NationStates Jolt Archive

Yep, it's time to show off our substandard wit by giving a toned version of a name for an event/movie/game/whatever.

For example:

The War on Terror-The Scuffle against Nerves
Scar Face-Lightly Cut Face
World of WarCraft-Contient of ConflictCraft
Final Fantasty X-Second Last Daydream X
Goldfinger-Silverthumb
War of the Worlds-Some Planets Disagree
The Island-The Peninsula ("Don't worry, it's just a name!")
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure-Bill and Ted's Medicore Series of Happenings
Journey to the Centre of the Earth-Trip a Couple Feet under Ground
The Never-ending Story-The Ends in 92 Minutes Story
The Grudge-The Disliking
The Fast and the Furious-The Quickened and the Mildly Upset
Fight Club-Debate Guild

Any more?

Groovy idea for a topic.

Hmm.

Ultraviolet - mediocre spectrum
brokeback mountain - cracked hill
Girl next door - gender neutral neighbour
when harry met sally - a man encounters a woman
the Punisher - the disciplinarian
Harry potter and the goblet of fire - an orphan and a warm cup
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix - A student and the Ornithologists
Star wars: a new hope - star wars: renewed confidence
ice age - a chilly afternoon
Final destination - another layover
Ace Ventura: Pet detective - Deuce Mainstreet: Filing Clerk

games.

grand theft auto - moms car: unpermitted use
Lineage - yer Mamas fadda!
Everquest - long term searching
City of heros - small town average joes
NationStates - Condominium Committees


hmm. events.

Tsunami - saturated gardens
Global warming - cow farts melt ice cubes
Peak oil - low volume hydrocarbons

people...

george bush - president Tom Shrub
Snoop Dogg - nosy canine
Paris Hilton - Flat-Butte Super 8




Ok. Mine are getting lame. Someone outdo me. I am going to bed.

Lord of the Rings: Peasent of the trinkets

Fellowship of the Ring: Buddies of the Cheap Knockoff
The Two Towers: A Couple of Earth Mounds
Return of the King: Visitation of That Guy

Tomb Raider: Mausoleum Excavation
Age of Empires: Minute of ownerships
Splinter cell: Wood fragment group

6th Sense: 5th awareness
Dances with Wolves:Jigging with puppies
Hotel Rwanda: Bed 'n' Breakfast Burundi

Street Fighter: The Movie - "Footpath Tussler: The Show"

Tomb Raider - "Cemetary Shoplifter"

I Know What You Did Last Summer - "I Sort of Have a Vague Suspicion of What You or Someone That Kinda of Looks a Bit Like You May or May Not Have Done Last Summer, or Possibly Late Spring"

Interview with a Vampire - "Small Talk with a Goth"

The Incredibles - "The Slightly Unusuals"

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman - "The Loose Association of Above Average Blokes"

Queen of the Damned - "Duchess of the Somewhat Undesirable"

Hmmm.. I'll try and think of some more!

Yep, it's time to show off our substandard wit by giving a toned version of a name for an event/movie/game/whatever.

For example:

The War on Terror-The Scuffle against Nerves

Any more?
War on Terror: Bin Lookin' in Caves

Axis of Evil: Two Oil Rich Countries and a Dingbat

Compassion Conservative: Katrina and the Waves

We Will Smoke Them Out: Pass the doooobie!!

Saving Private Ryan: Getting Ryan out of a slight problem
The kite runner: The paper-on-a-string jogger
Die another day: Feel a bit ill in a while
Everything or Nothing: Nothing
Nightfire: Evening ember
Thunderball: Electricalsphere / national lottery
The Idiot: George Bush
1984:1983

Megadeth: Not Bad Minor Injury
Black Sabbath: Overcast Day Of No Particular Significance
Judas Priest: Thomas Layperson
Iced Earth: Chilly Topsoil
Guns 'n' Roses: Angry Words and Daffodils
Led Zeppelin: Tin Balloon-On-A-String
Genesis: Deuteronomy
Rolling Stones: Pebbles Afflicted By Continental Drift
Dio: Hurto
Rush: Meander
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mild Ground Black Pepper
Free: Not That Oppressed
Diamond Head: Cubic Zirconian Masturbation

