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Ulrika Zugzwang

Magnanimous in Victory

Join date: 10 Jun 2004

Posts: 6,382

04-06-2005 17:28

Philip Linden: Old man!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Woman!
Philip Linden: Old woman, sorry. What knight live in that castle over there?
Ulrika Zugzwang: I'm thirty seven.
Philip Linden: What?
Ulrika Zugzwang: I'm thirty seven -- I'm not old!
Philip Linden: Well, I can't just call you `Woman'.
Ulrika Zugzwang: Well, you could say `Ulrika'.
Philip Linden: Well, I didn't know you were called `Ulrika.'
Ulrika Zugzwang: Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?
Philip Linden: I did say sorry about the `old man,' but from the behind you looked--
Ulrika Zugzwang: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior!
Philip Linden: Well, I AM king...
Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh king, eh, very nice. An' how'd you get that, eh? By exploitin' the workers -- by 'angin' on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic an' social differences in our society! If there's ever going to be any progress--
Juro Kothari: Ulrika, there's some lovely filth down here. Oh -- how d'you do?
Phillip Linden: How do you do, good sir. I am Philip, King of the SLers. Who's castle is that?
Juro Kothari: King of the who?
Philip Linden: The SLers.
Juro Kothari: Who are the SLers?
Philip Linden: Well, we all are. we're all SLers and I am your king.
Juro Kothari: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Ulrika Zugzwang: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
Juro Kothari: Oh there you go, bringing class into it again.
Ulrika Zugzwang: That's what it's all about if only people would--
Philip Linden: Please, please good people. I am in haste. Who lives in that castle?
Juro Kothari: No one live there.
Philip Linden: Then who is your lord?
Juro Kothari: We don't have a lord.
Philip Linden: What?
Ulrika Zugzwang: I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.
Philip Linden: Yes.
Ulrika Zugzwang: But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at aspecial biweekly meeting.
Philip Linden: Yes, I see.
Ulrika Zugzwang: By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,--
Philip Linden: Be quiet!
Ulrika Zugzwang: --but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more--
Philip Linden: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Juro Kothari: Order, eh -- who does he think he is?
Philip Linden: I am your king!
Juro Kothari: Well, I didn't vote for you.
Philip Linden: You don't vote for kings.
Juro Kothari: Well, 'ow did you become king then?
Philip Linden: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Philip, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your king!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Philip Linden: Be quiet!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Phillip Linden: Shut up!
Ulrika Zugzwang: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
Philip Linden: Shut up! Will you shut up!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
Philip Linden: Shut up!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!
Philip Linden: Bloody peasant!
Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me, you saw it didn't you?

Formatted and colorized with transcript.

~Ulrika~

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Chik-chik-chika-ahh

Juro Kothari

Like a dog on a bone

Join date: 4 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,418

04-06-2005 18:24

OMFG... that was the funniest shit I've read in a loooong time, Ulrika!

I love my line "Well, I didn't vote for you." So fitting.

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Forseti Svarog

ESC

Join date: 2 Nov 2004

Posts: 1,730

04-06-2005 18:42

bravo ulrika. nice post.

Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

04-07-2005 08:31

The peasants are revolting.

-Ghoti

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Aimee Weber

The one on the right

Join date: 30 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,286

04-07-2005 09:00

Ulrika, with every post you bring me that much closer to just buying the entire Monty Python collection on DVD.

NI!

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Jamie Bergman

SL's Largest Distributor

Join date: 17 Feb 2005

Posts: 1,752

04-07-2005 09:02

Brilliant.

Jack Digeridoo

machinimaniac

Join date: 29 Jul 2003

Posts: 1,170

04-07-2005 10:19

Hehe well done

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Siggy Romulus

DILLIGAF

Join date: 22 Sep 2003

Posts: 5,711

04-07-2005 13:34

(Siggy whispers to Juro in a french accent) : Eh eh eh , I told them we already got one!

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Sox Rampal

Slinky Vagabond

Join date: 10 Sep 2004

Posts: 338

04-07-2005 13:39

Funniest thing I've read in the forums to date - god love Monty Python,brilliant Ulrika!!

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Juro Kothari

Like a dog on a bone

Join date: 4 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,418

04-07-2005 14:15

From: Siggy Romulus

(Siggy whispers to Juro in a french accent) : Eh eh eh , I told them we already got one!

LOL

Philip just doesn't understand that I am the emperor, not him.

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Amus White

Second Life Resident

Join date: 16 Nov 2004

Posts: 13

It's funny because it's true!

04-07-2005 14:33

That works on SOOOOO many levles! *ROTFLMAO* Tho i find it especialy entertaining, when you concider that 'Dennis' discription of thier system of government was origonaly written as a direct pun agenst the US democratic process.

