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Ziroc 05-31-2001 02:01 AM

The last post somehow got deleted.. I even tried to restore it, but nada.. :(

Ok Father Bronze, Post away! :D

PS: It may have been deleted somehow when the site went down, because it was here at 12 noon yesterday GRR! :D


Please excuse the broken "X" images, as this post comes from 2001, and when we were at tgeweb.com!

[ 11-01-2004, 03:01 PM: Message edited by: Ziroc ]

Cloudbringer 05-31-2001 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ziroc:
The last post somehow got deleted.. I even tried to restore it, but nada.. :(

Ok Father Bronze, Post away! :D

PS: It may have been deleted somehow when the site went down, because it was here at 12 noon yesterday GRR! :D
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HEEHEE...Yes Father Bronze, do explain this one!!!! I can't wait! :D Story, story, story!!!! teehee


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Father Bronze 05-31-2001 09:49 AM

Wow. Permission from the Master himself? Here we go . . .

A few years back, the days of the Commodore 64, our glorious leader was not the man he is today (no, I'm not referring to a partying single dude who never slept and surfed the net 24/7). He was nameless. He knew the "way of the web" and the requirement that if he were to join in a conversation over the internet, he would need a cool pseudonym. Everyone had one. He needed one too. He felt left out, rejected :( . And so our webmaster set out on a journey to find the perfect name . . .

Our webmaster decided to let his imagination run wild. He asked himself, "If I could be anything in the whole wide world, what would I be?" And the answer was a race car driver . There was something alluring about the smell of exhaust, the scent of burned rubber, and the aromatic blends of used motor oil. At times our webmater found himself opening his windows during rush hour and blowing a fan into the house, just so his room would fill with the smells of the street. One year he actually managed to separate himself from his keyboard (it was a rather quick and painless procedure) long enough to attend the Daytona 500. He sat as close to the track as he could. A minor crash sent motor oil splashing into the crowd. Our webmaster didn't shower for 5 days -- not wanting to remove the memories of the race. He loved racing. But what pseudonym could he take from racing?

For a while he used the name 500, but reconsidered when he found someone using the name 250. After chatting with 250 for a while, our webmaster decided that he couldn't copy the famous number name. He thought of using Daytona, but some spring break party animal had already claimed that one. A few weeks later he read in the newsgroups that the International Race of Champions was going to be revived. And our webmaster knew his inspiration. He would call himself IROC. Unfortunately, others on the internet had beaten him to it. Set on assuming this new identity, our webmaster was not dissuaded. And so he started checking to see what names were not used . . . Airoc, Biroc, Ciroc, Diroc, . . . until he got to Ziroc and found success.

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AzureWolf 05-31-2001 09:58 AM

ROTFLMAO FB your a classic http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/hihi.gif

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WOLFGIR 05-31-2001 10:05 AM

Man ! You rock Father Bronze! (Yep i read your thread! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif )


See I rock !(ZIROC!) hehehe

makes sence don´t you think so???'

I mean he do rock this place!

OK,don´t know but you presented your theory better Father Bronze!

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adam warlock 05-31-2001 10:10 AM

huh- and all along I thought the name came while he was eating....

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Bahamut 05-31-2001 10:21 AM

aye.. reading it hurts the eyes... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif


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Moiraine 05-31-2001 01:44 PM

Ahem ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif ... I have a confession to make ... hem ... it was me who deleted the previous thread ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif ...

Let's say that something had me mad http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no.../angryfire.gif , last Thursday night, and being a hot-tempered southern girl, I HAD to smash something. As I was mad for a virtual reason, it had to be virtual plates, er I mean threads, so I destroyed the two threads I had created that day, this one and the one about Tennis too.

I must add that smashing threads does NOT produce the very satisfying sound that plates smashed on a ceramic floor do. Very frustrating. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

I can't promise it will never happen again, you know ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/uhoh3.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/noncgi/smiles/485.gif

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Father Bronze 05-31-2001 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Moiraine:
Ahem ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif ... I have a confession to make ... hem ... it was me who deleted the previous thread ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif ...

Let's say that something had me mad http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no.../angryfire.gif , last Thursday night, and being a hot-tempered southern girl, I HAD to smash something. As I was mad for a virtual reason, it had to be virtual plates, er I mean threads, so I destroyed the two threads I had created that day, this one and the one about Tennis too.

