OT-How Long To Call? - Page 10

Upstate_New_York · 05-03-2001, 08:42 PM

Hmm... I think this thread has outlived it's usefulness and humor. This thread has been good and has been fun in the past... but it's gone now.

Ctown sounds upset. We should oblige him and let this Frankenstien's Monster of a thing go.

05-03-2001, 09:15 PM

Oh yes!

Senator · 05-03-2001, 09:41 PM

A good example of getting more than you bargained for.

Sorry C-Town - this threads going to 1000!

Ryan S · 05-04-2001, 05:53 PM

I have noticed that this thread has now turned into a bunch of people desperate to post just for the sake of posting in this thread, and talk of Ctowns lovelife disappeared about 7 pages ago.

On a related note, this is my first post in this topic.

sachmo71 · 05-07-2001, 01:50 PM

Why is C-town upset? I refuse to go back and try and find out...did something bad happen with the law student? Did she (*gasp!*) see this thread?

Ctown-Fan · 05-07-2001, 02:02 PM

No sachmo71,

It is just annoying to see people contiunously post on this tread just to post on it. It outlived its purpose and the day I posted that I was in quite a surly mood. Anyhow, that is the reason I said that, no other. That is also why I have posted no updates (one way or the other) in several weeks . . .

[ 05-07-2001: Message edited by: Ctown-Fan ]

sachmo71 · 05-07-2001, 02:09 PM

Then lets have an administrator CLOSE THE TOPIC! If C-town is tired of it, and it's making him mad, that's as good of a reason as any to close it! No more posts from me...

05-07-2001, 02:54 PM

You know, I swore I wasn't going to post in this thread, but....

Ctown, if you're really sick of seeing this thread (and I don't doubt that you are), you know you can simply edit your first post, click "Delete", and the whole thing will disappear.

Unless of course you want it saved for posterity for some reason....

Upstate_New_York · 05-07-2001, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Simms:
Ctown, if you're really sick of seeing this thread (and I don't doubt that you are), you know you can simply edit your first post, click "Delete", and the whole thing will disappear.

Wow... just like out of The Wizard of Oz. Click your delete together a few times, say "There's no place like home" and Ctown will wake up in Kansas, and this entire thread will seem as if it were a dream.

I say go for it.

lurker · 06-29-2001, 10:35 AM

What do you guys say we bring this up?

Ah, this thread is the epitome of why I lurked....fond memories

Sorry Ctown

, but it might save the board from becoming a complete terror.

petrochile · 06-29-2001, 10:37 AM

so c-town, I think you waited enough time, it is time to call dawg.

06-29-2001, 10:49 AM

Have you bought a ring yet?

petrochile · 06-29-2001, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ctown-Fan:
Ok, so this might be a bit of an odd question, but I expect the responses might be interesting . . .

Do ya think?

Syrinx · 06-29-2001, 11:07 AM

Wow and to think, I somehow missed this thread completely the first time around.
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It takes a long time to read through.

Double A · 06-29-2001, 11:19 AM

C-Town, I believe this is called taking one for the team...

sachmo71 · 06-29-2001, 11:56 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

lurker · 06-29-2001, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sachmo71:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

So what are you saying? You're not happy I brought this up?

Scarecrow · 06-29-2001, 12:16 PM

[shakes fist in air]

DIE DAMMIT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/shakes fist in air]

Lurker, you bastard

[ 06-29-2001: Message edited by: Scarecrow ]

Ctown-Fan · 06-29-2001, 12:51 PM

y'all are a tough crowd!

I am right there with you sachmo71, although I feared this thread would some day make it back to the top. I didn't think that it was going to be a catastrophic event that caused it.

Ok, Double A, I'll take one for the team this time, but I swear if that ball hits me in the head . . .

lurker, I am glad to have kept you amused all this time! Better to have you post than to lurk, in my mind

MIJB#19 · 06-29-2001, 12:54 PM

I'm so proud I didn't post in this thread in itswhole existance, I just had to post it somew...
...
uh-oh

I'm just realiz...
UH-OH!

No!

CubsFan915 · 06-29-2001, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ctown-Fan:
Ok, Double A, I'll take one for the team this time, but I swear if that ball hits me in the head . . .

To hell with hitting you in the head... I can think of a place I'd be more worried about taking one for the team in...

