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If the Founders had instead used a Ranch theme - join the herd - what might've been some memes and themes here?

Asked by zensky (13418points) February 28th, 2012
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zenvelo's avatar

We’d be able to award cow-flops for poor answers. If you got 10 GA for an answer under ten words you;d get an award for “Milking It.”

zenvelo's avatar

Four Good Answers while four people are watching would be an“Udder Delight.”

TexasDude's avatar

Howdy cowpokes. There’s a new sheriff in town… and he’s lookin’ fer deputies!

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

“Save a horse. Ride a cowboy.” would become a collective pastime.

And

All questions about breeding would have to be marked NSFW.

dappled_leaves's avatar

Poseidon (on the “this cowpoke has been deleted” page) would be a big, mean-looking coyote.

Pancakes would be flapjacks.

Keep_on_running's avatar

Great Answers would be called Yee Haws!

zensky's avatar

Instead of Read the Guidelines; What in Tarnation?!

ucme's avatar

The categories shall be renamed The good the bad & the ugly
Instead of followers/friends, folks would get along with their chaps, or would they just wear em?

rebbel's avatar

We could have Cow Days, every one in four years, on the 29th of February hey, that is today…..., Happy Cow Day, everybody!!

filmfann's avatar

Your name would be your Brand.
10 K celebrations would be a the Ranch.
Awards would include “It’s a Jersey thing” for showing attitude in an answer, and “Fine Bovine” for great answers.

cookieman's avatar

It’s a shame Bendrew are no longer actively developing this site. I’m digging the Western Theme. It would be a great switchover, maybe once a year.

filmfann's avatar

Before being banned, a mod, now known as Ranch Hands, would admonish contributers to “Get along, little doggies”.

blueiiznh's avatar

Instead of Lurve there would be steaming Cow Piles.

blueiiznh's avatar

There would also be Sheriff’s with bright badges to keep us in line.

Sunny2's avatar

Congratulations to you all. You’re very clever.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Instead of a whip, Auggie would carry a cattle prod.

zensky's avatar

The categories might be:

Serious like (General)

S’up? (Social)

Bullshit (Meta)

augustlan's avatar

Haha, I love this. Could be an excellent April Fools Day theme…

flutherother's avatar

Trolls would be ‘varmints’ that are shot on sight.

erichw1504's avatar

Instead of Jellies, we’d be called Ducklings.

flutherother's avatar

There would be an O.K. Coral Reef.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

@erichw1504 Naw, we’d be “cookies”. You know, as in the ranch cooks?

I’m a cookie, you’re a cookie, we’re all cookies.

Giving lurve to my jellies = Givin’ chow to my cookies

filmfann's avatar

Categories for questions? I like Lean (for General), and Fatty (for Social).

The 20K Mansion? It’s actually a castle, named Chateau Briand.

Instead of occasionally running into Neptune , we would get The Mad Cow

filmfann's avatar

@zensky btw great question! I was thinking about this all day at work, wishing I could post.

filmfann's avatar

The new symbol of the site? Mrs. Murphy’s Cow

King_Pariah's avatar

Instead of flagging, it’d be “SIC BALLS!”

Kardamom's avatar

Instead of flagging, we’d be roping.

Instead of going to the mansion, people would go to the bunkhouse or the big house.

Instead of saying “under the orange tree” @wundyatta would say, “Under the corn stalks.”

Instead of convening with the mods to remove trolls, we’d form a posse to smoke ‘em out.

The mods would all have Deputy badges and wear 10 gallon hats.

Auggie wouldn’t have a whip, she’d have a lasso and a six shooter.

@Dutchess_III would be Miss Dutchess, if you please.

Instead of lurve, people would earn pieces of beef jerky.

flutherother's avatar

@wundayatta would be @waynedayatta

King_Pariah's avatar

Auggie would have a branding iron and a cattle prod

linguaphile's avatar

My name would be CalamityJane with this avatar

zensky's avatar

Could I be Zen the Kid?

dappled_leaves's avatar

Yes. Yes, you could.

