Octopus Overlords?

Dalai · Post by **Dalai** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:01 pm

I see everyone going crazy about this name. Where's it from?

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:07 pm

Some things are best left unanswered - at least until we can secure the forums.

Been getting a lot of e-mail from the Samurai Spermwhales - they're watching this site with great interest.

I've said too much.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:32 pm

Dalai wrote:I see everyone going crazy about this name. Where's it from?

My worst nightmare.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:41 pm

Samurai Spermwhales

I'm not even gonna ask...

EngineNo9 · Post by **EngineNo9** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:49 pm

I have yet to see the name used on the site even though the voting went through. I'd like to hear what The Powers That Be had decided on that, since it didn't seem like they were necessarily going to just follow the vote and might do something different.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:51 pm

EngineNo9 wrote:I have yet to see the name used on the site even though the voting went through. I'd like to hear what The Powers That Be had decided on that, since it didn't seem like they were necessarily going to just follow the vote and might do something different.

Full steam ahead with www.OctopusOverlords.com.

~Neal

Dalai · Post by **Dalai** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:20 am

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:13 am

eeeewwwwwww...... please keep Samurais sperm out of this.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:18 am

Dalai wrote:...

I agree but we have to be a little more discrete.

..i. opt53.. ...brn.. .

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:28 am

dot dot dot!

I envision a pissed-off Octopus with a laser gun.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:08 pm

I have been around for years, yet I am not sure where that exact term came from. But, I believe it started with Smoove, posting about how octupi and their family are a very successful spieces and will eventually dominate the planet. I think there was a news article posted about this, and then the GG community kind of ran with the idea.

That's where it came from right?

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:15 pm

I believe it's actually a quote from The Simpsons. Something to the effect of a feed going dead, and Kent Brockman starts saying, "I think it's obvious what happened. We are being invaded by a race of super-intelligent squid, and I, for one, welcome our new octopus overlords." Someone else can clarify. It's a pretty funny speech.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:34 pm

So why does everything else still say 'Brutesquad'?

gellar · Post by **gellar** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:39 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Samurai Spermwhales

You have no idea how appropriate this is...

gellar

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:41 pm

Eel Snave wrote:I believe it's actually a quote from The Simpsons. Something to the effect of a feed going dead, and Kent Brockman starts saying, "I think it's obvious what happened. We are being invaded by a race of super-intelligent squid, and I, for one, welcome our new octopus overlords." Someone else can clarify. It's a pretty funny speech.

Actually, no.

Homer goes to space, and he breaks open the ant farm. The cameras with the feed to earth show them extremely close up, so they look huge. They lose the feed. Brockman says the above, but about giant space ants, and welcomes his new insect overlords.

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:52 pm

Huh. Well. So I was wrong.

It will never happen again, mark my words!

I love enlarging text.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:59 pm

Yeah, well I was even more wrong.

Although I know Smoove has posted articles about octopi taking over.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:02 pm

Kratz wrote:Homer goes to space, and he breaks open the ant farm. The cameras with the feed to earth show them extremely close up, so they look huge. They lose the feed. Brockman says the above, but about giant space ants, and welcomes his new insect overlords.

The original joke was Smoove_B's completely irrational fear of octopi. In the midst of mocking him, a GoneGold tied it into this bit of Simpson's lore - and the Octopus Overlords were born.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:08 pm

So why does everything else still say 'Brutesquad'?

It's there to confuse, that you may always question yet never understand.

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:56 pm

RunningMn9 wrote:
Kratz wrote:Homer goes to space, and he breaks open the ant farm. The cameras with the feed to earth show them extremely close up, so they look huge. They lose the feed. Brockman says the above, but about giant space ants, and welcomes his new insect overlords.
The original joke was Smoove_B's completely irrational fear of octopi. In the midst of mocking him, a GoneGold tied it into this bit of Simpson's lore - and the Octopus Overlords were born.

Well, yes, but that has nothing to do with my post.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:52 pm

While all things Ocotpus continue to freak me out, I did have a dream the other night that took it to new heights. I can only assume that I'm dreaming about these things because of the increased amount of images I've been seeing on these forums. Normally, I avoid them at all costs.

Anyway, as if they don't scare me enough, I was actually dreaming about an octopus chasing me underwater - and he was carrying a sea cucumber.

