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September 27, 2002 : What Are We To Make Of This Abdul Guy?



Abdul the Great is one weird website. Here's how he defines himself:
"Greetings from Abdul the Great. I am the ruler of all I survey. Do not provoke me. Some of my heroes are Attila the Hun, Alexander the Great, Hitler and Ghengis Khan. Some day soon I expect to rule the world.(...)I am also well-dressed."
And which crazed lemur nominated it cult ov thee week? His version of 2001 Space Odyssey is cute - but is it enough?

Posted by at September 27, 2002 06:47 AM


People have said these things about that :

There must be at least 47 hours in a Portugese day.

Hey, who here hasn't snapped a little bubblegum?
Brilliantly twisted, CC.

Posted by: anathema on September 27, 2002 07:58 AM

I made a version of 2001 for a corporate meeting last year. It was brilliant! Had the CEO, whose name just happens to be Dave, locked in his office yelling "Open the office door, HAL!"
They pay me peanuts, and yet, I'm a genius. Sad, really.

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 08:39 AM

I am too drubk to pay attention enough to try and figure out what the fuck you all are going on about, so I'm gonna dance instead.
*dances the sirtaki, learned incompletely from his name-sire, Stavros Akritides*

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:04 AM

Shit, I wonder if Stavros is still alive....

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:08 AM

Shit, I wonder if Stavros is still alive....

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:09 AM

that bear is pretty freaky.

Posted by: adampsyche on September 27, 2002 09:09 AM

Stavros Overload, BabieS! Rocktastic!

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:09 AM

Errors are all about the traffic, motherbitches. Whaaaaaa....funk out!

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:42 AM

I think we can all agree that this whole "Abdul" thing would be funnier if it was--in fact--a monkey instead of a teddy bear.
And a live monkey at that. Hopped up on cocaine and six different kinds of speed.
That would make a great site.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:04 AM

Motherbitches.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:05 AM

They pay me peanuts, and yet, I'm a genius. Sad, really.
Welcome to my world, tizzie.
Of course, once my bullet riddled body is dragged from the bordello, all these same naysayers will proclaim that they saw my genius all along.
Philistines! Philistines, I say. Plus our business sales rep keeps trying to make coffe in a broken coffee maker, it always makes the breakroom smell like he threw a coffee grenade in and ran away.

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 10:06 AM

Okay, this is funny.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:06 AM

i ♥ stavros when he's drubk

Posted by: adampsyche on September 27, 2002 10:07 AM

I love stavros.
Oh, and this Abdul guy is obviously from Austin.
Whatnot, I'm looking at you! (you, too, Dejah!)

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:14 AM

Okay, how hard would it have been for me to look at violetcrown.com and see that it says AUSTIN, TEXAS?
But, oh no! I gotta be all "I've figgered this guy out!"
I am a dork.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:16 AM


i ♥ stavros when he's drubk
You mean you've met him when he isn't?
*shrill Smashing-Pumpkins-fan voice*
Ooohh, what's he like?

Posted by: Miguel on September 27, 2002 10:19 AM

I have met Abdul. He gave me that dismissive smile-and-nod reserved for "nobodies." At least Joey Tio had a few beers with us.

Posted by: whatnot on September 27, 2002 10:24 AM

Did you all notice that if you look at that bear picture long enough, a twinkle in his eyes appears?
I notice the subtle things.
(off topic, anybody know a good cold cure that doesn't involve alcohol? If stavros was taking what I have to take he'd be able to get drunk at less than one tenth the cost.)

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 10:29 AM

Of course, once my bullet riddled body is dragged from the bordello, all these same naysayers will proclaim that they saw my genius all along.

Honey, when I'm in the bordello, there ARE no naysayers. *wink*
p.s. and our coffee's kinda ok here....

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 10:36 AM

pssst, ColdChef: Dejah lives in Dallas, not Austin.
Tizzie, luckily your genius is fully appreciated here on 9622. I mean, when we're sober enough to remember you.

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 10:40 AM

off topic, anybody know a good cold cure that doesn't involve alcohol?
Chicken soup with gin in it.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:41 AM

pssst, ColdChef: Dejah lives in Dallas, not Austin.
I think she once lived in Austin. Does Dreama live in Austin?

