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nitrokitty Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
#1: Sep 29th 2012 at 4:23:48 PM

Just a picture of the engineer from Team Fortress 2 with a long-winded caption. Nowhere in the pic does it suggest that he's southern nor a genius. Motion to pull.

bananasloth serial tweaker, sorry from Budapest Since: Nov, 2009
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#2: Sep 29th 2012 at 4:53:33 PM

As much as I love Engie, this is a pretty bad case of JAFAAC. Agree with the pull.

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ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#4: Sep 29th 2012 at 6:53:32 PM

[up][up] Exact sentiments I have. Love Team Fortress 2, don't think this image works.

edited 29th Sep '12 6:53:46 PM by ShadowHog

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#5: Sep 30th 2012 at 12:07:39 AM

It doesn't show someone who either looks Southern or smart.

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petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#6: Sep 30th 2012 at 1:33:10 AM

Interestingly, the edit history shows that a different pic of the engineer was up before, got axed for JAFAAC, and then this one showed up and just sat there for 2 years.

Kill image.

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Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
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#7: Sep 30th 2012 at 1:35:49 AM

I have beaten the image off the page with a wrench.

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petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#8: Sep 30th 2012 at 1:48:45 AM

So, I think we can turn this into a fairly reasonable image.

EDIT: Like so

edited 30th Sep '12 2:11:25 AM by petrie911

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spacemarine50 Since: Mar, 2012
#9: Sep 30th 2012 at 2:04:43 AM

Kentucky-Fried-Chicken guy anyone? Can't spell his name, and spellcheck is no help.

bananasloth serial tweaker, sorry from Budapest Since: Nov, 2009
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#10: Sep 30th 2012 at 2:17:08 AM

[up] Colonel Sanders? What about him says genius? I mean sure, he was good at marketing, but he's hardly famous for his genius (well, unless you count his culinary talent)

I stand corrected. The examples say that qualifies him. I still don't think he'd make a great image, though: when most people look at the Colonel they don't think "innovator of gastronomic sciences", they think "buckets of chicken".

edited 30th Sep '12 2:30:16 AM by bananasloth

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#11: Sep 30th 2012 at 3:47:47 AM

Those He Man actionfigures actually illustrate the trope, even if the image leaves some quality lacking.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#12: Sep 30th 2012 at 7:30:47 AM

petrie's image looks pretty good.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#13: Sep 30th 2012 at 8:18:36 AM

Dixie Man works for me.

nitrokitty Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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bananasloth serial tweaker, sorry from Budapest Since: Nov, 2009
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#16: Oct 6th 2012 at 9:13:27 AM

8 is OK.

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#17: Oct 6th 2012 at 9:57:01 AM

One or two more votes for that one and we can run with it.

videogmer314 from that one place Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#18: Oct 6th 2012 at 10:45:26 AM

The suggestion works well enough for me.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#19: Oct 6th 2012 at 11:08:00 AM

Good enough; it's up, potholed, and tagged. Caption or no? I was thinking something like "And as y'all can see, the smaller static co'fishint means this engine'll go lickety-split." or something like that.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#20: Oct 6th 2012 at 11:09:05 AM

Approved, lifted to page, tagged and potholed.

ETA: Oh, there was an edit collision.

edited 6th Oct '12 11:10:49 AM by SeptimusHeap

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#21: Oct 6th 2012 at 9:15:49 PM

[up] I put the original tag back.

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#22: Oct 11th 2012 at 9:45:50 AM

I forgot to star this one...hearing nothing else, let's lock up and move on.

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