What I learned on Letsrun in 2008

????? wrote:

somthing about a boys cross team taking on a bear in a padded room.

...naked.

This year I learned:

-Several uses for old bacon grease.

-There are only 2 people on letsrun, me and you.

-The right shoe for me is the Asics Hyperspeed 2.

-Santa Claus doesn't exist.

I learned that when someone insults someone else and a third party is particularly impressed with the wit and sarcasm the third party chimes in with "owned!!!"

However, I have no idea what "pwned" means.

I learned:

-Teg will go for the 10k AR in 09

-Wejo and Rojo can say anything they want on the front page and it is automatically considered fact

-Nike is the cause of all the problems in the world

-German Fernandez is the future of American distance running

-Adam Goucher is washed up....along with Alan Webb

-Boy's have a penis and girls have a vagina

Abbie Norml wrote:

I learned that when someone insults someone else and a third party is particularly impressed with the wit and sarcasm the third party chimes in with "owned!!!"

However, I have no idea what "pwned" means.

On a related note: "All your base are belong to us"

Both are gaming references.

"Pwn" likely came about from someone mistyping "own" while playing some 1st person shooter. So instead of saying "Dude you just got owned!" someone probably typed "Dude you just got pwned!".

"All your base are belong to us" was from some Sega game where the japanese was horribly translated.

Yes I am old enough to remember the first 1st person shooters and other 1st person games.

Dude I had a Nitendo when they were NEW!

Alan

That a deer named Jordan won the Footlocker Nats race again this year.

That by referring to division III nationals as "baby nationals" we are helping out our international visitors understand the different levels. Thanks Wejo, you are quite the diplomat.

- I learned that I'm glad I have a real life and a real job

- I've learned that some runners need to grow up an embrace life, hight school/college is over, YOU WERE NEVER GOING TO GO PRO! Get a real job, and make something of your life

- I've learned that there needs to be less posts by "experts" and more real posts by REAL experts

- I've learned most of all how to enjoy training again

THAT IS ALL!

I have learned that Lets Run is the best source of humor in my life.

And that is no small compliment.

Those smiles keep me going day after day.

And I continue to wonder just how many posts the "Post Nuptial Shut-off" thread will reach.

-that people really care way too much about if an airplane can take off from a treadmil.

That about half of the posters are morons who can barely string a sentence together and have the rationality of apes. The other half are alright.

arete5000 wrote:

That about half of the posters are morons who can barely string a sentence together and have the rationality of apes.

This sentence is too strung out.

that I can't stop coming to the LetsRun boards, because the internet is hilarious.

Grammer and Spelling wrote:

arete5000 wrote:

That about half of the posters are morons who can barely string a sentence together and have the rationality of apes.

This sentence is too strung out.

"Strung-out" should be hyphenated because it functions as a single adjective.

that everyone on this site is an elite athlete, no one ever runs a slow time

some guys are too small in the pants to wear just half tights and feel very passionately about it

800 dude wrote:

"Strung-out" should be hyphenated because it functions as a single adjective.

Not necessarily as it depends on the context intended by the author. For example, it could be argued that "single adjective" in your sentence should be hyphenated, but that might change its intent meant by you.

I learned that there is an old guy in Texas who is training for the world record in every event from the 1500 to the marathon, by progressing his workouts 10m at a time at world record pace.

people argue about stupid things like hyphens.

Also, people are over critical, and hyper sensitive.

i also learned, that Usain Bolt ruined track and field forever.

1. Alison Stokke is fine.

2. Powercranks do not work despite what Frank Day says.

3. We will never know who would win between cats and dogs because of the mods deleting everything.

4. Relationship advice threads are always really funny and what to do if a girlfriend cheats on you (anal dump).

5. My girlfriend hates that I love this site!