THAT'S RIGHT, I DID THE IGGY: The Simpsons Season 4 Poll
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 1 December 2013 13:03 (twelve years ago)
North Korea: still hilarious
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 03:47 (twelve years ago)
Nelson Mandela may be dying (I already hate this thread)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 7 December 2013 06:49 (twelve years ago)
yeah i wish they'd change that one now
― some dude, Sunday, 8 December 2013 04:43 (twelve years ago)
was just going to post that one. But it was a terrible thread title even before he passed.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Thursday, 12 December 2013 18:17 (twelve years ago)
American Politics Thread 2013: I'm a cool Rodham grandma in the USA― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Friday, August 23, 2013 3:08 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Friday, August 23, 2013 3:08 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Counting down to something probably just as bad if not worse taking its place.
― how's life, Thursday, 12 December 2013 18:47 (twelve years ago)
I Have A Question, it's A Body
― 乒乓, Thursday, 19 December 2013 19:43 (twelve years ago)
I really do stand by my theory that electronic music threads consistently have the worst titles on ILX. On Site New Answers right now:
Todd Terje: "Snooze 4 Love" (masterpiece alert)
It's a cruel cruel summer: the sounds of deep tech / shuffle / cuttin shapes / upgrunt house / etc. etc. in 2014
favorite mixes of 2014, shiiiiit
― eat the 'kkake, anime (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 27 January 2014 20:02 (twelve years ago)
that Bananarama song is gonna be stuck in my head all day
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:49 (twelve years ago)
what is the deal with "bobbins"
― just (Matt P), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:53 (twelve years ago)
do you know anything about sewing?
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:53 (twelve years ago)
no
― just (Matt P), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:54 (twelve years ago)
at least not enough to know what it has to do with electronic music
on a sewing machine, the thread is wound around an object called a bobbin
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:55 (twelve years ago)
well that explains what it has to do with electronic music then
― just (Matt P), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:55 (twelve years ago)
i think it's just cleverness, like "detrius"
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:56 (twelve years ago)
well i think it's least-favoritness myself
― just (Matt P), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:58 (twelve years ago)
lol
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 27 January 2014 23:58 (twelve years ago)
bobbins also means rubbish. I always figured it was a sort of playful reference to the catchall nature of those dance threads
― Number None, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 00:22 (twelve years ago)
big bottom bobbins
― just (Matt P), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 00:25 (twelve years ago)
rmde'd at "upgrunt house" this morning
― flopson, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 00:29 (twelve years ago)
"bobbins" makes me never want to click on a techno thread so, good work, whoever
― eat the 'kkake, anime (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:03 (twelve years ago)
good work indeed
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:09 (twelve years ago)
thank the city of manchester
bobbinsRubbish.
Widely used in the Manchester (England) area.
Rhyming slang, "bobbins of cotton" = rottenManchester United are bobbins.
― just (Matt P), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 06:16 (twelve years ago)
shd be boffins
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 06:33 (twelve years ago)
rolling poppins toppins bangers 2014
― just (Matt P), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 06:55 (twelve years ago)
"techno/house" is the bit that refers to electronic music, "bobbins" is just a punny way to say "rolling thread"
― wins, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:01 (twelve years ago)
*mind blown* intriguing but "bobbins" ended up standing in for the music discussed after a few years of timedrift and overuse and thanks to this now all we have in those threads anymore are disparate randos who talk past each other in between weeks of pregnant silence.
― OPERAION (Matt P), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:18 (twelve years ago)
and all because they called it bobbins
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:19 (twelve years ago)
xp - was it newsie-wewsies to you, Matt?
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:28 (twelve years ago)
Xp Yeah as sarahell said it's like "detrius", the name stuck & now it gets used as shorthand. It's unfortunate.
― wins, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:31 (twelve years ago)
can't believe we've lost Whiney's contributions to the House threads
― schlager top (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 08:00 (twelve years ago)
shiiiiit
― charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 08:13 (twelve years ago)
if this policy gets out posters might start attaching the bobbins amulet to all their thread titles.
― estela, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 08:13 (twelve years ago)
the finest of display names bobbins
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 09:07 (twelve years ago)
^reminds me I used "tesco & horse dobbins 2013" for a while, which would have been quite witty if I hadn't come up with it several months after the Tesco horsemeat scandal was in the news
― wins, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 10:50 (twelve years ago)
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, January 27, 2014 11:19 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thanks obobbins
― OPERAION (Matt P), Thursday, 30 January 2014 00:14 (twelve years ago)
all we have in those threads anymore are disparate randos who talk past each other in between weeks of pregnant silence
;_;
― the late great, Thursday, 30 January 2014 00:59 (twelve years ago)
Tinariwen-Bo Diddley meets John Lee Hooker in North Africa?
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Friday, 31 January 2014 04:59 (twelve years ago)
BEARDO DISCO (finally fixed for vahid) - not idjuts / lindstrom - harvey, rub'n'tug, map of africa [Started by vahid (vahid) in January 2006, last updated 14 seconds ago by groovypanda on I Love Music] 5 new answersfunky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this [Started by J@cob in April 2008, last updated 4 minutes ago by dbs on I Love Music] 2 new answers
almost makes me want to bump the most least favorite thread titles of all time to see them all next to each other
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Friday, 31 January 2014 09:57 (twelve years ago)
those are awful but so old i'm almost used to them by now
― clouds, Friday, 31 January 2014 13:09 (twelve years ago)
^^^ it's like how, through repetition, people in Britain don't see 'spotted dick' as funny
― And when you f--- up, you go backwards (snoball), Friday, 31 January 2014 13:13 (twelve years ago)
can you force yourself to ignore terrible threads through blunt-force repetition?
― Matt P, Friday, 31 January 2014 17:32 (twelve years ago)
i always assumed the discerning tone of "funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this" was intentionally funny
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 31 January 2014 19:17 (twelve years ago)
and beardo disco is classic
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 31 January 2014 19:18 (twelve years ago)
beardo disco thread was my gateway to ILX
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 31 January 2014 19:59 (twelve years ago)
So, I'm a rather dogmatically rationalist atheist, but I really like gospel music.
― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Saturday, 1 March 2014 21:23 (twelve years ago)
lol a truly special snowflake
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 2 March 2014 18:33 (twelve years ago)
haha
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Sunday, 2 March 2014 18:58 (twelve years ago)
Is this even permitted?