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:42 AM

I wish I lived in Austin.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:43 AM

Dreama lives in Pittsburgh.
Howzabout you and Mrs. ColdChef and Me and Mrs. Jonmc all move into a loft in NYC together and collectively max out the city's bandwidth, conveinience stores and liquor stores?!

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 10:50 AM

I am so down with that. Hey, can we all move in with evanizer?

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 10:58 AM

**cancels plans to NYC since there will no longer be bandwidth, liquor, or tasty air-puffed cheesy snack treats**
**shudders because it sounds too much like Rudy Guiliani's dream world**

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 10:58 AM

Chicken soup with gin in it.
Yuck!
Just pour me a Nyquel then.

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 11:02 AM

Hey, can we all move in with evanizer?
He'll probably makes us wear togas and drink Tab, but what the hell.

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 11:03 AM

I have it on good word that NyQuil goes really well with Jagermeister. A little green panda told me that after dusting me with sprinkles late one December night.

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 11:03 AM

Ufez, no this is the ultimate cocktail from my drinkin' days:
equal parts Jägermeister, Rümple Minze and Göldschläger, also known as a Screaming Nazi.
At my farewell party from working at the bookstore, I had three of those, then I began invading neighboring countries.

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 11:07 AM

I prefer it without the Rumple Minz. Just Jager and Shlager. Starry Night. Drink it, and all of Van Gogh's painting's start to look like still lifes.

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 11:15 AM

I prefer it without the Rumple Minz. Just Jager and Shlager. Starry Night. Drink it, and all of Van Gogh's painting's start to look like still lifes.
Post dammit!

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 11:16 AM

I would call it a Screaming Umlaut. Who wants to think about Nazis when they're having fun?

Posted by: jpoulos on September 27, 2002 11:19 AM

I remember a shot that was Goldschlager, 151 and man....what was the other thing? It was called Liquid Cocaine. More like Liquid Drano.
Goldschlager = The Devil's Spunk.

Posted by: kafkeresk on September 27, 2002 11:21 AM

we also had on called a Mind Eraser: a plastic beer cup filled with equal parts vodka and Mountain Dew with a floater of Kahlua.
What a refined bunch we are, eh?

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 11:26 AM

We used to drink something that was known generically as Toxic Waste. It was whatever we could find all thrown together. White liquor, brown liquor, moutain dew, cough syrup, rubber cement, play-doh.
Miguel must be horrified by this thread right now.

Posted by: jpoulos on September 27, 2002 11:33 AM

I'm all about the dirty vodka martini: shaken, not stirred. The problem is getting it dirty enough.

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 11:34 AM

Nothing wrong with some civilised discourse on libations, mr. mcnally.
Oh, and my mind erasers always had Dr. Pepper, not Mt. Dew. And you had to drink it with a straw, real fast.
But what all is supposed to be in the 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse shot? I remember Jager and Bacardi 151, but the other two escape me (for some reason). I just know they were equally harsh and potent.

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 11:34 AM

You should try play-doh.

Posted by: jpoulos on September 27, 2002 11:34 AM

Hey, you know who lives in Austin? Patty Griffin! What a gal!
Best cold rememdy? Cold-eeze zinc lozenges and some of that echinacea stuff. Won-ton soup and booze.
And witchstone, usually people think their best thoughts about me after they've had a few. In fact, that's when they think I'm a genius! If only the bosses at work weren't so .... sober.

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 11:36 AM

Members of the Board, I give you
The Flaming Dr Pepper:
In shot glass:
0.5 shot amaretto
0.5 shot Kahlua
top off with 151 rum
0.75 full glass of beer:
Procedure: Get a glass of beer with some room left in it. Light the shot on fire, and drop it into the beer. Chug the whole thing down.

Whatever you do, do not pour the flaming shot down the bar, even if you like the pretty blue flame. I am no longer allowed at The Gold Mine in New Orleans because of this.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 11:44 AM

Patty Griffin invented the Slippery Nipple Shot.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 11:44 AM

Patty Griffin invented the Slippery Nipple Shot.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 11:45 AM

Heh, CC, I had my one and only flaming DP at a bar in Roatan (bay island in Honduras) on my 22nd birthday. I, of course, dropped the shot in not so carefully and spilled beer all over the place. I got some applause, though.

Posted by: Ufez Jones on September 27, 2002 11:47 AM

One for each nipple, i guess.

