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Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :

Is there any reason why a number of people around here seem to be fascinated with turnips? I've noticed them mentioned around here quite a bit... it seems rather odd.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

If you don't know, please don't ask.

If you bring this up again, your membership here at Flare will be revoked and your ISP banned. There are some things it is just not safe to inquire about here. Doing so again could be hazzardous for your computer's health.

This was for your own good, you nosy turnip.

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Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :

I guess I won't ask either then.

Or about the whole "man train" deal.

Or anything else that might potentially make me go blind and insane.

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

I dunno about the turnips, but I DO know about the Man Train. But only from observation, not as a participent.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

The man train is Ultra Magnus' fault.

The turnips are Nimrod's fault.

These are your targets. Your mission: eradication. Good luck.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

You've just sealed your fate, arch-traitor! No amount of fertilizer will help you now!

Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :

Heero Voice: Mission ... accepted.

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Never ask that question...

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Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :

People facinated and talking about turnips?
People asking why people are facinated and talking about turnips?

Very strange. But if you wish to talk about turnips and it means something to you - that's fine!

It would, however, be nice for the rest of us nutters to know why you talk about them - just so we don't get repeat questioning and those who don't know, don't appear . . . how shall I put this? . . . a bit slow?

Hehe!

What is a turnip anyway? I don't recall ever having been intoduced to one . . . then again, knowing my memeory I wouldn't remember what I ate 10 minutes ago. Who are you lot again?

(Please don't kick me out for asking! I'm only young! And somewhat slow! )

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

You're Banned.

Banned

Banned

Banned!

BANNED!!

BANNED!!!!!!

just kidding. have a nice day

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Well this is getting weird. And I'm talking pauly shore/carrottop hybrid weird.

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Daniel: *Quatre Winner speak* "We shouldn't be fighting, you guys!"

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Turnips? Man Trains?

What kind of crap is this?

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

If only Rowan knew.....

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Rowan Atkinson was a Man-Train loving Turnip?!

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Well if you insist, I suppose turnips could be introduced into a man train, however it would be messy.

Daniel: You want to be facinated? That can be arranged, but you will probably choke, hehe.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Excuse me, AKB is a Brit, and as such is a protected species around here. Unhand the creature!

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

So Flare is a brit-beneficial club, eh? Listen to yourself, inailiable human rights? The very term is turnip!

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

LOL @ last post.

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

AKB's a Brit? *checks profile* Nottingham, are you at uni there or originally from Nottingham and studying elsewhere?. Or are you a 12 year old 'student' who's looking at porn in one window and switching to Flare in another window when the parents walk in. It's good to have another Brit around - we were becoming somewhat of an endangered species with Liam at one point being the only representative of our noble land.

Nimrod: And as for the turnips, you can stick them up your arse, SIDEWAYS! Curry Rules.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

TURNIP: Terrorist Union for the Nullification of Institutionalized Processes
- Source: Acronymfinder.com

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Perhaps. Perhaps not.

More invasive than anyone could at first percieve. Or perhaps not.

Perhaps.

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRHH! NOOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE DON'T BAN ME!

Oh. You were joking - PHEEEEEW!

Yes I am a Brit - originally from Nottingham, currently studying in Nottingham but going to Leicester for my final year. I am not 12, but 21 and a half (and a bloke). Know of any good *free* porn sites - let me know! Hehe!

Curry . . . mmm, OK I'll go with that - but not too much!

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Orions: You prefer them sideways? I can arrange that! *storms away* YOU COULD USE A GOOD TURNIP!!!

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Seriously though. what the hell are you guys talking about.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

We don't really know, and I expect once we figure it out we'll have already moved on to something else, something equally inexplicable.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Of course there's a story, but to simply let it out in the sun feels naughty.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Allright, I agree to open my journals (who have never seen the light of day, mind you) to this institution, if the High Priests of the *KennyStarrSpeak* supposed Curry Order agree to tell of its conception.

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Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :

Wait, there's something about CURRY too? I've noticed references here and there but thought nothing much of it. Now I need to know everything!

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Aw, c'mon Nimmy-san. Let it out into the sun...let it be free!

Which I think we should all do once in awhile.

Wait, this thread's not about naked sunbathing, is it?

*HIDES!*

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Rapum Rex decrees that it shall continue to be veiled in secrecy. It is not our fault these unleet are not acquanited with our order. Dismissed.

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Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :

Japanese name modifiers? Ooh! Can we call you Q-chan? Or Winner-san? By the way, is curry what you people use to refer to "Indian cuisine"?

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Daniel: You can call me "Cat" Which is a play on Quatre.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

But don't call him "Cats". We need to move past that... :-)

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

What are you saying???

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Don't you mean "What you say!"?

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Give the man a cigar!

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

"What you say?"

There can be only one reply to THAT...

*sings - and not offkey either!*
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

"By the way, is curry what you people use to refer to "Indian cuisine"?"

What do you mean, "you people"?
If you mean, "the British", then curry is a particular type of indian cuisine that we absorbed into our culture and then bastardised to the point of non-recognition in most take-aways.

I'm trying to think of a handy curry identification chart, but I can't get beyond the following:

1/ Does it have the name of an animal (most likely chicken or lamb), followed by a sauce name that you've never encountered outside of non-US Constitution cuisine?

2/ Does it make you desperate for a beer after?

Daryus has probably got a more complete checklist.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Well, you're wrong on one thing: "beef," "lamb" and so forth do not appear on Indian menus. It's all "meat" - "Meat Rogan Josh," "Meat Vindaloo." And so on. . .

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

And you really don't want to know what they mean by "Meat".

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Meat Joe Black's meat.

I heard of Meat Biriyani, I think, in a fun dentist sketch of "Smack The Pony". What's in that?

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

It depends on the restaurant. Some use lamb on their menu to mean lamb, but 'meat' is sometimes used for beef. Others use 'meat' to mean 'lamb'. It's usually a good idea to clarify before you order.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Kosh - What the F*ck do you mean by that? Twat.

Actually what I've found is that when they use the term 'meat' it means beef. Its just written that way to stop various Hindus from storming the place and burning it down for selling beef.

Anyhow, every one I have been to (and that is a fair few) marks everything well.

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