's comment [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...] is now at -482

re: #22 Macker

LIE-DOWNS LIE DOWN TO SAINTS, 42-7!

And I thought they'd at least cover. What was I thinking?

re: #13 reine.de.tout

yes, I had a comment written that I deleted entirely - it's all been said.

Yeah, that happens all the time.

On the other hand, I found a mug with Skippy #87:

"If I think of it, and it makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume I am not allowed to do it." I'm trying to decide if I want that as a sweatshirt or a mug.

re: #29 David IV of Georgia

annefrance's comment [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...] is now at -482

I'd love to see a list sometime of the all-time top 5 best comments, and the all-time bottom 5 worst comments.

re: #27 zombie

Well, it could get those comments more down-dings too!

Live by the mouse, die by the mouse.

My cats are confused?

While we are on the subject of improvements and other things, can anyone explain to me the number-before-second rule? I have noticed that people use that word in their comments without any consequence and wondered if there are times when it puts someone in the corner, or something?!?

re: #31 Dianna

Yeah, that happens all the time.

On the other hand, I found a mug with Skippy #87:

"If I think of it, and it makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume I am not allowed to do it." I'm trying to decide if I want that as a sweatshirt or a mug.

If you were me, you'd just get both.

Fantastic! Thanks Charles!

re: #29 David IV of Georgia

Is that the record?

When will "smell-o-posting" be activated? Oh wait, nevermind, I think there are posts (and "posters") I would prefer to not catch a whiff of....

re: #35 reine.de.tout

If you were me, you'd just get both.

I do want the travel mug...

re: #34 Right mind left

While we are on the subject of improvements and other things, can anyone explain to me the number-before-second rule? I have noticed that people use that word in their comments without any consequence and wondered if there are times when it puts someone in the corner, or something?!?

Some people got in the habit of using "F**st!" if they posted the f**rst comment, and it was silly and Charles deletes all of those.

See the rules:

Comments are open and unmoderated, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Little Green Footballs.
Obscene, abusive, silly, or annoying remarks may be deleted, but the fact that particular comments remain on the site in no way constitutes an endorsement of their views by Little Green Footballs.
Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "First!"
Comments that advocate violence will be cause for immediate banning with no appeal.
REMEMBER: posting comments at LGF is a privilege, not a right. Abuse that privilege, and your account will be blocked.

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Christmas returns to Baghdad

I just read that article myself earlier this morning. And it got me thinking: Why are they buying Christmas trees in Baghdad? That's specifically a Germanic tradition. Even the Brits didn't do it until Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, and the Royal Family started doing his family's old Teutonic tradition of decorating a tree at Christmas - -and the rest of the country started imitating her. And then it spread to America.

Christian communities in other parts of the world have no need to emulate these highly specific Euro-centric customs!

Awesome job Charles, thanks for all the hard work you put into this site!

re: #15 zombie

Though the ultimate step would be to include just the "plus" and "minus" buttons in the drop-down "Best Comments" list itself. For immediate voting. And a good demonstration of how evolution accelerates once it gets going!

/I still think it would be helpful to see a Lizard's up/down dings meted out in their profile

re: #39 Dianna

I do want the travel mug...

and the sweatshirt . . .

go ahead. Live a little.

Thank you, Charles, for the improvements!

Now, in the vein of individual comments, this individual wants to take a moment and express her gratitude. I've been grumbling all week because the snow and ice has kept me more or less homebound. It's wreaking havoc on Christmas plans, and cabin fever set in days ago.

However, yesterday I was at the home of a friend who had a house fire. She and her husband and their eight children are living at her parents' house until the house can be fixed*. They've lost a lot of their wordly goods, and the hassle is going to be huge.

I came back to my warm, intact, mostly-clean home and I no longer feel to grumble. Yes, the weather is still bad here, and we can't get out, but I have electricity (obviously), healthy children, and a helpful husband. Life is good. I even have cookies.