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 11:48 AM

I have a third nipple.
Really.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 11:53 AM

Patty Griffin likes pancakes.

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 11:57 AM

Patty Griffin stole my third nipple and sold it for cigarettes.

Posted by: kafkeresk on September 27, 2002 11:58 AM

I drink milk sometimes.

Posted by: dong_resin on September 27, 2002 11:59 AM

Just because it comes out of a hoofed mammal, that don't make it milk, son.

Posted by: kafkeresk on September 27, 2002 12:02 PM

That's no teat, Dong.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 12:03 PM

I'm seeing a pattern.
I have to squint, but it's definitely there.

Posted by: dong_resin on September 27, 2002 12:07 PM

Just because it comes out of a hoofed mammal, that don't make it milk, son.
...and those aren't hooves! I just haven't had a pedicure in a while.

Posted by: jonmc on September 27, 2002 12:08 PM

Hey! When did this kafkeresk fellow show up?
Patty Griffin stole my kidney for $10,000. I woke up in a bathtub filled with ice and a phone by my head.

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 12:11 PM

Patty Griffin stole my kidney for $10,000.
*pats lower back*
I don't know nuthin' 'bout that.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 12:12 PM

*whistles*

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 12:13 PM

Hey, no, really! This is true! If you forward this e-mail, Patty Griffin will send you $1 million!

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 12:15 PM

It's true. And I'm a laweyer, so I know it's true.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 12:16 PM

Patty Griffin just told me that today was the 100th anniversary of...the teddy bear!
Happy B'day, Abdul.

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 12:29 PM

Thanks! I expect birthday gifts from all of you.

Posted by: Abdul the Great on September 27, 2002 02:52 PM

Hey! A Special Guest Appearance!
This is just like the Love Boat!

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 27, 2002 03:01 PM

Okay, so how cool is this:
I have a guest staying at my hotel from Austin, and we had a little chat about restaurants while we were making her reservations. Any way, she just checked in and she brought some queso for me from Maudie's in Austin. It was in a little insulated bag and everything! People can be so cool sometimes.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 03:16 PM

Obviously you'll have to sleep with her. Luckily you have a key.

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 03:18 PM

*cues up the Barry White*

Posted by: tj on September 27, 2002 03:21 PM

9622.net: Accepting gifts of warm, spicy cheese from total strangers.

Posted by: whatnot on September 27, 2002 03:22 PM

"If you want my spicy queso, all you gotta do is say so."

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 03:26 PM

............................. Banana
This is just like the Love ^ Boat!

Posted by: Thomcatspike on September 27, 2002 03:27 PM

Day-o, Daaaayo....

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 03:37 PM

Comment text is required./
Daa-o, Daaaa-yo...

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 03:40 PM

this website needs an exorcist.

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 03:41 PM

Velor-jacket'd closing tag

Posted by: tj on September 27, 2002 03:41 PM

hey, I was getting to it...

Posted by: tj on September 27, 2002 03:43 PM

No! Shut down all the garbage compactors on the detention level!

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 03:46 PM

No! ALL OF THEM!

Posted by: tj on September 27, 2002 03:51 PM

Listen to them, they're dying!

Posted by: witchstone on September 27, 2002 03:56 PM

good they're annoying the hell of me.

Posted by: R2D2 on September 27, 2002 04:06 PM

I think Cold Chef's mysterious cheese-bearing guest was Patty Griffin!

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 04:10 PM

Why hasn't anyone welcomed Abdul? He shows up in the thread and you can't even be polite?
Ingrates!

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 27, 2002 04:17 PM

Welcome, Abdul! I bet you get the dingleberries real bad, huh?

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 04:20 PM

OH SHIT! sorry.
Welcome Abdul!

Posted by: tj on September 27, 2002 04:22 PM

Abdul, is it true that you shit in the woods?

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 04:24 PM

That's probably the only site I've ever seen that felt it necessary or even possible to put an exclamation mark after Vallejo.

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 27, 2002 04:28 PM

It the Internet's nascent years, it was standard to put an exclamation point after Vallejo! The fact that no one does any more is just another sign of how the Net has been corrupted by capitalist pig dogs and aol users.
Welcome, abdul.

Posted by: jpoulos on September 27, 2002 04:34 PM

Viva Vallejo!
Viva Abdul!
Viva Flaming Dr Pepper!

