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Who started the Stonkers joke?

ÆlitaÆlita
edited June 2008 in Chit chat
Just as a matter of interest, before I die. Who was responsible for the Stonkers joke? I see it's even mentioned on wikipedia now.
Post edited by Ælita on
I stole it off a space ship.

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  • ToxieDoggToxieDogg
    edited June 2008
    Don't know who or what started it. but it definitely wasn't Stonkers! :lol: :lol: :lol:
  • DunnyDunny
    edited June 2008
    According to the CSS Folklore FAQ, it was first said in comp.sys.sinclair by Darren Hallet.

    I don't know if it's his own creation, but I suspect it is - it's not the sort of thing you'd find in one of the magazines (which is where most of our sayings come from), as "name the game" posts were few and far between on the pages of YS or Crash.

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  • Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
    edited June 2008
    There's also this contender:

    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/f9b5fec4fe3ef286?dmode=source

    I don't know if daz==darrenhalt. I also thought it went back further than 2001.

    Edit: And if you actually read the thread, it sounds tongue in cheek, but it's the earliest mention logged by google. I think I recall reading that back in the day and Dunny was actually there too...
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited June 2008
    Me back in 1984. A mate came around to play some speccy games and held up a C90...

    'Whats on this?' he asked

    'Dunno, but its definitely not stonkers' said I.

    (This story is entirely made up)
  • sparkessparkes
    edited June 2008
    That exact same thing didn't happen to me either! wow.
  • DarenDaren
    edited June 2008
    Kaija wrote: »
    Just as a matter of interest, before I die. Who was responsible for the Stonkers joke? I see it's even mentioned on wikipedia now.

    See this thread.

    Basically, it was started by Darren Hallet on CSS in 2001, as a deliberate attempt to get into the CSS FAQ.

    This is the "historic" first mention of it. And here he is again saying it the next day

    Although the first posts didn't have the word "definitely" in them (they just said "It's not Stonkers..." and "I'm pretty sure it's not Stonkers...").

    The phrase "definitely not stonkers" was first used on Valentine's Day, 2002, in this CSS thread, by a Tony Austin.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2008
    But with a bit of imagination..........
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  • polomintpolomint
    edited June 2008
    ToxieDogg wrote: »
    Don't know who or what started it. but it definitely wasn't Stonkers! :lol: :lol: :lol:

    You just couldn't resist it, could ya.... :)
    So far, so meh :)
  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited June 2008
    Darren Hallett is a WOS member, although not called Darren anymore.

    Ironic, considering who started this thread
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  • FizzaFizza
    edited June 2008
    IIRC, the Stonkers joke was known when I was posting on CSS, and that was around '99/00.. I can't definitely say when, but it seemed like it was a running joke then, like the 'Test, Ignore' threads..
  • ToxieDoggToxieDogg
    edited June 2008
    polomint wrote: »
    You just couldn't resist it, could ya.... :)

    If it wasn't me, someone else would've done it :wink:
  • ÆlitaÆlita
    edited June 2008
    Zoffy wrote: »
    Darren Hallett is a WOS member, although not called Darren anymore.

    Ironic, considering who started this thread

    Is it? sheesh...what's the world coming to these days.
    I stole it off a space ship.
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