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Deadlock Clock: Dec 7th 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Nov 4th 2014 at 3:44:34 PM

I don't understand the picture on Bottomless Magazines. It appears to be a disassembled gun with a spring-loaded compartment (of the kind where fake snakes jump out of a box, I guess) and has the caption "like that, only useful". I'm not really sure why this is here, but I'm pretty sure it's not an example of the trope at hand.

Here's a suggestion, which is technically an aversion of the trope but then the whole page is full of aversionary examples too.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:06:42 AM

Opened. I never understood the current, either.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#3: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:08:05 AM

[1] Mobius Strip of ammo?

Stupid link copy and paste this and replace 'xx' with 'tt' hxxp://ih2.redbubble.net/image.9485927.9132/sticker,375x360.u2.png

edited 5th Nov '14 12:17:30 AM by Memers

Leaper Since: May, 2009
#4: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:29:41 AM

The current is supposed to be a literal version of the trope name — see, it's the magazine of a gun, and it's literally bottomless.

theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#5: Nov 5th 2014 at 1:48:53 AM

[up][up]The pic is still not loading

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#6: Nov 5th 2014 at 1:53:09 AM

That URL has a comma in it. Comma-ted links don't work because they get spaces added after the comma.

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theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#7: Nov 5th 2014 at 1:58:03 AM

I see that removing the space from the URL works. It's a bit literal, but I think it's much clearer than the current, and is not as wordy as the OP suggestion.

ObsidianFire Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#8: Nov 5th 2014 at 8:17:32 AM

10 is definitely clearer then the current. [tup]

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#9: Nov 5th 2014 at 8:34:59 AM

The current is a Visual Pun. It's showing a magazine without a bottom. Not that it helps.

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ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#10: Nov 5th 2014 at 10:12:36 AM

[up][up] But I'm 10 and I don't have an image to suggest :<

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#12: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:13:46 PM

7 is clever but I'm not completely sold on it being better than the Visual Pun of the current. A straightforward media example would have to be a lampshade to even remotely work as a page pic.

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#13: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:15:43 PM

7 works. The current is too obscure to be a good visual pun.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
iRidescence
#15: Nov 5th 2014 at 12:22:24 PM

[up]First one is just a picture of a gun. And I'm not sure there is any single frame in that video that can make a good image. I'm still for 3/7

edited 5th Nov '14 12:22:47 PM by theAdeptRogue

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#16: Nov 26th 2014 at 12:20:34 AM

Clock is set.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#17: Nov 26th 2014 at 1:50:00 AM

We have several votes for #7, shall we put that up or do we need a crowner for that?

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#18: Dec 4th 2014 at 10:48:14 PM

Reclocked; crowner's hooked.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19: Dec 8th 2014 at 3:31:17 AM

Monday votes bump.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#20: Dec 9th 2014 at 6:45:37 AM

Alright, this one's definitely decisive enough to call. The new pic's up and tagged; caption or no?

Old pic:

Sort of like that, only useful!

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#21: Dec 9th 2014 at 9:02:34 AM

"But where do the bullets enter the chamber?" Eh, dunno.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#23: Dec 13th 2014 at 2:56:55 AM

No caption consensus; locking.

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