*Just because I know you're curious, it started with the dryer.

Israel to file UN complaint against rocket fire

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

On a related topic, when I get my million dollar bail out check from the US Government, I will share it with you all.

Hey Charles! I noticed that you had an n word filter. Do you also have a c word filter? That term is as offensive to women as the c word is to blacks.

My Mighty AZ Cardinals are making their move now....the Pats have been lulled into a false sense of security....now, the Cardinals will spring their trap and score 7 touchdowns in the next 6 minutes

re: #41 zombie

I just read that article myself earlier this morning. And it got me thinking: Why are they buying Christmas trees in Baghdad? That's specifically a Germanic tradition. Even the Brits didn't do it until Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, and the Royal Family started doing his family's old Teutonic tradition of decorating a tree at Christmas - -and the rest of the country started imitating her. And then it spread to America.

Christian communities in other parts of the world have no need to emulate these highly specific Euro-centric customs!

No, they don't, but they do.

The thing that kills me about it is that it's so very european; we are weird about trees. Other cultures just blink at it.

re: #34 Right mind left

While we are on the subject of improvements and other things, can anyone explain to me the number-before-second rule? I have noticed that people use that word in their comments without any consequence and wondered if there are times when it puts someone in the corner, or something?!?

If your comment is the first one posted, don't mention it.

re: #41 zombie

I just read that article myself earlier this morning. And it got me thinking: Why are they buying Christmas trees in Baghdad? That's specifically a Germanic tradition. Even the Brits didn't do it until Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, and the Royal Family started doing his family's old Teutonic tradition of decorating a tree at Christmas - -and the rest of the country started imitating her. And then it spread to America.

Christian communities in other parts of the world have no need to emulate these highly specific Euro-centric customs!

Maybe that comes with having American Troops in your back yard?

re: #44 reine.de.tout

and the sweatshirt . . .

go ahead. Live a little.

Perhaps I should get the #87 rule mug, and a squid pie sweatshirt?

re: #34 Right mind left

While we are on the subject of improvements and other things, can anyone explain to me the number-before-second rule? I have noticed that people use that word in their comments without any consequence and wondered if there are times when it puts someone in the corner, or something?!?

The rule is: Don't say "First!" as the entirety of the first comment in a thread.

Read the warnings at the top of this very thread:

"Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "First!""

re: #37 Macker

Is that the record?

I don't know.

Nekama's Troll Hammer [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...] is at +89.

re: #47 Salamantis

Hey Charles! I noticed that you had an n word filter. Do you also have a c word filter? That term is as offensive to women as the c word is to blacks.

umm...as the N word is to blacks. Pimf! Geez!

re: #52 Dianna

Perhaps I should get the #87 rule mug, and a squid pie sweatshirt?

Link, please to the squid pie sweatshirt? This I have to see . . .

re: #51 Nevergiveup

Maybe that comes with having American Troops in your back yard?

My thoughts too....capitalism....some clever Iraqi saw a demand and decided to fill it? My question is were do they get the trees? Is there some pine forest in Iraq I have missed?

I just clicked on the annefrance link and then clicked on the karma and got hung up ...had to reset safari ...

Titan intercepted for a touchdown! Again ...

re: #56 reine.de.tout

Link, please to the squid pie sweatshirt? This I have to see . . .

Umm, 8 sleeves?

re: #58 JacksonTn

I just clicked on the annefrance link and then clicked on the karma and got hung up ...had to reset safari ...

Titan intercepted for a touchdown! Again ...

That'll teach you to click on the annefrance link.

re: #48 Desert Dog

ROFLMAO!

re: #55 Salamantis

umm...as the N word is to blacks. Pimf! Geez!

we are all "F"-ed if this "S" continues

re: #48 Desert Dog

My Mighty AZ Cardinals are making their move now....the Pats have been lulled into a false sense of security....now, the Cardinals will spring their trap and score 7 touchdowns in the next 6 minutes

Don'tcha just love it when a plan comes together?
My guess is the Pats will fail to recognize the obvious until its too late.

