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0|0|0|||1||Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|Gryphon||12:06:18|03/21/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Mar-21-14 AT 12:07 PM (EDT)]%3EMy first name is Bjorn. My mother%27s first name is Jette. %28She%27s %0D%0A%3EDanish%3B I%27m excruciatingly American%2C though I have inherited the %0D%0A%3EDanish people%27s love to party.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DAnd that is called paying the Dane-geld%2C%0D%0ABut we%27ve proved it again and again%2C%0D%0AThat if once you have paid him the Dane-geld%0D%0AYou never get rid of the Dane.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Rudyard Kipling.  That poem also features one of my favorite opening lines in poetry%2C %22It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation... %22%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso I have to say%2C if my name was Bjorn%2C I would be hard%2C hard pressed not to spell it Bj%C3%B8rn%2C even if it wasn%27t really spelled Bj%C3%B8rn.  Or Bj%C3%B6rn%2C at a pinch%2C but Bj%C3%B8rn is even awesomer.  %C3%98 might be the only letter in the world that can top an umlaut.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EHowever%2C from an early age%2C %0D%0A%3EI had endless playground struggles with various bullies%2C the worst of %0D%0A%3Ewhom were Star Trek literates who would wrinkle their noses at me and %0D%0A%3Ecall me Bajoran. %0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C as Bob came close to suggesting%2C %22Bajoran Borg%22 would be an awesomely punly let%27s-see-who-can-parse-this Halloween costume.  Wrinkly nose prosthesis%2C pasty-face makeup%2C some random cyborg things%2C flowing blond hair%2C really tight shorts.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C I%27m having a hard time getting myself to accept that there are grown-up people who can have had schoolyard difficulties based on %5Bi%5DDeep Space Nine%5B%2Fi%5D.  Surely it%27s not that old.  Surely %5Bi%5DI%27m%5B%2Fi%5D not that old.  %5Bi%5DSurely%5B%2Fi%5D not.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D... except I am.  shit.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|Mercutio||12:13:30|03/21/2014|%3EAlso%2C I%27m having a hard time getting myself to accept that there are %0D%0A%3Egrown-up people who can have had schoolyard difficulties based on %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DDeep Space Nine%5B%2Fi%5D.  Surely it%27s not that old.  Surely %5Bi%5DI%27m%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Enot that old.  %5Bi%5DSurely%5B%2Fi%5D not. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor awhile there%2C I had a lot of fun telling people I grew up with %22you know that kid on the cover of Nirvana%27s %5Bi%5DNevermind%5B%2Fi%5D%3F That kid has graduated from college.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|BobSchroeck||12:49:57|03/21/2014|%3E%28Rudyard Kipling.  That poem also features one of my favorite opening %0D%0A%3Elines in poetry%2C %22It is always a temptation to an armed and agile %0D%0A%3Enation... %22%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOkay%2C and now suddenly the malfunctioning rememberer in my head is going%2C %22y%27know%2C there%27s something very similar to that which I can%27t quite dig up right now%2C but I%27m pretty sure has to do with a song%2C or a musical%2C or something along those lines.  If I come across it while you%27re concerned with a completely different thing six months from now%2C I%27ll let you know.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOn the other hand%2C as Bob came close to suggesting%2C %22Bajoran Borg%22 %0D%0A%3Ewould be an awesomely punly let%27s-see-who-can-parse-this Halloween %0D%0A%3Ecostume.  Wrinkly nose prosthesis%2C pasty-face makeup%2C some random %0D%0A%3Ecyborg things%2C flowing blond hair%2C really tight shorts. %0D%0A%0D%0AMm.  Would adding a tennis racket give the game away%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
3|1|0|||||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|mdg1||13:45:15|03/21/2014|And then you have a friend come in wearing the same costume...%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll leave it as an exercise for the reader what that signifies. 3%3A%29
4|2|3|||1||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|Gryphon||14:43:00|03/21/2014|%3EAnd then you have a friend come in wearing the same costume... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27ll leave it as an exercise for the reader what that signifies. 3%3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOr eight friends%2C and then you do a musical number.  Everybody likes the Bajoran Borg Nine.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
6|3|4|||1||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|McFortner||19:33:46|03/21/2014|If they were all old%2C fat men then they would be the Ernest Borg Nine.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D
5|1|0|||||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|eriktown||14:56:09|03/21/2014|%0D%0A%3EAlso I have to say%2C if my name was Bjorn%2C I would be hard%2C hard %0D%0A%3Epressed not to spell it Bj%C3%B8rn%2C even if it wasn%27t really spelled %0D%0A%3EBj%C3%B8rn.  Or Bj%C3%B6rn%2C at a pinch%2C but Bj%C3%B8rn is even awesomer.  %C3%98 might %0D%0A%3Ebe the only letter in the world that can top an umlaut. %0D%0A%0D%0AI do%2C in personal correspondance. According to my parents%2C that%27s the official spelling%3B it%27s just the US government did not accept that as a valid character in the seventies. %28And probably still today for all I know%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C I%27m having a hard time getting myself to accept that there are %0D%0A%3Egrown-up people who can have had schoolyard difficulties based on %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DDeep Space Nine%5B%2Fi%5D.  Surely it%27s not that old.  Surely %5Bi%5DI%27m%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Enot that old.  %5Bi%5DSurely%5B%2Fi%5D not. %0D%0A%0D%0ATake comfort in the fact that it was at least during Season 1%2C so right when it came out. %3A%29
7|1|0|||||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|starless||12:32:13|03/30/2014|And I%27m stuck thinking%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ABajor. Borg. Bajorg.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28What you%27d really need%2C though%2C is a Shatnerian McEnroe.%29
8|1|0|||||RE%3A Of Names and Funky Letter Forms|Senji||14:31:28|03/30/2014|%3E%3EMy first name is Bjorn. %0D%0A%3E%3EHowever%2C from an early age%2C %0D%0A%3E%3EI had endless playground struggles with various bullies%2C the worst of %0D%0A%3E%3Ewhom were Star Trek literates who would wrinkle their noses at me and %0D%0A%3E%3Ecall me Bajoran. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOn the other hand%2C as Bob came close to suggesting%2C %22Bajoran Borg%22 %0D%0A%3Ewould be an awesomely punly let%27s-see-who-can-parse-this Halloween %0D%0A%3Ecostume.  %0D%0A%0D%0A Bj%C3%B8rn the Bear Borg%3F %3A-%29%0D%0A%0D%0AS.%0D%0A