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Did you ever kick the nail-biting habit tho

fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link

have now officially executed my terrible idea 3x and wrote down the routine. now i just need a tambourine for the end.

sweat pea (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link

manchildren who ferally and involuntarily attempt to molest brr pathologically and sexually-by-random-accident
[9:25pm] zx_:
their controller who has offered to pay for a cup of her urine steeping a used tampon
[9:25pm] zx_:
when she frets i am required by contract to sent her a nutter snailmail

dude-icrous (color definition point of "beyond "color, eg a transient that), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:26 (ten years ago) link

aren't you banned with that login yet

- a book called 'Also Available In White', containing photos of phrases seen written in the grime on the back of white vans.

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:18 PM (3 years ago)

I saw a good one today: 'SWAG YOLO LOL', which sounds like something someone from ten years in the future would name their kid.

fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link

I used to think that if I ever had a son, I wanted to name him something with both Jewish and Americana roots. I came up with "Isaac Bob"

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link

"say something awful about another ilxor"

#YOLTMB (darraghmac), Friday, 13 December 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link

I like Isaac Bob.

*tera, Saturday, 14 December 2013 06:34 (ten years ago) link

pills that give you a headache, brand name "anvil"

it's going to be a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 December 2013 10:21 (ten years ago) link

lol great minds, darragh

deeja entendu (wins), Saturday, 14 December 2013 10:27 (ten years ago) link

a fan trading site for weird al bootlegs

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 December 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link

might exist? He does have a decent number of unreleased songs, concert-only parodies, and of course the fan-favorite live version of 'Yoda.' Probably only needs a two-disc set though, yeah, kind of amazing to imagine collecting different live performances of 'Fat.'

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 December 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link

I feel like I've just taken my first step into a larger Yankoverse

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Saturday, 21 December 2013 07:12 (ten years ago) link

quetzalcoxial cable

Mordy , Saturday, 21 December 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link

alt quetzalcloaca cable. SMA Male / Female

Mordy , Saturday, 21 December 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link

I mentioned this on some other thread, but a few years ago I had an idea for a stapler with a voice circuit inside it that said "Ouch!" every time it was used. Last week I saw a stapler that made a shotgun noise when used.

that's you, that is (snoball), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link

If I were ever prompted to give any advice about writing humor, I would just say- Write everything down, everything. The script for this strip came from a random two sentences scrawled down, originally intended to be just a footnote to augment another script. But, returning to it months later I was able to see it temporally removed from its composition and free from fresh over-analysis. Seriously, if you said it and you laughed or even just cracked a smile, write that shit down cause it’s yours.

http://crawdadswelcome.tumblr.com/post/70529767228/if-i-were-ever-prompted-to-give-any-advice-about

noting primarily because i should do same

snoball's stapler idea would be a perfect thing for Michael Scott to have on his desk

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link

Serious money-maker, Jump to Conclusions mat type deal.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 22 December 2013 10:16 (ten years ago) link

Xtian female rapper called sweary swagdalene

sad banta (wins), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link

also you need a staple remover that says "hold still...hold still... i've got it... ok, it's out" to go along with

slugbuggy, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 06:34 (ten years ago) link

Christian Rock play on "A Man Needs a Maid" called "A Man Needs A God"

I was thinkin that I would get a God
find a church nearby for him to stay

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Sunday, 29 December 2013 04:48 (ten years ago) link

zx_:
cuture jameing

dude-icrous (color definition point of "beyond "color, eg a transient that), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link

getting an operation to be a satient 12yo xomyn

dude-icrous (color definition point of "beyond "color, eg a transient that), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link

internet gameshow called "King of the Typos" where 3 ppl are given phrases and are tasked to doctor them to contain the best possible typos