I'm guessing my Broncos will lose today, also, to lull San Diego into thinking they have a shot at the AFC West.

This is the best blog on the planet.

re: #59 Dustyvet

That would be for an octopus, silly!

re: #48 Desert Dog

My Mighty AZ Cardinals are making their move now....the Pats have been lulled into a false sense of security....now, the Cardinals will spring their trap and score 7 touchdowns in the next 6 minutes

LOL!

LGF rox my sox! Whoo hoo!

It just keeps gettin' better. Thanks, Charles!

re: #43 Killian Bundy

/I still think it would be helpful to see a Lizard's up/down dings meted out in their profile

Isn't the "karma" rating a totaling up of all up-dings minus all down-dings?

re: #64 FrogMarch

This is the best blog on the planet.

Talk about setting yourself up for some dingin'!

re: #41 zombie

I saw this the other day too....
IRAN: 'Tis the season, also in the Islamic Republic

"We erect the tree simply because our customers who are kids love to see the tree every year," said Shahram Mohammadi, owner of a toy shop in northern Tehran. "As a businessman, I cannot help" but put up up a tree, he said.

Despite how much Muslims complain about Western culture they really love it. Also why would they even celebrate Christmas in December. That was a Catholic thing. I'm pretty sure Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Christians have a different date for Christmas.

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Christmas returns to Baghdad

They are probably members of the Syrian Orthodox Church. And you can be comforted to know that they do not believe in hatred of 'gays, science and atheists'.

re: #56 reine.de.tout

Link, please to the squid pie sweatshirt? This I have to see . . .

Pie doesn't have tentacles!

If you want to know the story, google "cepahlod surprise." It's hysterical.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

I saw this the other day too....
IRAN: 'Tis the season, also in the Islamic Republic

Despite how much Muslims complain about Western culture they really love it. Also why would they even celebrate Christmas in December. That was a Catholic thing. I'm pretty sure Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Christians have a different date for Christmas.

January 6, presumably.

re: #68 zombie

Isn't the "karma" rating a totaling up of all up-dings minus all down-dings?

That would give me 714 more up dings than down dings.
I'd be surprised if I even had 714 total dings, ignoring direction.

re: #63 jwb7605

Don'tcha just love it when a plan comes together?
My guess is the Pats will fail to recognize the obvious until its too late.

I'm guessing my Broncos will lose today, also, to lull San Diego into thinking they have a shot at the AFC West.

Well, as it so happens, I grew up in Denver and I am currently wearing my mandatory John Elway Jersey, Super Bowl Champion hat and getting ready to click on the old Direct TV and witness yet another Bronco victory! (I hope) The way they have played lately though, I hope they do not pull a "Cardinal" and get their asses handed to them. My dream of an AZ-DEN Super Bowl will not happen again this year.....oh well, there's always next year

re: #74 jwb7605

You serous? I'm a total ding whore.

re: #68 zombie

Isn't the "karma" rating a totaling up of all up-dings minus all down-dings?

Yes. I'm talking about the number of up and down dings a Lizard metes out to other Lizards.

/that would be very interesting to see

re: #77 Killian Bundy

Yes. I'm talking about the number of up and down dings a Lizard metes out to other Lizards.

/that would be very interesting to see

Ooooooh.

re: #71 experiencedtraveller

They're for gay marriage? That's fantastic.

re: #59 Dustyvet

Umm, 8 sleeves?

Just read about the Cephalod Surprise. It's linked in the link I gave Reine du tout.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

I saw this the other day too....
IRAN: 'Tis the season, also in the Islamic Republic

Despite how much Muslims complain about Western culture they really love it. Also why would they even celebrate Christmas in December. That was a Catholic thing. I'm pretty sure Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Christians have a different date for Christmas.