Well played!

~"... and upon three, three being the number haveing reached, shalt thou lobbist thy Holy Hand Grenade, tward thy foe. And whom, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it!..."~

Philip Linden

Founder, Linden Lab

Join date: 18 Nov 2002

Posts: 428

04-11-2005 12:10

'smite'

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Jeffrey Gomez

Cubed™

Join date: 11 Jun 2004

Posts: 3,522

04-11-2005 16:10

Second Life sure could use more Holy Hand-Grenades.

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Chameleon Calliope

Invisible Woman

Join date: 14 Feb 2005

Posts: 76

04-11-2005 17:00

*hums* Always look on the bright side of life... da dum, da dum da dum da dum......

Elle Pollack

Takes internets seriously

Join date: 12 Oct 2004

Posts: 796

04-11-2005 19:20

*hangs a scripted Python-esque image of God over Philip's secret bunker*

Athel Richelieu

Registered User

Join date: 7 Jul 2004

Posts: 203

04-12-2005 08:02

From: Philip Linden

'smite'

NOOOOOOS!

Shadow Weaver

Ancient

Join date: 13 Jan 2003

Posts: 2,808

04-12-2005 10:27

That was funny but oh so wrong...

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Ale Bukowski

Gnomes Landscapers Master

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04-12-2005 14:49

Hehehe, very funny.

Under Thirty

Registered User

Join date: 9 May 2005

Posts: 29

05-10-2005 12:23

don't you have to get permission to post the transcript?

Malachi Petunia

Gentle Miscreant

Join date: 21 Sep 2003

Posts: 3,414

05-10-2005 16:59

From: someone

don't you have to get permission to post the transcript?

Yes, thus the smiting. "Long Live King Philip!", he said just a bit too sycophantically.

Kendra Bancroft

Rhine Maiden

Join date: 17 Jun 2004

Posts: 5,813

05-11-2005 07:08

Kendra Bancroft: I'm not dead.

Newfie Pendragon

Crusty and proud of it

Join date: 19 Dec 2003

Posts: 1,025

05-11-2005 07:11

Kendra is Elvis?

But...isn't he 'no more'? Didn't he 'cease to be'?