I must add that smashing threads does NOT produce the very satisfying sound that plates smashed on a ceramic floor do. Very frustrating. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

I can't promise it will never happen again, you know ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/uhoh3.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/noncgi/smiles/485.gif


LOL. You really threw me and Ziroc for a loop. He e-mailed me and told me to reply to the thread. I looked and couldn't find it and replied back to him that it was gone. In the confusion of not being able to reinstate the thread, he had to post himself as the author -- which I find very humorous since he is officially inviting "abuse." I think he was most preplexed to find that his vast powers as webmaster did not allow him to reinstate the thread http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif.

Don't worry about it Moiraine. Next time, though, why don't I e-mail you some plate pictures and you can have fun deleting the files http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif, although I can't figure out how that would be more fun than hearing about me, Ziroc, and countless others running around in cyberspace wondering what sort of trick our computers have played on us http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif. Hope you feel better.


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Moiraine 05-31-2001 03:27 PM

LOL, Funny Bunny ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/noncgi/smiles/485.gif

How was I to imagine it would create such a mix-up ? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

And next time ... I want the crashing smashing shattering sound ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...s/Instagib.gif

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Father Bronze 06-01-2001 09:54 AM

Another theory is that . . .

Our webmaster needed a name and quickly. All of his on-line friends had names. He wanted one too! It just wasn't fair. And he wanted the coolest name of all, not just something average like Breserker, Spellmaster, or Archer . He didnt' like the cute names like DiscoDuck or BunnyMan . He needed something classy, archaic, bold .

He searched the pages of every myth and legend book ever published. He read until he was almost blind. When he was done, he was still at a loss. He decided to go for a walk on the beach.

The beaches of Florida were pretty vacant at this time of the night. The moon glowed brightly in the southern sky. The waves washed gently against the shore. And our webmaster stubbed his toe. The first thing that crossed his mind (after the few @#!&* he uttered) was what had he stumbled over? This was a sandy beach. A few seashells, yeah. A rock shouldn't be here. So he got down on his knees and scoured through the sand, finally grabbing a small metalic rock. He took it home.

As soon as he got home he dug through the back closet until he found his "Acme Junior Professor Chemistry Set -- complete with protective eyewear and breathing mask." He prepared for his analysis. He put on the protective eyewear, donned the breathing mask, snapped on the rubber gloves, and even found his old bicycle helmet as head protection. He looked like a total geek, but he was prepared. He started by scraping a bit of the rock into several different cereal bowls (he'd misplaced the petrie dishes and test tubes). He then added a bit of this chemical, a bit of that chemical, and waited. The first bowl did nothing. The second turned bright yellow. The third started fizzing and the fourth popped and crackled. He dug through his closet again to find the "Acme Junior Professor Chemistry Book of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Anything." On page 6459 he found his answer. Yellow, fizzing, and crackling signifies the presence of zircon. Little had our webmaster known, but he had literally stumbled across a piece of zirconium. Further reading informed him that zirconium is found in nature as zircon in the beach sands of Australia and Florida. He liked the name zircon but couldn't find the right combination. Zirconman was a little long and too many "n" and "m" sounds. Zirconrock was cool, but just didn't have quite the right twist. Saying it faster sounded even cooler Zirconrock, Zirconrock, Zirconroc, Zircoroc, Ziroc . That was it. He would call himself "Ziroc" after the zirconium rock he had stumbled across on his midnight beach stroll.

P.S. If you would like to read more about Zirconium, check out the link at The British Columbia Institute of Technology http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif


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sylent 06-02-2001 12:42 AM

Thats a wondrous imagination you have got there FB!
I am stunned, and very amused!

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Memnoch 06-02-2001 04:12 AM

ROLFMAO!!!!! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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Ziroc 06-02-2001 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Father Bronze:
P.S. If you would like to read more about Zirconium, check out the link at The British Columbia Institute of Technology http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Holy crap! That is SCARY! I didn't know this Zirconium existed until AFTER I got on the internet a did searches for 'ziroc' on yahoo.. I made the name up in 1990! PLUS, I made the name up here IN FLORIDA! freaky.. rocks may talk to me! haha What is even WORSE you say? Read this paragraph from that British C. Site:


(Comments by me in brackets)
"Zirconium reacts with the oxygen and nitrogen (I do too) in the atmosphere to form a protective film that prevents further corrosion of the metal (I wear clothing). It is known in industry as a tough, corrosion-resistant metal (I'm a tough ass too! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif) that is suitable for use in high-performance pumps (My Wife likes that), valves, and building material for jets and rockets(I've flown in a jet). Zirconium has very low neutron absorption (Ignore people I hate) capability and it serves as the inner lining of reactors in nuclear submarines and atomic power plants (Free power!). Its compounds have many miscellaneous applications in ceramics (Bowls to eat out of), catalysts, and special alloys. When alloyed with niobium, zirconium becomes superconductive (I have a temper). The sulfate of zirconium is used in tanning white leather.(Tanned in FL)"

Scary huh? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif


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Moiraine 06-02-2001 05:48 PM

Father Bunny, that was brilliant ! :Applause: (No smiley for that ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ).

