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#1 Avatara

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 02:37 AM

...is Chuck Norris so popular? At first I thought it was a WoW fad, since there's an actual in-game character named Chuck Norris, but it seems everyone is making the same old Chuck Norris jokes now. Did he do something incredibly awe-inspiring and amazing, or is this just like the O RLY owl fad?

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#2 Freq245

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 09:07 AM

I've never heard anything about this 'Chuck Norris', but that's probably because I'm an European. But I like the logo.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 09:38 AM

I didn't know anything about the Chuck Norris fad until YTMND went all over it.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 01:59 PM

Chuck Norris is an imposter.

At last he came to a door, with these words in glowing emeralds: THE END OF THE WORLD. He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 02:53 PM

Um, the website title says "Norris Software Web Board"

This is alarming.

Edit: Oh, yeah, it's April First.

Anyway, I heard of him first from the "Ultimate Showdown" movie. Aside from that, I know nothing.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 05:39 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
My respect for this company just plumeted.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 06:40 PM

Avatara, on Apr 1 2006, 01:37 AM, said:

...is Chuck Norris so popular? At first I thought it was a WoW fad, since there's an actual in-game character named Chuck Norris, but it seems everyone is making the same old Chuck Norris jokes now.

o rly?

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 08:13 PM

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 08:41 PM

It's just one of those stupid Internet jokes.
It'll pass, given time. One can hope.

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:13 PM

Oh come on people, Walker: Texas Ranger ring any bells? If not, consider yourselves lucky. And it's just another fad like All Your Base, the Star Wars Kid and the Numa Numa guy.

Hmmm... if only there were a way to combine them all...

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 10:16 PM

Zortrium, on Apr 1 2006, 07:13 PM, said:

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Posted 01 April 2006 - 11:48 PM

Same reason as Steven Seagal I suppose (although I don't understand that one either).

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#13 Zortrium

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Posted 02 April 2006 - 08:41 AM

You don't have to understand it, it's supposed to be funny cropping up everywhere simply because it's a fad and you've already seen it 50 times.

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Posted 02 April 2006 - 10:52 AM

But the vast majority of the jokes aren't funny.
And having it crop up everywhere isn't funny, just annoying.

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Posted 02 April 2006 - 07:10 PM

Sargatanus, on Apr 1 2006, 07:13 PM, said:

Ergh, you don't know what it's like at my school, they think all of them are still funny, including Chuck Norris.

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 11:50 AM

Rickton, on Apr 2 2006, 10:52 AM, said:

But the vast majority of the jokes aren't funny.
And having it crop up everywhere isn't funny, just annoying.

I didn't say it WAS funny, I just said how it was supposed to be.

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 12:08 PM

When Chuck Norris does pushups he doesn't push himself up.. he pushes the world down.

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 02:54 PM

All these classic lines and more!

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Posted 03 April 2006 - 11:42 PM

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:52 AM

What's your number?

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 12:59 PM

Pufer, on Apr 4 2006, 01:42 AM, said:

Awesomeness

Pufer, you rock.

Oh, and Chuck Norris is so fast he can run all the way around the world and roundhouse kick himself in the back.

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 02:22 PM

Pufer, on Apr 4 2006, 01:42 AM, said:

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 06:38 PM

Pufer, on Apr 4 2006, 06:42 AM, said:

Call now!

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:01 PM

My appreciation for the company vaulted after that prank...and I really liked the new logo...Zeus has kind of gotten old...no pun intended.

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Posted 07 April 2006 - 09:16 PM

The Norris Kicks The Ass End Of The Story (The Exclaimation Mark!)

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