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link

no drugs........... need u 2 hijack a truck
[9:08pm] don_corleone:
vcrs
[9:08pm] don_corleone:
dvds
[9:08pm] zx_:
ya sure
[9:08pm] zx_:
get a c row bar
[9:08pm] don_corleone:
35 65
[9:08pm] zx_:
knock da muddafukka aut
[9:08pm] zx_:
take da ngaz keys
[9:08pm] zx_:
lockem in da seat n drop m n da laek
[9:08pm] zx_:
ride off
[9:08pm] zx_:
lol
[9:08pm] wat:
lol
[9:08pm] don_corleone:
is that a rap
[9:09pm] zx_:
\n
[9:09pm] zx_:
mb
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[9:09pm] zx_:
i am unconscious
[9:09pm] zx_:
people say i am MAD!
[9:09pm] zx_:
MAD!
[9:09pm] don_corleone:
u gotta wear a suit or a track suit
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[9:09pm] plum:
to wear a top, and i want it
[9:09pm] zx_:
or a story rap
[9:09pm] zx_:
sittin on a stool
[9:09pm] zx_:
tellin a friccen rap like that
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[9:09pm] zx_:
like it's wise & real
[9:10pm] don_corleone:
whens the album gonna drop
[9:10pm] zx_:
dats how a nga ro
[9:10pm] zx_:
shortly
[9:10pm] zx_:
aborting me courtly
[9:10pm] zx_:
take a nga down like ive cordially dort d
[9:11pm] zx_:
to and fro deez ngaz on m rock
[9:11pm] zx_:
drop a mothafukken lock
[9:11pm] zx_:
put a nga on a chain an takem 2 brock
[9:11pm] MaDCoW:
zx_ wut
[9:11pm] MaDCoW:
o nvm
[9:11pm] zx_:
im jokn
[9:11pm] zx_:
\
[9:12pm] zx_:
jerk off with ya spit
[9:12pm] zx_:
take a bite of ha lung
[9:12pm] zx_:
mayo out da jar and tina fey watchin me
[9:12pm] zx_:
ism just botchelin me
[9:13pm] zx_:
strait up my gait rough-hewn
[9:13pm] zx_:
i drop my trousers at my hip and u can catch a pistol-whip
[9:13pm] zx_:
punkin u shrunkly
[9:13pm] zx_:
make a nga small like i proachin him drunkly
[9:13pm] zx_:
im ya uncle murda
[9:14pm] zx_:
im the monkey's turdel
[9:14pm] zx_:
ne 1 hu watchin me know that i'm SQUIRTLE!!
[9:14pm] zx_:
HMMM
[9:14pm] zx_:
THAT"S A WEIRD RAP
[9:14pm] zx_:
I am MAD!
[9:14pm] zx_:
Posessed by the voice of a MADMAN!
[9:15pm] zx_:
call m nga brr via registad mail paypal n shit
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she sen me ha px fa 20 usd
[9:15pm] zx_:
hallain at timecop m ng on the heli forum -rc
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ya dat muddafukkin zx_
[9:15pm] zx_:
he say 2 m
[9:15pm] zx_:
fuck all da ngaz i neva knew like vxp
[9:15pm] zx_:
scad uh m shadow
[9:16pm] zx_:
lokin on da block like a scaecro
[9:16pm] zx_:
killin ngaz wit m fukkin hand
[9:16pm] zx_:
drop a block on a muddafukkin slow bitch like a fukken yogic genie
[9:16pm] wat:
all bad teammates are fukken artists
[9:16pm] zx_:
throw m ass in da lamp n call a muddafukka a weinie
[9:16pm] plum:
my ass out of sg
[9:17pm] zx_:
ill knock a nga hed off his body if he don liek th loc n m eye
[9:17pm] wat:
the law here nga wtf
[9:17pm] zx_:
ill drop a nga on a muddafukken next nga fa reasons of illuminatic futures
[9:17pm] brr:
lol
[9:18pm] zx_:
im straight up out m muddafukken myndstt3
[9:18pm] zx_:
np carrie french brrip

