Which One's Pink?

Day 2,548, 21:12 • Published in Canada Canada • by Thedillpickl



EDIT: Gave away 71 prizes, mostly 1 gold each. A few got a little something extra. Some didn't want any gold but I sent some Q7 firecrackers to shoot off anyway. Utat won prize number 69! Thanks everyone.


Hi kids!

This will be a bit unusual as I don't usually say much about the cassette thingy (alternately the boom box thingy) or the music they link to. However I do try to pick something that relates to the topic of my article. I find that this selection is most suited for today's topic, me. The lyrics (below) seem to fall in line with my experience here in the "New World".

If you've a mind to, we shall proceed. Be sure there is a benefit to those who are intrepid and push through to the end. *wink* So...

Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane,
And thou opposed, being of no woman born,
Yet I will try the last. Before my body
I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'
~Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8




Have A Cigar

Have a Cigar (Waters) 5:24

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far, fly high,
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it if you try;
They're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

We're just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe it to the people.
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start,
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.




As Short As I Can Make It

I started like anyone else. After about 2 hours I was like "WTF?". Some nice people helped me get started. I decided to play the econ game (it worked then) and soon had a large corporation with 65 employees at the peak. I had a great time helping people get started in the game and teaching them about business here.

I join a political party called United Independents Party. The name is an oxymoron and amused me. I found everyone to be friendly and helpful at explaining what to do party wise. Soon I was encouraged to do their media department because the guy in charge quit and I enjoyed writing/producing articles. Next thing I knew they were having me run for Congress. I made the mistake of opening my mouth in Congress threads on the US Forum in my first term (that wasn't done then). Several, including party leaders, scolded me publicly but I got lots of PM's telling me I had ballz to stand up to some old timers.

Ended up party president of UIP. Unfortunately it had ran it's course and was on the way out. Shame really, there were some pretty unique people there. Some are still around and we stay in touch loosely. I learned a lot from my time with them.

So the econ went sour and my party is gone, what to do? Why start a MU of course! My friend jver1207 and I were PM'ing. As a joke I said we should start our own MU since we didn't fit into the mold of a traditional one. I forgot the goofy name I mentioned. I think he suggested something like "Pickle's People" and I said "Pickle's Patriots". Funny how it started as a joke.

I bought a used MU from, of all people, Ajay Bruno (a.k.a. Pizza the Hut, General Cartman Lee, Ronald Gipper Reagan) for half price (20 gold). For awhile it was just jver and me. Then people started to ask if they could join. We became the anti-MU MU. No check-in, roll call, required forum or IRC.

We decided to move to Switzerland because I had friends there. I wanted to avoid politics but was quickly sucked in (pun intended). I won't go into detail but several in the MU were offended and couldn't take any more BS. We looked around and saw Canada as a good prospect, so we made plans to leave.

Now we are here and have set up shop. I didn't even really try to stay out of politics this time. It's been herky jerky but I believe I've made a niche for myself and have figured out who's who. Canadian politics is at once frustrating and uber simple. Nobody really wants to do anything, people stare at each other across party lines like the Hatfield's and McCoy's, but when something bad happens all that is forgotten and people are running over themselves to get things done. Makes no sense to me but it works, so meh.




The Payoff

So if you got this far here's the deal. On the 15th of November I have an eBirthday (4 years, imagine that). I will be at work and won't be able to publish this long ass article. So you get it a couple days early.

Simple prize for your comment is 1 gold each. People who try to trick me and post again will receive my boot. (Commenting to someone else's comment will not count toward the prize so knock yourself out there.) I will limit the prizes to the first 100 comments (unless this really gets going, then I may consider extending that limit). Also there may be bonus gold or tanks to be had if something really amuses me.




Well, That's It

Don't know what else to say really. Thanks to all that make me want to come back here day after day. Compared to the rest of the internet our percentage of people that suck is really low. I think I've only met about 5 people in eRep that I absolutely could not stand.

That's all,
carry on,
dill


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