No fawning numbnuts, this is a silent Octafish appreciation thread for DUers that love the truth

[bobthedrummer]

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. What the what?

Weirdest tribute thread title ever.

Makes me think there is some sort of conspiracy at hand.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. BAMF. nt

[jberryhill]

35. Well, it's a silent thread now for sure

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. The numbnuts have officially fawned.

Seriously though, this is the most bizarre "Silent Thread" request I've ever seen at DU, from the "fawning numbnuts" phraseology, to acting as though a very much active DU poster has somehow died and must be solemnly memorialized.

[jberryhill]

40. What, specifically, has come to pass that calls for a silent thread...

...sans fawning numbnuts or not?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. I don't know.

I think it may have been the *other* appreciation thread for Octafish, who again is very much alive and still active on DU?

[pintobean]

47. Closest I can come

[snooper2]

48. I do believe that is the new record for getting locked out of your own thread

Post #2

[pacalo]

3. ...

[Township75]

5. I sit down to take a dump, open DU, and this is what I see

.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I was promised fawning numbnuts at DU.

And apparently we are all fresh out.

[Buzz Clik]

26. Not much of a trubute, but what the hell.

By the way -- what/who is Otafish? Did he or she or whatever die?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Very much alive and still active at DU.

But clearly a line must be drawn towards numbnuts: "You shall not fawn!"

[Buzz Clik]

31. ..

[Wilms]

7. ~

[TheUnspeakable]

8. ...

[PeoViejo]

9. I second the motion

Fawns aren't legal anyway.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. You just made Bambi very sad.

[G_j]

10. -:-

[hifiguy]

12. .

[City Lights]

13. .

[Go Vols]

14. Å

[hobbit709]

15. Whacketa, whacketa, whacketa!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. You're going off topic.

We're supposed to be talking about the utter lack of fawning numbnuts out there.

[KamaAina]

17. ...

[cwydro]

18. Now what has happened?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. A young deer's hindquarters got stuck on the ice.

Apparently.

[cwydro]

22. Lol. That took me a second.

Well played.

I still have no idea what this is about.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Well, I'm assuming nobody died.

Given that he who nuts shall not fawn is still actively posting as of this afternoon.

And that's a good thing, no doubt. Not sure why that fact deserves the Silent Thread treatment usually given here towards victims of mass shootings, natural disasters and terrorist attacks, though.

[cwydro]

28. Yeah, I can't see that anyone has been banned or even suspended.

Glad no one has died.

But I missed whatever kerfuffle this is about.

[SidDithers]

20. ...

Sid

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. Oh, why do you hate fawning numbnuts, Sid?

Or should I say.....Skinner!

[davekriss]

21. Applause for Octafish!

[Buzz Clik]

32. In the absence of a gif of one hand clapping, I give this silent tribute:

[Orrex]

38. You've tortoise a valuable lesson.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

53. And the truth shell set you free. nt

[MineralMan]

50. All the way down!

[trumad]

25. .

THE CAT IN THE HAT

Then our mother came in
And she said to us two,
“Did you have any fun?
Tell me. What did you do?”

And Sally and I did not
know what to say.
Should we tell her
The things that went on
there that day?

Well... what would YOU do
If your mother asked you?

The Cat in the Hat
Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have
to know how.

HORTON HATCHES THE EGG

Horton Hatches the Egg

I meant what I said
And I said what I meant….
An elephant’s faithful
One hundred per cent!

And it should be,
it should be, it SHOULD be
like that!
Because Horton was faithful!
He sat and he sat!

“My goodness! My gracious!”
they shouted. “MY WORD!
It’s something brand new!
IT’S AN ELEPHANT-BIRD!!”

GREEN EGGS AND HAM

Do you like green eggs and ham?

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not like green eggs and ham!

Would you like them here or there?

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.

I do so like green eggs and ham!
Thank you! Thank you,
Sam-I-am!

Green Eggs and Ham

ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH

Oh me! Oh my!
Oh me! Oh my!

What a lot of funny things go by.

One fish two fish



YERTLE THE TURTLE

Yertle the Turtle

I’m Yertle the Turtle!
Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler
of all that I see!

Your Majesty. Please…
I don’t like to complain.
But down here below,
we are feeling great pain.

HORTON HEARS A WHO!

“I’ll find it!” cried Horton.
“I’ll find it or bust!
I SHALL find my friends
on my small speck of dust!”

We’ve GOT to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad!
For every voice counts!

Horton Hears a Who!

THE LORAX

I am the Lorax.
I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

The Lorax

I meant no harm.
I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger.
So bigger I got.

OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And
you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who’ll
decide where to go.

You’ll get mixed up,
of course, as you already know.
You’ll get mixed up with
many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great
tact and remember that
Life’s A Great Balancing Act.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU’LL MOVE
MOUNTAINS!

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!

The Grinch hated Christmas!
The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why.
No one quite knows the reason.

The Grinch

“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas… perhaps…
means a little bit more!”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

If we didn’t have birthdays,
you wouldn’t be you.
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you do?
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you be?
You might be a fish!
Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob!
Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of
hard green tomatoes.

Or worse than all that…
Why, you might be a WASN’T!
A Wasn’t has no fun at all.
No, he doesn’t.

A Wasn’t just isn’t. He just
isn’t present. But you…
You ARE YOU!
And, now isn’t that pleasant!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

33. You forgot my personal favorite, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

You'll learn about Jake the Pillow Snake
And all about Foo Foo the Snoo

[noiretextatique]

27. ...

[hifiguy]

30. This is a very revealing thread.

And what it reveals is ugly beyond words.

[Buzz Clik]

34. This might help

[demmiblue]

36. I agree.

The mean-spiritedness is disgusting.

Then again, it is not surprising given the respondents.

[hifiguy]

45. Nope, it isn't. Not in the least.

"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask what it is in itself. What is its nature?"

Nature is on abundant display here.

[jberryhill]

39. I think it reveals a sense of mystery as to its purpose

Far be it from me to question the reverence of a silent thread with a warning about "fawning numbnuts", but it seems apparent this thread is to commemorate an unknown event of some kind.

[Major Hogwash]

42. You know him, you love him, you can't get enough of him . . . Octafish!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

43. Shhh!

This is a silent thread! For someone who is still alive and active on DU!

Unless you are a fawning numbnut?

[Major Hogwash]

49. Let me just say this . . .

. . . the day JFK was assassinated, my grandfather, my uncle, and my dad all sat up in the kitchen talking to each other in quiet, hushed voices into the very early hours of the next morning talking about JFK's murder being a conspiracy.
Before the newspaper had even come out the next morning with all of the headlines telling us about the assassination.

I have learned more about JFK's assassination from Octafish's posts than I have from reading many books about it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. Okay. nt

[H2O Man]

44. Recommended.

I have the greatest respect for Octafish.

[jwirr]

46. ..............

[Waiting For Everyman]

51. .

[Dont call me Shirley]

54. ...

[Spazito]

55. Locking...

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