Dragonball Z-Large Lizard Sphere Y
Resident Evil-Somewhat Closeby Naughtiness
Unreal Tournment 2006-Moderately Believable Organised Fight Competition 2005
The :upyours: smilie-The :mad: smilie
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly-The Morally Sound, The Naughty and The Aesthetically Challenged
The Untouchables-The Things which have Restricitions on your Access to Them
Girls Gone Wild-Young Ladies that are now Uncivil
Stand by Me-Right There is just Fine
Grease-Unrefined Petroleum Byproduct
Supersize Me-Just a Small would be Okay, Thanks
The Prefect Storm-The Not Too Shabby Rough Wet Weather

lol :P

jimmy eat world - james digest this planet
circle takes the sqaure - vaguely ellipsical object possesses a shape with four equal parallel sides
the dark of the matinee - the shadows of the afternoon performance
smashing pumpkins - carefully tearing apart vegetables of an orange appearance
silverchair - grey metallic object upon which one may sit, if one so wishes

lol :P


Thanks, that makes it all worthwhile. :)

Firefox: Warm Canine
Savior: A Helpful Person
Blazing Saddles: Combusting Horse Seats

My favorite movie:

"A mildly interesting event wich happens whenever."

Any guessers?

Bad Religion - Moderately Unpleasant System of Beleifs
Black Flag - Greyish Rag

Battle Royale - Lowborn Conflict
The War to end All Wars - The Penultimate Staring Contest

My favorite movie:

"A mildly interesting event wich happens whenever."

Any guessers?

No idea.

PS: Bump.

The Patriot- The Man Mildly Supportive of His Government
Monty Python and the Holy Grail- Mike Snake and the Nice Cup
Silence of the Lambs- Muffled Noises of the Near-Adolescent Sheep
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Idaho George and the Unpleasant Chapel
Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark- Idaho George and the Misplaced Object of Religious Significance

Silence of the Lambs- Muffled Noises of the Near-Adolescent Sheep

^That's priceless.

When a stranger calls- Times of a creepy old man molesting you as you go about your day.(When a stranger doesn't call?)

When a stranger calls- Times of a creepy old man molesting you as you go about your day.(When a stranger doesn't call?)

more like "When A Person you are Estranged with Texts you." LOL.

Democrats: Taxacrat
Grand Old Party: Geriatric Old Pukes
Libertarians: No Seatbelts Party
Independents: Switzerland
Undecided: Uninteligent
Green Party: The Fart Party

murder: an extroverted suicide.

Man on Fire-Male Person Singed a Bit
The Forbidden Planet-The Country We're not Really Encouraged to go to
Driving in Cars with Boys-Putting the Car in Nuetral Postion with a Boy
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre-The Kansas Hack Saw Random Beatings
The Forgotten-The Folks whose Name I have Trouble Remebering for a bit
The Exorcism of Emily Rose-The Dentist Appointment of Emma Poppy

Ultra Violet - Extra Powerful Purplish Color.
Underworld - The Place Below This Place.
Brokeback Mountain - A Big Hill with a Strange Name.
Gone with the Wind - Misplaced by a Slight Breeze.

Democrats: Taxacrat
Grand Old Party: Geriatric Old Pukes
Libertarians: No Seatbelts Party
Independents: Switzerland
Undecided: Uninteligent
Green Party: The Fart Party

You don't seem to understand this thread...

The unplanned passenger's pamphlet to nearby star systems. :)

The unplanned passenger's pamphlet to nearby star systems. :)

THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY! :D *Starts humming the theme to THHGTTG.*

The Winds of War - The Air of Strong Disagreement.
The Name of the Rose - The Appelation of the Fragrant Flower
The Witches of Eastwick - The Perturbed Women of a Small Town

The Winds of War - The Air of Strong Disagreement.
The Name of the Rose - The Appelation of the Fragrant Flower
The Witches of Eastwick - The Perturbed Women of a Small Town

LOL. Good ones.