A spoof of the movie 'Scream' called 'Hot Drinks'. In the opening scene we see the young, blonde housesitter at home with the curtains open looking out onto the darkened lawn outside. The phone rings:
Housesitter: Hello?
Phone Voice: Why don't you wanna talk to me?
Housesitter: Who is this?
Phone Voice: You tell me your name, I'll tell you mine.
Housesitter: I don't think so.
Phone Voice: What's that noise?
Housesitter: The kettle
Phone Voice: You're making a hot drink?
Housesitter: Uh huh.
Phone Voice: Really, what?
Housesitter: Oh, just a hot drink.
Phone Voice: Do you like hot drinks?
Housesitter: Uh huh.
Phone Voice: What's your favourite hot drink?
Housesitter: I dunno.
Phone Voice: You have to have a favourite, what comes to mind?
etc...

a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link

sounds like a scary movie

I'm Catholic and I agree with you 100 percent (onimo), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 12:30 (ten years ago) link

series of detective novels with st paul as the lead character, solving crimes on his travels.

Strengths
• Fun to write? Research early Christianity, throw in lots of crazy first century stuff
• 'interesting' in a slightly hazy way. Sex! Where would that fit?
• Good main character, kind of a maverick wandering from town to town.

Weaknesses
• Can't write detective fiction, have almost no knowledge of genre, only like Chandler tbh (mitigate: steal plots and structure)
• Would probably want to put too much research in, ends up as dog's dinner.
• Time-consuming (mitigate: do not decide you need to learn aramaic, hebrew, latin, etc to do this 'properly')
• Horrible main character, religious fanatic, awful views on most stuff (mitigate: some kind of villain messing with his letters?)

Opportunities
• Large Christian market. $$$/£££, even at £0.49, including free wireless delivery via amazon whispernet

Threats
• Angry Christians who don't like eg visions of Christ appearing to give Paul clues, Paul/Thecla sexual tension.
• Has someone done this already? Sort of thing that seems like it could already be an entire genre

Action:
More research needed, post to terrible ideas thread for time being.

woof, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link

great idea!

Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link

woof, there is The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ - not exactly the same thing but the whole 'messing with the letters' thing goes on a bit.

a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link

Thank you! More stuff to mine. I'd be aiming for much pulpier than Pullman, so I will not add that to threats. It'd be more like the Jane Austen Mysteries or something.

woof, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link

visions of Christ appearing to give Paul clues

lol plz write this

LOLed at same thing. I think these could be very successful. Much as I like the idea as-is, you could also downgrade the research, camp it up, and do it as a series of 'wacky' graphic novels.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link

(Thinking also though of sth like Name of the Rose - mystery infused with exotic old-school Catholic material. I think the 'crazy first-century stuff' is perhaps the most intriguing part of the premise.)

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link

CHRIST: my time here is short paul but you must follow the tracks of the ass

PAUL: jesus wait, what ass? what tracks?

CHRIST: . . . tracks of. . . the ass . . .

saul heard the voices of the mara and slayed all the ppl in the town. that's a real nga f u ax m

maran polatikken

http://ctflab.mae.cornell.edu/images/photos/modules.png

am0n, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link

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am0n

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gorf on dolf

am0n, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link

how do i join

am0n, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link

A comedy troupe called The Slapstick Society.

An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 11:56 (ten years ago) link

St Paul Mysteries update:

you could also downgrade the research, camp it up, and do it as a series of 'wacky' graphic novels.

Yesterday a friend suggested a TV variant with Paul as "basically Gandalf: he's a wandering wizard, engaged in eternal battle with the forces of evil", like a heavy-on-the-cgi Xena kind of thing.

He also pointed out I could have St Barnabas as Paul's sidekick.

I think I will stick with detective-mystery though, partly because I agree with your assessment Dr Casino - Name of the Rose -> 1st century strangeness is most interesting bit of it.

Upgrading to 'OK idea', going to read some commercially successful historical detective fiction.

woof, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link


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