Wilzone · 04-24-2002, 10:21 AM

Man this was a great thread...

the_classic · 04-24-2002, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blackadar:
Maxim mag had a survey on this one and the overwhelming result was that the ladies wanted you to call the very next day. They want to be wanted...

Hmm... I was going to say something in reply but guess I didn't. Somebody post though, I don't want to be the last to post on this!

[ 04-25-2002: Message edited by: the_classic ]

Ctown-Fan · 04-27-2002, 06:22 PM

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear thread
Happy Birthday to you

Have I told all y'all how much I love you?
'cause I do you sick bastards

Maybe I should have listened to Fritz and just thrown one in her....

Ahh well, hindsite is 20/20 . . . Just ask Marty Shottenheimer about Clifford Charelton and Mike Junkin....

cthomer5000 · 04-29-2002, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ctown-Fan:
I attempted to make the call. I tried at 8 and at 9 last night. Neither time did anyone answer the phone.

I am a patient man. I had never seen this thread before (a bit before my time) and after this post i wanted to jump out of my chair with a response, but surely in the next 18 pages, someone would make my point for me...but No!

you called at 8 & 9!!!

never, ever, ever call on the hour! It makes it look like you thought 'i'll call at 8' and called at like 8.01PM alerting her to the fact that the call was obviously planned. Even if you've plotted a call for days, with a huge flow chart instructing you on what to do for every possible turn the conversation might take, don't blow your cover by calling on the hour!!

Do suave, playing-it-cool, non-obsessive guys call on the hour? NO. They're spontaneous, they don't call at 8 and 9, they call at 7.42 and 8.16.

Beyond that point, i was really surprised at the turn this thread took, with C-town getting seemingly pissed off and completely unwilling to give us even a vague sense of how anything worked out. What seemes like the most straight-forward plot ended up being less coherent than a David Lynch directed film.

So, a year later....what's up with 3L?

Corey

NoMyths · 04-29-2002, 02:02 AM

Ctown IS David Lynch.

3L is now in NoMyths' stable of hookers.

Corey's advice is damned wise.

Ctown-Fan · 04-29-2002, 07:51 AM

If i remember, the 8 and 9 was just an economy of typing--but I probably did call roughly an hour apart.

3L and I didn't work out, and I found out later it was a good thing. Months later, I was at an Indians game with a lawyer buddy of mine and we ran into some of her friends, all happened to be Case Grads. They knew her, and told some stories that I wasn't to impressed with--so I guess that is a good thing that it didn't work out....

Since then there was a Librarian (MLS from UT), the college senior (eat your hearts out), the random little (22) sister of a friend--that was awakward--and not much else.

My old strategy of of wearing down their defenses through repeated meetings doesn't work so well in the bar/pub scene, and I still don't have the hang of this whole calling thing. However, I am still plugging away. After having three long term relationships, and watching my friends in long termers, I have to wonder "why the hell should I go through this hassle?" Then I remember, it's all about the breasts.

Hopefully, that has brought the closure that Chris and some others have wanted . . .speaking of which, I'll need to get my mack on again this weekend

cthomer5000 · 04-29-2002, 08:43 AM

thanks for the followup ctown, i think that's all the closure i needed. You should followup with some wise phrase about 'the road less travelled' or something and then the thread can disappear forever.

Corey

[ 04-30-2002: Message edited by: cthomer5000 ]

04-30-2002, 02:18 PM

Ctown I just want to thank you for the enlightened reading...Best Thread Ever.

12-10-2002, 02:27 AM

bump ... I posted a link to this for SunDancer (thanks Sachmo!), but I figured this would be a humorous bump for the rest of the newer members. I know I laughed my ass off when I first came across this classic.

Shkspr · 12-10-2002, 02:38 AM

The tricks your mind plays on you as you get older are amazing.

Take this thread, for example. I remember the thread being huge, almost unreadable, even. I remember it being this infinitely-headed hydra of a topic that dwarfed the fortitude of even the most devoted FOFCer to read. I remember having to write down thread page numbers on little scraps of paper to make sure I knew which page to pick up the discussion on.

::shrug:: Turns out the damned thing was only ten pages long.