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SL Government -- The Holy Grail
Ulrika Zugzwang Magnanimous in Victory Join date: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 6,382	04-06-2005 17:28 Philip Linden: Old man! Ulrika Zugzwang: Woman! Philip Linden: Old woman, sorry. What knight live in that castle over there? Ulrika Zugzwang: I'm thirty seven. Philip Linden: What? Ulrika Zugzwang: I'm thirty seven -- I'm not old! Philip Linden: Well, I can't just call you `Woman'. Ulrika Zugzwang: Well, you could say `Ulrika'. Philip Linden: Well, I didn't know you were called `Ulrika.' Ulrika Zugzwang: Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you? Philip Linden: I did say sorry about the `old man,' but from the behind you looked-- Ulrika Zugzwang: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior! Philip Linden: Well, I AM king... Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh king, eh, very nice. An' how'd you get that, eh? By exploitin' the workers -- by 'angin' on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic an' social differences in our society! If there's ever going to be any progress-- Juro Kothari: Ulrika, there's some lovely filth down here. Oh -- how d'you do? Phillip Linden: How do you do, good sir. I am Philip, King of the SLers. Who's castle is that? Juro Kothari: King of the who? Philip Linden: The SLers. Juro Kothari: Who are the SLers? Philip Linden: Well, we all are. we're all SLers and I am your king. Juro Kothari: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. Ulrika Zugzwang: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes-- Juro Kothari: Oh there you go, bringing class into it again. Ulrika Zugzwang: That's what it's all about if only people would-- Philip Linden: Please, please good people. I am in haste. Who lives in that castle? Juro Kothari: No one live there. Philip Linden: Then who is your lord? Juro Kothari: We don't have a lord. Philip Linden: What? Ulrika Zugzwang: I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. Philip Linden: Yes. Ulrika Zugzwang: But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at aspecial biweekly meeting. Philip Linden: Yes, I see. Ulrika Zugzwang: By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,-- Philip Linden: Be quiet! Ulrika Zugzwang: --but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more-- Philip Linden: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet! Juro Kothari: Order, eh -- who does he think he is? Philip Linden: I am your king! Juro Kothari: Well, I didn't vote for you. Philip Linden: You don't vote for kings. Juro Kothari: Well, 'ow did you become king then? Philip Linden: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Philip, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your king! Ulrika Zugzwang: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Philip Linden: Be quiet! Ulrika Zugzwang: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! Phillip Linden: Shut up! Ulrika Zugzwang: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away! Philip Linden: Shut up! Will you shut up! Ulrika Zugzwang: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. Philip Linden: Shut up! Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed! Philip Linden: Bloody peasant! Ulrika Zugzwang: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me, you saw it didn't you? Formatted and colorized with transcript. ~Ulrika~ _____________________ Chik-chik-chika-ahh
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	04-06-2005 18:24 OMFG... that was the funniest shit I've read in a loooong time, Ulrika! I love my line "Well, I didn't vote for you." So fitting. _____________________
Forseti Svarog ESC Join date: 2 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,730	04-06-2005 18:42 bravo ulrika. nice post.
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	04-07-2005 08:31 The peasants are revolting. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Aimee Weber The one on the right Join date: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,286	04-07-2005 09:00 Ulrika, with every post you bring me that much closer to just buying the entire Monty Python collection on DVD. NI! _____________________
Jamie Bergman SL's Largest Distributor Join date: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 1,752	04-07-2005 09:02 Brilliant.
Jack Digeridoo machinimaniac Join date: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1,170	04-07-2005 10:19 Hehe well done _____________________ If you'll excuse me, it's, it's time to make the world safe for democracy.
Siggy Romulus DILLIGAF Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 5,711	04-07-2005 13:34 (Siggy whispers to Juro in a french accent) : Eh eh eh , I told them we already got one! _____________________ The Second Life forums are living proof as to why it's illegal for people to have sex with farm animals. From: Jesse Linden I, for one, am highly un-helped by this thread
Sox Rampal Slinky Vagabond Join date: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 338	04-07-2005 13:39 Funniest thing I've read in the forums to date - god love Monty Python,brilliant Ulrika!! _____________________ Freedom is a wonderful thing but ONLY if you have someone to defend it.
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	04-07-2005 14:15 From: Siggy Romulus (Siggy whispers to Juro in a french accent) : Eh eh eh , I told them we already got one! LOL Philip just doesn't understand that I am the emperor, not him. _____________________
Amus White Second Life Resident Join date: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 13	It's funny because it's true! 04-07-2005 14:33 That works on SOOOOO many levles! ROTFLMAO Tho i find it especialy entertaining, when you concider that 'Dennis' discription of thier system of government was origonaly written as a direct pun agenst the US democratic process. Well played! ~"... and upon three, three being the number haveing reached, shalt thou lobbist thy Holy Hand Grenade, tward thy foe. And whom, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it!..."~
Philip Linden Founder, Linden Lab Join date: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 428	04-11-2005 12:10 'smite' _____________________ Philip Linden Chairman & Founder, Linden Lab blog: http://secondlife.blogs.com/philip
Jeffrey Gomez Cubed™ Join date: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,522	04-11-2005 16:10 Second Life sure could use more Holy Hand-Grenades. _____________________ ---
Chameleon Calliope Invisible Woman Join date: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 76	04-11-2005 17:00 hums Always look on the bright side of life... da dum, da dum da dum da dum......
Elle Pollack Takes internets seriously Join date: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 796	04-11-2005 19:20 hangs a scripted Python-esque image of God over Philip's secret bunker
Athel Richelieu Registered User Join date: 7 Jul 2004 Posts: 203	04-12-2005 08:02 From: Philip Linden 'smite' NOOOOOOS!
Shadow Weaver Ancient Join date: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 2,808	04-12-2005 10:27 That was funny but oh so wrong... _____________________ Everyone here is an adult. This ain't DisneyLand, and Mickey Mouse isn't going to swat you with a stick if you say "holy crapola."<Pathfinder Linden> New Worlds new Adventures Formerly known as Jade Wolf my business name has now changed to Dragon Shadow. Im me in world for Locations of my apparrel Online Authorized Trademark Licensed Apparel http://www.cafepress.com/slvisions OR Visit The Website @ www.slvisions.com
Ale Bukowski Gnomes Landscapers Master Join date: 2 Apr 2004 Posts: 129	04-12-2005 14:49 Hehehe, very funny.
Under Thirty Registered User Join date: 9 May 2005 Posts: 29	05-10-2005 12:23 don't you have to get permission to post the transcript?
Malachi Petunia Gentle Miscreant Join date: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 3,414	05-10-2005 16:59 From: someone don't you have to get permission to post the transcript? Yes, thus the smiting. "Long Live King Philip!", he said just a bit too sycophantically.
Kendra Bancroft Rhine Maiden Join date: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 5,813	05-11-2005 07:08 Kendra Bancroft: I'm not dead.
Newfie Pendragon Crusty and proud of it Join date: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 1,025	05-11-2005 07:11 Kendra is Elvis? But...isn't he 'no more'? Didn't he 'cease to be'? _____________________

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