LAST EDITED ON Feb-01-02 AT 11:30 PM (EST)

This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?

If they're made up, then mine's #29.

amused,
t.
arigato Gryphon-san

Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>
>If they're made up, then mine's #29.
>
I'm guessing they're totally pulled out of thin air. I'd make one up, but I've previously stated my reasons for not joining :)

Offsides

Unemployed netadmin seeking job... so what else is new?
#include <rabidcrackweasels.h>

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?

I'd considered seeing if there was some way I could determine signup order from when the boards opened, but I gave up that idea and instead just used 42. AFAIK, I was the first one to use a number in my RCW reference.

If you don't know what 42 means, I'm not going to bother explaining it to you. 23 is an Illuminatus! reference. I don't know the significance of the others I've seen.

-- Sean --
Rabid Crack Weasel #42
http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"All tribal myths are true, for a given value of 'true'." -- Terry Pratchett
Follow my random thoughts
Follow my creative process

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>
>If they're made up, then mine's #29.

Oh, sure, it starts as fun and games, assigning numbers and rank. Just wait until the locator chips and boot camp kick in, though, and we'll see who's laughing then.

	Chad Collier Digital Bitch J. Random VFX Company Oh, almost forgot...dibs on RCW #1138.

>>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>>
>>If they're made up, then mine's #29.
>
>Oh, sure, it starts as fun and games, assigning numbers and
>rank. Just wait until the locator chips and boot camp kick in,
>though, and we'll see who's laughing then.

Curses! Foiled again.

(I had this Brilliant Plan for selling the numbers... oh nevermind.)

Patrick Chester
"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?

I'll take dibs on 256, then (one byte of weasel? eek...)

---

==Jeremy Weiss I'm not a rabid crack weasel, I've had my shots. (but if you want to see what happens when you give a crack weasel amphetemines...)

---

>>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>
>I'll take dibs on 256, then (one byte of weasel? eek...)

Or, if you're not that hungry, take a nibble at 128.

astfgl.

Disclaimer: The poster does not suggest or encourage the consumption
of weazels, particularly one bit at a time.

LAST EDITED ON Feb-02-02 AT 09:23 AM (EST)

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>
>If they're made up, then mine's #29.

I think I can actually legally claim my number. ^_^

(legally as in 'prove I been doing this too long')

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
EPU RCW #1

>I think I can actually legally claim my number. ^_^
>
>(legally as in 'prove I been doing this too long')
>

Thank you Mephron - I was waiting for you to claim that :)

Offsides

Unemployed netadmin seeking job... so what else is new?
#include <rabidcrackweasels.h>

Dibs on 13!

My lucky number....

>Dibs on 13!
>
>
>
>
>My lucky number....

CURSES !!!

You beat me to it ... oh well , if that's the way it's gotta be ...

hmm , can I use XIII instead ?

-Griever
(although some of my friends claim that I tend to act more like a cat on speed on most occasions *shrug* , who'm I to break the trend ?)

>>Dibs on 13!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>My lucky number....
>
>CURSES !!!
>
>You beat me to it ... oh well , if that's the way it's gotta be ...
>
>hmm , can I use XIII instead ?
>
> -Griever
>(although some of my friends claim that I tend to act more like a cat
>on speed on most occasions *shrug* , who'm I to break the trend ?)

I don't suppose we can let this joke die?

Even though it is kinda funny....

>I don't suppose we can let this joke die?

I think the "rabid crack " is here to stay. As long as it doesn't get overplayed it won't get old.

If you want a number, then I suggest picking one that isn't already in use. I only started putting a number on mine as a way of differentiating the crack weasel .sig joke from the other crack weasel .sig jokes. I didn't expect everyone else to start giving themselves numbers, too.

(I'm wondering if Gryph is, right now, shaking his head and saying, "I've created a monster...")