12-10-2002, 02:43 AM

Remember, SkyDog recently changed it to 50 posts per page now, so it used to be 20 pages long.

sachmo71 · 12-10-2002, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Many:

Quiksand: "Tell her your working on one of my puzzles, the one with the threes."
Some rookie: "What does 'OT' mean?"
Passacaglia: "All your base are belong to us."

CTown thinks and chooses.

CTown: "All your base are belong to us."
1L: "Goodbye." (hangs up)

This thread had some great stuff.

C-Town, wherever you are, I'm sorry for mentioning this thread again. Well, I'm mostly sorry. I'm also laughing my butt off. Can't win 'em all, I guess.

[ 12-10-2002: Message edited by: sachmo71 ]

cantlogin_part_two · 12-10-2002, 04:42 AM

Hmm...18 months sounds about right.

Quote:

Originally posted by Ctown-Fan:
Ok, so this might be a bit of an odd question, but I expect the responses might be interesting . . .

Since my last girlfriend and I split (Jan 7 ) this has been the longest dry spell, without "dating" someone, for me in eight years.

Tonight was a first for me, all my girlfriends have come from "academic" interactions (No actual dating, but spending a lot of time together before starting a relationship).

Anyhow, I got a phone number from this really cool 1L (1st year Law Student) from Case Western at a bar tonight (Damn, that took a lot of guts--or maybe it was the Gunniess ). Luck of the 4th gen Irish I guess. But what would people suggest about how soon I should call? This is after all new territory for me.

My friends all suggested that I give her a call on monday--and this seems about right. Any suggestions?

JeeberD · 01-05-2003, 12:50 AM

Damn, I read this entire thread and then find out that it didn't work out? Man, I hate unhappy endings...

Fritz · 01-24-2003, 07:54 AM

FWIW, I got a kick ass glass mug out of it

JeeberD · 07-16-2003, 02:02 AM

Seeing as how CTown-Fan has graced us with his presence, I just have to bump this so that a new generation of FOFCers can learn about the greatness that is CTF and his girl troubles...

(Sorry, CTown, but you knew that it was going to have to happen once you showed up...

)

mckerney · 07-16-2003, 02:06 AM

Hmm... I'd never opened this thread before, but after reading a couple posts on this page I've come to the conclusion I made the right decision.

Oh, and how is this (or really any) thread better than our old threadkiller?

I miss it so much.

vex · 07-16-2003, 02:56 AM

This is a very old thread and somehow I never saw it. Like mckerney though, I think that was for the best.

JeeberD · 07-16-2003, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mckerney
Hmm... I'd never opened this thread before, but after reading a couple posts on this page I've come to the conclusion I made the right decision.

Oh, and how is this (or really any) thread better than our old threadkiller?

I miss it so much.

Dude, you have to read it from the beginning to fully enjoy this thread...

NoMyths · 07-16-2003, 03:14 AM

If you can't see the difference between this post (before it became silly) and the threadkill posts (which never served much of a purpose), you're either willfully ignoring the value behind it or are just irrevocably stupid. Your pick.

cthomer5000 · 07-21-2003, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NoMyths
If you can't see the difference between this post (before it became silly) and the threadkill posts (which never served much of a purpose), you're either willfully ignoring the value behind it or are just irrevocably stupid. Your pick.

agreed. I'm angered that anyone would choose to compare this thread to the entirely mindless "threadkiller" thread. I feel dirty even mentioning the threadkiller thread.

This thread is the height of reality posting at FOFC. I would'nt hesitate to rank this as one of my all-time favorites threads.

Ksyrup · 07-21-2003, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cthomer5000
This thread is the height of reality posting at FOFC.

So, which is it, the Bachelorette of FOFC, or the Paradise Hotel of FOFC?

Sun Tzu · 01-06-2004, 11:04 PM

Bork Bork Bork!

Franklinnoble · 01-06-2004, 11:32 PM

Who decided to drag THIS thread out of mothballs, and why?

DanGarion · 01-06-2004, 11:34 PM

I think it was the guy that said he wrote a book.

Groundhog · 01-07-2004, 12:14 AM

phew... well that was a long read... was definately nice to get some closure at the end of it. For awhile there I was afraid I wouldn't find out what happened to 3L.

Alf · 01-07-2004, 03:52 AM

SkyDog, I think you should close this thread

Suicane75 · 01-07-2004, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alf
SkyDog, I think you should close this thread

Hush. I'm still reading.

