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Chin Diesel said:
As I said in another thread, Cling Kong is perfect especially with BET at MSG and East Regionals at MSG this year.

Just get the pic of him wrapped around the Empire State Building and update it every game with the opposing team's logo filling in for the airplanes with Clingan swatting them away.
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Um it's gonna be a little hard finding 'a pic of him wrapped around the Empire State Building' so here's the next best thing.
 

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I can't decide if I should lock this threat, delete this thread or just leave it open to see what people suggest after the obvious has been established.
 
Oh great, the haiku syllable police have arrived. It's serious business, that's for sure. Go ahead and control things Jeeves.
 
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Hype Cat said:
Oh great, the haiku syllable police have arrived. It's serious business, that's for sure. Go ahead and control things Jeeves.
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There's no possibility of ever controlling things here, so the suggestion amuses me

It honors the haiku form to be respectful of it, and haiku stokes the mojo in service of our team's success.
 
fleudslipcon said:
My wife Mrs. Fleud, who watched a lot of Star Trek and is a huge men’s basketball fan would love to see a large subset of students wear Worf masks to games and come up with a chant in Clingan to say after every dunk that Donovan makes. She even found a website that translates English phrases into Clingan.

Ma Ja Chuk is Clingan for We Will Destroy You!

Think this can create media hype.
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blH Duj
 
Chin Diesel said:
As I said in another thread, Cling Kong is perfect especially with BET at MSG and East Regionals at MSG this year.

Just get the pic of him wrapped around the Empire State Building and update it every game with the opposing team's logo filling in for the airplanes with Clingan swatting them away.
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Marketing genius!
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
There's no possibility of ever controlling things here, so the suggestion amuses me

It honors the haiku form to be respectful of it, and haiku stokes the mojo in service of our team's success.
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CL82 said:
Anything worth doing is worth doing well, right?
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Hans tries to control
Telling people not to post
A true hypocrite.

I'll get to the mojo service later.
 
Hype Cat said:
Hans tries to control
Telling people not to post
A true hypocrite.

I'll get to the mojo service later.
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Well, you got the haiku right, so there’s that. Maybe you want to relax a little bit? Just a suggestion.
 
CL82 said:
Well, you got the haiku right, so there’s that. Maybe you want to relax a little bit? Just a suggestion.
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Well, at least Hans will find your post amusing, so there's that.
 
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Hype Cat said:
Hans tries to control
Telling people not to post
A true hypocrite.

I'll get to the mojo service later.
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The words I chose in my uncharacteristically brief post that set this discussion in motion were intended to make fun of somebody else, by making fun of myself. "Please" was the 'tell.'

FTR, @HooperScooper played it straight with a purely educational 'correction,' which I noted with appreciation.

Within the haiku threads, my goal throughout is improved fan performance in support of Husky victories. I'm a cheerleader. My commitment to counting is very easy to make fun of, and the physical act of counting 5-7-5 is often more stressful than gratifying. Nonetheless, it's a responsibility I've taken on in accordance with the saying, "If you think it affects the mojo, then it affects the mojo."

I'm eager to read your thoughts on mojo.

As a term, "haiku police" strikes me as a derisive slap that muddies the water; if you have a genuine grievance you want to communicate, I prefera straighter path. But I'm disinclined to try to control you or imagine I can do so.

That said, snarky complaining about efforts to uphold certain accepted standards, formal rules, traditions and such are about on par with and as absurd as, for example, slurring basketball referees as "rules police" whenever they make a call after a player shuffles his feet, sets a moving screen, or steps on the end line. "Hey rules boy, you must think you're so cool with your striped shirt & whistle..."

I've seen dozens of ways that people's Boneyard errors are interpreted, criticized, lampooned, etc. You chose exasperated sarcasm to register distaste that would have added up to, "Not funny," if you'd recognized the joke for what it was. But hey, elsewhere in this thread, somebody offered some Clingan language tips and something else label "pretty basic," and earned a "NERD" gif that got Likes & Laughs for their effort. Some thanks.

In your favor, you didn't call people who were amused by someone absent-mindedly writing that "Bristol chomp" was 2 syllables "number Nazis."

Extra-tiresome bonus: there is a decent body of opinion that it is bad mojo to write haiku outside of the Game Day Haiku Thread. Not all agree. I've evolved to where I nearly always contain my haiku within designated threads; otherwise, I'd have likely replied here in 3 lines.
 
