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« on: February 27, 2008, 04:33:51 PM »
Just a new member here saying hello.I have skulked here long enough checking out the eye candy and listening into the discussions so thought it was time to sign up.
My interests are just about anything that catches my imagination for 5 minutes. At the moment it is veering towards Pirates/smugglers/highwaymen. Long live the tricorn I say.
But have dabbled in back of beyond, VSF and even twilight 2000.
So anyway hello.

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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 05:04:48 PM »
Hello and welcome :)

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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 05:25:01 PM »
Hello there.

Bicornes beat tricornes in Top Trumps. Tricornes are so 18th Century. Get with the times!  :)
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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 05:26:25 PM »
Welcome to Lead Adventures.

The tricorne is a gentlemanly and refined hat, utilitarian and stylish. The bicorne is a haberdasher's joke, and Plynkes is not to be trusted under ordinary circumstances.

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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 05:37:04 PM »
Notorious violent ruffian, robber, torturer, murderer and sadist, Dick Turpin wore a tricorne. That's just how gentlemanly they are.



Birds descended from dinosaurs? What utter tosh! What will these crazy, absent-minded boffins come up with next?

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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2008, 05:37:07 PM »
Hello. With interests like those(particularly VSF) you will be most welcome here :)
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 05:41:45 PM »
Have you ever seen a bicorne? Do you ascribe to an aesthetic which praises absurdity? The bicorne says: Hello, world! I am wearing a stiffened tablecloth on my head! My hat offers neither shelter from the elements nor the sun's glare, but instead renders me immediately identifiable by my bizarre appearance!

I will not rise to your dinosaur-baiting, either.

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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2008, 05:43:47 PM »
Welcome. And don't turn your back on Plynkes, very disreputable fellow. :lol:
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2008, 07:04:34 PM »
The Bicorne is just the poor mans Tricorne. Its stands to reason one less corne can't be good.

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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2008, 08:00:13 PM »
Quote from: "swiftnick"
The Bicorne is just the poor mans Tricorne. Its stands to reason one less corne can't be good.


See? I already like this fellow. He has taste and sophistication.

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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2008, 08:19:35 PM »
Never seen such blatant toadying. He's just looking to score free Gloire stuff, that's all. We should run him out of town on a rail.

With a bicorne plonked athwartships on his noggin. That'd learn 'im.

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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2008, 08:21:58 PM »
Free Gloire stuff Gadzooks!!!!Is there no end to this madness?

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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2008, 08:42:29 PM »
You know, Poly, not everyone is motivated by the same base instincts that drive your actions. We should ride you out of town on a rail with a tricorne plopped jauntily atop your noggin.

Free stuff indeed. He'll have to pay his nickel like the rest of them. Except for all those FABULOUS FREE DOWNLOADS. He can have as many has he wants to the limits of Rich's bandwidth.

Edit: No, there is almost no end to the madness. However we are both easily distracted so this will probably end shortly.

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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2008, 09:23:40 PM »
Yes, let's forget about all this unpleasantness. Welcome aboard, old thing.

But remember, I only said that Bicornes beat Tricornes in Top Trumps. And they do, in four out of the five categories. Here's the relevant cards from the Hats and Headgear through History set:



And the good people at Top Trumps never lie.

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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2008, 10:14:29 PM »
@Plynkes´ last post:

ROFL!

Now, now, I don´t really want to get embroiled in that (ah what the hell!), but there´s even a mecha thingie wearing a bicorne:



And that´ll stomp every tricorne into the ground... :lol:

And now, for the voice of reason, actually, you could fold a circular hat-flap in both ways. So, shock and awe(TM), all hats are created equal...

;) :?

 

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