Happy 4/19 everyone! + an idea...

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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:05 pm

I realize I am new around here, but I've been freelance baiting for a while now. I have a ton of respect for you guys and what you've put together here.

I wanted to contribute at least a little to this community, and I thought about something I had mentioned on a thread the other day...

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Maybe this could be an annual thing, like WrestleMania, every January, the best baiters start building their most epic mugubaits to climax on 4/19, the final bait stories are posted and a final winner declared 'Scambaiter of the Year' with special awards for greediest mugu, stupidest mugu, best supporting bait character, etc.....

How would people around here feel about going with this, and making '4/19' A "Baiters Holiday" that is celebrated by something above, everyone starts preparing an extra-special evil bait earlier in the year, to either climax on 4/19 with the story being told as it comes out (ala the current [email protected]. thread) or else if the bait had to conclude a bit earlier, withheld and Posted with pics/vids ONLY on 4/19.

Judges could be appointed, with the winner in categories getting either a/ special icons for their sigs or b/ if everyone who enters in the 4/19 race PayPals $1 (or the equivalent) into a special account, the winners each get a piece of the total take.

Anyone else have any ideas to add to this or flesh it out, if this is something that people might like to do?

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I would much rather see an icon for the best new baiter, Judges would be the entire Eater community.
Also a category for the best mentor would be nice
Edit: I missed the bit about paypal, The 1 dollar thing is a good idea but the overall takings could be given to the charity of the winners choice

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:40 pm

How about the "best new modality" or the "funniest excuse for not making a payment"?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:08 pm

That would be unfair on the straight baiters here though don't you think? Those poor people who work tirelessly with no recognition would never get an award but work as hard as, if not harder than the people that specialise in funny baits/trophies.

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:12 pm

I think that if there's a prize, it would only be right for it to be paid by Western Union.

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@Wayne
Personally i think all the straight baiters should have an icon, its really a fact that the extreme baiters get all the glory when the straight baiters are plodding along quietly giving the lads Western Union hell, i take my hat off to all of them

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:30 pm

Maybe we should start a campaign to give the straight baiters the recognition they so rightfully deserve. Maybe a clock icon in their sig to show time wasted by a lad.

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How about an icon for a bait maintained for one year or more?

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:03 am

How about just getting on with baiting and not worrying about awards, trophys, yardsticks etc..? Cool

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:19 am

^^^ Agreed, it's a thankless hobby, but important as heck. Myself, I just go and go. And postwhore daily during the process.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:18 am

I would like a '419 Eater does it straight' as a trophy!
(Anyone...?Anyone...?)

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:22 am

Trophies are very much like making love to a beautiful woman...we all chase and covert them, but at the end of the day it's what you do that counts.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:46 am

@Tommo^^^^--trophies indeed are nice--I'll attest to that-- but no good at washing dishes, LOL!

Hi Spooky,

The 4/19 date was not lost on me yesterday.

Your intentions are good. But to try and subsume that The Lads will reply faithfully back on any specific date is sheer folly. They get malaria and medical problems/family tragedies/hotel bills all the time when they need to stall. Usually an emergency request to you for $200 or so.

If they tell you they are hungry and haven't eaten in days [but have money to rent a computer] tell them that you damn-near choked on your lobster & steak dinner when you read of their hunger----especially the ones who claim to have 'prayed and fasted' over your name.

And you too can stall with the same crappy excuses they pull on you.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:59 am

@Tommo - Why do all your ananlagies begin with "It's like making love to a beautiful woman..." Laughing

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:11 am

^^^Because the Mods saddled me with the name Swiss Toni. Google it and also 'Fast Show' and you will see what I mean. It's not easy being a second hand car salesman gigolo you know, and I have to live up to my reputation. Laughing

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Being Swiss Toni is very much like making love to a beautiful woman; once you find out what works you keep doing it until they beg you to stop.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:35 pm

it wasn't me wrote:

all your ananlagies

I never thought of them like that, but now that you mention it... Laughing

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:47 pm

Speaking of making love, beautiful women and wasting lad time, My vote is for Eliza Doolittle and I like the clock symbol idea too.

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Maybe a clock icon in their sig to show time wasted by a lad

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Les Noise wrote:

How about just getting on with baiting and not worrying about awards, trophys, yardsticks etc..? Cool

Because it's fun.

Duh.

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