It's the tree and presents, baby!....the Japanese are crazy about Christmas. Odd for a country lacking in Christians. But, they are not much different than Americans in that regard, as most Americans do not acknowledge the Christian component of the holiday anyway.

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You serous? I'm a total ding whore.

2108 total posts, 714 Karma (?)
One upding per three posts?
Unlikely.

re: #72 Dianna

Pie doesn't have tentacles!

If you want to know the story, google "cepahlod surprise." It's hysterical.

That was a great story!
I might have to get the sweatshirt myself.

re: #47 Salamantis

Hey Charles! I noticed that you had an n word filter. Do you also have a c word filter? That term is as offensive to women as the c word is to blacks.

Yes, that's also in the filter.

re: #83 reine.de.tout

That was a great story!
I might have to get the sweatshirt myself.

He's down to tees and mugs, and now he really wants 'em out of his house.

re: #84 Charles

Yes, that's also in the filter.

Can you explain for me and FBV the Karma thing?
I'd guess there are a couple other clueless lizards, too.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

I saw this the other day too....
IRAN: 'Tis the season, also in the Islamic Republic

Despite how much Muslims complain about Western culture they really love it. Also why would they even celebrate Christmas in December. That was a Catholic thing. I'm pretty sure Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Christians have a different date for Christmas.

According to the Julian Calendar, the calendar of the Roman Empire, which hasn't had an emperor to correct the date in centuries, December 25 is now falling on our (Gregorian Calendar) January 7. Some Orthodox celebrate on our December 25th and some on January 7th. When it was introduced, the calendar of Pope Gregory was hotly resisted by Protestant and Orthodox Christians. But the fact that it was a more accurate calendar has won most over to following it.

Thanks Charles, I like all of the new improvements.

re: #80 Dianna

Just read about the Cephalod Surprise. It's linked in the link I gave Reine du tout.

I like Skippy's Rule #145: I should not drink three quarts of blue food coloring before a urine test.

LOLOLOL!
I'm just picturing that.

re: #71 experiencedtraveller

Homosexuals are included elsewhere among the immoral persons who, St. Paul says, deserve judgement by God (I Timothy 1:10). There is no example in all of the New Testament of approval, acceptance, or even tolerance of homosexuality.

Throughout Christian history, this disapproval has continued to be the case. In the patristic era freedom from homosexuality was seen as a mark of the Christian's ethical superiority to the wanton way of life that converts had left. Patristic thinking, like scriptural references, were directed to the practice of homosexuality, not to the desire itself. The Orthodox Church does not condemn the person who keeps this propensity in check, and ministers to homosexuals who wish to find release from this inclination.

Heh, the usual nuance.

re: #85 Dianna

He's down to tees and mugs, and now he really wants 'em out of his house.

Do you know Skippy?
I'll order the squid mug.

re: #86 jwb7605

Can you explain for me and FBV the Karma thing?
I'd guess there are a couple other clueless lizards, too.

Rather than clueless, I would rather think of myself and factually challenged..

re: #89 reine.de.tout

I also like the one about, "Despite the confusing similarity in names, the "Safety Dance" and the "Safety Briefing" are never to be combined."

One has a strong feeling that the word "again" has been carefully removed.

re: #86 jwb7605

There used to be a page that explained the history of LGF, frequently asked questions, and what certain "inside" terms meant but I can't find it anymore. Charles, is it somewhere on the site still?

re: #91 reine.de.tout

Do you know Skippy?
I'll order the squid mug.

No, but I adore him.

He's safely married, more's the pity!

re: #93 Dianna

I also like the one about, "Despite the confusing similarity in names, the "Safety Dance" and the "Safety Briefing" are never to be combined."

One has a strong feeling that the word "again" has been carefully removed.