-- Sean --
Rabid Crack Weasel #42
http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"All tribal myths are true, for a given value of 'true'." -- Terry Pratchett
Follow my random thoughts
Follow my creative process

>>I don't suppose we can let this joke die?
>
>I think the "rabid crack <weasel|ferret|guinea
>pig|hamster|gerbil|capybara|whatever>" is here to stay. As long as it
>doesn't get overplayed it won't get old.
>
>If you want a number, then I suggest picking one that isn't already in
>use. I only started putting a number on mine as a way of
>differentiating the crack weasel .sig joke from the other crack
>weasel .sig jokes. I didn't expect everyone else to start
>giving themselves numbers, too.
>
>(I'm wondering if Gryph is, right now, shaking his head and saying,
>"I've created a monster...")
>

::nod nod::

Pretty much what I expected/Did... And while I just pulled the number out of the air, I didn't either... It has a meaning as well. Lets just say I wanted to "Get Smart"...

___________________

Of COURSE you wern't expecting it!! NO ONE expects the Fannish Inquisition!!
EPU RCW #86

>>>I don't suppose we can let this joke die?
>>
>>I think the "rabid crack <weasel|ferret|guinea
>>pig|hamster|gerbil|capybara|whatever>" is here to stay. As long as it
>>doesn't get overplayed it won't get old.
>>
>>If you want a number, then I suggest picking one that isn't already in
>>use. I only started putting a number on mine as a way of
>>differentiating the crack weasel .sig joke from the other crack
>>weasel .sig jokes. I didn't expect everyone else to start
>>giving themselves numbers, too.
>>
>>(I'm wondering if Gryph is, right now, shaking his head and saying,
>>"I've created a monster...")
>>
>
>::nod nod::
>
>Pretty much what I expected/Did... And while I just pulled the number
>out of the air, I didn't either... It has a meaning as well. Lets
>just say I wanted to "Get Smart"...
>
>___________________
>
>Of COURSE you wern't expecting it!! NO ONE expects the
>Fannish Inquisition!!
>EPU RCW #86

Chose mine for the hull number of the ship I was on when I was first introduced to UF. It was the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74. As a plankowner (part of the commissioning crew) a piece of it is mine (I think, have to check the legality). So I chose my Rabid Crack Weasel number from that.

Archr
The Damned Sagittarius

"If you are going to have delusions, why not go for the really satisfying ones?" -Marcus Cole

>(I'm wondering if Gryph is, right now, shaking his head and saying,
>"I've created a monster...")

That or wondering, "Is it really the writing, or are they just that easily entertained?" :)

	Chad Collier Digital Bitch J. Random VFX Company RCW #1138 <shakeshakeshake> "My sources say 'both'."

>I don't suppose we can let this joke die?
>

Nothing quite like a good running gag . Except a bad running gag .

-Griever
"No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous-- Almost, at times, the Fool."

RCW #XIII (and if anybody even _starts_ with Red ...)

>>I don't suppose we can let this joke die?
>>
>
>Nothing quite like a good running gag . Except a bad running gag .
>

Ahmen brother.

>
>
>RCW #XIII (and if anybody even _starts_ with Red ...)

Okay, Nanaki.

*runs for cover*

----------------
Benjamin Brill
Wannabe Emperor
Master of the Turtle
Rabid Crack Weasel #667

>>RCW #XIII (and if anybody even _starts_ with Red ...)
>
>Okay, Nanaki.
>

*groan*...I guess I should have seen that one coming .

>*runs for cover*
>

I'd smite ya , but I'm just back from a trip and still have Soul Reaver 2 to finish .

-Griever , RCW #XIII ... no , the _other_ thirteen .
Trying in vain to get a life since 1983.

>>Dibs on 13!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>My lucky number....
>
>CURSES !!!
>
>You beat me to it ... oh well , if that's the way it's gotta be ...
>
>hmm , can I use XIII instead ?

Guess I'll take 1101, then.