Aaaa, Ziroc, honey, seems that you will have to rename this site ...

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Cloudbringer 06-02-2001 05:51 PM

HAHAHAHA... oh the secret is out now, but boy this was fun while it lasted! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gifhttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif... Uh, Z, er, talking to rocks!? ROTFL!!!


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Reeka 06-02-2001 05:58 PM

Father Bronze! Brilliant as always. We shall have to think of another topic to test your writing skills on.

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arion windrider 06-03-2001 02:16 AM

poor ziroc, the cats out of the bag(wink wink)...great name for a great webmaster http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Father Bronze 06-04-2001 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by Ziroc:
Holy crap! That is SCARY! I didn't know this Zirconium existed until AFTER I got on the internet a did searches for 'ziroc' on yahoo.. I made the name up in 1990! PLUS, I made the name up here IN FLORIDA! freaky.. rocks may talk to me! haha What is even WORSE you say? Read this paragraph . . . (edited for brevity)
Yeah, Ziroc, I thought about carrying the metaphor to an extreme, but thought I might be going overboard. Thanks for facing up to your true self. It's sort of like one of those psychic name readings where they tell you the kind of person you are based on some extraneous data. BTW: Ziroc isn't in any of the name catalogues so that story option was closed. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif


Father Bronze 06-06-2001 12:18 AM

We all know that our webmaster has a love for everything Star Trek (his particular condition probably has a clinical name, but we'd have to ask someone like kiwidoc to know for sure). Even though we love the Ironworks, we must realize that The Great Escape Studios came before Ironworks. So it is not surprising that our webmaster took his pseudonym from one of the "lost" Star Trek episodes . . .

Our webmaster was attending the annual Star Trek convention. He was excited, because this year he had brought enough cash with him so that he could purchase a brand pair of Vulcan ears. And if he were lucky, he could pick up a pair of slightly used Vulcan ears and use the rest of his savings to buy himself a cheap plastic comm badge.

While walking the aisles of the convention hall, our webmaster accidentally bumped into a tall dark Klingon. Thinking this an opportunity to try his linguistic skills, our webmaster struck up a conversation -- in Klingon of course. Before our webmaster knew what he was doing, he handed the guy $200 and the Klingon handed our webmaster a beta VCR tape entitled "Star Trek -- The Lost Episode."

Our webmaster was so excited that he decided to skip the mind-meld seminar head straight home. He rushed in his apartment door and turned on the computer. He quickly e-mailed his closest friends to tell them what a treasure he had found. They didn't believe him, of course, and proceeded to once again tease him about his lack of a pseudonym. So our webmaster gave up trying to round up his friends for an impromptu Star Trek viewing party, and decided to go solo. He popped the tape into the VCR and sat in front of a blue screen for about 10 minutes. Then the screen turned to zig-zagging lines of black. Then to vertical lines. By this time our webmaster was slightly loopy, both from the euphoria of finding "Star Trek - The Lost Episode" and from staring at a TV screen that showed nothing but static. After 30 minutes of blank screen staring, characters appeared and it appeared as if the show were starting. The sound was barely audible through the static from the tape. Our webmaster assumed that this was for effect -- you know, the "I can't hear you Scotty" sort of effect. Our webmaster could only make out one character's name. Ensign Ziroc. Then the screen went blank. Rather than admit that he had been duped by the burly Klingon into buying a "fake" tape, our webmaster decided to write his own Star Trek story. And he used the name Ziroc as his pseudonym. Maybe that alone was worth the $20.

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Father Bronze 06-06-2001 10:49 PM

Before the days of the internet. Before the days of gaming, our webmaster had one obsession. He was 13 and totally into art. He subscribed to art magazines, toured art museums, and even tried his hand at creating works of his own. Where most teenage guys his age wanted to make a name for themselves on the bathroom wall, our webmaster decided that he would make a name for himself in pottery (not the potty). He started as all good pottery students start. He made an ash tray. Our webmaster didn't smoke, didn't even know anyone that smoked, but he made an ash tray anyway. It was a rite of passage that every famous potter had gone through. From ash trays, he worked on bowls, then a vase or two, before finally setting himself the ultimate goal of making a coffee cup. But when the cup came out looking more like a deep ash tray with a handle, he decided he had better get advice. And so off he went in search of pieces after which to model his style.