LOL!
Yep.
I liked that one, too.
I was just picturing the video of the "safety dance" Charles linked to the other night.

re: #40 reine.de.tout

Thanks - I wasn't sure if it was at any time, for example if there are people fighting over something...if that would also be deleted or if it was any time, but I see it is a post with only that and no other words. I can understand how that would be inane.

re: #94 pleaseandthankyou

There used to be a page that explained the history of LGF, frequently asked questions, and what certain "inside" terms meant but I can't find it anymore. Charles, is it somewhere on the site still?

LGF Dictionary

re: #79 Killgore Trout

Anti gay "marriage" morphs into hatred. Your mucoprotein protective slime coat is very healthy these days.

re: #90 Killgore Trout

Heh, the usual nuance.

I am fairly certain some of the people attending my church are homosexuals. I've never asked them.

In a discussion about the Church of England, someone asked my Archbishop, "are there any gay clergy in our church?" His reply was, "I don't know."

re: #96 reine.de.tout

LOL!
Yep.
I liked that one, too.
I was just picturing the video of the "safety dance" Charles linked to the other night.

Skippy evidently quite liked Men Without Hats back in the day. Of course, so did I, but I wasn't in the army, and I wasn't in psyops.

re: #50 debutaunt

If your comment is the first one posted, don't mention it.

I doubt if I would ever be first, often I am last by the time I post...and 100 others are posted on the new thread!

I sometimes try to log on with my iPhone, I can do so successfully, but I have to leave alone the plus and minus buttons, as my fingers are too big (for that). Nonetheless, it is a lot of fun to take LGF with me on the go.

re: #98 reine.de.tout

LGF Dictionary

Karma is not on the page.
Now that Charles has improved the comments, though, I'm thinking 33% upding for things I post is about

... yeah, right

(double positive above, self-esteem thing)

re: #68 zombie

I was off line for a month or so when Charles initiated the karma system, so I was a bit at sea when I noticed it. Interestingly (to me at least) I've noticed that some of the gaming forums I frequent have a kind of form of the system. I noticed this one, as I understand it, it is intended to recognize posters that have been particularly helpful to other users. Similar, but a little different from here.
Karma system exapmle, explained on a gaming forum

The reference to "orens" refers to the in-game currency, a form of gold.

re: #100 David IV of Georgia

A priest from a disbanded schismatic branch of the Orthodox church tried to join our church. There were irregularities in his life (he kept some boys that were not his in a way that created suspicions) that in the end caused him to be refused. He has now, years later, been convicted of pedophilia.

re: #100 David IV of Georgia

I am fairly certain some of the people attending my church are homosexuals. I've never asked them.

I can almost guarantee there are.

re: #72 Dianna
That was laugh out loud funny!

" I didn’t get into any trouble because nobody wanted to look like a bad sport. And I got to watch my CO take a high velocity mollusk to the kisser, which is a good morning no matter what branch of the military you are in."

LMAO.

re: #108 DEZes

Try the list, and the blog. Skippy's great.

re: #107 Killgore Trout

I can almost guarantee there are.

Predispositions to sin and temptations are not sin and incur no guilt. All people are tempted to do wrong. Among its roles the church is supposed to be like a hospital for the ailing. Unfortunately, many churches get hung up judging and condemning the sins (like homosexuality) of others while not realizing that their condemning is considered a worse sin than sex outside of marriage. What sins a person has, unless it directly affects me, is between him, his priest, and God. And his priest is absolutely forbidden to discuss such things. I've got enough problems—why should I worry about someone else?

re: #102 Right mind left

I doubt if I would ever be first, often I am last by the time I post...and 100 others are posted on the new thread!

102nd!

I still don't get it ...

What does it do?

re: #6 DistantThunder

LGF is evolving...maybe because Charles is evolving....

I dunno, I'd have to say that it's a very intelligent design. :-)

re: #72 Dianna

Thanks for the link! The squid pie story is a riot!

So with that, can I find the infamous "Comment 17"?

/runs for the door

This is a wonderful improvement. It has saved me several clicks already!