-------
Y. Michael Chang
Mechanical Engineering major, Berkeley, CA
Rabid Crack Weasel# 1101

The difference between scientists and engineers is that a scientists can get hundreds of things wrong and one thing right, and, for that one thing, he or she will be famous. On the other hand, an engineer can get hundreds of things right and one thing wrong, and, for that one thing, he or she will be infamous.

>Guess I'll take 1101, then.
>

I feel like a complete and total Computer_Super_Freak but I have to ask. Are you using that to represent the C in your last name?

~Wingnut (RCW #197)
I just got off a six month relationship and it was pretty good until the end.....gee... that's what the survivors said about the Titanic.

>>Guess I'll take 1101, then.
>>
>
>I feel like a complete and total Computer_Super_Freak but I have to
>ask. Are you using that to represent the C in your last name?
>

Think binary.

-------
Y. Michael Chang
Mechanical Engineering major, Berkeley, CA
Rabid Crack Weasel# 1101

The difference between scientists and engineers is that a scientists can get hundreds of things wrong and one thing right, and, for that one thing, he or she will be famous. On the other hand, an engineer can get hundreds of things right and one thing wrong, and, for that one thing, he or she will be infamous.

>>>Guess I'll take 1101, then.
>>>
>
>Think binary.

Another 13... yeesh

	-={(Astynax)}=- "Darkness beyond Twilight"

Okay... I think I need a vacation...

~Wingnut (RCW #197)
I just got off a six month relationship and it was pretty good until the end.....gee... that's what the survivors said about the Titanic.

>Guess I'll take 1101, then.
>

And here I thought someone would take this one.
I guess my numerical linear algebra class is getting to me...

--Chris

"Don't send your ducks to eagle school."
--Jim Rome
"RCW #i

Well, I like my new pistola...

--
-Pasha
Umm, right....I'll be with you in just a sec now...
RCW#228

>This is probably a dumb question, but are people making the crack
>weasel numbers up are they getting them from some place?
>
>If they're made up, then mine's #29.

<sigh> With my nic, there's really only one choice.

#666

astfgl.

Hrmmm I'd like to get in on this too.

I pick #197 for the number of people that the forum said were online when I joined

~Wingnut (RCW #197)

"Me? I'm just a delusional psychotic with a gun to your head. Now stop talking... It's irritating."

>Hrmmm I'd like to get in on this too.
>
>I pick #197 for the number of people that the forum said were online
>when I joined
>
>
If I were to follow that pattern, I'd be RCW #5.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "Rabid Crack Weasel before it was in style"

Okay, I've got dibs on 123. No real reason. And why is it everyone else can put images in their sig?

Matrix Dragon, RCW #123, and the only one that seems to have trouble with putting an image in his sig.

>Okay, I've got dibs on 123. No real reason. And why is it everyone
>else can put images in their sig?

Because we're special. ;)

Nah, seriously it's just a matter of copying the appropriate code out of somebody else's sig and modifying it to your needs. Just remember to check it in Preview mode, in case you run into formatting problems.

	Mr. Fnord Rabid Crack Weasel #23

>>Okay, I've got dibs on 123. No real reason. And why is it everyone
>>else can put images in their sig?
>
>Because we're special. ;)

Gee, thanks a lot.

>Nah, seriously it's just a matter of copying the appropriate code out
>of somebody else's sig and modifying it to your needs. Just remember
>to check it in Preview mode, in case you run into formatting problems.

I did. However, the only place on the net I currently have to store it doesn't host images.

Matrix Dragon, RCW #123, and the only one that seems to have trouble with putting an image in his sig. (Stupid Angelfire...)

>Matrix Dragon, RCW #123, and the only one that seems to have trouble
>with putting an image in his sig. (Stupid Angelfire...)

Well, at least you have an image to use. I still can't figure out one that I like. And since I have no drawing tallent, I just have to keep looking....

At least I have my RCW number! ;)

Michael
RCW # 2ⁿ⁺¹

The Lovely Angels: When it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed overnight!

LAST EDITED ON Feb-05-02 AT 11:34 AM (EST)

Thanks to the Powers-That-Be^TM I have finally found my image!