WSUCougar · 01-07-2004, 09:29 AM

Epic.

05-03-2001, 08:42 PM	#451
Upstate_New_York Mascot Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Space is the place.	Hmm... I think this thread has outlived it's usefulness and humor. This thread has been good and has been fun in the past... but it's gone now. Ctown sounds upset. We should oblige him and let this Frankenstien's Monster of a thing go. __________________ "Liberty. Equality. Fraternity. Information." - From Brazil

05-03-2001, 09:41 PM	#453
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	A good example of getting more than you bargained for. Sorry C-Town - this threads going to 1000! __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

05-07-2001, 02:02 PM	#456
Ctown-Fan High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000	No sachmo71, It is just annoying to see people contiunously post on this tread just to post on it. It outlived its purpose and the day I posted that I was in quite a surly mood. Anyhow, that is the reason I said that, no other. That is also why I have posted no updates (one way or the other) in several weeks . . . [ 05-07-2001: Message edited by: Ctown-Fan ] __________________ I used to be a grizzled veteran!

06-29-2001, 10:37 AM	#461
petrochile H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Stankonia	so c-town, I think you waited enough time, it is time to call dawg. __________________ Owner of the Jamaica Rastas of the FOFL

06-29-2001, 11:19 AM	#465
Double A n00b Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: JC, MO	C-Town, I believe this is called taking one for the team... __________________ I think this situation absolutely requires a futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part. We're just the guys to do it.

05-04-2001, 05:53 PM	#454
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	I have noticed that this thread has now turned into a bunch of people desperate to post just for the sake of posting in this thread, and talk of Ctowns lovelife disappeared about 7 pages ago. On a related note, this is my first post in this topic.

05-07-2001, 01:50 PM	#455
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Why is C-town upset? I refuse to go back and try and find out...did something bad happen with the law student? Did she (gasp!) see this thread?

05-07-2001, 02:09 PM	#457
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Then lets have an administrator CLOSE THE TOPIC! If C-town is tired of it, and it's making him mad, that's as good of a reason as any to close it! No more posts from me...

05-07-2001, 02:54 PM	#458
simms34	You know, I swore I wasn't going to post in this thread, but.... Ctown, if you're really sick of seeing this thread (and I don't doubt that you are), you know you can simply edit your first post, click "Delete", and the whole thing will disappear. Unless of course you want it saved for posterity for some reason....

06-29-2001, 10:35 AM	#460
lurker High School JV Join Date: May 2001	What do you guys say we bring this up? Ah, this thread is the epitome of why I lurked....fond memories Sorry Ctown , but it might save the board from becoming a complete terror.

06-29-2001, 10:49 AM	#462
TheRoyalOne	Have you bought a ring yet?

06-29-2001, 11:07 AM	#464
Syrinx H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta, GA	Wow and to think, I somehow missed this thread completely the first time around. . . . . . . . . It takes a long time to read through.

06-29-2001, 11:56 AM	#466
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

06-29-2001, 12:16 PM	#468
Scarecrow College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Flatlands of America	[shakes fist in air] DIE DAMMIT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!! [/shakes fist in air] Lurker, you bastard [ 06-29-2001: Message edited by: Scarecrow ] __________________ Post Count: Eleventy Billion - so deal with it!

06-29-2001, 12:51 PM	#469
Ctown-Fan High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000	y'all are a tough crowd! I am right there with you sachmo71, although I feared this thread would some day make it back to the top. I didn't think that it was going to be a catastrophic event that caused it. Ok, Double A, I'll take one for the team this time, but I swear if that ball hits me in the head . . . lurker, I am glad to have kept you amused all this time! Better to have you post than to lurk, in my mind __________________ I used to be a grizzled veteran!

05-03-2001, 09:15 PM	#452
heatman	Oh yes!

06-29-2001, 12:54 PM	#470
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	I'm so proud I didn't post in this thread in itswhole existance, I just had to post it somew... ... uh-oh I'm just realiz... UH-OH! No! __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

04-24-2002, 10:21 AM	#472
Wilzone n00b Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Washington, DC	Man this was a great thread... __________________ Viva la calzone!!!