He attended several pottery showings and even made a special effort to see an exhibit on Native American pottery designs. That's when inspiration hit. He saw a water jar that sold for $300 ( http://www.pueblopottery.com/other/7395.jpg ). Hilda Coriz was the artist and her work was stunning. Our webmaster was overwhelmed by the subtle geometric patterns and contrasting shadows.

He harbored his secret love for years, not daring to tell his friends or family about his secret obsession. Later in life, when looking for a pseudonym on a role-playing bulletin board, he chose the name Ziroc as a tribute to his secret inspiration.

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Father Bronze 06-07-2001 01:09 PM

Bumping for Ziroc.

I'll try to come up with one more short one.

FB

bilqis2 06-08-2001 12:45 PM

Bump for Father Bronze & Ziroc...

in case there is more fun to read

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Father Bronze 06-08-2001 11:41 PM

Our webmaster was a power gamer -- the sort of person who stayed up countless days without sleep, just so he could continue that D&D adventure. He also created characters that suited his power gamer mode. And he played the same way -- he gave everything 110%.

On one adventure, while the rest of the party decided to retreat, our webmaster had his character stand his ground while the others ran away. He had the character whip into a breserker rage and fight to the death. A short resurrection later, he was back into the game.

On another occasion, our webmaster saw fit to lead the adventuring party full steam into an awaiting ambush. Fighting for hours and trying every battle tactic in the book, the party was eventually captured and spent some time in an orcish prison camp.

But the most famous escapade our webmaster lead was in the gladiator pit. Fighting for his freedom, our webmaster's character had broken his sword, shattered his shield, and stood weaponless against a half-ogre gladiator who was armed to the teeth. Searching frantically for a weapon, our webmaster's character chanced upon two stones. He quickly grabbed these and set upon to assault the half-ogre gladiator. A few critical hits later, our webmaster's character had won his freedom.

Our webmaster, being a man of superstition, had his character carry those two stones through adventure after adventure. As with all legendary heros, our webmaster's character earned a reputation. And with that reputation came a nickname -- Zwei Rock the Scary. Zwei for the two, Rock for the stones he carried. Scary, because everybody else had an intimidating nickname.

Eventually our webmaster's days of power-gaming dwindled away, but the nickname Zwei Rock stuck with him. Eventually he got sick of trying to type in German and shortened the name to Ziroc. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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bilqis 06-09-2001 12:36 AM

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Cloudbringer 06-09-2001 12:41 AM

Father Bronze, this was hilarious as usual! KUDOS! Bravo! LOL http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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Father Bronze 06-20-2001 04:58 PM

Ziroc didn't answer this while I was gone? Hmmm . . .

About 10 years ago our fearless webmaster was searching for new meaning in his life. He had just graduated from college. Flipping burgers and reciting, "Would you like fries with that, sir?" just wasn't giving his life fulfillment. All of those years in college and he thought that a B.S. degree would be more than b*lls**t.

Our webmaster set out on a journey to "find himself." He decided that what he really needed was a new job. But not just any job. Something unique. While walking the beach one day, he saw an older gentleman walking the beach with a metal detector, scooping up loose change. "Wow! Freee money," thought our webmaster. He didn't have any money to invest in a metal detector, but he was sure that being a beach comber was the career he was meant for. Sun. Waves. Sand. Beautiful scenery . . . So he went around to various businesses and asked them for a refrigerator magnet that advertised the business. By the time the day was over, he had 3 pizza magnes, 2 appliance repair magnets, and 1 from a Dentist. He taped these to a broom handle, using duct tape of course, and set off for the beach. He quickly realized that this wasn't going to work. The magnets were too weak. The sand was too hot. He was sunburned. And the women all laughed at his purple polk-a-dot speedo.

On his way back from the beach, he noticed a young city worker who was changing the bulb on a street lamp. Our webmaster was sure that this would be a job for him. He wasn't afraid of heights. He loved the fresh summer breeze. And it only took one webmaster to change a light bulb (some have speculated that it may take as many as 3, but that's another story http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ). He applied to city hall and was thrilled to find that the city was in need of street light bulb changers. On his first day of work, he managed to change 8 burnt out street light bulbs. He was the model of efficiency. Noticing a pattern of burnt out bulbs, our webmaster made the recommendation that the city purchase longer lasting bulbs. They so whole heartedly endorsed his proposal that soon all of the streetlights had newer, more efficient bulbs. However, with no bulbs to change, our webmaster soon found himself out of work.