And there was much rejoycing (yeay).

	Michael C. Fortner RCW #2(n+1) The Lovely Angels: When it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed overnight!

I guess I'll just move in one door down from the beast, give me 665.

CyberPagan
****************************************
RCW #665 The other neighbor of the beast.
I'm really here, but I'm not here, really
****************************************

I'll lay claim to RCW #625. Kudos to anyone (besides Gryph and Zoner) who knows why...

--rR

i feel like a fool for asking this question but maybe because i am relatively new to the discussion forum i might be excused....but WHAT in the world is a Rabid Crack Weasel number!

while im at it is mandatory?

Wengfook

>i feel like a fool for asking this question but maybe because i am
>relatively new to the discussion forum i might be excused....but WHAT
>in the world is a Rabid Crack Weasel number!
>
>while im at it is mandatory?
>
In one of the latest installments of the Symphony of the Sword arc, Gryphon put in the credits "Patience of rabid crack weasels, the EPU Forum Users...kidding!" Since then, the joke of the RCW has become t-shirts, mugs, caps and the like, and people have been proclaiming their number with something that resembles pride. A curious creature, the rabid crack weasel, and rare, for their only found on a small little place on the internet....

"Maybe they have gold fillings or something! This is an adventure, damn it! I demand financial rewards for acts of homicide!"

>while im at it is mandatory?
>
>Wengfook

The only "mandatory" customs on this board are listed above as the the rules. Of course, we have other rules, but its kinda like Mao - you discover them as you go along.

welcome,
t.

Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

>>while im at it is mandatory?
>>
>>Wengfook
>
>The only "mandatory" customs on this board are listed above as the the
>rules. Of course, we have other rules, but its kinda like Mao - you
>discover them as you go along.

I believe that you just broke one, by mentioning The Game Which Must Not Be Mentioned.

--rR
Rabid Crack Weasel #625

Ah Enlightenment! thankee kind sirs for broadening my humble horizons.(please tell me if im going overboard):)

um just wondering...there must be rules for picking a RCW num like the obvious
dont take a number thats already taken. Although human creativity does seem remarkable when looking at the ways people find ways around that one(for instance the infamous number 13...tum ta dum tum taaa!) ..... are there any others?

I have not checked but is number 15 available ??

>>The only "mandatory" customs on this board are listed above as the the
>>rules. Of course, we have other rules, but its kinda like Mao - you
>>discover them as you go along.
>
>I believe that you just broke one, by mentioning The Game Which Must
>Not Be Mentioned.

Did I? Hmm, think you're right. My bad for not paying attention. Does this mean I must pick another card from the deck? <grin>

t.
amazed this thread is still alive

Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Maccadon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

"Pretty ambitious for a tree, isn't it?"

Well I'm certainly not a weasel, nor am I rabid, and I dont in dulge in crack.

And I am certainly not #6.

--
Kitsune9tl, NOT(RCW#6)

>Well I'm certainly not a weasel, nor am I rabid, and I dont in dulge
>in crack.
>
>And I am certainly not #6.

You're not a weasel; you're a free man?

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to Patrick MacGoohan as Aaron F. Johnson,
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com

(Not the new Number 2)

>>Well I'm certainly not a weasel, nor am I rabid, and I dont in dulge
>>in crack.
>>
>>And I am certainly not #6.
>
>You're not a weasel; you're a free man?
>
Nobody has sent a rover after me yet.

Kitsune9tl@hotmail.com

Wha-CHUNK.
The sound of the safety interlocks in ED-209/A1's autocannons snapping out of battery instantly commanded everyone's attention.

"Thank you," said Ed, and he opened fire.

!RCW# 6

My number comes from the M998, a popular model of the HMMWV (Humvee)

Well, what the frell, time to jump in and join the party.

--
RCW #mc^2

The subject says it all really. If a thread has been dead that long, even a month is probably enough, don't dredge it up again.