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Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Cannikin on February 17, 2003, 01:33:22 am
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/02/16/offbeat.jedis.reut/index.html

:wtf:
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 17, 2003, 01:45:51 am
The proper plural is "Jediae".



Wait a minute. The government's violating the rules, here! It SHOULD be an official religion now!
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Turnsky on February 17, 2003, 01:49:48 am
hmmm, the force certainly doesn't help the british win cricket or soccer against the aussies :p
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Darkage on February 17, 2003, 03:06:33 am
:wtf:

This is just weird.:wtf:
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Turnsky on February 17, 2003, 03:17:56 am
welcome to earth...

where the truth is stranger than fiction..
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Knight Templar on February 17, 2003, 03:30:19 am
[nerd]Now what religon do the hammer of light practice...[/nerd]
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Darkage on February 17, 2003, 03:32:19 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
[nerd]Now what religon do the hammer of light practice...[/nerd]



Death, big weapons, beer, mass destruction.;7
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Tiara on February 17, 2003, 03:45:50 am
Summoned, I come. In Valen's name, I take the place that has been prepared for me. I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light.

K, now I want my friggin belief to be made official!

:p
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Warlock on February 17, 2003, 09:12:33 am
:wtf:

A bit old isn't it.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: an0n on February 17, 2003, 09:28:10 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
[nerd]Now what religon do the hammer of light practice...[/nerd]

I dunno about the HOL, but the Sect Of Divine Hard-Light have a few, simple practises:

We are a peaceful, simple folk.

*grabs a net-gun, two spear-guns, some rohipnol and a map back to Carl's bedro...err....'altar'*
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: karajorma on February 17, 2003, 11:32:59 am
Actually the reasons behind this are not due to there being a huge number of fan boys in the UK (although that did help) but was more due to people being unhappy that their was a question on the census asking for everyones religion.

Since the census is an official document (and isn`t anonomous) many brits weren`t happy about a government document stating what religion they followed.

What made this worse was that since BY LAW you have to fill out the census and therefore can`t leave fields blank.

The news got round on the net that some rabid Star Wars fans were planning to put down Jedi as their religion and basically rather than risk a fine everyone who had a problem with that question put down Jedi Knight on the grounds that if enough people put the same nonsense answer the government wouldn`t be able to do anything about it :lol:

I was tempted to do the same myself and if I was agnostic I probably would have :p
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Zeronet on February 17, 2003, 11:52:16 am
uh no, Religion was the only field or one of the only fields thatYOU WERENT REQUIRED TO FILL OUT
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 17, 2003, 02:24:13 pm
I am one of those Jedi!
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: karajorma on February 17, 2003, 02:36:51 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
uh no, Religion was the only field or one of the only fields thatYOU WERENT REQUIRED TO FILL OUT


Yeah but they didn`t make that clear until much later :) Originally a lot of people believed that you were going to have to fill in your religion. Once the census forms actually appeared it became clear that you wouldn`t have to but by that time a large number of people had decided to put Jedi anyway.

EDIT : Something similar happened in New Zealand and I believe that there the religion question did require an answer.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Ashrak on February 18, 2003, 08:48:16 am
hmm mordor religion heh hehhhehh ehhehe hehehehheheh
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Fetty on February 18, 2003, 08:55:26 am
well in tht case im an austrian jedi
but we didnt have to do itor did it as a portest
we just did it :D
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: aldo_14 on February 18, 2003, 04:37:32 pm
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Originally posted by Turnsky
hmmm, the force certainly doesn't help the british win cricket or soccer against the aussies :p


That would be the English you're referring to, then

The rest of us neither play or care about rounders...er, cricket, and good ole Scotland loses to far worse teams than the Ozzies thankyouverymuch.

 And when we do lose at footie (which is quite often....), we don't behave like we've got a god given right for all other teams to lie down and surrender in front of us.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Turnsky on February 18, 2003, 04:43:10 pm
sorry 'bout that..
i meant the english
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: karajorma on February 18, 2003, 05:24:09 pm
Doesn`t help that the aussies and kiwi's also have their own jedi.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Turnsky on February 18, 2003, 05:45:52 pm
how do you think brett lee bowls so fast? :D
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: CP5670 on February 18, 2003, 08:35:42 pm
yeah, it does indeed look like Australia is well set to win the world cup again; some very impressive performances from them recently (my dad is a total cricket junkie, so I sometimes follow the games as well). also, did you hear about the home reaction after India's staggering defeat? Everyone started breaking the windows at the players' houses, throwing paint cans and burning effigies, and there were mob riots all over the streets, so the players are having to seek police protection to not get ripped apart. :D Although, being of indian origin and having watched that match, I can quite understand why everyone is so furious (indian performance was beyond pathetic). :p

btw there is a bowler on the australian team whose name I cannot recall at the moment, but he looks exactly like Kane from C&C. :D
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Turnsky on February 18, 2003, 09:00:06 pm
except with a head of hair

i know who you're talking about but i can't think of his name...

BAH!
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Anaz on February 18, 2003, 09:20:10 pm
ha! I have no idea what you guys are talking about!
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Knight Templar on February 18, 2003, 09:28:35 pm
An australian Bowler who looks like Kane. :p


I bowl, but I don't know the famous bowlers too well. The extent of my knowledge ends at Brunswick Pro Bowling (PC) That I bought 3 years ago and haven't tocuhed in 2. That and the occasional tourny on ESPN.

CP, you bowl?
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 18, 2003, 09:43:13 pm
EVERY TIME YOU KILL A KITTEN GOD MASTURBATES
Title: actually...
Post by: Knight Templar on February 18, 2003, 09:46:49 pm
:D
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 18, 2003, 09:50:21 pm
Actually, a bit much snow around here these days...
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Knight Templar on February 18, 2003, 09:53:18 pm
So I heard. What's the inch count these days?


















my brain keeps saying "don't even go there"

meh   :p
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 18, 2003, 09:54:09 pm
What? On the lesbians?


Oooh, I see. That makes more sense. About two feet, in places.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Knight Templar on February 18, 2003, 09:56:41 pm
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
What? On the lesbians?





:wtf:

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Originally posted by Stryke 9

Oooh, I see. That makes more sense. About two feet, in places.


Yay!!! No school!... :blah:
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: CP5670 on February 18, 2003, 10:16:28 pm
The snow was around 31 inches around here, but it sort of piled up more heavily around outside objects. The cars parked on my driveway had at one point become completely buried, so you could not tell where they were. :D

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An australian Bowler who looks like Kane.

I bowl, but I don't know the famous bowlers too well. The extent of my knowledge ends at Brunswick Pro Bowling (PC) That I bought 3 years ago and haven't tocuhed in 2. That and the occasional tourny on ESPN.

CP, you bowl?


well, he is bald, has the same kind of beard and generally looks quite similar. :D (can't remember the name though, might have been Hogg) I don't really play myself, just occassionally watch the matches on television and follow some statistics.
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Razor on February 19, 2003, 04:02:38 am
OMG. Wait till we see people going arround on the streets of british cities fighting and saying:

"No man, I am your second cousin, your mom knew that it was true..."

"NOOOOOO!"

Geez, talk about SW nerds :wtf:
Title: Jedi(s?)
Post by: Sandwich on February 19, 2003, 09:51:50 am
*snap-hiss*