After being layed off, he wandered aimlessly. Not watching where he was going, he accidentally bumped in to a professional dog walker. After disengaging himself from the tangle of leashes, he opened up with his sob story of losing jobs and not feeling fulfillment in life. The dog walker suggested that our webmaster study the pathway of Zen.

Knowing no other options, our webmaster signed himself up for a Zen retreat. He knew that it would be tough, but this might be his only chance to gain enlightenment. He listened to his teachers, studied the ways of Zen, and found himself a place where he could meditate upon the meaning of life. His rock was the center of his universe. It was a nice hunk of granite. And as our webmaster sat there on the rock, it came to him. He should pursue that which made him happy -- web design. He was so overcome with emotion at this suddent revelation that he named that moment in his life a Zen rock moment. Eventually, his friends started calling him Zenrock, which eventually got twisted into Ziroc.

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Ramon de Ramon y Ramon 06-21-2001 05:30 AM

This definitely deserves a bump !

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bilqis 06-21-2001 02:58 PM

http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no.../xyxthumbs.gif Fabulous Father Bronze! You have a gift ... a real gift! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

More please?

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Father Bronze 08-29-2001 04:33 PM

Two months later and still no answer, Father Bronze enters the scene with further speculation . . .

In his younger days, our esteemed webmaster spent many an hour working the chat rooms and bulletin boards discussing gaming with his friends. Of particular interest to our younger webmaster was battle strategies.

He was known somewhat as a brilliant strategist. While his allies suggested rushing the enemy horde with a batallion of knights, our webmaster suggested a more subtle strategy. He suggested that the knights sneak through the battle field the night before the battle, leading their horses to deposit "droppings" in key places around the field. The next morning when the horde advanced, our webmaster then suggested that archers fire at the enemy horde, forcing the enemy to creep across the battle field on hands and knees. The enemy soldiers were so demoralized at getting their clothes all soiled with horse manure, that their morale broke and they ran for the nearest river. Then our webmaster's forces rushed in to secure the battlefield.

However, our webmaster was very careful with his plans. He never e-mailed the plans directly, but rather relied on a complex series of heiroglyphics to convey the strategy. On one such occasion, he tried to tell his ally that they should zig-zag their way over the mountain so that they could scout the enemy position. Unfortunately the ally was very poor at decoding the message and instead took the zig-zag, the eye, and the mountain as a signature. The ally pondered the meaning of what he was certain was a name, and came up with Z-eye-rock. And so the confused, but faithful ally responded to our webmaster, "Thanks Ziroc. Our forces shall win the day."

Try as he might to get the faithful ally to understand the coded message, our webmaster finally gave up on heiroglyphics altogether. Our webmaster replied, "Send scouts to see over the mountain. Thanks, Ziroc." And from that day forward, our webmaster was known as Ziroc. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by Father Bronze (edited 08-29-2001).]

AzureWolf 08-29-2001 09:26 PM

And he makes yet another hilarious episode in the fictional life of "how ziroc got his name"

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Ziroc 11-01-2004 02:58 PM

Wanted to bring back this historic crazy *and not true* ;) post for our newer members to cry laughing over.

Uh huh! [img]graemlins/choc.gif[/img]

Jaradu 11-01-2004 03:15 PM

ROFLMAO! Father Bronze is awesome. :D Every episode is absolutely hilarious [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

It's a shame that classic members such as him randomly leave...

T-D-C 11-01-2004 03:25 PM

LOL that was a classic Z.

Talk about Thread Necromancy! LOL

RoSs_bg2_rox 11-01-2004 03:43 PM

LOL! I couldn't believe when I looked at the date. But this is a classic, Father Bronze is a true hero, Im sure he would have no bother writing the 50,000 word Nano thing that I am doing right now :D

edit:Ziroc, you should email that guy and invite him back for a second round, I'm sure he has some more of those up his sleeve since last time [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[ 11-01-2004, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: RoSs_bg2_rox ]

dplax 11-01-2004 04:38 PM

Great ones! Had me laughing a lot.

Xen 11-01-2004 04:42 PM

I've never seen something like this. It made me laugh. [img]smile.gif[/img] Nice one Father Bronze. :D


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