Saw this one on Usenet (no Google thread yet) and thought folks might want to play...
(Edit: There's finally a Google thread.)
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Recently, in discussion here (uk.media.animation.anime - RK) and at Anime Night, it's been pointed out that yes, Yokohama Shopping Log technically is "post-apocalypse gun-toting lesbian bikers". So, the question is this - what's the best description you can come up with for any anime/manga which is completely accurate but wildly misleading?
I'll kick off with;
Bubblegum Crisis: "Secret Adventures of a Tokyo Lingerie Saleswoman"

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www.tv.com/uservideos/?ac...iduservids
Mainly KOS-MOS vs. T-ELOS, but some ES bashing as well.
- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
For the next 72 hours, Itachi intoned, I will slap you with this trout. - Spying no Jutsu, chapter 3
"In the futuristic taco bell of the year 20XX, justice wears an aluminum sombrero!"hemlock-martini
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

May 2, 2008
Premiere of Iron Man...
He can outrun an F-22?
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

I kid you not.

-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....

...anyone about to go through the Tina Macintyre "Hydra" missions on Virtue Blueside. I would like to get the Multidimensional badge for Eva, but Macintyre didn't show up in my contact tree.

-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....

What is with this notice that the board will go 'yuku' in the coming week? It's been up for 2 weeks now.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

The author of the hugely popular "Flashman" books, George MacDonald Fraser, has died at the age of 82 ...
I have to wonder how many RPG characters drew inspiration from Flashman (knowingly or not)...-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

A few of the comments about the EVA fic I recommended has made me believe I'm a bit odd in that my reading speed seems to be much higher then most (even on these boards).
For example, the last HP book took me about 5 hours to read cover to cover. This is with breaks for drinks. When I looked it up that was 198,227 words or roughly 660 words per minute.
Not the best example because I was keen on reading it but...
Anybody else got any stories of insane reading speeds for books?

Skub and Perry Bible fellowship links for Valles. Links are NSFW: Irreverent comedy
Skub

The Perry Bible FellowshipWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

NYTimes: In the Fight Over Piracy, a Rare Stand for Privacy

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... The surprise was not that 20-year-olds listen to Sting. It was that the university fought back.
Represented by the states attorney general, Hardy Myers, the university filed a blistering motion to quash the subpoena, accusing the industry of misleading the judge, violating student privacy laws and engaging in questionable investigative practices. ...

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