But you’d have to change it after 9,999 lurve.

zensky's avatar

I’d milk that joke for all its worth.

erichw1504's avatar

I’d be erichdubya1504.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

If we’re changing our names, I wanna be WillRopeForChocolate.

Kardamom's avatar

Well if we’re gonna be changing names, I guess I’ll have to be HorseBeforeTheKartamom

Keep_on_running's avatar

I’ll be Keep_on_ plowing.

SpatzieLover's avatar

Newbs would be called Cowpokes

We’d all chat ‘Round the Chuck Wagon

Trolls would be considered Outlaws

Mods would be called Wranglers

Instead of a her regular whipping outfit, Auggie would don Chaps

In place of Fluther, it’d be called Drift

And we’d be part of the Cattle Drive on the Range instead of part of a collective.

I’d be SpurLover

dappled_leaves's avatar

I think I’d have to be appaloosa.

Kardamom's avatar

Here are some of the awards you could win, tell me what they’re for:

The Prickly Cactus Award

The Dust Bowl Award

The Butte Award

The Lonesome Trail Award

The Chuck Wagon Award

The Cow Patty Award

The Gunslinger Award

The We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges Award

The Saddle Horn Award

The Tanned Hyde Award

The Spaghetti Western Award

The Homesteaders Award

The Horse Thief Award

The Home On The Range Award

The Gold Miner’s Award

The Buck Board Award

zensky's avatar

For surpassing Wunday in lurve you’d get the Assless Chaps award.

SpatzieLover's avatar

Instead of “This discussion is closed” it would say Git along lil’ doggies

zensky's avatar

Instead of the Thank so and so button, it would say Much obliged.

The Chatroom, now called The Watering Hole would be called, actually it might still be called that, eh?

dappled_leaves's avatar

^^ Dogies. For cattle, not canines. :)

Kardamom's avatar

Frizzers! We don’t need no stinkin’ frizzers!

SpatzieLover's avatar

Those little sayings like “We drink your milkshake” would be replaced with:

We eat your chili.

Howdy Pardner!

You’ve done lassoed our heart

Don’t tell the others: You’re our favorite roundup pardner

Whoo-wee you shure do look a might bit pritty today

You clean up nice for a cowpoke!

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

@SpatzieLover Hey, hey, hey now. Ain’t no one allowed to be eatin’ my chili.

Instead of “Your desk is a mess”, how about, “Yer outhouse needs cleanin’.” :P

SpatzieLover's avatar

^lol4rl. Yer a real rodeo clown

Kardamom's avatar

Would we have to replace boobs Wednesday with boots Wednesday?

Would we have to start referring to Auggie as The Schoolmarm instead of the community leader?

Instead of the angry outburst, “F you! @ so and so!” Would people say, “This town ain’t big enough fer the two of us!” ?

Would @symbeline agree to dress like This?

Would @zensky look like This?

Would I have to change my avatar to This?

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

@Kardamom We’ve got to change our avatars, too? Fine then, this will be my photograph. I run the town brothel.

SpatzieLover's avatar

^WillWhoreForHomestead

linguaphile's avatar

My profile page would say, “Be true to your friends if the Heavens fall…”
quote by Cole Younger of the Jesse James gang, when asked turn his partners in.

And a song for the moment!

augustlan's avatar

We’d have: mod deputy says] What in tarnation is goin’ on ‘round here? Settle down, cowboy.

King_Pariah's avatar

@augustlan but hoss, we gals and boys ar all riled up for a whoopin (or a whipping, your choice)!

erichw1504's avatar

Howdy yall! Come ‘n git yer grits here.

Kardamom's avatar

We’d have to put ranch dressing on everything! Including each other : 0

King_Pariah's avatar

@Kardamom raunchy ranch orgy on the ranch?

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