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Post by Josh on May 28, 2009 9:46:03 GMT -8
Brian posted this link to get your very own personally Sawyer (from Lost) nickname: abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=nicknameSo far the results are: Robin: "Snuffy" Chris: "Scruffy" Me: "Champ" Anyone else want to take the challenge? |
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Post by Josh on May 28, 2009 10:02:05 GMT -8
I did one for my assistant Claude.
It was "Colonel Kurtz". Awesome!
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Post by Margot on May 28, 2009 17:23:26 GMT -8
Things could be worse....I got Madame Butterfly.............hmm........probably means I'm flighty.
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Post by Josh on May 28, 2009 18:09:43 GMT -8
We all need to keep in mind that these nicknames are said with a sneer.
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Post by christopher on May 28, 2009 18:46:25 GMT -8
I don't think it matters much what you put. I did it again twice, with the same info and got "snuffy" and "cue ball" (which might match my cue ball head ;D).
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Post by Josh on May 28, 2009 19:18:09 GMT -8
Listen up, cueball! Don't rain on this parade!
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Post by christopher on May 29, 2009 13:41:11 GMT -8
I thought we were all about truth teen wolf....you know...Aletheia?
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Post by moritz on May 29, 2009 14:09:21 GMT -8
he named me Columbo...
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Post by Josh on May 29, 2009 16:20:45 GMT -8
Seriously! That's hilarious! Do you know who Columbo is? He's from a detective TV show. Here's a description from wikipedia. Police Lieutenant Columbo is a shabbily-dressed, seemingly slow-witted police detective whose fumbling, overly polite manner makes him an unlikely choice to solve any crime, let alone a complex murder. However, his demeanor is revealed to be a complex put-on, designed to lull suspects into a false sense of security; Columbo is actually a brilliant detective with an eye for minute details and the ability to piece together seemingly unrelated incidences and information to solve crimes.
Columbo most often confirms a criminal's guilt by lulling them into a false sense of security and then setting up circumstances which encourage them, in their newfound hubris, to incriminate themselves. Columbo's signature interrogation technique is to conduct a seemingly innocuous interview, politely conclude it, and exit the scene, only to stop in the doorway or return moments later and ask, "Just one more thing...". The "one more thing" (also called the false exit) is always a jarring question regarding an inconsistency in either the crime scene, the suspect's alibi, or his explanation of the supposedly-ended interview. The banality of the interview, combined with Columbo's apparent absentmindedness and incompetency, makes the suspect feel as though s/he is beyond the reach of law and thus plays on his or her arrogance. Columbo's "one more thing" catches them off guard and leaves them vulnerable, usually resulting in the suspect accidentally revealing information about their own guilt. Columbo will also often "befriend" a suspect, making them believe that he is investigating another individual and enlisting the suspect's "aid" in gathering information. Believing him or herself to be free of suspicions, the suspect inevitably lets down his or her guard; because they are working with Columbo, he is present to observe any gaffes on the suspect's part which might incriminate them. A primary reason for this character's great appeal is his being the opposite of most individuals: whereas most persons strive - consciously or otherwise - to maximize the impressions others have of them, Columbo seems bereft of this kind of ego. He is completely willing to have others underestimate, or even dismiss, his level of intelligence and accomplishment, in order to best achieve his goal of bringing justice and effecting the capture of the clever, invariably egocentric, miscreants in these stories.
In the end most of the killers stand stunned when they are caught, unable to believe that they've been fooled. In some episodes, genius murderers who believed themselves to have committed the "perfect crime" congratulate Columbo before being arrested. Pretty much fits you to a tee, doesn't it?  |
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Post by Margot on May 29, 2009 20:56:00 GMT -8
I don't understand. Are some of you implying that these aren't 100% prophetically bona-fide names??? Christopher!! You mess with Sawyer and you mess with the whole darn trailer park!!  |
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Post by christopher on May 30, 2009 7:08:04 GMT -8
You got it Norma Rae. Sawyer's a phony.  |
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Post by rose on May 30, 2009 9:41:40 GMT -8
Hey- I'm Norma Rae!!! Get it straight!
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Post by michelle on May 30, 2009 11:32:47 GMT -8
The first time I took it I was Snuffy too. I took it again and now I'm Sugarpop.
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Post by Josh on May 30, 2009 12:12:23 GMT -8
You know, Sawyer is known to change his nicknames around, suitable to the situation.
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Post by b on May 30, 2009 22:25:06 GMT -8
I got "skipper". Assumedly like the skipper from Giligan's island?
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Post by Josh on May 31, 2009 7:33:40 GMT -8
Nice!!! It's because you're so dutiful... wait... in a Gilligan sort of way (?)  |
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Post by christopher on May 31, 2009 8:19:04 GMT -8
Mo, that photo of Peter Falk is way to James Dean-ish for Columbo. This is perhaps a better representation of his character. ;D  |
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