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Post by s on Aug 11, 2005 19:43:15 GMT -5
Is this definitely legitimate? Even if it is, I doubt I will be allowed to participate.
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Post by Charles Vane on Aug 11, 2005 22:19:44 GMT -5
I could contribute if I get a job any time soon. And if I find nothing better to spend it on.
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Post by SnicketFires on Aug 12, 2005 14:42:57 GMT -5
I would love to do this, although there is little or no chance that my parents would let me do this.
I agree that we should do a 667-related name. We could do something like "Captiosus" or "Walter" or something else like that.
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Post by s on Aug 12, 2005 19:26:31 GMT -5
See, but all of those are specific to one and only one member, which isn't very fair if we all pool our money. However, at the moment I can't think of anything that isn't.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 12, 2005 22:45:37 GMT -5
Hmm.
That's all I have to say.
C: THEY SHOULD SAY CAPTIOSUS!
J: Or BSam.
C: OR CAPTIOSUS YESYESYES MY NAME IS COOL AND LATIN.
J: BSam referring to drinking problems would be hilarious.
C: Captiosus means 'wit'!
J: How, exactly, *would* we pool the money in the first place? I have quite a bit of money, but I'll see how high the bidding goes, though no one else seems to be willing to pool it, and even if they did, how would we?
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Post by Amber on Aug 13, 2005 11:34:08 GMT -5
J: How, exactly, *would* we pool the money in the first place? I have quite a bit of money, but I'll see how high the bidding goes, though no one else seems to be willing to pool it, and even if they did, how would we? I would, but my money would be in GBP not USD. Uhh, we could make someone buy it then we send them our money. Or send someone our money and then make them buy it. How high does anyone think it's likely to go.
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Post by Dante on Aug 13, 2005 11:35:47 GMT -5
It depends who's bidding on it. I'd guess that the only people bidding on it are people like us - so probably not very high, unless two people really want it. This is, of course, unless Snicket has some wealthy adult fans who like the series so much that they're prepared to pay out large sums.
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Post by Antenora on Aug 13, 2005 11:37:12 GMT -5
I think this auction could get up to thousands of dollars, if Snicket has wealthy adult fans or other people are pooling their money. My parents are aware of this, but I don't know if they'd be willing to send money. It would depend, I guess, on just how much this will cost.
As for our Sunnyspeak word, maybe we should compile a list of possibilities(Captiosus, BSam, Colin Towel, etc) and have a poll.
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Post by Dante on Aug 13, 2005 11:43:33 GMT -5
If we need a full name, we could combine two single names (or words). I'm bad at ideas, though.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 13, 2005 11:59:35 GMT -5
The bidding could possibly go high. It's for charity after all, isn't it?
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Post by Dante on Aug 13, 2005 12:25:25 GMT -5
That's true. But I'd have thought that Snicket would be overlooked slightly next to, uh, the only other one I can remember that's offering something up is Gaiman. Oh, and that King fellow.
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Post by SnicketFires on Aug 13, 2005 20:26:42 GMT -5
See, but all of those are specific to one and only one member, which isn't very fair if we all pool our money. However, at the moment I can't think of anything that isn't. I understand that, but I didn't have any brilliant ideas at the time. We should possible compile a list of all ones we might use. If we do this, we could have a forum-wide "search" for the 667 word.
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Post by SF on Aug 14, 2005 23:07:31 GMT -5
Love the idea. Too poor to pool money. Wouldn't be allowed anyways.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 15, 2005 12:41:07 GMT -5
J: Stephen King...I thought he stopped writring books. Fifteen times.
C: I suppose he'll only stop when he's dead. Unless he's buried in a cursed Indian burial ground and comes back to life as a rabid clown with psychic powers.
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Post by s on Aug 15, 2005 16:20:42 GMT -5
Yes, I was wondering that as well. Just how do we pool our money, when we are scattered all over the globe? Would we have to send cash to someone? Because that seems kind of risky...and plus, we would be using several different currencies...
Making a list of names sounds like a good idea, though..
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