Posted by: liam on September 27, 2002 05:02 PM

Does anyone remember the commercials years ago when they suggested one serve Dr.Pepper heated-with a lemon slice???
No wonder I hate the stuff.
(we are talking early 1960's.)

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 05:48 PM

wow. that must make you a hundred or sumthin'.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 27, 2002 06:30 PM

Older than the hills!

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 27, 2002 06:41 PM

I was a LITTLE bunny back then. Cute, too!

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 07:05 PM

Hey, I tried to check this thread a little while ago and couldn't download anything but the pic and the first link. Somebody monkeying with the code, or just the 9622 gremlin?

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 07:07 PM

Dude. You are soooo high, Bunnyfire.

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 27, 2002 07:19 PM

No, I'm being serious. There was something wrong with the site. I thought maybe one of you monkeys were working on it or something. This was the only thread affected (I assume; I only went to the other one that Adam started and it was okay.)

Posted by: b****fire on September 27, 2002 07:45 PM

So the lemon was supposed to make warm Dr. Pepper palatable?

Posted by: anathema on September 27, 2002 08:00 PM

A certain well-known MeFite has called me a pompous ass, a loser and a dipshit via email. And it's only 9 a.m!
I'm the King of The World!
Also, sorry about all the hooting and sirtaki dancing there last night. Dunno what got into me.

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 08:18 PM

Mornin' sunshine!

Posted by: anathema on September 27, 2002 08:20 PM

shit. see other active thread for warm dr. pepper cure.

Posted by: anathema on September 27, 2002 08:21 PM

I'm twice the idiot. I should have blamed it on the server.

Posted by: anathema on September 27, 2002 08:22 PM

You're joking! He said, "A pompous ass, a loser, AND a dipshit?"?
Yeah, well, you had to, didn't you? You had to stand up for what you stood for, didn't you?

Posted by: tizzie on September 27, 2002 08:32 PM

Well, there was some other lovely pillow talk interspersed between the actual insults, but yeah. I found it amusing. Some folks get so worked up...

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 08:52 PM

Of course, now that I have a coffee in hand, I recall that I did tell him to go fuck himself.
heh.

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 27, 2002 09:00 PM

The WonderChicken is my hero.
How sad is that?

Posted by: yhbc on September 27, 2002 09:38 PM

The WonderChicken is my hero.
How sad is that?

Posted by: yhbc on September 27, 2002 09:39 PM

Pretty damn sad, apparently.

Posted by: yhbc on September 27, 2002 09:39 PM

No, ColdChef, I don't go in the woods, as you can see on my bathroom abdulCam: http://violetcrown.com/abdul/abdulCam2.htm

Posted by: Abdul the Great on September 28, 2002 01:09 AM

Only hick bears go in the woods!
Bathroom abdulCam

Posted by: Abdul the Great on September 28, 2002 01:14 AM

Bear scat. Coooool.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 28, 2002 07:36 AM

Patty Griffin just called, she's with Abdul in Tortola.

Posted by: anathema on September 28, 2002 08:33 AM

What a slut.
I mean Abdul, not Patty Griffin.
Patty Griffin is my hero. How sad is that?

Posted by: tizzie on September 28, 2002 10:56 AM

Patty loves me, even if I am a slut.
Here's what I do to monkeys!

Posted by: Abdul the Great on September 28, 2002 01:56 PM

Uh, Abdul that monkey must not be one of us. I don't think you would have to hold any of our monkey friends down to get them to drink Shiner Bock. On second thought maybe you are performing an exorcist, but with beer, great medicine then?

Posted by: Thomcatspike on September 28, 2002 02:02 PM

Oh, great, thanks Miguel. Now we've got talking, abusive bears dropping by at all hours of the day and night. There goes the freakin' neighborhood.

Posted by: yhbc on September 28, 2002 02:08 PM

If you go down to the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise!

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 28, 2002 02:46 PM

I remember a pretty gross (scatological)joke about a bear and a bunny.
I'm not telling it.

Posted by: b****fire on September 28, 2002 03:11 PM

So does it stick to your fur?

Posted by: kafkaesque on September 28, 2002 06:15 PM

I see you've heard it, then.

Posted by: b****fire on September 28, 2002 10:08 PM

We've all heard it. But a good 'un it is.

Posted by: ColdChef on September 29, 2002 01:11 PM
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