04-27-2002, 06:22 PM	#474
Ctown-Fan High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000	Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear thread Happy Birthday to you Have I told all y'all how much I love you? 'cause I do you sick bastards Maybe I should have listened to Fritz and just thrown one in her.... Ahh well, hindsite is 20/20 . . . Just ask Marty Shottenheimer about Clifford Charelton and Mike Junkin.... __________________ I used to be a grizzled veteran!

04-29-2002, 02:02 AM	#476
NoMyths Poet in Residence Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Charleston, SC	Ctown IS David Lynch. 3L is now in NoMyths' stable of hookers. Corey's advice is damned wise.

04-29-2002, 07:51 AM	#477
Ctown-Fan High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000	If i remember, the 8 and 9 was just an economy of typing--but I probably did call roughly an hour apart. 3L and I didn't work out, and I found out later it was a good thing. Months later, I was at an Indians game with a lawyer buddy of mine and we ran into some of her friends, all happened to be Case Grads. They knew her, and told some stories that I wasn't to impressed with--so I guess that is a good thing that it didn't work out.... Since then there was a Librarian (MLS from UT), the college senior (eat your hearts out), the random little (22) sister of a friend--that was awakward--and not much else. My old strategy of of wearing down their defenses through repeated meetings doesn't work so well in the bar/pub scene, and I still don't have the hang of this whole calling thing. However, I am still plugging away. After having three long term relationships, and watching my friends in long termers, I have to wonder "why the hell should I go through this hassle?" Then I remember, it's all about the breasts. Hopefully, that has brought the closure that Chris and some others have wanted . . .speaking of which, I'll need to get my mack on again this weekend __________________ I used to be a grizzled veteran!

04-30-2002, 02:18 PM	#479
airhog	Ctown I just want to thank you for the enlightened reading...Best Thread Ever.

12-10-2002, 02:27 AM	#480
craptacular	bump ... I posted a link to this for SunDancer (thanks Sachmo!), but I figured this would be a humorous bump for the rest of the newer members. I know I laughed my ass off when I first came across this classic.

12-10-2002, 02:38 AM	#481
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	The tricks your mind plays on you as you get older are amazing. Take this thread, for example. I remember the thread being huge, almost unreadable, even. I remember it being this infinitely-headed hydra of a topic that dwarfed the fortitude of even the most devoted FOFCer to read. I remember having to write down thread page numbers on little scraps of paper to make sure I knew which page to pick up the discussion on. ::shrug:: Turns out the damned thing was only ten pages long.

12-10-2002, 02:43 AM	#482
craptacular	Remember, SkyDog recently changed it to 50 posts per page now, so it used to be 20 pages long.

01-05-2003, 12:50 AM	#485
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Damn, I read this entire thread and then find out that it didn't work out? Man, I hate unhappy endings... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

01-24-2003, 07:54 AM	#486
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	FWIW, I got a kick ass glass mug out of it __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

07-16-2003, 02:02 AM	#487
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Seeing as how CTown-Fan has graced us with his presence, I just have to bump this so that a new generation of FOFCers can learn about the greatness that is CTF and his girl troubles... (Sorry, CTown, but you knew that it was going to have to happen once you showed up... ) __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-16-2003, 02:06 AM	#488
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Hmm... I'd never opened this thread before, but after reading a couple posts on this page I've come to the conclusion I made the right decision. Oh, and how is this (or really any) thread better than our old threadkiller? I miss it so much.

07-16-2003, 02:56 AM	#489
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	This is a very old thread and somehow I never saw it. Like mckerney though, I think that was for the best.

07-16-2003, 03:14 AM	#491
NoMyths Poet in Residence Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Charleston, SC	If you can't see the difference between this post (before it became silly) and the threadkill posts (which never served much of a purpose), you're either willfully ignoring the value behind it or are just irrevocably stupid. Your pick.

01-06-2004, 11:04 PM	#494
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Bork Bork Bork! __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

01-06-2004, 11:32 PM	#495
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Who decided to drag THIS thread out of mothballs, and why?

01-06-2004, 11:34 PM	#496
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	I think it was the guy that said he wrote a book. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

01-07-2004, 12:14 AM	#497
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	phew... well that was a long read... was definately nice to get some closure at the end of it. For awhile there I was afraid I wouldn't find out what happened to 3L. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-07-2004, 03:52 AM	#498
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	SkyDog, I think you should close this thread __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats