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Double thread! Cat takeover!!!

POSTED BY: ANDUINE
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 14:11
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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:20 PM

ANDUINE


I've read quite a few posts about the futility of trying to get Fox or another network to resurrect the series. All I can say is sad.

While there have been many serious and praiseworthy attempts at this, nothing has met with any success to date. Too many of us are content to piss and moan in our apathy and settle for another defeat from 'the man' or coporate imbeciles who feel qualified to make choices for us.

I think (and maybe in my ignorance) that what's needed here is a catalyst of some nature to organise a credible and effective campaign.

Underdogs that we are, seriously, so what if we meet with defeat. Again and again. It's far better than wallowing in self pity.

Ireland didn't win it's freedom (and still hasnt totally) in one battle.

It took years of efforts by the fans of Star Trek until we saw vindication.

For starters networks dont listen to fans...they listen to advertisers. Money talks.

If there are enough people interested here and over at other forums then... I wonder how serious Fox would be after hearing from several of it's large advertisers that there are thousands of fans willing to boycott Fox's advertisers to get our point across.

And if fans are organised enough. What would happen if in guerilla type fashion a one month period was used to not buy any product from said advertisers? How quickly do you think they would let the network know? I've worked in communications for a fortune 100 company and I can tell you from personal experience how sensitive those companies are to public opinion.

The keyword here is to organise. And one place it can start is right here. So the real question is how do we start? It will take time. It will take logistics. It will take building a group of people from all talents, which should be here and readily available, unless cynicism has prevailed. If the show is worth it, than it's worth winning, but it's also worth defeat. But at least we can make a noise that will cause a few to tremble.

I have some thoughts, but more importantly I also have some ammunition. As in the contact info for all the major advertisers on Fox. If this post get's enough of a reply or comment...then...let's take the next step and initially figure out a way to use what we have and logically plan out the attack.

Or. We can always sit around and complain.
thanks for listening,
Anduine





Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt




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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:34 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


Quote:

Originally posted by Anduine:
I've read quite a few posts about the futility of trying to get Fox or another network to resurrect the series. All I can say is sad.

While there have been many serious and praiseworthy attempts at this, nothing has met with any success to date. Too many of us are content to piss and moan in our apathy and settle for another defeat from 'the man' or coporate imbeciles who feel qualified to make choices for us.

I think (and maybe in my ignorance) that what's needed here is a catalyst of some nature to organise a credible and effective campaign.

Underdogs that we are, seriously, so what if we meet with defeat. Again and again. It's far better than wallowing in self pity.

Ireland didn't win it's freedom (and still hasnt totally) in one battle.

It took years of efforts by the fans of Star Trek until we saw vindication.

For starters networks dont listen to fans...they listen to advertisers. Money talks.

If there are enough people interested here and over at other forums then... I wonder how serious Fox would be after hearing from several of it's large advertisers that there are thousands of fans willing to boycott Fox's advertisers to get our point across.

And if fans are organised enough. What would happen if in guerilla type fashion a one month period was used to not buy any product from said advertisers? How quickly do you think they would let the network know? I've worked in communications for a fortune 100 company and I can tell you from personal experience how sensitive those companies are to public opinion.

The keyword here is to organise. And one place it can start is right here. So the real question is how do we start? It will take time. It will take logistics. It will take building a group of people from all talents, which should be here and readily available, unless cynicism has prevailed. If the show is worth it, than it's worth winning, but it's also worth defeat. But at least we can make a noise that will cause a few to tremble.

I have some thoughts, but more importantly I also have some ammunition. As in the contact info for all the major advertisers on Fox. If this post get's enough of a reply or comment...then...let's take the next step and initially figure out a way to use what we have and logically plan out the attack.

Or. We can always sit around and complain.
thanks for listening,
Anduine





Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt







Umm dude, I ain't wallowing in self-pity, and I think that the old timers did a lot to effect the landscape. There was, after all, a movie.


---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original


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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:36 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Hmmmm, a double thread.
I could address and argue much of what's been said in this double thread, or I could post some kittehs.




Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:37 PM

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN


cats is nice.

Why is the rum always gone?

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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:44 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:47 PM

ANDUINE


You're too right!

But why stop at a movie...

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Sunday, May 6, 2007 5:51 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Sunday, May 6, 2007 6:08 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY




Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 7:28 AM

MSG



as an old timer...



"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs


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Monday, May 7, 2007 7:30 AM

TINADOLL


Were are you getting all these new cats?!?!? LOL



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Monday, May 7, 2007 7:46 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY






I've heisted most of mine from Icanhascheezburger.com and from a Live Journal community.

I love the babushka one!

Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 7:58 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Quote:

Originally posted by Tinadoll:
Were are you getting all these new cats?!?!? LOL


http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html?flow=no&large=no (Warning! Large!)
http://www.dropline.net/cats/
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://community.livejournal.com/cat_macros/
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u179/funnycatmacros (my free and open album of all the cats I find and/or make)

Then there's good ol' Google and PhotoShop.

I lurve my PhotoShop












Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:21 AM

MSG






"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs


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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:30 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Hehehehehehe! MsG, that one made me think of our favorite Australian Kaylee's mother





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:31 AM

MARINA


.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:38 AM

MSG


and I can sense our Aussie's mom thinking



"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs


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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:39 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


I snorted at this one!





Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:44 AM

TINADOLL


ooh PR Thankies!



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Monday, May 7, 2007 8:47 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Quote:

Originally posted by marina:
Your collection made me laugh so hard I cried!


Yay!


*yoinks kitteh in pringle can*

Been looking for a copy of that with an actually funny caption!

*edit* No problemz, Tina!





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 10:34 AM

TINADOLL


That Prozac cat is HYSTERICAL





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Monday, May 7, 2007 11:22 AM

BSCPANTHERFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Quote:

Originally posted by marina:
Your collection made me laugh so hard I cried!


Yay!


*yoinks kitteh in pringle can*

Been looking for a copy of that with an actually funny caption!

*edit* No problemz, Tina!





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.



STEWIE CAT!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

So who is he?
He's my husband.
Well who in the damn galaxy ain't!

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Monday, May 7, 2007 12:19 PM

AFIC


i dunno about the whole "self pity" thing, but other than that- My thoughts exactly! I want, not another movie, but the show back!

I plan on trying to start a site- complete with fancy flash videos. a montage. however you spell that.

-----------------------------------------
she'll turn you in before you can say... don't turn me in... lady...

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Monday, May 7, 2007 3:46 PM

TINADOLL





..Have you all seen the Orly Owls?



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Monday, May 7, 2007 3:52 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


Great cat piccies peeps, but why does they all speaks funny. Don't catz got good grahmers?


---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original


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Monday, May 7, 2007 3:55 PM

PENGUIN


Faulty Catz to English translators!




King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:05 PM

PENGUIN


Cat/English Dictionary

Miaow - Feed me.

Meow - Pet me.

Mrooww - I love you.

miioo-oo-oo - I am in love and must meet my betrothed outside beneath the hedge. Don't wait up.

Mrow - I feel like making noise.

rrrow-mawww - Please, the time is come to tidy the cat box.

rrrow-miawww - I have remedied the cat box untidiness by shoveling the contents as far out of the box as was practical.

Miaowmiaow - Play with me.

Miaowmioaw - Have you noticed the shortage of available cat toys in this room?

Mioawmioaw - Since I can find nothing better to play with, I shall see what happens when I sharpen my claws on this handy piece of furniture.

Raowwwww - I think I shall now spend time licking the most private parts of my anatomy.

Mrowwwww - I am now recalling, with sorrow, that some of my private parts did not return with me from that visit to the vet.

roww-maww-roww - I am so glad to see that you have returned home with both arms full of groceries. I will now rub myself against your legs and attempt to trip you as you walk towards the kitchen.

Mmeww – I believe I have heard a burglar. If you would like to go and beat him senseless, I shall be happy to keep your spot in the bed warm.

gakk-ak-ak - My digestive passages seem to have formed a hairball. Wherever could this have come from? I shall leave it here upon the carpeting.

Mow - Snuggling is a good idea.

Mow - Shedding is pretty good, too.

mowww! - I was enjoying snuggling and shedding in the warm clean laundry until you removed me so unkindly.

miaow! miaow! - I have discovered that, although one may be able to wedge his body through the gap behind the stove and into that little drawer filled with pots and pans, the reverse path is slightly more difficult to navigate.

mraakk! - Oh, small bird! Please come over here.

ssssroww! - I believe that I have found a woodchuck. I shall now act terribly brave.

Mmmmmmm - If I sit in the sunshine for another week or so, I think I shall be satisfied.





King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:24 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


OMG! Penguin, that was hi-larious! Can I steal it to put in Zeke's online diary?



Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:27 PM

PENGUIN


Yes, you may! (I borrowed it! )




King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:37 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


Thanks Penguin! I put it in his diary and sent to a group he's in, with proper credit!
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/504725/diary




Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:41 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


Quote:

Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Great cat piccies peeps, but why does they all speaks funny. Don't catz got good grahmers?



Nope, apparently not!

Speakin' of peeps...





Go check out the kitty insanity thread!

Deb



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Monday, May 7, 2007 4:51 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


c'est trop un peep


---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original


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Monday, May 7, 2007 5:09 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Most cats do not know how to spell or have good grammar, but there are some exceptions.




Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 11:23 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY




Deb



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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 4:55 AM

TINADOLL





hahaha Gerry Butler cat



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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:29 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


Anybody read Edward Gorey's Gashlicrumb Tinies?







Deb



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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:42 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.









Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:53 AM

TINADOLL






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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:59 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY






Deb



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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 6:43 AM

TINADOLL






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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 9:04 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY




Paris?



Deb



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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 9:09 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:27 PM

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN




"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:30 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


Quote:

Originally posted by sweetserendipity:


Deb








you people crack me up!


---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original


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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:36 PM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


I didn't make it, but the cat can't do any worse!






Deb



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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 2:25 AM

DANIELFYRE


Wow can you say hijacked at claw-point? I think the cats just came in and totally owned this thread...and no offense to the original poster but I love it.

-DanielFyre

"real men juggle geese"

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 2:48 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


It was cat-jacked because it was a double post of the same thread.







Deb



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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 3:11 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.





Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 4:26 AM

TINADOLL





I wuv dis tread!



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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 4:39 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS


Quote:

Originally posted by sweetserendipity:
Anybody read Edward Gorey's Gashlicrumb Tinies?


LOL, those are so funny, and the kitty versions are hilarious.

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.....

Out of all the kitties on this thread, this has to be my favorite:


~jimi
SFC Alexander, Chief Medic for the 76th Indepentent Army Battalion

God? Who's colors' he flyin'?

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 4:40 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY




and a random dog...



Deb



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