I don't get the obsession with coming up with a nickname. Y'all are trying too hard.

Maybe one the podcast people here, or a reporter, can ask him what he thinks of the various nicknames being tossed around.
 
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I’ve been following college basketball since the 60’s. I haven’t seen a center this good since bill Walton. His moves under the basket are remarkable. He needs to improve at the at the charity strip but he is a pleasure to watch. As is the whole team.
 
jayfromfla said:
I’ve been following college basketball since the 60’s. I haven’t seen a center this good since bill Walton. His moves under the basket are remarkable. He needs to improve at the at the charity strip but he is a pleasure to watch. As is the whole team.
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Just in the 10 games alone to start the season, it seems he has improved tremendously, from a tall guy with potential to a real star with good everything- defense, moving into position, receiving passes smoothly, rebounding, finishing the play, free throws- what else is there? Also, his teammates seem very confident when he is out there and are using him as an integral part of their attack and defensive schemes. Wow!
 
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I think Cling Kong is it. Donovan's Uncle even goes by the nickname/username on Instagram and has "passed the torch". Only thing left is for Donovan to let us know if he likes it or not. Which reporter do you think will ask him about it first?
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
The words I chose in my uncharacteristically brief post that set this discussion in motion were intended to make fun of somebody else, by making fun of myself. "Please" was the 'tell.'

FTR, @HooperScooper played it straight with a purely educational 'correction,' which I noted with appreciation.

Within the haiku threads, my goal throughout is improved fan performance in support of Husky victories. I'm a cheerleader. My commitment to counting is very easy to make fun of, and the physical act of counting 5-7-5 is often more stressful than gratifying. Nonetheless, it's a responsibility I've taken on in accordance with the saying, "If you think it affects the mojo, then it affects the mojo."

I'm eager to read your thoughts on mojo.

As a term, "haiku police" strikes me as a derisive slap that muddies the water; if you have a genuine grievance you want to communicate, I prefera straighter path. But I'm disinclined to try to control you or imagine I can do so.

That said, snarky complaining about efforts to uphold certain accepted standards, formal rules, traditions and such are about on par with and as absurd as, for example, slurring basketball referees as "rules police" whenever they make a call after a player shuffles his feet, sets a moving screen, or steps on the end line. "Hey rules boy, you must think you're so cool with your striped shirt & whistle..."

I've seen dozens of ways that people's Boneyard errors are interpreted, criticized, lampooned, etc. You chose exasperated sarcasm to register distaste that would have added up to, "Not funny," if you'd recognized the joke for what it was. But hey, elsewhere in this thread, somebody offered some Clingan language tips and something else label "pretty basic," and earned a "NERD" gif that got Likes & Laughs for their effort. Some thanks.

In your favor, you didn't call people who were amused by someone absent-mindedly writing that "Bristol chomp" was 2 syllables "number Nazis."

Extra-tiresome bonus: there is a decent body of opinion that it is bad mojo to write haiku outside of the Game Day Haiku Thread. Not all agree. I've evolved to where I nearly always contain my haiku within designated threads; otherwise, I'd have likely replied here in 3 lines.
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Sorry but I couldn’t get through this mumbo jumbo. Frankly I would have found an explanation of your rise from Huskie fan boy to most high gatekeeper of mojo ‘Haiku Hans’ much more fascinating. Regardless I will defend anyone’s effort to contribute to said ‘mojo’ any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
 
temery said:
I don't get the obsession with coming up with a nickname. Y'all are trying too hard.

Maybe one the podcast people here, or a reporter, can ask him what he thinks of the various nicknames being tossed around.
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I am generally inclined to agree, but Alex likes the Karaban Caravan and I suspect Donovan will like the whole Cling Kong dunking over the Empire State building concept. It’s a fun interaction between the fans and the team.

Right now there are so many good vibes happening around this team, It’s best to test go with it.
 
MTBingNinja said:
Cling Kong is solid, two syllables.

Bristol Chomp has two syllables as well.

DC is short and sweet that I’m warming up to

Clingon is OG
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As much as I like DC, it unfortunately reminds me of Derrick Coleman whom I disliked almost as much as Laettner. Raftery used to call him that during broadcasts while the entire country was slobbering all over themselves talking about Cuse around that time even though we beat them twice in 89-90…
 
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