I'm kinda new here

[missingpeace]

At the risk of revealing that I'm anal about some things (oops), is it coincidence or intentional that the word "moron" is frequently misspelled ("moran")in DU posts? Did I miss an earlier joke (or meeting)?

[ck4829]

1. It's a picture of a pro-war protester

His sign said "GET A BRAIN MORANS".

[ck4829]

2. Here it is

[stop the bleeding]

3. no good

[ck4829]

12. It's fixed

[MzShellG]

49. It occured to me that...

The freeps are probably deliberately spelling moran as a crack on Terry Moran. I dont think they like him. The same as with that 'Clymer' crack..IMO

[longship]

4. Hey!!! Welcome to DU!!!

:hi: :bounce: :woohoo:

Freepers misspell a lot. Here are some more Freep codes.

This is HUGH!1111 == huge
This is SERIES1111 == It's serious

There's some others, too.

[DistressedAmerican]

Don't Forget The Act Of Stocking Someone!

Stockers are all over the place. They are series about their stocking and harassing. Is is hugh11111 with freeps!

[stop the bleeding]

5. anyone who reads my posts knows that I am not the one to ask about

spelling and bastardized words.

Welcome to DU

:)

[Lisa0825]

10. And Welcome to you too!

:hi: :pals:

[swimboy]

6. Welcome to DU missingpeace!

:hi: Yes, it is an inside joke that we never get tired of. If someone smarter than I am doesn't post a link to the picture for you, you are bound to run into it on your own pretty soon. Then you will probably start spelling moran that way too! :)

[missingpeace]

22. OK, thanks. I stand incorrected.

[Lisa0825]

7. Welcome to DU!

:hi: :pals:

[true_notes]

8. welcome aboard!!!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

Better get caught up! we have a lot to do these days!!

[Vanje]

9. Enjoy

[Atman]

11. The "moran" thing is HUGH here!

Welcome to DU. :bounce: Piece, brother.

[Vanje]

14. Series! Its HUGH111

Just Hugh

[BlueEyedSon]

13. I bid you a HUGH hello!

:rofl:

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. Are you series?

teh word moran is hugh11111

[Coexist]

35. TRUTH BE DEMAND!

[coffeenap]

16. Also watch for "hugh" for huge, and more! Welcome!

:hi: Dang--late! Oh well, meant well.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. Welcome to DU missingpeace! I'm missing peace too!

:hi:

[kstewart33]

18. It's been spelled maroon, too!

Welcome to DU! Hope you are here for a very long visit.

[stop the bleeding]

24. yeh we're all marooned on this ship captained by chimp and company

N/T

[Atman]

30. I thought "maroon" was a Bugs Bunny reference!

Isn't that what he always calls Yosemite Sam? "Whatta MAROON!"

[readmoreoften]

19. No seriesly, a hugh welcome to ewe. n/t

[lpbk2713]

20. Hang around in the Lounge for a while.

You'll catch on to the 'inside' jokes a lot quicker there.

And welcome to DU. That star looks good on you.

[displacedtexan]

21. Welcome to DU! Here are some more freepers you should meet...

Butt in the front guy...



"Sactity" guy...



War=PEECE guy...




And Peace Sucks guy...

[swimboy]

26. Thanks for these all in one place!

:rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

34. LOL! And, don't forget the huge turnout at the first Pro War rally.

Spring, 2003. :-)

[displacedtexan]

37. Oh, yeah.

I was actually there, watching the 18 freepers act all big and bad that day!

[lpbk2713]

40. The Porta-Potty vendor laughed all the way to the bank.

Eeeeasy money.

[Kailassa]

48. Well, he couldn't provide the appropriate people,

but at least he could provide the appropriate smell.

[Justpat]

39. LOL! I love the sanctity of marriage one best.

[Richard Steele]

41. Hey, don't forget the missing-in-action "PROVIDENSE" guys!

Thanks to BrainShrub for keeping this online;
this is the #1 Google image for "providense".

[myrna minx]

44. Thank you for this one. I was looking for this the other day!

:bounce: :spray:

[Blue_In_AK]

45. How about these lovelies from September 24?

[datadiva]

23. Welcome to DU

You will love the discussions here. The friendliness of the people. I know I do. Great group of people.:grouphug:

[BOSSHOG]

25. Welcome Aboard MissingPeace

and thanks for asking. No knead for me to offer any further eksplanasion of the moranic akshuns of the opposition.

Its apparent you got a brain!

[Flirtus]

27. you have much more to learn, i.e. hugh for huge

there's a bunch of 'jokes' based on idiots with keyboards, and then tons of abbreviations to learn, will keep you up nights reading and reading, don't let the grammarian in you get too much control. and if you're at all 'old', like, born in the '50's, there's so much more you can learn all day every day at DU.

Personally, I rather like to curl up with a bag of Cheeto's, but I'm careful not to not let my fingers get stained.

[Flirtus]

28. oh, and you have to be quick!! n/t

[newyawker99]

38. Hi Flirtus!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[EstimatedProphet]

43. Don't you mean "Cheetoes?"

/obscure reference to Dan Quayle off

[Tommy_J]

29. Welcome aboard!

[Buns_of_Fire]

31. Welcome! (See what you miss when you don't notice the sig lines?)

:hi: (And, just to cornfuse things further, a DUer previously confirmed that the girl at the right in the picture is, indeed, holding a sign that reads "Free Ripublic" -- really, I'm series!) :evilgrin:

[deadparrot]

32. Can I just extend a DU welcome and big thanks that you didn't

go into a huge rant about how we all misspell moron, and we look uneducated. :)

:hi:

[TNOE]

33. Did we ever find out if this guy

knows he is a national "treasure" - (i.e., joke)?

[phusion]

36. Welcome to DU! n/t

:hi:

[applegrove]

42. Don't feel bad. It took me 6 months to get it finally.

[MazeRat7]

46. You caught that pretty quick... congrats and welcome aboard. *smile.

By now you have seen the posts they explain it...

Oh and dont forget out "hugh"....our spelling for "huge".... there is a story there as well. *grin

[Kailassa]

47. Does anyone have the picture from the Sept 23 rally

of the idiot holding up a sign that seemed to be both a statement that hippies stank and a command to eat hippies?

He certainly wouldn't be getting a chance to munch around this hippy, but then he's probably more into corndogs than carpet anyway.