We must have been in some type of tank, because when he had me cornered, he was just squeezing the sea cucumber, shooting its guts at me.

So not only was I experiencing complete underwater suckered tentacle horror, but I had to endure the innards of another spineless sea creature.

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:09 pm

Smoove_B wrote:While all things Ocotpus continue to freak me out, I did have a dream the other night that took it to new heights. I can only assume that I'm dreaming about these things because of the increased amount of images I've been seeing on these forums. Normally, I avoid them at all costs.

Anyway, as if they don't scare me enough, I was actually dreaming about an octopus chasing me underwater - and he was carrying a sea cucumber.

We must have been in some type of tank, because when he had me cornered, he was just squeezing the sea cucumber, shooting its guts at me.

So not only was I experiencing complete underwater suckered tentacle horror, but I had to endure the innards of another spineless sea creature.

And it was homoerotic as hell to boot!

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:42 pm

Smoove_B wrote:While all things Ocotpus continue to freak me out, I did have a dream the other night that took it to new heights. I can only assume that I'm dreaming about these things because of the increased amount of images I've been seeing on these forums. Normally, I avoid them at all costs.

Anyway, as if they don't scare me enough, I was actually dreaming about an octopus chasing me underwater - and he was carrying a sea cucumber.

We must have been in some type of tank, because when he had me cornered, he was just squeezing the sea cucumber, shooting its guts at me.

So not only was I experiencing complete underwater suckered tentacle horror, but I had to endure the innards of another spineless sea creature.

Please note this site and it's staff are not liable for any long term emotional damage caused by viewing our friends the overlords!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:19 pm

Plus the whole chulthu connection.

And the fact that octopodes are widely believed to be as intelligent as monkeys.

Which puts them several steps of above most of the people using the internet.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:39 pm

Bob wrote:And the fact that octopodes are widely believed to be as intelligent as monkeys.

Which puts them several steps of above most of the people using the internet.

And everyone in my office.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:52 pm

Bob wrote:Plus the whole chulthu connection.

And the fact that octopodes are widely believed to be as intelligent as monkeys.

Which puts them several steps of above most of the people using the internet.

More sig material! W00t.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:30 pm

And it was homoerotic as hell to boot!

???

What do octopodes and sea cucumbers have to do with fantasizing about vagina?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:47 pm

"And the fact that octopodes are widely believed to be as intelligent as monkeys. Which puts them several steps above most of the people using the internet."

The word "of" was hiding between "steps" and "above". Might want to fix that in your sig, Zax.

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:14 pm

LordMortis wrote:
And it was homoerotic as hell to boot!
???

What do octopodes and sea cucumbers have to do with fantasizing about vagina?

nice.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:27 pm

SuperHiro wrote:
LordMortis wrote:
And it was homoerotic as hell to boot!
???

What do octopodes and sea cucumbers have to do with fantasizing about vagina?
nice.

Took me a minute.

Mahogeny · Post by **Mahogeny** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:44 am

I hope this wasn't where "Octupus Overlords" came from ...

http://nomediakings.org/MOVIE.htm - definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK (Thanks ImLawBoy)

Be afraid of that link.... be very afraid.

And I wouldn't advise clicking on the link at the bottom of that webpage - trust me when I say that NO SANE BEING is considered to be their definition of an "adult" when it comes to purposes of viewing the contents of that link. To keep with the whole Cthulhu thing, the SAN loss on that "frame" link is at least 10d100 and I definitely rolled a bunch of high '90s.

I have to go kill a Cthulhu now to replenish my SAN supply.

Mahogeny

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:32 pm

Mahogeny, would you be a dear and put a Not Safe for Work (NSFW) warning by that link? That's one of the things were going to try to enforce a little more carefully to help those who may surf from work and/or with kids nearby. Your text does a good job of giving that warning, but a nice "NSFW" label (or "Potentially NSFW") can help out further.

Thanks.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:05 pm

Octopus Cannon?

This isn't going to end well.

SETE, France (AFP) - Armed with a high-pressure hose and a bucket of octopi, hundreds of protestors in this Mediterranean town pelted a McDonalds restaurant due to open this week with the slimy seafood.

Mahogeny · Post by **Mahogeny** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:40 pm

Sorry ImLawBoy.

Taken care of now...

Mahogeny

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I hope this wasn't where "Octupus Overlords" came