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Maskins

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If I were a rich and famous author, I would probably spend most of my time wandering about the place in a cloak with a cane and monocle. Why? Because I could. Especially with a surname called King.

I am not sure what this has to do with the thread btw - just a daydream fantasy I felt the need to share.

I am interested though - what would be the criteria for a post that is submitted for Mr. King to read... I feel I need to up my posting game.
 
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Maskins said:
If I were a rich and famous author, I would probably spend most of my time wandering about the place in a cloak with a cane and monocle. Why? Because I could. Especially with a surname called King.

I am not sure what this has to do with the thread btw - just a daydream fantasy I felt the need to share.

I am interested though - what would be the criteria for a post that is submitted for Mr. King to read... I feel I need to up my posting game.
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I don't necessarily want to dissuade you, (yeah right :biggrin2: ) but those types of posts or questions normally come in from educators wanting to talk business with him.
 
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FlakeNoir said:
I don't necessarily want to dissuade you, (yeah right :biggrin2: ) but those types of posts or questions normally come in from educators wanting to talk business with him.
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Ok, how is this... I have a business proposition ok? Everyone likes dinosaurs right? So why not a theme park with dinosaurs? What we do (this bit is technical) is extract Dino DNA from some orange rock thing, slap it on a big 90's style computer, print out the results, insert whatever the computer says into an egg and keep it in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.

We then build a theme park somewhere which is dangerously inaccessible and make it safe by running a security system based on Windows Vista (cheaper than 8) and a couple of electrified picket fences.

Now, I admit that a potential investor might have safety concerns about it, what with dinosaurs being big and a complete unknown. So what we do is get Jeff Goldblum to check it out first and let us know if he thinks it is safe.

If it doesn't work now, we can always reboot the idea in 20 years with younger people. All I need is several billion dollars for my new kickstarter campaign. No one has thought of this (as far as I am aware).

...will this suffice?
 
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Maskins said:
Ok, how is this... I have a business proposition ok? Everyone likes dinosaurs right? So why not a theme park with dinosaurs? What we do (this bit is technical) is extract Dino DNA from some orange rock thing, slap it on a big 90's style computer, print out the results, insert whatever the computer says into an egg and keep it in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.

We then build a theme park somewhere which is dangerously inaccessible and make it safe by running a security system based on Windows Vista (cheaper than 8) and a couple of electrified picket fences.

Now, I admit that a potential investor might have safety concerns about it, what with dinosaurs being big and a complete unknown. So what we do is get Jeff Goldblum to check it out first and let us know if he thinks it is safe.

If it doesn't work now, we can always reboot the idea in 20 years with younger people. All I need is several billion dollars for my new kickstarter campaign. No one has thought of this (as far as I am aware).

...will this suffice?
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:hammer: I knew that line in my post back there was going to end up biting me in the a$$... that'll teach me to multitask in the evenings. :blush: :biggrin2:
 
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Mr. Cranky said:
I was looking at the internet and something came up about Stephen King snubbing this guy that came up to him. This guy said something like: 'Hey, aren't you Stephen King? Its a great honour to meet you.' And it said that Stephen King said: 'Yeah, whatever numb-nuts.' Is this true? I can't believe it myself.
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Impossible. Whoever said that sK said that is a damn liar.
 
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Ashcrash said:
Yeah you should see what we were posting in the "last post wins" thread. It turns out Danie is Stephen King. Shhhhh it is supposed to be a secret. Don't let anyone else know.
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Dangit, Ash, now I'll have to start a whole new identity. I should've known not to tell a newbie. :blues:
 
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hossenpepper said:
So, did you really think I was dumb as a bag of hammers when I asked you at the baseball game when "Wolves of the Calla" was coming out and it had been released 3 months earlier? Please say no...
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A bag of hammers...? Nah.
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Maskins said:
Ok, how is this... I have a business proposition ok? Everyone likes dinosaurs right? So why not a theme park with dinosaurs? What we do (this bit is technical) is extract Dino DNA from some orange rock thing, slap it on a big 90's style computer, print out the results, insert whatever the computer says into an egg and keep it in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.

We then build a theme park somewhere which is dangerously inaccessible and make it safe by running a security system based on Windows Vista (cheaper than 8) and a couple of electrified picket fences.

Now, I admit that a potential investor might have safety concerns about it, what with dinosaurs being big and a complete unknown. So what we do is get Jeff Goldblum to check it out first and let us know if he thinks it is safe.

If it doesn't work now, we can always reboot the idea in 20 years with younger people. All I need is several billion dollars for my new kickstarter campaign. No one has thought of this (as far as I am aware).

...will this suffice?
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Are you sure you didn't want to get in touch with Steven Spielberg instead? It's a common mistake. :smile2:
 
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Ashcrash said:
I just don't know what was up. Last time I read a message and took the person serious it turned out they were being sarcastic. I would like to find out if he was serious and then ask him about it but he left! Maybe next time.
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I wasn't serious about someone asking about my details and going to check with the FBI. I was serious about thinking I have found three people who come on this website who are actually Stephen King. I'm pretty sure. How do I know? Style of writing. Small things that were said. Hey, what's so hard about him making up a thousand different identities and coming on once in a while. Also, if someone seems to know too much about the Man himself. I mean, I was going to ask one person on this website, 'How would you know? Are you his butler or something.'
 
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Maskins said:
If I were a rich and famous author, I would probably spend most of my time wandering about the place in a cloak with a cane and monocle. Why? Because I could. Especially with a surname called King.

I am not sure what this has to do with the thread btw - just a daydream fantasy I felt the need to share.

I am interested though - what would be the criteria for a post that is submitted for Mr. King to read... I feel I need to up my posting game.
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HA that is silly
 
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