James and the Giant Peach - Jimmy and the large grape
Iron Giant - potmetal action figure
Independance Day - unsupervised half hour
Apple Computer - fruit roll-up
Yellow Pages - off-white scrap of paper
Bill O'Reilly - Woody Allen
Big Stinking Pile of S*** - Your mother's homemade fudge

James and the Giant Peach - Jimmy and the large grape
Iron Giant - potmetal action figure
Independance Day - unsupervised half hour
Apple Computer - fruit roll-up
Yellow Pages - off-white scrap of paper
Bill O'Reilly - Woody Allen
Big Stinking Pile of S*** - Your mother's homemade fudge

Holy crap... those first three were the first three videos I came across when I looked through my cvollection :eek:

Perfect Dark: Quite pleasing lack of light
Donkey Kong: Mule monkey
Bomber Man: Small explosives boy
Mario Party: Italian gathering
Pokemon: Prod him to his designated area
Toejam and Earl: Annoying foot growth and his friend
The Lion King: The big cat ruler
Lost: Unsure of current location
Desperate Housewives: Mildly needing wifes who stay at home

And I'm spent.

Perfect Dark: Quite pleasing lack of light
Donkey Kong: Mule monkey
Bomber Man: Small explosives boy
Mario Party: Italian gathering
Pokemon: Prod him to his designated area
Toejam and Earl: Annoying foot growth and his friend
The Lion King: The big cat ruler
Lost: Unsure of current location
Desperate Housewives: Mildly needing wifes who stay at home


LOL @ Pokemon bit.

LG--> Eccentric Klutz
BattleField--> ArguementMeadow
Diablo: Lord of Destruction--> Saddam: Elevated Person who is Somewhat Prone to the Breaking o Inanimate Objects (I don't watch too much South Park).
Indecent Exposer: Wardrobe Malfunction (surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet).
Teen-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles: Adolesent Abnormal Martial-Arts Trained Anphibians

The Day After Tomorrow - Two days from now

Men in Black: people in grey.
Scary Movie: slightly emotion making movie.
The Rock: The rather large pebble.
8th Mile: 16,000 Feet.
The Legend of Zelda: The tall tale about some girl.

Got more just can't type out out right now.

Titanic - pedalo hits ice cube

Operation Overlord-Task Bully

Thanks, that makes it all worthwhile. :)


awww...no worries!

My favorite movie:

"A mildly interesting event wich happens whenever."

Any guessers?

an affair to remember? no i really have no idea
the amazing thing that happened yesterday arvo?
ive been brainstorming for like 20 minutes. this is killing me!

awww...no worries!



an affair to remember? no i really have no idea
the amazing thing that happened yesterday arvo?
ive been brainstorming for like 20 minutes. this is killing me!


How about "Apocalypse Now"?

guess these
that mechanical fruit?
plain flavoured frozen water?
the pale alternating downward strips?

first one's a movie
next two are bands

How about "Apocalypse Now"?

dang. shoulda got that.

guess these
that mechanical fruit?
plain flavoured frozen water?
the pale alternating downward strips?

first one's a movie
next two are bands


A Clockwork Orange.

Vanilla Ice.

The White Stripes.

Too easy

i think im not very good at this game...

i think im not very good at this game...

Awww poor Anarchuslavia... actually, that rolls off the tounge reasonably well.

Solve these easy ones:


Larry of Yemen.

Noonish, or Whenever's Convenient for You.

A Touch of Weekend Sweats.

The Partial Monty.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - The cub, the wicked lady and the drawer
Mirror of Her Dreams - Polished spoon of her imagination
A Man Rides Through - A boy almost makes a step
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" - Shut up and drop it
Alien - Non-native
Brokedown Palace - Luxurious manor in disrepair
Great Expectations - Minor considerations

The Partial Monty.

The Full Monty, don't know 'bout the rest.

My favorite movie:

"A mildly interesting event wich happens whenever."

Any guessers?Apocalypse now
?

Apocalypse now
?

There are so many, like even Independance Day could fit it.

Solve these easy ones:


Larry of Yemen.

Noonish, or Whenever's Convenient for You.

A Touch of Weekend Sweats.

The Partial Monty.


lawrence of Arabia

High Noon? this is the one I am not sure of......

Saturday Night Fever

The Full Monty

...
Noonish, or Whenever's Convenient for You.
...


i really have no clue so im gonna chuck around some words in the hope that someone who knows more about movies than me will get it

how about midday?
at 12 o'clock we will meet
right on noon

my mum suggested high noon...??

i saw this one on spicks and specks last night
'tiny hamburger meat'

its a singer

i saw this one on spicks and specks last night
'tiny hamburger meat'

its a singer

Pattie Small.